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Attention all males, eyes here please! Two Tauranga pole dancers are challenging Bay of Plenty’s tough guys to do what they do.

Libby Winehouse and fellow performer Scarlett, who both won national awards at this year’s Pole Stars New Zealand competition, say the artform is for men too. No, not just to sit back and enjoy the show – to join in. Libby and Scarlett believe if you can lift weights, you can climb a pole.

“Figure out how hard it is,” say the dancers. “The challenges are endless.”

To read the full story, see page 11. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

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Welcome to Comfortably Numb Friday Here’s a mind-numbing fact to end your week: today is National Anaesthesia Day. It promises to be a real knock-out.

It seems every day is a national day of something.

We should reserve a Day of Nothing Special, while there are still some available.

One thing is sure, you don’t need anaesthetic to become comatose these days... one mention of the flag debate and most people keel over into a state of delirium.

The electoral commission is now wasting a whole lot of taxpayer money and sent us a press release about the latest happenings. We won’t be passing it on. We’ve decided to save our readers the agony.

When the organisers of this flag screw up spend more than $26m, on an issue of national identity, none of it with NZ-owned media companies, then they have the audacity to expect local media to run their free PR for nothing, it does not excite my feelings of national pride.

It’s clear the majority of folk still don’t want a new flag, with about 80 per cent happy with the current version and the entire process of finding a new one a complete waste of time and money – let’s instead focus on the old one.

Let’s not kid ourselves any longer, John Key. The country is not swayed by the five so-called options. They’re never going to fly. There is no point in carrying on this expensive charade of voting on a challenger, when a challenger isn’t going to topple the old flag.

It just needs a tart up. The Rogers Re-design.

With a quick makeover, we can have a new look for the old flag... Enlarge the Southern Cross stars to funk it up.

This achieves several key objectives: 1. The stars are more of a focus and Jack takes a step back; more in keeping with the lessened colonial influence of this independent country, but still a nod to our roots.

2. Significantly larger stars clearly differentiates us from Australia.

3. A kid can still draw it.

4. The new look can be phased in, as the old flags wear out, therefore costing less to changeover.

5. Those who fought and died under the flag are still honoured. It has merely been updated for modern times.

6. It keeps everyone happy.

Those who don’t want to change the flag win; those who don’t like the current one, also achieve a result by getting change.

Here at the Sun, we have already resigned ourselves to accept that the old flag will prevail, and suggest it gets a wee makeover.

It’s still the same flag, just a bit more funked up. And, of course, it will include the Truple Stars.

Here’s some suggestions the Sun Creative studio:

And several readers have expressed concern about Red Peak, sending this image:

Name the flag

The second major thing needed for the flag is a name. Christen it with a title that clearly describes it, other than ‘the flag’.

USA has the Stars & Stripes, Canada, the maple leaf. Britain the Union Jack. France the tricolour.

To bond with our new old flag, it needs a snazzy nickname, so we can feel love, get some attachment and fondness.

We’re opening the Rabbit ears to your suggestions here. Flick us some ideas for a name we can affectionately use for our flag and we’ll share with readers.

Parting thought

There’s a glimmer of hope that Englishmen can still run onto the field in a final of the Rugby World Cup. They’re still going to need a ref and a couple of linesmen.

Parting shot

Biosecurity Breach: Another serious failure of NZ’s border controls, Justin Bieber got into the country again.

Frozen Chook craze draws poultry posers Frozen Chicken is the new craze sweeping the country.

For those who haven’t caught up, or perhaps are too busy celebrating anaesthesia day, the Frozen Chicken is a posture (similar to planking) in which the Frozen Chickenee curls up, naked, in a plucked poultry pose, and is photographed. Apparently it’s important to make sure your wings are tucked in well. I’d also recommend ensuring your stuffing is not protruding.

There are rumours that this crazy antic started in NZ. The first Frozen Chicken poses appeared on the interweb and many of the backdrops are NZ scenes.

It doesn’t surprise me, Kiwis are world leaders in groundbreaking useful behaviour, such as pulling wooden bumble bees with wheels and blowing on pies. Why wouldn’t we create a constructive pastime, such as posing naked to imitate a raw plucked chook?

Here at RR Headquarters we immediately decided to research the Frozen Chicken poses, purely for the sake of illustrating the new craze.

Unfortunately some of the images looked more like an obese Crozier’s Christmas Turkey. Then things went out of the control when the postman arrived and tried to park his bicycle...

Our portly model may now enter the Wearable Art Awards, as ‘Human Bike Rack’.

IMPORTANT STUFF: All material is copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Sun Media makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and accepts no liability for errors or omissions or the subsequent use of information published. Chickens can recognise the faces of other chickens, they’re able to distinguish up to 100 difference chicken characters. There are about 25 billion chickens in the world, not counting the people pretending to be frozen ones.

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Zespri buys its base Mayor Stuart Crosby and Zespri CFO David Hazlehurst celebrate the sale.

Kiwifruit marketer Zespri International is embarking on the design phase of a new Mount Maunganui headquarters that will reflect how the marketing agency sees itself and the industry in the long term.

Zespri chief financial officer David Hazlehurst says now it has secured the Maunganui Road site, Zespri will go into the design phase of an HQ building that it hopes to move into by 2018.

“We want it to look right. We really want this to be our head office for our industry for our business, something that we can use for the culture we want to set up, for the branding we want to set up for our customers.

“We are not going to rush to meet a deadline. We really want to

do it right, to make it a long-term office for us and we will do that.

We are really excited about that.”

Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby and CEO Garry Poole this week announced Zespri has paid $10.1 million for ownership of the 8100m2 site it had rented from the council since 1992 for about $500,000 a year.

The sale follows a public consultation process, which resulted in the council keeping 3500m2 for green space.

Zespri will be building on the Matai Street end of the site, says David, and will probably be making full use of the commercially zoned 12m height restriction, which enables a three-storey building.

Zespri’s current offices will be demolished at the company’s expense and the area turned into green space. The library and Plunket day care centre at the northern end of the site will remain where they are.

“We have had ongoing discussions with the stakeholders; Plunket, library staff and we have

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“Arrangements have been made so they can continue with their markets either on Coronation Park or on the existing site depending on construction times,” says Stuart.

“Partway through sale consultation we were aware there was public concern about loss of community space for the likes of the Little Big Markets and others, so we decided to retain 3500m2, which we have done.”

Zespri’s bid wasn’t quite the highest bid. There was one slightly higher, but it had several additions and tags to it, which the councillors felt wasn’t doable, says Stuart.

“We are delighted to have such a strong bid from such an international-renowned company that is based here.

“I’m confident they will do a superb job in a new facility that will clearly set them up for the future in a growth industry as their base here in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui.”

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Out of the ashes for a baler

Ashleigh, 20, and Megan, 18, with their parents Lindy and Kevin Jones.

Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Women flashed on Waihi Beach

Police are searching for two young women who were the targets of an alleged flasher at Waihi Beach last weekend.

They are appealing for any information relating to the incident that occurred at the southern end of the beach last Sunday, at about 12.30pm.

Reports state a witness saw the man expose himself to the girls before running back to the sand dunes. However, by the time officer arrived the two young women had left the scene.

If you have any information about the Waihi Beach incident that occurred on Sunday, October 11, at about 12.30pm contact Waihi Police Station on: 07 863 8179.

Petition to sterilise abusers

Bay of Plenty woman Diane Howell is petitioning for a change in the law that would lead to people convicted and incarcerated for child abuse being sterilised.

Nearly 60 New Zealand children have been beaten to death, suffered brain damage or broken bones at the hands of family members over the last 24 years, and Diane wants to put a stop to it.

The former Barnardos worker is launching a petition calling for the enforced sterilisation, with the aim being to prevent people who injure or kill their children from having any more.

After visiting police and receiving council permission to take her message public, Diane is ready to start collecting signatures in Tauranga’s Red Square this Saturday (October 17).

New link renews ties to the past

A new section of road linking the Mangatawa Interchange with Truman Lane is now open to motorists.

Mangatawa Link Road opened this week after a short ceremony attended by Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby, Papamoa ward councillors, representatives from the Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporated and Nga Potiki Kaumatua.

The new road reinstates the link from the Tamapahore Marae to the ocean, which hasn’t been available for more than 90 years since being severed by rail and the state highway.

Police appeal after cigarette thefts

Western Bay of Plenty Police are appealing for information from the public in relation to a series of burglaries that have seen large quantities of cigarettes stolen.

Senior Sergeant Rob Glencross of the Tauranga Police says businesses in Mount Maunganui, Greerton, and Te Puna have been targeted in recent days, with cigarettes being the probable target.

SunLive Comment of the Week With no Bay of Plenty visit scheduled for the Royal visit next month, the subject of Charles and Camilla sparked some interest on SunLive this week. Plonker commented: “If Rotorua can’t get on the list then the chances for Tauranga become microscopic at best,” while dumbkof2 simply said: “Great.

We don’t want them here anyway.”

Good and positivity can come of personal disaster.

Ask the Jones girls – Caitlan (or Cat), Ashleigh, Megan and Angela. They have vowed to make it happen for their Mum and Dad. The parents, in fact the whole Jones clan, took a hit late July when the workshop and woolshed on the family’s Seaview Farm in Welcome Bay went up in flames.

“It was like a flash fire and the building was destroyed,” says Cat. And everything that a man needs to run a farm was in that shed.

Farmer Dad, Kevin, is a stoic and pragmatic man. He apparently said at the time: “It’s done now and we will do what we can and move on.”

He felt the full effect of the inferno next day. “Dad went out to repair a fence but he didn’t have anything to repair the fence with. It was pretty bad,” says Cat. Grandfather Dennis Jones was very, very upset and for good reason.

“He spent every day for years and years in that workshop,” says Cat. He tinkered with things, he fixed things and he made things.

It’s a very family farm, all 32ha of it. It’s been in the family three generations.

The electric fencing unit was in the shed

when it went up. “My uncle had a lot of equipment in that shed. He was a farm mechanic,” says Cat. All their tools, $3500 worth of calf feed, milk powder – all incinerated, all gone.

And the hay baler, the all-important baler that Kevin had patched together time and time again for just one more season’s production was also gone.

And while the buildings were insured, he baler wasn’t. Well, only for a nominal sum because it was so old.

When all this happened, the sisters got on social media, and said this terrible thing had occurred and we need help.

That help flooded in – food, labour and support of every kind. “It was fantastic,” says Cat. But they needed a baler. “To keep the farm going, for winter stock feed,” says Cat. “We know how important it is and it’s getting close to hay making season.

Time was against us.”

Cat got thinking. “We set up a Givealittle page, but that doesn’t sit comfortably with us. We don’t like handouts, people giving us money for nothing.”

And so the concept of the Seaview Gala Day was born.

“A fun day where people can come and give money but get something in return,”

says Cat. “Have a good day, play some games and smile because it’s been a hard winter for a lot of people.”

The gala will include games, workshops, food stalls, a craft market, raffles, children’s activities and a silent auction. And if they could raise anything close to $18,000 for a good second-hand baler for Dad, they would be very grateful.

“This is a way of repaying them. They work so hard, there is no such thing as a holiday, no such thing as a week. This is just cruel and didn’t need to happen.”

And when the girls’ mother Lindy turned out as an opening day volunteer for Welcome Bay Riding for the Disabled, she didn’t realise the favour would be returned in a moment of need.

Riding for the Disabled has opened its Welcome Bay Road facility for the Seaview Gala Day from 11am to 5pm this Sunday.

Cat’s being doing more thinking and she believes the humble fundraiser for a hay baler could become an annual event, supporting farmer suicide prevention.

“Many farmers survive on minimal sleep, do heavy labouring work daily, have 24/7, 365-day-a-year work schedules and don’t enjoy the holidays many of us do. So you could help us help our nation’s farmers.”

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Backwards or forwards?

When Cath Jump got a parking infringement, the week she started her new job in the Tauranga CBD, she thought, “B******d!”

Fined $40 for backing into an angled park on The Strand. Ouch!

Think about what that $40 could have bought.

“I parked that way so it would be easier and safer for me to drive out. It seemed logical.”

But logic and the law are sometimes strange bed fellows.

“You can only park a vehicle in the direction of the traffic flow” is the prescription from Stuart Goodman, Tauranga City Council’s team leader for bylaws and parking.

Land Transport (Road User) Rule 6.13 (1) says, “If the controlling authority (the council) has indicated vehicles may be parked only at an angle to the direction of the roadway, a driver must not stand or park a vehicle otherwise than in accordance with the direction indicated.”

“It’s safer to drive in forwards,” says Stuart. “It would be a difficult and dangerous manoeuvre to stop

Gentle enforcement: Traffic warden Neil educates an offender. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

and back into oncoming traffic to angle park. That is a big no-no.”

So it’s not the fact the car is parked backwards, it’s how the car got there that is the problem and the danger.

“On the balance of things, I think more people are confident going forward into carparks.”

The council’s transportation manager, Martin Parkes, says historically, the decision to install angle parking in the current manner is a demographic one.

“The ageing population felt more comfortable driving straight into angle parks and less comfortable stopping traffic and reversing into parks.”

But they will still stop traffic when they reverse out. This is a minefield.

Regardless Cath’s argument is not getting much sympathy and traction here, but she would be at the vanguard of change in the United States. From San Francisco to Salt Lake City, from Portland to Pottstown and New York to Washington, there are adherents of Cath’s logic, embracing something called “reverse angle parking”.

“It’s as easy as one, two, three,” says the propaganda. Signal to warn other drivers, pull past the parking spot and stop, reverse into the angle park. Quick, easy, safe.

But is it? Either way there is a tricky backing manoeuvre – into the angle park or out of it.

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Student with a ‘gift’ is celebrated ‘Graeme’ was a problem in the classroom – he was quite violent. Autistic, as it turned out.

It’s not his real name, but we will call him Graeme. And what he did, unwittingly, was cause a major career shift for a Tauranga man, which in turn became a calling, a life’s work and, which this week, earned him a national academic accolade.

Angelo Morehu, “Graeme showed me I had a gift an inaugural in that I was able to teach him Kupe scholar. one-on-one,” says Angelo Morehu Photo: Bruce Barnard of Ngati Pikiao descent. After two years working with students with social disabilities he realised the next contractor, before he became a teacher aid, took step was to pursue a career in teaching.

‘Graeme’ under his wing and started a masters in But it was a teaching career with special discipline, teaching and learning at the University of Waikato. empathy and focus. It was also serendipitous because “My work is with students who have social this week Angelo joined a select band of academics, disabilities, atypical personalities. We are talking one of only 30 inaugural recipients of a Kupe ADHD students, Aspergers students.”

Scholarship for Maori and Pasifika High Achievers.

As he did with Graeme, Angelo helps those “It’s a bit overwhelming. I just didn’t think I was students understand their difficulties in an that interesting” academic environment. Angelo has his own He’s a little bit more than ‘interesting’. The Kupe privileged perspective of children with learning Scholarship talks of people of “Maori or Pasifika disabilities as “one of my own children, five-year-old descent who are outstanding role models and Eraihia, is autistic”. who will make important contributions to their The Kupe Scholarship covers course fees, and communities as future teachers”. that’s a blessing for a family man. It provides a study Angelo, 37, has already fulfilled some, if not all, allowance of $15,000, professional mentoring and of those criteria. In a previous life he was a flooring assistance with job search.

Nutrition vital to kayaking success For Olympian Luuka Jones, success on the water depends on her lightning fast reactions as well as her kayaking skill and speed.

“There is so much going on, you have to be thinking all the time about how to get round the course as quickly as possible without penalties,” says Luuka, who is back in New Zealand for a holiday before beginning training for the Rio Olympics.

Failing to clear the slalom gates or hitting one of them as they hang above speeding white water on the course incurs penalties which, in a sport where winners and place getters are separated by points of a second, can be disastrous.

Nutrition, says Luuka, is as vital to her training and mental fitness as is kayaking and gym work and her favourite food is avocado.

That’s why Luuka is delighted to be brand ambassador for Just Avocados, the Katikati-based avocado post-harvest and export company, which has provided her with a 2015 VW Polo car for use while she is in New Zealand.

The car not only carries Just Avocado signwriting

including the words “helping power Luuka Jones to the Rio Olympics” but it is also fitted with a roof rack for her training kayak when she’s back home.

Currently Luuka is based in the UK and is competing in events across Europe and is a full-time athlete supported by High Performance Sport NZ. Luuka’s love of water and kayaking was sparked when her family moved to Bethlehem, close to the Wairoa River. “I used to help out at Waimarino Adventure Park in return for kayaking lessons and went over my first waterfall in a kayak when I was about 14,” says Luuka.

At 18, to get better at her chosen sport, Luuka saved hard to move to Nottingham to train alongside the British kayaking team. She represented NZ at the Beijing and London Olympics.

“I received support from High Performance Sport NZ, enabling me to work with a full-time coach for the first time. This has made a huge difference and in two years I have gone from being in the top 30 in the world to finishing in the top 10 at the World Championships in 2014.”

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“I will be quite truthful, it will enable me to focus on my career rather than worry about what’s in my children’s lunchboxes and whether there’s enough petrol in the car to get to University, to get to work.”

How do you manage that with a brood of six kids? “You just do it.”

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more manageable for Angelo, his wife Yolande and all the little Morehu.

There were another five other Kupe Scholarship recipients from Bay of Plenty: Stephen Moli of Gate Pa, Nikola Patrick of Otumoetai, Richard Apanui of Omokoroa, and Rebecca Jaram and Jade James of Opotiki.

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Andrea and Lucy Penellum, 9, on skates, Catherine McDonald and Miles Bell, 6, on scooter with Ben and Jonas Bell, 9, on skateboard.

It’ll be a one-of-a-kind – an environmentally sustainable skate path for Omokoroa.

But first, they need the funds. That’s where Omokoroa Skate Path committee treasurer Catherine McDonald and member Monique Geraghty come in.

The pair are organising a fun run on October 31 to raise funds for the estimated $230,000 project.

The Base Up Omokoroa Fun Run from Western Ave offers options for all ages and fitness levels, including four entry options: a 10km run, 5km run or walk and a 2km run.

Catherine says the fun run is not competitive, it’s all about participation.

“We really want it to be about a fun, family, community event. It’s good to encourage children to get out there and exercise, and if their parents have to do it as well then that’s great.”

Catherine says Western Bay of Plenty District Council donated the first $50,000 to the project, followed by $50,000 by Omokoroa Community Board, a $50,000 TECT grant, $10,000 from Bay Trust and about $5000 from

fundraising events.

Proposed by Omokoroa Community Skate group, with WBOPDC, the Omokoroa Skate Path is the first stage of a comprehensive development at the Omokoroa Sports Grounds.

“It’s going to be such an asset to the wider community and we hope it will draw people from a distance to come and use it.

The skate path was designed by Rich Landscapes designer Richard Smith, who says environmental factors were applied heavily to the design process.

“The path will feature natural drainage elements to mitigate water runoff,” says Richard. “Runoff will make use of the large lawn area and allow natural seepage into the soil, while potential garden areas in the playground will maximise education and play.”

The Base Up Omokoroa Fun Run starts at Western Ave on October 31.

Thanks to main sponsors Base Up Contractors Ltd and sub sponsors Omokoroa First National Real Estate and Physiotherapy Innovation, all funds go directly to the Omokoroa Skate Path.

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volunteering. It can directly increase social connectedness and at the same time achieve charitable aims.”

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Karter shares his secret When karter Alex Newlove is careening down the back straight at damn near 100km/hr, he has a guardian angel riding with him.

“Every time I go out to the track I say to him, ‘Come on boy, let’s do this’.”

‘Boy’ is Trent Haywood, a lifelong inseparable best mate, who was killed in a motocross accident in Christchurch last year.

“Every time I go out racing now, it’s for him and I know he’s keeping me safe. Well, I hope that’s what he’s doing up there.”

Because Alex needs divine guardianship, like the time this spunky kid went through a fence racing at Edgecumbe.

“I hit the grass and there was no stopping.

I just sat there and braced myself. I hit the fence and whiplashed.” Alex gave himself a fright, but he’s here talking about it. The spirit of Trent must have been on duty that day.

Alex, 16, is a young man coping with grief, coping with loss, in his own special way.

“I am always talking to Trent on race day. Dad must think I am crazy.”

However, if it gets Alex in the zone and Trent is keeping his back, then all good.

At risk of harping about the dark side of this sport, karting is a dangerous sport. “Can be if you are not focussed,” Alex says. “But you keep it to the back because of you are thinking about dying you aren’t going to drive smart and fast.”

We’re talking to Alex because the 2015 KartSport New Zealand North Island Sprint Championships are next weekend, a big meet at Te Puke Auto Electric Raceway. And his prospects? Well, losing doesn’t sit comfortably.

“Second isn’t second – second is losing.” It’s a competitive, cut-throat attitude.

People tell Alex to just do his best. “Doing my best is winning. I like to exceed people’s expectations, prove them wrong.”

If karting has made him ruthless, he doesn’t look ruthless. However, hidden beneath his helmet and 125 screaming CC’s mounted behind him, Alex could be quite menacing.

Does he fantasise about Ayrton Senna, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg? After all, their Formula

Racer Alex Newlove with his race kart.

Photo: Tracy Hardy.

One careers all started in karts.

“It’s pretty much everyone’s dream.” However, he is realistic as it would cost at least $8 million to get there. “It’s probably not going to happen.” There are other options – Formula Fords or V8 Super Cars.

“I just want to progress from karts and for people to notice me.”

While we all like to be noticed, Alex is delightfully cocksure enough to talk about it.

How big’s your ego? “Yeah, pretty big. I like the feeling that people can notice the talent, my talent.”

Do you have potential? “I like to think so.”

If he’s not in the driver’s seat, he’s at the gym.

Karting is a delicate balance of physical and mental wellbeing. As a result Alex is winning this year, often when he wasn’t expected to win. That’s because he has the spirit of Trent is riding with him.

“I could have sat around being sad, but I thought I would put those feelings into racing.” Hunter Wells

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A cuppa that keeps on giving

Help Chase the blues away This is Chase, a three-year-old Labrador Cross. This fun-loving, happy-go-lucky guy was found tied to our gate one morning. He has had some training and once he is over his initial excitement he walks well on the lead.

Chase will need to go to a secure section with high fences because he is a jumper.

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Here’s something that might open your eyes: $35 in New Zealand may buy you a new top, or a new pair of shoes, but in a poverty-stricken country, it could buy someone their sight.

Lyn Bowen and Magda Koolaard.

Photo: Tracy Hardy.

On October 17, the cbm’s Meaningful Afternoon Tea at St Andrews Presbyterian Church will help raise funds to provide cataract surgery for someone living in poverty.

Participants will be treated to a blindfolded tea tasting experience of Dilmah tea, along with other tasty afternoon treats. Cbm marketing and fundraising officer Daniela Heiberger says a $15 tax deductible donation from each ticket will be given to the ‘Taste and See: The Cuppa that Keeps on Giving’ afternoon tea fundraiser. So if all 40 tickets are sold, that’s $600, which funds 17 people to see again.

“It’s about raising awareness of how it is living in blindness,” says Daniela.

“The people we help actually have the double disadvantage of living in poverty and disability.”

She says it’s easy to take for granted what we have here in NZ. “We have access to healthcare but especially for people in less developed countries sometimes, it’s impossible.

Even if they have the money for the bus ride to the hospital, they could not afford treatment.

“That’s why it’s important that people here understand that a simple $35 actually funds cataract surgery for someone who lives in extreme poverty.”

Cbm is an international Christian organisation dedicated to improve the quality of life of the world’s poorest people with disabilities. The World Health Organisation’s research states 39 million people worldwide are blind.

The Meaningful Afternoon Tea: ‘Taste and See – The Cuppa that Keeps on Giving’ is at St Andrews Presbyterian Church on October 17 from 2pm-4pm.

To purchase tickets, visit cbmnz.org.nz/tickets or contact Zoe Hunter 0800 77 22 64. Tickets are limited.

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They face a Hawke’s Bay side who are hurting from losing the Ranfurly Shield to Waikato 36-30. Both sides will be motivated the winner will play the winner of the Wellington versus Otago semi-final.

In the Premiership semi-final Canterbury host Taranaki and Auckland have home ground advantage against Tasman.

Canterbury will be a hard prospect at home having only lost one match this season. Although they face off against one of the most defensive teams in the premiership.

Auckland, who are the best attacking side in the entire competition with 339 points this season, will look to use their potent backline to overpower a Tasman side who have shown a lot of heart this year.

The Steamers match being played at McLean Park kicks off at 2.35pm.

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Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Polling to the top Glitter, skimpy outfits and a pole – we’re talking pole dancing, a form of performance art combining dance and acrobatics centred on a vertical pole.

And this story is about to break some pole dancing stereotypes.

First of all, pole dancing is for men too. No, not to sit there with googly eyes marvelling the strength and finesse of the female dancers – but to join in.

“Girls and guys can give it a go because it’s totally something that guys can do as well,” says 28-yearold Tauranga pole dancer Libby Winehouse. “Plus there’s scantily clad people running around

all over the place. But don’t be intimidated by the stigmas surrounding it.”

Balancing their sculpted bodies in precarious positions on the pole at The Studio in Mount Maunganui, during a photoshoot with The Weekend Sun, Libby and Scarlett, 29, make every move look effortless.

And they can now add two national awards to their name after winning two out of four categories at this year’s Pole Stars New Zealand competition in Nelson last weekend.

Dancing in their first competition, Libby won the Trickstar category, while Scarlett took out the Freestyle Battle category.

They “nailed it” in Libby’s words. She feels “surprisingly

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Libby’s hoping to enter in NZ Amateur Pole Performer next year and possibly Pole Stars again.

“It would be good to keep taking it to the next level, because there’s always more to try and more to learn, to get more flexible, stronger. It’s quite motivating.”

And the challenges are endless, says Scarlett, who shows us her blistered hands from the pole – the non-sexy side of pole dancing.

“There’s so many unsexy elements,” laughs Libby. “You end up with really mottled skin getting constantly ripped and bruised.”

So to anyone who still thinks pole dancing is not a sport: “Give it a go,” challenges Libby.

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Planting the seed for a better food future’ Dave Hursthouse, Lily Tworogal, Chris Anderson and Dana Thomson among the greenery at The Rock.

Let’s talk about food – from its origins to our dinner plate.

Food is the topic on everyone’s lips at the Bay of Plenty Kai Hui at Historic Village Hall on Friday, October 16.

Coinciding with World Food Day, the free Kai Hui aims to bring together food-lovers to plant the seed for a better food future and is an opportunity to raise awareness of all food issues, big or bite-sized.

Toi Te Ora Public Health Service senior health improvement advisor Dana Thomson says community brainstorming sessions held earlier this year helped shape

the Kai Hui, which is funded by Tauranga City Council with support from Toi Te Ora, the Sustainable Business Network and other Tauranga groups.

“This event has been planned with support from community food representatives and aims to respond to the needs of our community.

“The Kai Hui is one way to try and reach more people who may want to be involved in driving solutions by community, for community.

“Following the Kai Hui, we’re hoping to form a local strategic food alliance, a collaborative group of people who can

advise and promote local work to improve access to healthy, sustainable and fair food for our future.”

Participants can expect to learn about, connect with, and celebrate like-minded individuals and groups making a difference locally, consider the big picture, and discuss local solutions to complex food issues.

The free Kai Hui is at Historic Village Hall on October 16 from 9am-2pm.

Registration is essential as spaces are limited. Attendees are kindly asked to bring a donation for lunch.

For full event details, and to register, visit attending.io/events/bopkaihui Zoe Hunter

Waihi heritage group plan to install WWI memorial Community group Waihi Heritage Vision is planning to erect a memorial wall at Gilmour Reserve in Waihi to honour members of the World War One Tunnelling Company.

The Tunnelling Company was drawn together this month one hundred years ago to provide men for underground warfare.

For a long time their work as miners on the Western Front was unrecognised. Now a sculpture, a soldier statue and a memorial wall will help ensure a lasting memory.

The group sent out a call to individuals, groups, towns and cities from throughout New Zealand that shared links to the Tunnelling Company story.

The WW100 Tauranga committee was one of the groups asked for assistance with the project. They provided a piece of obsidian with a plaque remembering men from the Tauranga area who served in the NZ Tunnelling Company.

Memorial Project Leader Sue Baker Wilson said the mata tuhua

(obsidian) is a very special and fitting piece to remember the Tauranga men who served with the NZ Tunnellers.

The Memorial Wall, along with the forged sculpture and soldier statue will be dedicated in the presence of the Governor General on January 22, 2016. Visit www. nzetc.co.nz for more information.

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New flavour to Filipino festival Tauranga’s estimated Filipino population is set to more than triple this Labour Weekend, as an expected 10,000 people from the Philippines descend on the city.

The annual Labour Weekend Filipino Reunion Pistang Pilipino 2015 is returning to Tauranga for the third time.

Hosted by Tauranga Filipino Society Inc, the event is a three-day celebration including sports, cultural competitions, food festival, beauty pageant, Eucharistic mass and Mobile Consular Services.

The TFSI is a Tauranga-based organisation, which hosted Pistang

Pilipino in 1995 and 2004.

Tauranga Filipino Society president Teresita Nicholls says, “With such an influx of visitors, this will mean that local businesses will have the opportunity to engage in and offer facilities, goods and services to visitors attending the event.”

The event will host activities at four Tauranga locations including ASB Arena, QEII, Tauranga Boys’ College and Mount Sports Centre.

Activities include sports competitions and a cultural night, including two celebrity guests sponsored by ABS-CBN Global and Philippine Airlines.

The food festival continues Saturday and Sunday at ASB Arena and QEII.

The festival will conclude with a Filipino Mass on Sunday and a beauty pageant at QEII, where Miss Filipino/NZ 2015 will be crowned. There are six candidates vying for the crown.

Teresita says the main objectives of the event are to preserve, maintain and promote Filipino ideals, values, culture, customs and traditions and to build closer relationships with other Filipino groups in NZ. “I hope the event will create a long-lasting impression of the beauty and hospitality of Tauranga. This event will also give Filipinos the chance to show our unique culture, hospitality, food, skills and talent.”

Teresita thanks the 2015 sponsors of the event. Visit pistangpilipino. nz for more information.

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Aileen Reyes, Bernadette Pabalate, Rose Langer, and Maria Eva Imms. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Ensuring the best use of our community land TCC is the biggest landowner in Tauranga, and we buy and sell land all the time. Regular property reviews should happen frequently to ensure the community is getting the best use for its land.

This council is carrying on successive council decisions to look at all of our surplus land.

Surplus land means properties the council owns, which is not a reserve or needed for strategic reasons.

This week we made a decision to sell land to Zespri. We received a great response from the market, while ensuring the community maintained access to a similarsized park that adjoins the library.

We kept all options about the property on the table as we consulted the community.

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Journey down the rabbit hole In the words of the Cheshire Cat: ‘I’m not crazy, my reality is just different to yours’. That’s how Sandra Jensen sees it too.

The 39-year-old is an avid ‘Alice in Wonderland’ fan. She’s even named her daughter after the blonde hair, blue-eyed fictional character.

“Her name is Ailís which is Irish for Alice. I thought naming my daughter Alice would be a bit too obvious,” she explains with a laugh.

The mad Alice fan admits she’s a little bit crazy. “You have to be in this line of work,” she says. Sandra is a street theatre performer and has been since 1993.

She runs Free Lunch Street Theatre

Agency in Hamilton and is coming to Tauranga on October 24 to perform in a real-life Mad Hatters Tea Party at Dry Dock Cafe, as part of the free Tauranga Arts Festival ANZ Community Day. Sandra will be playing her favourite character, the March Hare.

“The character I’ve created is neither male nor female. You can just go completely crazy with it. It’s eccentric and insane, so much fun.”

Coordinated by Simone Anderson at The Incubator, the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ events will include the Alice Olympics and more Alicethemed games at the Edgewater Fan. Sandra has 400 different editions of the book in her collection, including ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass’.

“I have everything from T-shirts to tattoos, figurines, jewellery, cups and saucers. If it’s Alice in Wonderland, I will get it.”

Alice tattoos? Yes. Sandra has characters Alice, the Red King, Cheshire Cat, The Mad Hatter, playing cards, Mock Turtle, Tweedledee and White Rabbit inked on her leg.

Her neighbourhood knows about her Alice obsession and encourage it.

“Just yesterday somebody slipped a copy of the book in my letterbox. Sometimes they leave a note, sometimes it’s anonymous.”

Sandra’s partner is

Nicci Baxter, John Baxter, Karen Lawsome, Felix, 10, Anderson-Podmore, Olive, 12, Anderson-Podmore, Jackie Gray, Pearl Bishop, 5. Photo: Tracy Hardy. a collector too. Not of Alice in Wonderland memorabilia though.

They each collect antiques, Kiwiana, retro items and vintage bikes too.

“We don’t collect the same things,” says Sandra. “It’s hardly going to be discouraged when you’re both collectors. It’s not: ‘Why did you buy that?’ It’s more like: ‘Why haven’t you got it yet?’”

Originally published in 1865, Lewis Carroll’s novel ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ has been around for 150 years this year. “I think it’s nice that something as simple as a book is still celebrated 150 years on,” says Sandra.

Her favourite part is the nonsensical nature of it. “It’s not necessarily a children’s book, it’s a book for all ages.”

The free Tauranga Arts Festival ANZ Community Day is on October 24 on The Strand from 11am-3pm. The Mad Hatters Tea Party is at Dry Dock Café, running all day.

The community day also features performances from the Sargam School of Indian Music, The Little Big Markets, an outdoor spectacle by Wellington’s Binge Culture Collective, and a screening of ‘Morning of the Earth’ at the Night Owl Cinema at Zoe Hunter Mount Drury.

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My sister said to me this week: modern life isn’t for humans, it’s for robots.

The comment came after a litany of complaints that I can’t seem to get on top of my lists that evolve out of my emails and diary and onto backs of envelopes, post-it notes that I stick in my phone cover and anything else I can get my hands on to write the thoughts that jump around in my mind throughout the day (and sometimes night).

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On top of his game OPEN ALL WEEKEND! The Aquinas College student was one of 30 students who received awards at this year’s Bay of Plenty Rugby Union’s junior prize giving.

The Year-9 student, who plays for Greerton Marist, was named forward of the year for the Bay of Plenty Under-13s.

Darcy, who plays lock, says it was a great honour to be given an award.

“It was the first time I’ve made the Bay team and I was pretty excited.”

Standing at 182cm and weighing 62kg, the youngster says he is only getting started and intends to work even harder for next year. He is already doing weights to try to bulk up and be like his rugby idol, All Black Brodie Retallick.

“I actually like his passing game.

Obviously he is a good runner but he has a good passing game as well.”

The youngster has been watching the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup. “They haven’t started off too well, but

they can get better. Brodie has been going well.

I think they can win the Rugby World Cup again.”

Like all young rugby players Darcy says he would like to one day put on an All Blacks jersey and play at a Rugby World Cup. The team captain says locks play an important role in the team.

“They need to tackle, hit rucks, take the ball up when needed, win the lineouts and receive kick-offs.

They are vital roles in a game.”

He liked the aggressiveness of the position.

“It’s good fun, and I like taking out my aggression on the field and making some big hits.”

Although the rugby season has come to an end it’s not stopping this talented athlete from continuing to work hard.

Darcy is now training hard for the upcoming cricket season for his college.

A bowler who can swing the ball away from the batter, Darcy says he needs to stay fit especially for a fast bowler.

“I always have to stretch because I get a sore back when I bowl in the cricket season.”

So if the youngster had the choice of playing for the All Blacks or the Black Caps, which would he choose? “I can’t choose yet. It’s still too early.”

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Meet Greerton’s new leading lady Footwear, fishing and fine dining – these are a few of Sally Benning’s favourite things.

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“We go away for a week’s fishing every year,” says Sally. “March next year we’re going up north game fishing.”

Soon to be added to that list is Greerton.

For Sally’s next personal interest, we’re guessing she Since Monday, Sally’s name has been behind the slips on a pair of her best heels.

Greerton Village Mainstreet manager title.

“Restaurant eating is one of our hobbies, so It’s been a busy first week, a manic first week. we’re into fine dining. We travel around the There’s a lot of paperwork to get through country finding the good restaurants and her emails are down. “We’ve got to eat out in. three computers here and none “We’re quite into degustation of them are working at the menus. We have no real moment,” she giggles. favourite, just a wide variety On the flipside, she’s had of all sorts of food.” time to wander Greerton.

We wonder what Greerton She’s still learning the ins restaurant will be her and outs of the suburb. favourite. While she From Te Puke, Sally hasn’t studies the menus of the yet had the chance to really suburb’s finest eateries, get to know the village Sally will also be swotting she’s now fronting. up her new role as Greerton “I’m a bit of a shoe Village Mainstreet Manager. person, so a lovely shoe shop “I’m just trying to settle in. and a leather shop are what My brief will be to increase the took my eye, I have to say.” awareness of Greerton and to Yes, this female is a fan of promote Greerton Village. footwear. She collects shoes.

“My first project, once I’ve got sorted “A big variety, all sorts of shoes and out in here, is to work on the boots, and sandals.”

Greerton Mainstreet manager Sally Christmas event on December 11.”

It’s day two on the job and Benning in her patch of paradise.

As a former Te Puke Mainstreet Sally’s wearing a pair of casual manager, newspaper sales heels. “They’re a bit boring consultant and shopping centre manager, Sally has no today,” admits Sally. “They’re not overly colourful shortage of leadership qualities. It’s organising projects today. Summer is the time when I have lots of that Sally’s good at. colourful shoes.”

“I’m looking forward to getting back involved We wonder what type of shoes she wears to her next in organising events because that’s something I’ve favourite hobby, fishing. Sally and husband David probably missed.” fish off their 18-foot “run-about” boat whenever the Zoe Hunter

Explore different ways to live a healthier life The Healthy Living Festival is bringing a sense of love, happiness and wellbeing to Mount Maunganui.

Organiser Ruth Mansford says the festival at Mount Sports Centre is for people from all walks of life. “Especially people who care about the health and wellbeing of themselves and their loved ones.”

Ruth says there will be talks and exhibits from many different health practitioners, who can help ensure a smooth path on the Therapist Debbie Bryant gives her client a healing and restorative massage.

road to good health – and free seminars all weekend.

“For those who would like to experience a selenite healing, there will be a big display of selenite crystals and information about how they can give out healing.”

She says the festival is the

perfect place to pick up a Christmas gift for a loved one, while exploring all facets of a natural and spiritual existence to better improve wellbeing.

Magnolia Minerals will be there with a variety of different health products, books, feng shui, buddahs and crystals.

Natural Therapist Debbie Bryant will be offering a range of treatments, including therapeutic massage, Reiki, holistic pulsing, spinal re-alignment and crystal healing.

“For relaxation, stress relief, relieving pain or to empower you to find your own healing abilities, it could benefit you to talk to Debbie,” says Ruth.

The Healthy Living Festival is at Mount Sports Centre from 10am-5pm on Saturday, November 7 and 10am to 4pm on Sunday, November 8.

Refreshments will be available.

what you’re looking for and so much more Greerton Village is just a few minutes south of the CBD on Cameron Rd

Find out what’s up in Greerton Village at www.greertonvillage.org.nz

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Decadent dessert: Sweets for the summer Panna cotta, which means ‘cooked cream’ in Italian, is a cold custard often flavoured with vanilla, chocolate, or fruit.

Here, it is flavoured with real vanilla bean and sweetened with honey. Panna cotta is a bit similar to creme brulee, the popular French dessert with caramelised sugar on top, but it has a firmer texture that’s closer to flan and isn’t quite as rich. It’s the perfect ending to a lovely Italian meal.

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Honey panna cotta Prep time: 5 minutes (Plus refrigeration time) Cook time: 10 minutes Serves 6 Per serving Calories: 153kJ Fat: 3g Carbohydrates: 30g Sugars: 29g Protein: 5g

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3 cups milk, divided 1/4-ounce (7g) gelatin 1/2 cup honey 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped 2 ripe apricots, cut into small wedges, for garnish (optional) 2 strawberries, cut into small wedges, for garnish (optional)

1. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup milk with the gelatin, and set aside for 2 to 3 minutes to bloom.

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3. Add the gelatin and milk mixture, and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.

4. Transfer the mixture to a medium mixing bowl, and place the bowl inside a large mixing bowl filled with ice.

5. When cool, transfer to ramekins, and place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, or until set. Garnish with the apricots and strawberries (if using).

Public support for healthy food in schools Strong public support for the government to take a lead on healthy food in schools and childcare services is revealed in a recent poll.

Results showed 78 per cent are in favour of the government requiring schools and childcare services to implement a healthy food policy.

Despite this, 40 per cent of schools are not involved in any healthy food voluntary scheme, and there is concern this could lead to increasing inequalities in nutritional health.

The Horizon Research Poll on healthy food was carried out for the University of Auckland and funded by the Heart Foundation and the Cancer Society of Auckland.

Another question in the same poll also had 78 per cent of the public in favour of the Government stopping or restricting the practice of using unhealthy food and drinks as fundraisers in schools.

In both cases, only 22 per cent thought the government should not intervene.

“A diet low in sugary drinks and packaged snacks and instead, high in fruit, vegetables and healthy meals, not only helps prevent unhealthy weight gain, but is also linked with happier moods and better behaviours,” says Professor Boyd Swinburn.

“Contrary to what the adverts tell the kids, junk food is sad food, not happy food.”

“The latest figures from the Heart Foundation show that about 60 per cent are engaged in promoting healthy food policies in the school curriculum and at the school canteen or tuck shop.

They have some great examples to share of schools doing great things with the support of their students and their wider school communities.”

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Dusting off the winter blues Spas, pools, barbecues and outdoor living are all a part of this year’s show Tauranga Spring Home Show on this weekend.

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Spring is all about dusting off the winter blues and looking forward to a hot summer spent outside.

So now’s the time to upgrade, transform, replace or renovate your outside living area – and the Tauranga Spring Home Show has all of the tools to help you do just that.

Great outdoors

The show has a great variety of spas and pools to choose from, and it’s a good opportunity to speak to leading experts about making the right choices.

Kiwis love barbecues, so have a look at what’s new to the market.

There’ll also be something different to see when it comes to outdoor furniture. If you’re looking for comfort, design or traditional outdoor furniture, check out the diverse range

of styles available at the show.

This year’s Tauranga Spring Home Show will showcase more than 170 exhibitors keen to share their knowledge and expertise in a wide range of areas, including everything you’ll need for your home and outdoors.

Eclectic styles

Exhibitors include Top Secret and local company Contemporary Classics, which both have a range of styles to suite any discerning buyer, including lounge suites and hanging chairs in modern designs.

Palmers Bethlehem will have some stylish pieces at the show as well.

Or come and see the teams from Smith & Sons Renovations, Kitchen Studio and Green Sheep Insulation, among many others.

The Tauranga Spring Home Show is at ASB Arena, Baypark, from October 16-18.

Opening times for all three days is 10am. The day ends at 5pm on Friday and Saturday, with an earlier finishing time of 4pm on Sunday.

Entry is $10, under 13s entry is free.

Free Entry Friday for all, thanks to the Sun The Tauranga Spring Home Show is completely free to all visitors on Friday, October 16, thanks to The Weekend Sun. Opening at 10am and closing at 5pm, and with more than 170 exhibitors to browse around, there’ll be something of interest to appeal to everyone.

Friday is a good opportunity to enjoy a relaxing day browsing around the show.

Visitors can come and go as they please, opting to take a break and enjoy a coffee in the arena’s café, while mulling over any possible purchases.

Visitors still have the opportunity to enter the prize draw of a $10,000 voucher to spend at Mitre 10 Mega in Tauranga, one of the three single biggest prizes seen at this show.

There’s also the chance to win a rally car experience with

Tauranga rally car drivers Phil Campbell and Venita Fabbro, thanks to The Roofing Store.

Also, check out the website for a complete list of exhibitors.

The Tauranga Spring Home Show is at ASB Arena, Baypark, from October 16-18.

Opening times for all three days is 10am. The day ends at 5pm on Friday and Saturday, with an earlier finishing time of 4pm on Sunday. Entry is $10, under 13s entry is free.

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Be in to win a Mega prize A big decision awaits visitors at the Tauranga Spring Home Show this weekend.

The winner of the fantastic door prize of a $10,000 voucher to spend at Mitre 10 Mega in Tauranga will be announced.

All entrants to the show on October 16-18 will receive a competition entry ticket to be in to win one of the single three biggest prizes seen at this show.

Something for everyone

This prize is not only going to appeal to DIY enthusiasts and renovators when you think of the vast array of products the store holds.

There’s definitely something here for everyone – including the kitchen sink.

Mitre 10 Mega will also be at the show in their very own DIY Zone. This is great news if you are looking for advice and inspiration for your own indoor or outdoor project.

Plus there’ll be a chance to meet Mitre 10’s Mega’s ‘Easy As’ DIY specialist and TV personality Stan Scott.

With more than 26 years of industry experience, Stan will be at the show on Saturday and Sunday from 10am–3pm to show you how it’s done and to answer those renovation questions.

Inspiration and ideas

Come to the Tauranga Spring Home Show at ASB Arena, Baypark, on October 16-18 for inspiration, ideas, show specials and a chance of winning that great door prize.

Doors open every day at 10am. Show closes at 5pm Friday and Saturday and 4pm on Sunday.

Adults $10, 13 and under enter for free.

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But more options can often leave consumers confused about the best option for them and their family’s needs.

The team at Harvey Norman are here to help. With an array of top-quality beds and linen, they’ve got plenty of ideas to guide you through at this year’s Spring Home Show.

This is the first time the store has had its linen range on show at the Home Show, and Proprietor Carlie Macgregor is excited to show the Bay what they’ve got.

“We have partnered up with Legend Imports for the show this year,” says Carlie.

“We will showcase this spring-summer range from brands such as the traditional and contemporary designs Da Vinci, Private Collection and more modern and contemporary styles from Logan & Mason, plus we’ll have exclusive Spring Home Show offers”.

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Come and visit the friendly team at the Harvey Norman stand at the Spring Home Show. There are plenty of special offers to enjoy, including the chance to win a $1000 gift voucher when you spend $100.

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What’s new? Something for everyone For the very latest trends in home décor, outside living, renovating and building design, come to the Tauranga Spring Home Show this weekend at the ASB Arena, Baypark, to discover what’s new.

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This year’s show on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, has a wide variety of exhibitors in home building and design for those visitors who are considering undertaking a new build and need help or ideas.

For the renovator, there’s everything you need to help organise your project, whether it’s incorporating wardrobes into your bedroom areas, kitchen designers and even claw baths.

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different, there are a number of exhibitors here for the first time, including Conqueror Garage doors and some beautiful Turkish towels from Hammamas.

The show welcomes KDzine, Trig Construction and Bluxee, all new to the show.

Dunedin’s Stu Robbie is making a first time visit to the show with his unique garden furniture.

His beautifully eco-friendly handcrafted unique rocking

chairs and other stylish outdoor seating options are sure to be a hit. Pieces can be custom made to suit your idea and settings.

Other exhibitors include kitchen designers, shower and flooring specialists, plumbing and roofing experts.

To see a complete list of who’ll be at the show, check out the A-Z list at www. taurangahomeshow.co.nz Visit ASB Arena, Baypark, on October 16-18 and see what’s new this season.

Blakeway demonstrates barbecue delights Tauranga chef Peter Blakeway makes a welcome return to the Tauranga Spring Home Show again, preparing some delicious delights in the Cooking Theatre.

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Let’s get the show on the road Come to the Tauranga Spring Home Show this weekend and be in with a chance to win a Rally Car Experience in a Mitsubishi Evo9.

Thanks to The Roofing Store, one lucky winner could be driving around the track at the TECT All Terrain Park with Tauranga rally car

drivers Phil Campbell and Venita Fabbro.

Phil and Venita’s Mitsubishi Evo9 is currently placed second in this year’s New Zealand Rally.

This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for anyone who comes to the show.

Meet the drivers, Phil and Venita, who will be there on Saturday and Sunday from 12-2pm, and see inside the actual rally car you could be zipping around in.

Balloons, bedazzlement & bouncy castles While you’re at the show this weekend, take advantage of the free entertainment for the young at heart, available Saturday and Sunday only.

Allow the children to let off some steam in the brand new bouncy castle in the Kid’s Zone, while you relax with a coffee. You’ll find both in G Street.

Also free at the show, will be talented face artist Ros Robinson of professional face painting and body art company Illusionz.

Ros will happily paint fun and funky designs chosen by your young ones.

Gifted Balloon designer Donna Dance of BDazzled is highly capable of recreating your child’s favourite animal or object, done in seconds and ready to take home – and it’s all free inside the show.

Meanwhile, there are plenty of spot prizes to win throughout the weekend for the adults.

Palazzo Kitchens have an Omega Stainless Steel Microwave oven worth $449 to be won each day of the show. That’s three fantastic giveaway microwaves up for grabs. Find them on Stand D124 to pick up an entry form and enter.

Premiere Showers is offering a $2500 shower to one lucky winner. You’ll find them on Stand B72. A winner will be picked at random during show hours.

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Opportunity knocks for ambitious youth Tauranga Startup Weekend has already catalysed ambitious young people in our city to want to create their own businesses. This year’s event, which begins November 13, is set to launch more on their entrepreneurial journey.

JLo Karora was one of the first Bay of Plenty Polytechnic students to sign up to the 2014 Tauranga Startup Weekend event.

“It was a great start for a student.

I loved that we were able to learn from people that had been part of businesses, or were business owners,” said JLo, now studying Bachelor of Creative Industries who started selling her first product, a range of postcards, at Little Big Markets last weekend.

“In one weekend the event showed me exactly how much willpower and

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drive you have to have, as well as commitment it takes to get a real business started.”

Would JLo recommend others get started at Startup Weekend?

“Make it your mission!

Take advantage of connecting with some of the fantastic people I had the privilege to meet. I wish everyone could enjoy the fun and passionate environment within a StartUp weekend, it was awesome!”

Cucumber Digital are offering student sponsor tickets to Tauranga Startup Weekend again this year.

Come along to the TGASW pre-event Angel@ mytable on October 28 at Tauranga Art Gallery to find out more. Free tickets for the pre-event available at http:// clik.vc/angelguest

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Constant change good to pique customers’ interest There’s dust and dirt, scaffolding, shipping containers, security fences, empty shops spaces, shops that have moved. It’s a construction site that feels like a bomb site. So why would you bother with Papamoa Plaza at the moment?

“I know,” says David Hill, the terminally upbeat manager of Papamoa Plaza.

“It’s counter-intuitive.”

Counter-intuitive because since they ripped the first wall down, foot traffic through the site is up by more than a million people and turnover for every single tenant has “taken off ”, some by 50 per cent.

It’s counter-intuitive and it’s retail psychology, according to the man who did his MBA thesis on 23 factors affecting shopping centre profitability.

“The number-one rule of retail is change your window every day, at least weekly. And here we are changing our window every hour.”

David is speaking metaphorically of course, or is he?

“The shop window at the moment is all the construction going on. And every day something is added, something is new and that entices people back. We have purposefully left all the work open to view.”

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“Not at all,” says David, the man who has made fixing “distressed shopping” centres his

life’s work. “It’s really exciting.”

Exciting apparently because 22,000 ‘Papa-mites’ are looking for a community focal point.

“It’s a kind of quasi-town centre where there isn’t one.” And he’s trying to create a sense of ownership of this new centre.”

Sounds a noble endeavour, but isn’t David just creating a place where people go to spend money?

He admits that’s only one outcome.

“I spend half my time at the Plaza and half in the community doing stuff to create a sense of community.”

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When an application for a residential care subsidy is made, a life interest is valued by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) based on the recipient’s age, the likely ‘life’ left in the life interest and the value of the life interest property.

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The MSD also looks closely at when a life interest ends and on what terms. It is possible that a life interest will be deemed to continue even when it does not. The result is that the recipient does not receive the benefit of the life interest but is still required to contribute the deemed value of the life interest to his/her costs of care, leaving the recipient out of pocket.

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Tips for towing: How to keep both boats safe The first tip about towing is don’t. Call the coastguard instead because they are trained in what can be a tricky process where there are several thing that can go wrong without the right equipment and some know how.

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Insurance policies will most likely cover boaties if you’re rescuing someone in distress, but they may not cover you if you’re giving a mate a tow when he’s run out of gas.

It would pay to check.

Coming alongside another boat in rough seas is extremely dangerous. The best way to attach a tow line, if possible, is to get upwind and throw a light line to the other boat.

Attach the light line to a sturdy rope and get them to pull the light line in until they come to the heavy line, which they can then secure.

Attach the tow line as far forward as possible on the boat you’re towing. The attachment point needs to be strong as there can be a heavy loading on the towline at times. This will help the boat to tow in a straight line.

On the tow boat, tow from the centreline if there is a cleat there. Most boats only have a cleat on each side of the transom, so make a bridle or V of rope from each corner cleat and attach the towline to the bottom of the V. The further forward you can tow from, the better your boat will steer.

Watch your propeller. Don’t just throw your tow line overboard as you get underway; it’s too easy to wrap it around

your propeller. If possible, assign a crew member to the job of slowly feeding out the towline as you move away and picking up all slack line out of the water if the towline comes loose.

Use plenty of line. A long line acts as a shock absorber and helps to avoid snatching and wrenching. For Towing is risky a long-distance business, often best tow, consider left to the experts. attaching Photo: Tauranga a weight Volunteer Coastguard. such as an anchor or chain to the middle of the tow line to increase the line’s shock absorbing ability. Start towing slowly and try to take up the weight gently so as to avoid snatching which could break the line.

Guard against chafe. A towline can chafe right through surprisingly quickly if it passes over anything sharp. Wrap a rag around the towline where it passes through any fairleads or where it can rub against any part of the

boat, especially where it passes over the bow fairlead.

Work out how you’re going to communicate with the other boat.

Agree on a VHF channel or swap cellphone numbers if you’re in range.

Leave the outboard motor down on the vessel being towed.

This will help the boat to tow in a straight line, reducing the amount of sheering from side to side and also reducing the loading on the towline as the towed boat jerks from side to side.

Getting the crew to sit near the back of the towed boat will also help it to tow straighter.

Keep a sharp knife or a hatchet handy. You should always be ready to cut the tow loose. If the boat you’re towing starts to sink, you don’t want to put your own boat and crew in danger.

Wear a life jacket. Towing is a potentially dangerous activity and is often undertaken in unfavourable conditions. Everybody on both boats should be wearing a life jacket throughout the operation.

Whatever you do – don’t shoot the red moki!

We had a young lady get herself kitted out in the shop the other day. It’s so awesome to see the increase in female freedivers, and manufacturers have acknowledged this growth area with some pretty cool gear.

She was learning to freedive/ spearfish, but we were shaking our heads a little to hear she had been shooting red moki.

What followed was a gentle education on what to spear and what to leave alone. I have to admit that in my youth I made the same beginner mistakes, and no doubt many of you have done the same thing.

Red moki are easy to spear, they don’t startle easy, are inquisitive, appear large and tasty, and as a bonus there are usually two of them. As to the last point, there are usually two

of them because they mate for life. So shooting one and not the other, well, that’s just mean.

They also stay in the same area their whole life, thought to be several hundred square metres in size, so they are not really hard to take – which is another reason they are left alone by experienced spearos.

If you don’t know what they look like, imagine a snapper, but with distinctive copper red stripes, zebra like. As a little side note, reds are more often than not found near crayfish.

Red moki are not a tasty fish to eat in my opinion, unlike their cousin the much larger and very

desirable blue moki. To get a red to the dinner table, you have to smoke it with brown sugar or curry it, and avoid the bad smelling and copious slime they produce when out of the water.

The main point here is that reds are very long lived, up to 60 years according to the boffins, so they take ages to grow and mature.

The large striped red moki you see and spear could be more than 40 years old.

There is one other fish that isn’t speared often; the marble fish (also known as the Maori chief or simply as a kelpy), which is a

beautiful green and white camo painted herbivore. This largeish seaweed dweller is the worst tasting fish ever, unless you know how to smoke them.

Back to the beautiful red moki. They eat mainly seafloor critters, although anything will do, and the vertical red bands help camouflage them in kelp.

Often they will be hiding in crevasses, under rocks, in caves etc which is where the cray relationship comes from.

There will be cover close by when you see a red so it’s worth looking around. Don’t shoot them, just wave, smile and have a look nearby for a cray!

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Basic summer boating rules to ensure sun fun Labour Weekend is here and the traditional start of the new-summer boating season. If you are among the estimated 15,000 new boaties taking to the water this summer, these are the rules.

There are rules of the road at sea, just as there are on the roads on land.

For boaties the big three are: Keep right; Go slow near the shore, other boats and people who are in the water and give way to big ships.

There are other rules, but if every boaties follows just these three summer boating will be a lot less stressful for everyone.

Keeping right at sea is universal, even in countries such as New Zealand that drive on the left.

At sea you keep right in shipping channels and when another boat is approaching head-on.

The speed limit when you’re within 200m of the

captain or pilot may not be able to see any small boats closer than about C4 beacon, or half the distance along the Cutter Channel.

It’s just like the big trucks – if you can’t see the ‘driver’, then he can’t see you.

The average container ship is covering 300m, three football fields, every 60 seconds. It takes a lot longer than that to bring in fishing lines, raise the anchor and start the engine.

It’s the law that you must keep a good lookout at all times. Just like on the road, you should travel at such speed that you can stop in time to avoid something that pops up in front of you. Drive to the conditions, just like on the road.

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shore is five knots. The same speed limit applies within 50m of another boat or a person in the water.

Giving way to the big ships in or near harbours is just common sense and give them plenty of room. If you can’t see the ship’s bridge, they can’t see you.

From the bridge, the captain can’t see anything close in front of the ship. How extensive the blind spot is depends on how high the cargo is stacked.

The blind spot can extend about 1000m in front of the ship. It’s just under 2000m in distance from Panepane Point on Matakana Island to Salisbury Wharf at Mount Maunganui.

Once a ship comes in through the harbour entrance, the

lifejackets or Personal Flotation Devices, but an interesting exercise over summer when swimming from the boat would be to try to get into a lifejacket while floating in the water. It can be done by a normal strong and healthy person, but it’s not easy. You’ll find that the lifejacket wants to float annoyingly high up around your face unless it’s tightly secured around you. Give it a go!

Unravelling the nautical knot, decode your speed The five-knot rule says that you are only allowed to do five knots: • Within 200m of the shore • Within 200m of a boat flying the dive flag • Within 50m of another boat or a swimmer • When somebody is ‘bow riding’ – that is, when someone has part of their body hanging outside the vessel.

faster than a sea kayak or multisport kayak, you’re exceeding five knots.

A knot is a nautical mile per hour, and a boat travelling at five knots is moving at five nautical miles per hour.

harbourmaster or emergency craft.

Five knots is about the same as a very fast walk – check out the people walking along the beach to get some idea of how fast you can go. If the boat or jetski is measured in miles per hour, five knots is just under 6mph, so knots are roughly the same as miles per hour.

A decent kayak paddler can manage around 10km/h – or five knots – so if you’re travelling

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A right-rural show day Whakamarama School is keeping the tradition of a rural education centre alive, with their annual Show Day this weekend.

Like a classic Lamb & Calf Day, the school invites students and their farm animal friends along for a friendly competition and a lot of fun.

“We have some kids bring their lambs, calves, and I think there will be a duck, chickens... the kids just love it,” says event co-organiser and parent Karla Pennell.

“I have three children who all look forward to Show Day every year and this time, it’s my daughter’s first year taking her lamb Butter.”

Leading, calling and general wellbeing are all judging categories in the show part of the day, where the animals are inspected and their kid owners rewarded with utter, coloured ribbons. er lamb, B r. h h it w , lf Show Day also nd-a-ha y togethe nnell, six-a st show da features an art exhibit, Shanae Pe e attending their fir including sand saucers who will b and floral arrangements created by the school’s so everyone goes in to outbid one another and there’s a bit of students, and a silent cake auction, friendly rivalry.” in which families bring their Like the school’s much-celebrated Possum Hunt Weekend, baked goods and bids are placed the money raised goes back into the institute to support the anonymously throughout a half33 student, three-teacher school. hour period.

“Being such a small school, all funds go into the day-to-day “One cake got to $70 last year!” operation for the hands-on resources in the classroom, which says Karla. “It’s a bit of a fundraiser, is really cool,” says Karla.

Sunny sweetness that’s also good for you New Zealanders are well aware of the great taste and health attributes of green Hayward kiwifruit, but not so familiar with the new Zespri SunGold variety.

That’s all changing as production of the variety ramps up and more becomes available next season for the local market.

Zespri’s health and nutrition leader, Juliet Ansell, says SunGold tastes sweeter than green fruit and has similar great health properties too.

“It is a stand-out fruit for vitamin C, with three times the amount of that found in an orange.

“Adults need 45mg to 100mg of vitamin C per day and one SunGold fruit provides 200mg a day.”

SunGold is also a great source of dietary fibre, folate, vitamin E, and minerals and antioxidants, making it one of the most nutrient-

dense fruits available. Zespri kiwifruit is also a low glycaemic index food.

“Even though it tastes sweet, eating SunGold doesn’t cause a large spike in blood sugar levels because of the properties of the fibre contained in the fruit, which means not as much sugar diffuses into the blood stream. It’s sweet, but it’s a sweetness that’s good for you.”

Green kiwifruit is recognised as excellent for keeping bowel movements regular due to fibre and actinidin, an enzyme that breaks Zespri kiwifruit, down including the new proteins variety SunGold, and aids has a number of digestion health benefits, and including a comfort, positive influence says Juliet. on mood.

And SunGold has about half the fibre of green kiwifruit and 25 per cent of actinidin levels, but it possibly also has bowel health benefits.

Juliet says clinical trials will be conducted to determine its effectiveness in that important health area.

“The fact that the smooth skin of SunGold can be eaten too means an increase in fibre for those who enjoy their fruit that way.”

While some people do eat green kiwifruit skin and all, most prefer to peel them first, or scoop out the flesh, rather than eat the skin.

SunGold is high in potassium but low in sodium, and contains the same amount of potassium as a banana.

Clinical trials have already been completed with SunGold kiwifruit, using university students as trialists, and have shown daily consumption has a positive influence on mood, increasing the feeling of wellbeing, vigour and vitality while reducing fatigue.

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Bay driver keen to take on Bathurst again Not too much goes through your mind when your V8 Supercar is heading towards a wall at more than 100km/hr – except “brace yourself and take the wack”.

That’s exactly what Bay of Plenty V8 Supercar driver Ant Pedersen was thinking when his V8 came to an abrupt halt in the 35th lap of the Bathurst 1000 at the weekend.

The Rotorua-born lad found himself at the wrong end of a bump when Karl Reindler’s Team Cooldrive Holden clipped the back of Ant’s Holden, hurling it at more than 100km/hr.

“You win some, you lose some...

That incident started a corner prior.

I came out behind a car, that car was on cold tyres.

“So I was obviously trying to pass that car and he blocked, so I had to put myself in a position I didn’t really want to be in, on the outside of the car. I was just trying to survive, and get out of that corner and head off up the straight.

“But the inside guy didn’t make it easy for me and fed me a wheel. I went on the grass and slowed my momentum.

My old mate behind me just kept his [speed] up, tagged me and just turned us around. It was very disappointing.”

Ant says thankfully the magnitude of his crash was nothing compared to

Ant Pedersen in action. a couple of crashes in the practise and qualifying laps the day before. However, there was very little he could do as his Super Black Racing team car headed towards the wall.

“I don’t know how fast I was going, it was quick but nowhere near the speed of the other two crashes. That would have been the biggest shunt I’ve ever had. You sort of just brace yourself, take the wack and wait for reality to set in.”

Last year Super Black Racing were the surprise package at Bathurst and many motoring enthusiasts were picking Ant’s team to feature in the top 10 this year.

However, Ant is philosophical about their prospects during the event.

The race was won by Craig Lowndes.

It was the driver’s sixth title, who was supported by his New Zealand-born co-driver Steven Richards. Greg Taipari

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Snapshot of a photographer’s life Suffering a mid-life crisis may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it was just the tonic for motor rally photographer Jason Byrne.

You may not know his face but you may know his work, especially if you’re into motorsport. Jason’s action-packed photos of nationwide rally events are widely used and sort after.

His skill behind the camera was almost stumbled upon.

“I came here to New Zealand in 2003, bought a camera because I was on holiday and just started taking photos. I fell in love with landscape photography. Then I had a mid-life crisis and bought a rally car.”

His mid-life crisis actually came in 2006 when Jason was diagnosed with cancer.

“I became seriously ill and had to undergo chemo and radiotherapy.

I’m pleased to say that thanks to the loving support from my family and the fantastic health care I received, I’m now in remission and still doing well.”

Jason Byrne (right) taking a shot at a rally event.

Photo: Paul Byrne.

Jason decided to buy his dream car, a Ford Escort Mk2, which he raced.

“I went to an event and my car broke, but I had my camera, so I started taking pictures of people in their cars and a few people went, ‘Hey that’s cool’. And it kind of started growing from there.”

The Tauranga local says it was too expensive to compete in rally so decided to follow the sport through the lens of a camera. Since then he has created the website A Little Bit Sideways, which follows different rally events nationally and internationally.

The 44-year-old uses all Nikon gear and has come a long way from the first camera given to him as a youngster.

“My first camera was a Nikon. My dad actually gave me a Nikon D100, which I still have, but it’s definitely not up to what we use now. Now I’ve gone to the more professional bodies with the weather proofing and dust proofing.”

Jason posts his articles and images on his website which has been up and running since 2012. “We hope to be spreading the concept at future events.”

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Apple awards Te Akau ki Papamoa The Papamoa school that made waves by ensuring every pupil had a tablet for classroom use has received international recognition for how it is using them.

Te Akau ki Papamoa Coast School has been recognised as an Apple Distinguished School, an award principal Bruce Jepsen says is measured against innovation, leadership, and educational excellence.

It’s an award that recognises the transformations made within the school learning environment, as measured against the results obtained when the school first began developing the digital learning side of the curriculum six years ago.

The easiest part of the whole exercise was giving the students an iPad – apart from the funding, says Bruce. The more difficult part was proving their effect on the pupils.

“But it’s just like giving someone a pen and saying ‘write a story’. There’s a whole lot of teaching and learning behind it that has to be in place,” says Bruce.

“We have spent six years preparing for this, and that was from our first one to one digital environment that was well received, we captured data on attendance how well people were engaged with school, data on entry

Te Akau ki Papamoa Coast Left to right: Kyla Newnham (Y6), Kaia School principal Bruce Jepsen Chapman(Y5) and Kimberley Biugos (Y5). with the award.

And we have to have a network that is level reading, writing, and mathematics. going to sustain quality access, to what “For us it means that we are a one-to-one we are trying to create.” environment. We have about 600 students Networking infrastructure is an area here today and every single one of them has of leadership at Te Akau ki School, as is an iPad they use for their learning.” teaching the teachers – teachers who may Within the teaching teams they have their already be highly successful in a non-digital own leadership environments they have to environment. take responsibility for. Bruce’s role comes in “Putting a device in the hands doesn’t around teaching leadership, ensuring that make the teacher effective with the tool. We those aspects of teaching and learning that have had to consider ongoing professional have been successful over time are continued development and support,” says Bruce. using 21st century learning and digital tools.

With the digitised learning environment “We have to consider networking and infrastructure as real-life issues. At our school come high expectations. The school expects at least 90 per cent of its pupils to be at or we don’t have the capacity to run all our above national standards. Andrew Campbell devices at once, so we have to have fibre.

Outstanding October offers!

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Take to swimming like a duck to water A duckling scramble provided plenty end-of-holiday frivolity and fun at Baywave on Friday.

Bluey, the BaySwim/BayKids’ mascot was at Baywave with 150 numbered ducklings.

All were tossed into the wave pool, with young Kingston Pokaia catching the lucky number duckling, therefore winning the prize of a BaySwim bag full of goodies.

Bluey and ducklings will be back at the pools for a special event early next month – the Great Hydro-Slide Duckling Race. This will be held on Saturday, November 7 at the Baywave hydroslide. The ducklings will be ready to race at 2pm.

Children are encouraged to come along, pick out a duckling and enjoy the suspense as the ducklings spiral down the slide in heats leading up to the grand final. There will be fun and prizes to be had.

Bluey and ‘duckling’ Kingston Pokaia.

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Now drop and give me 20... minutes!

Thrusters, dead rows, burpees... the language of the fitness camp, and just three new phrases I’ve added to my vocabulary after my 10-week regime got underway.

early bath or serious injury. For that alone, having experts on hand is priceless.

The first session was short but particularly sharp – a run, followed by 10 thrusters (a front squat/overhead press combined), 10 dead rows (involving dropping the bar to knee level before pulling up to your stomach), 10 sit-ups, a

A gruelling fitness test the previous week left me dizzied and rattled, but the serious stuff began in the confines of our Mount Maunganui studio this week – my home-away-from-home between now and Christmas.

The group dynamic was a big plus, with the 13-strong team a mix of varying ages and fitness levels. Simply knowing there were others that might be suffering alongside me somehow made it more bearable.

The session was bookended with extensive warm-ups and warm-downs – the importance of which were hammered home by leaders Liam Knight and Dawn Kiddie.

At this early stage, and especially for a laboured beginner like me, preparation could be the difference between completing the camp, an Liam Knight guides Dan through the art of the ‘thruster’.

lap of the outside of the building and five burpees.

And repeat... for 20 minutes.

I know what you’re thinking.

Something along the lines of “20 minutes? Is that all?” You may have a

point, but as the weeks go by I’m hoping those 20 minute bursts will start to feel a lot shorter.

For more information on LIFE Personal Fitness, visit: Dan Sheridan www.your-life.co.nz

Cross your heart – and pledge your services to Red Nose Day Red Cross volunteers will be busy unpacking, preparing and selling a multitude of red roses to hit the streets later this month.

Thousands of roses will be available on October 23 across the Western Bay for the 20th annual Red Cross Red Rose Day. Some of these gorgeous, wrapped, long-stemmed fresh red roses will be sold on Wednesday, October 21 and the majority will be available

on the streets and other sites on Friday, October 23.

The roses will be available for a minimum $2 donation.

This is a major fundraiser and promotion for New Zealand Red Cross in the Western Bay and provides valuable financial assistance to support the humanitarian work of Red Cross.

This year Red Cross celebrates the centenary of its activities

in New Zealand.

Being a voluntary non-profit organisation the Red Cross is heavily reliant on donations to support their efforts.

Volunteers to join the friendly team to assist with the preparation and sale of the roses are still required.

If you can help out with this, call Heather on 07 578 6987 or email heather.dabrowski@redcross.org.nz

Thank You! It takes nine months to grow a baby. Bethlehem Birthing Centre thanks all the mums and babies who have made our first nine months a success.

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irthing is not a medical emergency – it’s a normal function of biology. Bethlehem Birthing Centre is a primary care unit for women having natural, non-complicated births, without intervention.

Evidence is clear that primary births have many benefits – fewer interventions, shorter labours, and faster recovery time.* Our purpose as a primary birthing unit is giving our mums the best birthing experience, because “you will have the baby once, but relive it a thousand times”. (Carolyn Fasnacht) That’s why it’s so important you find a midwife you connect with. If you want to have a natural birth, choosing your midwife is crucial. How do you visualise your birth? You’re free to interview midwives on their philosophy and history before you choose which one is right for you (and you also have the right to change midwives if you’re not comfortable). You might like to ask: Do you mainly do primary births? Will you provide all my care or will others be involved? How can I contact you if I need help or advice? How many women do you have booked in at the same time as me?

At Bethlehem Birthing Centre, our experienced, confident team is here for you from labour until you take your baby home. After you give birth, we offer a complete post-natal package, including support with breastfeeding, bathing and wrapping your baby. We look forward to meeting you and giving you a complete primary birthing experience. Please call in for a tour of the centre on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am and 7.30pm. Our birthing service is free for women eligible for publicly funded maternity care. *Supported by NZ College of Midwives research http://ow.ly/RjSy1

1 Te Paeroa Rd, Bethlehem (on the corner of SH2, opposite the Z station)

PH. 07 570 6106 enquiries@birthingcentre.co.nz www.birthingcentre.co.nz www.facebook.com/birthingcentretauranga

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Make anti-ageing a painless process Facial ageing happens as a result of both internal and external contributing factors. Over time, a loss of fat in the upper face, gravitational change, loss of elasticity and changing bone structures all lead to visible signs of ageing.

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Gone are the days of needing weeks to heal after a laser treatment with a high risk of

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A combination of treatments, Botox, fillers, Fraxel laser, will give an all over transformation of a lift, and a more youthful you with glowing skin.

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Hairdresser makes a spectacle of herself A hairdressing student from Tauranga has been named as a ‘spectacular candidate’ in the Specsavers’ Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition.

Hannah Cameron was selected as one of six finalists from around the country out of more than 700 entries.

The 24-year-old was selected by a panel of judges including American actress Eva Longoria, comedian Jeremy Corbett and L’Oréal stylist Peter Dutton.

Hannah Cameron has been chosen as a finalist in the Specsavers’ Spectacle Wearer of the Year.

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“I love how wearing glasses had evolved from a necessity to a trending fashion statement, giving people a great deal of confidence – it’s awesome,” says Hannah.

Judge Jeremy Corbett says he enjoyed meeting Hannah and watch her become more confident throughout the day and during their photoshoot.

“She truly knows how to rock her specs – watch out Eva, you’ve got competition,” says Jeremy.

The winner of the 2015 Spectacle Wearer of the Year will be treated to an all-expenses paid trip to Hollywood with a friend, to meet Eva on the set of her latest TV show ‘Hot and Bothered’.

They will be given spending money, a L’Oréal Professionnel prize pack valued at $500, and a year’s supply of designer glasses from Specsavers.

As a finalist, Hannah has already won $1000, a voucher for two pairs of designer glasses and flew to Auckland where she attended a styling session, professional photoshoot and dinner with Jeremy Corbett.

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Best relief for body and mind Due to its popularity, Tauranga Thai Massage, a well-established local business, is now expanding and as such has welcomed Narna to their team.

Narna has recently arrived from Thailand and brings 30 years of extensive training and experience in therapeutic massage. Director Chorn Puranaphan and her team offer a wealth of expertise and techniques in traditional Thai herbal massage.

Thai massage is excellent for those suffering from neck and shoulder problems, and can increase your range of motion – particularly beneficial for computer users.

The team at Tauranga Thai Massage specialise in treating pain and nerve problems. They offer deep tissue massage and Thai foot massage (reflexology).

Chorn says, “Thai massage is the most energising form of massage. All our therapists know how to stimulate pressure points, which help to open

Narna and Chorn are here to help with any ailments you may have.

energy pathways in the body.

“The traditional techniques we use help to balance the body’s systems and create a sense of wellbeing. A boosted immune systems is also a benefit of traditional Thai massage as toxins are released through improved circulation and immunity to illness is increased.”

What are you waiting for? Contact Chorn and her team and book your appointment for traditional Thai herbal massage and experience the benefits for yourself.

Chorn and her team are currently running a competition to win a free Thai massage with Narna.

‘Like’ and share their Thai Massage Tauranga Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ ThaiMassageTauranga, and comment why you or someone you know is deserving of a massage to be in to win.

Competition closes November 30, 2015 and the winner will be announced on their Facebook page on December 1.

Time to be your own genius, never compare “Everybody is a genius.

But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

The question I have for you is, ‘What is your genius?’” – MATTHEW KELLY We can be tempted to compare ourselves to others – we see their strengths and abilities and think we don’t measure up – and it’s the truth, we never will measure up to

another person’s abilities.

What is important is what your own strengths and abilities are, because they are unique to you.

Instead of focusing on what others are capable of, focus on the things that come most naturally to you and that you love to do.

Look at what you already have: are you a leader or a great

team player? Do you have good communication skills or have more reflective abilities? Are you self-motivated or a supporter?

There are as many variations on strengths as there are people in the world and yours are uniquely yours. Look to what motivates you and that you love, and you will find you don’t need to compare yourself to others because of who you intrinsically are!

So what is your genius?

If you would like to know more about coaching or supervision phone Mary Parker, The Fast Track Coach, on 07 577 1200, or visit www.coachingtheattitude.co.nz

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Easy way to rewind the years They say that youth is wasted on the young. By the time we are mature enough to invest our talents into meaningful pursuits, we often find our energy levels are flagging.

We have been trialing a new product at Jamele during the last few months called Rewind.

A 100 per cent New Zealand natural hormonal supplement, Rewind is designed to boost your level of IGF-1 and other ‘feel-good’ hormones back to the level you enjoyed in your twenties.

We produce IGF-1 naturally in our liver, however as we approach our thirties, the amount that we produce begins to decline. IGF-1 deficiency is attributed to many symptoms of ageing from loss of mental clarity, low energy and poor sleep to aching joints and bones,

poor cardiovascular health and blood pressure problems. By bringing your IGF-1 levels back to where it would have been in your twenties, you not only feel younger but appear more youthful too.

I have personally been taking Rewind for more than two months and I have found that I have a general sense of wellbeing and enjoy amazing energy and drive. I sleep very well and don’t feel so full of aches and pains in the morning. I’m also the only one in the clinic who has not been sick over winter.

As a bonus, Rewind has a very pronounced effect on metabolism and will aid loss of body fat and toning of muscle tissue, even without dieting and exercising.

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Iconic local challenge proving popular Michael Coddington Carey Wright

We have just moved back to downtown Mount, and from our apartment we can see the Mount track that goes up from the end of Main Beach.

Even though we just had school holidays, the number of people going up The Mount, from daylight to dusk is quite phenomenal. Going up the other day I counted

65 people going up and down during a five-minute period – multiply that out over a week and you have many thousands taking on this iconic, local challenge.

It is quite ironic then that we have a real fitness revolution continuing to build at the same time that our weight and diabetes issues are spiralling out of control.

One of our big pushes at the moment in putting together our local EFK pilot challenge is to ensure that people who take part in a few sessions a week of fairly strenuous workouts in gyms, up The Mount and so on, are aware that what they do for the rest of the week is also really crucial.

Many of the health benefits of hardcore exercise can be lost if long

periods of inactivity in between prevail, eg four sessions up The Mount a week and the rest sitting in your office. This detraining aspect is fairly compelling and worth a Google’ So, fill in the gaps by breaking up those long sitting periods and finding ways to be more active during the rest of the week.

Our challenge pilot is off to a flying start and our diabetes group are doing well, with major improvements already in their blood-sugar control, which provides the opportunity to incrementally reduce insulin medication. Feelings of wellbeing, having more energy and weight loss are common.

Contact me on 027 294 1980 or leigh@ eatforkeeps.com if you would like to book in for a free consultation at New World Mount or know more.

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health & beauty Holistic approach to care During the past 20 years I have helped thousands of people in the journey towards better health.

In most cases, people call me for a specific problem.

As a nutritional medicine practitioner, my role is to create a nutritional support programme that will encourage the body to heal.

In mid-2014, a woman in her seventies approached me to help with osteoarthritis in her fingers. This was quite disabling and was preventing her from doing many of the things she loved.

Over the last 12 months she has been on a programme designed to reduce joint inflammation and help with joint function.

She has now improved to the point where she is almost pain free. The improvements were gradual and are now to the point that she can return to do the things she loved.

Because our focus was on her hand joints, I did not know that she also had battled with facial neuralgia for some time. She needed to take regular pain relief medication. This problem too has gone. As a bonus people are commenting on how well she looks.

When we target a specific health problem, the good diet and supplements will affect the whole body, not just the problem parts.

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Zinc is used by more than 100 enzymes and low zinc causes poor immunity and many other problems. Low chromium and vanadium can result in poor blood glucose control. And the list is endless.

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Daylight saving signals sun safety time Daylight saving has started, which means it’s time to protect our skin and eyes from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation, says manager of skin cancer prevention at the Health Promotion Agency Kath Blair.

“With El Nino conditions, some regions may experience cooler and windier days, but UV radiation levels are increasing, so even if you’re feeling cold, you need to protect your skin and eyes.”

A general rule of thumb is to use sun protection between 10am and 4pm from September to April when out and about outdoors.

Depending on where you are,

specific advice is available by checking HPA’s Sun Protection Alert.

This tells you the time period in your location when sun protection is recommended.

The Sun Protection Alert is available on MetService.com Remember to always slip into a collared shirt and the shade, slop on plenty of broad-spectrum sunscreen of at least SPF 30, slap on a broad-brimmed hat and wrap on a pair of wraparound sunglasses.

Kath also encourages New Zealanders to regularly check their skin for any changes.

Regular skin checks increase the chance of finding melanoma and other skin cancers at an early stage when they are easier to treat.

If you’re concerned about a change to a mole or freckle, a persistent sore or bleeding spot, or a growing bump, get it checked by your doctor.

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Nothing changes in the Bay The life you leave behind Since my letter to this publication ‘Sea Lettuce: Nothing has changed’, published on Friday, April 12, 2013 – reminding readers of my Friday, December 11,

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It seems to me there is something critical missing we continue to stumble over today. I think the missing point in Christian teaching is what Jesus meant when he said, “You have turned this place into a Den of Thieves.”

What then was being stolen and still is today and over time is the value of our “means of exchange”. This divides the communities world wide into the very rich and the very poor. Given the state of world conflict today I wonder how long we can claim ignorance under Christ’s umbrella of forgiveness.

D L Reid, Tauranga

I would like to offer my congratulations to Simon Mcleay of St Peters in the City for his contribution to ‘Churches Active in our City’ (Oct 2) He writes of leaving a legacy for those we leave behind, and writes of Jesus being mindful of his legacy at his final meal the last supper. Later when dying on the cross he asked one of his friends to look after his mother and spoke words of forgiveness for those who were about to crucify him. From my old memory, I recall Christ’s words “forgive them Lord for they know not what they do”. To me this echoes of

2009 photo in your newspaper – still nothing has changed here!

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council predicts a bumper crop of sea lettuce in our polluted harbour this summer, due mainly, so they say, to El Nino.

Tauranga Harbour Watch Inc wonders why Ohiwa Harbour, Ohope and Wangamata Harbour are not also so cursed with this putrid infestation.

We also wonder why a certain factory with a Regional Council granted resource consent until 2017 continues to discharge into our very polluted harbour suspended solids, dissolved reactive phosphorous, ammoniacal nitrogen, fluoride, wastewater and an anti-fouling agent, octadecylamine.

Does El Nino not happen at Ohiwa and Whangamata?

H Rhodes, Chairperson, Tauranga Harbour Watch Inc

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This week I accompanied a family member, who is confined to an electric wheelchair, on the Bay Hopper buses.

Our relative is a knowledgeable member of a national advisory board for disability access issues, which includes public transport.

After a day using the buses, Bay Hopper came up trumps in all aspects of a disabled passengers comfort and approval.

The new knell-down vehicle was efficiently lowered to the correct height

adjacent to the footpath; the fold out ramp came at exactly the right level for comfortable access for this weighty wheelchair. Regrettably, this is frequently not the case when using the Wellington buses, which have a comparable set up.

Without exception, all the drivers were exceptionally cheerful and accommodating, very knowledgeable in regards to use of the equipment, in addition, they went out of their way to support visitors negotiate their way around the Mount.

Needless to say, our very clued-up cousin was impressed. Oh yes, the loo in the disability facility, under the surf club, also received high praise. I often wonder if we are the only family that takes photos of disabled equipment in toilets!

Thank you, Bay Hoppers, for being exceptionally user friendly, because of this positive experience, you now have happy passengers, who are enthusiastic to return to Tauranga to ride your buses.

T Carroll, Athenree

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Love is in the air – if you obey road rules

Still divided over our anthem I have decided to write to you regarding your impression of our politically flawed National Anthem.

For starters as you put it, God is not at our feet among the smelly jandals and dirty rugby boots. “At thy feet” is at God’s feet, “thy” being his feet, not ours!

The word bond does not necessarily lean towards a nation of perverts – there are many meanings of the word “bond”. Join or unite springs to mind, rather than bondage and discipline.

Now for the “twisted bit” as you

put it – yes, the word triple pertains to the three islands that make up our little bit of paradise,

not stars, but shores!

“Guard Pacific’s triple shores, from the shafts of strife and war.”

Maybe Mr Bracken’s handwriting wasn’t the best and an error was made somewhere. So just change one word and all your concerns about our anthem will be put to rest.

Go the mighty All Blacks and God Defend New Zealand!

S Daniels, Tauranga

Unfinished song wins contest Good on the Te Puke Economic Development Group for running the well-publicised Te Puke Highway Song Contest to “create a song that celebrates the Te Puke Highway”. I was excited to listen to the top entries at Jubilee Park, knowing one would be the winner.

There was a huge variety of local talent on show. How disappointing then that an unfinished song won the competition?

It is currently “only one minute 56 seconds long at this stage so it needs a bit more work”, chief judge Simon Elton says. How could he judge an incomplete song as the winner?

Even winner, Robert Rakete was quoted as saying, “Here are the revised lyrics – they will change as I’m probably going to record the song and make it longer.”

Surely the point of this competition was to find a complete song, a catchy anthem for Te Puke? How do Te Puke EDG possibly know what the finished product will sound like when the winning song has to be changed?

“I made a mess of my performance,” says Rakete in The Weekend Sun. He certainly did. I wait to hear the winning song... when it is finally finished.

E Church, Te Puke

the goodwill and courtesy of both lanes to make it work. Except our correspondent says motorists from Matua and Bellevue etc see it as a challenge to beat him on the inside.

He says there’s nothing to be gained because there are lights 100m up the road. He calls for courtesy, common sense and we all get to town with a smile.

BOUQUET An observation from an Auckland immigrant.

She feels a bit uneasy when complete strangers pass her on the street and say “Hullo”, “Good morning” or “Lovely day”, and throw in a smile to completely unsettle her. They view those behaviours with suspicion on the dark side of the Bombays.

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of supermarket carparks last week. Then a reader sees this. One four door, one boat, six wheels and five, perhaps six, carparks. Why take the shopping basket when the whole rig will do?

BARBED WIRE Got a call from an Otumoetai motorist who drives out of Maxwells Road into Chapel Street each morning. There’s a special traffic island that enables you to perform this manoeuvre so you can merge easily with city bound traffic.

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BOUQUET There was also unrequired love this week when a misdirected txt came through to B&B. Simple and to the point: “Hey gorgeous – this is Pete”. They are all gorgeous at The Sun, but none knows Pete. We can only presume some young lovely called Gorgeous lay a false trail. She flicked Pete our 0800 number to put him off the scent. Time to move on Pete. That’s unless you found Gorgeous and, if so, we would like to know.

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Parading in hot pink Tauranga’s Red Square will become a very pink square on Wednesday evening as thousands of people are expected to gather to celebrate, support and honour men and women diagnosed with breast cancer.

with a warm-up with More FM and Tina Neville’s Let’s Zumba crew. There’s a costume competition and a bird release during a moment of silent reflection for people who have been taken by the disease.

“Be in Red Square at water end, outside the BCSS

The House of Travel (HOT) Pink Walk is the flagship fundraiser for Tauranga Breast Cancer Support Service.

Tauranga Breast Cancer Support service manager Lea Lehndorf says the event also helps them continue offering emotional and practical support to about 200 women – and one or two men – diagnosed

Z Service Station employees Daphne Northcott, Vicky Barnett and Tania Gabel dress up for last year’s HOT Pink Walk. Photos: Tracy Hardy.

Jordan Micher, 10, and Mia Watkins, 11. with breast cancer every year in Western Bay of Plenty.

“As a local and independent charity, we rely on this event and the generosity of our community to support locals going through tough times.

“We connect people with others in the same situation as support, with local survivors who act as inspiration, with information to put their minds at ease and with practical services as silver linings.

“All our services are free to those diagnosed.”

On October 21, the HOT Pink Walk festivities start

tent by 5.30pm to be in the running for a costume award,” says Lea. “Three individuals and three groups will be chosen to walk onto the stage and the crowd will vote the winners.”

While tickets are available for purchase on the night, people are encouraged to register early to avoid crowds and make life easier for everyone.

Tickets cost $5 from Z Energy stations, House of Travel Tauranga and Smiths Sports Shoes.

“If the weather is a little undesirable, just remember, it’s nothing compared to cancer treatments – we’ll be there rain, hail or shine,” notes Lea. Full information is available at www.hotpinkwalk.co.nz

New breast cancer ambassador no joke Inspired by her own youthful cancer experience to help spread the message to New Zealand women about the importance of early detection, comedienne Urzila Carlson has joined the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation as an ambassador.

Urzila, a stand-up comic and star of TV3’s ‘7 Days’ programme, had kidney cancer as a 20-year-old.

That illness was only diagnosed as a result of her insistence on a second opinion.

Although large, the tumour was found early enough for her to be treated successfully.

“Women need to be really

active in keeping an eye on their health, and they need to insist on a second opinion when they’re worried,” says Urzila.

“My message is, check your breasts, get your mammograms – it’s so important, not just for you, but for your family.”

The 39-year-old plans to have her first mammogram next year.

In addition to promoting breast awareness, Urzila is helping the NZBCF to fundraise this October. She has made a video to promote the upcoming Estee Lauder Companies Pink Star Walks in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, which can be viewed on YouTube.

Comedienne Urzila Carlson is the new Breast Cancer Foundation ambassador.

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ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENTGUIDE News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene.

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Totara St – new home for arts, music and entertainment “I’m a bit of an old bugger and I’ve figured out over the years that you can’t make a decent living out of rock ‘n’ roll venue, it has to be something more and a whole lot more multifunctional.”

It’s been five years of hard work and dedication from Ross and the Mauao team, who all feel enormously proud of what they have created thus far.

Ross says it’s remarkable when he walks through MauaoPAC and sees all the amazing and different things taking place on any given day.

“We are seriously proud of what we have created, right at the beginning there was a vision of what we wanted to

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day and a new name for the Mauao Performing Arts Centre’s events room and that’s got co-founder Ross Shilling feeling good.

Tutors and staff Jay Munro, Joel Shadbolt, Nick Ruinui, Ross Shilling, Alice Sea, Anthony Coulter, Abbie Smith and Emily Macklow in the events room. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

The event room – a 423m2 “The team are pretty excited has a maximum capacity of 454 auditorium that’s hosted the about getting it to this stage,” says people and features a Martin Audio likes of Trinity Roots, Phoenix Ross. “We’ve been working on the PA system, two bars, commercial Foundation, Swamp Thing, rebrand for well over a year and kitchen, plus a mezzanine floor B2KDA and many more – will are seriously proud of what we running the full length and width be branded as Totara St from have created.” of the room.

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Housed in a 632m2 commercial Ross explains its main function is To celebrate, MauaoPAC building, MauaoPAC’s Music to create an affordable performance cordially invites one and all and Arts Academy which draws space for the community, which down to Totara St for ‘The in roughly 70 students per week includes hosting high profile gigs, Opening Sequence’ – the occupies the front, while the large scale events and exhibitions, official opening event that’ll newly branded events room sits and it’s always been the plan to feature Brutus Powers, Alice Sea, in behind. have “two separate identities” Tiki Taane and Sola Rosa.

The newly branded Totara St operating within MauaoPAC.

Fun and family time for all at Oktoberfest

The money comes in, then straight out again.

That’s the way the Te Puke Baptist Church’s Annual Oktoberfest Gala & Fun Run works.

Now in its 10th year, the annual Oktoberfest Gala & Fun Run on October 17 raises funds for helping youth in the church and community.

Co-ordinator Maree Rauhala says once the funds are tallied, the community can apply for grants.

Proceeds are also used to fund children’s holiday camps through the church.

The gala includes white elephant stalls selling toys, clothes, music and more, as well as mini golf, a petting zoo, face painting, a sawdust dig and a dunking booth.

Live entertainment includes performances from Urban Dance hip-hop group, Mainly Music pre-

schoolers, musicians and Fairhaven Primary School’s Indian dance group.

Festival goers can tempt their tastebuds with a smorgasbord of cultural dishes, including Indian, Chinese and Kiwi food.

There’s also a silent auction including a weekend away at a bach, fishing trips, firewood and more.

“It’s a really good thing for our church family to do something together and have some fun and to invite the wider community into our place,” says Maree.

“It’s a fun, affordable day for the community.”

The Te Puke Baptist Church’s Annual Oktoberfest Gala & Fun Run is on October 17 from 8.45am-1pm.

Entry is free, with registrations for the fun run –$10 for adults, $5 for children under 13 and $25 for a family.

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Bay Dreams – ‘for the love of the music’ If you’re going to dream, then make sure you dream big.

It may be New Zealand’s newest summer music festival but the man behind Bay Dreams, which hits the Mount next January, already has his sights firmly fixed on the future.

The festival will draw some of hiphop, NZ roots, and electronic music’s biggest names to ASB Baypark Stadium, who’ll perform across multiple stages.

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Mount next week which can in absolutely no way be described as nostalgia. If you want to check out the state of the art, as far as new music goes, then get on down to the Mauao Performing Arts Centre next Thursday (October 22) and prepare to be blown away.

The night is made up of three bands, all of whom promise great things.

Strangely Arousing are a six-piece who won the 2014 NZ Battle of the Bands. They’re funky, they have horns, they’ve opened for the likes of Fat Freddy’s Drop and Damien Marley, and the videos of them live are sensational. Meanwhile, Brendon Thomas and The Vibes are a three piece who placed third on New Zealand’s ‘The X Factor’, and went on to tour with I Am Giant.

The two bands originally met at a Battle of the Bands heat in 2014 when they vowed to one day tour together. Two years later they’re on the road with a show that includes a set from each band before they join forces for a nine-piece super-band, taking the chance to play songs from some of their favourite artists.

Opening the night is an even younger talent, Joe’s Van, locals and this year’s Smokefree Rockquest winners.

If you haven’t seen them take my word for it – they’re fantastic!

Things kick of at 8.30pm, $15 on Eventfinder, $20 on the door.

Chali 2na (Jurassic 5) and The House of Vibe. They’ll be joined by Kiwi acts The Black Seeds, Homebrew, Concord Dawn, and L.A.B (Kora Brothers) plus more. A second line-up announcement will be released in early November.

“It’s crazy man,” says Pato Entertainment director Pato Alvarez.

“We’re making noise all over the country and getting good feedback. For me it’s a love for the music, we want to get people together to have a good time with good music.”

The festival will be held across various

stages at Baypark, with one to be erected in the stadium and another in the ASB Stadium Lounge.

As accommodation can also be a struggle over the New Year’s period, on-site camping will also be available for Bay Dreams festival revellers.

Pato says the organisers are also looking into erecting a third stage at Baypark, which will be dedicated for up-and-coming and local acts.

“We’re thinking about those local and up-and-coming artists too, we want them to be part of the festival and I’m sure we’ll make it happen it’s just a matter of where and how.”

“This first festival will give people a taste of what’s to come, for the next one we’re looking at a two-day festival with an even bigger line-up. This is just the start.”

Bay Dreams hits Mount Maunganui’s ASB Baypark Stadium on Saturday, January 2, 2016. For more info David Tauranga visit www.baydreams.co.nz

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Strange vibrations are sure to get the crowd grooving when three on-the-rise Kiwi bands perform at the Mauao Performing Arts Centre next week.

Part of the Strange Vibes north island tour, Rotorua sons Strangely Arousing and Auckland lads Brendon Thomas and The Vibes, with local support from Joe’s Van, will all be performing at the centre on Thursday, October 22.

Strangely Arousing trombonist and vocalist Liam Rolfe says this eight-show tour has largely been brought about by fate.

“We met Brendon Thomas and the Vibes at last year’s Battle of the Bands and we were all blown away by what we saw,” he recalls.

“Both bands said then and there we had to work with each other,

so here we are.

“This year we were also the guest band at the Smokefree Rockquest and saw Joe’s Van, we’re definitely fans and thought it fitting to invite them for the Tauranga show.”

This show will be jam-packed with more genres than you can shake a kiwi at, with six-piece Strangely Arousing’s fusion of rock, jazz, reggae, dub and more, Brendon Thomas and The Vibes drawing on psychedelic, funk and rock influences, topped off by Joe’s Van alternative surf stylings.

Next Thursday’s show will see a set from all three bands before the headliners combine forces to form a nine-piece super-band for the final hurrah of the night.

“We’re working hard to push a new wave of bands and music that’s really unique, Strange Vibes will take you on a journey and open you up to musical aesthetics

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Strange Vibes with Strangely Arousing, Brendon Thomas and the Vibes, and Joe’s Van is on stage at Mauoa Performing Arts Centre next Thursday, October 22, from 8:30pm.

Tickets cost $15 online via the Eventfinda website or $20 on the door.

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perfect,” says associate festival director Claire Mabey.

“Commissioning the waiata was about having something really special just for this festival, starting it off with something grown from here.

The dawn chorus will be led by Ria and absolutely everyone who wants to lend their voices to the harmony can take part, with Claire summing it up perfectly: “This is a Tauranga song to celebrate a Tauranga event.”

If you visit the art festival’s website you’ll find links to the song, a copy of the lyrics, plus sheet music – with scores for alto, soprano and tenors parts – that are available for download.

Tauranga Arts Festival presents ‘Takiri Ko Te Ata: A Chorus Dawn’ on The Strand Waterfront on October 22, at 7am.

Visit www.taurangafestival.co.nz

Inside out: Learn how to be the best version of you The best version of your self, for many, lives in the future and eventually becomes a hopeful thought. Or it maybe that there is no greater idea of your self other than what operates from day to day.

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People of Tauranga, raise your voices!

As the sun rises from the ocean and its rays strikes Mauao next Thursday, a chorus of voices united in song shall farewell the night and greet the new day.

To celebrate the opening of the Tauranga Arts Festival, a choir made up of the people who call this beautiful city home will sing a specially commissioned waiata next Thursday at 7am.

Composed by Tauranga musicians Teraania Ormsby-Teki and Ria Hall (pictured), the beautifully crafted waiata ‘Takiri Ko Te Ata’ draws on the story of Mauao and depicts the dance of the fairies of Hautere, who keep the maunga company every night and depart on the dawn.

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at a personal level to find a realm which they can bring into their real world. This eventually launches individuals on their own empowering personal journey.

His presentation this Wednesday, October 21 looks at how you can bring the best version of yourself into your daily circumstance.

Olaf is extremely pleased to have Anne Bengtsson share the platform. Anne is a highly regarded osteopath from Papamoa Family Osteopaths, and will give further insights and clarity.

Kiwi band Brendon Thomas and The Vibes.

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BOP Kai Hui Are you concerned about how the

food we eat is impacting on our health, our environment & on our local food producers? Public meeting at Historic Village Hall, 17th Ave, Tauranga 9am - 2pm. Free event - registration essential as places are limited. Bring a donation for lunch. Toi Te Ora 0800 221 555 or http:// attending.io/events/bopkaihui Papamoa College Market Evening Over 30 stalls including food, fun, arts & crafts, petting zoo, face painting etc 4-8pm. A great family night out.

Tauranga Spring Home Show With over 180 exhibits. Friday & Saturday 10am – 5pm.

Sunday 10am – 4pm. ASB Baypark Arena, TECT Court, 81 Truman Lane, Mt Maunganui.

Friday tickets: Free Friday brought to you by The Weekend Sun. Sat & Sun $10 per adult, children 13 & under free.

Saturday 17 October

Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting at St

Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome.

0800 229 6757 Art of Technology Exhibition More than 20 artists with work influenced by the technology of today. Something for all ages. 3 Spring St (Red Square at Strand end) Oct 16-31.

Bayfair Night Market Arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh produce, food stalls & more.

Bayfair Shopping Centre, cnr Maunganui Rd & Girven Rd, Mt Maunganui 6-11pm. Free entry. 022 588 2282 or email: tauranganightmarket@hotmail.com Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser At The Matua Pub 5pm - late. The Jam Tarts performing. Mini Pantomime. Joke contest. Music from Andy & Veronica. Free finger food. Tickets $20 (100% donation); The Matua Pub 576 6794 Car Boot Sale Greerton Village School, Greerton Road 7.30-11.30am. Cost $5 per site.

Shirley/Keith 577 1116 or 0274 146 040 Floral Art Group Tauranga Meet at Baptist Hall cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 9.30-11.30am.

Visitors & new members welcome. Phone Ruth 543 2157 Garage Sale Te Puke Anglican Church 9-11am.

Cakes, white elephant, silent auction of art, sausage sizzle.

Kempton Park Retirement Village Fair Te Paeroa Road, Bethlehem 9am. Crafts, plants & Devonshire Teas.

Learn to Windsurf at TYPBC LTW: To start Term 4. Once a week (probably Sat) for the duration of the term (6 wks) at approx $300, if own gear $250. Adventure group: to start term 4 once a week of 8 weeks (probably Sat) for the duration of the term at approx $300, if own gear $250.

Yacht Club 578 5512 or menp@ihug.co.nz

Let’s Dance Ballroom & Latin Dance Club

Second Sat of month at Bethlehem Hall 7-10.30pm. Live dance tempo music. Bruce 576 5598 Live Roller Derby Mount Militia B Company vs Sulphur City Steam Rollers. Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Tauranga. Doors open 6pm. $10 adults, $5 under 14’s, under 5’s free. Eftpos available.

National Judo Championship Oct 17 & 18 9am - 7pm at ASB Arena, Baypark, 81 Truman Lane.

Paddy’s Market St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, cnr Main Rd & Mulgan St, Katikati 9.30am -

12.30pm. Plants, white elephant, cakes, books, toys etc.

Papamoa Cruisers Mobility scooters, slow bikers, walkers. Tauranga Eastern Link from Kiwi 360 12pm or car share from Evans Rd Church. Car boot sale 11.30am. Iain 572 2987 or 027 572 2987 Papamoa Tennis Club Open Day 2-4pm. For all ages & skill levels. http://www.sportsground.co.nz/papamoatennis/20814/ Taichi Qigong Every Sat at Memorial Park between mini golf & playground 10am. Free to join.

Taikiri Ko Te Ata A chorus dawn rehearsal cat Mauao Performing Arts Centre, Mt Maunganui 9am. Come learn the specially commissioned waiata that will be sung to open the Tauranga Arts Festival next week, led by Ria Hall. Free event.

Tauranga Indoor Radio Car Club Race day today at Greerton Hall, Cameron Rd from 1.30pm. Track set up from 10am. Practice starts 12.30pm approx.

Tauranga Spring Home Show With over 180 exhibits. Saturday 10am – 5pm. Sunday 10am – 4pm. ASB Baypark Arena, TECT Court, 81 Truman Lane, Mt Maunganui. Sat & Sun $10 per adult, children 13 & under free.

Tauranga Woodcrafters Guild Every third Sat at club rooms, 3 Cherokee Place, Mt Maunganui 1pm. Visitors & interested people welcome.

Doug 573 8399 dougandruthstg@clear.net.nz Tauranga Writers Alzheimer Society House, 116 13th Ave 2-4pm. “What is print-ready copy?” Written a book? Learn how to get it ready for publication at our Sunday Focus Session.

Free to Tauranga Writers; others gold coin donation please. Wordwizard41@xtra.co.nz txt 022 053 4868

Tauriko School Agricultural Day & Gala

Animal judging & student exhibits 9am. Gala opens 11am. Magic carpet rides, candy floss, silent & live auctions & more.

Te Puke Baptist Church Annual fair & fun run from 9am. Runners check in 8.30.

Fun & food for all ages & great bargains. 573 9042 www.tpbc.org.nz Te Puke Scottish Society Dance Shipwreck party (come dressed up or dressed down) 7.30pm onwards. Old time & sequence dancing.

Good company, great supper at Te Puke Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St. Entrance $7. Organised by Te Puke Scottish Soc. Valerie 573 7093 The Kauri Centre Garage Sale In conjunction with Te Puke Anglican Church. Also a silent auction of 10 works of art that the Te Puke Art Society has generously donated. Held 9-11am with silent auction 9am – 12pm. Also homemade cakes & preserves, books, bric-a-brac, plants, raffles, sausage sizzle. At Te Puke Anglican Church, Jocelyn St. Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 18 October Athenree House & Station Refreshment rooms

open Sunday’s 1-4pm for their famous ‘Athenree Teas’. 360 Athenree Rd, Athenree.

Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Worship & communion service, Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. “To Live is Christ” series in Philippians. Guest preacher: Andre Bay. www.bbf.net.nz Bethlehem Te Puna Lions Club Market 1st & 3rd Sunday at Historic Village, 17th Ave 8am - 1pm.

Bible Seminars At Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm. Title: “The Angels - who are they & what does the Bible say.” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided.

Vic 543 0504 Cards 500 Do you live in the Mount or Bayfair area & play 500? Social evenings. Night of week flexible 572 3834 Children’s Dance Class 7 weeks starts today at Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave. Learn Latin America, Rock & Roll, Cha Chat & more.

Sonia, Supreme Dance Centre 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Corkers Toastmasters Club Meet every 3rd Sun at Zone Café, Owens Place, Bayfair 2.30pm. Interested to uncork your potential?

Chrissy 543 9493 Katikati Tramping Club Wairongomai Mt Te Aroha. Moderate. Ian 07 863 7927 Maketu Rotary Club Market 3rd & 5th Sunday at Village Green, Park Rd, Maketu. Stalls $10.

Maureen 533 2340 Petanque Tga/BOP Club Every Sun & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 578 3606 Recreational Cycle Group Every Sun meet at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, Parton Rd 9.30am. Heinz 574 1543. Tues meet at Palmers, Ohauiti Rd 9am. Pam/Andrew 544 3272. Weds meet at Sulphur Pt, near Nautilus, off Cross Rd 9am. Cam 552 4513 Quakers in Tauranga Mainly silent worship, hour long meeting followed by tea & talk in hall behind Brain Watkins Historic House 10am.

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. Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Spiritual Workshop With Jenny Crawford at Constables Gallery, Commerce Lane, Te Puke 10am - 3pm. Cost $50, all welcome.

Tauranga Spring Home Show With over 180 exhibits. ASB Baypark Arena, TECT Court, 81 Truman Lane, Mt Maunganui 10am – 4pm. $10 per adult, children 13 & under free.

Tauranga Theatre Organ Society Meet at Baycourt 1.30pm. Hear & play the mighty wurlitzer. 552 0243 Te Puke Country Music Club day, St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave 1pm.

Theosophical Society International speaker: Tom Davis - “The secret behind secrets: hidden wisdom, kabbalah, Freemasons, Rosicrucians & the Tarot.” Yoga Centre, Elizabeth St West 2pm. Entry by donation, all welcome. Robyn 576 2450 Weekend Activities for the Over 60’s Walks, dinners, day trips & good times. Phone Richard 578 3894

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Achieve Toastmasters Making it on Mondays.

1st, 3rd & 5th Mon at St Stephen’s Church Hall,

Brookfield, Tga 7.30pm. Chrissy 543 9493 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club.

Summer season at Bethlehem College 7.30-9.30pm. All players welcome. $5, racquets available. Sue 021 194 4335 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 Sport & Physical recreation instructor’.

Capoeira Classes Learn this unique artform from Brazil that combines martial arts, dance movements & music. All fitness levels, great social activity. Mon 6-7pm. Tues 6.15-7.15pm at Studio 162, 162 Durham St Tauranga. Visit aucapoeiranz.com Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Juniors 6.15-7.15pm during school term. Open club 6pm & 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 Civic Choir Tauranga At Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. New members welcome.

Heather 575 9092 www.taurangacivicchoir. org.nz Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or freephone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. Justice of Peace service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9-11.30am & Weds CAB Service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm.

Migrant clinics Tues - Fri 1-4pm. No appointment necessary.

Concert Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 1.30pm. Entertainer Roger followed by afternoon tea. Door cover $3.

Dance - Modern Sequence Dancing Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St, Tauranga Mon 7.3010pm & Weds 7-10pm Tauranga Sequence Dance Club, partners required. Owen 574 2714 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 Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increase strength & fun. At Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 39 Maitland St 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Free Antenatal Classes Te Ha Ora. Day & night classes. Kaupapa Maori - but open to all cultures. Awhimai 552 4573 or A.Brown@ pirirakauhauora.org.nz Grey Power Coffee Morning The Balcony Café, Main St, Katikati 10am.

Learn to Dance With Te Puke Sequence Dancing group. Dance lessons for beginners & improvers at St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave, Te Puke. Dance tuition 6.30pm followed by sequence dancing. $3pp.

Gordon 572 0060 Leisure Marching Team Switchfoot Tauranga seeking new members. Have fun, socialise & march. Practice Mon 6-8pm. Ardell 027 937 4248 or 544 1183 Meditation Group Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness &

the meaning of your life. David 576 9764

Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Fun night/closing

night, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St, 7.15pm. Please bring a plate. Karen 576 0443 Pacific Probus Club - Mt Maunganui Meet 3rd Mon of month at St Mary’s Anglican Church Hall, cnr Girven Rd & Marlin St 9.30am. New members welcome. Gillian 575 5684 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9 - 10.30am.

Classes taken by qualified instructor. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Taoist Tai Chi Exercise your body & challenge your mind. Beginners class at 15 Koromiko St, Tauranga 9.3011.30am. Come along. Yvonne 576 7216 Tauranga Brass Practice at Elizabeth St West Community Hall 7-9pm. New players welcome.

Alex 571 8720 Tauranga City Silver Band Meet at band room, Yatton St. Brass & percussion players welcome. www.taurangacitysilver.tk Tauranga Creative Fibre At Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am. Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Learn & share in a mutually supportive club. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Joan 577 6781 Tauranga Lyceum Club Women’s friendship club. Catered lunch first Fri of month, dinner 3rd Weds of month with guest speaker. Other activities throughout the month include: watercolour painting, mah jong, bridge, book club & more. At 68 1st Ave. June 926 9044 Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc Club night at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd 8pm. A relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, non $5.

Visitors welcome. Checkout FB. Trina 576 7461 after 5pm.

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. New members welcome.

Triple P-Positive Parenting For any parent, caregiver or whanau with children aged from birth to 12yrs to help manage those common parenting challenges. Free parenting program with resources. Ardell 571 0144 or 027 311 2140.

Welcome Bay Art Group Meet at Lighthouse Church 9.30am - 12pm. Bob 544 4499 YMCA - ALFS Active Lifestyles For Seniors.

First class free. Open to both men & women.

Mon: Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd 9am & 10.15am. Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St) 9am. Tues: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.30am. Sit & Be Fit at Papamoa Community Centre 11.30am.

Smooth Movers Weds Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.15am. Sit & Be Fit Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay 11am. Thurs: Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd 9am.

Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd 10.30am. Fri: Papamoa Community Centre, Gravatt Rd 9am & 10.15am. 578 9272 www.ymcatauranga.org.nz Yoga with HanneHatha Mon & Weds 9.30am.

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

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Alcoholics Anonymous Mt Maunganui Open

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Altrusa Club of Tauranga Women’s community service group. Dinner & business meeting 2nd Tues. Social programme 4th Tues, monthly. Interested? Marie 576 5495 Badminton (Social) At Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229 Balmoral Kilties Marching team. Ladies aged 30-60yrs welcome to join this awesome sport for fun, friendship & travel. Experience preferred but not essential. Anita 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm.

Margaret 572 3173 Bethlehem Pottery Club Open Tues, Weds, Thurs 10am - 2pm until December. Call in to find out about joining or ph Jane 552 0046 after 6pm.

Cards 500 Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd Tues & Thurs 12.45-4pm.

575 4650 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 Falun Dafa Ancient practice for modern times. Easy to learn & free. Exercises & meditation classes at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd 7pm. Ph/txt Judy 021 0425 398 Google: Falun Dafa, Mt Maunganui Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increased strength. At St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Enjoy the challenge of singing & performing varied repertoire.

Cathy 579 2040 Greerton Village Community Music Morning for seniors – come along & join us in a morning of music. 1st Tues of month at Greerton Hall 10-11.30am. Guest artist.

Entry $4, includes morning tea. Di/Charley 027 626 2496 Mount Morning Badminton At Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm.

Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session. Maxeen 575 0162 Mt Maunganui Men’s Probus Club Meet Oct 27 at the Bridge Club, Golf Rd 9.30am.

Visitors welcome.

Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Training every Tues & Thurs at Tauranga Boys’ College 6-7.30pm & every Mon & Thurs at Tahatai Coast School 6.15-7.40pm. Brian 021 241 7059 Overeaters Anonymous Are you, or someone close to you, eating out of control? We can help. Meet Tues at Church of Christ, 1400 Cameron Rd, Greerton 7-8pm & Fri at Baptist Church cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 1-2pm. 544 1213 Petanque - Tga/BOP Club All welcome to try a new sport. Equip available, all coaching given. Club Mt Maunganui 12.45pm start.

Neita 572 3768 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. Every Tues 7-9.30pm except second Tues of month 3.30-6pm. Visitors welcome. John 578 9716 South City Bowling Club AGM, prizegiving & supper at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Mary 541 0687

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

Friendly jam sessions at Greerton RSA 7.30pm. Sheryl 552 5906

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 Brian Findsen, Education Dept University of Waikato ‘Learning in later life, what do we know?’ 07 838 4466 extn 8257 Tauranga Morning Badminton Club Every

Tues & Thurs at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Park cnr 11th Ave/Devonport Rd 9-11.30am. Heather 574 0976

Tauranga Orchid Society Monthly meeting Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 7.30pm. Jim Gilchrist will discuss ‘Mounting Orchids’ on natural surfaces. All welcome. Natalie 543 0847

Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Group

Tauranga Arts & Crafts Centre every 1st & 3rd Tues 7pm & every 2nd & 4th Fri 10am.

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Tauranga Scrabble Club At Tauranga Bridge

Club, Ngatai Rd 9am. 3 games $3. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Sunrise Lions Meet 1st & 3rd Tues of month at the Oaks, Tauranga RSA 6.30am. Diane 578 8682 Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills. Alan 544 5989 Te Puke Lyceum Club Readers Circle 1.30pm. 8 Palmer Place, Te Puke. 573 9621

Wednesday 21 October Age Concern Walking Group Meet at

Changepoint Church, Poike Rd 10am. All welcome. 578 2631

Annual Movie Night Presented by

Whakamarama & Districts Kindergarten.

People, Place Things starring Jermaine Clement, at Rialto Tauranga Cinema, Devonport Rd. Dessert & silent auctions from 7pm, movie starts 7.30pm. Tickets $15 each. 552 6631 or email: whakamarama@taurangakindergartens.org.nz

Arabian Spice Belly Dance Learn this

exciting form of dance while getting fit & meeting people. At St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Tauranga 6.30-8.30pm. 576 4112 or 021 124 5982 arabianspicebd@gmail.com

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 1st & 3rd Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. For appointment 549 0399 Bolivia If you enjoy the game, meet at the Te Puke Senior Citz Club, Jocelyn St 1pm.

Marie 573 9219 Bowls Indoor Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd Weds & Fri 12.45-4pm.

Beginners welcome. 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

Dadz & Kidz Playgroup For Dads who are Primary Caregivers & their preschool children at 538 Fraser St 10am - 12pm. Cost: koha. 571 0379 Evening with Helen Kelly Increasing

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At Wesley Methodist Church, 100 13th Ave 7pm. Entry: gold coin.

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

FitSteps Dance Fitness Cha cha, Charleston, jive, waltz & more. Proven to enhance mental wellbeing. No partner required. Every Weds at Bethlehem Community Hall 9.30 – 10.15am. Helen 022 882 0237 or 571 3107 Friends of the Library Papamoa Library Book Group meet 10am.

Theme this month: Humour. All welcome. Pam 571 2566 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Aussie Butcher Xmas Fours Open Tournament 7.30pm. Names in book. Small plate for supper please. Kevin 543 4044 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore every Weds 1-3pm.

021 110 0878. No appointment necessary, no charge. All ages welcome. www.healingrooms.co.nz Hot Pink Walk Breast Cancer Support Services Tauranga Trust fundraiser 5.30-7pm from Red Square, Tauranga. $5 entry from House of Travel Tauranga or Z Energy Stations. www.hotpinkwalk.co.nz or 571 3346 Housie Gate Pa Bowling Club 11am.

Friendly group. All welcome. Mary 543 0823 Matua Garden Club Meet monthly 3rd Weds at Matua Hall, Levers Rd 1.30pm. October speaker: Francine Thomas, world-class floral artist; represented NZ in Dublin 2014.

Maureen 576 5768 Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd, Mount 7.30pm.

Meet the Mediums - Janet Davis, Helen Anderson & Elaine Sollett. $3 entry. Janet 0272 640 226 Mountain Bike Group Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm. Jen 578 0016 Mt Maunganui Lioness Club Meet 1st & 3rd Weds. A volunteer service organisation where members enjoy fun & friendships whilst serving the community. Jennifer 578 5190

New Plymouth High Old Girls’ Assn Coffee morning at Raft Café, Chapel St 10am. All past pupils welcome. Margaret 549 1124 Otumoetai Lions Assist in community based activities & enjoy fellowship & social.

Meet 1st & 3rd Weds of month. Fellowship 5.30pm followed by meal 6.30pm. Visitors & new members welcome. Robert 576 8445 or http://www.lionsclubs.org.nz/Clubs/202L/ Zone-9/Otumoetai Papamoa Garden Circle Meet in the Dune Room, Papamoa Sport & Recreation Centre 1pm. Elaine 575 5044 Scottish Country Dancing At Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui.

Beginners class 6pm, regular class 7.30pm.

Lynne 573 5055 Single Coffee Club 60+ Mixed company of singles 60+ that meet up once a week for coffee, enjoy socialising & meeting new friends. Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 3267 Skating Classes AT QEYC every Weds & Fri 4-5pm. Starts Nov 4, for 6 weeks. Kazna 021 118 0513 or email: skateschooltauranga@gmail.com 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 Embroiderers’ Guild At Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave 10am - 2.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm. Juniors 4-5.30pm. Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome. Nancy 544 4778 Te Puke Diabetes Network Group St Andrews Church (cnr Stewart & Oxford St) 2pm.

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 www.cityearlystart.co.nz Water for the Soul Do you feel spiritually isolated & seek relationship with like-minded people? Study Genesis to Revelation - in a way that comes alive. Evening study & social time. Vivienne 571 5188

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Tauranga Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd. Monthly classes, next class Nov 5 7-8.30pm. www.meditateintauranga.org Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2714 Mainly Music At St Enoch’s Church, 134 16th Ave 9.30am. $3 per family. New members welcome. 578 3040 More Than Craft At Greerton Bible Church cnr Oropi/Chadwick Rds 9.30-11.30am. 8 weeks of craft with 10 talented tutors. June 544 0823 Orange City Square & Round Dance Club Tues, morning class 10am - 12pm. Weds advanced, Thurs club night & new dancers 7.30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall. 543 1063 Positively Me for Women Are you interested in building self-esteem, growing confidence, overcome fears of rejection, failure or criticism? Gain skills & insights to make changes to be who you want to be. Course starts Oct 22 for 6 weeks. St Mary’s Church, Bayfair 6-8pm. $55 covers whole 6 weeks. Mount Anglican Parish 575 9945 Relationship Addiction Anonymous For women.

Are your relationships causing more pain than pleasure? Are you always falling for the wrong man? R.A. meet every Thurs at Hanmer Clinic, 1234 Cameron Rd, Tauranga 10-11am. Phone Liz 0274 362 800 Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club. At Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp, entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379 Takiri Ko Te Ata A Chorus Dawn. The Strand Waterfront 7am. Tauranga Arts Festival will be officially opened by a dawn chorus collaboration a new waiata sung. Free event.

Tai Chi Qingong At Ohauiti Rd Settlers Hall 11am. Class takes approx 1hr. $1pp. All welcome.

Eric 577 1988 Taoist Tai Chi Exercise your body, challenge your mind. Beginners class at Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd 6.15-7.45pm. Neale 576 7216

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Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart disease.

Every Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai, & every Mon at St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave. Both 9.30-10.30am. $4pp includes light refreshment.

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2015 Tauranga Arts Festival Oct 22 – Nov

1. The festival transforms Tauranga city with performers, artists & writers from NZ & around the globe. www.baycourt.co.nz Awesome Clothing Sale Good quality, all sizes & styles - men’s, women’s, children’s, shoes, sheets, duvets etc. Only $3 a bag, you pick. Historic Village, 17th Ave Tauranga 9.30-10.30am.

Organised by Turning Point Trust 578 6934 Building Awesome Whanau Presented

by Bluelight Tauranga, with Pio Terei. An entertaining evening for parents & caregivers, full of helpful information to help you build an awesome family. Free event open to all parents & caregivers in Tauranga. Held Oct 22 at Tauranga Intermediate School Hall, 30 18th Ave 7-9pm. Contact your nearest school or wendy@tayt.org.nz for registration.

Club Mt Maunganui Social games club. Play indoor bowls, 500 & bolivia every Thurs 12.45pm. Prizes to be won. John 575 2422 Community Bible Study International At 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am – 12pm for a non-denominational Bible study until Dec 10. Jack & Betty 544 3809. Also at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm for Bible Study on 1 John until Nov 26. Charmaine 576 0467 Diabetes Drop In Clinic Free appointments available today at Bongards Greerton. To book your appointment ph 578 2008. Infoline avail-able weekdays 571 3422 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed to help with posture, balance & stamina, combination of exercise, movement & dance. All ages & abilities.

Complementary 1st class. Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am. Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 French Connection For lovers of all things French. Come & meet like-minded people over a relaxed drink. Meet every second Thurs at La Mexica, the Strand between 4.306.30pm. Andrea - agohns@yahoo.co.nz Friends of the Library Greerton Library Chat Group meet at Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Rd 10am for coffee. Librarian Joanna Thomas will update us on the progress of the new Greerton Library.

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Tauranga Model Railway Club Every Thurs 7.30pm. Ed 543 1108 www.taurangamodelrailwayclub.co.nz Tauranga Rock & Roll Social Dancers Have fun dancing to authentic rock & roll music at Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save) 7.30pm. 576 7326 Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35+, Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain 9am 12pm. $3 ball fee. New members welcome. Lynda 575 0627 or tswbop@gmail.com Ukulele Lessons For primary age children. At Otumoetai Baptist Chapel 3.30-4.30pm. Enquires Linkt Community Trust email: learn@lead.co.nz

Friday 23 October

Bi/Gay Men’s Support Group Do you need a

trusting person to talk to? Discretion assured. For meetings & locations ph/txt Alex 027 358 5934 Annual Book Sale Presented by Tauranga Harbour City Lions November 20 5-9pm, Nov 21 8am - 4pm & Nov 22 8am - 4pm. Moved from Bethlehem Town Centre to Bed Post Building, 168a Devonport Rd (between 1st & 2nd Ave). 1000’s of books for sale.

Chess Tauranga At Tauranga RSA, Greerton 6-7pm, for the whole family. Werner 548 1111 http://www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Free Immigration Clinic Legal advice & information on immigration issues. For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812 ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support BOP EasiYoga upstairs, 14b Hocking St, Mt Maunganui 11am - 12pm. Gentle exercises. Tina 281 1480 or tina@mebop.org.nz Mobile Phone Workshop Not sure how to use your technology devices? Book now for your lessons & learn the basics. Gayle 0274 393 267 Red Cross Red Rose Day Long stemmed roses available on the streets of Tauranga for a minimum donation of $2 each. Fundraiser for Red Cross in WBOP. If you wish to volunteer ph Heather 578 6987 or heather.dabrowski@redcross.org.nz SlowPitch Softball Social softball league for players of all ages & experience, beginners welcome.

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Patrick 027 247 4150 www.sportsground.co.nz/ wbopsoftball

TaiChi QingGong 18 Moves A good way to improve your health. At Greerton Hall 6.30-7.15pm. Gold coin donation. All welcome. Althon 571 5168 The Sociables 30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & event. 022 0120 376

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It’s getting late and it’s getting serious Some years ago, David Wilkerson made the statement “it’s getting late and it’s getting serious” to explain the urgency of the hour and the lateness of the day and, in his words, to attempt to awaken a sleeping church.

When what is happening in the world and in Christendom (all that calls itself Christian) aligns with what Scripture declares concerning the last days, it’s hard not to be persuaded that “it’s getting late and it’s getting serious”.

When whole denominations are supporting the redefinition of marriage away from what God

defined as marriage, then you know “it’s getting late and it’s getting serious”.

When a leader in Christendom states that “the Koran, and the spiritual teachings contained therein, are just as valid as the Holy Bible, and should therefore be respected as such” and that “Jesus Christ, Jehovah, Allah – these are all names employed to describe an entity that is distinctly the same across the world,” then you know that the One World Church is close at hand and “it’s getting late and it’s getting serious”.

When you see Russia and Iran co-operating and conspiring together (Ezekiel 38-39), then you know “it’s getting late and it’s getting serious”.

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When you see Scripture being fulfilled concerning the nations coming against Israel, when you see Europe imploding, when you see the rise of apostasy, and more... then you know “it’s getting late and it’s getting serious”.

In Luke 21:28, Jesus says, “Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

While men’s hearts will fail them for fear, as believers we have a living hope - His name is Jesus and He’s coming soon. Are you following Him? Peter Whitcombe, Jesus First Church

Give our God a chance The first song I remember learning was ‘Jesus loves me this I know’.

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Which is better, living our lives in relationship with the loving God or going life on our own? If we choose to go it on our own then sooner or later we will discover how limited we are.

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Petrol prices too high, says business owner Business owner Lily Wang often keeps an eye on petrol prices, and while she’d like to see prices lower, it’s not often the cheapest she’ll go for.

The business is locally owned and operated, servicing lifestyle blocks to residential sections.

When it does come to buying petrol, it pays to shop around. AA Motoring website says fuel prices rose by two cents per litre in September, but the price increase was unjustified.

Lily is the owner of BOP Lawns & Property Mark Stockdale, who writes for the website, says Maintenance Tauranga, a business she has had while the New Zealand dollar has fallen “slightly”, for about a year. commodity prices are relatively stable.

It’s coming into her busy season, but it’s not just “At the current margins, the AA thinks prices the rain and kikuyu grass (pennisetum clandestium) should have remained unchanged, whereas now Lily has to keep an eye on but also petrol prices. petrol margins are above average. Although diesel Petrol prices rose by about two cents per litre last margins are in the normal range.” month. While it would appears good business At the time of print, the sense to by the cheapest website showed fuel prices for possible, it’s not our main centres were higher actually the case for Lily. than Tauranga with Auckland, “We do go for the Wellington and Christchurch cheaper deals, but we motorist paying 203.9 cents also take into account per litre for 91 Octane, different companies have 212.9 cents per litre for 95 different additives, or and 125.9 cents per litre for don’t put additives into diesel. their petrol. In my mind While the main centres there are a few places you are paying more than $2 ga n Taura stay clear of even if the aintenance per litre, with a bit of M ty er p ro s&P ng. price is cheaper. Because shopping around Tauranga BOP Lawn ner/operator Lily Wa it’s not necessarily good for ow motorists can get their petrol more than 20 your gear.” cents cheaper.

Lily says she would also like to see road user charges SunLive visited a number of petrol stations in the removed.

CBD area and Mount Maunganui and found prices “What would work out better for me is if they varying from 191.9 cents per litre to 181.9 cents per actually took the road user charges off [petrol]. litre.

Petrol has road user charges on it. We have a diesel Gull on Hewletts Rd was the cheapest of the stations vehicle, all the petrol is solely for the equipment and with 91 Octane 181.9 cents per litre, 95 Octane 196.9 they are never driven on the road.”

Greg Taipari and diesel 103.9 cents per litre.

Kane Hansen, Harmony Pukeroa, Madeline Johnson, Mansha Kalia and Carmen PhilbrickCrus bake-off for the title of Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Young Baker of the Year.

Photos: Tracy Hardy.

Winner Carmen Philbrick-Crus from Otumoetai College.

Second place: Harmony Pukeroa from Papamoa College.

Madeline Johnson from Otumoetai College.

Kane Hansen from Aquinas College.

Mansha Kalia from Papamoa College.

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