The Weekend Sun - 8 March 2019 by Sun Media

8 March 2019, Issue 950

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“I could have gone out and water-blasted the drive,” says Brian Elmes of his ﬁrst decent Johnny Cash in more than a year. For Johnny Cash, read slash, read piddle. The Bethlehem man can joke about it now, but until he became a guinea pig for groundbreaking prostate

research right here in Tauranga - research that could turn a trickle into a torrent for older men worldwide - piddling was as difﬁcult and uncomfortable as it was irregular and frustrating. “I would be up for 15 to 20 minutes in the middle of

the night trying to go,” says Brian. “You do a wee bit and think ‘marvelous’. But it was generally a wasted exercise. Broken sleep and no piddle.” It is one of the most common conditions associated with ageing in men. Read more on page 6.

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Okay, that could also be called fishing. But what happens when a fisherman doesn’t catch anything? We like to call it “taking frozen pilchards for a ride in the boat”. The by-product of all this time on the water, and at the water’s edge, however, means that we have amassed huge experience of sea level fluctuations. My studies are modelled on those of the famous researcher Zac Brown, who described his work as: “I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand, not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand. Life is good today...” There is no mention in any of Zac’s research notes that his toes, or other parts of his legs, are getting any further in the water; nor that his ass is getting close to being wet. So no sign of sea level rise there. Pretty conclusive, huh? His report exactly matches our experience.

More conclusions

My own research conclusions are quite clear - we can see that the climate is definitely showing signs that working people are not being taxed enough. In fact, there’s a direct relationship between the acceleration of climate change and the increasing tax take. The climate/tax burden is also taking its toll on the taxpayers, which are heading for extinction. There are fewer, paying more and at this rate the last one will be eaten by a Takahe just after morning tea, on July 25, 2026. Here is a graph of my findings, showing the rate of tax increases in red and the rate of climate change in blue. The odd bump in the graph is not actually anything to do with climate fluctuations, but because of the sensitivity of our equipment, it has registered the shockwaves caused by the New Zealand First leader slamming Jacinda’s door on the way out, after robust Capital Gains Tax discussions.

Windscreen creep

Some drivers could be excused for assuming the sea is rising, as they see the water level creep up their windscreen while negotiating the Elizabeth Street intersection. It is, in fact, an enthusiastic windscreen washer pouring water onto your car, whether you like it or not. The water is not the creep, in this case. There’s been a huge outpouring of commentary on this subject on SunLive. Here at RR the answer is clear. It’s illegal and should be stopped. It’s illegal for good reason. It’s dangerous, distracting and intimidating to some drivers. The rest of us can’t blink without being pulled up for even the smallest misdemeanours. The law abiding, tax-paying folk get slammed every time they put a foot wrong. Stay in a carpark for a minute or two over the time you’ve paid for. Forget to pay your car rego, pinged when it’s a few days overdue. Charged for using water. Yet some tax dodging bludger can hopscotch around your car, use your rate-paid water, duck the law and get away with it?

Clean your own

Drivers should rightly object to this nonsense and solve part of the problem by cleaning their own car windscreen. I do mine every time while ﬁlling up at the gas station. Plus a few other basic safety checks on tyres, WOF and rego dates. That way, your windscreen shouldn’t need cleaning by a shyster running the gauntlet

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at the lights. I won’t pay anything to anyone, knowing they’re dodging tax, while I’m paying them out of tax-paid earnings. I would pay cash, however, to watch a couple of guys tackle these idiots. The lawman certainly doesn’t seem interested in doing so.

More water

And speaking of water, there’s a chance it may be raining this weekend as you read this. Here’s some great advice thanks to Papamoa philosopher Greg Taylor: As it has been quite a while, just a friendly reminder to people that what you are experiencing at the moment or in the very near future is a natural phenomenon called Rain … A couple of things you may want to be aware of: 1. Standing Outside … should you happen to do this, you may find yourself getting wet. Don’t be alarmed as it is similar to what you may experience when indoors having a shower … but please do not remove your clothes … Thank You. 2. Driving … On the right or left of your steering wheel you will find a mechanism called a Wiper ... By flicking this, water will be moved off your windscreen ... However, if you happen to flick the lever on the other side, known as the indicator, this will then let other people know which direction you are going … That lever may also be a first for some of you … Thank You 3. Danger … Should this thing called rain continue for quite some length of time, you may see a large boat appear. Pets are most welcome aboard but it is on a first come, first serve basis with only two of each being accepted … Thank You. Greg Taylor

Parting thoughts

This week’s words of wisdom from avid reader, George Bernard Shaw: “A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” brian@thesun.co.nz

IMPORTANT STUFF: All material is copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Sun Media makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and accepts no liability for errors or omissions or the subsequent use of information published. Did you know average sea levels have risen by about 23 centimetres since 1880, with about 7.5cm gained in the last 25 years. Every year, the sea rises another 3.2mm, on average.

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Bruises behind the beauty Lin Keo needs no introduction to how hard life can be. You may remember her beautiful smiling face walking down the catwalk draped in silks, or you might recall her passing you your daily caffeine intake. Best-known for her Ms Earth New Zealand 2016 title and her past job as a barista, the Tauranga local used to live on the streets. The 37-year-old lived on the streets of Cambodia until the age of four, where she had to fight for scraps of food left by street eaters. She recalls sleeping under the stairs of a butcher shop without any blankets or clean clothes, being beaten by people and bitten by disease-ridden dogs. “I have a very vague memory of living on the streets, but I get flashbacks sometimes and I feel the pain and the emptiness.” Lin’s mum was a housekeeper for prostitutes in a brothel and her dad was a soldier. They were not allowed to get married and he died at war before Lin was born, forcing Lin and her mum to find refuge on the streets. She says sometimes she sees kids playing with their parents in New Zealand and craves the connection that they have. “I’ve never had that feeling of love and protection from my parents,” she says. “I rarely see my mum now and I still don’t have that relationship with her. “Phnom Penh is not like it is here, where there are governments, substitutes - even foster care is better than what I was used to. We just had no support and my mum did what she could.” Lin says one day, when she was on the streets, she hadn’t eaten in about three days and spotted some leftover food sitting on a table near a food stall. “I took the food and started eating it, but some other street kids took the food off of me. “They were bigger than me and they beat me up with their hands to start off with, then their shoes, then nearby chairs and tables and cans and bottlesthere was six or seven of them and I had no chance.” When they had finished beating her up, they chucked her in a bin and left. Lin says she remembers coming to the realisation that she was going to die, but she fought against it. “Some people saw what happened, but they just kept walking,” she says. It wasn’t until a truck, which

Lin Keo has overcome a tough childhood to achieve success on the catwalk. regularly picks up street children to feed them, noticed Lin wriggling around in the bin. “I remember the shadow of the biggest person in the world picking me out of the bin. That’s all I remember.” The man took Lin to a nearby orphanage, where she was treated, feed and clothed. She was given a set of clothes once a year, allowed to shower once a week and was fed once a day. The turning point came when she was eventually adopted by an American businessman living in Cambodia named Tim. Read the rest of this story at: www.theweekendsun.co.nz Sharnae Hope

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Electric buses set for Tauranga

Tauranga is set to get its first electric bus this August. Bay of Plenty Regional Council chief executive Fiona McTavish says it will be the first of five electric buses rolled out across the network. “We are committed to low carbon public transport,” says Fiona. “Transportation emissions represent the largest emissions sector for Tauranga city.” NZ Bus chief executive Zane Fulljames says the electric buses would be built in China by preferred supplier Alexander Dennis - the company that built Auckland’s first electric commuter buses. Fiona says there’s plenty of other work to be done to keep improving the Tauranga bus network.

Tree topples in Gate Pa

A large tree has fallen on to a woman’s property in Gate Pa. The woman, who did not want to be named, was sound asleep in bed when the sound of the crashing tree woke her at 2.15am on Sunday. The tree landed on her garden shed and a car that was parked nearby. “I just couldn’t believe it,” she said. “The garden shed is stuffed. There’s cars parked over here and it hit one of them.” The woman’s neighbour was also woken up in the early hours of Sunday morning by the tree fall. “We heard a loud crash,” they said. “We thought it was a car hitting something.”

Bay woman dies in SH˜° crash

Police have released the name of the woman who died in a crash in the Bay of Plenty on Sunday. Ohope woman Karli Rowe, 26, died following a crash on State Highway 30 at Tikitere, near Rotorua. Another person was been transported to Rotorua Hospital in a serious condition. “Police extend their sympathies to her family and friends,” says a police spokesperson.

Mount named NZ’s best beach

Mount Maunganui’s Main Beach has been named New Zealand’s best beach in TripAdvisor’s Traveller’s Choice awards for the sixth consecutive year. Bay of Plenty beaches feature four times, with Papamoa Beach rated as the fourth best beach in New Zealand, Ohope Beach named in ﬁfth and Pilot Bay named the eighth best. Mount Maunganui’s Main Beach has also been named the fourth best beach in the South Paciﬁc, while Papamoa Beach is at number 18

SunLive Comment of the Week ‘Great event and use of public space’ posted by ‘Persimmonsarevile’ on the story ‘Great K Valley Adventure Race a winner’. “Awesome time was had by the whole family, but no doubt the anti-cycle brigade will have something negative to say as always. I can’t wait for a similar event to be held between Bethlehem and Te Puna once the bridge gets the cycle lane clipped on.”

Dipping the toes Getting ready for their ﬁrst ever national competition are, from left: Chelsea Good, Rosie Kneal, Kane McBrydie, Te Manewha Rikihana, Mason Kritz and Bear Todd.

Budding pro-swimmers from the Bay will be making their first splash into a new pool of challenges when they compete at a national competition this month. Around 10 Liz van Welie swim school swimmers will be competing in their first ever national competition at the NZ Division Two Swimming Championships in Dunedin. Liz van Welie swim school head coach Matt Teokotai-White says each year, about 700 students, between the ages of 12-18 will participate in the fourday event which includes freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and medley events. “In terms of the standard, it’s just below national age group level,” says Matt, “so

this competition is a stepping stone for some of those swimmers who haven’t necessarily been big time competitive swimmers before. “It gives them a chance to go to a national competition and, hopefully, from there they will want to take it a little bit further.” Before going to the championships, all participants have to meet the qualifying marks which are dependent on length, stroke and the athlete’s age. Matt says he arrived at the Pyes Pa-based Liz van Welie swim school halfway through last year and at that point only two students had hit those qualifying marks. Now all students have hit the required mark. “They’ve been training really hard to get to their target and, fortunately, everyone achieved those qualifying times last week,”

he says. “I know a couple of them were getting a bit nervous that they wouldn’t make it, so for them to get that reward, and absolutely smash it, is awesome. “It was a big relief to see them achieve this because once we set the target, they have been very disciplined with their training and consistent every week.” “It’s about giving them those developing opportunities. I’m not too fussed about results, but it’s a good experience for them to go down to a national, fundraise and put in the training. It sort of lights the ﬁre for them to want to push things a little bit further.” The 2019 NZ Division Two championships is on March 13-16 at the Moana Pools in Dunedin. For more information go to: Sharnae Hope swimming.org.nz

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Last Monday, no-one knew Shane Taki – he was just some toned, energetic young dude with a bare midriff and back-to-front cap, dancing around the Elizabeth Street intersection cleaning windscreens. Come Tuesday, after his story went up on SunLive, it seemed all of Tauranga knew Shane. And they certainly had an opinion about his career choice. Mayor Greg Brownless did, and he was quite blunt. “Go and get a job picking kiwifruit,” was Greg’s advice to windscreen washer Shane. And he wouldn’t buy into Shane’s argument he needed money to eat, that the benefit didn’t cut it and that he needed to make extra money without resorting to crime. “I don’t accept that,” says Greg. “There’s no sympathy from me, none at all. There are plenty of things young people can do to earn money.” He says, windscreen washers are a nuisance, it’s a dangerous practise, and sooner or later someone will get run over. Above all, it’s illegal. Shane told SunLive that he’s on the street, has no clothes and is hungry. “I’m on the benefit, but all of it goes out and leaves me with like $40. That does nothing, so I’d rather work and do window washing, than steal and burgle for stuff.” The Mayor dismisses that as an idle threat. “If we all broke the law on the basis of getting enough money to live off, the place would go crazy. It’s not acceptable, it’s not the way we run society. Society should not succumb to threats.” If Shane took up the Mayor’s suggestion and got one of the dozens of jobs advertised in the kiwifruit industry, he could earn $19.44 an hour or $155.52 for an eight hour day. Shane’s story touched sensitive buttons. Readers forgot capital gains tax and the etiquette of smothering steak with tomato sauce. The Facebook traffic on SunLive’s page was extreme in volume. There were hundreds of messages, most of them vitriolic, but some, just some, sympathetic. “We need to give these underdogs a hand up...they ain’t got their hands OUT and as long as they can

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Brian Elmes talks about the difference the new device has made.

Relief is at hand A small, spring like device is making a huge difference to Brian’s life.

Inserted into the urethra, it means a visit to the porcelain pot has gone from a few drops to a deluge. No more staring frustratingly and forlornly into the undisturbed waters of the pan. “It’s quite a different flow,” h says. “Very satisfying.” Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or prostate enlargement, is a urinary outflow obstruction. Symptoms ma include trouble with starting to urinate, a weak stream, inability to urinate or loss of bladder control. It’s also blokes’ stuff. It affects eight per cent of men age 31-40, half of all men younger than 60 and more than 80 per cent of men over 80.

on demand. It’s called the Zenflow spring system and it looks like a tiny wire art installation which, when implanted, helps relieve the pressure of the enlargement on the urethra restricting the urinary flow. So far, 30 stents hav been implanted in the trial and another 40 to 50 patients are due.

All over in two hours

“I walked down to the operating theatre at nine o’clock one morning, came to at 10.30 and was on my way home at 12.30pm” He does recall, with great satisfaction, the first post procedure piddle. It was that afternoon he declared he could have ‘water-blasted the driveway’. “There was a bit of a burning sensation,” he says, “which was kind of to be expected. But it was nowhere near as bad as putting up with the Pretty bad, pretty quick discomfort and frustration of not being It’s been Brian’s unfortunate able to go.” experience for a year, and it got pretty The Zenflow is described as bad pretty quickly. He has plenty non-invasive, non-surgical option – of stories. medications can have side-effects, as can “I was driving a truck from Tauranga surgery, but this does not. It could even to Masterton and I needed a piddle. I become a clinic rather than a hospital had to go,” he explains. procedure, performed under light So he pulled over, and on the blind sedation rather than anaesthetic. side of the truck he tried to deal with However, Brian tells a tale that would his ‘screaming urge’. make most men’s eyes water. “Even though I was bursting, I couldn’t go. I was absolutely dying, but “A wand is inserted through your penis I couldn’t go. It was bloody frustrating.” to check your bladder and to see if you fit this bill and fit that bill He stopped his truck three times he explains. “It’s all done under in half-an-hour but it wasn’t until he local anaesthetic. got to Masterton that the floodgate opened, normal service resumes. A squeamish alert He goes again in the afternoon with “The device is inserted through the no problems. penis and into the urethra. They put you “It’s not painful, just uncomfortable under for that. You don’t know a thing, and damned frustrating.” Normal you don’t feel a thing, and afterwards service is suspended once again. That’s you don’t know it is the nature of the beast. there except your bodily functions have changed and it’s doing a wonderful Medical rollercoaster job.” Men, and particularly ageing men The research is a continuation of everywhere, can relate. If we are bursting the innovative work at the Bay of and go to the toilet, the sensation is Plenty Clinical Trials Unit, led by sublime. “Not for me,” says Brian. internationally-renowned urologist “Comfort stops were anything but.” Professor Peter Gilling. The Then the rollercoaster started. There work is timely considering the were hospital flow tests for Brian, ther were ultra-sounds, and a pre-op. He was ageing population. At the end of the 24-month study, going to have corrective surgery. men like Brian will have the choice of Without warning, he was then having it removed or not, depending bumped off the list. “Flip!” Hopeful on their experience. He will be sticking then deflated. But would he b interested in a new trial procedure, one with it. “Professor Gilling has done me a great of the first in the world and led fro favour, and I am indebted to him,” says right here in Tauranga? “Anything!” came the cry from Brian. Brian, who is also selling the idea to “I didn’t mind being a guinea pig. I was others. The study runs for two years. interested in anything that might fix th Read more: www.theweekendsun.co.nz problem.” Anything to be able to pee

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Going along for the ride

Contract awarded for third water treatment plant A milestone for the construction of Tauranga’s third water treatment plant has been reached. The first phase of construction of the water mains trunk has been awarded to HEB Construction. Work is expected to get underway next month to build a 9km long pipeline, connecting the reservoir at the intersection of Poplar Lane and Te Puke Highway with the Eastern Reservoir on Welcome Bay Road. Tauranga City Council Environment

Committee chair, Steve Morris, says this change in approach is not expected to delay the opening of the Waiari Water Supply Scheme. He says the other two phases of work are still out for tender. The plant will mainly service the Papamoa coastal strip/Te Tumu growth areas and act as a back-up for Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s Te Puke water supply. The construction is expected to be completed in 2021, at a cost of $115 million.

Colin Bendall and Arlo take a stroll through Matapihi.

Why would an 80-year-old go out and spend $5000 on an Arab horse called Arlo with any intention other than to ride it? The question was asked by someone who’s never been on a horse and out of deference to Colin Bendall’s four score years. But it was obviously a dumb one and not well received – perhaps with equal amounts of umbrage and confusion. “Do I still ride? Well, that’s the reason I bought the horse,” is his response. The question wasn’t ageist, just ignorant. And after all, only moments earlier, I had watched him ‘hooning’ around the family’s Matapihi estate on his little electric motorbike. It probably just suggests that Colin Bendall does a lot of living and has a lot of living left to do. After all, his daughter says he’s under strict instruction “not to pass” for a long time yet. The Weekend Sun met Colin Bendall on Matapihi Road. He was on his bike and Arlo was trotting alongside. It was one of those slice-of-life pictures that urbanites find quaint, but is an everyday occurrence for people of the soil. He was taking Arlo to finishing school at the time. “I suppose you could say that,” he says. Friend Alana Meredith is teaching Arlo ‘discipline’ and ‘technique’ so that he’ll respond to the rider. “It’s probably more than what’s needed for riding normally,” says Colin. Arlo is as nice as his owner is venerable. “He couldn’t be better. He’s good natured and just a pleasant horse. “Strangers can approach him and he will just nuzzle them. A lot of horses, if they don’t know you, will back up a bit, but not this one.” Arlo is of the Arab breed, easily recognised for their distinctive head shape and high tail carriage. And at a time when horses like him are fetching $20,000

overseas, Colin got Arlo for just $5000 - something to do with a dicky foot. It’s since mended, but fortunately for Colin, and probably for Arlo for that matter, he missed the boat. They’re now a team. Colin Bendall has been etched into the Matapihi Peninsula landscape. He’s been there since 1972 growing meat chickens, kiwifruit and ducks. But the kinship is with horses. “I grew up in the horse age,” he says. I rode them to school.” As did his children when they went down the road to Matapihi Primary. He has a chemistry and an empathy with horses. When he bought Diesel – that’s Diesel the white horse which starred in Tom Cruise’s $140 million dollar period action drama The Last Samurai – he changed its name to Axel. “It was too nice a horse to have a name like Diesel,” He pauses to reflect on a horse that is no longer with us. ”I was quite fond of that horse.” As fond as he now is of Arlo and perhaps as fond as he is of rugby. Colin has been to every Rugby World Cup finals since the competition began in 1987, and he will be in Japan later this year. “Riding horses is more important right at the moment,” he says. “Riding Arlo on the harbour flat when the tide’s out, when you can almost throw a stone onto The Strand, is cool,” says Colin. He lives in the country, but can see and smell the city. This chicken-raising, kiwifruit-growing, duckfarming horse lover also plays the bagpipes, and met his late wife, a Te Puke girl called Dorothy, on his first band parade. He played in the Tauranga Highland Pipe Band with a certain side drummer called Brian Rogers before he became a newspaper hack. Colin with his horses and Brian with Hunter Wells his rabbits.

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Community awards coming to Tauranga The public are being offered the chance to witness New Zealand’s top voluntary groups at the Trustpower National Community Awards. The Trustpower National Community Awards is one of the country’s biggest celebrations of volunteers, with about 150 people from across the country converging on Tauranga for the national event. Attending will be representatives from the 26 voluntary groups named Supreme Winner at their regional Trustpower Community Awards, along with the mayor or a council representative from each region.

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8 At a presentation and judging day on Saturday, March 30, at Holy Trinity Tauranga, each group will give an eight-minute presentation. They will be sharing their story, their achievements, and why they deserve the title of the Trustpower National Community Awards Supreme Winner. The Trustpower National Community Awards is running from March 29-31. There are limited spaces for the public. Register at: www.eventfinda.co.nz and search Trustpower National Community Awards.

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It is more than just a gumboot. It symbolises New Zealand’s history of farming and our ‘get stuck in’ attitude. But for Graeme Hoete, better known as Mr G, the iconic gumboot represents much more than that. The Papamoa-based artist has created a piece called Kauri Kamuputu aka the Million Dollar Gumboot, which is expected to raise $1 million towards Mike King’s mental health group I Am Hope and the Gumboot Up campaign. The Million Dollar Gumboot is made from Kauri wood and is hand carved with koru patterns as well as Mr G’s signature. Mr G says the plan was to auction off the Million Dollar Gumboot, but it has transformed into a public event where every contribution counts. “I’ve had mad love from Kiwis all over, basically just saying that they’re not millionaires but they do want to donate and contribute to the cause,” he says. “We are looking at doing up a page where people can contribute a dollar upwards to the cause, and I reckon we will get it to $1 million when we open it up to the public.” The Million Dollar gumboot is a product of years of people asking Mr G to sign their gumboot. “I’ve signed letter boxes, skateboards and walkers, but for some reason the gumboot kind of just took off. I’ve easily signed more than 500.” He says from there, he always had plans to do something “big and bold” around the gumboot, but never thought it would grow this big. In the past, Mr G has been open about his own struggles with mental health, and has used his talents to bring hope to people. “Five years ago I went through a suicidal point in my own life, so my passion and heart towards this is real,” he says.

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“If I can help as many people as I can with my art that would be great.” If $1 million is raised, he says he has plans to celebrate what would be a huge feat. He said he would like to paint a three-storey high version of the gumboot in Tauranga if he gets the desired $1 million. It is displayed in Tauranga for one more week.

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Roaming dog pack impounded A pack of roaming dogs believed to be responsible for several attacks on chickens and ducks in Te Puna has been captured. A resident called the Western Bay District Council with a description matching the dog pack that authorities had been searching for. Within a couple of hours of the sighting, ﬁve dogs were caught. Daniel Barnes, from the council’s Animal Services Team, has thanked the public for being proactive in helping to catch the dogs. “Without the locals’ help, we would not have been able to catch them,” he says.

“The dogs have been impounded and an investigation has been launched. The dogs will not be released until the investigation is complete.” It is understood the dog owners are being cooperative with the investigation. In the last 12 months animal ofﬁcers have responded to 21 incidents related to a pack of roaming dogs. It is now hoped all of those incidents have been resolved. If there are concerns about any animals in the Western Bay area, please contact council immediately on: 0800 926 732 or 571 8008. Information, photos and videos can be emailed to: animalservices@westernbay.govt.nz

Hellen Faulkner, with students at a rural Chinese village, discusses kiwifruit production.

Chinese cool with Kiwis Us New Zealanders tend to get upset when another country claims something that is ours as their own. Many New Zealanders may be unaware our namesake fruit started off as a Chinese treasure - the Chinese gooseberry. But while Kiwis might resent other countries stealing the fruits of our labour - think Phar Lap or pavalova the Chinese are pretty chilled about it. Katikati resident Hellen Faulkner travels to China often to learn about kiwifruit production. She also teaches English to students based in Shaanxi province. When asked if the Chinese resent New Zealanders for taking kiwifruit and making it a national icon, Hellen says they don’t mind at all. “The Chinese nature is around peace and sharing, “If you’ve ever been to China, you will always feel

welcome. They share the most delicious food with you and the most precious thing they have with you, like the room in their house. “They wouldn’t hate or resent Kiwis, or say ‘hey, you guys took our Gooseberry and made it your kiwifruit’.” Hellen says she has been to China six times in the past year, where she engages with kiwifruit workers. “Every time I have been to their orchards, they always admire Kiwis for how well they grow kiwifruit. “We always admire people that take something and make it better.” Hellen says despite kiwifruit originating from China, the fruit are much better suited to growing in New Zealand’s environment. She said kwifruit workers from China could beneﬁt from working in New Zealand during their off season. “They can take some good ideas back to their own orchards.” Kate Wells Read more: theweekendsun.co.nz

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Does Tauranga need a stadium? Wellington has the Cake Tin, Auckland has Eden Park and Dunedin the Forsyth Barr Stadium. So should Tauranga, the country’s ﬁfth-biggest city, have its own multipurpose stadium for sports, concerts and events? A pre-feasibility study is underway to assess whether the Western Bay of Plenty needs such a facility. The study will be funded by regional stakeholders including Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Tauranga City Council, Bay of Plenty

Regional Council, Priority One and Sport NZ. Priority One will co-ordinate the governance and working groups established to do the assessment. Priority One chief executive, Nigel Tutt, says it is important to know if they can better meet the needs of the region. “It is important for growing regions to have better amenities,” he says, “And seeing councils and Sport NZ work together on this assessment is a great ﬁrst step.”

Onwards and outwards There’s been a surge of construction in the region, with both Tauranga City Council and the Western Bay of Plenty District Council setting new records for the value of consents issued. Building consents for the ﬁrst two months of 2019 are up 17 per cent on last year, while Western Bay was a massive 52 per cent ahead. Overall, the combined sub-region issued 26 per cent more building consents by value than for the ﬁrst two months of 2018. Tauranga had a strong January, with $83 million worth of consents, but things quietened to $58 million in February. Consents for residential new

builds slowed slightly from January and there was a signiﬁcant drop in commercial consents. With exceptionally strong growth in the commercial construction sector last year and signiﬁcant new developments planned, the downturn is likely attributable to the timing of consents being lodged rather than a new trend. After a very strong January, Western Bay of plenty District Council set a new record of $41 million for the value of consents issued in one month. There was a $3 million rise in residential new builds from last month, and a record setting $17 million in consents for commercial developments. This was driven by a single, $15 million consent rebuild of a 60-bed aged care facility at Omokoroa.

Hitting the ground running What a great start to the year it has been. We have certainly hit the ground running. Recently, Nikki Kaye, Todd Muller and myself took part in a public meeting in Tauranga to discuss the future of education. It was one of 40 meetings we are holding around the country to raise general education issues with a focus on proposals from the government’s ‘Tomorrow’s Schools Review Taskforce’. It is set to be the largest education reform in more than 30 years, and it is important that we have

the conversation with parents, educators and communities and discuss the government’s plan. National is concerned that the proposals could take power away from parents and give it to ofﬁcials. That is why your feedback is so important. We also want to hear from young New Zealanders as part of our ﬁnal ‘Have Your Say’ campaign. We know you have ideas on how things could be better for you and your peers, and we want to hear them. To take part, visit: www.national. org.nz/youngnz

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Preventable drowning toll down, but rescue numbers climb The country’s 2018 preventable drowning toll might be the second-lowest in 20 years, but Water Safety New Zealand insist there is no room for complacency. The provisional toll is down from 92 in 2017 to 68 in 2018 - the secondlowest total on record after 2010, which saw 64 drownings. WSNZ CEO Jonty Mills says while

the number is encouraging, it has been a summer of rescues and lucky escapes, with frontline emergency services reporting record numbers. “The water safety sector is doing a fantastic job keeping people safe in, on and around the water,” says Jonty. “Frontline services - the likes of Surf Life Saving and Coastguard - are largely dependent on volunteers and donations to continue the important work they do.” A big positive is the major drop in powered boating drowning deaths, which saw an 83 per cent decrease

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on 2017. Last year’s total of five boating fatalities (powered and non-powered) is significant when compared with 19 in 2017 and the historical average of around 18 each year. Jonty says credit must be given to Maritime NZ, Coastguard NZ and the work of the organisations involved in the Safer Boating forum. “A decade of work encouraging boaties to wear their lifejackets is paying off,” says Jonty. “It remains the most important thing a boatie can do to stay safe. “In 60 per cent of all boating deaths in 2018, a lifejacket wasn’t worn.” The Waikato region had its lowest toll since records began, down 55 per cent on the five-year average. Auckland and the Bay of Plenty had the most fatalities with 13.

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Cost of damp homes is more than just money At this time of the year, it is very hard to remember how cold Tauranga homes can be in winter. When I was a principal, I remember vividly some of the houses my young pupils lived in were so cold that you could actually see your breath when you spoke. It was often colder inside the house than it was outside. Uninsulated houses are virtually impossible to heat. Simply throwing on another jumper or putting more blankets on the bed does not combat that sort of cold. All of these people were tenants paying good money to live in

substandard homes. The cost of these damp, cold houses to us as a society is huge because of people missing work, children missing school and the health system being inundated during the winter months. I am very pleased the government recently announced new rules to ensure that all rental homes are warm and dry. Rentals will have to be fully insulated up to the current Building Code and have a ﬁxed heating source so that everyone has the ability to heat their homes to a safe temperature, as well as kitchen rangehoods and bathroom

extractor fans. The government has also made funding available to help people who own their own homes but can’t afford to insulate. Check out the Energywise website if you need assistance. Remember that the government brought in the Winter Energy payment last year. Our elderly residents are saying that for the ﬁrst time in years, they don’t have to go to bed at 3pm to keep warm.

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When your head hits the pillow You spend roughly 75 per cent of your night in non-REM sleep and the other 25 per cent in REM sleep.

With Fitbits and Garmins growing in popularity, people are beginning to think they know their bodies inside and out. The devices, which do just about everything from monitoring your heart to telling you how much fat you burn with each step, are giving us all the information we need straight from our wrists. However, when it comes to monitoring our sleep, Dr Alex Bartle says they aren’t as accurate as we may think. “The problem is they mostly measure movement, so they don’t measure sleep very well at all,” says the sleep expert. “To get an accurate test you have to measure brainwaves, and you can’t do that via a thing on your wrist.” Adults need between six and eight hours of sleep each night, but it is the quality of sleep that also matters. “It has been recorded that some people only need ﬁve hours sleep, but to be honest most people need at least six. The body goes through different stages of sleep cycle. “The more high-tech devices also track your deep sleep and light sleep, making you think that deep sleep is much more valuable than light sleep, but both are

really valuable.” You spend roughly 75 per cent of your night in nonREM sleep and the other 25 per cent in REM sleep. Deep sleep is the stage you need to feel refreshed when you wake up in the morning. During deep sleep your body and brain waves slow down. The first cycle of deep sleep lasts anywhere from 80 to 100 minutes. It supports short-term and long-term memory and overall learning, and it is also when your body releases important hormones, restores energy, regenerates cells and strengthens your immune system. REM sleep, or light sleep, occurs throughout the night about every 90 minutes. Your eyes move rapidly from side to side, and you may experience dreaming as your brain activity increases to a more wakeful state. “That’s another misconception. People think you sleep through the night, but no one sleeps completely through the night.” He says most people who think they’ve slept through the night wake up and go back to sleep straight away without realising they’ve woken. Others think they’ve had a terrible sleep because they remember waking. “Sleep is all about confidence, and what people lose when they have sleep issues is the confidence to be able to go to bed and go to sleep.” Read the full story at www.theweekendsun.co.nz Sharnae Hope

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Syphilis on the rise in the BOP A sexual health expert has issued a warning following an increase in the number of syphilis cases in the Bay of Plenty and across New Zealand. Dr Massimo Giola, Sexual Health Physician for Bay of Plenty District Health Board, is calling for better awareness surrounding staying safe and getting tested. “We are in the midst of a syphilis epidemic,” says Dr Giola, “and the number of cases has increased

dramatically in the last ﬁve years. “Five years ago we were seeing only a few cases in a whole year at the sexual health clinic. Now we’re seeing two to three new cases every week here in the Bay of Plenty.” In 2012 there were 80 conﬁrmed cases of syphilis in New Zealand. By 2017, that number had grown to 477. For more information, including advice on getting tested, visit: www. health.govt.nz/syphilis

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Signiﬁcant work is planned from June 24, and all pools will be closed for a minimum of three weeks, though some areas will be closed longer. The scheduled closures occur every three years at Baywave, and general maintenance work will include re-grouting and tile replacement of the 25 metre lap pool. Structural remediation work on the building will be done, along with the installation of new features including a splash pad and additional family changing facilities. Structural work will ﬁx weather-tightness issues, with the main skylight that spans the length of the building, cracks in the building’s exterior and strengthening of the hydro-slide platform. Work is also required to the bore which heats the water. While structural work is not part of the scheduled maintenance, Bay Venues aim to minimise disruption to customers while the facility is closed and ensure the structural issues do not worsen. The cost of the structural repair work is $2.01

million, excluding contingency and risk, which could bring the total closer to $4m. Baywave will be closed from June 24-July 15, when the wave pool, learn to swim pool, toddler pool, and steam, sauna and spa facilities will re-open. The lap pool will not re-open until August 5, and the hydroslide will remain closed until early October. The reason for the hydro-slide’s protracted closure is good news for many that want to see fun amplified at Baywave. LED lights will be added to the hydro-slide, giving an increased sense of speed. The splash pad for children aged three to 12 will include features such as water guns, an umbrella jet, tipping bucket, pipe fall, pull ropes, spinning cylinder, floor jets, daisy shower and mini waterslides. Additional family changing rooms will be constructed by the learners’ pool, an upgraded outdoor area with extra public viewing areas will be created, and pool lane-space will be re-configured to benefit recreational users. The Baywave closure is at the end-of-term, meaning minimal disruption to learn-to-swim classes and to ensure it is business as usual in time for the AIMS Games in September.

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Current discussions over the possibility of transferring land at Panepane Point back to local hapu has stirred up some controversy in the community, and not without reason. Panepane Point is the southernmost end of Matakana Island. It was purchased by local government at market rate in 1923 through the Public Works Act as a site for a beacon and navigation lights at the entrance to Tauranga Harbour. The land was stabilised, the

lighting structure was installed, and it has been used and maintained ever since. Under the provisions of the Public Works Act, if the land is no longer used for the purpose it was acquired for it should ﬁrst be offered back to the original vendors (in this case, the ﬁve hapu) at market price - the same way in which it was bought. However, the area is still being used and maintained. The title to this land cannot simply be transferred back to the hapu. It is outside the mandate of the

council to do this, and would set a dangerous precedent. The provisions of the Public Works Act must be adhered to and applied to everyone. If not, then we are on a slippery slope. I hope those involved in this decision-making will think long and hard about the implications of what they are considering.

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Pride picnic parades into town Call your friends, grab a picnic blanket and get amongst the Bay of Plenty’s diverse community at Tauranga’s ﬁrst Pride Picnic. The Tauranga Moana Pride Picnic, on Saturday, March 9 (from noon), invites everyone to enjoy the live music, food and great company on Tauranga’s Waterfront. “As a gay person, I think it’s important to be out and proud in our everyday lives,” says organiser Carlo Koppe. “Even if you’re out and have been for years, it can be a challenge to be out in the workplace or wherever you are. “I work with youth and I have a very young brother who is also gay. I feel that it is really important for me to show them that it’s okay to be proud, and this event is all about that.” Carlo and his partner, Lee Lucas, moved from to Tauranga from Auckland about three years ago and found that there wasn’t really any space for the LGBT community. In response, they started up a group of their own called BOP Pride.

“We found there wasn’t really a place for LGBT to meet others in Tauranga apart from apps, which are not necessarily for making friends,” says Carlo. “Tauranga also doesn’t have the space for clubs or bars strictly for LGBT people just yet, so we thought we’d set up a group.” Carlo says there is a real interest in holding community events. That’s why Tauranga Moana Pride was created. “This event is all about coming together as a community and giving our community visibility here, because we don’t have a space in Tauranga.” The Tauranga Moana Pride Picnic will have live music, games and food trucks for people to enjoy as well as LGBT-related information stalls. It’s not just for people in the Western Bay of Plenty - Carlo says people from Rotorua and Whakatane have also said they’re coming along on the day. “Come out and join us and celebrate being proud,” he says. “It’s not just a once a year thing, it’s something we need to do every day, but we have this opportunity to get together.” Sharnae Hope

House prices rising in the Bay of Plenty Most of New Zealand’s more affordable, smaller provincial towns are continuing to see solid value growth, while Auckland is still seeing a slight drop in value levels. The Hawke’s Bay region continues to see some of the strongest rates of growth in the country. The latest QV House Price Index

shows the nationwide average value is now $686,050. Tauranga home values rose 2.6 per cent (1.6 per cent in the past three months) andthe average value in the city is now $725,113. The Western Bay of Plenty market rose 4.8 per cent and the average value in the district is now $652,132.

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Do you have rights as a flatmate? The answer to the above question depends on whether you have signed a tenancy agreement. If you have, then you are a tenant and you have rights under the Residential Tenancies Act 1986. If you are not a tenant, then your rights are based largely on any flat-sharing agreement you have signed up to. When moving into a new flat, it’s always a good idea to have a flatsharing agreement which covers issues such as payment of bond and rent, pets, housekeeping and what to do when one of you wants to leave. Just as the tenancy agreement is a contract between tenant and landlord, a flat-sharing agreement is a contract between tenants and flatmates sharing a rental property. You can download a flat-sharing

agreement template from the Tenancy website. What can I expect to pay as a ﬂatmate? Your rent depends on the location and the quality of your room or house. You can do some research yourself by looking at the general market value of rooms or houses in the area you are looking at renting in. You will have other costs to

budget for, such as your share of the bond and content insurance to cover your possessions, and if your name is on the tenancy agreement it’s worth talking to your insurer about whether you need to get personal liability cover. Don’t forget your share of the bills and groceries. Visit: www.cab.org.nz for more information.

Alice needs her wonderland Meet Alice. She is a bouncy, energetic and super-sweet girl looking for a forever home with someone who can offer her lots of love and attention. Alice is a Labrador Shar-Pei cross, so needs an owner who is experienced with the Shar-Pei breed. Her siblings have been more

prominently Shar-Pei, but Alice is more Labrador. Her coat is soft and thick – you should see how shiny it is! Alice has had a lot of interest, but no one has committed to her yet, so if you think you have a secure yard, lots of time and, most of all, lots of love, then come in and meet her today. Ref: 145081.

Hoist hauls underwater drones and fishing vessels The hoist at the Vessel Works marine precinct at Sulphur Point has lifted 21 vessels out of the water for servicing in its first five months of operation. The heaviest – a fishing vessel measuring 30 metres – clocked in at 298 tonnes, while the lightest was a 10-metre wide, high performance catamaran weighing six tonnes. And certainly one of the most unusual was an unmanned autonomous underwater survey drone. The vessels stayed for an average of 12 days on the hardstand, and were worked on by the precinct’s marine companies and other suppliers from around Tauranga. The longest stay to date was a 45m

super yacht, which received a new paint job over a 15-week period. In the 18 weeks since operations began, there have been over 400 people working from the precinct. The completed project will include features and services that go well beyond original expectations, including the increased capacity of the vessel hoist, from 200 tonnes to 350 tonnes, a world-class water treatment system, stands and cradles able to handle larger vessels and additional roading, water and electricity upgrades. Precinct director, Phil Wardale, says the adjustments to the design of Vessel Works, its facilities and equipment has been all about future-prooﬁng the precinct and its use by marine service providers, vessel owners and operators.

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Commercial investors love Tauranga Tauranga has come out on top for investor conﬁdence in New Zealand, according to global commercial real estate services organisation Colliers International.

A spiritual awakening Bringing it back to basics is often the way people ﬁnd peace within themselves and their decisions. However, in Wendy Garvin’s case, she took things to the next level by exploring the depths of her soul in one of the planet’s most diverse areas - the Peruvian jungle. The Tauranga-born woman spoke to The Weekend Sun last week about her experiences in the jungle, but there’s much more to tell about her spiritual adventures. “If you really want to know yourself, to the depth of your soul, and heal yourself, I would really recommend going to the jungle,” says Wendy. She practised natural medicine in the jungle, met many people from all over the world at the retreat, and says they would come to learn about their spirituality, their trauma and how they could treat themselves.

Trauma treatment

“I was working with Shaman [people who practise in spiritual healing] and they would help people through childhood trauma, recent trauma and addictions. “I was caring for people going through really tough times and that was quite hard, but I always knew how amazing it was on the other side of coming to terms with it and how rewarding it is for your life.” She also learned a lot more about herself. “When you work with natural medicine, it is not one-sided. You almost always attract the people who you need to learn from the most,” says Wendy. “People come to you who might be going through the same thing

as you, or they might have been through the same things you went through. You get to see it from a different perspective.” She says the retreat used a range of different natural medicines found in the jungle to help people overcome their obstacles in life, one of which is the highly controversial medicine Ayahuasca.

Natural medicine

“While Ayahuasca is not legal in New Zealand, it’s legal in Peru and is important to the indigenous people there. It is part of their spirituality,” says Wendy. Ayahuasca is a type of brew made out of Banisteriopsis caapi vine and diplopterys cabrerana, also known as the chacruna leaf, which when taken mimics an out of body experience. Shipibo people describe it as the purgative, because on a spiritual level it purges everything out of the body that is not good for it, such as depression, trauma and addiction. Despite the controversy surrounding the medicine, there are several cases where people have said to be have been transformed after the experience. “It basically gives you the life after death experience that you hear about people having, when they physically die, leave their body and look over themselves. “They can see the truth of everything in their lives, past and present, except (with Ayahuasca) you don’t actually physically go through the process of dying to achieve the same awareness.

Lives transformed

“I met an American woman who had been repetitively in and out of jail for very severe addictions. She had been sentenced to rehabilitation

in a centre with a social worker, and there are so many lives being transformed by this medicine that even court officials are starting to see the benefit.” She says two other medicines that are also prominently used are Kambo and Hape. Kambo is a poison that a frog excretes from its skin. It is applied by burning a small layer of the superficial skin, rolling up the frog poison and then applying the Kambo to the burn. “What happens is the medicine goes into your lymphatics and goes through your entire blood system.

Dealing with disease

It ﬁnds the disease in your body and pushes it out through your stomach and bowels, so basically within two minutes you’re vomiting and you’re on the toilet. “Some people who have been around very heavy chemicals in their life will be bringing up ﬂuro green or black. “The whole process only lasts about 20 minutes but you do feel like you’re dying a little bit.” Hape is a tobacco medicine that is a mix of Mapacho tobacco and other medicinal herbs. When it’s burnt down to ash it is applied through the nostrils, goes up your nostril cavity, and clears your sinuses and toxins all the way down to your heart. “I’m not pro-drugs, this is natural medicine and it helps people and that is why I support it,” she says. “With drug addictions there’s no healthy connection to what it is that you’re consuming and it ruins people’s lives. “But with medicine in this form, consumed correctly, there is no way you can get addicted to it.” Sharnae Hope

The Commercial Property Investor Survey for the December 2018 quarter shows Tauranga yielded the highest net positive score, eclipsing Queenstown and ending their run at the top of the scoreboard for the last 15 consecutive sectors.

Tauranga has been the second-most confident area after Queenstown for the last nine quarters. In total, 10 out of 12 regions recorded a net positive score, with national investor confidence at a two-year high. The industrial sector continues to flourish, with the highest net positive result since March 2015. Heading into 2019, investors identified government policy as one of the largest influences on investment performance, followed by the health of economic conditions nationally.

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In a league of his own

Teia Dunster reﬂects on the journey he has taken with the Papamoa Bulldogs.

A sense of unfinished business and a wife’s wisdom will see Teia Dunster back playing league this winter in the blue and white of Papamoa Bulldogs. But it was touch and go for a while. “I was trying to get my body into shape,” says the 34-year-old. He had trimmed that 186-centimetre frame from 115 kilograms down to 105, and was primed to “get amongst some rough stuff again” in the engine room as a second rower or loosie. “I was training with the Bulldogs on Mondays and Wednesdays and the rugby guys on Tuesdays and Thursdays.” He was looking for a change. “But someone was going to be pissed off – rugby or league.” He’s an asset to any team and “a top man to have in your team set up,” says Bulldogs coach James Nicholson. Teia Dunster – first on the team sheet on his name alone. “He’s a leader, he motivates and inspires. He says the right things and does the right things at the right time.” Any coach would want him. But it wasn’t the coach who won him over. It was his wife. “She told me it was probably wrong for me to leave rugby league and to leave the Bulldogs,” explains Teia. “She said ‘you guys have come so far, and you are just going to walk away from something that’s not finished?’” Ouch! That takes us back a couple of seasons, to when the Bulldogs were something of a scratch team being thumped regularly – 80-plus nil and the like.

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A guy called Brendon Anderson - “a legend of a guy, the sort of guy you want alongside you playing footie” – asked Teia Dunster if he would be interested in helping turn a lemon into a peach, a loser into a winner. They gave themselves a week to get the numbers or there would be no team. They had eight at training on Tuesday, and 16 on Thursday. “I said to B-Man ‘we have a team, so if you are committed, then I am committed’.” It was the beginning of the rebirth of the Papamoa Bulldogs and rugby league on the other side of the bridge. Teia Dunster had left school aged 16 and narrowly avoided “mischief’ in his home town of Turangi. He built a successful engineering business in Papamoa,

built the Matua Coastguard’s flash new rescue boat and created a fine family of four by the time he was 24. So surely licking a league team into shape wouldn’t be hard? They pulled in another local league nut, Mason King, and bunged together a management team. First they aimed to win just one game in 2017. “We won our first,” he says. “In fact we won the first six games. So we exceeded that expectation and we progressed to the semi-finals, but no-one remembers second place.

Pride and professionalism

More importantly, the “bunged together” management team” worked to build a culture at the club, away from the boozy Saturday nights when players would go home the following day. The new culture was family first, work second and rugby league third - pride and professionalism. They also knew James “Jock” Nicholson was coming aboard as Bulldogs coach in 2018, and they wanted the set-up to be ‘good to go’ for Jock. “I wasn’t going to play,” says Teia, “and I didn’t expect to be involved, but I knew what Jock was trying to do and I could see he was trying to do it all himself.” Teia’s goal this year is to play and finish what he started two years earlier. “We have the players to go through and win the premiership,” he says. “If not this year, then definitely next, but we finally have the team and the coach.”

Aiming for number one

Things are running to plan. Even the coach gave himself three years to win the premiership. “I will just play and do my best for Jock as a part of the senior leadership group.” They are noble sentiments, but this is a simple man who plays a simple game and is simply passionate about it. “My wife knew,” he says. “She knew I couldn’t walk away from the game and something I had started and hadn’t finished.” The Papamoa Bulldogs have their first pre-season hit-out against Turangawaewae at Gordon Spratt Reserve on Saturday (March 9) at 1.30pm, with four 20-minute quarters and rolling subs. It’s the first time the club has hosted the Waikato side - a side with a long and proud league history. “They have an aura about them,” says Teia, “and it’ll be physical and tough.”

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Ready for the new season. Papamoa FC’s Maaka Nelson, Jaz Quilligan and Colm Kenny.

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Football club on the rise Papamoa Football Club has high aspirations, not just for the 2019 season, but for many years to come.

Club president Maaka Nelson sees a move into the Northern Regional Football League as the ﬁrst and most important step up from their current place in the WaiBop Premiership. “Papamoa has always been a little club in a little suburb by itself,” says Maaka, “but it is now the largest suburb and we are getting substantial enquiries. “We are now the second-largest club in the Bay of Plenty, and we are pretty conﬁdent in three years we will be the largest in the Bay and Waikato. “We want to ensure that people can play football at whatever level they want to. We want to put the framework in place so that people can kick on.” Upgrading facilities at Gordon Spratt Reserve is a high priority off the pitch. “We are in discussions with the council and other codes about a multi-user facility at the moment,” he adds. “We are coming up to stage two at the moment. It is down the track, and probably medium term at this stage.” Maaka is delighted to welcome

well-known football entities Colm Kenny and Jaz Quilligan to the club ahead of the new campaign. Colm, 38, is originally from Dublin, Ireland, and has spent the last four seasons as the main goal scorer for Tauranga City in the Northern Premier League. He will not only lead the Papamoa attack on the ﬁeld, but has joined forces with Antony Meiklejohn as co-coach. “I am excited about the move,” says Colm. “I know Maaka well through his brother Josh. I used to play with and he has always told me about what is going on at Papamoa. “I am pushing on a bit now and have always wanted to get into coaching. I coach little ones through my company - Fun First Football - and I love it, but now I want to get into senior level football.” Colm says he is one of eight coaches from Papamoa out of 24 who recently studied for their C licence coaching certiﬁcate from throughout the WaiBOP region. “That says a lot about Papamoa,” he says. “There are big things going on at this club, with

Get registered now Otumoetai FC is welcoming all winter registrations for 2019. The club caters for all levels of football from four-year-olds to seniors. It also facilitates the Otumoetai College football programme and all college players register through the OFC registration process. Visit their website at: otumoetafootball.co.nz. Registrations close on March 24 for all levels, with the season getting underway on March 30 for seniors, April 6 for Federation Youth and Bay mens’ and womens’ and May 4 for Juniors and College. OFC is also pleased to welcome aboard our new director of football, Joe Dixon. Joe brings a wealth of experience to the club and has already actioned a number of fantastic initiatives. Joe is overseeing all of the club’s programmes with the assistance of well qualiﬁed coaches and age specialist coordinators. The club’s home ground is Fergusson Park in Matua, and it is currently the largest club in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty region.

clubrooms coming and new facilities. Maaka is painting a big picture and I want to be part of that.” “Papamoa has massive potential. I believe 100 per cent we will be promoted to the Northern League this year. My goal as a player and a coach is to be unbeaten this season.” Originally from England, Jaz played football for top English teams Blackpool and Blackburn. Since coming to New Zealand four years ago she has been an administrator and coach at WaiBop Football. She joins Papamoa as director of football, and will oversee coaching of all the club’s teams as well as coaching the Under-14 girls’ team herself. “I am looking forward to getting stuck into the club and ﬁnding out the ins and outs of Papamoa,” she says. “I want to ﬁnd out where they want to go in the future and help them get there. “There is so much potential within Papamoa. I have worked with them from within WaiBop and I can see the passion that they have to go forward and develop. “Instead of focusing on the region as a whole, I think it is another challenge in itself to help a club reach their goals. It will be exciting to be part of.”

’ve been thinking a lot lately about the changes that we’ve experienced over the last decade or so. More and more, the services we all rely on at home or at work are moving to the online world. Our banks, shops and utility

companies are all beefing up their online services - who would have thought you could get a home loan without needing to meet the bank manager? I get to have conversations with people about this very topic all the time, especially when they find out what I do in my job at CERT NZ. But there are also a lot of conversations not being had - maybe because people are unsure about how to manage things online or, understandably, are embarrassed or shy to ask for help. I also hear about the unfortunate impacts that people experience as a result of financial loss through poor cyber security. Believe me, it happens more often than you probably realise. More and more, we need to be very careful about protecting our online financial accounts so they can’t be attacked. This sounds scary. Losing money is scary - but protecting your online accounts isn’t. The single most effective form of protection is the password. If there is one thing you do today, please look at one (or more) of your online financial accounts, and make one simple change: change at least one password so it is strong and unique to that account. Every account is a little different but changing your password to a strong one will only take a moment or two.

Log in to your online account Click on settings (this often looks like a cog or a wheel). Find the password section and update your password. You’ll probably be asked to enter your new password twice.

Make your new password long so it is strong A string of four or more words is as strong as using a mix of numbers, letters and

Losing money is scary - but protecting your online accounts isn’t.

characters. Try not to include personal information such as your birth date, pet’s name, address or names of your loved ones. This is exactly the type of information that people might be able to find out about you, or even guess. Strong and unique passwords are your best defence in this digital world - please make it a priority to create strong passwords for each of your accounts. By protecting your finances you can protect your way of life. PS: If you’re like me, you’ll need help to remember your passwords. It’s OK to write them down but make sure you store them somewhere safe, away from your computer and phone. Or consider using a password manager.

Rob Pope is the Director of CERT NZ. CERT NZ helps New Zealanders to protect themselves by improving cyber security. www.certnz.govt.nz has helpful information about strengthening passwords.

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One bruising encounter after another John Tuck is a tough man - not because he’s built like a tank, but because he’s a ﬁghter through and through. To say he has a high pain threshold is an understatement. Parts of his body are damaged from the results of haemophilia. His legs and left arm are 7154 Newspaper Template.ai 1 severely damaged and even his veins display protruding scar tissue from the

thousands of needles he has used over his lifetime. John was born with severe haemophilia A, which means he doesn’t clot – he simply bleeds and bleeds and bleeds. Recent studies suggest that about 430 New Zealand residents have haemophilia type A and B. Female 9/05/12 11:41 AM cases are even rarer due to only having one X chromosome, which is where

testing back then. They found out John was a haemophiliac when, at six-months-old, he bumped his head on the side of a push chair and got a severe bruise. He was taken to the doctor and they conﬁrmed the damage was a haemophilia bruise. Many would expect him to have been wrapped up in cotton wool from that point, but he was a farm boy at heart, who liked riding motorbikes, herding bulls and pushing the limits of his disease. He admits he’s paid for this often.

Soldiering on

Small cuts on the skin were usually easily treated with enough pressure, but bleeding deeper into muscles or joints caused major pain and often permanent damage. When he was a bit older, John was out on the John’s bruising is evident from these photos. farm with his dadw and noticed his right the mutation occurs. John is less than one per cent ankle was bleeding. He didn’t want to interrupt his of that scarily small statistic. family, so he did up his boot as tight as possible and “I get so good at monitoring my body, because carried on working. you can sometimes feel a vein twitching and the “That evening I said ‘sorry, you’re going to have to muscle will pull, so you know it is coming drive me to Auckland hospital’.” on,” says John. “I suffered the consequences for that choice “I can go to bed feeling ﬁne, with all and it hurt like hell, but I was able to do what I my joints and everything feeling okay, could do for my family that day.” and then wake up with an ankle bleed John’s worst bleed, however, was while he was or an elbow bleed or a muscle bleed, on holiday with his then wife in just spontaneously.” Australia. His ex-wife noticed that he was struggling to put sentences together and A sombre family history immediately got help. His uncle died of the hereditary “I had a brain haemorrhage,” disease at the age of 11 when there explains John, “and they had to cut was no treatment. His mum and all along the edge of my forehead her sister didn’t know they were and into my skull to stop the carriers because there was no bleeding and reattach the skull bone.

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The future for haemophiliacs rests on an exciting new trial “The consequences were death or permanent, physical or mental damage. That’s one I should not have survived.” Even though his bleeding was often bad, or worse than bad, John’s darkest days were during the 1980s when there was an outbreak of HIV and AIDS. He lost many of his friends to the disease.

Housing NZ is building fences More than one kilometre of new fences have been built around state houses in the Bay of Plenty. Housing New Zealand chief operating officer Paul Commons says a half-a-billion dollar maintenance budget sees improvement carried out on more than 64,000 houses. “Wwe’ve spent more than $8.5 million fencing our properties.” This helps keep our homes secure and safe,

as well as looking attractive. In the Bay of Plenty area, where HNZ has about 1500 houses, about 1km of fencing has been built at a cost of $210,000. “We’ve also painted nearly 30,000 square metres of materials in the region, at a cost of $2million. More than3665 square metres of roofing in the region, has been replaced at a cost of $700,000.

The epidemic

“The HIV and AIDS era was awful,” he says. “My mate and I were equally the biggest uses of clotting factor in New Zealand over three years, when there was no testing available for clotting factor or us. “When we were able to be tested, we were told one in three tests could be a false result.” John had one positive result of HIV, but had to wait three months before he could take John Tuck holds up a vial of Hemlibra, which is a new drug he is trialling. another test to confirm it recordings of his bleeds each year. “One night, in hospital, my mate told me how he “The team over there said ‘if John Tuck can be was going to do it. I knew I was going to do it too, anal enough to make this whole spreadsheet up and but I kept that to myself,” says John. “I was just tired add all his targeted joints bleeds, he deserves to be on of everything.” the trial’.” “Somehow I survived, but he did not. He died “From my understanding I was the first one in the about three years later from AIDS.” world to go on the stage three trial and that was in John later received counselling, and the smile facade February 2016,” he says. became a smile from the heart. His willingness to give other haemophiliacs the same opportunities as More people can benefi him never dimmed. As a result, he’s become heavily There are currently only three other patients on the involved in the Midland Branch and Haemophilia new product in New Zealand, and as of yet, it is not Foundation of New Zealand. approved by Pharmac. But John is pushing for it to John’s specialist at Auckland Hospital heard about a be made available to more people. new trial for inhibitor patients called Hemlibra and “It’s been three years without a single bleed.” He told John that he had looked into it and there were went from having around 24 at-home bleeds a year little apparent side effects. to zero. For John this was great news. John’s partner cannot believe the difference it has In the past, he had to inject himself every made to him and their lives. They no longer need to three hours when a bleed occurred until it had carry large amounts of treatment or crutches when stopped or seek major pain relief in Auckland holidaying or catching up with friends. Hospital. Now, he only has to inject himself once a “It’s a bloody miracle - Hemlibra is bloody magical. week with a prophylactic treatment to prevent bleeds I can now walk on the beach without worrying about from occurring. my body or what will happen if I step on something His specialist and nurse went over to Miami to that could cause an ankle bleed. learn how to do the trial, and presented John’s “I can carry on with life. I can live my life.”

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Getting out and about at Ford Day

That American captain of industry, the man behind the development of assembly line production and founder of the Ford Motor Company, would have been lying smugly in his grave at the thought. Dozens of Ford motor cars gathered at the Wharepai Domain in Tauranga last weekend, not in honour of Henry Ford himself, but in a nod to his manufacturing genius and the cars that still bear his name. It was the All Ford Day – hailed as the biggest single brand car show in the Bay of Plenty and organised and run by the Ford Muscle Car Club. The club says if you have a passion for that big blue oval and want to join a lively, growing club that is family oriented, along with a healthy share of smoking tyres and high octane fun, then go to their website and print out a membership form.

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New land and sea vessel to improve maritime operations A new multi-purpose vessel was added to Bay of Plenty’s maritime ﬂeet this week after being blessed by local kaumatua Josh Te Kani. The Sealegs vessel was named Kaha – meaning strength – and will become a strong and ﬂexible vessel used to respond to events such as marine oil spills and navigational hazards. It will also carry out patrols. “Kaha is unique in that it will be able to get close to shallow and dry areas in the Tauranga Harbour, such

as Centre Bank, Tilby Channel or Pahoia, or an air crash in Waipu Bay,” says Bay of Plenty Regional Council harbourmaster Peter Buell. “When a vessel runs aground, or in the case of an oil spill, Kaha can get close enough with large amounts of spill equipment and pumps to deal with it efﬁciently.” The new vessel will be based in Tauranga, but its capability to be towed by road trailer means Kaha will serve the wider Bay of Plenty region as and when required.

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Leah Jackson has a deep understanding of what design means in our everyday lives.

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Leah Jackson, the passionate and bubbly owner of Paddington Store at Our Place Tauranga, has a deep understanding of what design means in our everyday lives. After exploring the wonderful world of hospitality as a café owner in the UK with her husband, Paul, Leah ventured into the world of entrepreneurship. With a growing business, she decided to up-skill by enrolling for the Bachelor of Creative Industries course at Toi Ohomai in 2015. “I always knew I wanted to keep running my own business with my husband, and was motivated to improve my skills and industry knowledge,” says Leah. “The goal of studying was to up-skill, with the knowledge that the overall dream was to be a business owner. “I think deciding to go back to school was the best decision. Those three years of study really helped build my conﬁdence and design skills to take on the role of business owner.” Leah’s passion for beautiful design and business is evident, and her enthusiasm almost tangible. With a baby on the way and the obvious pressures of running a business as a new mum

looming, she is refreshingly energetic and excited about what the future holds for the business. “I’m so passionate about offering our customers a personalised and authentic shopping experience and supporting the amazing local designers in our own backyard,” she says. This eye for good design is what makes Paddington Store such a mesmerising little shop to wander around in. You might pop in for a quick look around and ﬁnd yourself entranced by beautiful handmade trinkets, children’s books, gifts and linens. This trove of treasure is something that takes a lot of skill and practice to put together, as well as that obvious appreciation for design. According to Leah, practice makes perfect. “I was awarded the Top Graphic Design Student prize during my ﬁnal year and won an internship with Wave Creative, based at the Mount. “This was an awesome opportunity to develop my creativity further and build up some industry experience before venturing out on my own.” Business ownership suits Leah perfectly, and there’s nothing better than walking into their store and feeling right at home. “All of our products have their own unique story,” she says, “and we want them to be part of our customers’ stories too. Everyone deserves good design, even if it’s found in the simplest of things.”

Stamp prices to increase in July The price of sending a standard letter within New Zealand will increase 10 cents to $1.30 from July 1, to better reﬂect the true cost of sending a letter. New Zealand Post general manager mail, Matt Geor, says NZ Post delivers over 400 million mail items a year, but the number of letters sent continues to drop at a signiﬁcant rate. “We need to make the price change to help cover the cost of delivering letters and to ensure we can sustain the current postal

service for those who are using it,” says Matt. “New Zealand currently has one of the highest rates of decline in the world, as people choose to communicate more online. “Only around one per cent of mail sent in New Zealand is made up of personal letters - the rest is business mail.” NZ Post has also reviewed the prices they charge large businesses sending big volumes of mail in bulk.

Let technology grow your business Local companies will have the opportunity to engage with the latest innovative technology that could transform businesses and underpin growth. The 2019 Technology for Smarter Business Expo is coming to Tauranga on Tuesday, May 21, as part of Techweek’19 - the free expo facilitated by economic development organisation Priority One.

It will showcase technology that can reduce overheads, increase productivity, lift company proﬁles and help build staff knowledge. Priority One’s Annie Hill says it is the eighth expo speciﬁcally focused on technology to support business growth. More than 20 companies will exhibit, with all stands having a strong focus on products and services to

maximise business potential. “This includes the latest solutions to manage information, enable better decision making, streamline business processes and work remotely,” says Annie. The ﬂexibility offered by open source software will be covered, as well as business graphics to make brands look good. For more information, or to acquire space, email: annie@priorityone.co.nz

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Tidying up is the route to bliss Are your clothes feeling miserable, squashed in corners or piled on the ﬂoor? Do you have books creeping their way into a clutter of mess? It could be time to consider the magical wonder of tidying up, as outlined by world-renowned tidying expert Marie Kondo. With her little turquoise book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, she has helped many people clear out the clutter, inspiring them to carry out home makeovers and choose joy. Attributing feelings to clothes and belongings, Marie encourages their

owners to thank that item for its service, then fold it up and tuck it away in categories of similar items, or put it aside ready to be sent on to a new owner. Nostalgia and procrastination go hand in hand, so Marie advises beginning the decluttering process with clothing, since it’s the least emotionally loaded of one’s things. Books come next, and old photographs are much later. The experience of tidying up may release new energy and a sense of lightness and joy into your being. This purge of unnecessary items, and the spark of freshly transformed surroundings, may even result in a decision to pursue a complete room-byroom makeover.

Million-dollar properties increase The number of properties sold around the country for $1 million or more during 2018 increased by 4.5 per cent. When compared to 2017’s total, a further 452 properties changed hands, with 10,615 sold, up from 10,163. However, the ﬁgure is down signiﬁcantly on 2016, where 11,648 $1 million-plus properties were sold around the country, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand’s Million Dollar Price Report. “Volumes of million-dollar plus sales were up year-on-year by 4.5 per cent across the country,” says REINZ chief executive Bindi Norwell.

Bindi says this ﬁgure has been pulled down by the ‘Auckland impact’, which saw the number of million-dollar properties sold during 2018 fall by 1.6 per cent when compared to the previous year (7888 down from 8014.) This was the lowest number of milliondollar-plus properties sold in Auckland for four years. “If you remove Auckland from the picture, then the number of million-dollar plus properties actually signiﬁcantly increased by 26.9 per cent,” says Bindi, “which has been largely driven by the regional growth the country has been experiencing.”

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If you’re in the market for an updated bathroom, Tanya Nolan and Brian Williams from Bathroom Envy and BW Builders can help. “We offer a complete bathroom renovation service and all your small renovation projects,” says Tanya. And they make the process smooth right from the start.

Bathroom Envy owners Brian Williams and Tanya Nolan. Brian and Tanya personally communicate every step of the way with the client. “We offer an initial consult site visit, come to you to discuss your vision, offer advice and talk through your ideas,” adds Tanya. “We arrange, organise and project-manage the complete project, working with all of our sub-trades and suppliers to make the process as stress-free as possible.” The duo have been working together for the last 16 years and have a diverse background along with

complementing skills and knowledge. Brian is a qualiﬁed builder and current licensed building practitioner with 20-plus years’ worth of experience. He has specialised in the renovation area for many years. “Renovating should be fun and exciting, as you see your vision come together “We strive to make this happen for you,” says Tanya. For more information and ideas feel free to call Tanya on: 027 451 6494.

New rule in house transactions The real estate industry must prove the identities of the people it works with under new rules designed to stamp out money laundering and ﬁnancing of terrorism in New Zealand. Currently, it is estimated that $1.35 billion is laundered in New Zealand every year. Real Estate Authority chief executive Kevin Lampen-Smith says criminals use various methods to ‘wash’ money made from crimes to avoid detection. “Making it look like it’s come from a legitimate source, such as buying or selling property or using ﬁnancial services, is an established way to do it,” says Kevin. “But now, thanks to law changes that came into force on January 1, you’ll have to prove who you are when you’re buying or selling a property.”

If you’ve bought and sold property before, you’ll know that each real estate transaction is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. Kevin says all of the people involved, from banks and lenders to lawyers and real estate agents, play a part to help protect the integrity of the transaction and ensure that the puzzle pieces ﬁt together correctly. This includes making sure that the client is who they say they are, to help reduce the risk of criminal activity. “While it may seem a bit of a pain, the real estate agent must conﬁrm your identity,” he says, “including your date of birth and your address details, before you sign an agency agreement with them. “This might seem a bit ridiculous if you’ve known the agent for a long time, or even used their agency before, but it is all part of the due diligence they need to perform to meet the new rules.

“The information you’re asked for will vary depending on whether you’re selling the property as an individual or as part of a partnership, company, estate or trust.” If you’re selling as an individual, you’ll need to provide photo ID and be ready to answer any other questions the agency may have. If you’re selling a family trust property, you’ll need to provide this kind of verified identification for all the members of the trust and its beneficiaries. “Ideally, these requirements won’t slow down the process at all,” adds Kevin. “It’s a good idea to get as much documentation ready as you can. When you’re talking to an agent, ask them what they’d like you to bring along. “Complying with anti-money laundering rules is like completing any part of the real estate transaction - it works best when everyone follows the process.”

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Shopping for curtains and blinds can be quite a challenge. It can be hard to visualise what they will look like in your home and easy to become a little overwhelmed at the range of options. The good news is, the team at Harvey Furnishings can help you ﬁnd the perfect solution. In the privacy and comfort of your own home, their expert team can provide a personalised service that will ensure you get exactly what you need from the latest styles of curtains, blinds or shutters. Their consultants will arrive with a huge range of the latest fabric samples on-hand to help you choose the right one in the right lighting conditions. They also carry venetian blind samples, roller blind fabrics, curtain track and rod samples. To keep things as easy as possible, their installation team will return to your home to ﬁt the custom-made curtains and blinds. All you need to do is sit back and enjoy your new look.

It couldn’t be easier! Whether you’re renovating, building, need some protection from the sun or are thinking about the cooler months ahead, get in touch with the Harveys team today. Book an in-home consultation today on: 0800 00 88 80, go to: harveyfurnishings.co.nz or visit Donna Wilson and the team at their Tauranga showroom at 387 Cameron Road.

A Showerdome to solve your worries Steamed mirrors, condensation on walls and ceilings, slippery floors and mould. They are year-round, annoying home issues caused by shower steam which can add significant costs to the upkeep of your house. Showerdome, however, solves all these problems and more. A Showerdome shower top consists of a clear acrylic dome that prevents steam from forming when fitted on top of an existing shower box. With no on-going costs it is the most effective investment you can make for a home or rental property. Showerdome

also makes mirror demisters and extractor fans redundant, and could save the average household around $250 in energy costs alone. To learn more, visit: www.showerdome.co.nz The Weekend Sun has one DIY Showerdome kit, valued at $299, to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us how much an average household could save in energy costs alone with a Showerdome? Installation of the Showerdome, by an ofﬁcial local Showerdome installer, is available at standard pricing. Enter online at: www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, March 12.

Building consents continue to rise Building consents for new dwellings continue to show strong, sustained activity in the building sector at levels not seen since the 1970s. Minister for Building and Construction, Jenny Salesa, says the number of building consents for new dwellings in the year to

January 2019 hit 33,576 – a 44-year high. “We haven’t seen these numbers since 1975,” says Jenny. Auckland continued to show strong growth for the year to January, with the number of new dwellings consented rising by 20 per cent,

while Wellington was up 18 per cent. Government-related building consents reached 2065 for the year - the highest number since 1978. “Dwelling consents are expected to increase yearon-year to a forecast high at 43,100 in 2023.

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Celebrating a year of growth ACG Tauranga Preschool in Pyes Pa has just who started at the centre in August, says having the three phases of education on one campus – preschool, celebrated its first birthday. primary and college – was a unique feature of Families popped in for cake and celebrations while student leaders from the college presented the little ones with a pile of birthday books. Centre manager Ellen White says there have been many highlights during the preschool’s first year. “It’s been a year of successes,” says Ellen. “Our roll has grown as the word has spread, we’ve had our first transitions between rooms and some children have headed off to school – both here to ACG Primary as well as to other local primaries. “But the biggest highlight for us has been creating relationships with all of our foundation children and their families.” Experienced infant and toddler teacher Rita Smit,

the centre. “You get to know the whole school community and it creates a sense of pride and belonging,” she says. Rita says celebrating the ﬁrst birthday alongside the passionate team of teachers, parents, whanau and children had been a highlight for her. “Working with children is the most rewarding job there is. Each child is on a journey and I am privileged to be part of it.” The preschool, on Keenan Road, is a warm, caring centre for children aged three months to ﬁve years. Pop in to talk to their friendly staff and take a look around the centre, or join them at their open day on Saturday, March 23, from 10am-2pm.

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Gaining hands-on work experience is one of the exciting pay-offs and one of the most exciting opportunities that comes with winning the Young Innovators Awards. Each year, YiA winners get the chance to complete an internship at some of Bay of Plenty’s most exciting companies, providing students with real world experience in the process of taking their idea to market. The businesses delivering YiA internships last year were brand strategists Woods Agency, innovative exporter Bluelab, product development company Locus Research and tech company Cucumber, with four internships

were up for grabs. Senior category winners Abbey Crawford and Skye Lunson-Storey spent a week working with the Woods team as they worked their way through a condensed design process to create a brand for their sustainable clothing business. The pair said: “It was an inspiring and eye-opening experience that showed us how much hard work goes into the branding of a business. We are both really grateful.” Bluelab worked with Ella Waterreus, winner of the senior People’s Choice Award, further developing her concept of a solar powered buoy equipped with a GPS plotter.

Junior People’s Choice Award winner, Charlotte Watson, and junior third place winner, Josh Callander, both spent some time with tech’ business Cucumber. Charlotte’s idea was an app that allows the user to view online garments on their body before buying, while Josh created a website to link teenagers with employers that need a job done. The ﬁnal internship was completed at Locus Research, with junior winners Freda Prak and Jess Nicholson. They were able to take their idea of a sustainable, bio-degradable bottle to the next stage by designing a prototype for a repurposed milk bottle with the Locus team.

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Women showing more interest in trade careers Toi Ohomai polytechnic has reported a rise in the number of women enrolling on trade courses. Trades and logistics faculty leader Brian Dillon says in 2014, only 10 per cent of women were enrolled on trade-related courses. However, in ﬁve years that statistic has increased to 16 per cent. “Some areas in particular have seen much bigger increases, especially road transport,” says Brian. “A recent road transport course had 50 per cent females graduate from the programme.” Brian says there are more opportunities for women in the trades. “With a tight labour market, employers are also needing to

Women make up a higher percentage of trade courses. work smarter, which has beneﬁts for employees as well as businesses. “I would encourage any female

considering a trade to talk to us, as our trades portfolio is quite varied and there’s a good chance there’s an opportunity for anyone.”

Polytech reform will see more foreign labour Uncertainty caused by widespread reform of the vocational education industry will see employers turn to foreign labour rather than training apprentices, according to an industry body. Collision Repair Association represents hundreds of panel beaters around NZ, and general manager Neil Pritchard says the proposed sector overhaul will hit rapidly-evolving tech’ industries the hardest. He says the current pace of technological change in automotive repair, as a result of more new construction materials, autonomous driving technology and advancement of electric vehicles, is faster than at any time in the past century. “Keeping up with the pace of change is critical to ensuring quality repair work and the maintenance of safe vehicles on our roads,” he says. Neil says trade organisations such as the CRA rely on specialist organisations, such as the Motor Industry Training Organisation, which ensure their training needs are up-to-date with international standards. “Under the current model, our industry is effectively represented by expert member volunteers on various review committees which review new vehicle trends,” he says. “This ensures we drive appropriate changes to

the qualification and training. “Training organisations like MITO have field staff which have spent years developing expertise and intellectual property to meet the training needs for the industries they represent. “Under the government’s proposal, industry training organisations such as MITO would be removed, leaving a gaping knowledge and relationship hole that we have little faith can be readily filled.” He says the impact of removing this layer from the training process would be widespread and immediately disruptive to businesses. “Historically, polytechs have played only a small part in meeting our training needs. ITOs were set up by industry specifically to perform this function and it is something they do very well. “It is unrealistic to expect polytechs to fulfil a role that has never been part of their mandate. “As an industry under immense pressure from a skills shortage, we need work-ready young people and we simply cannot afford to put training standards at risk. “The result will be employers bypassing the hiring of local apprenticeships and looking to fulfil their skills shortages with more experienced foreign labour which are already trained to the standard required.” “As polytechs lose touch with industry it will undermine the credibility of the qualification.”

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Free buses for Welcome Bay students Welcome Bay school students using the urban route 40 bus, both into and out of the CBD, are now able to travel for free. Bay of Plenty Regional Council says route 40 was added to the free school bus trial service from Monday, February 25. The route 40 bus will be for anyone in school uniform or any child travelling in school times. It is hoped the trial, which will run for the 2019 school year, can assist in easing Tauranga’s trafﬁc congestion. Regional council says it has made “good progress” as it explores alternative school bus options to help make the Tauranga Urban service more reliable. The move comes after a NZ Bus driver shortage affected network reliability.

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Best destinations for female solo travellers

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a favourite destination for solo travellers. Find solitude in the Cuban countryside and on the legendary beaches. When you want to meet people and socialise, sign up for a salsa dance class. Wiﬁ in Cuba is not so easy to come by, so make the most of this by switching off your devices and fully immersing yourself in the people and the culture. Locals are said to be open and enthusiastic towards foreigners, so it’s a good opportunity to practice a bit of Spanish and make friends.

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Known for its safe and respectful culture, Japan is an ideal destination for a solo female traveller. Both petty and violent

crimes are incredibly rare - in fact, Japan is one of the safest countries on Earth. Choose Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto as your home base, and enjoy some memorable exploring. You can indulge in fresh seafood and sushi, and it’s very common for Japanese women to eat alone in cafes and restaurants. Although Japan is a developed country, it can be a shock to the senses for ﬁrst timers, with most signage in Japanese and a culture far removed from our own. This can sometimes result in solo travellers feeling isolated, but a bit or research and forward planning can make it one of the most unforgettable and enriching experiences of your life.

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There is a reason the phrase ‘retail therapy’ exists. It brings instant gratiﬁcation, but it’s often short lived. New research suggests it’s not spending large amounts on gadgets and gizmos that gives you that initial high, but ﬂying above the clouds to another country. San Francisco State University researchers conducted a study to

Knocking one off your bucket list Imagine toasting the outback sunset from a 40-metre sand hill on the edge of the Simpson Desert. It’s called the Big Red, and it’s a highlight of Supreme Tours’ Birdsville Desert Escape tour. Located at the end of the Birdsville track, the remote outback town of Birdsville is deﬁnitely one for your bucket list. “Tour guests enjoy an overnight in Brisbane before the short ﬂight to Longreach - Queensland’s heartland,” says Supreme Travel and Tours’ Terri Small.

“Learn the story of outback legends at the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame, visit the Qantas Founders Museum and relax on the Drover’s Sunset Cruise. “Follow the Thomson River ﬂoodplain to the majestic Channel Country - an ancient landscape of sand dunes and river channels. Looping back through Boulia, the land of the Min Min Light, keep your eyes peeled for mysterious lights and wild camels. “The drive from Boulia to Winton is Channel Country at its most awesome; red plains stretch endlessly, broken occasionally by giant mesas and

rocky outcrops. Recent dinosaur discoveries in Winton are 95 million years in the making. “There’s no better way to explore the outback than in the safe hands of a Savannah Guides operator, our guides operator and a Supreme Tours tour manager.” Air fares from Auckland are included, along with all breakfasts, lunches and dinners, except lunch in Brisbane. Guests are also given $50 towards your transport to and from the Bay of Plenty. So what are you waiting for? For more information and to book, visit: www.supremetoursandtravel.com

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determine how people gauge the value of experiences over things. Researchers explained that the initial high we feel from acquiring a ﬂashy car or new TV wears off rather quickly, but the experiences we have when we travel stay with us. They also inspire us to learn more, make connections with others and continue to explore our world in meaningful ways.

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Protecting endangered wildlife Apart from the effects on dogs, there is no evidence of significant negative impacts whatsoever, which is why the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Department of Conservation, Forest and Bird and Federated Farmers all support its continued use in the fight to protect the indigenous and endemic wildlife and plants which make our forests unique. The new investment of $19.5m by the Provincial Growth Fund in trying to find better alternatives to 1080 is best considered in the light of Shane Jones’ comment, who said: “It would move us on from what I’m finding an incredibly tiresome debate about 1080.” D Peters, Katikati (abridged).

1080 – not our future Clayton Mitchell’s column on funding 1080 alternatives drew a predictable response from the pro-1080 extremist fringe last week. The negative impacts of 1080 poison misuse in NZ have been well catalogued via photographs, video and written evidence over the past few decades and the collateral damage of by-kill to native birds, livestock and pets continues to this day, despite attempts at improvements. R. Begley, like many others, shows blissful ignorance of the sad and evil realities of the ‘unintended consequences’ of discharging class 1A eco-toxin 1080 into our environments. You have no control of where it ends up when secondary and tertiary poisoning occurs. The delicate balance of nature is always compromised when you aerially bomb the land with 1080 in your ‘war on pests’. It is also grossly inhumane, as acknowledged by SPCA. Rats have been here for hundreds of years, and total elimination is impossible. Native predators such as ruru and karearea, are key players in keeping them in check, but are often wiped out by 1080, thus resulting in rat plagues. As with any phony war, one of the ﬁrst casualties is the truth, and the current rhetoric from DOC and Forest and Bird on the “beneﬁts” of eco-toxin 1080 is full of misinformation and blatant lies. D Maisey, Tauranga (abridged).

Ask before action please This may surprise you. Tauranga city councillors say you are continually being consulted about proposals, and the local body law states that all citizens must be consulted on plans and proposals that affect them. All of us know this is not happening and, consequently, TCC is not obeying the law. I believe many things are being actioned which would never be agreed to if proper

consultation was operational. Right now, for example, the free gifting of a residential property in Mission Street to a Tribal Trust! I cannot ﬁnd the consultation on TCC’s website, because it is so well hidden. Effective consultation of our community, and action as directed, must be done, as the law demands. K Evans, Tauranga.

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Congratulations to Brian on his Rogers Rabbits column (The Weekend Sun, March 1). Taking a subject that many consider unmentionable, and treating it in a lighter fashion, is serving 50 per cent of our population well. It sickens me to hear otherwise sensible men say that they would rather not know, and deal with bowel (and prostate) cancer when it happens. To those people I would say: “Don’t be such a dumb and selﬁsh idiot.” It is not just your problem, but that of your wife/partner, parents, siblings, offspring and workmates. Bowel and prostate cancer are becoming more effectively treatable with every passing year, and are far from the death sentence they used to be. As one who experienced the dreaded snap of the rubber gloves in the course of investigation and diagnosis of what I now know to be prostate cancer, I know that I found the problem in time for effective treatment. To those who would rather not know, I say get over yourself and think of your nearest and dearest. They deserve more and better of you. Talk about it with family and work colleagues - particularly if you have a family history. Get tested sooner rather than later. R Bateman, Brookﬁeld.

Making Tauranga Better Monday 11 March, 2pm

Bob Owens Retirement Village 112 Carmichael Road, Bethlehem We warmly invite you to join us for an informative talk with Sheldon Nesdale, founder of TEDx Tauranga. Sheldon will talk about how he built a team of volunteers to help make Tauranga a better place to live. Followed by afternoon tea.

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In his column dated February 22, Clayton Mitchell makes two ﬁctitious claims about 1080, feeding the public hysteria that surrounds the use of this substance. “When applied, 1080 blankets the whole area,” says Mr Mitchell. In fact, under rigorously applied regulations for aerial operations, on average only 1-2 kg of cereal-based baits are applied per hectare. This amounts to between three and six baits on an area the size of a tennis court. A bait contains 0.15 per cent of 1080, and hardly constitutes a “blanket”. He also claims that “1080 has had a signiﬁcant negative impact on the environment, native birds, other native species and even dogs”.

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Where are all the sun shades? Flip the bird to bureaucracy I write in response to a Facebook post about the lack of playground covers on playgrounds in Tauranga. Excluding one playground at Bethlehem, and despite having some of the highest skin cancer rates in the world, I have seen no shade covers over any parks in Brookﬁeld, Otumoetai, Matua, the Avenues, Papamoa, Greerton, the Mount or the Lakes. None at all. Not only are children directly in the scorching sun, but many of the parks also lack adequate - if any toilet facilities. Many also have no drinking fountain for children. Most schools also have no shade covers in their playgrounds, most probably due to cost. Schools

should be able to get funding for this from the government, while playgrounds on council land should be covered and paid for by the council. In Gisborne and a Whakatane we have seen covered playgrounds recently. Their rates are far cheaper than Tauranga’s, yet they have more family-friendly parks and facilities. Personally, I cannot let my children play in playgrounds in summer unless it is early evening or morning, because even with

Here we go again In reference to last week’s letter titled ‘Time to Transfer’, it is another underhand move from some councillors to transfer The Elms on Mission Street to a Maori Trust. Tauranga, wake up! How long are we going to put up with this underhandedness from the councillors? First we has the Greerton debacle, then the Phonenix Park debacle, and now this. They’re all decisions taken supposedly after consultation with the public, and when they do ask the public they ignore us anyway. As for The Elms, this belongs to the people of Tauranga and not a Maori Trust. Where is the consultation? Get your act together councillors - the people voted for you but you’re now on the short list. The elections coming up, and you’re all on notice. Some councillors only represent their own agendas, and the people of Tauranga need to make their own stand, which requires them to listen to the people when they say ‘no’ to these ludicrous decisions that are the opposite to what we want. R. Whiteman, Tauranga (abridged).

sun screen and a hat, it doesn’t take long to burn. Tauranga needs to update to reﬂect that it is a city for families and include this in council planning. T O’Reilly, Tauranga.

I’m pleased to see that some survivors of traumatic brain injury seem to have achieved some of their goals. I’m referring to the article about Fraser Sharp in The Weekend Sun (March 1). I am also a traumatic brain injury survivor - an extradural haematoma in 1988. I wish I knew how he gained recognition as an athlete surviving a disability. When I took up ice hockey in Christchurch in 1994 after watching the Calgary Winter Olympics on TV, I had two successful years as an ice hockey goalie - one of the toughest spots in the sport - out of my own pocket. I was unemployed except for a Community Task Force position at Burnside High for the ﬁrst half of 1994

and I was forced out of ice hockey by the rising costs of registration. Of course, I never bothered to tell anyone in the team about my accident, and the only time I bothered to approach one of the sport funding bodies they turned me down. I ﬁgured they were just another species of bureaucracy that plagued me throughout my life, and didn’t bother any more. So, in consequence, I’d be inclined to say that supporting Fraser Sharp is a splendid opportunity to ﬂip the bird to bureaucracy.

W Parish, Bellevue.

Don’t sell the church St Mary Immaculate Church has approximately 1000 parishioners attending masses each weekend. Its maintenance costs are largely funded by them. If priority has been given to other items in the Parish in recent years at the expense of the church building, then the hierarchy has a responsibility to carry out the repairs. It is the only church with a parking building 50 metres away for special occasions. Selling the land and church should not be considered. G Purdy, Parishioner.

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Max Christoffersen – music lover Death was in the air last week. Excuse me if I dwell on it.

Graham helped Max in his quest to get a community radio frequency for Kiss.FM, even meeting with Simon Bridges. I asked about his involvement. “Max was the man I was resting my hopes on to get local music on the airwaves in Tauranga. There were those in Tauranga that believed they were champions of local music, but in fact they were the exact opposite - they did nothing to help get local music on the radio and could have been way more helpful if they had a mind to, but they didn’t. It was not important to them. “Max was the kind of person that I could identify with. His knowledge

Luke Perry, star of a TV show that “deﬁned the ‘90s” died at 52 after a stroke. Keith Flint, frontman of The Prodigy, took his own life at 49. He was playing in Auckland on February 5, his last ever show. Sometimes the world seems a cruel place. And it seemed cruel when rotten news came in that Max Christoffersen, writer and ﬁerce promoter and supporter of local radio and local music, had died as a result of a heart attack. Max was 57 and lived at the Mount. I suspect few of you knew of Max, but you were possibly affected by him without knowing, particularly if you’re into guitar rock. Max was involved in the Waikato during the early days of student radio, managing Contact FM. Against pretty much every word of wisdom it was Max, in 1987, who instigated a heavy metal-dedicated show, The Axe Attack. With its staggering popularity and longevity, that show made a deep impact on the face of music here. DJ and Devilskin bassist Paul Martin agrees: “He made things happen. He changed the landscape of radio in New Zealand as far as I’m concerned.”

In addition to making waves in the music scene, Max Christoffersen wrote Bay Driver car reviews for SunMedia.

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That was back in Hamilton, where Max was also a regular contributor to the Waikato Times. I ﬁrst met him in 2009 when he had moved over here and was trying to establish Kiss.FM, a locally-focused How to solve VERY music station. EASY Sudoku! No.1979 In amongst the constant battle for wider reception, Kiss.FM did innovative things, such as the release of a 8 7 2 6 4 3 14-song compilation of local music – including Luke Fill the grid so that Thompson, Aaron Saxon, Brilleaux and many more – 9 6 1 every row and every on a very cool USB stick. 3x3 square contains 4 5 Max battled the government unceasingly, trying to the digits 1 to 9 get a proper frequency, but bureaucratic intransigence 8 5 9 4 eventually won. Given the lack of student radio here it was a terrible lost opportunity for local music. He How to solve No.1978 VERY 5 3 9Solution 1 8 3 No.1979 moved Kiss.FM solely online at the end of 2011. 5 1 4 2 8 7 6 EASY Sudoku! Max and I had a few things in common. There was 6 1 7 5 8 9 4 3 2 3 8 me 7 2 56 94 4 3 4 8 2 6 3 7 9 1 5 music, of course, but also the writing. He’d email if he liked – or didn’t like – something I’d written. I Fill the grid so that 1 2 6 9 5 8 7 4 3 16 1 3 every row and every 7 4 3 2 6 1 5 9 8 always appreciated it either way as Max was a 9 helluva writer (track down the brilliant pieces he wrote about 3x3 square contains 9 5 8 4 7 3 2 6 1 4 4 8 65 Knightshade if you doubt me). If he had a critique of the digits 1 to 9 2 6 1 7 9 5 3 8 4 any sort, he was usually right. 8 85 73 94 38 21 46 16 52 97 3 5 29 64 1 4 But I didn’t know him as well as musician and author 8 Solution No.1978 Graham Clark, who had a chapter largely about1Max and3 5 8 How to solve 3 9 5 1 4 2 8 7 6 VERY Kiss.FM in his book about the Tauranga music scene, The 6 1 7 5 8 9 4 3 2 EASY Right Note. When I heard about Max I rang Graham. 9 4 Sudoku! 5No.1979 3 5

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and appreciation of all genres of music was comprehensive. But it was not just music - Max had a keen political mind also. “Max’s passion for locally-made music is apparent by the number of such artists he had on regular rotation on Kiss.FM. He didn’t just give lip service, he pushed them due to his belief they were as worthy as anything else. I loved him for that.” The other thing Max and I would swap emails about was our hearts. He and I were both heart attack survivors. Until now. RIP Max, the world is a poorer place without you.

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Spotlight on: David Shanhun Born in Australia, David’s family moved to New Zealand when he was almost two-years-old and he considers himself a Kiwi. Impressed SPOTLIGHT by watching ON… a musician perform, With Janne GuitarGirl David started to play guitar when he was around 15 and decided to take lessons. Further inspired by watching Paul Ubana Jones, David practised his songs and ended up having a one-on-one lesson with Paul in Wellington ﬁve years later. David is now an accomplished artist in his own right, and says that one of his career highlights was being asked to sing a duet with Grammy Award-winner Bryan White onstage in Hamilton. The largest audience David has performed in front of was around 8500 people, when he opened for Foreigner, Heart and Three Dog Night at a concert in Whitianga. David was stoked when his song, I Believe in You, made it to number two in the iTunes Country Charts in New Zealand. Taylor Swift’s songs were numbers one and three, so he felt very privileged. David has excellent songwriting skills and takes his inspiration from past experiences, ideas and moments in time, and he loves to feel connected with his audience. It becomes a memorable performance when he can feel vulnerable and share emotions of joy or sorrow through music. David has continued to tour and perform, and this talented singer/ songwriter will perform with his friends Matt Glass and the Loose Cannons on Thursday, March 21, at The Incubator, Historic Village, 17th Avenue, Tauranga. Tickets cost $20 and are available from: www.eventspronto.co.nz/ shanhun

A world of culture here in Tauranga The annual Tauranga Multicultural Festival returns to Tauranga Historic Village this month. The March 16 event will be a celebration of ethnic foods featuring cultural entertainment and activities for the whole family. Involving more than 200 performers from across 20 different ethnic groups resident in Tauranga and the

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A night out with Miss D’Lushious It’s a rare event on our cultural calendar – a burlesque show called Opening Night Royale. The blurb says it’s a presentation “of some of the country’s finest burlesque performers as well as pole dancers, belly dancers, hula hoop dancers and plenty of fun and laughs”. It happens at 11 Totara Street on Saturday, April 6, and features some interesting characters such as Angelica G. L’Amour, Miss D’Lushious, Ms Gumdrop and Ruby Redcase. But don’t get confused. “Burlesque is largely misunderstood as being specifically striptease,” says show director Kirsty Carter. Traditionally, burlesque has been a type of variety show – fun, entertaining, over the top, satirical, provocative and comedic theatre. It also often descends into nudity, but not necessarily. It features a chorus and solo dances, plus bawdy, slapstick skits and songs. You can also throw in some interaction, some audience involvement and some hooting, yelling and booing. That doesn’t happen with striptease. “Yes, all of those things,” says Kirsty. “All of those descriptives will all apply.” And yes, in this case there will be nudity, but with a qualification. “Briefs will be worn and nipples will be covered,” she says. “It’s really creative.

(Left) Feathers and fun as burlesque comes to town. Inset: Director Kirsty Carter. show otherwise.” Kirsty helped to produce a similar show last December. “There was nudity in that and the feedback was amazing.” It was a resounding success, and 75 per cent of tickets sold. Kirsty says burlesque is respected and accepted in the larger centres. “People accept Performers can transform striptease into something it for what it is,” she says. “It is lots of fun.” quite artistic. Tickets for Opening Night “Is Tauranga ready for this?” ponders the director. Royale, priced at $30-$45, are “That’s the million dollar question. Maybe Tauranga is ready or getting there. They are at least available by visiting ready to dip their toes in. We wouldn’t be doing the www.eventﬁnda.co.nz

Tauranga Crossing announces opening date Developers of New Zealandowned retail development, Tauranga Crossing, have announced the official grand opening of Stage Two of the enclosed mall. Doors will officially open at 9am on April 4 with live music and entertainment, giveaways and an official opening ceremony performed by Tauranga Mayor, Greg Brownless. Joining international fashion retailer H&M at Tauranga Crossing will be a number of firsts to the country and region including Edge Clothing, who’ve chosen the mall as their first location in New Zealand, and Solect, a fashionable footwear

brand opening their ﬁrst store. David Englert, marketing manager at Edge Clothing, says they are “stoked” to be opening the ﬁrst store in New Zealand at Tauranga Crossing. “We know the customers will really love our unique brand and product mix.” Shae Borman, Solect national retail manager, says it was an easy decision. “We were looking for a location in the Bay that had a mix of local and international brands, extended shopping hours, dining and entertainment. A place with the ability to grow as the population continues to boom.” Australia’s leading fashion lingerie retailer, Bras N Things, and premium fashion brand City

Chic will also open at Tauranga Crossing - their ﬁrst stores in the area. Popular footwear brands, Skechers and Maher Shoes and beauty clinic Nude Skin and Laser Clinic also chose the new mall as the location for their ﬁrst stores in Tauranga. The centre will also welcome some of New Zealand’s most beloved fashion brands. The 47,000 sqm shopping complex will house up to 80 fashion, general merchandise, and service retailers along with 29 restaurants and eateries within the two-level mall galleria and dining area. The shopping centre complex will be serviced by more than 1800 carparks.

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It might be one of Tauranga’s newest cafes, but The Atrium in the heart of Otumoetai is fast earning a reputation as a go-to destination for great coffee and awesome food. Based at the recently-expanded C3 City Church complex on Otumoetai Rd, The Atrium has won an immediate following due to its modern and spacious facilities, outstanding array of fresh food and smooth Allpress coffee blend. Cafe manager Victor Haupt says the concept of a cafe inside a church was rare for Tauranga. “But this is no ordinary cafe that you’d expect to ﬁnd in a church building,” says Victor, “and people are telling us what we’re offering is up there among the best coffee, food and atmosphere of any cafe in town.” There’s loads of parking, wheelchair

access and space for everyone, from large groups to private quiet tables, inside and out. “Our vision is a place where the community can relax, meet friends and enjoy an awesome experience,’’ says Victor. A new breakfast menu is proving to be a hit, and complements an already-enticing array of salads and sweet and savoury offerings. Open Monday-Friday, from 7.30am to 3pm, The Atrium has been extremely well received by locals, business and schools. The new building extends beyond a traditional cafe and provides training, conference and wedding facilities and a space for special functions. This Sunday, March 10, the entire C3 City Church complex will be ofﬁcially opened by Tauranga mayor Greg Brownless. Everyone is welcome at 9.30am, where tours of the building will take place alongside morning tea and a chance to meet the Atrium team. “We’d love to see you there,” says Victor.

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to be high on the agenda when the reformed Mount Residents, Ratepayers and Retailers Association meet on Monday, March 11. The meeting will be held at Fire restaurant, 113 Mount Maunganui Road, next to Phoenix Park, at 5.30pm. It’s the ﬁrst meeting of the reformed association right by the greenspace, and is expected to be a robust meeting considering the number of people unhappy with the redevelopment of the area. The main aim is to “set a plan going forward for the local community”.

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Fictional Wonderland at Gallery It’s called Neon Utopia - a sci-fi inspired galactic universe in the heart of the CBD in Tauranga Art Gallery’s atrium. The exhibition is Ahsin Ahsin’s first solo exhibition in a public art gallery. Neon Utopia, a fluorescent imagined universe, will be painted directly onto the seven-metre high atrium walls, enveloping you as you walk into the fictional wonderland. Influenced by 80s and 90s sci-fi

and pop culture, Ahsin’s work features transformer-style robots, cataclysmic battles and robotic croc’s. Ahsin says of his space-age characters: “They are neither good nor bad, they are just them, just like you are you, and I am me.” Ahsin has previously exhibited throughout the Waikato/Bay of Plenty region, including major mural works as part of Hamilton’s street-art festival, Boon. Ahsin has recently completed postgraduate studies at Wintec, Hamilton. Neon Utopia is at Tauranga Art Gallery from March 16-June 23.

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Vintage, retro and steampunk in Greerton “I’ve got an old Morris that I would like to bring along. I would like to bring along my custom van. I’ve got a vintage car but I’m not a member of a club, can I bring that along?”

These are just some of the questions I’ve been fielding as Greerton Village mainstreet manager, and the answer to all is yes! The Tauranga Mini Car Club will be there in force once again, and many of these vehicles will be setting off on the famous Pork Pie Rally soon after the Greerton Village Fayre. It’s an awesome chance to catch a first glimpse, and with the BOP Vintage Car Club and Ford Club on board, we can expect to see some beauties. On Saturday, March 16, Chadwick Road will be the place to display your vintage, retro and generally ‘of interest’ cars, motorcycles and vehicles, so contact me for further information on when and where. There are trophies up for grabs for best American, British, Japanese and Australian vehicles, and they will all be judged. There’s also a People’s Choice trophy for the public’s overall favourite, so if cars are your bag, come along and enjoy If you’re not into cars but love vintage,

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we’re sitting at 30 sites booked for people and organisations selling all things vintage and retro. There’s still room for more so, again, contact me for more information. There will be food vendors to keep you fuelled up, so get ready to shop, dine, enjoy the vibe and catch live music from The Whitakers. At midday we will see the return of the popular Best Dressed Lady and Gent’ competition, with prizes and certificates up for grabs. Be at the rotunda in Greerton Village School at 11.45am to participate. A real treat will be the Steampunkers’ Parade on the rotunda straight after that,

and I am sure we will be treated to some amazing costumes. Don’t forget, the school carpark will host the Steampunkers’ Teapot Racing – a real fun event that you too can have a go at. They will be there soon after 10am. Whilst here in Greerton, don’t forget to visit our retailers in Chadwick and Cameron Roads for an awesome shopping experience – here to offer service with a smile. It’ll be heaps of fun, so come along and join us. Please send all enquiries to: office@greertonvillage.org.nz or call me on: 571 6347.

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Active Kids Carnival 9-12pm. 107 1st Ave, Tauranga. Bouncy Castle, Petting Zoo, Pony/donkey rides, Face painting, Games, Food & Drinks, A chance to explore our Childcare Centre! Art In The Park Original Art for Sale. Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui. 9am-4pm weather permitting. Tauranga Society of Artists Bay Network Singles Club 50plus. Make new friends. Barbeques, outings, dining out & pot-lucks. Ph Jonathan 572 2091 or Maureen 021 112 3307 Baypark Family Speedway North Island Midget Championships 6:30pm. www.baypark.co.nz Beth-El Messianic Family Celebrate family life with Jews & Gentiles gathering as Yeshua (Jesus) & the early believers did. 10am Otumoetai Primary. Joel 021 768 043 Death Cafe Join us for lively dialogues on dying, death & life. No agenda. Lively & welcoming, real conversations. Grindz Cafe, 1pm. Ph Carole 022 068 9183 www.deathcafe.com Disc Golf, Everyone Welcome Pop up disc golf course. 2:30pm Ohauiti Reserve, Ohauiti Rd. Discs & advice available. Nine easy holes. A fun afternoon with prizes! Frisbee fun! Forgiveness Meditation Workshop Greerton Library, 1-3pm. Learn how to eliminate negative emotions & forgive others with the power of unconditional forgiveness. $5. Ph Mike 027 446 5357 Genealogy Informal Group

Want help with your family research? Come along. 1:30pm at Hall behind Brain Watkins House, Cameron Rd. Ph Sue 544 1751 Greerton Hall Market Last Saturday of month. 8am12pm. Stalls inside/outside. Discounts for charity groups. Refreshments available. Phone/txt for site. Tricia 07 543 1487 or 027 908 2952, www facebook. com/greertonhallmarket

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10am-12 noon. Choose from of 300 puzzles. Hire $1 per 1000+ puzzle, 50c under 1000. Cnr Highmore Tce & Brookﬁeld Tce. Ph 576 0698 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road. 12:45-3pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344 Katikati Lions Moggies Market 2nd Sat of month Katikati Memorial Hall, Main Road 8am-Noon. Enquiries 549 3589 LOL Laughter Wellness Laugh your way to wellness. To learn how, come & join us at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui. 11-11:45am. Ph Trish 022 036 6768 Mount Maunganui Society Dance Summers End Dance 7:30-10:30pm Arataki Community Centre, Mt Maunganui. Sheldon’s Dance Band. Lovely Supper. $7. Mount Maunganui Scottish Society. Ph Erica 576 0578 Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Sat 7:30-8:30pm, at Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor), 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton. If using drugs is causing you problems, ph 0800 NA TODAY Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult Tennis. Start time 1:30pm Bellevue Park Windsor Road (adjacent to swimming pool complex). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Fred 544 5088 Pottery Gallery Bethlehem Pottery Gallery is open 10am-2pm Tues,Thurs & Sat. Come along & purchase locally made pottery.

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God’s Love worshipping at 10:30am Baden Powell Centre Harrisfield Dr, Hairini. Ph David at Church of God’s Love 7th day 020 4128 3124. www. churchofgodslove.com Sunshine Sequence Dance Group Come & enjoy tea dance, Sat Mar 30, Baptist Church Hall, 13th Avenue. 5-9pm. $5pp. BYO food, plates, cutlery, non alcoholic drinks. Jan 544 4379 Sign Bomb Let’s talk about/with NZSL (sign language)! @ The Whipped Baker Cafe, Historic Village. 11am-12:30pm. hunyako3@gmail.com or FB: Visual Voices Social Group Unique club for people with a mild disability. 25 to 45. Various friendly fortnightly outings. Ph 07 575 3739 or 021 206 2980 Spiritual Healing Day Welcome Bay Community Centre 10-4pm. $20 per all inclusive Matakite: Kelly Kahukiwa 10-12pm Massage, Hands On Healers, Spiritual Intuitive Readings, Numerology Readings & Raffle. All welcome. Steinway Open Day Presented by Friends of Baycourt. An opportunity for you to play Baycourt’s Steinway piano for free! Baycourt Addison Theatre 10am. Bookings essential 027 477 4566 dameanna@ talk.co.nz Tauranga Rotary Book Sale 9am-4:30pm Sat & Sun, Seeka Coolstore, Harvard Way Coolstore, opposite Classic flyers, Mount Maunganui. Bring your own bags please. Te Puke Scottish Society Monthly dance, Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St, Sat 16th 7:3011pm. Green theme. Airconditioned hall, lovely supper, great music. Meet other liked minded people. Ph Valerie 573 7093 The Sociables Females & males in the 30s/40s/50s age group that meet up to participate in local activities & events, bushwalks & dining out. Ph 022 012 0376 Village Radio Museum Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open from 10am. Request line 571 3710

Mah Jong Te Puke Every Thursday & Sunday at Lyceum Clubrooms Palmer Pl Te Puke. 12:45-4pm. Learners welcome. Gig 537 5355 or 0274 306 383 Maketu Market Maketu Market is held 3rd & 5th Sundays of the month, 7am-12pm at Maketu Village Green. Ph Carolyn 027 251 0388 or Pat 021 447 420 Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Sunday, 7-8pm, at Hanmer Clinic (behind Super Liquor), 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton. If using drugs is causing you problems, ph 0800 NA TODAY NZDA BOP Range Day NZDA BOP branch run public open days last Sunday each month at their 300m range in TECT All Terrain Park. 9am-3pm $20 bring ﬁrearms licence Omokoroa Lions Market 2nd Sunday monthly. Western Ave Car Park, Omokoroa. 9am-noon. Bookings not required. Ph Keith 548 2117 Papamoa Lions Club Market 2nd & 4th Sunday Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699 Quakers in Tauranga In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth/Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & talk 544 7158 or 573 8497 www.quaker.org.nz Radio Controlled Model Yachts Sundays & Thursdays 1:30-4pm, in pond behind 24 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Saxcess Kaleidoscope of music of Adolphe Sax by a quartet of professional orchestral/chamber music players. At Baycourt 7pm. Info & tickets www.baycourt. co.nz Spiritualist Church New Generation Doors open 6:45pm. Service begins 7pm at Tauranga Senior Citz Club Hall, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Tibetan Buddhist Teachings Teachings by Geshe Jamyang Sherab held at Papamoa Community Centre, alternate Sundays 10am-12pm. Teachings free, donations appreciated. For dates contact Jaki on 021 216 1102

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Bible Seminar 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s

Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: The book of Revelation, overview of Jesus last words. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Vic 543 0504 Blackpool In The Bay Baycourt & Tauranga Theatre Organ Society presents Baycourt Wurlitzer theatre organ concert performed by acclaimed organist Chris Powell. Baycourt Addison Theatre 2pm. Tickets: baycourt.co.nz Bowls Tauranga South Come & try lawn bowls at 15 Tutchen St, 12:45pm with a bbq & refreshments. Ph Mike 022 340 4152 or just turn up on the day. Corkers Toastmasters Corkers Toastmasters meets 3rd Sunday of month at 2pm at Zone Cafe (upstairs) Owens Pl Mount Maunganui. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

Held every Sunday 9-1pm rain or shine! Right in the middle of Mount Mainstreet at Coronation Park, Maunganui. www.mountmainstreet.nz

Friendship Force Travel Club Enjoy travel &

meeting visitors? For world-wide exchange travel ph Jonathan 572 2091, Barbara 574 5711, www.friendshipforce.org.nz Historic Village Market Great market every 1st & 3rd Sunday from 8am-12 pm at 17th Ave. Fruit & veg, crafts, tools, food, plants, clothes & paintings.

Achieve Toastmasters Meets 1st 3rd & 5th Monday at St Stephens Church Hall Brookﬁeld Tce Tauranga 7:30pm-9:30pm. Ph Frank/Chrissy 543 9493 or 027 296 7939 Aglow Mt Maunganui Be encouraged by Bruce Thompson. He carries a sense of The Father’s Heart. Tonight, 7pm. Mt Baptist Church, 66 Ranch Rd, Mt Maunganui. Ph 027 354 1060 Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am. Tauranga Central Baptist Church,13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Argentine Tango in Tauranga Free introductory classes! Embrace your authentic Tango journey with fun people. No partner required although more guys welcomed 6:30pm. Ph. 020 4006 1340 Badminton: Tauranga Club 7:30-9:30pm at Aquinas College, suitable for Year 11 upwards. Club racquets available. Casual fee $8 per night. Ph Sue 021 194 4335 or FaceBook: Tauranga Badminton Club www.taurangabadmintoclub.co.nz Bolivia, Tauranga Citizens Club Arrive 12:15pm, play starts at 12:30pm. Beginners to experienced. Everyone welcome. Ph Jill Meldrum 578 3421 (evenings) Dutch Friendly Support Network Coffee Morning 1st Monday of month 10am-12noon. $3 entry. Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Rd, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968

Chess At Mount Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd, 6-7pm during school term. Late program 7pm onwards. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412 Greerton Garden Club Meets 2nd Monday each month at St James Church hall, cnr Pooles & Devon Rds, Greerton at 1pm. Visitors welcome Ph 577 9749 Indoor Bowling

St Columba Indoor Bowling Club, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Year starts 4 Feb. All playing levels welcome 7:30pm start, names in by 7:15pm. Ph Paul 576 6324 Indoor Bowls At Tauranga Citizens Club Mon 7pm & Thur 1pm. All levels, beginner to experienced, juniors included. Everyone welcome. Ph Andrew Matthews 0210 298 5047 Mah Jong 12:30-4pm vistors & beginners welcome. Free teaching available. Tauranga Bowling Club, 11th Ave. Ph Shirley 576 0014 or Pam 544 0616 Multicultural English Classes English classes for all visa holders on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday morning 10am-12pm. Registration required to enquiries@ trmc.co.nz or 07 571 6419 Multicultural Mandarin Classes Monday conversational all levels Mandarin classes 6pm-7pm. Saturday academic classes 10am-12pm. Registration required to enquiries@trmc.co.nz Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Monday, 7-8pm, at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. If using drugs is causing you problems ph 0800 NA TODAY Otumoetai Indoor Bowling Club Meets at 7:15pm in the Matua Primary School hall. New members welcome. Come along & give bowls ago. Ph Karen 576 0443 Rebus Club Otumoetai Rebus Mens Club meets every third Monday of month at St Johns Hall, Bureta Rd. Interesting speakers & good fellowship. Interested? Ph David Lowe 544 0291 Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise Mon/Wed Tga Senior Citz Club 14 Norris St. 9:15-10:45am. Tues St Marys Hall cnr Girven & Marlin 9-10:30. Jennifer 571 1411 or 027 206 0776 Silver Singers Choir All singing voices required. Alto, Soprano, Bass & Tenor. Ph Gaynor 579 2465 TaiChi Internal Arts Beginner class 9:30-11am Greerton Senior Citizens Hall 33 Maitland St, Greerton. All welcome. $5 per class. Concesssion card avail. Ph David 552 4425 Taoist Tai Chi Beginners Tai Chi Classes Mon-Sat, 15 Koromiko St, Tauranga. Bring a friend. For times visit www.taoist.org or ph 578 9116 Tauranga City Brass Practises at band room 10 Yatton St Greerton 7-9pm. Instruments available. Percussionists needed, ie. kit player. Ph Jeremy 021 132 3341 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Monday 9:30am, also 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Learn/share spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & all things ﬁbre. 177 Elizabeth St. Margaret 571 3483

Tauranga RocknRoll Club Lessons 6:45pm & social dancing 7:30pm at Legion of Frontiersmen Hall, 165 Elizabeth St. Ph Rana 027 699 5571 or www.taurangarocknrollclub.org.nz Tauranga Senior Citizens Club CARDS 500 Mon

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retirees. Friendship, speakers, outings, social gatherings. Meets 4th Monday each month 10am at Citizens Club. Ph Bryan 570 2483 Walk For Wellness Group For people living with cancer & their carers. Departs from Pilot Bay at 9:30am every Monday. Ph Tammy 07 927 6503 or tammyburgess@cancersociety.org.nz

Tuesday 12 March

ABC-Avenues Badminton Club At Tauranga Boys College Gym. Juniors 6-7:30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7:30-9:30pm. Ph Delwyn 027 212 4720 Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting every Tuesday night, 7:30pm St Peters Anglican Church, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Altrusa International Tauranga

Ladies service group meet 2nd Tuesday for business & 4th Tuesday fun programme evening. Ph Denise 027 284 6828 or email presidenttauranga@ altrusa.org.nz Beginner Social Dance Class Tuesday 7pm Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave or Wednesday 8pm, Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Road. Ph 027 322 1786

BOP Linux Users Group

7-9pm ﬁrst Tuesday of month. Tremains, Cameron Rd/8th Ave. Linux PC operating system. Smarter, safer, faster & free. Take charge of your computer. 578 6024 http://boplug.co.nz/event-calendar/ Cards, Mount Senior Citizens 345 Maunganui Road, every Tues & Thur 12:30pm. All welcome. Phone Ernie 575 4650 Falun Dafa Free Classes New Start to New You. Complete, gentle mind body programme 7pm, The Hillier Centre 31 Gloucester Rd Bayfair. Ph/txt Judy 021 042 5398 Fitness League Ladies exercise, stretching, strength & balance exercise, ﬂoor work & dance. St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9:3010:30am. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448 Inachord Women’s Chorus If you like to sing dance make friends have fun, join us! Great musical Director. 7-9pm Bethlehem Community Church 183 Moffat Rd. Ph Sabine 021 111 8659 Leaving Jackson Johnny Cash & June Carter Show. Tues 19th March at 7:30pm Baycourt Addison Theatre. More info & tickets at www.baycourt. co.nz

Mount Morning Badminton

9-11:30am. Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park. Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome. Phone Margaret 575 9792

Multicultural Tai Chi Classes

Tai Chi Classes for beginners 10-11am at Historic Village Multicultural Tauranga ofﬁce. Registration required. enquiries@trmc. co.nz or 07 571 6419 Narcotics Anonymous Womens’ meeting every Tuesday at Downstairs Hall (accessed from building’s rear), Salvation Army Recovery Church, 51 Fifth Ave. (Children welcome). Ph 0800 NA TODAY

Oriana Singers Community Choir

Rehearsals 7pm at St Andrews Church, Mt Maunganui. New Members (all voice parts) welcome. Ph Terry 0210 266 8684

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Adult Tennis. Start time 9am Tues & Thurs, Bellevue Park Windsor Road (adjacent to swimming pool complex). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Pam 570 0302 Otumoetai Walking Group Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Jim 576 7339 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John Anglican Church Hall,94 Bureta Rd Otumoetai 7pm-9:30pm except 2nd Tues month 3:30pm-6pm. Faye 543 3280

South City Indoor Bowls 7:30pm Club Night, Rotating Triples. Names in by 7:15pm.

St John Youth Children aged 6-18 interested in First aid, Medical or Ambulance profession come to St John Youth, Mt Maunganui Ambulance Station during term times 6-7:30pm Taichi Internal Arts NZ Te Puke Beginner Class Memorial Hall. 9.3011am. Settlers Room. $5/class. All welcome. Airconditioning. Ph David 552 4425 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club Greerton RSA 7pm. Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability. Come in & enjoy some live music. Grant 578 6448 Tauranga Astronomical Society

Tonight’s main programme, an American University video lecture. ‘The History of Climate - Orbits & Ice Ages.’ Telescope viewing weather dependent. Fergusson Park Observatory 7:30

Tauranga Diamond Friendship Club

Formerly Probus, meets 1st Tuesday of each month 1:30pm at Tauranga Citizens Club, Guest Speakers, social outings, numerous activities. All welcome. Ph Nancy 543 4468

Tauranga Tennis Midweek Ladies

Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club Midweek Ladies. Rusty racquet skills? Reignite your passion for tennis. Ph Erika 021 746 779

Tauranga UFO & Paranormal

Monthly meeting 7:30pm in the Senior Citizens hall 14 Norris St. Rear entrance please. Speakers & discussion. All welcome $4 inc light supper. Ph Ian 544 2811 Type Two Diabetes? Living with type two diabetes? Keen to reduce your HbA1c, Cholesterol & blood pressure? Meet DESMOND (Self Management Group) InfoLine 07 571 3422

Welcome Bay Strength Balance

Welcome Bay Hall 11am-12. Strength & balance class for older adults. Great music, qualiﬁed instructor. $6, spouse free. Ph Raewyn 027 607 7437

Wednesday 13 March

Age Concern Walking Group 10am

Carlton St reserve, off Ngatai Rd Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am 1st/3rd Wed of month. Tauranga Central Baptist Church. 13th Ave/ Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6747 Become A Goddess Escape into the fantasy world of bellydance at 7pm. Exciting props provided. Ph Linley 027 286 3452 or see us on facebook ‘Genies Unbottled’ Belly Dance Beginner Class Learn basic technique of this sassy dance form! Have fun, keep ﬁt St Columba Church Hall 502 Otumoetai Rd, Tauranga, 6:30pm. Ph 021 124 5982 arabianspicebd@gmail.com Bowls, Mount Senior Citizens 345 Maunganui Rd, every Wed & Fri. Names in by 12:45pm. We need more players. Beginners welcome. Ph Nancy 575 465 Cards 500, social, evenings to suit, some experience in card playing required. Ph Chris 572 3834 Cards Cribbage Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Wednesday at Greerton RSA starting time 1pm sharp. Ph Michael 562 0517

Community Bible Study Join us @

City Church 252 Otumoetai Road 7-9 for a Bible Study on the “Book of Daniel” Ph Julie 552 4068 Community Tai Chi NZ Classes at Bethlehem Hall 1-2pm during school terms. Suitable all levels of fitness. Quality International program strengthens lower body for posture & balance. Trish Qualified Instructor AATC 021 482 842 communitytaichinz@gmail.com Fitness League Exercise, movement, dance, focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibility suitable for all ages & abilities. 10am Katikati Memorial Hall, Pam 07 549 4799 Free First Homebuyer Seminar Seminar explaining the home buying process, where to start, & who to talk to. Wed 20th Mar 5:30-6:30pm, Smart Business Ctr, Bay Central, 65 Chapel St

Free Meditation Sport BOP ofﬁces (next to Squash Courts) 406 Devonport Rd Tauranga. Learn to meditate for inner peace. Let go of negative thoughts & negative reactions. Ph Ian 027 884 2238 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Darby & Joan & Mixed Pairs 7:30pm Names in Book 7:15pm. Healing Rooms 1-3pm Come, experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. Behind Graced Oppshop, cnr 11th Ave, Christopher St. No charge. Ph 021 110 0878, www.healingrooms.co.nz Indoor Bowls Club Mt Kawaka St. Names in by 6:45pm for 7pm start. Ph Val 543 4168 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm. Ph Phil Green 549 5344 Kiwi Toasters Toastmasters Find your Voice Kiwi Toasters meets 1st 3rd & 5th Wednesday at 3 Palm Springs Blvd Papamoa 5:30-7pm. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939 Multicultural Morning Tea

Want to meet people from other countries? Come to our morning tea 10:30am-12pm at Historic Village ofﬁce, 17th Ave Tauranga Narcotics Anonymous Steps meeting (Closed), every Wednesday, 7:30-9pm, at Downstairs Hall (accessed from building’s rear carpark), Salvation Army Recovery Church, 51 Fifth Avenue, Tauranga. Ph 0800 NA TODAY Papamoa Garden Circle Meeting including AGM 1pm at the Surfbreaker Room, PSRC, Gordon Spratt Reserve. Speaker Peter Burrell on dahlias aﬁcionado. Visitors welcome. Ph 574 2392 Papamoa Toastmasters Find your Voice Papamoa Toastmasters meets 1st 3rd & 5th Wednesday at 3 Palm Springs Blvd, Papamoa 5:30-7pm. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939 Scottish Country Dancing Mount Senior Citizens Hall 345 Maunganui Rd. Beginners 6pm, General dancing 7:30pm. Mary 574 8687 Lynne 021 140 7912 Shore Voices Community choir. Rehearses at Bethlehem Shores Retirement Village. 7pm Taichi Internal Arts NZ Beginner Class, Memorial Hall, Te Puke Settlers Room. 6-7:30pm. All welcome. $5/ class. Ph David 552 4425 Tauranga Floral Art Group Monthly meetings today & Sat 16th. Baptist Church Hall. New members welcome. Ph Ruth 543 2157

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Whakamarama - Ngamarama - Wednesday Falls. Grade moderate. Robbie 578 7107

Tauranga Rotary Would-Be Members

Time, passion to spare for helping in your community? Like fun, food, enlightening speakers? Join us from 6pm, Daniels In The Park. Ph Bev 027 285 4066

Welcome Home Spiritual Community

Evening with Pamela Kelly Mediumship & numerology. What is it? Come & ﬁnd out. St Georges Lounge, 1 Church St, GatePa. 7:15pm. $5. Ph 021 126 4790 Yoga, Private Sessions Feel uncomfortable in a group setting or have a disability? I am a registered health professional with 25 years yoga teaching experience. Asunta 021 061 4394

Thursday 14 March

A Place to Bee Come & join us for knitting, card making or anything you want to craft while we chat at Lighthouse Church Welcome Bay 11am-1pm Bay City Rockers Social RocknRoll dancing, plus other popular dances at Senior Citizens Hall Norris St. 7-9:30pm. Includes supper. $3 entry. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222 CAP Money Make 2019 the year of having your money under control & enjoying ﬁnancial freedom! CAP Money budgeting course at 10:30am or 7:15pm carlene@lifezone.church or 021 241 3671

Community Bible Study Join us @ 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am-12pm for Bible Study on the “Book of Daniel”. Ph Gay 021 225 5981 Fitness League Exercise, movement, dance focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & ﬂexibility, suitable for all ages & abilities. Central Baptist Church, 13th Ave, 10am. Ph Pam 07 549 4799 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry. Phil Green 549 5344 Katikati Concert Band 7-9pm, Katikati Bowling Club, 8 Park Rd, Katikati. Welcome all ages & experience. Phone Mick on 07 549 2105 Katikati Toastmasters Meetings 1st 3rd & 5th Thursday at Katikati Community Centre 45 Beach Rd Katikati 7:30pm9pm. Ph Chrissy 027 296 7939 Keynotes Women’s Chorus We sing 4-part harmony a cappella style. Keynotes meet at the Wesley Centre 100 13th Ave 7pm. New members welcome. Ph Bernice 576 4848, facebook Keynotes Inc. Ladies Craft Group A fun group of crafting ladies that meet 9am-2pm at Arataki Community Centre. BYO craft. Tea & coffee provided. $6. Sam 027 270 4383 Mainly Music Music & dance for preschoolers, mums & carers. $4/family. Morning tea provided. 9:30-10am. Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd. Narcotics Anonymous Mens’ meeting (Closed), every Thursday, 7:30-8:30pm, at Papamoa Library, 15 Gravatt Rd, Papamoa. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help. Ph 0800 NA TODAY Sunshine Sequence Dance Group Learn dancing at a friendly club. Baptist Church Hall, 13th Avenue, 7pm-9:30pm. $3 entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379

Friday 15 March

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting

10am every Friday. Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 13 Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Cards 500, social, evenings to suit, some experience in card playing required. Ph Chris 572 3834 Chess Tauranga Tauranga RSA Chess Club, Greerton 5-7pm, Casual & Standard length games. Standard Chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/www.westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Eat, Laugh, Love An entertaining evening with Stephen & Tommy Wilson. Stories, singing, cooking demo, complimentary drinks & supper. 6:30pm St Georges Anglican Church Gate Pa. Tickets through Eventﬁnda $45pp Met at Art School Exhibition of Art school Alumni at The Incubator Gallery, Historic Village, Tauranga. Introducing emerging artists Isaac Crowe, Eve Bell-Iyer, Georgia Silver, Zach Duurentijdt. Runs until 30th March Narcotics Anonymous Open meeting every Fri at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui, 7:30-8:30pm. If using drugs is causing you problems, maybe we can help ph 0800 NA TODAY Not your Grandad’s Slideshow Exhibition of gritty local photography Runs until 3pm. People’s Gallery, The Incubator Creative Hub, Historic Village Tauranga Operatunity Presents From Phantom to Les Mis. Celebrating the most loved music theatre! 11am, Holy Trinity Church, Devonport Rd, Tauranga. $35. To book ph 0508 266 237 or www.operatunity.co.nz Professional Development Workshop

Working with Emotions at Relational Depth by Dr Ruth McConnell. Workshop 22 March 9am-4pm. All proceeds fund free Recuperative Retreats for BOP Women. Register via www.lifeaplenty.nz Taichi Internal Arts NZ Te Puke Memorial Hall, Settlers Room 9:30am. Regular 85 Yang form plus Qigong $5/class. Lok Hup Ba Fa. 11am $2/class. Ph David 552 4425 Te Puke Toy Library New opening hours Wed-Sat 10am1pm Thurs 3:30-5:30pm during Terms 1 and 4. 7 Stock Road Playgroup Friday 10am12pm. Come on down & join to hire toys & have some fun.

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The politicians and priests were so locked into their greed and corruption that they were blind; blind to the murder in their hearts, blind to how far they had drifted away from the Creator’s Commandments to love all. That was the background to the ﬁrst Easter. Greed, murder and controversy. And how about Easter today? Proﬁt driven by corporate greed and bosses who won’t give staff a day off because of ‘commercial competitive pressure’. How about the avoidance by many Kiwis of the reason Easter actually exists? Here is a thought - if you don’t believe in Jesus Christ and follow His teaching, then you don’t get the Easter holiday. Too controversial? What would it look like if every person who claims to be a follower of Jesus simply refused to be caught up in Easter’s commercialism and, a

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The thirsty land At the time of writing, the long summer dry spell is coming to an end and heavy rain is forecast. For weeks we’ve known beautiful sunshine, warm temperatures and the resulting water restrictions and fire bans. It has been a marvellous summer, although it has also been a struggle for many in the agricultural sector. Our forebears in faith knew drought years also – and for much longer than we have had to endure. It became for them a symbol of their own relationship with God, their need for God’s help and their reliance upon God. In the psalms in particular, the people cry out to their God. “O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water,” (Psalm 63:1) or in the beautiful words of Psalm 42: “As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God.” As we come to the end of what has been a glorious summer, let us be reminded of our own need for God and for the nourishment which only God can give. Let’s acknowledge the dryness of our own hearts – our shallowness, our negativity, our selfishness, our sinfulness. As our own land – this plentiful Bay – has been watered, so may we know in our hearts the bounty of God’s grace, mercy, and new life! Father Mark Field - Catholic Parish of Tauranga Moana

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14 JASMINE PL, Sat/Sun 8am-1pm. Household items, glassware, punch bowl set, cake decorating, books, golf club/clothing, garden bulbs, much more! MOUNT RSA CARPARK, 544 Maunganui Rd, Sat from 8am. Furniture, whiteware, tools, books, household items, bric-a-brac. No clothes/shoes.

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124 DICKSON RD (back house), Sat/Sun from 8am. Copper Indonesian table top, household items. Moving house. 17 SORRENTO KEY, Sat/Sun 8am-1pm. Drapes, silverware, cushions, ornaments & much more!

the lakes

7 MORTLAKE HGTS, Sat from 7:30am. Moving overseas. Kitchenware, electrical appliances, beds, tools, small trailer, etc. All in excellent condition.

accounting

PS&R ACCOUNTING Contact us for a free quote to have your Annual Accounts & Tax Returns completed. Ph Peter 022 136 6005 email trefusis34@gmail.com

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DO NOT BE anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

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COMPUTER GETTING you down? Problems, viruses, upgrades, internet, new or refurb PC’s tuition, or advice. Ph Bruce for a no obligation chat or quote 576 7940 or 021 260 9183 FREE ON SITE DIAGNOSIS & quote. We come to you. Pensioner discounts. Ph Kyle at Tech Solutions 027 828 7078

ﬂatmate wanted

KATIKATI TOWN, WALKING distance to shops, quiet street, double room with built in wardrobe, bright sunny house to share with one other. Over 30yr preferred. MUST be working full time, considerate & tidy with references, no couples or pets sorry (I already have a spoilt cat!). Available 10 March, $200pw Incl. Power, Internet, Netﬂix, Water, and the odd bit of baking! All you need is your own bed. Ph/text 021 27 27 912

A1 HOME & GARDEN SERVICES Tree pruning, weeding, hedges, waterblasting, home maintenance, commercial, rubbish removal. Affordable rates. Ph Philip 027 655 4265 or 544 5591 ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efﬁcient, knowledgeable, highly qualiﬁed. Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/ pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant. Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120

health & beauty

NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic. Something for everyone. NZ Registered Natural Therapies & Natural Medicine Practitioners. Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www. naturaltherapiesnz.com and www. naturalpetremediesstore.com

livestock

AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses. Ph 0800 369 6269

lost & found

FOUND KITTENS VARIOUS Colours, Various Sex, Various Areas, Adult Tabby Female Cat, Tauranga Area, Ref: 111548, Adult Black Female Cat, Judea Area, Ref: 151328, Adult Black Female Cat, Greerton Area, Ref: 151618, Adult Grey Tabby Female Cat, Papamoa Area, Ref: 151650, Adult Ginger Female Cat, Papamoa Area, Ref: 150997, Adult Torti/White Female Cat, Pyes Pa Area, Ref: 149121, Adult Pitbull Dog, Parkvale Area, Ref: 151921, Pitbull Puppy, Gate Pa Area, Ref: 151920, Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

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APPLIANCE REPAIRS For service of all Fisher & Paykel, Haier and Elba appliances, Ph 0800 372 273 for your local technician.

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & ﬁbreglass trade qualiﬁed, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered. Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 HANDYMAN, section maintenance, lawns, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes. Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 MASON PAINTERS, interior/ exterior. Residential/small commercial repaints. Quality workmanship. 25yrs experience. Ph Dave 027 204 1254 PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior & exterior. Quality workmanship,

book online now friendly service. Over 25 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/ Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 PICTURE FRAMERS, 63 Lemon Grove, Otumoetai. Pensioner rates. Special now on for Diploma framing! Ph 07 576 0657 or 021 862 523 PLASTERER A1 TRADESMAN with 30 yrs experience. Quality finish with friendly, reliable service. I specialise in interior walls & ceilings with no job too small. Strip your own wallpaper and I will skim your walls ready for a modern paint finish. Repair cracked walls & ceilings using proven carbon-fibre technology. Call Murray now for an obligation free quote 027 266 5657 ROOF REPAIRS Free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs. Chimney maintenance & repairs. Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740 TREE, SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 571 5958 or 027 498 1857

travel & tours

NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S SENIOR TRAVEL CLUB. Join our Club today for Free to receive all our VIP Members Beneﬁts exclusive to No 8 Tours. (1) April 4th Zealong Tea Day Trip. (2) April 8th -11th Eastern Hawkes Bay & Cape Turnagain Tour. (3) April 24th Lake Rotomahana Day Trip. (4) April 30th-May 4th Te Anau, Doubtful Sound ,Mavora Lakes & Walter Peak StationTour. (5) October 8th-11th,World of Wearable Arts. Free Door to Door service. Day trips, shows & free beautiful colour catalogue. BOOK NOW. Ph No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or email info@ no8tours.co.nz TAURANGA TASTING TOURS & Charters. Matamata Festival of ﬂowers 27 & 29 March. Christchurch/Akaroa winery tour 2-10 May. Taranaki Powerco Garden Festival 1-4 Nov. tgatastingtours@xtra.co.nz Ph 027 522 4607

venues

WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc - The perfect venue. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450

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Elm Bench Seats 135cm & 160cm

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