The Weekend Sun - 9 August 2019 by Sun Media

9 August 2019, Issue 972

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A new angel p4

They’re turning heads

The future of rugby p6

Art festival acts revealed p11

Puran Singh hasn’t had a haircut for 48 years – in fact he’s never had a haircut. “Never, never, never in my life,” says the elder and president of Tauranga’s Sikh community. This morning, as he does every morning, Puran

tucked his waist length locks up into an elegant cream coloured turban. He cuts a dash, he is ready to face the day, ready to satisfy the punters at his novelty Indian food shop in Cameron Road.

Sikh’s maintain five articles of faith, referred t as the five ‘Ks’ because they all start with K. Th most distinctive one is kesh – keeping hair uncut and maintained in a turban. Read the full story on page 8-9. Photo: John Borren.

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She’ll be right mate If you were feeling toasty last month there is a reason – it was the warmest month ever recorded. ‘Don’t be ridiculous’ I hear you say but this is big picture stuff we are talking here – global stuff. While we have been freezing our little fingers off, they have been having a rip roaring heat-wave of a summer over in Europe. Therefore, the entire globe was warmer than it has ever been before. In fact the four warmest years on record have been the last four but at least the ocean is getting deeper so we won’t have to go quite so far to cool off. Yes, that’s right, it is now 78mm higher than it was in 1993. Granted this is only a month’s worth of rain in most parts of the country and probably only noticeable in places that are already at sea level. Nevertheless, both of these trends are apparently set to continue; global warming and sea level rise. If only someone had warned us about this. Anyway, I feel like we should do something about it so I’ve taken the liberty of doing some research. Turns out, I’m not the first person to take a look at this phenomenon. Heaps of people have been looking at it.

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The latest sea level rise is actually peanuts compared with the 120 metres of ocean rise Earth experienced between 20,000 and 2000 years ago. The difference this time is that we have someone to blame – ourselves. The other point of difference is that we have, collectively, built a lot of stuff along the coastline.

Lately I’ve been getting a lot of letters from people who haven’t noticed the 78mm change – fishermen and such. People who really should have noticed. To be fair the sea does rise and fall every 12 hours or so. Unless you made a mark somewhere about 20 years ago, you may not have noticed it. Factor in the king tides and it gets a bit tricky. We are assured it will be more noticeable in 50 or 100 years but then, many of us may not notice that either because other things may have happened in the meantime to hasten our departure. Kiwis are masters of the art of ignoring their impending doom, ignoring all the clues and the big arrows. For example, the

area we live in has been labelled ‘The Ring of Fire’. Nice, thanks guys, we needed to know that. However, we are hard wired to continue living in ignorant bliss because the alternative is a state of constant stress and paranoia. In response to that ‘she’ll be right’ attitude scientists now resort to scaring us shirtless with frightening statistics and terrifying facts.

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Those of us that don’t live in an earthquake prone area or a tidal wave zone, probably live on a volcano, so we’re really not interested in what might happen. And if that is not enough, just this week a 570-metre-wide asteroid came uncomfortably close to our planet.

By uncomfortably close, the scientists mean 7.5 million kilometres. If that’s disturbing, just last month another asteroid came within a hair’s breadth (16,740km) of Earth. It was pleasantly described as a “city killer” because it wasn’t that big. Nobody saw that one until two days before it arrived because it came from the direction of the sun. It’s also weird that it didn’t make the news until after it went past. The name the scientists gave to it is also highly suspicious; ‘2019OK’. I’m guessing it originally had a longer name like; WTF, OMG, phew, don’t worry, LOL, it’s OK. But they shortened it. I know none of this is making you feel any better about the climate changing but, on the bright side, at least we can do something about it. It doesn’t matter how many electric cars you buy and wind turbines you erect, you are not going to stop an asteroid or plug a super volcano. But you will do a little bit to stop the sea level rising and the planet from warming too much. Nobody wants pineapples popping up in the backyard. To all those climate skeptics out there, the ship has sailed sorry. I couldn’t find a single reputable science organisation that does not agree that the planet is warming, the ice is melting and the sea is rising. But it would be really annoying if we gave up all the really cool cars and the cosy coal fires, only to get fried by a solar flare Really annoying. daniel@thesun.co.nz

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MPs scrap over new school A 60 kilometre round trip to college for Omokoroa Aquinas student Taylor Osterman. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

Two Tauranga MPs are trading shots over the building of a new secondary school at Omokoroa. Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller started the firefight ‘slamming the Government’ for what he claims is a lack of urgency and delays in acquiring land and building of a new school on Omokoroa. “The build is on the horizon but not in the near future,” says Todd. “And the lack of infrastructure for our local community has now reached critical levels.” That prompted a burst of return fire from Labour list M Jan Tinetti. “If Todd wanted a new school by now, the Ministry should have bought the land when he was in Government and planned for growth. “But they didn’t.”

She says Todd is right on one score - planning hadn’t been done across New Zealand for schooling. “So this Government released a first-of-its-kind nationa education growth plan which maps the growth across the country with a billion dollar investment this budget to deliver on it,” says Jan. “That’s the most a New Zealand Government has ever provided.” Todd Muller says a recent report from the Ministry of Education acknowledged high population growth in the region but said it could take five to six years t complete a new school after land has been acquired. “This was just not good enough,” says the MP. “We can’t wait, the Ministry needs to have another look at this and fast-track building the school. “We need that school now.”

And he appealed to the government to support the growing community – “not turn their back on us and ignore us”. That support is coming according to Jan Tinetti. The Ministry is currently getting land for the schools that are needed for the growth plan. “It has always taken four to six years to build a school because you have to work with council to get the land zoned for education, make sure classrooms are in the right place, design classrooms, get a construction company and then build a school. Having been a former school principal I am well aware of this.” The List MP says the government is taking action and planning for the next ten years to ensure there are enough classrooms in the high growth areas of Tauranga, Omokoroa and Papamoa.

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Talking with the angels Popular culture paints angels as female, the Bible as blokes.

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A Tauranga vet is advising dog owners to beware when laying rat bait. Tony Austwick from Tauranga Vets says unfortunately he regularly sees cases of rat bait ingestion in dogs. “The warning I would have is for owners to please use bait stations and make sure the baits are properly fixed, so that the rats can’t take them away “It takes often two to three days before clinical signs show up, and that would be lethargy, weakness, bleeding from the gums, coughing, and sometimes joint pain.” If dogs are seen to have eaten it, take them to the vet immediately.

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Council is to consider ending its policy of resealing hot-mix surfaced roads in subdivisions with chip-seal. At Monday’s Projects, Services and Operations Committee meeting, councillor Steve Morris moved that council reconsider its policy to resurface subdivision roads with chip-seal which was approved at that time as a cost saving measure. The existing policy was adopted in 2012. The budget for reseals is 1.5 per cent of the council’s annual capital budget of $200m. A report will be brought to the council before next year’s budget that will present the financia impact of any change in the policy for the community to consider.

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Property values in the Western Bay of Plenty are steadily rising. According to QV, regional areas such as the Western Bay, Hutt Valley and Porirua continue to see values rise, supported by a strong regional economy. Tauranga home values rose 5.3 per cent year-onyear, although the percentage dropped by 0.3 per cent over the past three months. The WBOP market rose 6.9 per cent year-on-year and by 2.9 per cent over the past three months. The average value in the Western Bay district is now $673,793, and the average value in Tauranga is $738,277.

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The Ministry of Health is warning New Zealanders embarking on tropical holidays to ‘fight the bite’ amid outbreaks of mosquito-borne dengue fever in Bangladesh and Philippines. Fourty-seven people were diagnosed with dengue fever in New Zealand in May and June after travelling overseas, marking an increase of 14 people compared with the same months last year. Half of those people had travelled to Fiji, with others having visited Indonesia, the Cook Islands, Malaysia, Tahiti, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vietnam. Travellers are urged to cover up and take precautions to avoid being bitten.

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Either or, Nina Le Lievre, the new archangel or CEO of Enterprise Angels, the group that connects start-up businesses needing funding with investors, quietly wants to see more women in the, ironically, not-for-profit organisation “Finance is an industry where women are under-represented,” says Nina, herself a trailblazer. The former investment banker is the country’s first female Angel network CEO, although there’s good female representation on the Angels board. “But there’s only about 20 females amongst our 200 members. And there are plenty of smart business women out there. Perhaps they haven’t heard of us.” Nina wants more female entrepreneurs as well. “There are a lot of studies that show investors only invest in something that typically looks like them. So there’s a lot of stuff around the world that I read about venture capital and the small amount of money that goes to female entrepreneurs.” If you thumb through the Enterprise Angels portfolio there are a few female start-ups. “The one’s we have are amazing.” Nina would again, quietly of course, like to achieve greater investment in female enterprise. Nina Le Lievre arrived at the Angels after an abrupt career shift. She studied languages, then spent ten years with the leading London investment bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein before coming home and weaving motherhood into a stint at Craigs Investments Partners. Neil Craig was chair of Enterprise Angels at the time and introduced her to Angels founder Bill Murphy, and it’s been all start-ups and investment dollars since. She worked alongside Bill for six years before slipping into the hot seat. Nina is talking with The Weekend Sun in the vault at The Vault in Spring Street – it’s the reborn but easily recognizable strongroom of an old bank. It is now very appropriate workspace for the Enterprise Angels. And Nina’s musing about start-ups. “Mmm - a risky space investing in start-ups,” says Nina. That’s because the data tells us of ten investments, probably just two will give most return. “A few will give back your money plus a little bit, then you’ll have a few that would fail totally.” However the Enterprise Angels portfolio is seeing fewer total failures and a lot more ventures that are getting two or three times the return. But it’s not an exact science and just sometimes they have to be philosophical. “We do see some failures - a couple that were manufacturing. “With manufacturing you only need a couple of things to go wrong. And a couple of things did go wrong. That’s always hard.” That’s when Angels need to expect failure and be prepared. If celestial angels are agents of God protecting and guiding human beings, then earthly Angels are so named because they are

Nina Le Lievre is the new CEO of Enterprise Angels. either former entrepreneurs or experienced business minds who have grown a business, worked in large corporates, made some money and want to give back both in terms of investing and experience. “The entrepreneurs have an idea or business they really want to grow, and the type of deals that angels look for are globally scalable essentially and you know, it takes money and it takes expertise to do those two things.” Nina and her chorus of Angels facilitate them. “We bring them together.” Last year Investment Angels invested probably six or seven million dollars. To date they have invested about 40 million in 80 start-ups. “Enormously satisfying, definitely,” says Nina Le Lievre. “The entrepreneurs we work with are really inspiring. It takes certain qualities. You know, the drive and adaptability to seize opportunities and take risks. But it’s lovely.”

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Friday 9 August 2019

‘Mixed views’ on $20.4m WHAT Elizabeth Street plans PART WILL YOU PLAY IN YOUR KIDS FUTURE? IF THERE’S ONE THING YOU DO...

The area outside Farmers where Mayor Brownless suggests the upgrade should be located.

There are mixed views in regard to the Elizabeth Street ‘linear park’ initiative, says Tauranga City Mayor Greg Brownless. The Tauranga City Council’s Projects, Services and Operations Committee met in council chambers on Tuesday, and one of the topics discussed was the proposed new developments on Elizabeth Street, which is expected to cost $20.4 million. Isthmus associate landscape architect Travis Wooller and team leader of public spaces at the Tauranga City Council Doug Spittle were questioned by council members in regard to the project. The designs by Ithmus include halving the street width to create the linear park. The plan states the new space is going to “increase the city’s green space and create a pedestrian and cycle priority street, while facilitating vehicular movement and parking”. Greg says something should happen on Elizabeth Street, but they’re not convinced what is being proposed is what will go ahead. “Farmers are putting a huge investment in the area, and they pay for the development contribution fee, which is more than $1 million. “I think we could look at doing something initially outside Farmers, because they are investing, and council should invest there, but to do the whole street, I’m cautious about that.” Greg says he voted for the proposal to go to the next

DO THIS EXPO FREE Isthmus’ design of the Elizabeth Street linear park. Graphic: Tauranga City Council website.

stage where stakeholder discussions between elected members and business owners will take place. He hopes the discussions take place during this term. “With the big investment from Farmers, and the contributions they have made through the development, we owe them a nice streetscape outside their premises. “But for the whole street – maybe you wait until people decide to do up their buildings there before you go and do the rest.” Greg says $20.4 million is a lot of money, and if business owners don’t want it, there is no point in going through with the plans. “The business owners won’t want a huge disruption that goes on forever, so let’s get to the next stage and talk to them, see what can or can’t be done. “However I do think the area outside Farmers is something that needs to be done, and while we are doing that we might as well talk to the people across the other side of the road and see what they feel.”

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The state of the union The man evolving the delivery of rugby – Bay of Plenty Rugby CEO Mike Rogers.

Rugby’s business boss in the Bay of Plenty only needs to glance around the family dinner table each evening to see where his game is headed. And probably the dirty boots at the back door. There’s 13-year-old Sophie Rogers, Emma’s 11 and Matthew is nine – and Dad Mike, CEO of the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union think’s they are the model for the future direction of rugby. “Three children, two of them girls, and they have all experienced different forms of rugby – contact, non-contact, for school and for club.” And no pressure from Dad. “It was their choice,” says Mike. “I guess we hope one day when my kids have children, they will say rugby is a good option, not just to play sport but to learn values, life lessons that are important in the real world, that will transition them into being good people. “And that might encourage daughters and sons to play in the future.” So there’s more to rugby these days than cold Saturday afternoons and mud, liniment and oranges, winning and clubhouse beers with the blokes, the traditional way rugby was delivered. “I know a lot of attention goes into the performance end of the game, the Steamers and the Mitre 10 Cup, but for us, the biggest focus is growing the game and using rugby as a vehicle to make our community better” – whether it be for health, social well-being, education, all things that intrinsically come with sport. It might make rugby’s forefathers shudder in their graves, but the game these days may even have participants who never make a tackle. “They are still regular participants,” says Mike Rogers. “They go through the whole experience of playing rugby

and play non-contact versions of the game. “They might play modified versions of the game It doesn’t mean they’re not a rugby player to us.” It just means rugby is delivered differently. “We’re definitely trying to evolve the way we deliver ou sport and to meet the demands of our society.” And if they do it right they have a captive audience from a young age. “Our job is to ensure they stay motivated and engaged in our game both male and female all the way through to adult life.” Overall, the CEO’s positive message about BOP rugby is that the code has grown. “Yes, but skewed to our younger population.” And that’s reflected in a Deloitte report int “the state of the union” – rugby union – which tells us player registrations in the Mitre 10 Cup competition clubs were up, largely due to young children and the growing interest of women and girls in playing the game. But there was a “significant” 7.8 per cent drop in the secondar school age group. Registrations for college rugby in 2018 were the lowest since before 2010. “It is a bit of a bottleneck where kids drop out of our game,” says Mike. “But it’s not just a rugby issue, it’s a sport issue.” And he puts it down to society and culture being markedly different to what it was 10 or 15 years ago. Deloitte’s expands that theory into curious territory - busier people, work demands, social pressures such as mental health, economic and environmental sustainability, and diversity and inclusion preoccupying the thoughts of our youth. All impacting the national game. And Deloitte says diversity and inclusion should be a critical focus for any organisation seeking to survive in the 21st century. And all the time a rugby nation believes the game’s most pressing problem is Brodie Retallick’s dicky

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7 Left: Unwanted All Black Nathan Harris will anchor the Steamers scrum. Below: He turned heads for the NZ sevens – now winger Joe Ravouvou is turning out for the Steamers.

Continued... shoulder and winning a Rugby World Cup. In our own rugby backyard, the numbers are encouraging. “Our game, especially at the youth level, is growing faster than we can cater for,” says Mike Rogers. “So in terms of infrastructure and resources, if we had more money to invest in our game, we would see even greater growth. No doubt about it.” Revenue streams are the rub – it’s a tough environment out there. Nationally, Mike says there’s ongoing pressure on cash reserves. “They have been making losses over the last few years and we can’t keep doing it. No business can,” says the CEO. “Financially it is really challenging for us to do what we want to do in our community.” The BOP Rugby Union’s main revenue streams are NZ Rugby grants, commercial partnerships, sponsorships and trust funding – pokies – to fund the community game. “All three are quite volatile revenue streams. Even gaming is under its own pressures. And it’s incredibly difficult to find loc businesses who want to support the game.” That’s because businesses themselves are challenged and some don’t see correlation of investing in sport. So it’s Mike’s job to find ne money – he’s gone outside the Bay, to China, Japan,

Hong Kong and USA. “We need to think creatively and innovatively around what future revenue streams are going to look like and how do we fund our game beyond those traditional sources.” Like its plans for a 100bed accommodation block almost next door to its headquarters at Blake Park in Mount Maunganui – a multi-sports facility that will turn some dollars. “If you look at the history of Bay of Plenty rugby, it’s had some pretty perilous points in its lifetime and it’s over 100 years old. “But we have worked hard over four or five year to put a good cash reserves policy in place. We don’t ever want BOP rugby or our community to face the situation again where we can’t do what we want to do with our game. And that is to grow it.” The Bay of Plenty Steamers play their firs home game of the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup against Otago at the Tauranga Doman on Sunday, August 11 at 2.05pm.

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Band promises high energy performance Kiwi band Sons of Zion are currently are heading to Tauranga this weekend as part of their nationwide tour. The Come Home Tour has the band touring around New Zealand during August, with the tour already kicking off last weekend when they played in New Plymouth and Christchurch. This Friday will see Sons of Zion play in Tauranga at Totara Street. Band member Joel Latimer says playing in Tauranga has become an annual occurrence for them, and it’s nice for them to be able to have enough support for them to keep

going back. He says one thing concert goers can expect from their Friday night show is high energy. “A lot of New Zealand music now is all the shows are presented in that way. Just high energy, get the crowd involved and like really try and draw people and not just to sit and listen, but to really engage and have a good time and dance and move around and have fun. “We will be doing our latest single, our new song ‘Come Home’ and that’s kind of been the Launchpad I guess for the tour.”

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Time to talk turbans

Sikhs have made turbans their own – from left Balvir Singh, Malkeet Singh, Surinder Kaur, Puran Singh, Inderpreet Kaur and Anoop Singh. Photo: John Boren.

It’s what can’t be seen that fascinates The Weekend Sun – after nearly five decades growing wild, how long is that hair contained in the cream turban? “It is not much, it is just like this” says Puran Singh indicating to his middle, lower back. That requires Puran to put a myth to bed. “At a certain point the hair stops growing. Like height, hair stops growing.” Which puts paid to the fairy tale about Rapunzel. Why are blokes sitting around sharing grooming points? Because Puran and a couple of other Sikhs are kindly educating an unenlightened, non-turban wearing reporter with insights into arguably the most recognisable cultural accoutrement - the turban. All this ahead of Tauranga’s Turban Day on

Saturday, August 24, between 11am and 2pm. The Sikh community invites us to “come and try the crown yourself”, instilling The Strand with a faint but exotic flavor of the Sikhs holy city of Amritsar in the northwestern state of Punjab. “We just want to share our culture,” says 17-yearold music studies student at Otumoetai College Inderpreet Kaur. “We just want to show people who we are and what we stand for, that we are a bit different but are part of your community, and to share our culture.” And a little knowledge, she hopes, will bring understanding and appreciation. Langar will help the process, and langar will be served. There’s another lesson for the uninitiated. Langar is the Sikh community kitchen where a free meal is served to all without distinction of religion, caste, gender, economic status or ethnicity.

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“Women are stepping up, we are equal to men, we can wear a turban too.” - Inderpreet Kaur

Now turbans – Puran has twenty. And probably his major wardrobe decision each day is which colour to wear. “Yeah. I have every colour.” Sikh’s are drawn to orange but there are other specific colours - black, white, yellow and blue. Black is Inderpreet’s choice, as was her decision to wear a turban. “I was seven and my mum used to wear a turban and I looked up to her. It was also a really good thing to do in India – people would go: ‘oh my God, she’s really cultural’, and seeing my Dad is a priest it was the best thing I could do.” It’s also an equality thing for Inderpreet. “Women are stepping up, we are equal to men, we can wear a turban too.” And after all, it was, apparently, a Sikh woman who first wore a turban But wouldn’t this vibrant, talented and freethinking young woman like her long tresses flowing around in the wind looking beautiful and cool. “Well, this is cool. This is the new cool.” And the turban gives her individuality, sets her apart, identifies her. And she finds that empowerin When Puran Singh came to Tauranga in 2002 he was a taxi driver. “People would confuse me for a Muslim.” It was the bushy beard that confused his passengers. “I would have to tell them we were different people, there’s a religious difference.” And therein are the roots of Turban Day. “After 9/11 a lot of people started accusing Indian and Sikh people,” says Puran. So in New York they decided if they celebrated a turban day, then people would appreciate the difference.” And these Tauranga Sikh’s are quick to point out that it’s a matter of difference, not a matter of disrespect. There’s a chorus of “no, no, nos”. Anoop Singh is a 21-year-old civil engineering student – a strikingly handsome and entrepreneurial young man, with a blacker-than-ebony bushy beard. “We do not want to say we are different because some bad things have happened. We are just different – we are proud Sikhs and they are proud Muslims.”

Friday 9 August 2019

Making a move at The Mount

Malkeet Singh wears a priest’s preference at Gurudwara Sikh Sangat – the Sikh temple in Burrows Street.

The Bay’s best school chess players will be making moves this week as they take part in the regional school chess events. The New Zealand Chess Federation runs a school based championship annually. School teams with four participants will take part in the regional competition, and the winners will progress on to the national championships taking place in Palmerston North in late September. Mount Maunganui RSA chess club secretary and event organiser Caleb Wright says this year the competition is being held at Mount Maunganui Primary School, and students are

Photo: John Borren.

divided into three divisions – primary, intermediate and secondary. In terms of past regional winners, Caleb says Lynmore Primary from Rotorua have excelled, as well as Tauranga Intermediate and Bethlehem College. “We cover quite a wide area, schools from Waihi down to Rotorua are coming. “There’s obviously a lot of competition and it’s very close and it can vary a little bit, but those are the schools who did well last year and managed to win, and they are expected to come in the top placings this year,” says Caleb.

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Woman with the golden eye The name’s Bond – Jo Bond and she has a licence to thrill. You need a special touch when it comes to finding the right acts for the biennial Tauranga Arts Festival. Jo is the festival director and spends her time between events scouring the globe to fill the show. Getting top acts to town is a juggling act in itself. In the last two years she has been to France, Beijing, Sydney, Scotland and Australia to seek out and employ talent for the big show. “It is a great job, I love it.” The show takes about two years to put together, with about 40 acts, spread over 10 days. There are singers and writers, circus acts, theatre and comedy. And there needs to be something for everyone. Jo sources talent from events like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Avignon Festival in the south of France, and the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Nothing makes the cut without her seeing it first The budget for the festival is determined by the amount of sponsorship they can find in the early stage of planning. Only 28 per cent of revenue comes from ticket sales. All the performers, their crews and

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International circus-cabaret LIMBO is one of the headline acts of the Tauranga Arts Festival.

The Tauranga Arts Festival programme was launched last night [August 8] and the performers unveiled.

woman show The South Afreakins, playing in Katikati (October 24) and Te Puke (October 25), and Australian physical comedian Tom Flanagan offers a show for the family with his homage to the silent film era (October 24 and 25) Budding authors can learn from four of the best over the weekend of October 26 and 27 when Tim Balme (screenwriting), Kate De Goldie (8-13 years), Catherine Robertson (novels) and Tracey Slaughter (short stories) teach workshops. Popular parenting writer Emily Writes pops up twice in the programme with the play Rants in the Dark (October 30 and 31) based on her blog and book of the same name, and as part of the Speaker Programme on November 2 and 3. Other speakers include financial writer Mary Holm, who is dedicating one of her Money Talks sessions to the 16 to 35 age group; former MP and feminist economist Marilyn Waring in conversation with Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick; Richard O’Brien, creator of The Rocky Horror Show; award-winning climate scientist James Renwick; and Debbie Stewart of Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre. See the full programme at: www.taurangafestival.co.nz. Tickets available from Baycourt box office or via the website. Earlybird ticket prices apply until September 13.

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Alternatives sought for Arataki bus stop Tauranga City Council is asking staff to look into the option of placing the permanent Arataki bus facility on council-owned reserve land on Girven Road. This will be added to the other two options that are currently under investigation: a facility in the Bayfair site; and in the driving range area, which is council-owned land on the west side of Maunganui Road. “During the meeting, preliminary findings on the feasibility of thes options were shared with councillors,” says a Tauranga City Council spokesperson following the Urban Form and Transport Development

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Shop owners gather in the Red Square to voice their concerns. Photo: Daniel Hines.

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Reading rules the roost Technology is a huge part of modern education but the humble book still has its place. Brookfield School deputy principal Carol Burborough knows a thing or two about that. She runs the school’s Duffy Books programme. The programme gives half price books to schools. The school picks up the other half of the cost, in this case through a sponsor - Otumoetai Rotary Group.

The result is five new books for every student, every year. “Reading is highly valued at Brookfield School. We even have a group of volunteers from our community who come each morning from 8.30am to 9am to listen to children read and comment in their reading logs,” Carol says. And children who are ‘Caught Being Good’ get even more books. “This means that they have demonstrated their LOTS,” Carol explains. “Respect for learning, others, teacher and self.”

Every new pupil gets a book on their first day and five-year-old receive an activity book and book bag as well. Otumoetai Rotary has just renewed its sponsorship of the programme for another year which is pretty important. “When your budget is very tight this can be difficult.,” Carol says. “Their generosity means smiles on faces and a priceless love of reading being fostered with our tamariki and for that we are extremely grateful.”

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Caitlin Farrell was a star in Adelaide.

Tauranga swimmers making a big splash The merging of three Tauranga swimming clubs to form Evolution Aquatics Tauranga last October is proving to be a master stroke. With high intensity training between the city’s top athletes pushing each swimmer to higher levels of performance the results at big swim meets have been outstanding. In late July swimmers from Evolution Aquatics Tauranga had a successful debut in international waters at the South Australian State Championships in Adelaide. The four-day meet was held in the stunning SA Aquatic Centre featuring two 50m swimming pools and seating for 4500 spectators. The 27-strong team finished 5th on points behind Adelaide powerhouses Norwood and Marion swim clubs. Club chairperson Michael Pugh says the key goal was getting the swimmers into a low pressure international environment to learn to deal with all the new experiences. Nearly every swimmer swam a personal best time but two 13-year-olds stood out for the Tauranga contingent. “Caitlin Farrell won either age group or finals gold medals in all the backstroke events and the entire freestyle spectrum from the 50m sprint to the 800m distance event. The majority of her swims were personal best times, the picks being a 2:09.35 200m

and a 4:30.81 400m freestyle,” says Michael. “In a stunning swim Isaac Williams broke the South Australian all-comers and BOP records in the 200m butterfly touching the wall in 2:14.99. He also broke BOP records in the 400m freestyle (4:15.75) and the 400m medley (4:46.50). “In some exciting battles with local swimmer Clancy Luscombe, Isaac won a stack of medals across the other freestyle and butterfly disciplines mostly gold but succumbing to his Australian rival on occasion.” Other Tauranga swimmers to medal were Zoe Wilkinson, brother Thomas Wilkinson, Louis Fitzjohn, Daniel Shanahan, Connor Farrell, Matthew Wagstaff and Zach Reeder. Michael is more than satisfied with how Evolution Aquatics Tauranga is working out. “I am really pleased first of all by the way we have all gelled together. Across the three clubs the committees were all on the same page fairly quickly. “One of the goals was we did not want fast kids like Lochlainn O’Connor swimming by himself. “They need stimulation and our senior squad now has big numbers. “At the National Age Group champs in April we won 35 medals and set 18 Bay of Plenty records. That is unheard of. We scored a gold medal in one of the relays against the top clubs in New Zealand which is one of the things that made me really proud.”

Women’s rugby needs a female perspective The new coach of the Bay of Plenty Volcanix women’s rugby team has set himself a challenge. “I think you have a responsibility to the game and to the ladies,” says Rodney Gibbs. “The interesting part for me is, historically, the female game has been generally modelled on the male’s structure. “So, the challenge is to set things up from a female perspective”. The new Volcanix coach says it’s a pretty exciting time in the world of female rugby at the moment. “There is a lot going on, there are some challenges. “But I think it’s more exciting than anything.” Rodney Gibbs steps up from the head of women’s performance rugby to be head coach, while alongside him is Clayton McMillan running the Steamers. There was a fierce rivalry when they played against each other, then they played alongside each other and now they are the coaches Gibbs and McMillan were rivals while playing for their clubs – Gibbs a first-five for Te Puke Sports an McMillan a number eight for Whakarewarewa. “He was pretty uncompromising and competitive. If you weren’t competitive you got spat out the back door.” Then they wore the Steamers jumper together in 2000 while McMillan was captain. Now they’re at the helm. “As coaches, I think we both like to evolve, we like to be a little bit innovative and think about the game outside the square at times,” Gibbs says. “We also think similarly around team values and that sort of thing.” The new Volcanix coach says he will have the best players that have been on show, but perhaps a couple

of surprises. “Trying to get a good balance of what is good for us now and what will be good for us in the next two to three years is important. “To have a sustainable programme we’ve got to start looking more to our future. Don’t get me wrong, it’s always good to win right now. But we need to set ourselves up for the future as well.” The Volcanix play three home games, the first two being free entry while the final home game will be a double header with the Steamers. This year’s Farah Palmer Cup gets underway on August 31 at 2.30pm with the Volcanix playing Counties Manukau at Tauranga Domain.

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15th Ave works get the go-ahead A Tauranga City Council committee has agreed to go ahead with construction of Stage 1 works on 15th Avenue. The project is seen as an important step in improving the traffic flow at the Fraser Street/15th Avenue intersection. Work is expected to start in September and an early-2020 completion is anticipated. Martin Parkes, manager transportation says the aim of the project is to get more people moving

easily and safely through a key arterial corridor. “This work should see a slight improvement in journey time reliability in the afternoon peak. “Users should experience more consistent travel times through the area and traffic volumes on 13th and 14th Avenues will be lower... we anticipate a reduction of tailback on Cameron Road. It is the first of a number of stages intended to deliver long-term improvements.”

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Rare disease turns woman’s life upside down Former early childhood educator and mum Teresa Collins has had a rough couple of years, after an illness took over her life in 2016.

‘black dog’ of depression, which she says is understandable with a life-changing disease. “Along with the depression, the condition is extremely isolating due to the chronic pain and fatigue. Also the physical changes your body goes through due She was diagnosed with to the disease, medication and a rare autoimmune disease treatment,” says Teresa on her called Chronic Inflammatory Give a Little page. Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, “I’ve sadly gained weight due or CIDP for short. to a round of high dose steroids When she received the and the inability to move and be diagnosis, her and her son’s world got turned upside down. active. My pain medication causes CIDP is a disorder in which there another set of effects.” is inflammation of nerve roots and She is now on LVIG which is peripheral nerves and destruction a plasma infusion every three of the fatty protective covering weeks for two days. A side effect over the nerves. of this treatment and one of Teresa describes CIDP in the Teresa Collins has been dealing the many symptoms of CIDP is easiest way with a little analogy. tooth deterioration. with a very rare condition. “Your new puppy (your immune Teresa says she has found system) thinks that the bright new this the hardest side effects/symptoms to deal with. extension cord to your lamp looks good. He starts to “I am usually a happy smiley person, but have chew on the rubber coating (myelin sheath) covering tended to isolate myself. I get constant infections, the wires (axon or nerve cell). which we all know how we feel when we have a tooth “The wires start to short out and the light (it’s ache! For me this is on-going and never ending.” plugged into your muscles) begin to work and not She was put on an urgent surgery list at the hospital work intermittently. He keeps chewing until the to get her teeth removed and on July 30 she had the wires are broken in two (nerve/axon loss) and the surgery to have them taken out. light doesn’t come on anymore.” She says she is fortunate in the sense that she She says due to this illness, her muscles don’t work doesn’t have to pay for the removal of her teeth, but right. Her feet drop, she has numbness in her hands she cannot afford to pay for any dentures. and feet, chronic pain and many more. A Give a Little page has been created for Teresa to She says CIDP has been likened to MS as the help towards the purchase of new dentures to help symptoms are so close in nature. Having the illness also brought on the dreaded build up her self-confidence

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Make the trip to ‘magnificent Europe’ On an APT River Cruise, there’s nothing like the ease of unpacking just once and awaking to a new exciting destination each day. Spanning from Portugal to Russia, the new APT Europe brochure has something for every traveller. While all of the popular best-selling itineraries are on offer again in 2020, an exciting range of new discoveries await. Embark on APT’s flagship and best-selling 15-day Magnificent Europe river cruise between Amsterdam and Budapest. Experience one of APT’s own Concerto River Ships, the only fleet in Europe to boast APT’s custom-designed Twin Balcony Suites, which allow guests to enjoy the passing views from both inside and out. APT’s Signature Experiences include a visit to Namedy Castle, a cocktail reception and concert at Vienna’s City Palace and the

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Government makes a move to speed up border control The government takes another step to improve border security this week. The NZeTA, New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority, which will enable the government to screen travellers for border and immigration risks off-shore before they travel to New Zealand, has been launched by Immigration New Zealand, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway. The NZeTA will be mandatory for visitors from visa waiver countries from 1 October 2019. “Around one and a half million people travel to New Zealand each year from 60 different visa waiver countries. However, INZ does not currently have any information about these individuals until they are en route to or arrive in New Zealand.”

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The wonders of the Middle East Join Izzy Murray from YOU Travel Tauranga on a journey to Dubai, Jordan and Egypt.

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Air New Zealand launches Air All Blacks safety video Air New Zealand has launched a new safety video, Air All Blacks, in support of the team during its 2019 season and as they prepare for Japan next month. All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen along with Captain Kieran Read, Sam Cane, Anton LienertBrown and Ryan Crotty join a diverse cast in the safety video which takes viewers to the headquarters of “newly established airline” Air All Blacks where ideas for the airline’s first safety video are being discussed. After insisting on being the next Air New Zealand spokesperson after travelling with the airline in 2017, American actor Rick Hoffman also features in the video, as well as Kiwi actor Cliff Curtis. Rick says his positive experiences in New Zealand and Air New Zealand’s quirky humour were a huge drawcard for him to star in the video. “I love New Zealand – the food is amazing and the people are amazing. It’s the way it should be everywhere! I will be thrilled to be recognised on an Air New Zealand safety video.” Building on the airline’s 20-year partnership with New Zealand Rugby, the video also stars 1987 rugby legends Sir Michael Jones, Sir John Kirwan, Buck

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Kaikōura transport fix nears completion The end is in sight for the highway and rail rebuild along SH1 north and south of Kaikōura, as well as the inland route to Waiau. The ebuild of the transport networks followed the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in November, 2016.

The NZTransport Agency, KiwiRail and the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery alliance, working on the reinstatement of the highway and the Main North Line, say the majority of construction should finish late 2020 Chair of the NCTIR Board Steve Mutton says the project is now moving into its final phase TheTransport Agency and KiwiRail

have agreed on new projects on the Inland Road between Waiau and Kaikōura and on SH1 north and south of the town. “We’ve been on the ground in Kaikōura since the earthquake in 2016 and have come a long way. “The oad and rail were reopened in 2017, but since then we’ve been making many temporary fi es permanent. We are working to leave a safer and more resilient transport network for people to enjoy and travel on safely for generations to come.” Teams are now constructing six safe stopping areas, following the completion of the first at hau Point last October, and making

safety improvements to the route such as realigning sections of road, installing double centre lines to keep traffic f ther apart and installing safety barriers. Steve says the works will be delivered within the original Crown-funded budget of $1.2 billion set in July 2017. A temporary bypass is still in place at Jacob’s Ladder north of Kaikōura. The a ea suffe ed a double whammy after ex-cycloneGita dumped 200,000 cubic metres of material across the road early in 2018: NCTIR is working with the Transport Agency and Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura on design elements to

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Wake up and smell the garden The call is out to New Zealanders to bring back flowers and create a riot of colour in gardens this October for National Gardening Week. Flowers are not just decorative. They provide food for the bees and butterflies. They taste good in salads and teas and for centuries, flowers have been used to heal. To get you started with flower-bombing your garden – or an area in your local neighbourhood that needs a splash of colour - Yates is lending a helping hand. Just register online at: www.yates. co.nz/nationalgardeningweek

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Rent to own finds favour Habitat for Humanity is welcoming commitments made by Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson for a government-backed rent-to-own scheme. “Rent to Own schemes like the one Habitat for Humanity has operated in New Zealand for 25 years are badly needed, and it’s wonderful to see the Green Party push for this idea to be part of the upcoming KiwiBuild reset,” says Habitat for Humanity CEO Claire Szabo. “Home ownership is an inoculation against intergenerational poverty,” says Habitat for Humanity national campaigns manager Ben Ross. “This is an idea whose time has come,” says Claire.

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Improving furniture safety The Government has taken steps to improve New Zealanders’ safety by making furniture safer and reducing the high levels of toxic smoke it could emit in fires, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi says. Manufacturers and retailers must now find ways to make products safer and a Product Safety Policy Statement has been enacted. “Simply, we need to make this furniture safer because it is in every home in New Zealand,” Kris says. “About 80 per cent of new and existing household furniture in New Zealand is foam-filled, including lounge suites, some mattresses, and seats. “These are highly flammable when ignited and the foam can catch fire at relatively low temperatures, burn quickly and intensely, and emit suffocating poisonous smoke that can spread quickly

through a home. “Fire and Emergency NZ ran a demonstration for me and I saw first-hand how this foam-fille furniture can play a significant role in domestic fire risk,” Kris says “The product safety statement we have now enacted is the first step to improving this situation, as currently there is no requirement to inform consumers about the potential fire danger of FFF products or impetus for manufacturers to move to safer foam products. “This gives a chance for industry to lead and deliver on this initiative without the need for regulation.

“My hope is that manufacturers start adopting safer foam materials, retailers use better labelling and sell safer furniture products and importers bring in safer products.” The PSPS is backed by FENZ experience and international research, which identifies FFF products as playing a significant role in the speed and severity of domestic fires An average three-piece FFF suite has the combustible potential of 10 litres of fuel and is a high risk for harm or death through burns and/or inhalation of toxic gases.

Answering the million dollar house question The Bay of Plenty is bucking a trend that shows fewer million dollar properties are being sold. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand has revealed that the number of one million dollar plus properties being sold across the country has dropped by 11.2 per cent compared to the first half of 2018. The Million Dollar Price Report released this week shows that in the first half of 2019 some 628 fewer houses over the million-dollar-mark were sold when compared to the same time last year – decreasing from 5591 to 4963. Auckland was at the forefront of this decline, with 722 fewer high-end houses being sold. However, when looking at New Zealand

excluding Auckland, the number of million dollar plus properties sold increased by 6.7 per cent which was led by Gisborne (+166.7 per cent), Manawatu/ Wanganui (+114.3 per cent), Hawke’s Bay (47.4 per cent) and Tasman (+16.7 per cent). “We typically expect to see Auckland performing relatively well in our Million Dollar Price Report, so it’s interesting to see a -17.3 per cent drop in sales of million dollar plus homes so far this year,” says chief executive at REINZ Bindi Norwell. “However, when you look at the bigger picture, it aligns with the shift we’ve been seeing over the past few months as Aucklanders continue to search for more affordable properties and lifestyles in various regions and median prices in the region have stabilised. “It’s always promising to see an increase in sales across other parts of the country where real estate continues to go from strength-to-strength. “With some renewed confidence entering the market including in Auckland in the last few months, it will be interesting to see what happens in the second half of the year,” adds Bindi. Outside Auckland, the Bay of Plenty region was a strong performer, recording an 11 per cent increase in the number of houses sold over one million dollars yet the region saw a 166.7 per cent rise in the sale of 3 million dollar plus properties, with five additional sales in the first half of 2019

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Abortion is not a health issue Andrew Little is wrong when he says the abortion issue is a health one. It is not. Pregnancy is not an illness or a disease, it is a natural function of the body. The majority of women don’t have abortions because of health issues, they have them because they simply don’t want

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the inconvenience of raising a child. This is the truth that needs to be acknowledged by politicians. The issue is a moral one, because from conception a child is beginning to be formed and has as much right to life as we do. Maureen Guy, Otumoetai.

Emergency department The National Government should have built an addiction and mental health centre in Gisborne. Anne Tolley was the minister of police and she lived in Gisborne for quite a few years. She would have known Gisborne had high unemployment, high rates of crime, drug use, family violence and alcohol and mental health problems. People were told to go to Rotorua for help. The Rotorua centre was full most of the time. Tauranga does not have the serious problems for all of these as Gisborne does. Todd Muller wanted a 24/7 medical centre in Papamoa; 24/7 medical centres are usually privately owned and too expensive for most people. That is why they go to the public Tauranga Hospital. Todd Muller and Judy Killalea (The Weekend Sun July 26, p4) organised a petition to get a 24/7 centre which failed. They should have first checked with the Labour Government if the Government ever funds this type of centre. Small districts sometimes have them, like Waimakariri and the Government most probably funds them as there is no public hospital in that area. Hilary Burrows, Papamoa.

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Free speech at risk With the action taken to take down the video of the Christchurch gunman’s massacre, there are already strong signs that Jacinda’s efforts are going to be twisted to inhibit free speech. Look at the way Israel Folau’s views have been twisted to accuse him of hate speech. Brian Tamaki had one of his sermons based on the Bible taken down by Facebook, also allegedly for preaching hate. What if the Christchurch images had been captured by a victim’s cellphone? Surely they should be allowed to share it with the identities pixilated? Far more people would view such screenings as a negative for the gunman than the few misguided positives. I am influenced from a recent book about the so-called Arab Spring around 2012 where the vicious dictators of Libya, Egypt and Tunisia were effectively brought down by the cellphone images of the excesses of their police and army in dealing with demonstrators. Each one had a particular image which was shared, of a named young person being badly injured or killed. Remember China has successfully closed down their army’s massacre of people at Tiananmen Square 30 years ago. Had that occurred today the outcome would be vastly different. There is great people power from sharing images which Facebook and the like are now going to have to suppress. Are the dreadful images we see of WW1 and WWII in documentaries now going to be suppressed? Even ‘terrorist’ can be a populist word. I have lost count on how many times I read of rebels and terrorists later becoming Prime Ministers of their countries. Free speech is so very important. We don’t have to agree/approve. Bill Capamagian, Tauranga.

Seeing is believing My husband and I recently shifted from Auckland to Tauranga. We were appalled at the lack of recycling here. You don’t take plastic recycling bags. The bin for bottles is some idiot’s lack of genius. A local told us there were big bins but some people kicked up a fuss. At the transfer station we have to separate the different coloured bottles. In an age where we are supposed to be looking after our environment it’s pretty slack. Wake up and let’s get moving in recycling. Yvonne Field, Tauranga. The Weekend Sun welcomes letters from readers. Preference will be given to short letters (200 words maximum) supplied with full name and contact details. Email: letters@thesun.co.nz For more letters go to www.sunlive.co.nz

It appears that Rob Colemore (The Weekend Sun, July 19) and Peter Otway (The Weekend Sun, August 2) disagree sharply. Who is right? Are we informing our future generation correctly as my son is very much in the minority at school in not believing climate change propaganda. He has good reason to not believe. For decades now we’ve heard the sea is rising due to climate change and some predictions have placed it up to three metres higher. But as three generations of my family have lived off the sea and almost every day observed tide heights/ weather conditions, highs and lows, on both coasts for over seventy years, the verdict is in. Absolutely no change! I think the problem is we’ve got better cameras and programs to film events in way out places. Most people would think hell had broken loose if we had been filmed crossing the Manukau Bar in the 1970s in up to 130km/h wind and waves breaking in 12 metres of water. I could do a documentary and point out these are normal global conditions. John Fairburn, Katikati.

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I am disgusted that our government is contemplating this law! I was diagnosed with aggressive stage four prostate cancer at level 9 on the When reading your page (The Weekend Sun, page 2, July 26), particularly about Ollie Langridge making Gleason scale and metastisised into my thigh three years ago. Can’t get worse than that! Under this law a stand on a national climate emergency, I could not I could be dead and gone by now! Apart from the help wondering why such people very nasty side effects from the don’t do some research on the Zoldex shot last November, I subject. Ever since the world came am living a life and fighting this into existence, climate change has cancer in every way I can. been through thousands of cycles of There are many lifestyle many different types, triggered by choices one can make to beat many different causes, and so many cancer. The doctors assured me that they could not species of every type of plant and animal have ceased to exist. All have finished their cycle cure me, so I am doing that by herbs and careful diet. of existence through some means. Many have done that before me, so it is possible. Nothing lasts forever; the most constant effect on this My medical ‘professionals’ all told me that they earth is change – nothing stays the same. Why can’t could not even guess at how long I had to live. That the drum-bangers realise this and accept that this is a seems reasonable to me, so how can this law be made natural phenomenon and we should not expect the for those who have been given less than six months to species living in our short lifetime to co-exist with us. live? Who is going to make that judgment? Nobody Birds and animals have a shorter life-span than us, and it but God knows that! Who is going to play God? My makes sense that their evolutionary span of existence is lesions have both decreased in size by 60 per cent. also shorter. Humans waste so much time and money in Colin Stitt, Katikati. trying to breed more of the disappearing species, when they should be using such funds to help their fellow humans live in less hardship. Giving help to one’s own species’ survival makes better economic sense. You only have to look at historical events, such as the biggest recorded volcanic eruption of Mt Tambora in 1815, to see the cataclysmic effect that had on global cooling, initially, through to 1817, which wiped out food crops for several seasons, plus insect, bird, animal and human population because of the heavy ash falling, but for years afterwards the lingering fine particles of ash that floated in the stratosphere, were blown far and wide by winds, blocking solar energy. People in those days had no means of knowing what caused their hardship, but now Wikipedia can tell us. Mankind may be irresponsible about dumping their waste thoughtlessly and we can certainly address that, but they are not responsible for everything and cannot change nature, therefore we should be able to accept leaving God’s work to him. He made this world, and can also unmake it at any time, if our own messes overwhelm us. Re: ‘PM to set sail for Tokelau Islands’. The first Wendy Dawid. NZ Prime Minister to visit Tokelau Islands in 15 years. Who would not want to visit their father, in the beautiful south sea islands of Tokelau? One might question the appropriateness of Winston Peters, who on December 15, 2017, as We have all been intrigued Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign by watching the 50-year Affairs, saw fit to appoint Mr Ardern, the Prime commemorations of the Apollo Minister’s father to the position, Administrator of Moon landing. the Tokelau Islands. There is one fact they seem to have left I cast no doubt on Mr Ardern’s suitability for the out; the astronauts initially had great role but in my opinion this is ‘nepotism’ that goes difficulty taking photos of Earth. unseen and unheralded by the public. Reason: some person kept moving. Maureen J Anderson, Pyes Pa. Old joke but a goody. Ken Jones.

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Loserpalooza is coming! There are two sides to Tauranga. It often seems – possibly with good reason – that we’re locked in the musical mainstream, an unthreatening mixture of jazz, blues, folk and cover bands, with a smattering of country and classic rock that probably sounded exactly the same in the seventies. Within this there are certainly highlights: The Arts Festival programme has just been released and has a pile of great Contenders. concerts. They’re a well-chosen selection for Tauranga and, as suits the city, pretty middle of the road. I don’t mean that as an insult, just a description. Female singers are front and centre, with Tami Neilson, as well as Nadia Reed and Reb Fountain, and bluesy award winners Milly Tabak and The Miltones. Blues singer Greg Copeland follows Big Daddy Wilson here from Germany, while Scottish band Shooglenifty combine folk and modern grooves. Meanwhile, something more leftGrown Downz. field comes from singer-songwriter Anthonie Tonnon’s synthesiser/video presentation and comedy country act Wilson Dixon. I’d get in quick as I suspect most will sell out.

Festival, a huge one-day bash featuring 28 bands from around the country, is happening over 12 hours at The Mount. There will be two stages at Totara Street, running from midday and a smaller stage down the road at The Voodoo Lounge kicking off at 8pm. It costs $40 and all proceeds go to Lifeline to support their much-needed counselling and helpline services. Let’s look more closely. Of the 28 bands, I should ‘fess up right now, I’ve heard of only eight. I’ve actually heard in person only four. So – damn! - this should be a blast. A day of new music, none of it outstaying its welcome, any of which Ayn Randy. could blow minds. How about some recommendations?

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Firstly, the band with the best name: Ayn Randy. Shrug at that, Atlas! They Diehards. come from Wellington and comprise Bonnie Randy (guitar/vocals), Liz Randy (guitar/vocals), Tanya Jeffrey (bass/ vocals) and Kitt Randy (drums). Underground Expect a raucous package of punk rock But there is another from a band with the kudos of having side to the music opened for the Foo Fighters at Westpac scene. Stadium last year. If you’ve discovered Or try local duo Grown Downz, a the Facebook Ounce brother and sister act making a name community that for themselves and predicted to go on to goes by the name Tauranga Music Sux you’ll find a musical great things with their unique brand of skate punk ‘n’ roll. And from the remains of surf punks X-Ray Fiends and Shoutin’ underground in the Bay that, despite it’s Preachin’ come an even more untameable beast called Ounce, a band lack of visibility, is pretty healthy. with two drummers which has been described as Black Sabbath You might wonder why I don’t write covering Can. about it more. In all reality, I’m not Then there’s new wave/cow punk from The Contenders and convinced that the readership of the the amazing Diehards of Deep Dish, a pizza-obssessed collective Sun – you fine folk looking at this describing themselves as ‘Tauranga-based slice lords’ who are column right now – are really into currently recording a debut album on which every song is a homage young alternative music. to their favourite food. I may be wrong. Do tell me, by And, running out of space, don’t miss Edward Gains and the comment, letter or email if I am. Human Remains or local heroes Threat.Meet.Protocol. Also, I might mention, the good folk Tickets are available on the day. at Tauranga Music Sux actually asked Here is the rest of the bands: Repairs, Flogging a Dead One Horse me not to mention a couple of their Town, Mason Clinic, St Klaeds Computer, Nuggiez, Bulk Bogan, shows. Staying off the radar with OHS, licensing or other authorities might Hard Throb, First Move, Abysm, Rat Dicks, Hemordroid, Jim Jones have been an issue. and the Peoples Temple, YdoubleR, Dad Jokes, The Dead Man That’s not a problem next Saturday 66, No Brainers, Ilicit Wah Wahz, Contenders, Tooms, The GC’s, (August 17) when the Loserpalooza Dateless, and Dead Simple.

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Airshow line-up announced for 2020 The Roaring Forties Harvards will be back for another Tauranga City Airshow.

On the afternoon of Saturday January 18, 2020, the skies above Tauranga will again be filled with the sound of jets, aerobatic aircraft and formations of military and ex-military aircraft performing for the ‘Tauranga City Airshow – Classics of the Sky’. Helicopters will play a major part in the aerial activities – with a newly imported ‘BlackHawk’ chopper making an appearance along with a great line-up of local working and military choppers also strutting their stuff for the crowds to admire. This year we have the return of the ‘Mount Truck Show’ as a major ground component, with over 180 big rigs on display on the day. Texan formation displays, old and new with the Royal New Zealand Airforce Black Falcons and the New Zealand Warbirds Roaring Forties display teams guarantee lots of noise, action and excitement above the airfield Come on down for a late lunch - bring your deck chair, sunshade and a picnic or buy food and

beverage from one of the many food vendors on site. There will even be a licensed tent so those who would like an alcoholic drink while enjoying the entertainment can do so, but BYO alcohol is not permitted. There is plenty of free parking on site too. Motorhomes are welcome to book and stay Friday and Saturday night. Gates open at 1.30pm with the air displays starting at 3.00pm. Tickets will be available from: www.eventfinda.co.nz and from t e Gift Shop at Classic Flyers.

August offers up a tasty smorgasbord Taste Tauranga hits Downtown Tauranga this month with more than 28 dynamic restaurants, delivering mouth-watering delights across the city centre. Indulge your appetite with more than 30 events, including whiskey tasting, a degustation dinner, an evening of ‘Ginspiration’, multiple wine and brewery talks and tastings, noodle night markets, and an evening of French wine and cheese. The famous Tapas Trails of 2018s inaugural Taste Tauranga are making a comeback in 2019 with three trails repeated across multiple days. Choose your trail from: ‘Sensational Flavours’ hosted by Oscar and Otto, Macau, Nomad Food + Wine, Clarence tapas. and Clarence Bistro, ‘Craft Beer’ hosted by CBK Craft Bar Kitchen, Cornerstone Bar & Eatery, The Crown and Badger and The Hop House, and ‘American Kitchen’

hosted by RYE Bar & Grill, The Phoenix, and Lone Star! Taste Tauranga’s Tapa Trails are a social, entertaining, interactive dining experience with food and beverage selections that are simply sensational. Naturally the Tapas Trails sell out quick, so be sure to get your tickets asap. Love burgers? Be sure to check out the many eateries fighting i out for the chance to be named INDULGE supreme burger champion in the Taste Tauranga Burger Competition. Have your say and help your favourite burger entry win the People’s Choice Award Judged by Sam and Casey from The Rock. Be sure to get into Downtown Tauranga this month and sample these succulent beauties. Did we mention you could win a pair of diamond earrings valued at $1000 thanks to Peet Jewellers? Feed your eyes and find out more at www.downtowntauranga.co.nz

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Team bonding for mud challenge

The Tauranga Boys’ College under-15 rugby team, with captain Grady Forbes (front centre), warming up for this weekend’s Tauranga Mud Challenge after beating Gisborne Boys’ High 25-5 on Saturday. Photo by Jamie Troughton/Dscribe Media.

They say playing in mud is a great leveller - and that’s exactly what members of the Tauranga Boys’ College under-15 team are hoping for this weekend. The team is fronting the Tauranga Mud Challenge - a 6km mud run through the Pahoia Domain estuary - to raise funds for the school’s rugby hardship fund. This year, the fund will be used to support players in the under-15 team that would otherwise struggle to pay their way to next month’s tournament in Napier and captain Grady Forbes says helping out with the mud run had many more benefits than purely financia “It really helps the team bonding - you build that camaraderie, knowing that we’re all here for each other - and all the boys know we’ve got each others’ backs,” ays Grady. “The hardship fund is for the boys that find it a bit tougher to fundraise for trips but oing this all together as a team means when we go to the tournament, we’ve already got a great team spirit and can really concentrate on just doing the job on the field. Last year’s inaugural Tauranga Mud Challenge raised more than $4000 for the hardship fund and this year, it has attracted corporate sponsorship from leading Tauranga building firm iLine Construction. The 6km course will take competitors across mudflats near Pahoi

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Domain, through paddocks and channels, with additional challenges along the way, such as cargo net crawls, a mud slide and try-scoring in the mud. The long course is open to teams of three as well as individuals, while a 3km version is open to under-16 athletes. Members of the Greerton Volunteer Fire Brigade will provide a hose-down service for runners afterwards, while food and drink carts will keep bodies fuelled and firing Organiser and Tauranga Boys’ College PE teacher Rodger McBrydie says with iLine Construction’s support, they’d been able to ramp things up this year. “We were blown away with the success of our inaugural event and the feedback we had from participants wasn’t just positive, it was jubilant,” ays Rodger. “This year, we’ve taken it up a notch - we’ve tweaked the course and have a number of new challenges along the way, all the while keeping the same sense of fun that made last year so enjoyable.” Unlike most event organisers, Rodger is also loving the fact he doesn’t have to keep an eye on the weather forecast. “My prediction is that it’ll be wet and muddy. Pretty much perfect!” The 2019 Tauranga Mud Challenge will be held on Sunday August 11, with more information and entry details at: www.taurangamudchallenge.co.nz.

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High hopes for faultless earthquake drill A national earthquake drill and Tsunami hikoi, New Zealand ShakeOut, was launched this week at Te Papa’s new earthquake house. Civil Defence minister Peeni Henare says the ShakeOut is a great opportunity for all New Zealanders to learn the correct actions to take during an earthquake and tsunami. New Zealand has had three nationwide ShakeOut campaigns, in 2012, 2015 and 2018. Due to their success, they are now an annual exercise. A new website – www.shakeout.govt.nz – has also been launched to make signing up as easy as possible. “The new ShakeOut website will make it easy for everyone to sign up to take part in the drill and take steps to get prepared,” says Peeni. “By practising ShakeOut every year, knowing what to do will become second nature when an earthquake or tsunami does happen.”

Peeni says children are leading the way in participating in ShakeOut. “We want to see all New Zealand children taking part in the drill, as they will become the new generation of prepared New Zealanders and encourage their whanau to be prepared too.” In previous ShakeOuts, schools, kohanga reo, kura and early childhood centres made up over half the participants. The new website has lesson plans, colouring pages and online games to encourage preparedness at home and at school. New Zealand ShakeOut is based on the highly successful California ShakeOut which began in 2008 and has now spread to numerous other US states and countries such as Canada and Japan. All learning institutions are encouraged to sign up, hold a drop, cover and hold drill, and plan a tsunami hikoi if they are in a tsunami zone. Families, individuals, businesses and other organisations are also encouraged to take part.

Papamoa art on display The Papamoa Art Collective, with sponsorship from the Papamoa Plaza, will be holding its annual exhibition next week. The exhibition will be open from 9am - 6pm daily from Friday, August 16 to Sunday, August 25. About 130 paintings will be for sale at reasonable prices and in all mediums. As this is a ‘rolling exhibition’, when a painting is sold the artist can immediately replace it with another. This means that the exhibition is refreshed with new works every few days. The Collective was founded in 2006 and fills a need in the Papamoa area. Currentl Papamoa artists are 34 members enjoy painting in a relaxed, offering their work up for friendly atmosphere in the Aihe Room of sale later this month. the library building and meet every Tuesday (except school holidays) from 12.30pm-3pm followed by a well-earned coffee over at the Plaza. Although lessons are not on offer, members take along their own work and if needed, positive advice can be given by the many talented artists present. A tutorial workshop is held every term, taken by Patrick Gibbons, a well-known local artist and one of the co-ordinators of the Collective. Members pay an annual subscription which goes towards the room rental and decisions as to the running of the Collective are made by all. Anyone interested in joining the group can drop in when the group meets and discuss any queries with Patrick Gibbons or Lynne Harbison.

MT RSA Fri 9th Ray Solomon 7pm – 10:30pm Sat 10th Gerry Lee 7pm – 10:30pm Sun 11th Andy Bowman 4:30pm – 7:30pm THE BARREL ROOM Sat 10th Mike Garner & Friends 6pm – 9pm MOUNT SOCIAL CLUB Wed 14th Social Blues Jam 6:30pm – 10pm Thur 15th Acoustic Social Jam Night 8pm JACK DUSTY’S ALE HOUSE (Bureta) Sun 11th The Anzacs 3pm – 6pm Wed 14th Tauranga Blues Jam 7pm – 10:30pm

Peeni says New Zealand ShakeOut has become an annual event that helps to ensure everyone knows and practises the correct action to take in an earthquake and tsunami.

The New Zealand ShakeOut 2019 drill and tsunami hikoi, is taking place on Thursday, October 17 at 1.30pm. To sign up and get more information, go to: www.shakeout.govt.nz

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Saturday 10 August

Arms & Militaria Show Greerton Hall, Tauranga. 17th & 18th Aug. All kinds of firearms, edged weapons, accessories military collectibles, etc. A popular event for collectors where everyone is welcome. Adults $5. Art In The Park Original art for sale, weather permitting. 9am-4pm. Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui. Tauranga Society of Artists At Historic Village Today you will find an array of stalls lining the streets Unique products, food & fresh produce! ZEE Market 9am-1:30pm Bay Network Singles Club Single, over 50? For weekend dinners, barbeques, outings. Ph Jonathan 572 2091, Maureen 021 112 3307 Bethlehem Pottery Club Gallery BPC Gallery open 10am-2pm. Buy locally made pottery. Something for everyone. Enquire about our next Bayclay Exhibition. Community Yoga Classes 9am. Bring your friends. Enjoy community chai after class. $5 or free to LightRoom Members. 325 Maunganui Rd. Ph Rayna 027 464 0691 rayna@thelightroom.studio Croquet 45 Kawaka St, Mt Maunganui. Mon, Wed, Sat. 9am for 9:15am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Jacqui 574 9232 Genealogy Informal Group Some useful ideas about researching your family ancestry are discussed here. 1:30pm Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth St/Cameron Rd. Ph Sue 544 1751 Greerton Hall Market Last Sat of the month. 8-12. Stalls inside/outside. Discounts for charity groups. Refreshments available. Ph/txt for site. Tricia 07 543 1487 or 027 908 2952, www facebook.com/greertonhallmarket Irish Ceilidh Fundraiser Family event 6pm Bethlehem Community Hall, Live band, food & refreshments. No alcohol. $25 adult, $15 child, $50 family. Ph/ Txt 027 621 8974 or jowilliamsplews@ xtra.co.nz Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road. 12:45-3pm Katikati Lions Moggies Market 2nd Sat of month

Katikati Memorial Hall, Main Road 8am-Noon. Enquiries 549 3589 LOL Laughter Wellness Come & join us & laugh away your winter blues. Arataki Community Ctr, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui 11-11:45am. Ph Trish 022 036 6768 Mira Corbova Art Exhibition + fashion show 5-7pm. Exhibition runs until 25 July Tues-Sat 11am-4pm at The Art Lounge, 117 Willow St

Mount Maunganui Society Dance

Monthly Sequence Dance, 7:30pm Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair, Mt Maunganui Sheldon’s Dance Band, Lovely Supper. $7. Mount Maunganui Scottish Society. Ph Erica 576 0578 Mount Music Club 2nd Sat monthly. 1-4pm Old Folks Hall, Midway, Mount.

Mostly country. Good backing band. Ph Dick 027 493 8458 Oil Workshop With Nemesh Guided oil painting workshops by our multi-award winning artist are suitable even for a beginner. Today & Sunday. Enquire: theartloungenz@gmail.com Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult tennis. Start time 1pm. Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool complex). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Fred 544 5088 Petanque Sat & Tues 12:50pm. No equipment needed. Nice low impact sport to enjoy outdooors. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606 Pin’d Creative Showcase A fashion design competition open to garments & textile art designed by intermediate & secondary school Textile students. Baycourt 6:30pm. For tickets go to www. baycourt.co.nz

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group

Come & enjoy tea dance, Sat Aug 31 Baptist Church Hall, 13th Ave. 5-9pm. $5pp. BYO food, plates, cutlery, non alcoholic drinks. Jan 544 4379 Tauranga Farmers Market 7:4512noon Tauranga Primary School cnr Cameron Rd & 5th Ave. Fresh & artisan products direct from producers. Ph 0274 915 876 Tauranga Fuchsia Group Meet last Saturday of month 1:30pm Art/Craft Centre Elizabeth St . Workshops on growing fuchsias. New members welcome. Ph Pat 579 1655 or Noeleen 578 4643 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

Sunday 11 August

Bible Seminar 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: The temptation of Jesus - lessons for us. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Mary 573 5537 BOP Oodle Club Monthly playdates for dogs! Fergusson Park 2-3pm, first Sunday of the month. All welcome. Gold coin donation. Croquet Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, 12:45 for 1pm start, Sun, Tues, Fri. Beginners welcome. Peter 571 0633 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 international travel? Join our club. Be hosted by other clubs worldwide & host them. Ph Barbara 574 5711 or Jonathan 572 2091 Golf Croquet Croquet Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St Tues, Thur & Sun 8:45am for 9am start. New players & visitors welcome. Nev 575 5121 Home Based Christian Church Join us for a one-hour sharing from the teachings of Jesus Christ. 7pm Papamoa

Sports & Recreation Centre, 80 Alice Way. John 022 680 7705 Katikati Tramping Club Waihi Beach tramp, easy/moderate, 4 hours, 8:30am start. Leader Doug Longdill, Ph 0275 363 329 before 7:30pm Friday Living Well Church 10am, Papamoa Community Centre. We are of different backgrounds & ages, joining together to celebrate the life we have in Jesus. Maketu Market Every 3rd & 5th Sunday at Village Green. Set up for vendors from 7am. Ph Carlyn 027 251 0388 or Pat 021 447 420 Messy Church Join us for fun activities, faith exploration, celebration time, meal provided. 4-6pm at St John’s Anglican Church, 94 Bureta Rd 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 licenc 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 Pop Up Shop 2-6pm Oversea Holiday Lady Fashion Collection @ Black Sheep Restaurant, 21 Plummers Point Rd Whakamarama 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 Sun & Thurs 1:30-4pm, in pond behind 24 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Sunday Stitch Workshop Textile Art casual get together. Create treasures with Kristy Clegg. First Sunday of the month, 10am-1pm. $10. The Artery, Historic Village. Info @ www.theincubator.co.nz. Ph 07 571 3232 Tibetan Buddhist Teachings Teachings by Geshe Jamyang Sherab, held in Te Puna, 10am-12pm. Teachings free, grateful for dana/koha. Venue & program email susan.bagley@xtra.co.nz

Monday 12 August

Age Concern 500 Cards Friendly group gets together 9:30-11:30am (except Public Holidays) held at Age Concern, 177a Fraser St, Tauranga. $2 Donation. All welcome Aglow Mt Maunganui Ross Horton brings years of pastoral experience, encouragement & vision. 6:30pm Mt Baptist Church, 66 Ranch Rd, Mt Maunganui. Ph Sharron 027 354 1060 Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am Mon & Fri. Tauranga Central Baptist Church. Cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Badminton Aquinas College in

Pyes Pa 7-9pm. Casual players welcome. Club racquets available. Players aged from year 10 upwards. Ph Sue 021 194 4335 www.taurangabadmintonclub. co.nz Bethlehem Indoor Bowls Meets in Bethlehem Hall 7:30pm start. Names in by 7:15pm. New members of all ages welcome. John 027 654 1298 Cancer Society Walking Group Free walking group for people with cancer & their carers. Meet at Pilot Bay at 9:30am. angeliqueensor@cancersociety.org.nz 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 Chess In The Afternoon Mount Chess Club, 1-4 pm, Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd Mt Maunganui. $4 a session. Equipment & refreshments provided. Bob 0274 786 282 Citizens Advice Bureau Tauranga Free confidential impartial info & advice Don’t know? Ask Us! Ph or visit us at 38 Hamilton St Tauranga. Mon-Fri 9am5pm 07 578 1592 or 0800 367 222 Diabetes Help Tauranga Drop-In Clinic 10am-12pm, no appointment necessary. Advice or support for anyone living with diabetes & their families. 174 11th Ave, Tauranga. INFOline 571 3422 info@diabeteshelp.org.nz

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 Greerton Garden Club Meets second Monday of each month at St James Church hall, cnr Pooles & Devon Rds, Greerton at 1pm. Visitors welcome. Ph 577 9749

Harmony-A-Plenty Barbershop Chorus Men’s chorus affiliates to a N

& worldwide network. We teach singing with specialist coaching . Meets 7pm 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem. Indoor Bowling St Columba Church Hall 7:15pm. $10 annual subs, $2 per night. Everyone/all levels welcome. Ph Paul 576 6324 Let’s Learn Lifelong Learning Are you a lifelong learner? Check out the range of courses, workshops, classes, lectures, lessons & events on www.letslearn.co.nz or ph 544 9557 Mah-Jong 12:30-4pm, visitors & beginners welcome. Free teaching available. Tauranga South Bowling Club, 11th Ave. Ph Shirley 576 0014 Maketu Market 3rd & 5th Sun 7am12pm, Maketu Village Green. Ph Carolyn 027 251 0388 or Pat 021 447 420 Marlin Friendship Club Meets Omanu Golf Club on 2nd Mondays at 9:45am. Friendly mixed membership club with regular social activities. Take part & meet people Postnatal Support Group 9:30-11am Bethlehem Birthing Centre. All parents

& caregivers of 0-2 yr olds welcome. Ph 07 549 4522 Raranga - Weaving Weekly get together 10-3pm. Raranga weavers, motivating each other. Bring own materials. $5 Koha. The Artery, Tauranga Historic Village. more info: www.theincubator.co.nz

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise

Mon & Wed Tga Senior Citz Club 14 Norris st. 9:15-10:45am. Tues St Marys Hall cnr Girven & Marlin 9-10:30am. Jennifer 571 1411 or 027 206 0776 Silver Singers Choir Conductor, soprano, alto, tenor, bass voices welcome. Practise at St Stephens Chapel 1pm. Ph Gaynor 579 2465 Taichi Internal Arts NZ Tai Chi Beginner Class, Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 33 Maitland St. 9:30-11am $5. All Welcome. Includes Qigong. In association with Sport BOP. David 552 4425 Tauranga City Brass Band practice at Band hall, 10 Yatton St Greerton. All welcome. 7-9pm. Ph Jeremy 021 132 3341 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon 9:30am & 2nd & 4th Thur 7:30pm. Learn spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, dyeing, crochet skills. 177 Elizabeth St. Ph 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 FBook: taurangarocknrollclub

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

CARDS 500 Mon & Thurs. INDOOR BOWLS Tues, Wed & Sat. 14 Norris St (behind PaknSave)12:45pm, 1pm start. Entry $2 incl afternoon tea. New members welcome. Welcome Bay Art Group 9:30-12 at Lighthouse Church meeting room next to Welcome Bay Road Village Shops. Ph Denis 544 6451

Tuesday 13 August

ABC-Avenues Badminton Club At Tauranga Boys College Gym. Juniors 6-7:30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7:30-9:30pm. Club racquets available. Delwyn 027 212 4720 Age Concern Coffee Group Chat over a relaxing cuppa at Te Puke Citizens RSA Club, 179 Jellicoe St. 10-11am. $3pp. Open to the Public. Ph 578 2631 Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting, 7:30pm St Peters Anglican Church, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Altrusa Int’l Tauranga Club Womens service group, literacy focused meet 2nd Tues for dinner business meeting & 4th Tues for programme evening. Pam 027 253 7562 or president.tauranga@altrusa. org.nz www.altrusa.org.nz Arataki Coastal Club At Arataki Community Centre 9:30am for retirees, 2nd Tuesday of the month for morning tea, guest speakers, outings & activities. Ph 572 2908 Bayfair Petanque Club Play Tues & Thur 12:45. Bayfair Reserve, Russley Dr. All levels of play welcome. Equipment & training available. Ph Alf 570 0480

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Friday 9 August 2019

THE WEEKEND SUN Beginner Social Dance Class 7pm

Tauranga Primary School Hall, 5th Ave, or Wed 8pm Welcome Bay School Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. Ph 544 2337 or 027 322 1786

Citizens Advice Bureau Papamoa

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

Greerton RSA 7pm. Friendly gettogether, all instruments, all levels of ability. Come in & enjoy some live music. Grant 578 6448

Free confidential impartial info advice. Don’t know? Ask Us! Ph or visit us at Community Ctr 15 Gravatt Rd Papamoa. Tues & Thurs 10am-1pm. 0800 367 222

Tauranga Astronomical Society

Contemporary Issues In Religion

Tauranga Model Railway Club

Earth Diverse & Tauranga Moana Interfaith Council course on Religious Fundamentalism, Extremism & Terrorism. 6-8:30pm, 1 Church St. More info & to register http://www. earthdiverse.org.nz/registration Falun Dafa Free Classes Cultivating one’s character results in a return to true health. https://letslearn.co.nz/ falun-dafa/ 7pm, Hillier Ctr, 31 Gloucester Rd, Bayfair. Ph/txt Judy 021 0425 398 Fitness Fun Cardio, weights, floo work, balance & dance. 9:30am St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448 Israeli Dancing Beginners class 6:307:30pm at Gate Pa primary school hall, Cameron Rd. Circle & line dances, all ages welcome. Ph Maria 022 165 2114 Marching For Leisure A non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, Fitness & Friendship. For Tauranga teams’ details ph Frances 07 544 1318 or 021 297 3407 Merge: Social Connections For new residents to Tauranga. Meet 1st & 3rd Tues of month at The Raft, Chapel St 5-7pm. Email Karen merge. tauranga@gmail.com

Mount Morning Badminton

9-11:30am. Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park. Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome. $5 per day. Ph Margaret 575 9792 Mt Runners & WalkersMt Maunganui Runners & Walkers Club meet every Tues & Fri 9:30-10:30am, Scout Hall, 13 May St. All welcome. Babysitters available. www.mtrunnersandwalkers.co.nz Oceanside Kiwanis Club Join a friendly group & assist underprivileged children. Meetings 2nd & 4th Tues of each month @ The Club, 45 Kawaka St. Wayne 021 567 078 Oriana Singers Tauranga A mixedvoice (SATB) choir. We welcome new members both men & women. 7pm Dee St, St Andrew’s Hall. https://www. orianasingers.nz/ 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 Read Between The Wines Poetry Group meets last Tuesday of every month. 7-9pm $5 Koha. BYO poems & wine, relaxed vibe. The Incubator, Historic Village. More info: www.theincubator.co.nz Scrabble 9:20am for 9:30 start. Tauranga Citz Club 13th Ave & Cameron Rd. All most welcome to exercise your brains! Ph Jo Ann 578 3606 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd Otumoetai, 7pm9:30pm except 2nd Tues of month 3:30-6. Faye 543 3280 South City Indoor Bowls 7:30pm Box Drawn pairs. Black Cup. Names in by 7:15pm.

Strength & Balance Exercise class for over 60s to improve strength, balance & prevent falls. 11am Welcome Bay hall. $6. Ph Raewyn 027 607 7437 TaiChi Internal Arts NZ Te Puke Memorial Hall. Beginner Class Settlers Room 9:30-11am. All welcome. $5 Regular Class Pioneer Room. 9:30-11:30am $5. Ph David 552 4425

Tonight’s main programme, a video lecture investigating beyond Pluto, looking for a massive planet. Telescope viewing weather dependent. Fergusson Park Observatory 7:30 Club meets Tues mornings & Thurs evenings at clubrooms, cnr Mirrilees Rd & Cross Rd, Sulphur Pt. Ph Mike 021 939 233

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Keep fit the fun way. Play badminto at the QE Youth Ctr Tues & Thurs 9-11:30am. Visitors $6. Some racquets available. Bob 0274 786 282

Tauranga Samba Drumming Band

Learn our unique style of Brazilian batucada street drumming at our free workshops. Tonight, Sept 17, Oct 29. 7:15-9:15pm. Mount Sports Ctr. Ph 027 206 4970 Tauranga Target Rifle Club Club meets 7pm at the range at the western end of Elizabeth St. Olympic style shooting with target rifles. Coachin provided

Tauranga UFO & Paranormal

Monthly meeting 7:30pm Senior Citizens Hall 14 Norris St. Parking & entry at rear. Discussion on 5G. Entry $4. All welcome. Ph Ian 544 2811

Waihi Beach Tennis Club Adult social tennis, Tues & Fri

8:30am. All year. Casual & new players welcome. Ph Barry 027 492 6475 Yoga For All Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6:30-8pm. Traditional, relaxing yoga class. Beginners welcome. $12 one or $90 nine classes. Bring a mat. Bhajan 07 929 7484

Wednesday 14 August 500 Cards Club Join our friendly

500 club 1-3:30pm St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd. $3 a session. Prizes plus refreshments. Bob 0274 786 282 or Barbara 572 4962 Age Concern Walking Group 10am New World, Brookfiel Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 1st & 3rd, Wed of every month. Tauranga Central Baptist church, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Bromeliad Club Meeting 12:30-2:30 at Yacht Club Sulphur Pt. Gordon Nairn speaking about attracting bees to the garden. Monthly plant striped neoregelias. Good sales table. Raffles Visitors welcome Cards, Cribbage (Crib) Join a friendly group who meet at Tauranga RSA Greerton 12:50pm. Ph Michael 562 0517 City Early Start Toastmasters To improve public speaking & leadership skills, join friendly, motivated, enthusiastic City Early Start Toastmasters at Classic Flyers Cafe, 7am-8:15am. LaniDTM@gmail.com www.cityearlystart.co.nz or see Facebook. Community Bible Study Join us @ City Church 252 Otumoetai Rd 7-9pm for a Bible Study on the Book of Revelation. Ph Julie 552 4068 Fernland Spa Water Exercise Gentle exercise in the warm water. Suitable for joint replacements, arthritics & recovery from injury or illness. Great for strength, coordination & balance. Jennifer 571 1411 Fitness League Exercise, movement & dance focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibilty suitabl for all ages & abilities, 10am, Katikati Memorial Hall. Pam 549 4799 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club Night 7:30pm. Oropi visit. Small plate for supper please. Healing Rooms Come, experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. Behind Graced Oppshop, cnr 11th Ave, Chris-

topher St 1-3pm. No charge. Ph 021 110 0878 www.healingrooms.org.nz Home Based Christian Church Join us for a one-hour sharing from the teachings of Jesus Christ. 7:30pm Papamoa Community Centre (at library) 15 Gravatt Rd. John 022 680 7705 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm. Mah Jong Citz Club, 14th Ave/Cameron Rd. 1230-1600. All welcome, teaching available. Ph Joy 578 7310 Mah Jong Weekly Club meets Hillier Centre, Gloucester Rd, Mt. 6:15-9pm. Ph Vicki 0274 955 995 Midweek Music 1st Tuesday monthly. 7-10pm Cliff Road Hall, Tauranga. Mostly country. Good backing band. Ph Dick 0274 938 458

Papamoa Garden Circle

1pm in the Surfbreaker Room, Papamoa Sports & Recreation Ctr. Visitors welcome. Ph Lee 574 0696 Pickleball At The Mount 10am12pm Mt Sports Ctr, Blake Park. Social, all ages, equipment supplied. Beginners welcome. $5 session Ph Viv 575 5845 Sahaja Yoga Meditation Always Free. Experience inner peace & joy. Connect to your Spiritual Essence. Sport BOP (next to Squash Courts) 406 Devonport Rd Tauranga. Ph Ian 027 884 2238 Scottish Country Dancing Mount Senior Citizens Hall 345 Maunganui Rd. Beginners 7pm, General dancing 7:30pm. Mary 574 8687 Lynne 021 140 7912 Steady As You Go Exercises at St Johns Church Hall Bureta, 2-3pm except 1st Wed of month. Improve balance & overall wellbeing. Ph Alison 07 576 4536 Tai Chi Internal Arts Beginner Classes. All welcome. Te Puna Rugby Club rooms, Maramatanga Park. 6-7:30pm. Te Puke Memorial Hall, 5:30-7pm. Gold coin koha. David 552 4425 Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild At Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd 10am-2:30pm & 7-9pm. Beginners very welcome. Ph Jenny 021 581 951 Tauranga Film Society Showing “Makala” 6pm at Rialto Cinema. 3-film taster membership $30. Join an time: full season membership $90. See: www.nzfilmsociety.org.n Tauranga Floral Art Group Monthly meeting & workshop today & Sat 17th, Baptist Church Tauranga 9:30am. New members welcome. Ph Ruth 543 2157

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Maungamuka Hut from Te Tuhi. Grade moderate. Garth 575 7293 The Night Is Young Secondary schools, Katikati to Te Puke, perform a wide variety of performing arts disciplines. Wed 21st 7:30pm Addison Theatre, Baycourt. See www.baycourt. co.nz for tickets & more info.

Welcome Home Spiritual Community Presenting Cobwebs in your

Living Room. Dream interpreter, Andy Bryan. 7:15pm $5. St Georges Lounge, 1 Church St. Stay for coffee & catch up after.

Thursday 15 August

Age Concern Coffee Group Chat over a relaxing cuppa at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, 33 Maitland St. 10:30am-12pm $3pp. Ph 578 2631. Open to the Public 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 4 week course 10:30am, 7:15pm. A revolutionary money management course teaches budgeting skills & a simple, system that really works. 021 241 3671

Citizens Advice Bureau Tauranga Annual General Meeting 22nd Aug 10am St Enoch’s Church Lounge, 16th Avenue Tauranga. Coffee & Chat Connecting people with children under 5. Drop in anytime between 10am-12pm. Abundant Life Ctr, 36 Sutherland Rd. Christina 021 173 0925 Community Bible Study Join us @ 14th Avenue Gospel Centre 10am-12pm for a Bible Study on the Book of Revelation. Ph Gay 021 225 5981 Fitness League Exercise, movement & dance focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibility suitable for al abilities.10am Baptist Church Hall,13th Ave. Pam 549 4799 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry. Katikati Concert Band Katikati Bowling Club, 8 Park Rd, 7pm. Come & join our friendly band. All ages & abilities welcome. Ph Mick 021 217 1780 Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus

Meet 7pm in Wesley Hall 100 13th Ave. New members welcome, age no barrier. Sing for health. Ph Bernice 576 4848 Facebook Keynotes Inc Kickstart Toastmasters Gain public speaking, presenting, leadership skills in fun environment. 7-8am. Alimento Cafe, 74 First Ave. Ph Brian 027 543 2777 or turn up! Mainly Music Music & dance for preschoolers, Mums & carers. $4 per family. Morning tea provided. 9:30-10:30am. Holy trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd Orange City Squares Rounds Club night 7:30pm, St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave Tauranga. Learners welcome. Ph 577 1100 or Facebook, Orange City Squares Rounds Rhythm, Foxtrot & Waltz Ballroom dancing at Mt RSA Thurs 10am-12pm & tuitition at Tga Citz Club on Sat 3-4pm. Ph 572 4272 Social Games Club Mt Play Indoor Bowls & Cards. Come along & have fun in the afternoon. Ph Dot 575 3780

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Friday 16 August Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am, Tauranga Central Baptist Church. Cnr 13th Ave, & Cameron Rd. Ph 0800 229 6757 Arataki Artists Paint with friends, 9am12pm at Arataki Community Centre. Occasional tuition with local artists. All levels welcome. Ph Fran 021 136 8173 Chess Tauranga Tauranga RSA Chess Club, Greerton 5-7pm, Casual & Standard length games. Standard Chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/www.westernbopchess. weebly.com/ Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Yatton St, Greerton. Names in by 7:15pm for 7:30pm start. Club Night Skating Mt Sports Stadium

Skates for hire or bring your own skates/roller blades. Great family fun. For more details email taurangarollerskating@gmail or checkout our facebook page. Taichi Internal Arts NZ Te Puke Memorial Hall. Regular Tai Chi Class. Yang form plus Qigong 18 move. 9:30-11am. $5 Lok Hup Ba Fa. 11am-12. $4. David 552 4425 Taoist Tai Chi Tauranga Relaxed. Balanced. Strong. Suitable for all Tauranga: 15 Koromiko St 9-10:30am. Papamoa: 242 Dickson Rd, 9-10.30am. New Beginner classes in August. Ph 578 6193 for detailed info or www.taoist.org/nz/ The Blessing Relaxing sound & meditation evening destress at the end of a busy week. Senior Citizens Club 14 Norris St 7:15pm. Ph 021 120 7370 U3A General Meeting Speaker David Gordon talking about Dr William Manley relating to battle of Gate Pa. Wesley Church hall 13th Ave. 10am-12pm. $5 entry Urzila Carlson, Token African Stand Up comedy show featuring all new material & poking fun at her birth country. Baycourt 7:30pm. Go to www. baycourt.co.nz for ticket info.

Horoscopes ARIES: Carrying a grudge is counterproductive. This is a splendid week for making amends. Variety is the theme of the week that may include travel and surprise visitors on the weekend.

LIBRA: This week features travel and new educational activities. Information from a faraway place is reassuring. Involvement in a new venture, may take more time than expected. A shared ﬁnancial arrangement needs review.

TAURUS: Conﬁrming plans could save you from an embarrassing situation. Visitors are eager to help - it’s up to you to provide opportunities. Avoid bursts of temper. Patience is a must.

SCORPIO: A concerted effort could lead to a task ahead of schedule. Annual meetings or reunions may be on the agenda this week. Interesting people work their way into your life.

GEMINI: Building upon your own ideas could lead to a signiﬁcant accomplishment at home or at work. Shopping for bargains proves favourable - commonsense is a must. Watch a tendency to divulge secrets.

SAGITTARIUS: Be unusually careful in selecting a conﬁdant. Your judgment may be clouded brieﬂy. Outlining goals proves a favourable activity. An old debt may be repaid by the end of the week.

CANCER: Your self indulgent streak surfaces again, so if your are dieting it will require an extra measure of willpower. A friend or spouse may be unexpectedly coy. Awards or other recognition may arrive by the end of the week.

CAPRICORN: This is an excellent week to take your complaints to people in high places. Your intuition is stronger than it has been, especially your perception of the motives of others.

LEO: Obtaining local news and reading between the lines may prove beneﬁcial, leading to important discoveries. Fringe beneﬁts come your way by Thursday.

AQUARIUS: Before tackling household chores, be sure you are on familiar ground. Compliments coming your way are genuine. Business ideas may be more fanciful than realistic. Your educational horizons broaden.

VIRGO: A possible romantic misunderstanding starts the week on a shaky note. The key is to keep your sense of humour and sense of perspective. Be careful to read correspondence carefully.

PISCES: Be sure to inform your partner of any dealings. He/she may be in a less than trusting mood. Involvement in a volunteer assignment could bring an unexpected beneﬁt. Mechanical checks are important.

Your birthday Think very carefully before making any moves or speaking from the heart. You can at times be this week secretive and passionate and you present an aura of mystery. A more open approach may lead to deeper understandings.

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Mix it up because we’re better together Have you ever tried combining things that at first you might consider to be incompatible? Think of food for a moment (or a long time if you like!). One experiment my wife and I tried was combining haggis (my national dish) with mushy peas (a culinary delight of my Lancastrian wife) and wow! It worked and became a weekly dinner.

The truth is that it’s sometimes easier to exclude others and remain in what we might consider to be safe territory. I wonder how much we miss out on by taking that kind of approach, and how much others miss out too. As someone wrote: ‘Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works’ Hebrews 10v24 (New Living Translation). This cannot be achieved by remaining in isolation and it cannot be achieved by holding back through fear of the unknown. Get alongside others, motivate them, let them motivate you and live the truth that we are better together. God bless you.

Another combination is an Englishwoman marrying a Scot, which has also worked! As an Irish friend of ours said: ‘it is possible to marry a Scot and still go on to lead a normal life?’ Underlying all this of course is a serious point and that is that we need each other, are better together and we should make more effort to include and learn from one another.

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Kiwis will all see the All Blacks for free on TVNZ 1. But sadly only 12 of the 48 World Cup matches will be free to air and five of those will be one hour delayed.

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GO, EAT YOUR FOOD with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. Ecclesiastes 9:7

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CLEANING FRANCHISE for sale. Crewcare Tauranga. Immediate start, guaranteed income. Call for an information pack. $12,000 plus GST. Ph Alan 021 902 121

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