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Chocolate, mint chocolate, and caramel are not words that you would usually associate with competitive cycling, but Tauranga’s Courteney Lowe is changing her game. In order to get back on her bike and racing in time for international competitions, the former Kiwi road race champion has been selling chocolate, mint

chocolate, and caramel cookies. She’ll be jet-setting off to the United States next month after a few years out of the game due to injuries. And you can help – read the story on page 5 to ďŹ nd out how you can help get Courteney to the States.

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It was so enlightening to read a political lecture from Ella Yelich-O’Connor… oops, I mean Lorde, this week, headlining the news with her premonition of a storm for Mr Trump. Now not being an ardent supporter of either Ms Lorde or Mr Trump, I was nevertheless impressed that Ms Lorde is so qualified to make headline news with her opinions on world politics. wa oh, wa oh , wa oh It stuns me that at only age 20, after spending most of that time becoming a singer, Ms Lorde is also apparently a credible political analyst and its seems, a self-appointed spokesperson for the entire millennial generation. Political science degrees must come free with record contracts these days. A bit like getting your driver licence in the Weet-Bix packet. Last time we heard some loose commentary by someone out of their depth was from Mr Tamaki, also with a self-appointed, grandiose title of Bishop. “These old men in power have a storm coming, the likes of which they cannot comprehend,” according to Ella/Lorde. Even more interesting is that she demonstrates both sexist and ageist tendencies, by attacking the “old men” running the world. Ironic that she’s given herself a title (Lorde) that is only bestowed on the same Old Men she’s discriminating against. This would be as discriminatory as me calling all young female singers “airheads”. Or criticising a leader’s ability based on any part of their make-up: Gender, age, race, hair colour, lack of hair, dress sense or speech impediment.

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It’s as if the world rallies against discrimination of all people and races; except older, white males. They’re fair

game. We’ve seen it all before. ‘Celebrities’ such as actors and actresses who spend their entire careers pretending to be someone else, suddenly develop the ability to tell the rest of the world what’s true and right. A resume featuring stints as Xena Warrior Princess, and jetting around the world, suddenly qualifies a person to become a rampant tree hugger. Sean Penn, whose blood and guts roles have glorified war, was an activist against the 2003 Iraq invasion. Willie Nelson, bless him, protests to have marijuana legalised. And cheers to Ted Danson, whose jet-setting career foamed to a head pouring pints at a bar, still jet sets around the world, deploring the state of the world’s oceans. Just about all of them are on a ‘save the planet’ mission but rarely walk the talk. Except Gwyneth Paltrow. Her latest thing is shoving jade eggs in her mimi to improve sex drive, it was reported this week.

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Why bother staying informed if you have pre-determined that you will ‘stay outraged’? Just go straight to outrage and save yourself the reading. Lordey, Lordey, Lordey. You’re only 20, girl. Give those who’ve been around for a few decades some credit for their experience. I’ve got an electric drill that’s older than you and spins as much hot air. (Mind you, it whines too). The really annoying thing about old men – and you can’t take this away from them – is that they have been around a long time. That means they’ve learnt a lot more than you. You can’t deny the old buggers that. If this young lady is seen as a serious commentator on world politics, we have

to wonder who is going to be wheeled out next, to give us their ‘expert’ commentary on world affairs. Gwyneth springs to mind immediately, lobbying for jade eggs to be free range. Perhaps some of the “old men” of politics could be interviewed on their opinion of the younger generation’s musical abilities? Why is Jim Bolger not being front-paged with his take on the millennial whoop*. Or Noel Pope leading the news with his critical review of the latest hip hop releases? It makes as much sense as caring what Ms Lorde twit-twats about the US presidency. Or a squash player trying to dictate race relations. Oh hang on, we’ve already seen that train wreck. Advice to Ms Lorde: Stick to the knitting. That’s an “old man’s” saying that means ‘stay with what you know and are good at’.

The Millennial Whoop

What is the Millennial Whoop? I hear some of you ask. It’s the same annoying whooping sound that has shown up in a surprising number of pop tunes. For the technically and musically-minded, it’s a musical sequence repeating the fifth and third notes in a major scale. In other words, a melodic hook that you probably hear as the “wa oh, wa oh, wa oh” and is now so common and entrenched in millennial generation music that listeners are subconsciously addicted to it. Funny, it took an “old man” to identify the “whoop” that has suckered in an entire generation of music followers. The musician who first outed the whoop explains that it makes new songs feel familiar, because you’ve basically heard them before. If you’re still not comprehending, Google it. There’s some Youtube tracks that explain it well. No wonder the smarter members of the millennial generation have rejected this nonsense and have reverted to “old men” classics such as Pink Floyd, Beatles, The Doors, Led Zep, Stones and AC/DC. And a warning from Rogers Rabbits: Once your ear has picked up on this Millennial Whoop scam, it will taunt you. You’ll hear it everywhere in modern pop and it will drive you nuts. Seek an immediate antidote of Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and Jimmy Barnes. brian@thesun.co.nz

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Delcie Martin. Photo: Chris Callinan.

Survivor invests in living Two children may live as the result of a Te Puke woman’s brush with death 39 years ago. And her benevolence. Delcie Martin was “clinically dead” when she was pulled from the surf at Papamoa Beach one summer’s evening four decades ago. No pulse and no breathing. “At the time I thought: ‘This is it, I am going’. And I am keen to give others the best chance of survival in a similar situation.” Delcie hasn’t publicly shared her story until today – it’s a near-death story but also a story of good fortune and great courage. And, as one of the first members of the public to offer $1000 to pay for a year’s swimming lessons for two children, she’s decided to speak out to encourage others. “I am a very lucky person,” says Delcie. But she doesn’t want to leave it to luck for others. She wants to emphasise the value of learning to swim. And so Delcie’s reliving her dark day at the beach after learning of a BaySwim initiative to sponsor swimming lessons for children from families experiencing financial difficulty. The near drowning on Papamoa Beach was documented in newspapers of the time. But it’s not a time or a place she’s happy to revisit. “I can’t read those newspaper cuttings,” says Delcie. “I couldn’t

go back there.” The experience seriously impacted her life. She has never been back to the surf. It’s taken her a long time to even cope with watching other people in the surf. And there have been flashbacks – during a visit to a car wash after her ordeal she was frightened by the noise and rush of water, and her inability to escape it. Delcie was raised on a farm near Matamata. She learned “very basic swimming” in the creek, and during her family’s annual two-week beach holiday in summer. Delcie now recalls how she and a friend Bob went for a summer evening surf swim. She was standing in the surf up to her thighs when a freak wave dragged both her and Bob out to sea. “Bob tried to help me but I told him he needed to go. I tried to get myself in, but I couldn’t. The surf just took me further and further out and I could barely see the beach.” She had dark thoughts. “This is it, I am going.” She also has recollection of being tossed about by the sea and being exhausted. “I lost consciousness out there.” Help was on its way. To read the full account of Delcie’s rescue go to: www.theweekendsun.co.nz Anyone keen to back the BaySwim ‘learn to swim’ initiative can email: matthew.strange@bayvenues.co.nz

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Confusion over Omanawa Falls Property owners on Belk Road South are highly frustrated about the confusion around the location of Omanawa Falls. Belk Road South is in Pyes Pa, and Belk Rd is in the Lower Kaimai Range and is an access point to the Omanawa Falls. It’s a 40km drive between the two roads. One Belk Road South resident says people are driving up and down the road, going across private property, trying to get down to the falls. Google maps takes people to the nearest road to the falls but not to the access. The access to the Omanawa Falls is from Omanawa Rd, not Belk Road South.

Tauranga yacht in cocaine bust The yacht at the centre of the biggest cocaine bust in Australian history is the Elakha from Tauranga. The Elakha departed Tauranga mid-January for an alleged South Pacific rendezvous with a ‘mother-ship’ from which the claimed A$370 million worth of drugs was loaded on board. Elakha was intercepted just after midnight on February 6, about 370km off the New South Wales south coast, with the cocaine on board.

Last call for by-election nominations Nominations for candidates seeking election as a Bay of Plenty Regional councillor for the Mauao Maori constituency will close at 12pm this Monday, February 13. Electoral officer Robyn Garrett says the sad passing of councillor Awanui Black last year created an extraordinary vacancy, and a by-election is required to re-fill it. “To be eligible, fully completed nomination forms, accompanied by the nomination fee, must be delivered to me at one of Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Tauranga or Whakatane offices, no later than the closing date.”

Why is it okay for jugglers to toss clubs, and musos to sing and play, for a few coins? But it’s not alright for ‘practising artist’ Bernard Dobbie to draw caricatures of tourists and earn a very modest living on the main street of his home town of Mount Maunganui. “There are businesses who want me there because business is business and I am an added attraction – I slow the people traffic outside their shops.” And when people stop, they shop. But the practising artist has become all bound up in bylaws and snared in a tit-fortat retail spat. He’s homeless and he’s also on warning. ‘Proceed drawing at your own peril’ kind of thing. “[I charge] $10 for an A3 caricature,” says Bernard. “A minimal busking rate for 10 minutes’ work. Some days I do four or five. Other days none.” The council’s position is clear, even though Bernard thinks it’s unfair. “Permits are only issued for activities such as charitable collections or providing entertainment for a donation such as busking,” says Tauranga City Council’s man in charge of bylaws, Stuart Goodman. And here’s the rub. Because Bernard is selling a product for a fixed price this is deemed him a trader, not a street artist, and would require specific authorisation from council. Bernard suspects it’s a bit more personal. “It’s not imagined or just bad luck. “There are people who don’t want a bar of me.” But no-one will tell him specifically why, not even the Tauranga City Council when he approached them for a permit to operate, a busker’s licence to take up pad and pencil and perform. “I was told verbally that my submission for a busker’s permit was unlikely to succeed. I could continue to draw but I would be taking a risk.” He couldn’t have any signage, he couldn’t display prices and he was unpermitted. “They told me I had disadvantaged myself by approaching them.” Again they weren’t specific but Bernard

‘Practising artist’ Bernard Dobbie.

took it to mean that because council officers had been alerted to him breaching the bylaws, they might act accordingly. Bernard did have a haunt – an unofficial one at the Cruisedeck shopping precinct off the mainstreet. But he was squeezed out. “If we had our way he would still be with us,” says Creating Waves shop owner Kathy Sass. “Business creates business.” And Bernard was business. But he became embroiled in a disagreement amongst retailers and “to avoid an awkward situation” Bernard left. He was back on the street. No spot, no location, no-one knew where to find him. It was exactly one week before Christmas. “I lost all that business and didn’t recover,” says Bernard. “My prime income opportunity for the year and I missed it. “I am not competing with retailers selling art. I am not allowed to bring a portfolio of work and sell it on the street. I am only selling what is produced on the street. Just like any busker.” But officially he is not a busker, he is a trader. And the TCC does

Café raises $1000 for hospice The Falls Café has raised $1000 for Waipuna Hospice after the hospice’s Brook St depot was burgled last month. The family who run Falls Café at McLaren Falls Park started selling their loaded toasted sandwich, with all profits going to the hospice. After SunLive reported the news the fundraiser went viral, drawing plenty of punters out to the café keen to take on the massive sandwich.

Fire destroys Bay church The St John Presbyterian Church in Rotorua has been gutted after a fire tore through the building. Twelve fire appliances, including crews from Mount Maunganui, were called to the blaze on the corner of Victoria and Ranolf streets just before 6pm. Witnesses say thick black smoke and flames could be seen from the other end of the town. An investigation into the blaze is underway.

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not permit people to trade in a public place unless they are part of an approved event, are operating a mobile shop, or have successfully tendered for an approved site. But there might also be retailers who resent the fact he has no overheads – he escapes paying rent and rates. The artist finds it paradoxical he was granted a permit to draw in the street in 2008 and 2014 around the jazz festival. What’s changed, he asks? Nothing’s changed – the council has no record of a permit being granted, and if it was, it was probably to trade specifically for that event only. The council does have a solution for “the practising artist” – he can apply for one of the street sites approved for trade – like the tent businesses on Pilot Bay. “But that requires a competitive tender, a $250 administration fee and possibly another $3000.” That’s a lot of money, a lot of A3 caricatures. But the artist is not bowed. Bernard has sharpened his pencil for the long fight.

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Cookies for comeback Forget the five-hour rides and the legburning, lung-busting hills – Tauranga’s Courteney Lowe’s cycling secret this year could well be chocolate. The 25-year-old is heading back to the United States next month for another professional stint, hoping to shake an injury-ridden couple of seasons and get back to the form that made her the 2013 New Zealand road race champion. To get there and compete, she’s been baking up a storm. Chocolate, choc-mint and caramel-flavoured cookies have been flowing out of Somerset Cottage – the restaurant owned by her parents Anne and Rick – with the key ingredient supplied by local chocolate producer Solomons Gold. “I’ve always loved to bake – I’m not much of a cook but I think at least the baking ability might’ve filtered down from my family,” says Courteney. “It’s a cool way to fundraise because everyone likes chocolate, it helps promote a cool new local company and it’s a great way for me to wind down and relax when I’m not training.” Somerset Cottage customers have been a key market, with excellent support from Tauranga Cycling Club members. The fundraising is especially important this season, because Courteney has decided against joining a professional team – at least, not immediately. Instead, she’ll pick and choose the races she wants to ride, then hope to produce the results which will see one of the big teams pick her up. Until then, she’s focused on her comeback, following hip surgery on both sides of her body to clear blocked arteries. “The last three or four years have been really frustrating. I’ve had two lots of surgery and they really knocked me around, mentally and physically. I’ve had a good break since November and I’m feeling better than I’ve ever felt.

“Coming home and training with Dad has been a breath of fresh air, because he helps out a lot and the club has been really supportive,” says Courteney. Part of that comeback included skipping the New Zealand championships last month on advice from her coach, former British cycling Olympian Rachel Heal. “My coach and I decided it I want to race well in America, I can’t peak in January, which is hard because I love nationals. “But it’s actually been so good because I’ve had no stress and it’s been mentally refreshing.” To order cookies and support Courteney’s cycling comeback, visit: www.courteneylowe.com/ blog/118/CourteneysCookie-Sale

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A Cliff Rd resident’s question about the Tauranga City Council decision to close the Cliff Rd carpark on the weekend when 20,000 One Love fans were partying on The Domain, has been answered. Photos of the locked carpark gate and trafďŹ c double-parked along the verge were emailed to The Weekend Sun this week, and passed to the city council. “Is this the way our TCC thinks or maybe they aren’t thinking,â€? states the message with the photos. “Let’s invite people to a concert but keep the closest carpark locked and they can all park illegally. “Maybe the council is looking for extra revenue from parking tickets.â€? TCC transport manager Martin Parkes says the council is bound by the

Cliff Rd carpark’s resource consent, which only allows it to be operating on weekdays. “The consent for those two carparks allows them only to be open Mondays to Fridays,â€? says Martin. No parking tickets were issued. An enforcement ofďŹ cer was deployed to the area to review the situation, but he was verbally abused by quite a few people and withdrew on health and safety grounds, says Martin. The two carpark buildings in the city centre were both under-utilised. “Spring St carpark isn’t that far from the domain,â€? says Martin. “I think the lesson learned for us is next time we have a big event at the domain is we have better temporary signage for the carpark building just to let people know they are available and open. “I think they were only half to threequarters full at best over that period.â€?

Checking Kaimai for kauri dieback An aerial search for signs of kauri dieback disease in the northern Kaimai Range and surrounding areas has begun. “People may notice a ďŹ xed wing plane ying in a grid or circular pattern over the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park and over nearby properties around the Katikati and Waihi areas in the coming weeks,â€? says Bay of Plenty Regional Council biosecurity manager Greg Corbett. BOPRC has pooled resources with Waikato Regional Council to y over the area as part of a wider search effort, which extends over the Coromandel Peninsula and Hunua ranges. “There’s been no sign of kauri dieback disease reported in the Bay of Plenty to date,â€? says Greg. “The aerial survey is a great opportunity to check we are still disease-free or to identify dieback symptoms as early as possible, so we can prevent further spread and the loss of local kauri trees.â€? The Kaimai Range is the southernmost extent of New Zealand’s kauri tree population. Kauri dieback is caused by a microscopic fungus-

like organism called Phytophthora agathidicida. The disease infects kauri roots and damages the tissues that carry nutrients and water within the tree, basically starving the tree to death. Other kauri dieback symptoms include bleeding around the roots and lower trunk. It kills kauri of all sizes, from the smallest of seedlings to the mightiest of giants. Once a tree has the disease there is no cure. The surveys being carried out by WRC are part of the National Kauri Dieback programme, and involve co-operation between the Ministry for Primary Industries, Department of Conservation, BOPRC and Auckland Council. A kauri dieback expert will be aboard the survey plane, looking for yellowing leaves, canopy thinning and dead branches. The survey will be carried out during about ďŹ ve days in February – dependent on suitable weather conditions. Further kauri dieback information is available at www.kauridieback.co.nz Bay of Plenty residents should call 0800 STOP PESTS to ďŹ nd out more about the survey or to report kauri dieback symptoms.

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Classic car show at The Elms The annual Elms Classic Car show is this Sunday, February 12, in the grounds of the Elms Mission House in Tauranga. Held in support of the Elms Trust, there will be a collection of classic cars – about 50 to 70 mainly of British origin – belonging to members of the Tauranga regions various car clubs. The interesting day out, which is sure to bring back fond memories, costs $5 per person

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and children gain free entry! People are encouraged to bring a picnic and enjoy a magnificent collection of classic cars set amongst the picturesque gardens of the Elms Mission House.

Duane Royal is climbing the Mount 38 times in 38 days. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

On average, it takes about 45 minutes to climb up and down Mount Maunganui.

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There are 72,000 minutes – or 1200 hours – in 50 days, which means it will only take 1710 minutes, or 28.5 hours, to climb the Mount 38 times. And 38 is the magic number, as 38 of our mountain stacked on top of each other is about equal to one Mount Everest. Locals from all around the Bay will be ascending and descending, ascending and descending over and over again, until they’ve done it 38 times – or in some cases more – as a part of the Mount Everest Challenge. The challenge calls for participants to conquer the Mount 38 times in 50 days, and will support Women’s Refuge throughout. But Duane Royal is doing it a little differently – he’s going to complete the challenge in 38 days, or 54,720 minutes or 912 hours. Duane was diagnosed with type two diabetes late last year and is using the Mount Everest Challenge as a way of getting healthier; he’ll be completing the 38 climbs in 38 days. He’s already shed 14kg since his diagnosis, and he says family is a big motivator for his lifestyle change.

“I wanted to find a way to make it a bit different, to challenge myself, so I thought why not do the 38 days, and do all the climbs? If I miss a day I’ll have to do two climbs the next day to make up for it.” Duane is doing the challenge for himself but also for his father Teddy, who died from diabetes three years ago. Duane says he has gotten healthy in the past – when he was preparing to donate a kidney to his father. Unfortunately, Duane’s father was too ill to go through with the operation, and Duane says he lost a lot of motivation after that. “I’m one of those people that needs a drive to keep the weight off.” So it only takes 1710 minutes on average to climb the Mount 38 times. Do you have what it takes to give 1710 minutes for a good cause – and better stamina? The 38 climbs can be completed by an individual or as a team, and must take place between February 17 and April 7. For more information on the challenge and to register, visit: www.morefm.co.nz/mounteverestchallenge To donate to Duane’s Givealittle page, see: givealittle. co.nz/fundraiser/duaneroyal Cayla-Fay Saunders

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Tauranga Intermediate head boy and girl Taine Larsen and Tiarna Allen. Photo: Chris Callinan.

More than 1000 Tauranga pupils will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the world’s longest Chinese Whispers next month. In conjunction with Hearing Support Bay of Plenty, pupils from Tauranga Intermediate School and six other local primary schools will attempt to break the record as part of New Zealand Hearing Week, which runs from February 26-March 4. “Attempting to break a world record is really cool. We’ll be helping out Hearing Support BOP to highlight Hearing Week and people who struggle with hearing problems,â€? says Tauranga Intermediate head boy Taine Larsen. While Tauranga Intermediate head girl Tiarna Allen says it’s so important to have good hearing, because without it, communicating and interacting with the world around you can be hugely difďŹ cult. “Everyone at the school is excited about making history.â€? Hearing Support BOP manager Jo Sykes says the world record attempt will take place on Tauranga

Intermediate’s school ďŹ eld on March 1 and involve special guests Tauranga MP Simon Bridges and members of the Bay of Plenty Steamers. And in accordance with the Guinness World Record rules and conditions, the event will be carefully scrutinised and recorded by staff from Holland Beckett Lawyers, who are donating their time and effort to the cause. Jo says she’s already got the sentence sorted and it’s being kept secret in a sealed envelope until the world record breaking attempt. “The current Guinness World Record stands at 1300 people and we’ve got the numbers to blow that record right out of the water. “And while the record isn’t about what’s being said, I really can’t wait to hear what the sentence will end up being.â€? So why Chinese Whispers? Because it’s a great example of what having a hearing impairment is like, says Jo. “A lot of things said to a person with an impairment can get lost in translation, so to speak.â€? For more information, visit: www.hearing.org.nz/ branches/bayofplenty/ David Tauranga

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Trikes and more at Te Puke A&P Move over quads – the trikes are riding into tomorrow’s Te Puke A&P Show – and will be among an impressive line-up of motors, animals and country antics set to entertain the masses.

to usual biking but it means you’re still out in the open, you know?” Ian and Bub have taken their trike to America and ridden through the States before – and the couple get around the countryside on it frequently.

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“The wife didn’t like being on the back of my two-wheeler anymore – so I got one with trainer wheels,” says Ian. “You won’t see anything like it. “We run a 3.8L in it.” Ian says most of the trikes at the show will be backyard-type custom-made offerings. “Some are show pieces and some are pretty basic. Most are riding into town for the event.”

And there will be a demonstration. “Some of the riders are skilful at riding them – they can flick them around easily and do loops and all sorts.” So how many trikes will be at the show? “You never know until the day with these guys,” says Ian. “But I imagine we’ll get a dozen or so – enough to give people an idea of what it’s about.” The Te Puke A&P Show is on tomorrow, February 11, from 9am at Te Puke Showgrounds, Showgrounds Rd, Paengaroa. Gate entry costs adults 13-plus $10, children $2, and underfives gain free entry. For more information, visit: www.ras.org.nz/shows-event Merle Foster

George Hall, Devi Ann Hall, Ian Foden and Bubs Foden. Photo: Chris Callinan. The show is offering something for everyone – there’s lawn mower racing, truck and tractor pulling, sheep racing and shearing, Jaguar cars, a hounds and huntsman parade, a new horse and pony fun ring, a horse shoe and ladies’ gumboot throwing competitions, a pet corner, Chelsea Marriner and her dogs performing, home industries sections, cattle and beef sections – and heaps of food, trade sites, side shows and music. Plus, the BOP Young Fruit Grower of the Year competition. And in the thick of it will be Little Waihi’s Ian Foden, who is displaying

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Celebration for Tauranga authors Tauranga Writers is celebrating 50 years – and you are invited! ‘Books from our own Backyard’ is on Friday, February 17, from 11am-1pm at the Library Arcade outside Creative Bay of Plenty, 95 Willow St, Tauranga. “It’s open to anybody to come down and talk to authors and have a look at some books and

participate in some activities,” says Art Bay of Plenty arts administrator Viv Quinn. It’s a chance for budding authors to talk to writers and illustrators, as well as free face painting and kids’ activities for interested children. There will also be a sausage sizzle and a visit from Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless.

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1A The Harbour – one of the more exclusive addresses in town. And elevated site, with uninterrupted harbour views and easy access to all amenities. Like cafes, beach and ablutions. It would take Fort Knox to bankroll its purchase, if ever it was for sale. And while Tony O’Connor doesn’t own the property, or in this case the site, he has occupancy rights for two weeks a year, every year, for 10 years. “My parent’s first started coming to the Mount Maunganui camping ground in 1966 when I was just two,” says Tony. “They had a couple of years off, but we have been back there every year since 1972.” It might have been a camping ground 51 years ago when they paid the bill in pounds, shillings and pence. But nowadays it has new status as a ‘beachside holiday park’. And every year Tony, his three brothers, one sister, mother and cousins from Hamilton come back to the same site at the same camping ground. These O’Connors are a migratory lot and the camping ground is a colony. The campers keep coming back.

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“From one slice of paradise to another,” says the Napier carpet worker. Yep, every year he and his family leave one seaside tourist mecca and travel three-and-ahalf hours and 300km to holiday in another. It’s not unusual behaviour, says park manager Mark Hales – some people have been coming back to the Mount Maunganui camping ground for 50, 60 and in a few cases 70 years. “They form enduring friendships and that keeps bringing them back.” Throw into the mix the backdrop of Mauao, a harbour and ocean either side and easy access to town and its restaurants, cafes and hot pools. “People arrive, park up, and it’s a dawdle to go anywhere.” “Put it this way,” says Tony. “I can’t see the sea from my home in Napier but I can from my campsite.” What about giving up the sanctity and space of your own home to live cheek to jowl with strangers and their weird habits and ways? It seems 1A is blessed. “It’s a corner site so on two sides I am protected from all that nonsense,” says Tony. But that still doesn’t explain the attraction of high density living while on holiday. After

all, more than 800 people cram into the five hectare camping ground at peak time. Tony chuckles. “Yeah, I know. But camping is a people experience. People, atmosphere and a beach.” It’s interesting that Napier boasts one of the country’s most glorious beaches and much fewer people. Waimarama Beach – 20 minutes away from the art deco, 40km away from his hood in Tamatea – sweeping white sand and according to the brochure “one of the most sought-after coastal resorts in the country”. Walking, jogging, swimming, surfing and fishing – pipi, flounder, crayfish and paua.

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Relaxing place But Tony still prefers a sardine tin at $63 a night for a powered site. “Well worth it. When I go on holiday I don’t like to do things. I go on holiday to relax,” says Tony. “That involves sitting down, watching people and watching the world go by.” And the world passes his tent. This is the ideal place. The woman who passed on the migratory genes still comes on holiday. But with age comes compromise and entitlement to some personal comforts. Tony’s mum, Margaret O’Connor, now stays just a barbecued sausage’s throw away in a tourist hotel across the road. Camp by day, comfort by night – a nice warm bed, endless showers and a roof over your head. “Those comforts are okay when the wind blows strong and the rain comes down. Any other time I would rather be in my tent,” says Tony. He loves just loves camping. “Mmmm – nothing but a sheet of canvas between me and the stars.” The stars that a sprinkled all over Mauao. It was just destined to be this way. When he was a kid his dad would take the family camping for two weeks to Clifton near Cape Kidnappers. “Dad would drive to work each day. And when it was his turn to go on holiday he would pack up the family and go camping to Mount Maunganui.” Tony reckons he’s spent five weeks of every year of his life camping. And recently, when Tony was finished watching the world from his own backdoor, when for about the 45th time he’d packed his tent and left Harbour 1A, the incorrigible camper from Napier had one thing left to do. “Booked in again for next year. I will definitely be back.”

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Seventy-three years yesterday The emotion is raw as Tauranga man Peter Pratt talks about a night in 1943. It’s a far more touching experience than any Oscar-winning role in a war movie ever was. This isn’t performance; this is recollection. The youngest of eight children, Peter grew up in Grimsby, England. His father was in the merchant navy, and back then Grimsby was, Peter says, the largest fishing port in

the world. A prime target. “We had Anderson Shelters in the back of the garden, a corrugated steel shelter set into the ground. For three years of the war, we used the shelters almost every night,” says the 80-year-old. For someone who was just three years old when war broke out, all he knew during childhood was war – that was normal life. “We were bombed nearly every night, and when it rained heavily, the shelter flooded. So we’d go down the street to the community shelter, and you’d look

up on the way and see searchlights like lattice-work. “Then you’d see a silver thing in the light, and know it was the Luftwaffe coming.” Peter says the noise was horrendous, and dust was everywhere. “There was only one dim bulb in the shelters, in the winter it was bitterly cold and damp.” On one particular night during the July school holidays there was a tremendous

What started as a family memoir for Peter Pratt turned into 380-page collection of photos and tales from WWII, as well as Peter’s years living in Africa in the 1960s. explosion, the whole shelter shook, and everyone screamed. It’s while recalling this night that Peter is temporarily unable to continue; that’s when you truly feel the emotion of that experience. He chokes up in the telling; you choke up in the listening. It’s powerful, and heart breaking. And understandable. They learnt later that their school had been bombed.

This is just one of the many stories Peter tells in his book ‘The Road from Grimsby’ available for loan from Tauranga and Greerton Libraries, or to buy from Amazon and Kindle. He’s not the only author in the family. Oldest brother James was in the Royal Air Force – the United Kingdom’s aerial warfare force – and spent five years in Egypt and Italy. “He wrote a diary of his time there, including a short story

of his trip from Liverpool to Suez on-board the Dominion Monarch, and Tauranga Library have that, and some of his photos, on their Tauranga Memories website.” Peter credits a number of other members of Tauranga Writers in getting the stories out of his head. “‘Get the damn book published’, they told me.” It’s lucky they did, so this great collection of stories is now available for all to enjoy. Karolyn Timarkos

Funding boost for outdoor access Projects to enhance public access to the outdoors now have the chance to win a share $54,000 of funding from The New Zealand Walking Access Commission. The commission’s Enhanced Access Fund supports projects that help secure certain and enduring access for current and future generations. NZWAC chief executive Eric Pyle encourages community groups, recreation clubs, local authorities and other organisations looking to secure public access to the outdoors to apply for the second of the two funding rounds, with applications due by March 31, 2017. “Across New Zealand, passionate people and organisations are working to create outdoor access, often on small budgets and relying on sheer energy, commitment and passion. “We operate the Enhanced Access Fund to help them achieve their goals.” Eric says funding would be prioritised towards

projects designed to obtain certain and enduring access, such as negotiations to secure access agreements, legal or survey costs, or the cost of obtaining Resource Management Act consents. Other initiatives such as signage, installation of stiles and other activities to improve existing public access were also eligible, though these funding categories are given lower priority. Improved outdoor access has a wide and lasting impact on quality of life, community resilience and the economy, says Eric. “New Zealand is famed for outdoor experiences, and our network of tracks and outdoor access opportunities supports this. Better outdoor access helps communities to experience their regions and improves regional economies through increased visitor numbers.” Application forms, guidelines and further details about the application process are available at: www.walkingaccess.govt.nz

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Rubbish bags instead of roses the bushline.” So the trust is inviting you to bring your love, sunscreen, a hat and water to And show the love to Mauao. the grass area outside the surf The Western Bay Wildlife club at 9.30am this Sunday Trust is looking for an army morning - two days before of volunteers with deep Valentine’s Day. feelings for the Mount to help “We will supply the rubbish clean it up. bags, the gloves and health and “We find all sorts of safety advice,” says Julia. paraphernalia on Mauao,” says The trust would like to see a Western Bay Wildlife Trust 100 volunteers for the clean-up chairperson Julia Graham. on February 12. “Deck chairs, jandals, fishing “Make a worthwhile equipment, and lots and lots contribution in the of coffee cups from the cafes, morning and have the restaurants and street stalls afternoon at the beach. around the Mount.” “Wouldn’t it be great if we There aren’t any rubbish bins only got 40 bags of rubbish?” on Mauao because they attract says Julia. “It would indicate Western Bay Wildlife Trust chairperson Julia Graham. predators. “Rubbish bins just a change in attitude and aren’t an option,” says Julia. of alcohol and soft drink bottles. “People go that people are taking more pride in our And people going for walks are generally up Mauao to drink at night and they aren’t community.” Then, she says, we need to in shorts and T-shirts, they can’t store coffee interested in carrying off their rubbish.” start saying to people: “Hey! Pick up your cups until they get off the mountain and so Last Valentine’s Day volunteers helped the rubbish, please don’t throw that there”. they just biff them into the bush. trust remove 80 bags of rubbish. But the main message, says Julia, is people “It tells us people are pretty lazy and “We go where the council contractors shouldn’t take rubbish onto the mountain inconsiderate.” And bottles are a huge don’t go – off the tracks, down in the unless they’re prepared to carry it off again. problem. “We get hundreds and hundreds rocks, through the paddocks and around “Surely it’s not hard.”

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More than just fantasy to distract myself as best I can. Cosplay has been a real life-saver on that account. It’s great; I enjoy what I’m doing, I love the characters I’m making.” But for Otumoetai resident Courtney Smith For pop culture convention Tauranga cosplay is as much of a way of life as anything Armageddon – coming up in else. Courtney has been stitching and May – Courtney will be cosplaying bringing characters to life for about eight Russian princess Anastasia re-designed by artist years, and says it’s become a part of her Hannah Alexander. day-to-day life. Courtney has hand-dyed, and will be handAnd she uses it for more than embroidering and hand-beading, the skirt enjoyment. She uses it for distraction – which is made of curtain fabric – and as well. Courtney has chronic fatigue says it weighs about 3.5kg without the syndrome, chronic insomnia, and beading. fibromyalgia – “a nice powerhouse”. “And that’s just the overskirt, there’s Fibromyalgia is a disorder with still an underskirt and a petticoat. widespread musculoskeletal pain, along “I wanted to challenge myself, so…” with fatigue, sleep, memory and mood laughs Courtney. issues. Researchers believe But at the end of the day, after all of fibromyalgia amplifies painful the pinpricks, the money, the stress sensations by affecting the way and frustration, Courtney says it’s your brain processes worth it. pain signals. “Oh yeah, I love it.” So instead To keep up-toof taking date with painkillers Courtney’s every day, costume, follow Courtney her on Facebook uses cosplay. or Instagram by “If I don’t searching ‘SparkyCosplay’. want to be on Courtney Smith models her 3.5kg cosplay skirt. Cayla-Fay Saunders painkillers every day I have Photo: Chris Callinan.

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The reach of a dollar or two in Malawi African drought. Kaz knows more than most about what that means. She’s been involved with fundraising for humanitarian work in Malawi since 2006. In 1999, Kaz didn’t even know where Malawi was. She was planning to hitchhike through Africa with a friend and added Malawi to the itinerary after hearing it was “the place to be” for the turn of the millennium. She fell in love – with the country and the people – but it wasn’t the rosiest of trips.

New Zealand news media channels are more frequently bombarding us with such stories. Meanwhile, the state of emergency declared in Malawi last April barely got a mention. It must frustrate Tauranga’s Kaz Weatherley. Severe drought, followed by flash floods that killed dozens, have left about 2.8 million Malawians facing food insecurity and made the country one of the worst hit in the Southern Life in Mal been easy awi hasn’t fo with the co r its people, u drought an ntry hit by dfl the last 10 oods in years.

“I got malaria. I wasn’t able to arrange travel insurance before we left, so it was a little bit scary being diagnosed at the hospital and knowing how many people die from the disease. They gave me the medication – and it cost me US$3.” Kaz was shocked to realise there were millions of people dying because they couldn’t afford that $3 to buy the medication. Back home in New Zealand, she began sponsoring a child from Malawi, an eight-year-old boy named Patrick Kachiswe. “Then, a few years ago, I thought I’d like to do a little bit more, so we held our first fundraising concert, which was a massive success, and it

went from there. She started doing garage sales and all sorts of different things to raise money. “All of my fundraising goes into a separate account in Auckland with World Vision. “When it gets to a certain amount they get in touch with me and say: ‘Your money could fund this project, do you want to do it?’,” says Kaz. A dollar stretches a long way in Malawi. For every $1 donated here, it buys $10 worth of food or supplies in Malawi. And once all those small donations are added together here, their reach there is invaluable. “One of the projects we did was repairing a water pump at one of the hospitals. They hadn’t had running water for about four years. The repairs cost $1200, an amount the hospital could never have funded itself.” World Vision donated 40

bicycles to Patrick’s village, including a bicycleambulance to take patients to the hospital. Such a simple thing, and a stark contrast to what Kaz is used to as a St John Ambulance volunteer in Tauranga. Just another example of how just a few dollars could mean the difference between life and death in Africa. Kaz and husband Brendon now have a new Malawian sponsor child, nine-year-old Janet Eleson. Kaz encourages others to consider helping, even if they only have a few dollars to give. Because, as she well knows, just $3 can save a life. Karolyn Timarkos

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Helping the matters of the heart The Tauranga branch of the Heart Foundation is holding several events in conjunction with the foundation’s month-long national fundraising appeal. The heart-related events in Tauranga this month include a Heart Health Day at Aspire Gym in Bethlehem on Valentine’s Day this February 14.Times are 9am-11am and 5pm-7pm. On February 22 there will be a presentation by Heart Foundation

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From behind the Iron Curtain When Steffi August is troubled, she seeks the wise counsel of a mountain.

“Mauao is so powerful,” says Steffi, who claims a deep spiritual connection with the 232 metre high extinct volcano. “I always tell the mountain: ‘I love you, I trust you and I need an answer for this or that’.” Steffi confronts life’s issues while running up the four wheel drive track to the summit. And, generally, by the time she’s completed another two ascents back-to-back and is running 3km around Mauao cooling down, she has an answer to her problem. “And the mountain is always there and happy to listen.” It’s both relaxation and therapy for the 51-year-old Bayfair resident, who is also a corporate motivational speaker, an author, a masseuse and a mystery shopper who drives a 12 metre, eight-wheel furniture removal truck in her spare time. After she has a run up the Mount three times most mornings. “One morning at six o’clock it was still dark. On the left side of the mountain there was a full moon and a cruise ship was coming in. Down the other side of the mountain there was a beautiful sunrise. All this happening at once. “Beautiful. Wow!” And when she’s having a dark or difficult moment she remembers that day. “It gives you energy and power. The Mount should be compulsory for everyone. We would all be better off for it.” Steffi says we need to be very grateful for what we have and not angst about what we don’t have. “This morning there was suffocating traffic driving over the

bridge. But then you see the Mount and the sea s up in Steffi August gives thumb k. – aahhhh! Thank you iture removal truc furn her universe. I am so lucky and happy I live here. We have everything.” She is the German ‘Energizer’ – flat out and forever. Terminally bubbly and positive and full of can-do. And all this despite her roots. Steffi emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, the oppression of the communist enclave of East Berlin, the Sovietoccupied sector of the city during the Cold War. Her early life was minimalist, structured and controlled. “We had free healthcare, education died, shot and killed by border and jobs.” Steffi always has a patrols, as they tried to escape positive spin. over the Berlin Wall. “We were happy because we What they did have was the didn’t know anything else.” much-hated Ministerium für “School was six days a week Staatssicherheit, commonly known from 7am. We had to walk in 20 as the Stasi, the secret police, “the [degrees Celsius] below. So I love sword and shield” of the East a New Zealand winter. However, German communist regime. they did supply us with a hot It rigidly and ruthlessly oppressed lunch every day and we all using fear and bullets. graduated into jobs.” “Friends tried to flee across the And sometimes, just sometimes wall. She was shot. Both ended up they could buy bananas. in prison.” And on a Friday afternoon she When Steffi and her then would queue at the butcher shop husband applied for visas to go to on the off chance she would score a Hungary they came under secret Sunday roast. surveillance from the Stasi. “The next time you are in a “As soon as the Stasi discovered Tauranga butcher or vege shop we wanted out they made it please look at the fantastic variety difficult for us. that is available year-round. I “We lost our jobs and they appreciate that.” bugged our home and car and What they didn’t have was went through our flat when we the vote, they didn’t have freedom were out.” of speech and they couldn’t visit Read the full story at West Berlin. About 138 people www.theweekendsun.co.nz

Public transport is our number one priority In January I laid out my priorities as a regional councillor. My first priority is to improve our public transport system in Tauranga. There is widespread support for this, and already there have been meetings amongst interested parties. I’m really concerned that Smartgrowth sees fit to enter the debate. Certainly they have an interest in ensuring that we have appropriate transport corridors, but I fail to see why they need to dig into the detail of our bus routes. This just adds more players to “muddy the water”.

I’m not opposed to a little ‘hui’, but the key for our regional council staff is to come up with sound action points, based on solid research. We can’t improve the system, both from a route and a fare perspective, unless we properly understand what we already have. This will help to answer the reasons for falling patronage. Yes, the total numbers moves higher, but that is only because the Ministry of Education has stopped their SchoolHopper service.

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Convict’s doll, adzes and a bikini in storage Tauranga Cultural Heritage Collection cultural heritage manager Dean Flavell spends part of his working week taking care of more than 30,000 objects. It’s stored on behalf of the Tauranga City Council in a local storage facility. “We’re not a museum, we’re the collection storage area until a museum is developed,” says Dean. “We have some volunteers that help us. Our main job is to preserve and ensure this collection is looked after. Our responsibility is to make sure this collection survives and will then be part of a museum for Tauranga.” Tauranga’s Heritage Collection has been in storage since the early 2000s, at least 13 years. It was originally created by the Tauranga Historical Society in 1969, when it called for objects from its members and the community to establish a museum. Much of the large items are wrapped in plastic, but in good hands. Dean, who regards himself as a practical person, was raised mostly in the Bay of Plenty. He’s been involved with museums for the last 17 years, working for the Whanganui Regional Museum and a board member of the Te Paerangi national services at Te Papa. This service supports smaller and regional museums. He then had a few years working at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, one of the major museums in Japan, which has more than 280,000 artefacts.

Following this he spent time in Nara, Japan, working on the restoration and conservation of wooden architecture. An opportunity back in Tauranga brought him home and he returned to raise his family here, a large whanau of seven children and eight grandchildren. He has a degree in visual arts working originally as a carver. “I decided that rather than make artefacts, I wanted to now look after artefacts, so I made the switch from being a carver to a museum.” He’s now one of the guardians of our local treasures. “It’s probably the most comprehensive collection in regards to the Western Bay of Plenty and Tauranga City,” says Dean. “It covers all aspects of types of stories we’d like to tell.” The artefacts are stored in 1000m2 of warehouse. A workroom, adjacent to the larger storage area, is where much of the work is carried out preserving the items. Many have been gifted to the collection, which includes the Military Collection of medals. “This [Military Collection] signifies the importance of the men and women who participated in the various wars that the world has been part of,” says Dean. “A large number of people H IP S BERS have contributed to that in the Western M E M M O N LY O R F Bay and the wider Bay of Plenty.” Fencing swords, an officer’s sword from the mid-1800s, muskets and cannonballs. Everything is documented

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EXHIBITION & SALE Satt 11 & Sun S S 12 F February, b 10 10.00am 00 – 3.30pm 3 30 Bob Owens Retirement Village 112 Carmichael Road, Bethlehem We welcome you to view a display of finely painted porcelain art by Kaye Hurn. Kaye has been involved in porcelain art for the last 35 years, as an artist and a teacher. She is passionate about keeping this ancient art alive and now offers her extensive and exquisite collection for sale. Free admission • Refreshments provided • Village tours We look forward to seeing you there! For more information please phone Janet on 07 579 2519

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Bay man’s big fight against the flat line to myself I will do that tomorrow… perhaps.” ” And where, once, things may have worried him, he now lets them slide right on by. But the advice remains the same – see your doctor every six months for a check-up, watch what you eat and exercise. “It takes your mind off things and has to be good for you in the big picture.”

“I suppose I am very blessed,” says Alec Were, when he stops and thinks about it. “I look at the world a little differently and I think: ‘Wow! I am still here and isn’t it great?’” But it was a close thing. Alec went within a couple of dicky heartbeats of not being here, of being another statistic, of being another victim of New Zealand’s biggest killer. The numbers are grim reading – 6500 deaths a year from cardiovascular disease, one every 90 minutes. Thirty-three per cent of all deaths, more than on the roads, are caused by heart disease. And women are five times more likely to die from heart disease than breast cancer. Alec, who narrowly dodged those mortality statistics, is hardly an advertisement for a heart attack. He’s lean, a bit of a gym bunny, conscious of what he eats and has a glint about him. “I turned 65 one day and had a heart attack the next. I was worried I would miss out on my first national super[annuation] payment,” he jokes. But it was no joke. “I was at the gym one morning when I felt a bit funny,” says Alec. ‘Funny’ in this case being on the brink of death itself. “I was feeling a bit chesty, as if I had been doing upper body exercises.” So he finished and went straight to work, which in hindsight, was the right thing to do. “They said: ‘You don’t look very good’ and called an ambulance.” When it arrived minutes later, medics confirmed Alec was having an “event”, a heart event, a heart attack. “I was a bit sweaty and anxious.” Classic symptoms. “And I had a bit of discomfort and tightness in the chest but no major pain. I knew something was wrong but I never thought at any point I was having a heart attack.” It was a huge surprise to him. A medical team was ready and waiting when he arrived at Tauranga Hospital. “It was amazing” says Alec. They immediately gave him a

The Heart Foundation is appealing for donations to continue its fight against heart disease. In the Bay of Plenty Heart Foundation volunteers will be on the streets of Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, Te Puke, Whakatane and Katikati collecting donations from February 16-18. Donations can also be made by calling 0800 830 100 or online at: www.heartfoundation.org.nz/donate

Alec Were ba ck at work as a shuttle driver . fibrinolytic drug, which dissolves clots and improves blood flow in a blocked artery. “I felt right back to normal. I didn’t feel like I had been crook at all.” But then there was the stent, the five days in hospital. “And the gradual rebuilding thing, getting back to doing what you did before.” Even in his hospital bed that first night, there were no morbid thoughts. “Don’t get me wrong. I fully understand I am really lucky. But I never had that horrible sensation I could have been outta here. But I am aware things could have turned out very differently.” Alec is telling his story so others can learn from it. And to lend a hand to the Heart Foundation’s monthlong appeal. And yes, on reflection, his experience has been a life-changer. “You have to reclaim your life because if you go the other way and become a hermit, it will eat you up.” He strictly follows what the doctors have ordered. “No fast food. I never did eat much of it but I enjoyed it. The alcohol consumption falls.” He is also getting used to saying ‘No’ to things. “I am stepping back, taking the pressure off. I say

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Looking after our own brand of attractiveness It’s a great time of year to restore and repair the effects ageing and the environment have on our facial skin, says Rejuvenation Cosmetic Medicine’s Sharon Melrose. During the last few decades she’s been involved in cosmetic medicine, Sharon

says it’s been wonderful to provide natural-looking facial treatments using dermal fillers such as Restylane and facial muscle relaxants such as Dysport and Botox. “The relatively low cost, safeness and convenience of these treatments has resulted in an ever-increasing number of happy clients who look and feel more refreshed and confident. “My clients are

most often between 35-65 years old, who are reluctant to accept not so much the inevitability, but the speed with which their face changes with age.” Shrinking facial fat pads, thinning of facial skin, muscle and bone wastage are responsible for changes in our appearance that rob us of our familiar, unique identity and categorise us as looking typically ‘old’. Sharon says many people want to present themselves in their best ‘light’ as long as is reasonably possible – but without resorting to procedures that involve time-consuming recovery periods, prohibitive costs or procedures deemed too invasive. “As little as 1ml of dermal filler can restore a beautifully defined lip edge or minimise smokers’ lines.” Most dermal fillers are made from products that mimic our own stores of naturally occurring hyaluronic acid, says Sharon. “Increased hydration in the skin can lead to increased

Sharon Melrose. supplies of naturally occurring collagen and elastin, which is in abundance in more youthful skin.” Prospective clients can book in for a complimentary, confidential consultation with Sharon to discuss how these safe and affordable treatments may benefit them.

Best for your tresses Whether it’s a little trim or a total restyle, Cherrywood Hair Salon wants to help you transform your ‘do’. Owner Kylee Anderson says her salon has a relaxed Kimberley ambience and her team pride Paltridge and themselves on listening and Kylee Anderson. making their clients happy. “We are a boutique salon that is located in the Cherrywood shops on the main road with plenty of free parking just minutes from Tauranga CBD,” says Kylee. “We pride ourselves on tailoring our services to whatever our clients’ requests are. “Consultation for us is a massive thing, and we make sure we are very thorough in that.” You can be sure you’re getting the best hair care when you get your locks treated at Cherrywood Hair Salon as they “are a L’Oreal Professional salon, which means we use the very best products available on the market. And they’ve got a new senior stylist – Kimberley Paltridge. Cherrywood Hair Salon is running a special when you make your appointment for the month of February. “We’re all about understanding and tailoring our service to our client’s requests and needs,” says Kylee. “We pride ourselves on hair colouring and styling, transformations and we do a lot of fix-up colour work. “One of our biggest concerns is making sure the condition of your hair is kept at its very best throughout all of our services and our clients walk out our door happy.”

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Medicinal cannabis laws relaxed This week Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne made the decision to delegate responsibility for all cannabis-based product prescriptions to the Ministry of Health. Peter says as of February 8, 2017, applications from specialists to the Ministry to prescribe nonpharmaceutical cannabis-based products will no longer need ministerial approval. It represents a win for cannabis reform advocates such as Tauranga man Glenn Grayston, who has seen ďŹ rst-hand the health beneďŹ ts of cannabis products. “It’s a tentative step in the right direction. Of course, it doesn’t go nearly far enough.â€? When his father was suffering from terrible arthritis pain, Glenn imported a cannabis product from the United States to help alleviate his suffering, and says it was very effective. However, he believes an extract sold by a pharmaceutical company, such as Sativex, does not have the same therapeutic beneďŹ ts as the whole plant. “In a lot of cases, Sativex is effective and suitable, but there are many cases where the maximum beneďŹ t is from the whole plant. “My view is probably a lot more radical than the mainstream, but I think people should be able to grow a couple plants for their own personal use. “That’s where I see it heading.â€? The Associate Health Minister intends to write to the New Zealand Medical Association and the

Pharmacy Society of New Zealand outlining the decision and his ‘ongoing expectation’ that medical professionals consider the prescribing of cannabisbased products with an open mind. Ryan Wood

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Purrfect forever friends Have you got room in your heart for some extra love this Valentine’s Day?

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Well, if you’ve got a paw print of room, Tauranga SPCA is the place to be. Tauranga SPCA’s Valentine’s Second Chance For Love event is on February 18 from 10.30am to 2.30pm at the SPCA base in Greerton – and it’s the perfect place to meet your next soul mate. SPCA Tauranga’s Second Chance For Love coordinator Hannah Cobb says there will be spot prizes, a sausage sizzle, face painting, bouncy castles and, of course: “We will have pets for adoption”. Whether it’s dogs, older puppies, kittens, cats or bunnies that steal your heart, Hannah

says there will be a pet for every heart. “They’re in our usual adoption pens so people can go in and meet them and they can still interact with them and that sort of thing to make sure that they’re the right fit for their family,” says Hannah. “Should they want to adopt them into their family, they can go through the adoption process and take them home.” Hannah says there will be some special adoption rates on the day. “It’s going to be a fun day for families to come down and meet some animals and see if there’s one that matches them.” So if you want to meet your pawsatively perfect Valentine, make sure you head down to Tauranga SPCA, 43 Alach St, Greerton.

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Dark and bloody Valentine’s Day Beyonce got 10,000 red roses from her husband Jay Z. I wonder if he popped in a Cadbury Roses royal fudge or hazelnut caramel. And a card with a nauseatingly saccharine sentiment like: “Nun scio quid sit armor. Now I know what love is.” “You are the poem I never knew how to write.” “You are what I never knew I always wanted.” I lump Valentine’s Day in with Halloween, another imported pagan festival, and I could only enjoy Halloween if I grew pumpkins. There would have to be a dollar in it because there wouldn’t be a skerrick of love. And there shouldn’t be because Valentine’s Day has dark, bloody and sexist origins. Admittedly my attitude towards Valentine’s Day is probably the product of never having been a Valentine.

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Nup – not one red rose, not one syrupy card, not one soft centre. So I make a big noise about not believing. I wonder if that attitude could be changed with a $100 bunch of red roses and promise of passion from a complete stranger. But it’s never happened and it’s unlikely to. Valentine’s Day has always been for a select few. There’s always only one person in the office that gets the nod on Valentine’s Day and it’s always the same person. Loathing and jealously in equal quantities creep up the walls of your gullet and you are poisoned towards that person forever. But apparently that’s part of Cupid’s plan. Love is not only done, it must been seen to be done and the office setting is the ideal stage. It ratchets up the emotions – both for the recipient and terminally envious onlookers. That’s why I could never muster what it takes to send a Valentine’s Day message. I couldn’t cope with the humiliation if I was found out or the rose was rejected and returned. Anyhow, I am sufficiently insecure and nasty to believe the recipients of Valentine’s Day attention send the flowers to themselves. I knew one woman who did that and when her cover was blown she ran off and joined a nunnery. I take solace that I will be home alone Valentine’s Day, with a beer and watching back episodes of ‘QI’ on Sky. Valentine’s Day has its roots in an ancient Roman festival of fertility. Celebrating the feast of Lupercalia men would sacrifice a goat and dog, flay them and then strike the women with hides of the animals they’d just slain. The women believed this would make them fertile. Then in a matchmaking lottery men would draw the names of women from a jar and they would couple up for the duration of the festival or longer if the chemistry was right. The ancient Romans may also have played a part in our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men, both named Valentine, on February 14 in the third century AD. Their martyrdom was honoured by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine’s Day. So how does cupid, roses and chocolate creep into all this? Jim Bunny

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Finding out what your symbol of desire is Looking for romantic gift ideas for Valentine’s Day? One Bay woman’s book may be the answer. Mount Maunganui psychologist Janet Peters has written a book about the everyday symbols we find on our computer keyboards, but given them a romantic twist. Titled ‘Symbols of Desire: Virtual Foreplay for Email Lovers’ the book gives some flirty doublemeanings to the icons. “I took every symbol from a computer

keyboard [excluding letters and numbers] and gave each one their own page, with words around them,” says Janet. “For example, I took the ‘slash’ symbol (/) and put the word ‘intimacy’ inside it, while outside is the phrase ‘into me, you see’. So it’s a play on words.” Janet says it’s just a little book she wrote years ago, when she was in love. “I did it for one Valentine’s [day]. I wrote it because I was all about love at the time, and we use keyboards so much these days.” Janet says it gets a bit saucy in parts. For example, brackets can now mean “the curve of your back makes me ache, and I long to trail my fingers down your spine”. It could be the ideal gift for an email-lover this Valentine’s Day, especially for those tired of the same old emojis, or looking to go back to basics.

“It can be used as shorthand – just one symbol can be sent over text or email, and someone will know what you’re saying, like a secret code.” Janet’s book is available for purchase on Amazon.

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Jump on the trampoline revolution It is often the simple things in life that are best. At the next Franchise Association of New Zealand meeting, Flip Out New Zealand franchisor Adam

Hetherington will discuss how he’s constantly coming across individuals who want to get into a business their whole family can enjoy. “With a precise tutoring method, due to a calculated amount of franchises opening each year, we create a business-savvy franchisee reaping the benefits of a proven and effective business model,” says Adam. Founded in Australia and with more than 60 centres globally, Flip Out – the world’s largest trampoline franchise – expanded into New Zealand in 2015 and currently has four franchises nationwide, including in Tauriko. The meeting, on Thursday, February 16, is organised for the Franchise Association of New Zealand by Harris Tate Lawyers, the

Bay of Plenty’s franchise lawyers. The franchise association’s regional coordinator, international delegate and franchise law expert David Foster, will lead the meeting, designed to assist those looking at entering the world of franchising or expanding their current franchise systems and, or, business by successfully using the franchise model. “Flip Out is a market leader and has enjoyed an unprecedented track record of success and safety, culminating in a strong investment proposition. “Adam offers unique expert advice, having previously been a Flip Out franchisee in Canberra. This is a meeting not to be missed.” Please see the advertisement on this page for more details on the meeting.

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Funding a new iSite – are the rates fair? Last week at City Hall we discussed building a new and improved information centre combined with an iport cruise ship arrival building and public toilets to be located together at Coronation Park. Early estimates range from $4m for an 810m2 facility to $5m for the same facility with a flash roof that stands out. Personally, I like the roof but not for another million bucks if that funding is ground out of poor residential ratepayers who are so often the funders of first resort. Before you accuse me of being a stick-in-the-mud, let me tell you a story. Nearly four years ago when I was first elected to council I had a conversation with a couple that’s had a profound effect on my politics since then. They worked hard all their lives, paid off the mortgage and saved a nest egg to retire on.

A short time after finishing work both husband and wife got cancer; cleaning out their life savings. Ever since then they’ve lived solely on national superannuation – and they are not alone. With rates always increasing faster than inflation many find themselves with less to live on year after year. Should those in our community like this couple have to subsidise property developers through their rates? Should their pension be first the port of call whenever someone has a bright idea in this city? Every year at budget time the Chamber of Commerce encourages us to increase rates and we also hear from some

comparatively wealthy individuals encouraging us to have ‘vision’ and spend more. The solution is changing the way we collect rates, how much and from whom. I’ll show you how next week.

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How you can secure your new relationship A New Year might bring a new relationship. So Patricia Jones from Beachside Legal in Mount Maunganui is encouraging Bay of Plenty couples to look after the property they’ve brought to the new relationship by entering into a prenuptial agreement – which lawyers refer to as a contracting out agreement. Patricia says people are naturally resistant to having agreements, but she urges people to think about it like insurances. “People take out house insurance against fire. They don’t have an issue against paying that and they certainly don’t hope their house is going to burn down, but

they take insurance. “However, they’re resistant to taking a contracting agreement or a prenuptial; but actually it’s the same sort of insurance.” Patricia says, statistically, a relationship break-up is more likely to occur than a house fire. “But for some reason people just don’t want to do insure their relationship. There really needs to be an attitude change. “People need to really think about whether they’re going to be okay if things go wrong, which you hope they don’t. “It’s only to protect what was yours when you went into the relationship, or perhaps

what you got from an inheritance. “It is also relevant to provide for your children to receive what their parent

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accumulated. “Without a prenuptial the children can miss out in the event of a death or separation.” The team at Beachside Legal offer expert services in drafting agreements and can advise you how to protect what was yours when you entered a relationship. Patricia has been practising family law since 1980 and has a particular focus on matters affecting families. She is a lawyer for children and an accredited mediator. Talia Marshall completed her law studies at Waikato University in 2004 and has been a regular advocate in the Family and District Court since.

Investing in the ones who make music Onesixone DJ – sounds like what it does, perhaps the name of a DJ or a rapper. Close but not quite. Onesixone DJ is a Tauranga-based start-up company, which has launched its first funding round for a development called SoundSwitch that will make DJ’ing more effective and innovative. The DJs will turn on a bigger and better show. SoundSwitch is software that integrates audio software and lighting systems to provide the guys in the headphones greater creative control and superior performance capabilities. Onesixone DJ recently launched its first funding round to raise $560,000 in capital to enable the company to move to the

next stage of growth. Onesixone DJ was co-founded by Tauranga locals Zak Meyers and Matt Watkins, together with software expert Callum Jamieson who relocated to the Bay from Dunedin. SoundSwitch was launched in partnership with Serato, an Auckland-based company that has developed leading software for DJs that replaces traditional turntables. “The idea was to bring the music and lighting systems closer together and put all the creative control in the DJ’s hands,” says Zak. SoundSwitch has been designed to work with Serato’s software to get the appropriate timing information to sync up the lighting and music.

Broadband rollout in Western Bay towns Residents of two Western Bay of Plenty towns are set to benefit from an Ultra-Fast Broadband announcement by the Government. Coromandel MP Scott Simpson says more than 40,000 people in the Coromandel electorate – including in Katikati and Waihi Beach – will benefit from the rollout. “For people living in the 12 Coromandel communities receiving Ultra-Fast Broadband, this

will be the best news they’ve had in a long time. “The electorate is one of the very big winners from the $300m investment being made by the Government. “For businesses and individuals having access to Ultra-Fast Broadband will be life-changing. “Local people will benefit from being internet connected at speeds we’ve never experienced before. “Rolling out faster, more reliable internet is a vital part of our plan to develop a productive and competitive economy.”

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Top Mount attraction barely seen One of the top tourist attractions at the Mount is unable to be fully enjoyed. Masked by parked cars, the giant pohutukawa tree in Pitau Rd has been spreading itself magnificently for nearly 500 years without even a plaque. A small seedling nudged its new frond up through the sand bar that we call “the Mount” one morning between 1566 and 1616. It’s been growing and flowering ever since. This was in the same time period that Pocahontas was saving the life of John Smith, Galileo saw the moons of Jupiter through his telescope, the King James version of the Bible was being published, the first African slaves were being taken to North America, the English Civil War was happening, Rembrandt was painting his Night Watch, the Ming Dynasty was ending in China, King Louis XIV was starting to build Versailles, the Great Plague in London killed 75,000, there was

the great fire in London, and Peter the Great became Czar. About 300 years later Pitau Rd was laid beside the tree. The variety Metrosideros excelsa ‘Mt Maunganui’ are all cutting-grown descendants and it is of special significance to Ngai Te Rangi iwi. Pohutukawa wood is dense, strong and highly figured. Maori used it in shipbuilding, since the natural curvy shapes made strong knees. The Pepi Toot beach train runs most summer days, taking families and cruise ship passengers for rides. Departing from Salisbury Ave, it travels along The Mall, to Adams Ave, around to Banks Ave, then right into Pitau St, going past the 450-year-old pohutukawa tree. “Passengers always comment about two things that they enjoy while on the train,” says train driver Lesley Smith. “One is the cleanliness of the Mount streets. The other is the tree.

The pohutukawa tree in Pitau Rd, believed to be 450 years old.

“It’s very popular.” She’s unable to stop nearby for passengers to take photographs, as often cars are parked there. Parks are available further along and on the other side of the road, but that location provides fast and easy access for the drivers to walk through to the shops nearby. “We are planning to install an interpretation panel displaying the tree’s history, in the next financial year – 20172018,” says Tauranga City Council parks and recreation manager Mark Smith.

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Outdoor bowls wraps up in the Bay today A week of outdoor bowls action wraps up today, as the 44th Men’s National Outdoor Bowling Tournament comes to a close.

Some of the bowls action from earlier in the week. Photo: Chris Callinan.

Club Mount Maunganui manager Christine Young says this is the first time the club has had the privilege of hosting a major event of this magnitude on behalf of Clubs NZ. “We’re pleased we can share and show off our fairly new, wonderful facility and also what

Mount Maunganui has to offer as a destination to visitors.” Four other local bowling clubs – Tauranga South, Tauranga Domain, Matua, and Omanu – have assisted with running the tournament, allowing constant play for the 552 competitors, who are divided into teams of four. More than $7000 in prize money is up for grabs, split between the Moase Cup offering $4600, the Jim Dempsey Trophy’s $1600 and the Kelly Plate’s $1360. This year 21 Western Bay of Plenty teams are competing.

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True beauty of music Hannah Josephs picked up a saxophone at Bay Play when she was just nine. It was her ďŹ rst taste of music and from then on, she never put the saxophone down. Now she’s back as a student teacher at Bay Play, the Mount Maunganui Music School Charitable Trust initiative encouraging primary and intermediate age children to get involved with music and instruments. Hannah’s introducing kids to the saxophone and ute. Bay Play is a not-for-proďŹ t organisation, which makes quality music tutoring ďŹ nancially accessible to all children a fraction of the cost of private tuition. Like 12-year-old Sarah Burke. Bay Play introduced Sarah to the piano. “She loves it,â€? says dad Matthew Burke. “She has really come on in the ďŹ rst three years and has been thoroughly enjoying it.â€? Sarah will be back at Bay Play this year. “Private music tuition is beyond the pockets of a lot of people,â€? says Kaye Josephs of the Mount Maunganui Music School Charitable Trust. “And we make it affordable.â€? “Sarah’s piano works out at about $7 a

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lesson or $260 for the year,â€? says Matthew. “That makes it very affordable and very good value.â€? And Sarah is learning at her own pace. They don’t jump to new levels of music at Bay Play until students are ready and willing. For most instruments, other than keyboard, it’s a group experience. “The students come along and sit with maybe four or ďŹ ve others and they learn together, support each other and enjoy the occasion,â€? says Kaye. “It’s a great way for kids to get started and hopefully they develop a passion for music.â€? Bay Play is the brain child of Keith Hull, who is a former head of music at Mount Maunganui College. He discovered students were coming to school who had never been exposed to music. He set up the trust and started changing that. And since 1998 when the Mount

Maunganui Music School was born, a couple of thousand children, as many as 100 a year, have enjoyed their ďŹ rst experience of music. Some of the young musicians have gone on to be very accomplished and playing in orchestras. Music with Bay Play is at Mount Maunganui College every Wednesday afternoon at 3.15pm and going through to about 5.30pm. Tuition is offered for recorder, ute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, violin, cello, guitar, ukulele and keyboard. “Students need to have their own instruments and we can advise where to get them,â€? says Kaye. The Mount Maunganui Music School Charitable Trust is taking registrations for the New Year. To book a place or for more information call Kaye on 07 572 1755 or email: music@bayplay.co.nz

Wellbeing is an important part of our children’s education At ACG As a school that prides itself on care and compassion, we have a huge responsibility to Tauranga we achieve this the students who study with us each day. through our core Not only are we providing them with a safe, familyoriented learning environment but it is our duty to help nurture and develop students to develop good character, critical and creative thinking skills, compassionate behaviour – and to ensure their overall wellbeing and resilience in the outside world. Creating healthy, happy, conďŹ dent and selfassured students can only impact positively on the community at large as they leave school and go into the world to do great things.

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Buzzing about practical beekeeping

Mount Maunganui’s Pacific Coast Technical Institute is offering a nationwide practical beekeeping programme – which is ideal for those pursuing beekeeping as a career or a hobby. PCTI director Mark Hellyer says the apiculture beekeeping course came as a natural extension for the company, which with their subsidiary Food and Produce NZ were already experts in integrated pest management, production horticulture and post-harvest with strong links to research. “We’ve put together a nationwide

practical beekeeping programme, which served the needs of those in junior beekeeping roles or wanting to get into beekeeping,” says Mark. “We went backwards and forwards to key industry players until we had it right.” Mark says the programme focuses heavily on the practical side of beekeeping, pest and disease management, life cycles, seasonality and understanding the environment. Through their second institute, Food and Produce New Zealand and former owners Plant and Food Research, PCTI has also brought relevant up-to-date information to the course.

Mark says the course is designed for industry and is pending approval by NZQA as a New Zealand Certificate. This 34-week course – which can be studied by distance or part-time – is for entry-level beekeepers no matter what their career intention – and is equally suitable for those exploring beekeeping as a hobby. “For non-academic, ‘learning by doing’ individuals this is a really cool career to get into. It’s hard work and you need a keen eye but highly rewarding,” says Mark. PCTI is at this weekend’s BOP Young Fruit Grower of the Year final – you can catch Kerry, Chris and the PCTI team there for extra information.

Tertiary education Amendment Bill introduced The Government has this week introduced to Parliament the Education (Tertiary Education and Other Matters) Amendment Bill – designed to update legislation that affects the everyday running of tertiary education organisations. Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Paul Goldsmith says the Bill will allow for more flexibility in the tertiary funding

framework and improve accountability in return. “The Government has already improved the monitoring of tertiary organisations in response to recent investigations, and the proposals in this Bill will allow for better information collection and oversight of providers.” The Bill can be found at: www.parliament.nz

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What’s your child’s style?

NumberWorks’nWords’ individualised programmes are designed with plenty of options to cater to different learning styles.

NumberWorks’nWords Tauranga owner Leanne Rhodes-Robinson sees a large number of children each week for maths and English tuition. Leanne says most educators recognise three broad learning styles in children, referring to a preferred way of receiving and processing information: Visual, auditory and kinaesthetic. “When you help your child to learn, you probably favour teaching methods that suit your own learning style, because they work for you. Taking a moment to discover your child’s learning style can really help.”

Once you’ve identified your child’s preferred learning style, Leanne says it’s time to get creative with the way you help them learn. “Take spelling, for example. A visual learner might like to include the word or words in a quick poster or billboard, an auditory learner might prefer a mock spelling bee, and a kinaesthetic child might respond well to using scrabble pieces. Just try things out and see what works.” NumberWorks’nWords’ individualised programmes are designed with plenty of options to cater to different learning styles. “We can help you identify your child’s main style if you get in contact with us.”

Better connectivity for us Kiwis Connectivity has become an essential part of modern life. High quality internet makes a difference to the way we run our local businesses, with access to the digital economy and greater commercial opportunities. In schools, students and teachers can benefit from online learning resources, and explore innovative approaches to teaching and learning. The Government recognises the role of high quality internet in driving economic and social growth. We are working hard to deliver the best possible telecommunications infrastructure to all New Zealanders. Last Thursday it was a pleasure to announce, as Communications Minister, with Prime Minister Bill English, that we are investing $300 million to expand the Ultra-Fast Broadband programme to

an additional 151 towns across New Zealand, plus 43 suburban fringe areas around the larger centres which weren’t covered by the first phase of the programme. For the Bay of Plenty, this means $17m will be spent bringing fibre access to 15 towns and cities. As a result, a further 36,000 locals will be better connected and be able to reap the benefits of a world-class broadband service. I’ve had some constructive conversations with Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller about how beneficial this further rollout of UFB will be for our region. We are both incredibly excited for towns such as Te Puke, Te Puna and Omokoroa, which are just a few of the various towns in our region that will be benefitting from the Government’s further investment in UFB.

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Attracting a whole range of students The most satisfying thing for business tutor Julie Falls-Anderson is when her business course graduates come back for more.

NCEA results showing significant student success More students are achieving NCEA Level 2, the recognised minimum qualification for success, according to Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller. The provisional roll-based data shows national achievement in NCEA Level 2 has risen by one percentage point to 77.4 per cent

compared to 2015, says Todd. And there has also been a significant increase in Maori achieving NCEA level 2, up 2.9 percentage points to 73.5 per cent. “First and foremost, credit needs to go to the students. They are the ones working hard day in and day out and making a real investment

in their futures,” says Todd. “Our teachers are also doing a fantastic job supporting our young people to achieve their aspirations and deserve recognition for the incredible work they are doing.” Results for the achievement of Level 2 for all 18-year-olds will be released later in the year.

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have a business idea and people already in business, from small businesses to some with million-dollar turnovers. It’s a great thing about the course. “For people who plan to get into business, we do a feasibility study to see if it will work and even Julie has been teaching business courses on if it won’t they still learn really valuable business contract for Te Wananga o Aotearoa for more skills – which they can apply elsewhere than 10 years. She offers the Certificate in Small and it saves them from making bad Business Management Level 4, Certificate in Money investment decisions.” Management Level 3 and Certificate in Applied The courses also attract people who Small Business Growth and Development have set up a business and want to Level 5 programmes. learn how to run it successfully. “We have people who do the “It is very practical,” says Certificate in Small Business Julie. “We get people who Management then come back and have set up businesses and do the Certificate in Applied want to learn about how Small Business Growth and to do it properly. Development after they “They may have have set up their business studied commerce at and want some help university but they don’t to grow the business,” learn to run a business says Julie. “That’s so we give people the really satisfying.” things they need. As Julie says the contractors, we have to programmes attract be business owners, so “the whole range” of we’re not just teachers tauira (student). Te Wananga o Aotearoa Business tutor Julie reading from a text.” “We have people who Falls-Anderson with one of her graduates.

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The truth about ‘real’ chocolate Real chocolate is good for you! It is nutritious, easily digestible, and full of vitamins, minerals and a 93 per cent useable form of iron.

Real chocolate is low in sugar with a low glycaemic index, keeping you full for longer and helping keep blood glucose levels steady. A naturally occurring antidepressant in chocolate helps boost energy levels and mental alertness. Cocoa butter has been proven to lower blood cholesterol levels and chocolate is rich in antioxidants, which help prevent cancer.

In contrast, ‘fast’ chocolate contains as little as five per cent cocoa, along with sugar, solid hydrogenated vegetable fats – often linked with serious health problems – nut oils and a host of artificial flavourings. When looking for real chocolate, look for a high cocoa content – between 50 per cent and 70 per cent cocoa solids – and natural vanilla rather than artificial vanillin. Also find out about the origin and variety of the cocoa beans. Fineflavoured varieties are carefully roasted to enhance the flavour.

The Five Senses Chocolate Test

Smell Like a good wine, a good chocolate will have a well-balanced, pleasing smell of intense fruit, wood, tobacco, or caramel. Sight When chocolate is broken, you can see a very characteristic texture in the break, a bit like tree bark. It should also be glossy and without bloom, which is an indicator of damp or warm storage conditions. In general, the redder the colour of the chocolate, the better the cocoa. Sound Real chocolate has a distinctive ‘snap’ caused by the cocoa butter crystals. ‘Fast’ chocolate is more like plasticine; expect a dull thud. Touch Real chocolate should melt when held in the hand for a few seconds because cocoa butter melts at 34 degrees Celsius. Chocolate with a lower proportion of cocoa butter will take longer to melt. Taste Real chocolate should linger deliciously in the mouth. A greasy

residue means the chocolate contains fats other than cocoa butter. Particle size – for example, smoothness on the tongue – should be so fine as to be indiscernible. Smell comes into play again as the chocolate melts on the tongue.

Avocado chocolate truffles

Makes about 25 Ingredients 250ml cream 275g real dark chocolate 75g fresh avocado butter – fresh avocado and ‘Grove’ avocado oil Good quality cocoa powder or tempered chocolate for enrobing Method Chop the chocolate into chunks or break into squares. Put the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and microwave on ‘high’ until barely melted. Scald the cream in a pan – allow it to boil and rise up. Be careful it doesn’t boil over. Pour about a tablespoon onto the chocolate and mix well. Keep adding the cream, a spoonful at a time, mixing thoroughly to form an ‘emulsion’. When all the cream has been mixed in, add the avocado butter. The mixture should still be warm enough to absorb it, although it will take a few minutes to beat it in, so there are no lumps left. When it has set to the consistency of butter icing, it is ready to be piped or spooned into truffle-sized pieces. If piping, put the mixture into a piping bag and pipe blobs of mixture about the size of a large cherry onto a tray covered with greaseproof paper or cling film. Leave to cool for at least two hours, but preferably 24 hours. To finish, drop into a tray of cocoa powder, roll briefly, shaking off excess and leave to set. Alternatively, the chocolates can be enrobed with tempered chocolate and drizzled with melted white chocolate or topped with a pistachio or blanched almond.

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Shade sails – ‘they’re a summer lifesaver!’ It’s February and it’s hot. And some Bay homes are humid, stuffy and nearly unbearable. Up until the weekend, mine was one of them.

We have a lovely large regular deck attached to our L-shaped home – but it had no shade. It meant sun just kept on streaming into the dining room, kitchen and lounge. Making life miserable on these balmy summer’s days. So last weekend hubby put up some shade sails. And the instant difference it has made is bliss! The deck is no longer so hot it burns your feet. And the dining room, kitchen and lounge are all so much cooler. I reckon the temperature inside has dropped by at least five degrees Celsius. It has made our daily living such more comfortable. No longer is pregnant mama hot and bothered. The toddler is no longer cranky. And Dad is in the good books! It took him and Poppa about one day to install them. That’s the good thing – you can either get a professional company to take all of the stress, heat and calculations out of installing. But you can also do it yourself and save a lot of cash. For those who are DIY-ers – the key is finding out how the sun actually hits your home.

Initially, we thought we’d only need to shade the deck and that’s it. But once we realised how the sun rises over our property we knew we needed the sails to extend over the deck to block out the sun at midday and the afternoon – essentially at peak sweat time. Also – we first thought we’d need two rectangular-shaped sails and a triangular one. Turns out we had to swap the triangular sail for a square sail to cover the final part of the deck by the dining room. So keep your receipts handy if you have to dash back to the shop to swap or refine your choices. And when you think shade sails you don’t release how many options are out there until you got to buy them. There are heaps of shapes to choose from to get optimal shading. There are also heaps of colours – we saw sand, stone, green and black – to suit your home’s exterior. So consider a shade sail if your home is making your household sweat it out. Merle Foster

Free access to aerial photographs snapped way back then Has the street where you live changed over the years? Perhaps it’s gone from just having a few houses to having lots.

Or maybe it didn’t even exist 50 years ago! Now there’s a fun and easy way to find out. A new website shows how much the Bay of Plenty region has changed over the years through aerial photography. Bay of Plenty Regional Council and key partners Waikato Regional Council, Environment Canterbury and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council have worked together to create a new website called Retrolens – at: retrolens.nz – which provides free access to hundreds of thousands of aerial photographs taken from the 1930s to the mid-2000s. BOPRC geospatial team leader Glen Clarkin says Retrolens is a great project for the regional council to be part of because it means the public can easily access some of the photos it holds, which would otherwise sit on a shelf and gather dust. “By collaborating with the other councils we’ve been able to create a great public resource that would have been otherwise unaffordable had each Council tried to do it on their own,” says Glen. “Historic aerial imagery is incredibly important for a variety of reasons, including showing changes in land use, identifying where dangerous chemicals may have been used, showing coastline changes, and archaeology and cultural research. “It’s also a fun tool for people to use to see what the land around them looked

Source: retrolens.nz like decades ago, and visitors to the site can download a copy of the image for their own use.” Bay of Plenty residents interested in seeing other useful information presented on maps or in a geospatial format can also visit maps.boprc.govt.nz Marae locations, mooring areas, soil information and bus routes can all be viewed on the BOPRC’s Maps site. The images on RetroLens are sourced from a parallel project, which is digitising the Crown’s archive of historic aerial photos to preserve them. The funding partners for the national digitisation project with Land Information New Zealand are: Auckland Council, Bay of Plenty Local Authority Shared Services, Environment Canterbury, Hawkes Bay Regional Council, Environment Southland, Tasman District Council and Waikato Local Authority Shared Services.

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Stuart and Karina Hedges at Rockgas Tauranga.

Why switch to gas? Fast and efficient home heating, endless hot water, a better way to cook and easy outdoor living are all the benefits of switching to gas. Talk to Stuart and Karina Hedges at Rockgas Tauranga. They pride themselves as being Tauranga’s trusted, locally- owned and operated Contact Rockgas LPG supplier. “From forklifts to dairy sheds, residential hot water and heating to barbecue bottle refills, we can fulfil all of your LPG requirements,” says Stuart. Why gas? Stuart says an instant gas hot water system is a great

alternative to traditional electric or gas-fired cylinders. “The big plus is that you’ll never run out of hot water. That’s because it’s heated as you use it.” You can’t beat a good Kiwi barbecue on a hot summer’s night, and Stuart says cooking over a gas flame gives you instant heat and precise temperature control. “It’s the perfect way to cook. And when the sun finally disappears, just fire up the patio heater, brazier or outdoor fireplace.” Rockgas Tauranga can also fill up most types of LPG cylinders at their depot in Triton Ave. Sign up, or switch to Rockgas Tauranga for residential 45kg

cylinders and receive the first refill free. Or enjoy the benefits of a Rockgas Tauranga loyalty card when filling your 9kg cylinder at their depot. They also have refurbished 9kg cylinders with a new 10-year test date full of gas for only $60. “We’ve got the best prices in the Bay,” says Stuart. Stuart and Karina live locally, meaning they’re able to provide outstanding service and prompt delivery schedules. As part of the community, the couple sponsors many Western Bay of Plenty sports teams and events. Rockgas Tauranga is open Monday to Friday from 7am-5pm and 7am-12pm on Saturdays.

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Poor law thwarts emergency housing app Finding solutions to shortterm housing problems is being thwarted by the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. After discussions with local agencies and community groups on homelessness, one creative idea we’ve been working on is the creation of a smartphone app to connect people who might have a house or flat or spare room with people looking for a place to stay. We know there are people ready and wanting to help, and we believed an app might be a way to put people together. Unfortunately, in trying to iron out the bugs, we have come up against the brick wall of government bureaucracy. We are stopped from moving forward confidently because of real and serious concerns over who would have oversight responsibility and legal culpability should problems arise between those offering housing and those being housed. As a person conducting a business or undertaking

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Station’s official opening Katikati’s new St John Ambulance Station, which the local community raised $800,000 to build, officially opens this month. Although the ambulance’s homebase in Sheffield St has been in use since late last year, it will be officially opened tomorrow, February 11, with the public welcome to visit the station from 1.30pm-4pm.

Earlier in the day Kevin and Gary Taylor of Taylors Brothers, who have provided financial and in-kind support for the project, will unveil the plaque marking the building’s opening. In attendance, will be officials from St John, including former Katikati resident and well-known dentist Norm Harris, who will accept the keys to the building on behalf of St John. Katikati St John paramedic Karen Gordon says full-time staff and volunteers are delighted with the new station and its much-improved facilities. “We had outgrown the old station in Beach Rd, which compared to this one was not only small but also quite dark.” The new purpose-built station, next to the Katikati Fire Station, has a large double garage that also houses an emergency response trailer. It has storage and sluice

facilities, overnight accommodation, showers and toilets, offices and a common-room-kitchen plus an adjoining meeting room to be available for community use. A feature of the building is an artwork acknowledging those who donated funds. Katikati St John Committee chair Mike Williams says it’s a remarkable achievement that the small community of Katikati was able to raise the $811,000 needed to build the station. While $500,000 came from a bequest from a local resident, and other sizable donations were made by individuals and businesses, a significant amount of the total was made up of donations from individuals, including children and community groups. Elaine Fisher

The new St John Ambulance Station in Katikati will be officially opened tomorrow, with the public welcome to visit.

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Baycourt Theatre getting some TLC The Bay’s home of community and performing arts is receiving a good old spruce up.

building is upgraded.” Megan says the theatre was gutted of seats just before Christmas, and every seat was adopted by a member of the community. “Everyone that took seats donated some money to charity, so Homes of Hope and the Child Cancer Foundation. And it was really good to give them all away and not have to dispose of any.” Now, they’ve ordered 528 brand new seats, and Megan says the chairs should

Yes, big renovations are taking place inside Baycourt Theatre. Baycourt manager Megan Peacock Coyle says they’ve ripped out the old seating in the theatre, polished, replaced, and tinted to give the place a bit of a facelift, and they’re installing a new unisex toilet in the lobby. “We have an annual survey every year, and we have a lot of people tell us [the theatre is] looking really old and shabby, and we don’t feel like it is because we do keep trying to update it without spending too much – you don’t want to go overboard,” says Megan, who says the seats have been on the agenda for a while now. Baycourt’s patron experiences manager “The seat replacement was in the Cheryl Smith where the new seats will be. long-term plan; to make sure this

bring some room to stretch out. “The main focus has been more leg room, but the area of where the chair goes is constrained.” And the new leg room isn’t the only place in the theatre helping people feel more relaxed. Megan says the installation of a new unisex toilet will help all theatre-lovers feel comfortable. Baycourt will open its doors to its first show of 2017 on March 1. Cayla-Fay Saunders

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Language is for everyone, wherever you’re from If you’re new to the Bay, or you’ve recently moved here, literacy is a key part of day-to-day life. Struggling to communicate makes daily tasks more difficult than they need to be, but Literacy Bay of

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AA backs proposal to boost regional tourism infrastructure The Automobile Association of New Zealand is supporting a proposal to create a national fund dedicated to tackling the infrastructure challenges impacting tourism in our regions. AA general manager travel and tourism Grant Lilly says most New Zealanders know that the best way to explore the country is to get out on the road and off the beaten track, but sometimes that can be difficult. “The challenge is that some of our infrastructure,

from access roads through to carparks and toilets, are not as well developed and traveller-friendly as they need to be to cope with the current strong growth of tourism,” says Grant. “Investing in the development of regional infrastructure to get tourist facilities to a standard that is visitor-ready and friendly is a great way to spread the benefits of both domestic and international tourism more widely through our economy and our regions.”

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A dose of the countryside “This is our own tour, one we developed, and it’s slightly different every year,” says Supreme Tour and Travel’s Terri Small. “But some things never change. “We travel in our own private coach, always bypassing the main highways, and we stay in the smaller, family-run The travel group is limited to 22, character hotels.” which allows for a level of unsurpassed The tour features a wonderful array attention, including free pick-up of sightseeing including lunch at and return from your home in the beautiful Castle Howard, a visit to Wellington, Auckland or Christchurch the Titanic Exhibition in Belfast, the areas. And they offer $50 towards your spectacular Edinburgh Tattoo, Royal airport shuttle from Tauranga. Yacht Britannia, Cruise on Lake Windermere and the incredible Eden Project. Tour guide Maggie Hunt has been escorting these trips for the last four years and knows the areas well. Travelling with Cathay Pacific with stopovers in Hong Kong, travelers have the opportunity to upgrade to premium economy or business class. You can also stay on and visit relatives or Take an afternoon tea stop in the Cotswolds.

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Travel trends to talk about Twenty-five years ago the world seemed a much bigger place. A Kiwi might have saved to take one holiday every second year. An online booking website for Flight Centre NZ was just a pipe dream. Destinations like Bali and Thailand were considered exotic. Far-off destinations like Europe were deemed once-in-a lifetime trips because of the distance and expense. According to Flight Centre NZ, in 1947 an average return airfare to London from Auckland would have cost about NZ$1170 – the equivalent to more than NZ$110,000 today. Or 85 weeks’ pay for the average worker. In 2016 the same airfare cost on average NZ$1700. Or 1.2 weeks’ pay. So what’s in store for 2017? And what new trends are you likely to hear about around the office as you plan your ‘New

Year new you’ trip? Flight Centre NZ has gazed into their crystal globe for their predictions of the hottest travel trends of 2017, and here they are. Kiwis will take flight – travelling more and further. Flight Centre NZ general manager product Sean Berenson says travel is booming right now and Kiwis are making the most of it. “Where 10 years ago our average customer might have saved to take one holiday every second year, many are now booking two or three annually and there aren’t really any places that are out of reach.” Cruising is a style of travel Kiwis are increasingly choosing. River cruises along the Rhine, Seine and Danube will be top picks in 2017 and ocean cruising in the Mediterranean and Baltic will be on the rise.

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It is called democracy! After 33 years on the Katikati Community Board – with a few gaps – under seven or more mayors, can make you a bit politically cynical. But Katikati is now at a crunch point. Western Bay of Plenty District Council, according to local government analyst Larry Mitchell, is at the bottom of the heap of 57 councils debt and rate-wise, so the only way out is up. Let’s control debt and rate rises within our income, as Thames-Coromandel District Council has done. So how do we get there? I’m encouraged by our new mayor’s promise to improve public input, and listen more to the ratepayers. We desperately need good leadership, and I am excited! There is a strong public concern regarding a new proposed library and hub in Katikati, and associated affordability issues. I believe the public have not had sufficient input to the project – nor enough financial information. This must change. Consider turning the site in to main street parking, which is desperately needed.

The Katikati Library. Surprise, surprise, a staff member recently presented an option whereby an add-on south to the existing building could increase the book space by 50 per cent, and solve the problem – let’s consider that. Debt is important. Currently, the economy is booming, but some spenders have a short memory. So let’s go back to our ratepayers, it is called democracy! N Mayo, Katikati Community Board member.

Why don’t our city cyclists get it? They demand consideration from all quarters and we give them cycleways, cycle lanes and we let them share our tracks and footpaths. So where’s the love from them? I am sick to death of jogging and being scared clean out of my Asics by cyclists sneaking up behind me on the Daisy Hardwick without so much as a verbal warning or a polite ring of the bell. No, they don’t have bells, because, as a dealer told me, serious cyclists won’t use bells. They aren’t cool. And they don’t ride by, they fly by. The Daisy is not a walking

track or a running track anymore, it’s a criterium racing track. It’s simple guys – we can live together if you slow down, stay left and perhaps smile. We may even get to like cyclists. Maybe? Then walking to work the other morning I had to step off the footpath and into the allocated cycle lane so two cyclists riding

Innovative solutions Re: ‘Councillor or comedian?’ (The Weekend Sun, December 30). I’ve been catching up on the Sun’s summer editions - and R Nelson’s letter needs a response. There is no doubt that sourcing houses/housing components in China would be a logistical challenge, but it is neither impossible nor impractical. I certainly question R Nelson’s comment that “quality and China should not be used in the same sentence”. During the last 20 years I’ve worked with many Chinese factories, mainly wood processors and furniture manufacturers. There are those that can - and do - produce top quality finished products, and those whose quality varies from average to poor - a situation not too much different to what we have here at home. Sourcing high quality products in China is just a question of knowing who to deal with and who to avoid. While in this instance Steve Morris has copped a bit of flak, I commend him for thinking outside the square and hope he, and other councillors, continue to propose innovative solutions to our many problems. R Tomson, Hairini.

Think of guest enjoyment Re: ‘Inappropriate hakas on show’, (The Weekend Sun, January 13). I really appreciated P Heslop’s letter. I’ve been fortunate to have travelled extensively and nowhere in the world have I been greeted with such aggression and intimidation - after all, it is a challenge not a welcome. I would suggest if we must have a Maori welcome, then the very adept poi singers would be far more attractive and clever, and enchant newcomers to NZ. Other Polynesian groups welcome you with music and flowers, which sets the scene, so let’s get rid of the spears, lewd gestures, fat naked bodies, rolling eyes and protruding tongues and think of our guests’ enjoyment. B Leonard, Tauranga City.

abreast towards me could pass by. What’s that about? Where has common courtesy gone? I was exercising too but its seems lycra gives you a licence. I had to deal with oncoming traffic in their cycle lane while they continued their conversation on my footpath. Enough! And why are cyclists immune to traffic lights? To them green, orange and red all mean varying degrees of ‘go’. Tooting or remonstrating only attracts a single digit gesture or a sullen look of self entitlement. Is there a courtesy school for cyclists? S Smith, Otumoetai.

Alternative weather facts We were told per news items that last year was the hottest on record – since records began in 1974. What happened to the records prior to 1974 that were news when they happened? Alternate facts show the tree fruits and honey production is down because of cold, wet and windy conditions during spring. Nature is not obeying – the computer-generated records and must be at fault. D Hardie, Paengaroa.

We don’t all need Te Reo lessons Re: Compulsory Te Reo. As the call goes out, in some quarters, for the compulsory teaching of Maori Te Reo, it was interesting to read Education Minister Hekia Parata’s article in the ‘New Zealand Herald’ on the advances in Maori education during her stewardship. And I find she seems against the proposition. Rodney Hide had, in an earlier article, given very cogent reasons why it is impractical and untenable. Ms Parata stated that in 2015 there was $400 million given by the Government to promote Te Reo. That amounted then to $2800 for each speaker. Imagine that a national education level? The only occupations where fluency in Te Reo is essential for employment are in some areas of law, the media, education and tourism. These fields require much broader educational qualifications than are offered by Te Reo. In education Te Reo seems to be a self-promoting requirement. One needs more fluent Te Reo teachers in order to teach Te Reo. B Johnson, Omokoroa.

It’s actually crystal clear... Re: US President Donald Trump’s travel ban. One wonders what document our Prime Minster is reading, or who he is listening to, when he has to ask the United States administration: “Is NZ inc in the exec order?” The exec order is, in a nutshell, to keep out radical Islamic terrorists. Also, it quite clearly states from countries that support terrorism and terrorists”. Where can anyone see NZ in that order? Further it is only a 90-day temp restriction. A Bourne, Bethlehem.

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Brave and radical reform needed How can we ensure that every NZer has access to quality healthcare and education? Countries where healthcare, social services and employment are good seem to have more financial parity between their citizens. In Japan, for example, incomes are similar and in Sweden parity is achieved by high taxation on the rich. See ‘The Joy of Stats’ on YouTube for more information on other countries. Many NZers are unable to pay for doctors, dentists and other services with little or no recourse to resources. Consequently, the problems that arise from this include a high cost in emergency services and complicated surgeries.

In our schools we set the foundation for everyone. After teaching in NZ for many years, I taught overseas at several top international schools and things I saw work well were: No more than 20 students in both primary and secondary classrooms, a teacher assistant in every primary classroom; and an extended budget for technological innovation. The benefits of extended individual learning and consideration are stunning and produced balanced, caring citizens. Of course all these things require brave and radical reform by well-supported politicians who care about a more equitable society. P Knights, Mount Maunganui.

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Exhibition is a big hit Just want to say a big ‘hooray’ for whoever organised the photographic exhibition with the photos on show down The Strand. The best thing I’ve seen in Tauranga for quite some time. Attractions like that make Tauranga a destination to come to – and we need more of them. The CBD is losing more shop tenants by the month – so let’s see more happening things around town. Otherwise we are just a town of spaghetti-like roads to nowhere and a bunch of shopping centres within no proximity to one another – making coming to town for day-trip very undesirable. C Coffs, Otumoetai.

memories of festivals Assuming the role of presidents Sweet Re: ‘The Days the Bay was Orange’ (The Weekend Sun, Do we want democracy of the constitutional monarchy type? We’ve recently experienced a change in our Prime Minister. Now the Prime Minister is not elected by the nation’s voters but by the party they represents and the cabinet they chair. The head of state is the non-partisan Queen - or the Governor General her representative. We would expect decisions made by cabinet, caucus and Parliament with royal approval. But Prime Ministers in recent times have assumed the role of presidents, making policy without consulting Parliament. John Key was a prime example making trade and foreign policy on the hoof, with no regard to Parliament. Do we want a leader or do we

want a parliamentary democracy? The media has criticised Bill English for not commenting on international and local news items. This is a refreshing change from John Key spouting his opinion on everything on TV daily. Bill is hopefully waiting till he’s in a position to give the Government’s consensus opinion - much more democratic. Bill is not charismatic unlike John but then most conmen are charismatic. We don’t need a leader we need a government of the people, by the people, for the people. P Dolden, Papamoa.

January 20). I enjoyed reading about the article in your newspaper about when Tauranga held an annual Orange Festival. It is a time I also remember, as Iris Stockwell does. There is just one small part of the article I’d like to correct – the route taken by the Orange Festival Parade in those first few years. I was an Orange Festival Princess in 1961, the first year of the festival and can be seen in the background in the green dress of the photograph which accompanied the article. In 1961 - and possibly for the ensuing two years at least - the parade started on Cameron Rd outside the racecourse and proceeded down Cameron Rd to the Tauranga Domain where the festivities were held. This photograph with the article was taken at the domain after all the floats had arrived and the ‘Queen’ was presented with her crown. It was in later years that the procession was reversed and later still it was shortened, as Iris remembers. Over the years as the festival grew in popularity Tauranga became a sister city to the city of San Bernardino, California and the festival queens exchanged visits as part of their prize. The festival became a very popular event and with an increasing number of floats entered each year competition was fierce. As your article stated, it was a great event organised by local businesswoman Ada Parnwell and continued for many years. T Simpson, Tauranga City.

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Strassman and friends return to Tauranga “Is your last name really Tauranga? No it is not, c’mon! Well you know what’s funny, my last name is the same as that ventriloquist guy from Los Angeles.”

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And thus my conversation with international comedy star and ventriloquist extraordinaire David Strassman begins. “So I’m coming back to Tauranga. I can’t wait to get back and do my brand new show, it’s my funniest and most amazing, jaw-dropping hilarious show. I break the laws of puppetry in it.” After three years away, David and friends Chuck Wood, Ted E. Bare, Kevin the Alien, Grandpa Fred, Sid Beaverman, plus special guest Buttons the Very Pissed Clown, are heading to Tauranga for his brand new show iTedE at Baycourt’s David Tauranga Addison Theatre on March 7. David says the show, which is split into two acts, is a rib-tickling look at International comedy star and ventriloquist our technology-laden lives. extraordinaire David Strassman will present his “I operate all my characters hilarious new show ‘iTedE’ at Baycourt’s Addison the traditional hand-up-theTheatre on March 7. Photo: Adam Shane. bum ventriloquism for the The Weekend Sun has one double pass to give first half, and I’m talking to the puppets about my fear away to one lucky reader who can name one of the that all this technology will keep us from using our six puppets ventriloquist David Strassman will be imagination and shows like mine will disappear. performing with at Baycourt? “All the puppets have their various ideas on whether Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the it’s going to happen or not, and we have this hysterical competition section. Entries must be received by discussion that pretty much holds up a mirror to our society, because we’re all guilty of it; we’re always on Wednesday, February 15.

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Making a difference week by week Tauranga is an idyllic place to live, with a wonderful climate, incredible beaches, thriving economy. The schools are packed. People are moving here by the bus loads. On the surface it seems Tauranga is a wonderful place. Scratch the surface and there are other statistics that sour the image of the ‘Bay of Plenty’. Tauranga’s suicide rate is the highest in five years, we have a serious housing issue for low-income earners, teen pregnancies, divorce, and family violence is tearing families apart and leaving lifetimes of heartbreak in its wake. In among these sad and depressing stories, there are those who are making a difference. They’ve chosen to roll their sleeves up and muck in to issues that may seem impossible to change. There’s a group who provide a weekly hot meal for the homeless in our city. Another group is providing counselling and support to those needing relational help at the bottom of the cliff and at the top.

There’s kid’s programmes during school holidays. There’s one guy who travels around Tauranga and beyond speaking from his own experience about choices and life-skills. He’s making a difference every week to hundreds of teenagers and young adults. All of the programmes mentioned above and

others are making a real difference. They’re happening out of local churches. It doesn’t take much, really, to make a difference. Let’s support these local churches and do something. Pastor Stephen Whitwell, Tauranga.

Peace and protest One of the great freedoms living in any democratic nation gives is the freedom to protest, to say what you feel and why. I believe it’s a freedom that needs to be protected. In the last weeks and months we’ve seen an unprecedented amount of protesting, some of it leading to destruction, hurt, and fostering deep division, which is very hard to watch and witness. How are you to live and speak in way that ensures voices are heard, including your own, yet do not infringe on the freedoms of others and is respectful of them? What does it mean to ‘love your neighbour as yourself ’? The Bible says: “Love does no harm to it’s neighbour” (Romans 13v10). And Romans 12v18 says: “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone”. Now there is a real challenge! These words have challenged me on how I use my Facebook page, as well as how I daily interact respectfully with others. I intend to do better. Is this something you could do better too?

Rev Ian Pittendreigh, Bethlehem Community Church

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The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay. Pg 48

Picnic and listen by the lake Sunday afternoon. “We believe the line-up we have performing this year is truly first rate and we expect hundreds of people to attend. “Each of the artists is really looking forward to putting on a show the audience will remember so we encourage people to get their tickets early.” Proceeds from the charity event will be distributed to local health The show features iconic and youth projects within NZ musicians including the town. ‘The Lady Killers’ – made Tickets for the event, up of Tina Cross, Jackie Kiwi songstress Jamie McDell will be performing at Rotary Matamata’s at 162 Jondor Rd, RD2 Clarke and Suzanne Lynch third annual Concert by the Lake on Sunday, February 19. Matamata, cost $45 and can – Kiwi songstress Jamie be purchased at: McDell and Auckland-based www.concertbythelake.co.nz funky jazz band Two Many Chiefs in a line-up David Hulme which is sure to entertain. The Weekend Sun has one double pass to the Rotary Matamata’s Lynette Stanley says the Concert by the Lake to give away to one lucky reader event is an opportunity to see some amazing who can name the Kiwi songstress performing at the event? talent while enjoying a picnic in park-like surroundings in rural Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Matamata. “The venue is truly unique and offers a natural Entries must be received by Wednesday, February 15. amphitheatre for listening to music while also relaxing on a sunny

Tauranga residents are invited to venture over the hill for an afternoon of musical highlights, as three top New Zealand acts take to a specifically-designed pontoon for Rotary Matamata’s third annual Concert by the Lake on Sunday, February 19.

Good friends to make good music in the city I first met Christian Cole and Anaia Barnett when they moved to Tauranga in 2016. The talented duo turned up at a Tauranga Acoustic Music Club open mic night at Tauranga RSA in Greerton, where I was performing and acting as emcee, and we have become good friends.

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They both have great voices, which blend together beautifully. And Christian is an accomplished musician, who also plays with two other bands. I’ve performed alongside these two at open mic nights and they are both awesome to perform with. Christian plays a number of instruments

Anaia Barnett and Christian Cole are The Margarita Fund.

including bass guitar, flute and mandolin, and Anaia is a dab hand at back up percussion. They performed as a resident act at DeFontein Belgian Beer Bar & Restaurant in Mission Bay for four years and they also play at private functions. A wonderful trip to Mexico was the inspiration for the band name, The Margarita Fund, and they decided to put money aside from their gigs to return there one day for more fun in the sun. Their current repertoire sits at about 400 songs and is still growing. These are mostly laidback acoustic songs covering a wide genre, and are suitable for markets, cafes, bars and restaurants, and for anyone who appreciates easy listening songs, great musicianship, and beautiful harmonies. Come and see them perform at the Cornerstone Pub on The Strand on Sunday, February 19, from 4pm-7pm

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Attention Tauranga teddy bear owners! Picnic returning on Sunday, February 25. From 9am until 1pm, there will be story-telling, sing-a-longs, face-painting, children’s theatre and roaming characters. Entry is a gold coin donation. “Thousands of families and bears turned up last year to enjoy the festivities,” says Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival sponsorship manager Michelle Macaskill. The iconic 10-day event features the popular “We are expecting an even larger turnout this year Waikato Kindergarten Association Teddy Bears’ so pack a picnic, dress up, aim to arrive early, and don’t forget your teddy bear.” The festival will also be bursting with all things creative across all arts genres including music, theatre, comedy, circus, readers and writers’ events – and more. Pinnacle Midlands Health will be holding free medical checks on all teddy bears, aptly named the Pinnacle Clinical. Other free familyfriendly events happening include a The 18th annual Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival is on February 17. fairytale-themed play titled ‘Rose, Leaf and

Tauranga teddy bear owners are encouraged to pack their cuddly toys into the car for a trip over the hill in time for the 18th annual Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival opening on February 17.

He is just one prayer away Jesus Christ – the Creator, Architect of the universe and Healer of Mankind – is just a prayer away. A big welcome awaits you, at the three-day community Creator Redeemer Festival in Papamoa on February 17-19, to experience love, peace and a genuine hope of wholeness. A 12m x 6m marquee at the plaza fields next to Papamoa Library will be the focal point for prayer. Just to one side will be an information tent. Someone from the information tent will take you into the marquee and introduce you to a small group of prayer ministers. If there is any difficulty with regards to transport to the festival, team members – the Auto Angels – will pick people up and after prayer take them back home again. Inside the marquee there will also feature a visual

presentation on a screen showing the creative beauty of the stars, planets, galaxies and also the beauty of this earth. Scottish theologian John Knox says: “The variety of God’s work is staggering, what wisdom has designed them all”. The Creator’s heartbeat is always to redeem – save, rescue, justify, vindicate, retrieve – the spiritual beings – both men and women – He has created. Psalm 34:18 declares: “The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those that are crushed in spirit”. The invite for prayer is for all people of any age, culture, background, with or without a faith. The Creator Redeemer Festival is on February 17-19 from 1pm-9pm each day at the plaza fields next to John Rutherford Papamoa Library.

Thorn’ and a children’s show called ‘The Adventures of Miss Pickles Pennybottom in the Bungle Jungle’. Both shows are to be performed at the brand new Jade Dragon Theatre, which sits alongside Hamilton’s newest destination playground at the world

GIGGUIDE & ENTERTAINMENT Greer’s Gastro Bar Sunday 12 – Blaze 5.308.30pm. Classic hits duo. Guitar and vocals. Mount RSA Friday 10 – Tony Wellington 7.30pm. Saturday 11 – Helen Riley 7.30pm. Sunday 12 – Helen Riley 4.30pm. The Crown & Badger Friday 10 – Planet of 3 9pm till late. Saturday 11 – Shabang 9pm till late. The Matua Wednesday 15 – “A taste of your music”. Come along with chord sheets and sing with the band. 7.30pm start.

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class Hamilton Gardens. “This will be a day out that the little ones and their teddy bears won’t want to miss,” says Michelle. For more information, visit hgaf.co.nz or search the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival on Facebook.

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Musical allsorts – take your pick I must confess that I like these columns to be ordered and tidy; it’s long been a failing, but there you go. On the other hand, learning to embrace chaos is an essential element in appreciating music, with most music relying on a judicious mix of the carefully planned and the freshly spontaneous. That’s equally true of wild rock ‘n’ roll as it is of sophisticated jazz. An object lesson in the former is ‘Gimme Danger’, the new documentary about Iggy and The Stooges – directed by the always-hip Jim Jarmusch – though jazz is possibly a more obvious example, mixing meticulouslyarranged musical passages with intuitive improvisation, order and disorder balancing each other, side by side. But that’s music. I like to keep columns orderly: gigs with connections, an easy through line. And 700 words ain’t War And Peace. At the very least it should tie together. Not this week. I’ve got four gigs during the next month that I want to give a plug. They’ll all be top class and the thing I hear most often is that people don’t hear about gigs soon enough. But… There’s really no connection between them. Zip, zero, zilch. Not a sausage. The music is different, venues are different, times of day are different; prices are different. I have searched in advance and in vain for clever segues. Nope. No artful links. So I’ll just take them in order and not waste space – here we go, get your calendars handy.

Gigs in February

First up is The HipShooters. You might remember them from last week’s column. I was talking about this weekend when they’re playing at Driver’s Bar.

It’ll be a blast. However, if during this Saturday night’s Hipshooting celebration of rhythm and blues you happen to be lacking a babysitter or going to a mate’s 21st or washing your hair or one of the other thousand things that get in the way of live shows, the band is returning the following weekend and playing an afternoon gig at

singer, Dezi is a fiddler. Trust me, they are really famous: having them at The Hop House or in Tauranga at all is extraordinary. As I say, I’ll come back to this but Mundy has, for example, performed for Barack Obama, teamed up with Pink Floyd, Culture Club, The Verve, and even Paul McCartney, and his albums sell in multiplatinum numbers. Seriously. Find more at: www.mundy.ie

Gigs in March

Tony Painting is an English guitarist I’ve long admired from his blues playing. He comes to town in a different guise on March 18 with his band The Power, bringing a Deep Purple tribute show to the Mount’s Totara St. There’s not a lot more to say. They’re a good Richard O’Brien. solid band and clearly brave The Funky Lizard enough to take on in Paengaroa, from Deep Purple’s very 2pm on Sunday, challenging material. February 19. Tickets are $20 If you don’t know from Eventfinda. it, the Funky Lizard And last and is just after the new definitely not least, motorway starts, on I have word that the Te Puke road, and Richard O’Brien’s is well worth a trip birthday celebration for its food, drink, raising funds for artwork and, well, Starship Children’s general funkiness. Mark Sainsbury, not the newsreader. hospital is already I can’t think of a one-quarter soldmuch better way of out. On March 24 Richard hits Baycourt for spending a Sunday afternoon than watching 75 Years Of Frock & Roll, a night of music, The Hipshooters play there. humour and generally glam fabulousness. Second up is something really Richard will be joined by the legendarily special that I’ll try and come back whiskery Mark Sainsbury, who recently to before it arrives. Consider this just a heads-up. On Wednesday, shrugged off respectability to don fishnets February 22, The Hop House at and play the narrator in ‘The Rocky Horror the Mount presents Mundy, with Show’, and a bunch of highly-esteemed special guest Dezi Donnelly. musicians for a night that promises more I suspect that won’t mean much than a few surprises. What more can one ask? to many of you. Mundy is a folk watusi@thesun.co.nz

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Jimmy’s memoir of running away

Jimmy is heading to Mount Maunganui’s ASB Baypark Arena on February 16 as part of his Working Class Boy: An Evening of Stories and Songs tour, one of nine intimate shows featuring music that “influenced me as a young fella”, plus stories contained in his memoir ‘Working Class Boy’. “One of the songs I’ll probably sing is Nat King Cole’s ‘Around the World’ because it’s one of those songs my parents always used to sing at parties. “They’d have a few drinks and start singing. “Dad loved Nat King Cole and used to copy the tone of his voice. “Then there’s the Hank Williams song ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart’, my mum would sing songs about cheating hearts and about people throwing people out the door or leaving just because that’s what my mum and dad’s relationship was like.”

‘Working Class Boy’ is the story of how James Swan – the son of Scottish parents Jim and Dorothy ‘Dot’ Swan, who moved the family of eight to the tough northern suburbs of Adelaide in the 1960s – became the Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes.

about it and tried to wipe it out of my mind, it affected everything I did from then on. It was part of the reason why I drank so much. “I didn’t deal with it and I was slowly drinking myself to death.”

Dot and Jim

If you had of met Jimmy’s parents in the street they would have been charming, Tracing the first 17 nice, all that sort of stuff. years of Jimmy’s life, it And despite what they did reflects on his family’s to each other, he’s adamant collapse due to poverty, his parents loved their alcoholism and domestic violence, but also a children. But while Jimmy’s young boy’s dream to parents never laid a finger escape the misery of the on any of their six children, suburbs with a once-inthey might as well have, he a-lifetime chance to says, because “every time your join a rock ‘n’ roll band father punches your mum in – Cold Chisel – and the face it has the same effect escape for good. Australian rock legend Jimmy on you”. From the moment “I call the book a Barnes is coming to town with a he began writing his memoir memoir of running very different gig. Photo: Stephanie Barnes. he felt the weight of a lifetime away, basically I ran of anger, hurt and shame away all my life. I’d never really spoken at lifting off of his shoulders. length about it before, like a lot of people I Eccles Entertainment and The Sound’s was ashamed and blocked a lot of it out. Jimmy Barnes’ Working Class Boy: An When I left home for the final time at 17 Evening of Stories and Songs at Mount and joined Cold Chisel I never wanted to Maunganui’s ASB Baypark Arena is on go back. February 16. Tickets cost $65-$120 from “Even though I shut it out, never talked ticketmaster.co.nz David Tauranga

Running away

Meet Mundy and a devil fiddler Obama twice and who’s performed with If you’re wanting a unique and illustrious bands like Youth, Pink Floyd, intimate evening featuring one of Culture Club, The Verve, The Makers Ireland’s most legendary musicians in and even Paul McCartney. Mount Maunganui – you’ll need to get “I grew up with in quick. Celebrated singer-songwriter Mundy’s music and I Mundy and special guest, world famous admire his work and Irish fiddler Dezi Donnelly, will be what he can do with a performing an unforgettable show crowd. His shows are at The Hop House in Tauranga on always a great night, February 22. you can be guaranteed Local promoter Derek there’ll be a sing along, Toner, who helped even if you don’t know organised the Mount gig, the words you’ll still says only 65 tickets will be love every minute.” available to the show that And while describing kicks off Mundy’s 15-stop a fiddle player as ‘a tour of New Zealand and Dezi Donnelly and Mundy. devil fiddler’ is a wellAustralia. “There’ll be no known cliché, in Dezi other show, which will be Donnelly’s case it’s an understatement, as intimate as this one. I mean, with says Derek. “Dezi is one of the true only 65 people in the room, I’m pretty masters of his craft and a joy to hear.” sure you could go up and have a chat Mundy and Dezi Donnelly perform at with Mundy afterwards.” Mount Maunganui’s The Hop House Mundy is a multi-platinum selling on February 22, from 8pm. Tickets cost artist, who’s released six studio albums $40 online via Eventfinda. during 20 years, performed for Barack

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“I don’t know about New Zealand, it’s probably similar, but in Australia the problem’s at plague proportions,” rock legend Jimmy Barnes rasps over the phone. “People are dying every week; women, children, men, as a result of domestic abuse and violence.”

The Weekend Sun has one double pass to Jimmy Barnes’ Working Class Boy: An Evening of Stories and Songs tour to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us where Jimmy will be performing this month? Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Wednesday, February 15.

Jimmy Barnes Working Class Boy: An Evening Of Stories & Songs

David Tauranga

Thursday 16 February Tauranga ASB Baypark Arena

www.jimmybarnes.com

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JULIE’S

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Friday Fun Night Cultural Month Grab your friends & come to Baywave Aquatic & Leisure Centre 6-8pm. Prizes, games, hydroslide, music & more. Kapa Haka Group, Poi, Maori Music, Manu Competition. Tickets $6, family passes available.

Friday Night Fun Night Come to Greerton Aquatic & Leisure Centre 5.30-7.30pm for some fun. Games, prizes, inflatables & more. This month’s theme: Luau.

Saturday 11 February

Fri 7.30-8.30pm, Hillier Centre. 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. Women’s Meeting every Tues 10.3011.30am Downstairs Hall (accessed from bottom car park), Salvation Army Recovery Church, 375 Cameron Rd. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help. 0800 NA TODAY

Nitro Circus Direct from sellout shows across the globe. Featuring 30 of the world’s best extreme athletics in freestyle motorcross, BMX & Skate. Tickets: Adults from $39, child from $19 at ASB Baypark Stadium 2-5pm

Annual Book Sale

Petanque @ Club Mt Maunganui

Tauranga Rotary Club looking for donations of books, records, CDs, DVDs, jigsaws & sheet music for its Easter Book Sale. For drops offs, pick ups etc, Ross 544 0817

Sat & Sun - coaching & competitive play 1pm. Equip available, all levels welcome. Jo Ann 578 3606

Bay Network Singles Social Club Friendship group of people aged 55+ who wish to make new friends & enjoy club activities, dining, shows, trips, bbq’s etc. Mary-Anne 027 207 1690 or 576 9988

Come Dancing Te Puke Te Puke Scottish Society Valentine’s dance Feb 18 at Te Puke War Memorial Hall 7.30pm. Enjoy the company of like minded people who love dancing. Live band, great supper. Door charge $7. Valerie 573 7093

Genealogy Informal Group Discussion about family research. Visitors welcome. $2 per head to cover afternoon tea. 860 State Highway 29, Tauriko 1.30pm. Cathy 541 3335 a/hs.

Friendship Force International Friendship & Home Hosting exchanges with other clubs worldwide. Barbara 574 5711 or email: regclothier@gmail.com www.thefriendshipforce.org

Katikati Tramping Club Rapurapu Kauri Grove & McLaren’s Falls. Easy. Maddy 552 0215

Katikati Twilight Concert Top class performers take the stage for an exception summer concert series. Held at Katikati Haiku Reserve. Pack a picnic, chairs & rug. For details: www. katikaticoncerts.co.nz

Learn Basic Self Healing with Crystals Learn about crystals & their healing properties & techniques to help you tune in to crystals. Feb 11 at Hair Linez, old Railway Station, Jellicoe St, Te Puke 1-3pm. $20. To book, Elaine 573 5361

Messianic Meetings Every Sat at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 10am. Seek to unite together in our walk to put truth into action on a daily basis. All ages welcome. 544 7424 or 0210 226 3515

Narcotics Anonymous Open meetings every Sat 7.30-8.30pm & every Sun 7-8pm, Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor), 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton. Every Mon 7-8pm &

Taoist Tai Chi Strength, flexibility, stillness. Beginners class on Saturdays. Free to give it a go - no cost for your first session. 15 Koromiko St, Judea 8.30-10am. John 576 9836

Tauranga Harbour City Lions Book clearance sale, one day only Saturday 18 Feb at 168 Devonport Rd (between 1st & 2nd Ave) 8am - 5pm. Great bargains - nothing over $3.

Tauranga Indoor Radio Control Car Club race day Feb 18. We have moved to larger premises so bigger track & faster racing. Mount Sports Centre track set up from 8am. Practice starts approx. 11am. Come on down, have a look & maybe try a car out in the newcomers class. www.tirccc.co.nz or Facebook page.

Te Puke 111th A&P Lifestyle Show At Paengaroa Showgrounds, opposite Kiwi 360 on SH2. Sheep racing, gumboot throwing, tug of war, classic cars, racing lawnmowers, horses, cows, food & home industry displays are among the attractions.

Trustpower Photographic Exhibition Until April 9 at The Strand, Downtown Tauranga. Large scale exhibition showcasing our people & places. Free entry.

Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1940’s - 90’s weekends 9am 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 12 February A Course in Miracles

Join us for a spirited discussion on this free self study course in the Backbenches Room, Grindz Cafe, 50 First Ave, Tauranga. 12pm: Coffee & conversation. 1pm: Discussion: What to do with fear thoughts.

Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Worship service at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. Join us for exposition of 1 & 2 Peter - “Joy”. Tom Griffiths. www.bbf.net.nz

BOP Interclub Group & The Elms Come along to see the magnificent car collection in the beautiful gardens of The Elms Mission House, 15 Mission St, Tauranga. Gates open 10am to 4pm. Bring a picnic. Entry $5, children free.

BOP Treecrops Field Day At Woodlands Rd, Waihi. Tour of nut, fruit, shelter & timber site, taking advantage of micro climates & slopes. Isabel 549 5517

Interactive Seminar Series Life’s big questions. Starts today, every Sunday at Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm. The Bible - what it teaches about Jesus & Earth’s future, & more. Free study notes & refreshments. Vic 543 0504

Omokoroa Pakeke Lions Market Day Western Ave, Omokoroa. All welcome from 8.30am – 12noon. Stall holders contact Peter 548 0430

Papamoa Lions Club Market Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Ph Wayne 027 974 5699

Quakers in Tauranga In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth St/Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & talk. 544 0448 www.quaker.org.nz

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. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Rotary Matamata Concert by The Lake 162 Jondor Rd, RD2 Matamata. (CSC MH parking at Swap Park, Burwood Rd Feb 18-20. Concert Feb 19 1-6pm. The Lady Killers will headline the event. Tickets $45pp. Family passes available at www.concertbythelake.co.nz

Sunday Funday Games & activities for the whole family. Parents & caregivers welcome to participate. At Greerton Aquatic & Leisure Centre 12-3pm. BBQ Hire $15.

Tauranga Friendship & Social Club Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s. Barbara 544 7461

Tauranga Theosophical Society Join us for a discussion on “Man, Woman & Growth,” presented by Ynys Douglas. Tauranga Yoga Centre 2pm. Entry by donation. 577 6042

Monday 13 February Achieve Toastmasters

Keep speaking, keep helping, keep succeeding. 1st, 3rd & 5th Monday of month at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tauranga 7.30-9.30pm. Craig 027 587 5115

Art Classes at The Artery Many different art classes at The Artery in the Historic Village. Go to: Book Classes page at www.theincubator.co.nz

Beginner Ballroom & Latin Would you like to dance? There is only one place to be, Club Mt Maunganui 7pm. Free introductory lesson. Just come along. Udance2 - The Dance Centre. Dean/Miki 542 1295 www.udance2.co.nz Email: udance2@xtra.co.nz

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 9.1510.15am. First class free. For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 or 027 431 4326 Qualified Sport & Physical Recreation instructor’.

Chess Mount Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Early programme 6-7.30pm during school term. Late programme 7.30pm onwards. Standard chess rules. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412

Civic Choir Tauranga Practice every Monday at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. www.taurangacivicchoir.org.nz Heather 575 9092

Diabetes Help Tauranga Is diabetes killing you or someone you love? Ring for free Diabetes Nurse support in the WBOP 571 3422 or email: debbie@diabeteshelp.org.nz

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

Free Meditation Classes in Bellevue Every Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace & the joy of life. Stop those thoughts. Enjoy good health & better quality of sleep. David/Trisha 570 1204

Greerton Every Girls Rally Meet Mondays fortnightly during school terms at Greerton Bible Church, cnr Oropi & Chadwick Rds, Tauranga 4-6pm. Open to all girls ages 7 years upwards. Mary 571 0061

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. New members welcome. Wilf 571 5576 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz

Katikati Coffee & Chat From 10-11.30am. Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy 543 3010

at Wesley Church 13th Ave 6-8.30pm. (Note change of venue) $6pp per night. Pat 544 2574 or just turn up.

Mah Jong Every Mon at Tauranga South Bowling Club, 11th Ave 12.45-4pm. Visitors & beginners welcome. Free teaching available. Shirley 576 0014

Marching Team - Social Seeking new members to join our team, aged 30 years plus. Practice every Monday. Ardell 027 937 4248

Mount RSA Indoor Bowls Starts Feb 20, Names in by 6.30pm & play starts 1pm. Diane 575 3480

Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu A Chinese martial art training every Monday (from today) at Selwyn Ridge School, Welcome Bay 6-7.30pm. New members welcome. Brian 021 241 7059

Ohauiti/Welcome Bay Walking Group Are you keen to meet others that want to walk, have fun & get fit? New group starting. A great way to get to know neighbours & network in this area. Bonnie 021 037 0486

Papamoa Genealogy Branch NZSG meet in the Tohora Room, Papamoa Community Centre 9.30am - 2pm. Small door charge. Tea/coffee provided. Bring your own lunch. Daphne 575 4674

Plunket Car Seat Clinic Mon & Thurs at 471 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 10am - 2pm. Car seats checked & fitted by qualified Child Restraint Technicians. No appointment necessary. Donation appreciated. 578 7813

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. New participants planning to attend, Jennifer 571 1411

Ryukyu Kempo Karate Every Mon & Weds at Levers Rd Hall, Matua 6.30-8pm. Age 10 & up, families welcome. Marty 027 405 1468

Silver Singers Choir Tenor & base voices needed desperately for their 30 voice choir. Practices every Mon in St Stephen’s Chapel, Brookfield Tce, Otumoetai 1pm. Pat 579 1036

Tauranga Bird Club Interested in birds? First club night tonight at Matua Hall, cnr Levers & Hall Rds, Matua 7.30pm. Visitors welcome.

Let’s Learn

Tauranga Creative Fibre

Do something, learn something new this year! Courses, classes, workshops, activities. Options galore on www. letslearn.co.nz Shelley 544 9557

Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am. Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Margaret 571 3483 or 021 0817 0350 or marg.rus@gmail.com

Line Dancing Every Mon evening - from Feb 13 now

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Petanque - Tga/BOP Club

Narcotics Anonymous

Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd, Greerton 8pm. Relaxed, social evening of dancing. Members $3, non-members $5. Visitors welcome. Check the Facebook pages. Trina 575 7461 a/hs

Club Mt Maunganui 4.30pm start (until daylight savings ends). Equip available, all coaching given. Jo Ann 578 3606

Working the Steps. Closed meeting every Weds 7.30-9pm, Downstairs Hall (accessed from bottom car park), Salvation Army Recovery Church, 375 Cameron Rd. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help. 0800 NA TODAY

Sequence Dancing

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.

Tauranga Social & Leisure Club at St John Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. First dance for the year Feb 21 7-9.30pm then each Tues 7-9.30pm except 2nd Tues of month, afternoon dancing 3.30-6pm. AGM Feb 68 prior to dancing from 7pm. Visitors welcome. Murray 576 3294

Welcome Bay Painters Group

Significant Other Programme

Meet every Monday at Lighthouse Church Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.30am – 12.30pm. Dennis 544 6451

Does your loved one have an addiction? Wonder what to do? How to help? Hanmer Clinic Tauranga have this pro-gramme for spouses, partners, family/whanau etc who have an addiction. 7 weekly sessions start Feb 28 at 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton 1-3pm. Free. 579 6940 or 0800 842 426

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

Tuesday 14 February

Altrusa Women’s Community Service Meet 2nd Tues evening for dinner/ business. 4th Tues for social evening monthly. Email: president.tauranga@ altrusa.org.nz

Art Class Every Tues at Tauranga Society of Artists, 171a Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. 576 9592

Badminton (Social) Every Tues & Fri at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229

Falun Dafa Classes Easy to learn & free. Simultaneous improvement of mind & body. Every Tues at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 7pm. Judy 021 0425 398 or email: judy. shakespear45@gmail.com

Fitness League Ladies exercise with dance, weights, floor work every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 021 139 2448

Greerton Every Boys Rally Meet fortnightly on Tues during school terms at Greerton Bible Church, cnr Oropi & Chadwick Rds, Greerton 6-7.30pm. Open to all boys aged 7 years upwards. 577 6467

Heart Health Day At Aspire Gym Bethlehem 9-11am & 5-7pm. Topics: Get information on your heart, learn about different heart attack symptoms for men & women & get a free blood pressure check.

Inachord Chorus

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club Opening day March 7 & thereafter every Tues & Thurs at QE Youth Centre, cnr 11th Ave & Devonport Rd. 9-11.30am. AGM March 28. Heather 574 0976

Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Meet first & third Tues 7pm & second & fourth Fri 10am. At Tauranga Art & Craft Centre, 177 Elizabeth St, Tauranga. Helen 0274 177 581

Tauranga Scrabble Club Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. $3 games $2.50. New players welcome. 544 8372

Tauranga Toastmasters Every Tues at Tauranga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Learn public speaking & leadership skills. Guests welcome. Alan 544 5989

Wednesday 15 February Age Concern Walking Group

Historic Village, off 17th Ave 10am. 578 2631

Club Mt Indoor Bowls 45 Kawaka St. Roll up night Feb 15. Names in by 6.45pm for 7pm start. Val 543 4168 or 0273 028 149

Community Bible Study International Every Weds at City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm. Bible study on “The Book of Genesis.” Julie 552 4068

Double Bill Show

Ladies singing group. Great music, great company. Bethlehem Community Church Building, 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem 7.15-9.15pm. Debbie 0211 291 126

Straight from Ireland, on Feb 22. Mundy with special guest Dezi Donnelly, all Ireland Fiddle Champion. The Hop House, Mt Maunganui 7.30pm. Limited tickets, available from Eventfinda

Junction Mental Health

Friends of the Library

Peer support & advocacy: coffee & chat at St James’ Hall, Greerton 10am – 12pm. 543 3010

Papamoa Library Book Group meet 10am. All welcome. Pam 571 2566

Meridian Daylight Lodge Meet at Masonic Centre, 33 Hairini St, Tauranga. Visiting members welcome from 11.15am. Keith 544 4109

Ocean Running 5k run & walk around Mauao base track every Tues. Register from 5.15pm at Mt Ocean Sports Club, Pilot Bay. $5 entry includes free drink after run/ walk & chance to win spot prize. Walkers start 5.45pm, runners 6pm. Phil 021 383 354

Papamoa Sports Indoor Bowls Don Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd. Roll-ups Feb 14 with opening night 21st. Coaching available. Names in by 7.15pm for 7.30 start. Michael 542 0609 or 0274 888 598

Petanque Bayfair Petanque Club, every Tues & Thurs at Russley Drive 1pm. Equipment & coaching available. Try a new sport. Margie 542 0084 or 021 0293 7459

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Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Opening night at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Kevin 543 4044

Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch. No charge, all ages welcome. Change of venue now at Graced Op Shop, cnr 11th Ave & Christopher St. 021 110 0878 www.healingrooms.co.nz

Kiwi Toasters Every Toastmaster’s journey starts with a single speech. Every 1st, 3rd & 5th Weds of the month at 3 Palm Springs Boulevard (same building as Palm Springs Pharmacy) 5.30-7pm. Chrissy 027 296 7939

Mount Healing & Spiritual Centre Omanu Bowling Club, Golf Rd Mount 1st & 3rd Weds of month. Doors open 7pm. Guest speaker: Zoe Wilkinson - “Learn insights into Emotional Intelligence.” Learn about meditation, development groups, crystal, reflexology & more. Janet 027 264 0226

Singles Coffee Club 60+ Every Weds 10am for coffee & once a month for lunch for a social get together. Looking for something new to do or meet new friends? This could be it. Gayle 0274 393 267 or mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz

Taoist Tai Chi Exercise for body & mind. Beginners class at 15 Koromiko St 1pm & 5.30pm. Caroline 548 1209

any skill welcome. Suitable for 15 years & older; no booking required. Gold coin donation to Summerhill Recreational Farm, BYO refreshments for social drink afterwards.

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

Forest & Bird Walk (Tauranga Branch) Otanewainuku mountain & Rimu walk; pest controlled area. Grade moderate. $6. Leader: Beverley 578 2879

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Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd, Tauranga 10am - 2.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm. Beginners welcome. Jenny 07 219 7740

Every Thurs at Meredith Hall, Fraser St, Merivale (near Yatton Park) 7.30pm. Have control over those constant thoughts! Find peace & the joy of life. Enjoy good health & better quality of sleep. Ian 576 2032

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Dickey Flat – Country Road – Mangakino loop. Grade mod, approx. 5.5hrs. Garry 578 3083

Toastmasters - City Early Start Improve communication, teamwork & leadership skills. Join the supportive & motivated group at Classic Flyers Avgas Cafe every Weds 6.45-8.15am. LaniDTM@gmail.com txt 0210 445 654 www.cityearlystart.co.nz

Urban Trail Ride 3 The Historic Village, 17th Ave West 5.45pm. Join this free guided ride to discover the network of off-road trails that go from the Historic Village, through to the Kopurerenga Valley & out to the Lakes. Suitable for 12 years & older; no booking required. Bring your mountain bike, drink & helmet.

Happiness & Our Mind Drop-in meditation classes. Beginners welcome Classes are self-contained, so you can start any date. Cost $15 per class. Tauranga Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd. Fortnightly classes, next class Feb 16 7-8.30pm. www.meditateintauranga.org

Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus meet every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 7pm. (Note change of time) Sing for fun & health. Nora 544 2614

LOL Laughter Wellness Laugh with us through 2017. Penguin Room, Arataki Community Centre, Mt Maunganui 7-7.45pm. $3 door charge. Trish 022 036 6768 email: lollaughterwellness@ gmail.com

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Starts Feb 23 at Greerton Hall, 1247 Cameron Rd (opp Caltex) 8pm or Feb 24 at Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 7.30pm. Learn Rock & Roll, Cha Cha, Waltz & more. Sonia, Supreme Dance 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 or just come along on the night.

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Adult Adoptee’s Support Tauranga Meet every 2nd Thurs at Oyster Catcher Room, Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk way, Bayfair. Next meeting Feb 16. Scott 027 565 6459

Amazing Weekly Bag Sale Every Thurs at Historic Village 9-10am. Fill a large bag for $5 with women’s, men’s & kids clothing & linen. Bags supplied.

Bay City Rockers Social Rock n Roll dancing as well as Neon Moon, Rock n Roll Waltz, as examples. Dancing every Thurs at Senior Citizen’s Hall, Norris St 7.309.30pm. $3 entry with light supper provided. Gavin 027 643 6222

Club Mt Maunganui Social games club. Play indoor bowls & cards every Thurs 12.45-3.30pm. Prizes to be won & visits to other clubs. Monthly subsidised dinners. Gloria 575 0059

Community Bible Study International Every Thurs at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm for a Bible study on “The Book of Matthew.” Jack/Betty 544 3809

Concert Band Katikati Musicians wanted, especially woodwind to join community based wind & brass band. All ages welcome. Rehearse Katikati town hall in the arts room 7-9pm. Wendy 022 387 2947

Cycle Obsesses Ladies Mountain Bike Ride, Summehill Recreational Reserve, Reid Rd, Tauranga 5.45pm. A fun & social ladies mountain bike ride,

From 1-2pm. Transport available if required. Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy 543 3010

Opera Forum: Porgy & Bess George Gershwin’s iconic opera Feb 23. Tickets from Bureta Pharmacy or House of Travel, Spring St. Complimentary wine & canapes. Tauranga Opera Forum 577 0583

Otumoetai Hockey Club Men’s & Women’s teams available for senior hockey. New players welcome. Season commences early April. Caroline 576 5178 or 027 283 2153 cjbigham@hotmail.com

Schizophrenia Support Group Support for people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia 1-2pm. Junction 543 3010

Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart & associated diseases. Every Mon & Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai Rd 9.30-10.30am. $4pp. Diana 021 0476 155

Friday 17 February Chess Tauranga

Tauranga RSA, Greerton 5-7pm, for the whole family. Longer if necessary for longer games. Incl casual games. Standard chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/www. westernbopchess.weebly.com/

Creator Redeemer Festival Feb 17, 18 & 19. Motorbikes, fun family events, info tent, live music. Held at Plaza Field, Papamoa 1-9pm every day. www. creatorredeemer777.com

Tai Chi/Tai Chi Fan St Johns Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd 10-11am. $8. Rachael 552 6685

Tauranga Writers Books from our own Backyard at Library Arcade, Willow & Wharf St 11am - 1pm. Fee Creative BOP Arcade Arts event. Meet local children’s writers & illustrators. Face painting, tissue flowers & more. For kids, teens & young at heart. taurangawritersnz@gmail.com or txt 022 053 4868

U3A Tauranga Guest speaker: Prof Shaun Holt, researcher & author of Natural Remedies that Really Work. “What Medical Research Says are the Most Effective Natural Therapies.” Wesley Church Centre, 13th Ave, Tauranga 10am. Visitors welcome.

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