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Merivale Community Garden is by the people, for the people. But convincing the people to help themselves is not always easy. In a society where asking is the polite thing to do, people are reluctant to dig in.

The group of devoted volunteers behind the garden want people to know that if they want food, they can help themselves. “People tend to think there is a catch, but the produce is free and it is for everybody,” says garden

manager David Harricks. Vegetables should be left to grow to full size and people can get involved and learn gardening if they want. But the food is there for those who want it. Full story on page 11. Photo: Daniel Hines.

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Actually the cat was scratching his head because that’s just what he does and he doesn’t need a reason for doing anything. I was tugging a strand because of the Policy Statement on Urban Development. This was fittingly released by the minister for urban development Phil Twyford – who knew we had one of those? He is urging councils in cities like Tauranga to “Take a long-term strategic approach” to city planning. Well flay me with a feather – I always assumed that’s what councils did anyway. Apparently councils have been giving in too easily to the demands of their constituents and Phil thinks they need their mojo back. The statement suggests that there should be taller buildings in the middle of cities and intensive housing areas near transport hubs. Now if Phil had just Googled ‘big cities of the world’ and clicked on images, he could have saved himself a shed load of time. He is basically describing just about every city in the world. Granted, Tauranga is not one of them, but to be fair it is kind of two cities that have relatively recently been joined together by a bridge. We are essentially trying to build a city of the future on top of a small city and a beach resort. But don’t worry, if anyone complains about blocks of flats springing up next to them, it will fall on deaf ears because Phil has made a statement and councils can now feel empowered to act on it. Basically they can tell their unhappy voters to fly out and find somewhere els to live if they don’t like what’s planned and then blame it all on Phil. Which is good because I have a number of ideas that are just brilliant but which other people are unlikely to agree with.

Tiny houses

Sometimes in order to think big, you have to think small. And I’m talking shipping containers converted into living spaces. I know, I know, this is not a new concept, but every time I drive past the port and see towers of containers a lightbulb goes off in my head and I’m pretty sure that’s not a medical condition or a result of poor choices made in the 90s. We can stack these little units 20 high in the middle of town. As anyone who has had plate of loaded fries and a craft beer at Our Place will know, this is already very trendy.

Imagine how quickly Phil could reach the 100,000 house Kiwibuild target using nothing but shipping containers. You could even park these containers out of town and tow them in with locomotives each day, drastically cutting down on the amount of traffic on the road If you are worried about how they will look you can clad them in cedar and use some negative detailing – woah, now that’s some serious styling right there.

Tree houses

It strikes me that there are a lot of trees taking up valuable living space in and around town. You can’t chop a tree down, of course, because the cost to the environment is too high. However, as anyone who has watched The Treehouse Guys on HGTV will know, you can build quite nice homes in trees and they don’t

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look weird at all. I know for a fact this will be very popular because lots of people are already living under trees in the Tauranga CBD.

Sand dunes

Fortunately we have many kilometres of sand dunes which are basically not being used. This is prime real estate and we could have a whole community of youths living in them. We could burrow into them and line the insides with concrete. Then put all the teenagers in them because they don’t need windows. All they need is a 24-inch screen, a bean bag and a way to cook noodles. Hopefully proximity to the beach will encourage them to go surfing every now and then at which point they will emerge, seemingly from nowhere, a bit like those sand hopper things. This will free up rooms closer to work and transport hubs for grownups with jobs.

Floating houses

I think we gave up on airships and things way too easily after the Hindenburg disaster. Come on guys, that was 82 years ago, get over it. I’m talking a whole bunch of cylindrical floating houses. We’ll call them pies in the sky and they will fit in perfectly with this new plan, which does focus a lot on building up. It doesn’t get more up than this. Now, if you don’t agree with any of these ideas, that’s just too bad because once I’ve convinced the powers-that-be that it is a good idea, you won’t get a say in it. Container towers, sand hopper communities and pies in the sky are what we need and that’s what we’re getting.

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Council not to blame The new Transport Hub parking building in the Tauranga CBD has been held up over design issues.

The Mayor Greg Brownless has given his unequivocal assurance. The problems which have brought construction of the $27 million plus Harington street ‘transport hub’, or carpark, to a standstill, will not fall back on ratepayers. “I will be doing my best to make sure that does not happen,” the Mayor told The Weekend Sun this week. “I will not have this pinned on us.” He says the Tauranga City Council has done nothing wrong. “It’s one of the few things I can state boldly, so that is good.” Problems with the new carpark were revealed on SunLive when an anonymous source reported work on the multi-million dollar construction had “stopped because a concrete pour had twisted the walls of the building”. And it was going to cost $5 million to ﬁx. The council disputes that work had stopped, saying it had been redirected to areas not impacted by what it called design changes to seismic joints. But later all work was “paused”. In May, structural engineers Harrison Grierson informed council of a recommended design change relating to seismic joints. The additional seismic joints would allow different parts of the building to move independently of each other, reducing the load

on the structure, The council’s general manager of infrastructure, Nic Johannsson, said during a concrete pour, one beam was observed to suffer from twisting. The situation had been reviewed by structural engineers, who conﬁrm the structural integrity of the beam had not been compromised. Work has been paused until detailed design issues have been dealt with to council’s expectation. An independent structural consultant has been hired to advise on how to address the issues. Mayor Brownless was well aware that on the back of the Bella Vista episode, people will be saying ‘here we go again’. “We know with Bella Vista that some fault lay with council. I don’t acknowledge any fault of council with the parking building. “We employed professionals and we expect them to get it right. We had it peer reviewed. As far as I am concerned those at fault need to take responsibility, step up to the mark, get it right and pay for it. “I am totally staunch on that.” The 2020 opening of the carpark has been put back possibly six months. “I will also be expecting any costs incurred by that delay and the cost of the independent review to be made good as well.” The cost of ﬁxing the issue, delays and the review is unclear at the moment. When complete the transport hub will cater for 800 people and a range of transport modes.

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Concerns are being raised regarding speeds on Ngatai Road following a three-car crash on Tuesday night. One person sustained serious injuries and another was moderately injured, says police. Residents in the area say they have raised concerns about speeds on Ngatai Road numerous times. They are calling for speed bumps or any kind of action to stop people “hooning down the road”. They feel Tuesday night’s crash could have been prevented if motorists reduce their speeds on the road.

Fuel market

Gull wants the government to free up the wholesale fuel market to bring in genuine competition. The Commerce Commission has found fuel companies could be getting higher than reasonable returns, in part because of a lack of competition and motorists may be paying too much. The commission says a shared distribution network and restrictive wholesale supply agreements prevented rivals from entering the market and limited incentives for the three major players to compete with each other on price. The supply chain is dominated by Z Energy, BP, and Mobil. They import, process, store and distribute 90 percent of the country’s fuel.

Wet road crashes

Drivers are not driving to the conditions and are crashing on Tauranga roads, says police. In the last two weeks, every time it has rained, ﬁve to 10 crashes have been reported to Western Bay of Plenty Police. Almost all of these crashes have been caused by drivers not driving to the conditions, says Acting Senior Sergeant Craig Rawlinson. Western Bay of Plenty Police would like to remind motorists to drive to the conditions and stay safe on the road. Craig reminds drivers to use the ‘four second rule’ following rule and to slow down.

Spiked vehicle

One person is in police custody following a pursuit through Tauranga. The chase started around 2am on Tuesday when a driver failed to stop for police on Courtney Road. A police spokesperson says police followed for a short time before abandoning the pursuit. “The vehicle was then spiked. “One person is in custody.” Police are continuing to make enquiries in relation to the incident.

SunLive Comment of the Week ‘Crash’ posted by dumbkof2 on the story ‘Drivers crashing in the wet around Tauranga’. “What’s wrong with driving to the conditions? If it’s wet slow down. A couple of weeks ago I saw a driver plough through some ﬂooding at around a 100km/h, even though there was a sign saying ﬂooding.”

Captain Kenneth Camp knows a thing or two about ship life and will be paying his respects to those who have paid the ultimate price.

If there were no seafarers the world would come to a “grinding halt”. And next month, on Merchant Navy Day at Sulphur Point, people will pay tribute to the men who lost their lives at sea during both world wars and beyond. Captain Kenneth Camp, who spent many years working at sea and says the day is a way of recognising the tremendous loss of seafarers in WW1 and WW2. “Seafarers are not like soldiers, they don’t have a place where they fall and people can bury them. When a ship goes down, unfortunately, that’s where they go too. “It’s always been a day when minds are cast back to WW2 especially, because most of us have got memories of that war.”

He emphasises the importance of acknowledging the special breed of men and women that go to sea. “For a long time, there was no recognition for what the Merchant Navy did. They all did such a vital job, and the losses were so high. “It was a very hard life and it still is, even on the modern ships seafarers are at sea for nine months.” Kenneth says people should also remember that the Merchant Navy is still very much a part of everyday life. “People, whether they like it or not, are very much dependent on the Merchant Navy doing their job. “If there were no seafarers, the world would come to a grinding halt. There would be no petrol to put in your cars

because fuel comes from other countries. “We are remembering merchant seaman, irrespective of colour, class or creed.” Mayor Greg Brownless and local MPs including Simon Bridges have confirmed their attendance for the service. In Britain, New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries, September 3 is Merchant Navy Day. The date commemorates the sinking of the first British merchant ship ‘Athenia’ in 1939, just hours after war was declared. Merchant seafarers were involved in the Second World War from the first day to the last. The service is open to the public and will be at the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club at Sulphur Point on Sunday, Emma Houpt September 1, at 2pm.

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Idea becomes reality “We had a little dream, and it became a big dream,” says Karen Summerhays, who helped mastermind the bold business initiative to stop a crucial public service disappearing off main street in Te Puke. “And now that dream is happening.” Because when the Post Office indicated it might pull out of the rural town, Karen and her colleagues set up a trust and set about buying those services. “Six women have put hundreds and hundreds of hours into this. A mammoth effort to get us where we needed to be in time to do this transaction – all the background, planning and budgeting. It’s been a continuous journey for 18 months.” And at 9am sharp on October 7 when the post office in Te Puke throws open its doors, those licking the stamps and offering full postal and bill pay services will have a new boss, a new operator – Te Puke Centre Ltd, a subsidiary company of the charitable trust behind the PO enterprise. Of the people, by the people and for the people. For 125 years there have been Post Office services at that Jellicoe Street site – not the same building, but on the same site. And it’s all set to continue. “Very exciting,” says Monique Lints, trustee and

one of four directors of the new company. “It’s been a huge voluntary effort to get this across the line.” And a milestone for the people of Te Puke who showed faith and contributed to a crowd fund that underwrote the scheme. The PO deal was prioritised to meet tight deadlines and ensure largely uninterrupted post services to the public. But there’s still some way to go to achieve the trust’s grand vision for an information and visitors centre to be developed as finance allows over the next year. “The big refit, the big kahuna will cost $450,000 to $500,000 and include offices, shared community work space, board room, meeting room, state-ofthe-art electronics and digital devices.” A one-stop shop to find anything and everything when arriving in Te Puke, a big welcoming and functional front door. “And there will be a host of organisations, businesses and agencies who won’t have a full-time presence in Te Puke but will need somewhere to operate from whenever they come to town,” says Karen. A number of organisations have already indicated their interest in using the centre as their Te Puke base. To make contact, email: info@tepukecentre.org.nz or call Karen on: 021 043 7858.

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Bayfair residents are planning a protest ahead of the demolition of the Matapihi to Bayfair underpass. The underpass, which runs under State Highway 2, is set to be demolished within the next four weeks and there is no plan to replace it. The Bayfair Underpass Alliance wants to ensure the current pedestrian underpass is maintained at the Bayfair roundabout on the Baylink Project. The group has a protest planned for this Sunday. “Have you thought about how people are going to cross the roundabout after it goes?” says Bayfair Underpass Alliance member Philip Brown. Some residents only use the underpass once in a while but a lot of residents and cyclists use it as their main way of crossing the state highway. “A lot of people still have to cross that road,” says Philip. “Lots of cyclists go through there on the way to Downtown Tauranga. “What we want to do is to get a show of support so we can ﬁlm it and use it to show the general public, in particular the government, that there are a lot of people that don’t agree with the decision to not have an underpass. “We are hoping for lots of people on bikes to have a nice cycle through the underpass and ﬁlm it.” He says very few people know it is happening and for some reason it’s just dropped off the radar. The biggest problem is trying to tell people what’s happening because most don’t know. “When people are told what’s happening they turn around and go: ‘that’s a no-brainer, why are they doing that, it’s stupid’,” says Philip. “So we’ve got to get enough people saying it’s stupid and turn up on the day to give us support to send a message to the government. “The message is simple: don’t get rid of the existing underpass, keep this existing underpass. We want a safe crossing and it’s also part of our cycle network. “Cycling or e-biking is the way of the future to help our transportation problems, not to solve them, but

to help them. “We don’t want cyclists and cars to mix on a busy roundabout, that’s not the desired outcome. “It’s dangerous.” Philip says the NZTA’s solution is to cross the roundabout by stopping all the lanes of traffic coming in, which is eight lanes of traffic. “While you walk across the roads, across the roundabout and across the roads on the other side, which means you hold up cars for an enormous amount of time. “So nothing really works there unless they keep the existing underpass or obviously build a new one, but we are keeping the message simple, which is keep the existing underpass.” He says the existing underpass could be kept where it is and there is a possibility they’d just have to make it a little bit longer. “There are options, but we’re getting a blank wall from NZTA who are pointing the finger directly to the central government or to Phil Twyford’s office saying can it, can the underpass and don’t build a replacement.” For the protest this Sunday, August 25, there will be a children and families part to kick it all off. “We are going to put hands through the underpass, paint them on the walls. We have called it ‘hands through the underpass.’ “About half an hour later, we want people on bikes to just start turning up and parking their bikes on Mataphihi Road, just to show their support of the underpass. “Bring along placards, signs, everything, so we make a good, visual, newsworthy event. “Then we’ll finish off with a bike procession through the underpass out through the Bayfair carpark and up to Arataki Park.” Philip says he hopes people will support this protest and this cause because the more support they get, the more chance they have of changing people’s minds. The Bayfair underpass protest will take place on Sunday, August 25, from 1.30pm. Caitlin Houghton

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Mullet is circling for premiership For a couple of years the mullets of Papamoa have wallowed in mediocrity. “Probably middle of the road at best,” says president of the Papamoa Football Club, Maaka. But tomorrow is their chance to soar, to be true to their sponsor’s name, the Flying Mullet. The Papamoa premier men’s team is just 90 minutes from making history. “If we beat Te Awamutu at Gordon Spratt Reserve [on Saturday], we win The Soccer Shop WaiBOP premiership,” says Maaka. No Papamoa team has won the top division or league. It would be a monumental first. “I can tell you they are pretty fizzed up. “Everyone’s excited.” And all this has been achieved under the stewardship of player-coach Colm Kenny and coach Antony Meiklejohn in their first year of coaching at this level. “It’s been a massive effort, huge commitment” says Maaka. “Training twice a week and travelling over to Hamilton, and the like, every other Saturday. “And in terms of injury and availability,

we’ve had to dig deep... we’ve had 36 players involved in the first team this year.” The club is hoping for a good turnout of Papamoa fans at Gordon Spratt reserve at 2.45pm. Papamoa, which is eight points clear at the head of the table, face off in a return match with Te Awamutu, a team they beat 1-0 on a heavy track away back at the beginning of June. The weather was expected to be a bit dodgy until the end of the week, but then fine. But the Gordon Spratt pitch has the reputation for being the best in Bay of Plenty by a country mile. “It always holds up,” reassures the president. If the Papamoa premiers win, the history making is theirs. “But if we draw or lose, then we may have to wait a couple of weeks while Taupo finish a couple of outstanding games.” Then on Sunday the Papamoa Football Club have a chance to make it a double for the season. The Tilemax women’s team play out their W-League season against Whakatane also at Gordon Spratt at 1pm.

The Papamoa Football Club is preparing to make history in The Soccer Shop WaiBOP premiership this weekend. From left are: club president Maaka Nelson, player-coach Colm Kenny and the premiere squad’s Dean Styles.

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Teata Clarke with one of her twin daughters Paisley Dobbs, who spent four days in a giraffe warmer.

Giraffe warmer saves lives A giraffe warmer is a godsend for a Tauranga mother of premature twin girls. Paisley and Octavia Dobbs were born at 32 weeks and normally Paisley would have spent time in an incubator. Mother Teata Clarke says the giraffe warmer means she could touch and interact with her daughter while she was staying in it. “A giraffe warmer makes our experience in hospital better because with the incubator you don’t have the full touch to their body, it’s just through windows,” says Teata. This piece of hospital equipment helps provide a life-sustaining environment by directing heat to an infant. Paisley has been in both Tauranga and Waikato hospital for 55 days and spent four of those days in a giraffe warmer. Tauranga Hospital paediatric ward clinical nurse manager Lynnece Dowle-Back says the giraffe warmer saves lives. “They are like a big incubator in a lot of ways.

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Life of a Karitane nurse Lyndsay Morgan has been caring for infants for more than 40 years. The Tauranga woman’s career started straight out of high school in 1959, when she trained as a nurse at Karitane Hospital in Whanganui. She went on to live in homes of different families, assisting mothers for several weeks at a time in looking after their young ones. The role of a Karitane nurse was to help guide specifically focusing parents in caring for their babies, specifi on breastfeeding, nutrition, behaviour and sleep. Lyndsay says at the beginning of her career it was difficult leaving a family’s home after living with diffi them for several weeks. “You create strong emotional ties with children and their families. finished up with my “After I fi first ever family, I cried when I left, fi because you love this baby, and you get along well with the family,” says Lyndsay. “In the end, I said: ‘Lyndsay, stop being so silly, you will be an absolute wreck if you keep on doing this’. I had to harden up and just say goodbye.” After a two-year stint working as a Karitane nurse in New Zealand, Lyndsay decided to make the move over to the UK. She sourced a job through a Karitane Bureau in Sussex and 21-year-old Lyndsay joined a family in London helping care for their children. Eventually, Lyndsay returned to New Zealand where she met her husband Ron and decided to take a muchneeded break from the profession. She says while the live-in role was extremely rewarding, it could also be quite isolating at times. “You’re quite isolated from the normal life of a young woman – you are living in a house with people that are older than you. It can be quite limiting in going out and having a good time.” Lyndsay, Ron and their three children moved to Fiji for three years where she helped looked after babies in an orphanage. In 1980, Lyndsay and her family made the move to the Bay of Plenty where she started caring for babies allocated by the Department of Social Welfare. During this time, she assisted many mothers, including those of twins, triplets and quadruplets. “I did these jobs through social welfare a lot. As a Karitane, helping a mother get into a routine with

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Taggers are ‘trashing’ Tauranga There are the garish throw-ups under the approaches to the Tauranga Harbour Bridge, and beyond the gaze of most locals. Blockbusters they’re called apparently. They may be construed as art - “quite cool” has been the general consensus. But grafﬁti nonetheless. Then there’s the grafﬁti scarring at the skatepark at the bottom of 17th Avenue which is an eyesore to anyone and everyone travelling up Takitimu

Drive onto the toll road. Crude daubing, tagging, or vandalism by another name - signing a pseudonym on public property with markers. “I think it’s a terrible blight,” says Mayor Greg Brownless. “It’s not even a New Zealand thing.” Mindless, New York style, gobbledygook is how he classiﬁes it. “And apart from painting it out as soon as it happens, there’s not a lot we can do.” And what happens to someone nabbed while bombing. “Well the answer is four-ﬁfths of nothing,” says

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Street art or vandalism? Harbour bridge abutments are smeared with graffiti. Picture by John Borren here. I call that street art.” “It’s getting worse because there Greg. “Penalties are weak, courts He refers to Tauranga’s hugely are weak and so people are getting are more of them out there.” successful Paradox Street art Under the Summary Offences a away with it.” festival where internationally person convicted of damaging or The council graffiti squad acclaimed artists transformed city defacing is liable to a community keeps a data base – whenever streets into an outdoor canvas. based sentence or a fine up to graffiti goes up, photos are taken Street murals, street art or $2000 or both. Being caught with for evidential purposes. “That’s urban art is one of the biggest art something capable of being used wonderful, but if we catch movements in the world. someone as a result of that record- to deface is a $500 fine. But that’s all quite different to There is often confusion about keeping, then what happens? Tauranga’s tagging issue. Is it a graffiti and urban art – it’s a “Well, you could probably recognition thing where offenders grey area but essentially graffiti guess,” says Mayor Brownless. just want to see their illegible There will be a family conference is defined as criminal damage scrawl up on wall and annoy the and is word-based while urban according to Greg. “Maybe an: hell out of people? art is permission based or ‘oh dear, they have issues.’ That “Possibly,” says the Mayor. will be it, go on your way. We can commissioned artwork. “You’ve “So we shouldn’t give them too seen some beautiful murals do everything we like, but we are much oxygen.” painted on the side of buildings never going to stop it completely.

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The garden was born when an empty section on the corner of Fraser St and Alverstoke Rd was made available to the group by Housing New Zealand. The not-for-proﬁt community project aims to supply fresh produce to anyone who needs it. “It was set up so the produce is free to anybody. “If somebody needs something, they can take it,” says David. The garden grows a plethora of fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs which vary from season to season. It currently has cabbage, cauliﬂower, broccoli, silverbeet, lemons, limes, oranges and rhubarbs. “We found people just really want staples – things they know how to cook. We tried growing some fancy things and people didn’t know how to use them,” says David. A stand perched right outside the garden is another way the group help supply kai to the community. Good Neighbor donates excess produce and bread to the gardens each Friday, which anyone is free to take off the food stand. Residents who have surplus produce growing in their backyard also drop produce at the food stand

for people to take. David reckons the community garden is extremely important because not only does it help feed hungry stomachs, it also educates people on where their food comes from. “It’s part of a worldwide thing to get to know the whakapapa of kai, to know where our food comes from. “And it also helps reduce food miles, if you can’t grow food in your back yard well at least it’s in your street.” After several sausage sizzles and a generous grant from TECT, the community group have recently been able to purchase a storage container which they will use to hold tools and equipment for gardening workshops. The community project is always on the lookout for people who can spare their time and help the garden thrive. David says having enough hands on deck to sustain the garden is essential, particularly because it is the only community garden in Tauranga where produce is free to everyone. For more information, visit: www.themerivalecommunitygarden.co.nz

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Yarn bombers win for charities A Charlotte’s Web-themed tree has won first place in the Greerton Village Yarnbombing competition this year. Knitted by Lynne Lawson, a giant white spider web with black spiders hang from a branch of the tree, while images of Charlotte and animals feature on the trunk.

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Organiser Tristan Hancock describes Ethno Sessions as “a super diverse range of performances that will showcase the range of world music artists in Tauranga”. Performances on Sunday include folk music with Emily Maclow and

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Winter going ‘nuts’ for street feeders Street Kai is coming to the end of its third winter of feeding hungry stomachs every Monday night at the Willow St bus stop. Founder Tracey Carlton says since the project started in 2017 she has seen an alarming increase in people showing up for a hot meal and a cuppa. “In the ﬁrst winter, we probably had about 20 peeps showing up for kai. Then in 2018, we had a solid team of nine vollies and a maximum of 60 people coming for food. We could handle the jandal. “But this winter, this is nuts. We have had more than 100 people showing up consistently since the beginning of the season – the difference is absolutely unbelievable.” She says the consistent increase shows the vulnerable community in Tauranga is suffering massively and basic needs are not being met. Volunteer Pip Brooke says she is concerned that their numbers are only going to get bigger over the next year. “It’s sad to see the numbers are not getting any smaller and I think this is only the beginning because there is no immediate solution.”

Street Kai has always cared for rough sleepers in Tauranga, however, this winter a range of people in different living situations are coming for kai. “We will always care for our core rough sleepers, but now we are looking after so many working homeless and working poor who are living in a whare but struggling to pay the bills,” says Tracey. A young family living in their car with three infants aged one, two and three have recently started coming each week. “This is what we are experiencing and it is heartbreaking – we are doing our darndest between toiletries, clothing, and warm, warm kit to help this family out.” Tracey reinforces that Street Kai is an inclusive meal and for absolutely anybody who needs support. “Everyone is welcome. Working people that are housed are very welcome to come for dinner, many people are struggling to pay normal bills that we all pay.” Street Kai is currently working with the newly established Tauranga Moana Aunties on a wellness hub for the vulnerable community. Pip hopes that this building would enable the initiative to provide kai daily and extend their services to showers, laundry and more. For more information on how to support Street Kai, visit: www.streetkai.org or search ‘Street Kai’ on Facebook. Emma Houpt

Street Kai founder Tracey Carlton is seeing an increasing amount of people showing up for kai at the free community meal each week.

Putting the confidence back into businesses I have visited many local businesses here in Tauranga this year with a wide range of products and services. There is no doubt that businesses have lost conﬁdence, that means they’re not taking a chance on investing more money or hiring new staff. This is backed up by the recent historic cut to the Ofﬁcial Cash Rate (OCR) to one per cent. The only other times that the OCR has dropped by that much was after the 9/11 terrorist attack, during the Global Financial Crisis, and after the Christchurch earthquake. So it’s no surprise that the number of people visiting our CBD is down. Some of this can be attributed to the current building work and road closures but not all of it is due to the work happening in the centre. Money is cheap to lend. It should be encouraging businesses to invest and grow and shoppers to spend.

Businesses owners are cautious that with a slowing economy their customers may not be there in the future. Investment may be too risky. The Government’s inept economic management has contributed to the recent decision by the Reserve Bank to slash the OCR. The Government has no clear plan for growth. National would revive the economy with probusiness policies. We would see business conﬁdence improve and the economy gain the strength it has lost under this Government. Our local businesses certainly lift their weight on the National scale. I have been into many award-winning companies. We have the people here to get the best out of their businesses but they need a buoyant economy to thrive.

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Keith Nicholas never thought he would see the day when he went back to primary school. To his surprise, he found himself back on school grounds on August 15, to share the history of Omokoroa No.1 School and the community he grew up in. The Nicholas family are alumni of the rural school and Keith says he was surprised when he was asked by headmaster Craig Pentecost to go and talk to the students. “The kids prepared questions for me, they were very interested, but it was marvellous. “I was nervous before I started,” Keith jokes. “They don’t just want to know about me, they want to know about Omokoroa.”

Delving into history In 1944 Keith began his schooling at Omokoroa No.1 School and 31 of his family members and relatives are past students of the school. Keith is one of the oldest students of the school who is still alive. Over the past few years Keith has delved into his family history. On our visit to Keith’s house, his dining table was covered in precious family jewels; old photos, laminated letters and envelopes dating back until 1936, family and Whakapapa books, as well as his own hand written notes remembering as much as he could about his early schooling and childhood.

There was never a dull moment growing up in the Nicholas family, with 18 people living in the house, including eight siblings, parents and grandparents and Keith says he wouldn’t have it any other way. “Nanny did all of the cooking, we never had an electric stove, I never ate or brought white bread until I left home because she would make it all from scratch.”

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Keith attended Tauranga College for his high school years and after school he made the decision to head down to the South Island, where he and his wife made a life for themselves, as well as playing top senior rugby for 20 years. After 58 years, Keith returned to his home area from Golden Bay, now residing down the road from Whakamarama School. He shared all of his memories with the students and he couldn’t believe how much the school had grown. “There are 308 children there now. “There were 36 students when I was there and only one little classroom. “I told them we had to light the ﬁre in the corner to heat the room, and that boiled the billy to have our cocoa.” Keith’s memories and stories have captivated the hearts of many, so much that Omokoroa No.1 School have already insisted he return to give another talk, as well as heading over to Tauranga Boys’ College to share his high school memories with the current staff and students.

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Tauranga Boys’ a step closer to Top Four Tauranga Boys’ College First XV have finally had some luck go their way. After coming so close to beating both Super 8 finalists Hamilton Boys’ and Hastings Boys’ the boys in blue have knocked out Rotorua Boys’ in the race to represent the Chiefs at the Top Four finals. The game between these great rugby rivals was played on Saturday in Rotorua. It ended in a thrilling 23-23 draw after Tauranga captain Hunter Dickson kicked a last-second penalty to tie the game up. As Tauranga scored the first try in the match they go through as Bay of Plenty champions and face Taranaki champs New Plymouth Boys’ at Nicholson Field this Saturday at 12pm. The victor will then take on the winner of Hamilton Boys’ and Wesley College to represent the Chiefs at the Top Four. Tauranga have never gone past the stage they are at now so heady times indeed for the First XV players, coaches and supporters. Goalkickers Tome Poona and Dickson swapped penalty goals in the first 10 minutes after a tense and physical opening period last Saturday. Tauranga then grabbed the initiative when first-

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What do you love about Tauranga? Most people I talk to say it is the city’s natural beauty, its beautiful beach, harbour and the surrounding hills. What I have noticed lately is the large amount of rubbish and litter I see, particularly on the roadside. Being a coastal town, this is even more concerning as a lot of that rubbish will inevitably end up in our waterways. After a decade of inaction this government has made cleaning up our waterways one of its top priorities. The Prime Minister and the Minister for the Environment recently celebrated the community effort to clean up the Kaipara Catchment in Northland, which is New Zealand’s largest estuary. A massive local effort has been made to turn one of our most at-risk waterways into a shining example of what can be achieved when community and government come

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Jessie Russell gave birth to her daughter in 2005 and 14 years later, she says she is still caring for a newborn. Her daughter Maija Fredrichberg, a year 10 student at Mount Maunganui College, has Spinal Muscular Atrophy or SMA. At four and half months old, Maija’s parents noticed she was reversing in her milestones, unable to roll over on to her stomach and to lift her head up when lying on the ﬂoor. After visiting a Plunket nurse and GP, Maija was referred to Starship at six and a half months old. Maija’s parents Jessie and Leon and brother George waited six long weeks for the test results to come back from the genetic testing facility in Melbourne, where Maija was diagnosed as a weak type two SMA sufferer. “From that hospital appointment, everything changed,” says Jessie. SMA is a genetic motor neuron disease affecting the nervous system that controls voluntary muscle movement. Maija and many other SMA sufferers’ SMN1 or Survival Motor Neuron 1 genes are either missing or mutated, causing their muscles to atrophy and weaken. There is however a silver lining for SMA sufferers – and it comes in the form of the drug Spinraza. When injected into the spine, Spinraza binds with SMN1 copy gene SMN2, increasing the SMN protein production. Spinraza is currently not funded by Pharmac, making it unavailable to treat New Zealand SMA patients. For Maija and her family, it is a race against the clock for Pharmac to fund the wonder drug. New Zealand lead advocate for SMA Fiona Tolich says time is certainly not on Maija’s side. “The application to Pharmac was to fund those aged 18 years and under. If there continues to be delays then in this time, Maija might cross the age boundary and end up with no treatment option until we continue to lobby for adults.

“This is a motor neuron condition, every day could be another motor neuron lost. That could be her ability to swallow or even breathe on her own.” Jessie says if Spinraza was funded when Maija was two years old, she wouldn’t be deteriorating at the rate she is now. “From age one and a half until eight, she was in and out of Starship and she had a lot of hospital admissions with pneumonia because she didn’t have the strength to cough, her chest muscles hadn’t developed normally. “For the younger kids, Spinraza is an absolute game changer. Maija never walked, and possibly when she was diagnosed at six months old she could be walking now, it’s just incredibly frustrating that it’s not funded.” Jessie says the drug is going to change not only the lives of SMA sufferers, but also their family and friends. “Fifty countries fund it, even Turkey, lots of countries who aren’t developed or wealthy, they are funding this drug. “I’m gobsmacked that it isn’t being funded, it’s not the New Zealand I know and love. “It’s not what I thought New Zealand was about.” Every week is another week lost for Maija, losing strength, mobility, conﬁdence and independence. “It’s not going to make her walk, but it’s going to stop her from getting weaker and it might give her a good chance of being able to feed herself again,” says Jessie. Fiona says Spinraza has revolutionised the treatment of SMA internationally and children with SMA who would have once passed away before their second birthday, can now expect long lives. “The treatment almost entirely eradicated the symptoms that come with this disorder,” says Fiona. “There are more than 8400 people receiving treatment internationally, whilst New Zealanders suffer in the knowledge that their disease is progressing, and it doesn’t need to.” Maija says living with SMA has been challenging on her family. “We’ve tried to make this life as easy as possible.”

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for a treat, especially with the Tauranga Boys’ College (White) and Rotorua Boys’ High School (Red) rivalry back on display in the Under-14 Championship. “That’s going to be a good battle between the two rival schools. Rotorua Boys’ obviously have got a bit of pride to make up for the (1st XV) loss on Saturday. So, we are expecting that to be full of exciting rugby.

Above: Maija with her friends Tasman Wilson, left, and Rose Tustin, right. Photo: Daniel Hines. The family moved to Tauranga in 2016 after 16 years on Waiheke Island, looking for a more appropriate place for Maija to get around, as well as a place that was more affordable, due to Waiheke being isolated and costly. It was almost meant to be when Jessie and Leon began looking at places to live, fi ﬁnding a wheelchair friendly house Maija shares a smile with her mother Jessie. Photo: Daniel Hines. in Bayfair Estate, not far from Mount Maunganui College, where Maija has thrived. “Waiheke wasn’t very accessible for me “When I was younger I could feed myself, but I and the primary school life was a bit lonely because can’t do that anymore because my arm strength all of the teachers were my best friends and I guess has weakened. everyone ran away from my chair,” says Maija. “I just really wish I could do normal stuff like normal Maija struck gold on her ﬁrst day in Tauranga when kids do without having this disease affect me and visiting the intermediate school, meeting her now best other people.” friends Rose Tustin and Tasman Wilson. Pharmac director of operations Lisa Williams says “We get along and I found that really cool because I in regard to Spinraza, Pharmac clinical advisors didn’t have that many friends in primary.” recommend the funding application be deferred until For Maija, knowing there is a drug on the market longer term follow up analyses are published from available to treat SMA sufferers and the fact it isn’t two clinical trials, however both Jessie and Maija are being funded here in New Zealand, is frustrating. frustrated by this claim, as it has been proven effective “I think its unfair families are moving countries to in the countries it is available. get this drug. Lisa says Pharmac is in regular contact with the “Pharmac is not funding it for people who really supplier and expect to receive updated data by the need it is really unfair, because some people can’t end of 2019, leaving Maija and other SMA sufferers move, they can’t afford it.” waiting for an answer, while their muscles continue to Maija’s condition has worsened as she has grown, leaving her now unable to move her arms. weaken and waste away.

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Final coast care planting days this season As people have grown to understand the importance of maintaining the sand dunes, Coast Care event numbers have risen dramatically. At the Papamoa event last month 100 people turned up to help. Interestingly it’s a new, younger breed of volunteer that is starting to participate. Meet at the carpark at the end of Ford Rd, Paengaroa on

For those who haven’t yet experienced the buzz that comes from being involved in a Coast Care day, the last dune planting days of the winter season are coming up this weekend. There are three planting days planned – Maketu on Saturday August 24, followed by Waihi and Mount Maunganui on Sunday August 25. This year marks the 25th anniversary for Coast Care, a project based around saving the sand dunes. Dunes act as a backbone of the beach, providing a home for many native species and also working as a buffer between the land and the sea. Without the dunes the land would become vulnerable to storm waves.

Saturday for the Maketu planting (9.30am–12.30pm). For the Mount planting on Sunday, meet on the beach at 10am by Access 4.1 on Ocean Beach Rd. The Waihi beach planting, 10am Sunday has a meet up point at the end of Mako Ave. Bring along a spade if you have one and wear covered shoes.

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Caring for the coast is an activity that starts early for some people. Coast Care is a community partnership programme that with the help of volunteers restores, maintains and protects sand dunes across the Bay of Plenty. This support from the

community has meant that the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and the four district councils - Western Bay, Tauranga City, Whakatane and Opotiki - have now planted more than one million plants.

Growth Fund a welcome boost for Tauranga Tauranga is getting a Cruise Gateway and Welcome Hub ﬁtting of the city’s status as a must see destination, thanks to assistance from the Provincial Growth Fund. Last week the Minister for Regional Economic Development Shane Jones announced the PGF will invest $980,000 in the project, which is expected to increase cruise ship visitor numbers by 35 per cent, which equates to more than 240,000 visitors received. I have personally been working alongside Tauranga City Council, Tourism Bay of Plenty and Priority One to ensure we were able to secure this investment. Tauranga is one of New Zealand’s most beautiful locations, and tourists are taking note. We want to make sure every visitor is returning home saying that Tauranga is a must see. Tauranga was named one of the top ÿ ve cruise

destinations in Australasia in 2018, and visitor numbers are steadily increasing every year. On top of this the cruise industry’s boom is expected to continue, in the 2018 year passenger numbers were up by over six per cent, to over 28 million passengers worldwide. We need our infrastructure to be prepared for growth in order to capitalise on this interest and to reap the rewards that a thriving tourism industry o° ers, such as job opportunities and tourist dollars. Cruise ship passengers alone contributed about $91 million to the local economy in the last season. ˛ is hub is not just focused on cruise ship tourism, it will also be useful for other visitors through the inclusion of an i-SITE. It will be signiÿ cant for Tauranga as the gateway to the Bay of Plenty, including Rotorua, Whakat˝ne, Hobbiton, and the Waikato. I look forward to seeing work get underway to unlock Tauranga’s potential.

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Buy from bulk aisle and beat the budget Despite the name, the bulk aisle is just as handy for buying small portions as it is for buying big. Located in Bethlehem Shopping Centre at 19 Bethlehem Road, Bin Inn Bethlehem brings a cheaper and bigger range of products to your kitchen cupboard. Bin Inn Bethlehem shop owner Vinal Singh says customers can bring their own containers and choose from a huge variety of whole food and speciality products. “We are promoting plastic-free and zero waste by using paper bags in store and encouraging people to bring their own containers, which will be weighed ﬁrst, before customers buy their product,” says Vinal. “If you’re buying a packet, you often just end up throwing half of the product away, but with bulk buying the price is good and you just pay for the product,

Buy in bulk to save your cash not the packaging.” Bin Inn’s extensive range of products includes sweets, snacks, seeds, beans, lentils, grains, baking products, pre-mixes, dried fruit and nuts, herbs and spice, Dutch and international foods, home brewing ingredients, environmental products, health and wellness, allergy and gluten free foods and chilled and frozen foods. If the store doesn’t have what you are looking for, ask the staff and

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Free will for hospice givers Just like the beginning of life when preparing for the arrival of a baby, the end of life also requires some careful thought and preparation. How will you protect your loved ones? How will you ensure your wishes are met? What legacy will you leave for generations to come? Making or updating your will allows you to make your wishes known and gives clear instruction about what you want to happen when you die. It can be a very simple exercise yet the impact of not having a will can add signiﬁcantly to the distress of a bereaved family. Waipuna Hospice often helps grieving families through grief counselling and support groups. “We also believe good estate planning reduces anxiety for those left behind by protecting the family and avoiding costly legal bills,” says Waipuna Hospice CEO Richard Thurlow. For a limited time, Waipuna Hospice and local solicitors who have volunteered their expertise are making it easier for you to create or update your will. Just include a gift to Waipuna Hospice in your will and your participating solicitor will draw up, free of charge, a basic will or amendment to an existing will, or

Leave a little to Hospice in your will, says Peter Williams. a memorandum of wishes in the case of a Family Trust. Anyone can make a gift in their will; gifts range from a few hundred dollars to a speciﬁc item or a percentage of the estate after your family have been looked after. To receive a voucher for your basic free will writing, contact Wayne Bloxham on: 0800 4 WAIPUNA or email: info@waipunafortomorrow.org.nz before September 20.

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Bars keen to open for RWC business Clubs New Zealand welcomes the decision of Justice Minister Andrew Little to put forward a bill amending the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act to allow all licensed premises to remain open for Rugby World Cup matches. Without the proposed law change 60 per cent of Club New Zealand’s 305 member clubs may have been prevented from opening for one or more of the RWC televised games. With the bill passed eligible licensed premises will

be permitted to open during the 2019 RWC so members can watch televised live games outside usual trading hours. “To remain open for all of the games during the tournament, 183 of our member clubs would have needed special licences as their current licensed hours are not sufﬁcient,” says Clubs New Zealand chief executive Larry Graham. “We thank the Minister for his decisive solution to the immediate problem but also urge him to look at ways of ensuring it does

not recur by perhaps following the regulatory approach implemented in New South Wales.” Conditions which must be complied with to successfully obtain a special licence, such as ticket-only sales, fancy dress, live music, quizzes, guest speakers or themed food, are difﬁcult for clubs to meet. For televised sport to be considered a special licence qualifying ‘event’ under the current legislation, district councils expect clubs to charge a

door or ticket fee which would be unreasonable as members already pay an annual fee to belong to their clubs. “Clubs were not expecting a free pass to stay open for Rugby World Cup or other televised sporting events,” says Larry. “They are willing to apply for and obtain special licences when appropriate, but their applications are being declined because their district councils do not view televised sporting events as events for the purposes of a special licence.”

Calls for a Ministry of Men New Conservative is demanding that the government establish a Ministry for Men in New Zealand to ensure the wellbeing of all is being addressed. The NZ Medical Journal, October 6, 2017 stated: “For heart disease, stroke, and to a lesser degree of modifiable lifestyle change, cancer, studies of women’s health outnumbers men’s health by two to one… A further search was made of Health Research Council funding since 2010… to identify sex-specific funding. The search revealed that for every $1 spent exclusively on women’s health research, men’s health research received $0.06.” “Men are over represented in so many negative statistics including prison population, suicides, homelessness, addictions, yet research into men’s health only receives 6 per cent of women’s health research funding,” says leader of New Conservative Leighton Baker. “This is inequitable and must change. “We are challenging the government to allocate funding from the $1.9B set aside for mental health, to specifically address men’s mental health requirements, and in particular

men’s coping mechanisms for dealing with the challenges of 21st century living.” The cost to New Zealand for not dealing with men’s mental health is huge as it affects many outcomes including crime, fatherless homes, productivity, physical health, suicide, and more. “New Conservative recognises the value of men as husbands and fathers in the lives of their children and will correct any deficiencies and gender discrimination in the family courts. “New Conservative will continue to drive policy that protects individuals from discrimination based upon gender,” says Leighton. “The issues facing men have become ignored and balanced representation is long overdue. “A dedicated Ministry for Men will benefit our communities by addressing so many issues that are being faced by men, including shortcomings in the family court system that has consistently undervalued the value of a father in the family unit. “When focusing on well-being this must involve consideration of the well-being of all groups in society. “Society requires mentally healthy men fulfilling their roles, and it is essential there is investment to provide balance,” says Leighton.

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Greater clarity needed Retirement village watchdog demands greater clarity from operators. The government agency tasked with monitoring the retirement village industry wants greater clarity from operators regarding the rules and costs involved in residents moving from independent living to rest home-type care facilities on the same site. In its annual Retirement Village Monitoring Report, the Commission for Financial Capability takes aim at the confusing contracts presented to intending residents and their families. “They are so complicated we found that even some lawyers who work in the ﬁeld could not understand them,” says CFFC’s national manager of retirement villages Troy Churton. The retirement village industry is growing rapidly as the population ages and villages increasingly include care facilities so they can market themselves as providing a “continuum of care”. More than 70 per cent of villages now have care facilities on site,

and more than 50 per cent of New Zealand’s care beds are on retirement villages sites. But few intending residents understand that the independent living part of a village and the care facility operate under different regulatory regimes and different cost structures. The independent living side is regulated by the Retirement Villages Act and monitored by the Retirement Commissioner; care facilities come under the auspices of district health boards and are monitored by the Health & Disability Commissioner. “A person who buys a licence to occupy an independent living unit in a village may think they can move easily into the care facility on site should they need to, but that’s not necessarily the case,” says Troy. The process for moving into care is complex, and the resident may face extra charges. Visit: www.cffc.org.nz for more information, or ring Seniorline on: 0800 725 463.

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Incontinence: an embarrassing secret Incontinence affects one in four of the general population and one in three women who have had a baby will leak urine. Incontinence is an embarrassing or even a taboo subject. Attending a seminar such as the one being organised by Age Concern can break the taboo. Continence educator for Continence NZ and guest speaker Janet Thackray brings more than 20 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience as a nurse specialist in this field. Her talk will be interesting, informative and fun, to help overcome the shame this condition can cause. Janet will talk about how to manage common bladder and bowel issues and show some â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;interestingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pads and products available. The seminar will be held at a morning session in Tauranga and repeated in the afternoon a week later in Papamoa. Stress incontinence symptoms are involuntary leakage of urine when coughing, sneezing, bending, lifting or standing. The main causes are damage caused by childbirth/prolapse, obesity, constipation, heavy lifting, surgery such as prostatectomy and chronic cough. Various treatments

will be covered by Janet. Continence NZ was established 30 years ago to provide a service to incontinence sufferers, caregivers, health professionals and the general public. They provide information and education for adults and children

via a website: www.continence.org.nz and Facebook page. Resources can be downloaded, there are leaflets, videos and products. To register for either seminar, phone Age Concern on: 07 578 2631.

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Expert tips for reducing fall risk as we age Our retirement years are some of the best of our life, but staying independent and mobile depends on our strength and balance.

Each year one in three people aged 65 and over will fall. Falls can have a huge impact on our confidence and sadly many of us restrict our activities as we age due to a fear of falling. The good news, though, is that there are many things you can do now to reduce the risk. On Wednesday, September 4, experts from St John, Medwise and local strength and balance classes will share their tips at a free morning tea in Otumoetai. Topics include how to reduce your chance of a fall, understanding your medications and the best strength and balance exercises for retirees. Register by contacting Simone Rose on: 021 171 8831 or email: simoner@sportbop.co.nz

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The questions to ask before you move When considering moving into a retirement village it is important that both financial and lifestyle aspects are considered. The Commission for Financial Capability provides checklists for both, based on the Retirement Villages Act 2003. Talk to an independent financial adviser or accountant who is experienced in retirement villages about the costs involved and what you can afford. Think about how much money you might need for housing or care if you choose or need to leave the village, or you wish to leave a legacy. It is important to ensure you make realistic arrangements that suit your financial situation When approaching a retirement village, ask the operator for a copy of the village’s

Who owns the village and what is their reputation? Are the village’s financial accounts stand-alone or combined with another village or business? Is full replacement insurance cover in place and what is the excess? What are your rights if the village gets into financial difficult After answering those foundation questions there are a series of financial checklist questions available at: www.cffc.org.nz that will assist with ensuring you are well-informed about entry and ongoing costs.

disclosure statement, occupation right agreement and any other relevant documents and make sure you understand them. Make sure you get any verbal agreements in writing, or have them written into your occupation right agreement. You’ll need to be confident that the village is financially viable – if it isn’t, it won’t be able to provide you with the accommodation, facilities and services you’re paying for. Some of the questions you will need answered include the following:

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Ditch the baggage and lighten the load what that is, then do it. Everything else is secondary. This is a good start. It will help kiss goodbye to trafﬁc ‘jams’ in our lives.

Like all other Tauranga residents, I have had to learn to cope with much more road congestion and traffi traffic jams than we had ten years ago. I admit that I am inclined to be a bit frustrated about this. Road congestion and traffic jams happen simply because we have more cars on our roads than our roads can cope with. Traffic is not the only thing that can cause ‘jams’ in our lives and we feel like we are getting nowhere. Trying to do too much each day, trying to please other people, emotional overload from stressed relationships, fear about what will happen to us in the future, fear of death and old age, facing serious medical health issues are just some of the things that can cause a traffic jam in our lives. So, what on Earth can we do about this? Jesus said: “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened [i.e. hit a ‘jam’] and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-29).

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What Jesus is saying here is that if we come to him he will make our lives manageable. So, how do we access this and de-clutter our lives and remove the ‘jams’ and congestion? We simply start with prayer each day and ask Jesus what is the most important thing you want me to do today and once you have worked out

Follow the signs for a great escape Walking along our beautiful coastal walkways, there are, at frequent intervals, tsunami information signboards. The boards display a warning about dangers associated with a large tsunami. They also communicate clear information about what to do and where to go in the event of an emergency evacuation. This made me think of the frequent information and warnings that God gives us in the Bible. In Hebrews 2:3 we read: “How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?” Firstly, we are given a warning stated in the form of a question: “How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?” Many people walk through life, wandering along the beautiful pathways provided by God, enjoying His creation – but they are totally oblivious to the warning of impending danger. Few stop to read the information displayed in God’s Information Board – the Bible. Second, we are given some information, which reveals what the danger is and how to escape from it. The la tyb danger is the coming judgement or retribution Messianic Family of God (see Hebrews ALL WELCOME 2:2) upon those who SHALOM willfully neglect to obey the revealed will of SABBATH 10AM God, which is to “Love OTUMOETAI PRIMARY the Lord your God Joel & Sharon van Ameringen with all your heart and 021 768 043 with all your soul and info@bethel.org.nz with all your strength” bethel.org.nz (Deut.6:5).

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The problems facing school/college overcrowding and the continuing future problems all around the Bay all comes back, in my opinion, to a total lack of planning by the National Government. The Western Bay council has been working away at Omokoroa establishing in-ground services for a future population of up to 12,000. I viewed the four sites suggested by the council for the college. When in operation it could have up to 1200 pupils. They would like to know where [to put the college] so they can then enlarge the services. I read that it could take six years to start and open a college so we will have to put up with SH2 for quite a bit longer. Of course it was the National Government which withdrew the funding for the school buses making the situation a whole lot worse throughout Tauranga district and of course the National MP for Western Bay said nothing and contracted memory fade. His memory fails him on other items such as the Katikati by-pass, State Highway Northern Link, Tauranga Courthouse rebuild, cancer drugs and radiation machines, teachers’ pay, nurses’ pay and high speed rail service from Auckland to Tauranga. And one thing they didn’t forget was removing the funding for free buses for school/college students. With this record, who on Earth, in Katikati or Omokoroa would vote National – good old Winston. Peter Turner, Pyes Pa.

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I saw the printed letters about climate change being cyclic. It brought memories of what my history teacher (in 1962) said about Roman Britain. He was reading about a Roman scribe writing about the grape harvest and wine making in Britain. The teacher was adamant the scribe must have been drunk to write such nonsense (we all had a big laugh). Judging the weather of the 19th and 20th centuries, that looked like the way it would be. But look now, they are growing grapes in Britain and making wine. The very mild climate in, say, 60AD might be one of the reasons the Romans could conquer so far away from Rome. Just a thought. PS: I attended Linskill School, Tynemouth – a stone’s throw from the Roman wall so there were always discussions about what happened in Roman Britain, plus the occasional field trip; but no wine Ken Jones, Katikati.

Sea level rise To answer Peter Otway (The Weekend Sun, August 16) as to where I got the three metres sea level rise from, it came from articles I read 20 to 30 years ago and actually caused some people to sell up and move to higher ground in the early 1990s. Niwa was not around when my dad cut steps in the rocks to access his fishing boat which he used almost every day from the Hillsborough waterfront, beginning in the late 1940s. Later he would point out to me the tide heights and where they came to against these steps. Sometimes, predicted heights could be out by 10 centimetres either way. Once a big storm in the 1990s, on top of a spring tide, brought rocks off the seabed onto a sealed road on a nearby coast. Recently I took my son to the Hillsborough coast we had left in 2004 and observed a full four metre tide and it was the same level as my dad had pointed out to me as early as 1959 and I was now able to pass on to the next generation a rock solid reminder that there is no rising sea level. John Fairburn, Katikati.

A lot of hot air In the news, more accidents are caused by wind these days. What a load of nonsense. These people who put out such statistics forget about population growth. With population growth it is inevitable that percentages of everything will increase. Hey does anyone remember when, in Wellington, on the corner of Taranaki Street and Courtney place, they used to install a rope system for people to hold onto while waiting to cross the road due to so many people being blown over and into traffic The Wellington wind is nothing like it used to be. I bet through the 50s and 60s when roofs were regularly torn off in howling gales, especially in Roseneath up in the hills, the percentages of injury per population were much higher than they are these days. Alastair Bourne.

Remove the tax The Government is dealing a killing blow to many retirees who will be unable to pay their rates after the interest on their life savings is reduced to 2.5 per cent per annum unless Winston comes to the rescue and gets the 17.5 per cent annual ‘inland robbing’ tax removed. Most retirement savers have paid this tax annually, it helps support dole bludgers who repay their benefactors by theft, lawbreaking and protests and who, unless in jail, will receive a benefit the same as the workers. Our Prime Minister seems to have enabled her parents to have a lucrative start before retirement and are unlikely to end up losing their home. The common workers have made this country. Basil Young, Whakamarama.

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Poorly portrayed Unacceptable Regarding Margaret Murray-Benge’s reply to a [Stuff.co.nz article, August 9] article of what she said. It was poorly written and I ask why do white people have to be continually portrayed in a bad light, but it is expected that part Maori be handed everything for no monetary value at all? The world is not like that, everything costs and it’s ratepayers’ money. Another writer asks why New Zealand has such disharmony? If one group in a country has to continually pay and another doesn’t, disharmony is inevitable!

Otamataha have no right to expect 11 Mission Street be just given to them, Reverend Brown purchased that land which was deserted at the time. Also it was another Maori tribe that killed their people and burnt their pa to the ground, not the colonials! The property should stay with The Elms Trust as an historic site for many reasons for all New Zealanders and what is stopping the Otamataha Trust working together with the Elms and coming to an agreement on the proposed new visitor centre? C Humphreys, Katikati.

Abortion It was a sad indictment on our so-called ‘enlightened’ society of Aotearoa to hear that our MPs passed the first stage of the bill aiming to change abortion laws. Sad because, if eventually passed, the law change will mean more babies lose their lives because the women who are carrying them decide they don’t want the inconvenience. Why don’t these women (and the partner) take the necessary, educated steps to look after their bodies and prevent a life beginning. It was heart-warming to see M. Guy going against the flow with her letter in [The Weekend Sun, August 9]. Confusion abounds as it is clear the high value politicians and Kiwis put on cleaning up our environment, spending millions on this worthy cause when they don’t see defenceless lives worthy of saving. Why doesn’t the Government put similar finance into education so that consenting adults have all the means and ability to make rational and intelligent decisions before creating a life then disposing of that life of up to 20 weeks growth and possibly even beyond, eventually. Come on NZ, it is time to put value on human life and take a stand before this bill passes and it is too late. Barbara Mudge, Pyes Pa.

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views The current controversy around Western Bay mayoral candidate Ms Margaret MurrayBenge highlights a disturbing association she has with Dr Don Brash and the organisation known as Hobsons Pledge. This organisation of like thinking people is distinctly anti-Maori, or at the very least anti those organisations that assist Maori in reasserting their fundamental rights. In what could best be described as a frustrated attempt to impose equality, both social and political, Ms Murray-Benge, along with others, is on record, on numerous occasions, opposing Maori aspirations. How then can Ms Murray-Benge now claim to be impartial? She, again, is on record claiming Maori cannot be trusted to keep their word from one day to the next. She also claims, without any evidence that Maori may well claim back all of Tauranga. Such racially charged tropes are unacceptable in any representative in an area such as the Bay of Plenty. The worst possible risk to the Western Bay of Plenty District Council will be the introduction of the kind of political tribalism represented by Ms Murray-Benge and others. Let’s drop the extremism. Racial harmony depends on much more than the kind of tokenism Margaret represents. It is doubtful that Margaret is truly racist, but like many others of her generation the use of subtle put down is endemic. There is no place for it in any circumstance, particularly when we consider Maori are unable to elect their own representatives and have to rely on people like Margaret to preserve their best interests. It’s an awesome responsibility, that I doubt Margaret can truly live up to. Robin Bell, Omanawa.

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Making music at the film festival It’s Film Festival time again!

music album of all time. Due to technical and legal issues the film was never completed at the time: check out a clip on-line and you will see it was worth the wait. Then there’s a joyful reggae celebration in the form of Inna De Yard The Soul Of Jamaica, which follows a group of veteran Jamaican reggae artists as they reunite, along with rising stars from the younger generation, to record a new acoustic album. Interspersed with footage of the recording sessions are reminiscences from the likes of Ken Boothe, Kiddus I, Winston McAnuff, Horace Andy and Judy Moffat and a climactic concert at the Olympia Theatre in Paris. It’s a low-key heart-warming film, a tribute to the veterans of a demanding music scene, overflowing with good vibes and pride in the music.

Yep, the Tauranga leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival kicked off last night with a little bit of French magic, La Belle Epoche, which sounds like it should be a period piece but is actually both that and a sci-fi romantic comedy The film hinges on the unlikely concept of an agency that can grant you the chance to play a lead role in any point in history, with full cast and costumes on an authentic set. Myself, I rather fancy sharing lunch with Orson Welles in Paris or, on this fiftieth anniversary, checking out the original Woodstock, but in this film an ageing cartoonist chooses to pursue lost love. The cast is terrific, led by the ever-brilliant Daniel Auteuil; the film showed at this year’s Cannes and has two more sessions here. So things are just kicking off at The Rialto. There are 47 separate films, each showing a couple or three times between now and September 15. Marianne & This week I’m going to focus on the four Leonard. music films, all of which promises to be fascinating and moving in varying degrees.

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There’s a documentary centred on the endlessly-revered alternative English singer / songwriter P.J. Harvey and specifically her album from 2016, The Hope Six Demolition Project, which she recorded in a studio with a glass viewing wall so that members of the public could observe the recording process. But before the studio sessions, the film-makers travel with her while she gathers material for the recording in places as varied as Kosovo, Afghanistan’s bombed out buildings and a racially divided Washington DC. I’ve previously written about Amazing Grace, the long-lost documentary of Aretha Franklin singing gospel music which has been finally assembled 4 years after it was shot. It documents a 1972 recording at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church of Aretha and her touring band, the titular double album which went on to become the highest-selling live gospel

And lastly, and – as anyone who has read this column over the years can guess – the film I most want to see, is Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, e n ian se: Mar er a film that explores the u m a t an jus ger-songwrit h t decades long relationship e r o M ith sin between Leonard Cohen Ihlen w onard Cohen. Le and Marianne Ihlen, the woman who inspired many of his greatest songs, from the time they met in the early sixties on Hydra, a sun and drugdrenched Greek island that was the hub for a colony of expatriate artists, until their deaths three months apart in 2016. I must confess to not knowing what to really expect from the film. Apparently it is at times less than flattering about Cohe and is possibly complicated by the extraordinary fact that Broomfie d himself knew and was one of Ihlen’s lovers back in the day. But, as David Fear wrote in Rolling Stone: “What makes this fil unmissable… is the fact that we get Marianne’s story more or less in full as well. It’s a fleshing out of someone who was more than ust a muse, more than just an object of affection for a famous man (and an infamous bastard)… Marianne is no longer just ‘Leonard’s muse.’ “She’s a woman who’s lived and loved and lost completely apart from the songs.”

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Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder on the Links’

There’s murder on the mind at Detour Theatre.

MOUNT SOCIAL CLUB Fri 23rd Kam Kafai 6pm – 9pm followed by DJ Lucozade from 10pm Sat 24th Santiago 6pm – 9pm, followed by DJ Lucozade from 10pm Sun 25th Social Markets from 10am, followed by Santiago from 1:30pm

Detour Theatre proudly presents the Agatha Christie classic murder mystery – ‘Murder on the Links’. Holidaying in France, Poirot ﬁnds himself investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy businessman on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing an ill-ﬁtting coat with a mysterious love letter in its pocket? And is the secretive neighbour a blackmailer or mistress? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse. While the local authorities pursue the false leads suggested by the evidence, Poirot relies instead upon his famous ‘little grey cells’ to cut through the confusion and untangle a story of blackmail, forbidden love, and a long-buried secret. ‘Murder on the Links’ will be live on stage at Detour Theatre from September 5-21. Tickets are available online at: www.iticket.co.nz over the phone on: 0508 iticket, and over the counter at Tauranga i-SITE. The Weekend Sun has two double passes to see ‘Murder on the Links’ on Thursday, September 5, for two lucky readers who can tell us where Poirot is holidaying. Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, August 27.

A light conversation around death

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No one wants to talk about death or dying, and in modern society we try our best to bury the idea that death will actually happen, and maybe even to us! Mt Maunganui Baptist is hosting a series of workshops over a three-week period, where we’ll be taking a light-hearted but serious and caring look at death, and the art of dying well. The seminars are not about funeral planning or funeral advice. They are designed to help people understand death in a way that will help reduce the apprehension, anxiety and the mystery connected to death and dying. You’ll get to hear from both professionals who work in this area and real people who have experienced an up close and personal look at death; who will share their knowledge and experiences. Topics covered will be: coping with a terminal illness, advanced care planning, the emotional response to death, living for today, celebrating today, gratitude for life, milestones and leaving a legacy and does spirituality matter?

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MT RSA Fri 23rd Andy Bowman 7pm – 10:30pm Sat 24th The Mermaids Abba Show 7pm Sun 25th Country Music 1pm – 3:30pm, then Plus Four 4:30pm – 7:30pm

for every person there is no charge nor registration just turn up on September 3, 10 and 17 at Mount Maunganui Baptist Church, corner Ranch Rd and Tui St.

Wed 28th Jazz night from 6:30pm Thur 29th Acoustic Social Jam Night 8pm THE JAM FACTORY Sat 24th Zig Beatnik & Friends 6:30m – 10pm. $10 Sun 25th Ethno Sessions from 3pm. $10 Sat 31st Apollo Steam Train. Doors open 6:30pm for 7pm start. $20 JACK DUSTY’S ALE HOUSE

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Party on at Grower Direct This Saturday, August 24, Grower Direct celebrates its eighth birthday with the opening of new growing houses, specifically designed for tomatoes, chillis and pepper production. “The new facility has enabled us to increase our range and produce superior plants at an earlier stage,” says Grower Direct’s Paul Nielsen. “We now have more than 30 varieties of tomatoes and 25-plus varieties of peppers and chillis on offer. “Our flowering spring perennials look fantastic as well, as does the lavender, daisies, gazanias, nemesias, geraniums, lithodoras, fuchsias and more.” Paul says there are also plenty of hedging lines like griselineas, camellias and corokias available as well. This weekend’s event is a great introduction and kick-off for the spring season, says Paul and while its early for certain crops, customers can get an overview of what’s happening in the nursery. Grower Direct’s home-grown edibles are hugely popular and Paul invites customers to check out their wide range of spring veg, herbs, edible flowers, strawberries, feijoas, rhubarb, citrus plus many others. “We have recently unloaded more than 30 tonnes of

Celebrate the new grow houses at Grower Direct this weekend.

new pottery into the nursery from Vietnam,” he says. “And this weekend we will feature a pot deal, with a range of antique shell design pots reduced by 50 per cent, now starting at only $5.” For more information, visit: ww.growersdirect.co.nz

A home away from Nepal Multicultural Tauranga is sponsoring the Nepalese Youth Society BOP to host an upcoming youth event for all the Nepalese youth in BOP who are far away from their home country Nepal. “This is our second Te Puke Living In Harmony program following the great success of the China Culture Day event in Te Puke last month,” says Multicultural Tauranga treasurer Waitsu Wu. The Teej Special Cultural Night will be held at Te Puke Baptist Church on August 24 from 5pm onwards.

Karun Chhetri, Anurag Silwal, Anisha Poudel, Anish Paudel and Amrit Sapkota. “In the Bay of Plenty there are lots of people from Nepal, but every year they are not united together,” says Multicultural Tauranga member and Nepalese Youth Society organiser Anish Paudel. “This is the ﬁrst time we’re putting on a gathering like this. With this programme, we want to let people know that we do exist – we are here to do something for the people of Nepal in our community.” Anish says there are three MPs that have conﬁrmed that they are coming on the night – Angie WarrenClark, Jan Tinetti and Todd McClay – as well as Western Bay of Plenty mayor Garry Webber. “The purpose of this programme in particular is to let people know that we exist and we are trying to do something – if people have issues living here in New Zealand they can talk to us and we can try to help,” says Anish. “We are working together – not just for the youth of Nepal living here in New Zealand but for the Kiwi youth, too. “It’s all about getting together and sharing our culture.”

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ACG Tauranga to sponsor inaugural STEM Festival

ACG Tauranga Science teacher Brent Smith (centre) has 21 years’ experience behind him leading science faculties. He prides himself on making science fun in the classroom.

ACG Tauranga is conﬁrmed as a proud sponsor of Tauranga’s ﬁrst-ever Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – STEM – Festival. STEMFest is a family-friendly celebration taking place in Tauranga city centre on Saturday, October 12. ACG Tauranga principal Thea Kilian says ACG Tauranga is incredibly proud of its STEM programme and the partnership was a great opportunity for students and families to experience the connections and interplay between STEM subjects in a real context. “ACG Tauranga’s STEM offering gives students access to specialist teachers from primary school through to Year 13, provides compulsory computer science education for all students from Years 7 to 10 and offers access to clubs and activities like coding, the EPro8 engineering and problem-solving race, and

robotics,” says Thea. “Our teachers are highly skilled passionate practitioners and our aim is to ensure students are stimulated and engaged in these amazing subjects right from the word go.” STEM at ACG Tauranga includes weekly science from Year 1, specialist science teachers in Years 5 and 6 and students in Years 7-10 receive seven lessons of science per week. There are also three double blocks of science weekly which allows students the time to gain practical, hands-on experience, computer science every week from Years 7-10, lunch time and afterschool maths workshops, physics, chemistry and biology available as specialist subjects from Year 11 and a robotics club. Find out more about STEM at ACG Tauranga at their Open Day on Wednesday, September 4, from 2-7pm.

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Not just bedpans and bridge Last Legs is a black comedy with sex, death and politics, set in the upmarket retirement community. The 16th Ave Theatre presents Last Legs by Roger Hall, directed by Julie Lankshear, from September 6-21. Outside of happy hour, the well-to-do seniors wallow in greed, jealously, love and lust – not to mention their share of gossip, backstabbing and scandal. A protest sees fractures appear and the swanky facility becomes a hotbed of insurrection, intrigue and inﬁdelity. There’s nothing retiring about a retirement village and aging is not merely about bridge and bedpans in this arresting comedy. For more information and to buy tickets, visit: www.16avetheatre.co.nz

The Weekend Sun has two double passes to see Last Legs for two lucky readers who can tell us who is directing Last Legs. Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, August 27.

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tory, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Sat 31st 6:30pm. Acoustic showcase with special guests The Sweetleaf Trio. Tickets $20 www.theincubator.co.nz Art In The Park Original Art for sale. Weather permitting. 9am-4pm. Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui. Tauranga Society of Artists Bay Network Social Singles Single, over 50? For weekend dinners, barbecues, pot lucks etc. & an annual trip away, Ph Jonathan 572 2091, Maureen 021 112 3307 Coffee n Chat 60+ R u interested in meeting up with a friendly group for a coffee n chat 10am. Marlene 027 342 0698 or marlenehurle@xtra.co.nz 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 Don’t Dine Alone Let’s try Italian cuisine today! Ex professional or semi professional? Age 60-75? Ph Kate 027 484 7189 pilotbay420@gmail.com Essential Tremor Group Meeting at Evans Road Community Church, Papamoa 10am. All welcome, gold coin donation &/or small plate appreciated. Kathy 579 1994 Exciting New Stalls At ZEE Market at Historic Village today. Come along to find that unique gift for Fathers Day amazing food & more! 10am-2pm Festival Of Adult Learning Free Adult Learner Events around the Bay during September. Check the event calendar at www.letslearn.co.nz for more information. Brought to you by Let’s Learn!

Here I Am Exhibition

By Froyle Davies. Opening 5-7pm until 19 September at The Art Lounge NZ 117 Willow St. theartloungenz.com Tue-Sat 11-4. Free entry 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 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd. 12:45-3pm Katikati Lions Garage Sale Monthly Garage Sale at the containers behind Caltex, Main Rd Katikati. 8am-11am. Furniture, bric-a-brac, garden & workshop tools, bicycles etc

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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 Tauranga Scottish Soc Dance At Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave, 7-10pm, $7 includes supper, raffle warm welcome. Ph Lucy 07 218 1318 The Blue ‘Tache Bash Come help raise money for Prostate Foundation Charity. Live music from Shabang, 14th Sept at The Black Sheep Restaurant. Tickets $25 from Steampunk Tauranga, Facebook. 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 Vision Friendship Club (FNZI) Friendship Fun Fellowship mixed club for retirees. Meets 4th Monday of month at Citizens Club 10am. Guest speakers interest groups. Ph Bryan 5702483

Atrium Art Artisan Fair Atrium Art &

Katikati Memorial Hall, Main Road 8am-Noon. Enquiries 549 3589 Katikati Tramping Club Lindemann Loop, moderate, 5-6 hours, start 8:30am, Ph leader Graeme Wicks 07 549 3186 before 7pm Friday. LOL Laughter Wellness Come & join us & laugh away your winter blues. Arataki Community Ctr, Zambuk Way,

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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 11am4pm at The Art Lounge, 117 Willow St Mount Music Club 2nd Sat monthly. 1-4pm Old Folks Hall, Midway, Mount. Mostly country. Good backing band. Ph Dick 027 493 8458 Nick Charles Australia’s virtuoso of acoustic roots & blues, encompasses a delightful mix of acoustic roots including blues, folk, country & early ragtime jazz. Supported by local musician Mike Garner. Jam Factory 7 Sept 6:30pm $20 Omokoroa Artists Art Show Pick up a new painting! 28th & 29th Sept at Settlers Hall, Omokoroa 10am-4pm. Free entry. Eftpos available. Petanque Sat & Tues 12:50pm. No equipment needed. Nice low impact sport to enjoy outdooors. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606

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Artisan Fair 11am-3pm. Locally handmade art & wares at The Black Sheep Restaurant, 21 Plummers Point Rd, Whakamarama Bible Seminar 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: The Plagues in Egypt - Lessons for us. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Mary 573 5537 BOP Oodle Club Playdates for dogs! Meet up first Sunday of eac month at Fergusson Park (Beach Rd end). 2-3pm. Gold coin donation.

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Computer Club (TGA) Inc Art & Craft Ctr, Elizabeth St West 9:30-12:30. Ph 572 1230 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 Free Beginner Dance Lesson 3pm upstairs Citizens Club cnr Cameron Rd & 13th Ave. Ph 027 497 8651 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 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 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 Oropi Sunday Market Fresh produce & a great range of quality stalls that vary monthly. A great day out for the whole family. 1295 Oropi Rd, Oropi

Papamoa Country Music Club

Music afternoon on today & includes afternoon tea. Come along & enjoy the music & tea. Ph 0274 597 505 Papamoa Lions Club Market 2nd & 4th Sunday Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699 Quakers in Tauranga In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth/ Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/ coffee & talk 544 7158 or 573 8497 www.quaker.org.nz Radio Controlled Model Yachts 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, grate-

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After a long break with all the rough weather, we finally got a couple of days in. Friday was as the forecast predicted, nice conditions, some Westerly breezes and good fishing. We tried around Brewis and the Labe, got quite a lot of snapper-mostly undersize- but a few nice ones, and good tarakihi. Saturday had a similar forecast, but different reality, a 3 way slop from the N, NW, and W, so more bounce, but not enough to put the fish off, which was good. No snapper, trevally instead, and a couple of good kingies plus tarakihi, another good result. Canned Sunday, back to strong SE.

ful for dana/koha. Venue & program email susan.bagley@xtra.co.nz

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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 Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am Mon & Fri. Tauranga Central Baptist Church. Cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Argentine Tango In Tauranga Free introduction to authentically danced close embrace, highlighting your sensibility. Welcome to our warm, open, fun group. Ph Denise 020 4006 1340 or Facebook Tango in Tauranga 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. 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

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 Indoor Bowling Club 7:30pm

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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 and 5th Sundays 7am-12pm, Maketu Village Green. Ph Carolyn 027 251 0388 or Pat 021 447 420 Postnatal Support Group 9:30-11am Bethlehem Birthing Centre. All parents & caregivers of 0-2 yr olds welcome. Ph 07 549 4522 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 Soprano, alto, tenor, bass voices required. Practice at St Stephens Chapel, Brookfield Tce fro 1-3 pm. Ph Pat at 579 1036 Taichi Internal Arts NZ Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, beginner classes Mon 9:30am. Te Puke Memorial Hall, Tues 9:30am, Wed 5:30pm. LokHup Friday 11am. All incl Qigong. Ph 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

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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 Te Puke/Papamoa Floral Art Meets Methodist Hall, Te Puke 1pm. Workshop on colour. All welcome Vision Friendship Club (FNZI) Friendship Fun Fellowship mixed club for retirees. Meets 4th Mon of month at Citizens Club 10am. Guest speakers interest groups. Ph Bryan 570 2483 Welcome Bay Art Group 9:30-12 at Lighthouse Church meeting room next to Welcome Bay Road Village Shops. Ph Denis 544 6451

Tuesday 27 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 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

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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 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 Bureta Garden Circle Monthly meeting at St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd at 1:30pm. Visitors welcome. Ph Jenny 576 3026

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 Singles Dance Practice 7pm $2pp jukebox. Upstairs Citizens Club cnr Cameron Rd & 13th Ave. Ph 0274 978 651

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Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

Contemporary Issues In Religion

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, floor work, balance & dance 9:30am St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448

Friends Of The Library

Mount Maunganui Library Book Group meets at 10am for morning tea & book chat. Visitors & new members welcome. Gail 574 3376 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 Keep On Your Feet Strength & balance exercises for older adults, all levels of fitness welcome. 1-2pm at Katikat Catholic Church hall, 89 Beach Rd, Katikati. Sharnie 021 111 8617 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 Tuesday of month at The Raft, Chapel Street 5-7pm. Email Karen merge. tauranga@gmail.com

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9-11:30am. Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park. Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome. $5 per day. Ph Margaret 575 9792 Mt Runners & Walkers Mt 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 Walking Group Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Jim 576 7339 Parents As Career Educators Free seminar helping parents assist their teens to consider future career/study options & career pathways. 7pm at Papamoa Community Centre. Book here: www.canterbury.ac.nz/events/ active/uc-events/parents-as-careereducators---tauranga.html

Friday 23 August 2019

South City Indoor Bowls 7:30pm

Open Triples Tournament. Plate & raffle item 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 for more info 027 607 7437 Greerton RSA 7pm. Friendly gettogether, all instruments, all levels of ability. Come in & enjoy some live music. Grant 578 6448

Tauranga Astronomical Society

Tonight a recent video documentary that further examines the outer edges beyond Pluto of the solar system. Telescope viewing weather dependent. Fergusson Park Observatory 7:30

Tauranga Diamond Friendship Club For active retirees, monthly meetings 1:30pm 1st Tues each month at Tauranga Citz Club, guest speakers, social outings, numerous activities, all welcome. Ph Nancy 543 4468

Tauranga Model Railway Club

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. Sept 17, Oct 29. 7:159:15pm. 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 Waihi Beach Tennis Club Adult social tennis, Tues & Fri 8:30am. All year. Casual & new players welcome. Ph Barry 027 492 6475 Welcome Bay Lions Coffee group 3rd Tues monthly. Welcome Bay Community Centre 10:30-11:30. All welcome. Ph Sue 571 8940 Yoga For All Welcome Bay Community Ctr, 6:30-8pm. Traditional, relaxing yoga class. Beginners welcome. $12 for one or $90 for 9 classes. Bring a mat. Bhajan 07 929 7484 Yoga, Private Sessions Feel uncomfortable in a group setting or have special needs? I can design a class to specifically suit your needs & capabil ties. Asunta 021 061 4394

Wednesday 28 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 Meet at Pak n Save, The Crossing, Tauriko 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 Arabian Spice Bellydance Beginners & advance Bellydance Classes, 6:30pm St Columba Church Hall, Otumoetai Rd, Tauranga. Learn, dance, keep fit perform with us. Oriental Dance 021 124 5982, arabianspicebd@gmail.com

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

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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 Handicap Singles 7:30pm. Names in book (Bowie Trophy) Gate Pa Midweek Tennis Wed & Fri 9am-12pm. Come & make new friends. Visitors at all levels especially welcome. Ph Geoff 021 474 807 Healing Rooms Come, experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. Behind Graced Oppshop, cnr 11th Ave, Christopher 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 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 Singles Coffee Club 60+ Looking 4 coffee & meeting new friends? Gayle 027 439 3267 or Email mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz 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 Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild At Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd 10am-2:30pm & 7-9pm. Beginners very welcome. Ph Jenny 021 581 951

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ing, plus other popular dances at Senior Citizens Hall Norris St. 7-9:30pm. Includes supper. $3 entry. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222 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! Lighthouse Cafe Craft, coffee, cake, chit chat at Lighthouse Church Welcome Bay, 10am-12pm. All ages welcome. Gold coin donation. Ph Mel 027 576 3105 Mainly Music Music & dance for preschoolers, Mums & carers. $4 per family. Morning tea provided. 9:30-10:30am. Holy trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd Mount RSA Women’s Section Social day starts at 1:30pm in Clubrooms. Entertainers will be the popular Tony Dodunski & crew. Ladies requiring transport please ph offic by Tuesday. 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 Papamoa Social Garden Club We meet last Thursday of month for a visit & lunch. Ph Claire 574 6025

Rhythm, Foxtrot & Waltz Ballroom dancing at Mt RSA Thurs 10am-12pm & Tga Citz Club on Sat afternoons. Ph 572 4272 Social Games Club Mt Play Indoor Bowls & Cards. Come along & have fun in the afternoon. Ph Dot 575 3780

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group Learn

dancing at a friendly club. Baptist Church Hall, 13th Ave, 6:30pm Learners tuition/ revision. 7-9.30pm all dancers. $3 entry incl supper. Jan 544 4379

Zonta Tauranga Women’s Organisation

Leading Global Organisation, empowering women thru service & advocacy, warmly welcomes you! Meet others, fun informative meetings/guest speakers & more! Make a difference. Suzy 021 266 5044

Friday 30 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/ Shaun Kirk Concert On his Australia &

NZ tour to launch his forthcoming EP. Hailing from Melbourne, blues/soul troubadour, is at The Jam Factory 6 Sept 6:30pm. Tickets $20

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. The Sociables Females & Males in their

30s/40s/50s that meet to dine out & participate in bushwalks & local events & activities. Ph 022 012 0376

Horoscopes ARIES: An aura of self conﬁdence attracts the higher-ups and leads to increased responsibilities. A long term relationship should not be taken for granted. Financial reviews may dominate the weekend.

LIBRA: New directions could lead to new accomplishments in your career or academic arena. Family reunions are highlighted through the week. Avoid a tendency to test your friends loyalties.

TAURUS: This will be a great week for friendship and romance and you may be forging a long lasting alliance. A relative is full of surprises on the weekend. A small gift may arrive by Friday.

SCORPIO: A last minute cancellation may prove a blessing in disguise. A refresher course may provide a boost to your career. Business ideas may beneﬁt from a thorough discussion and reviews.

GEMINI: Diversiﬁcation is the key this week. This a ﬁne time for expanding interests, notably in the areas of sports and recreation. An innovation approach pays off at work.

SAGITTARIUS: An invitation that would appeal to your ego, could have strings attached. Your romantic intuition is strong this week and you can plot your own path for a current relationship. Creativity shines all week.

CANCER: Perseverance pays off by the end of the week, especially in areas related to career and education. Relationships thrive on an intellectual plane. Lost items may surface on the weekend.

CAPRICORN: Caution is the byword in business dealings, especially where untested personalities are involved. Deadlines are tight, but don’t sacriﬁce quality. Nostalgia and romance blend well all week.

Buckland. Messages of love & inspiration. St Georges Lounge, 1 Church St. 7:15pm $5 entry. Get together afterwards. Widows & Widowers Club Meets at 2pm at Arts & Crafts Ctr, Elizabeth St West. Ph Margaret 576 5292

LEO: Money matters may brighten, despite an unexpected expense. A stubborn streak surfaces and may lead to confrontation on Thursday. A platonic friendship and academic interests are highlighted after the weekend.

AQUARIUS: Family related expenses may decrease this week. Legal matters require prompt and careful attention. Learning new skills could lead to a career expansion. A money making idea may be too offbeat.

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VIRGO: Cleaning or rearranging, could lead to the discovery of old treasure. A surprise announcement and a surprise guest is spotlighted on the weekend.

PISCES: Career options brighten this week, but don’t rush into major decisions. Health matters require a methodical review. Financial advice may be misleading, so treat any advice cautiously.

Welcome Home Spiritual Community Welcome to the world of Sue

Age Concern Monthly Meeting

Guest Speaker Barry Maurer, Health Consumer Service. Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Rd, Hinton Lounge. 10-11:30am $3pp. Light refreshments provided. Open to the public

Your birthday You are highly regarded for your pioneering spirit, courageous qualities, quick temper and quick wit. That this week wit sometimes has a sarcastic edge and can lead to difﬁculties in communication. Career or academic goals may be achieved ahead of schedule. Unusual travel prospects are highlighted some time this year

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5A MANSON ST, Sat 7:30am. Tradies special! Paslode nail gun, large range of power & hand tools, nails & bolts. Current owner retiring. All offers considered!

JUST $21 with FREE signs & price stickers! +gst

annual book sale

BOOKS & JIGSAWS WANTED for Tauranga Harbour City Lions late November book sale. Drop off points are Smith City Bethlehem Town Centre, Mitre 10 Cameron Rd, Golf Warehouse Chapel St & Gilmours at The Crossing. No magazines, Reader’s Digest or encyclopaedias. Ph 576 7105

bible digest

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business for sale

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

car for sale

2011 VOLKSWAGON POLO only 40,641kms looked after by 1 lady owner since new in NZ, this is a Manual 1390cc, not many for sale! $10,500 ono. Ph 07 549 4426

clubs

RETIRED? BORED? JOIN US! Sunrise Lions Club exists to serve Tauranga and keep our members active and healthy. For more information phone Ken 027 733 9686 or visit www. sunriselions.co.nz

computers

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

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CVs THAT STAND OUT. Don’t let your C.V. get lost amongst all the others. Get the WOW factor that A C.V. For You can provide. From scratch or update existing I can help you stand out. View samples on www.facebook. com/acvforyou or Ph/text on 021 27 27 912

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ONE LARGE BEDROOM with walk-in wardrobe, separate lounge with kitchen, storeroom with bathroom, toilet, etc. Te Puke. Ph 022 411 9304

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ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efficient, knowledgeable, highly qualified. Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant. Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120

health & beauty

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

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IDEAL FOR WORKING on caravans & mobile homes. Ideal rural location. Safe, dry, includes power. Ph Bruce 021 739 624

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

lost & found

FOUND KITTENS VARIOUS places, various colours Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Senior Black Female Cat, Parkvale Area, Ref: 166071 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Tabby Male Cat, Welcome Bay Area, Ref: 164781 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Grey/White Male Cat, Hairini Area, Ref: 165857 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Black Male Cat, Welcome Bay Area, Ref: 165937 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Tabby Female Cat, Oropi Area, Ref: 166040 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

Found Young Tan Medium cross breed Male Puppy, Otumoetai Area, Ref: 166143 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Young Black/White Lab X Male Puppy, Greerton Area, Ref: 166230 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Young White/brown Lab X Male Puppy, Gate Pa Area, Ref: 165965 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Tabby Male Cat, Welcome Bay Area, Ref: 166269 Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

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

BOAT BUILDING repairs and maintenance. Timber & fibreglass trade qualified, boat builder. Ph Shaun 021 992 491 or 07 552 0277 BRYCE DECORATING, interior & exterior painting, wallpapering. Quality work. Ph Wayne 021 162 7052 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered. Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 HANDYMAN, section maintenance, lawns, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes. Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior & exterior. Quality workmanship, friendly service. Over 25 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/ Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 PICTURE FRAMERS, canvas stretching, tapestry, poster, Diploma framing also vanity mirror with lights. Large selection of frames. Ph 07 576 0657 or 021 862 523 PLASTERER A1 TRADESMAN with 30 yrs experience. Quality finish with friendly, reliable service. I specialise in interior walls & ceilings with no job too small. Strip your own wallpaper and I will skim your walls ready for a modern paint finish. Repair cracked walls & ceilings using proven carbon-fibre technology. Call Murray now for an obligation free quote 027 266 5657

ROOF REPAIRS Free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs. Chimney maintenance & repairs. Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740 TILER AVAILABLE No job to big or small. Renovations, new builds. Waterproofing,18yrs exp. Ph Sam 022 024 2863 TREE, SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 027 498 1857

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#ZEALANDIERTOURS Beat the winter blues and join likeminded others for a day of laughter and companionship. September day trips – How about Glenn Afton Heritage Railway for Dads day out or Explore Creative Raglan & Bridal Veil Falls? Maybe Antiques & Collectables for all those into treasure hunting or perhaps the finer things in life like Taupo’s amazing Glassblowing & Huka Cruise. You may like to tempt your taste buds on a delicious food trail or the ultimate 6 day adventure of South Island High Country Stations. Phone us today at Zealandier Tours 07 572 4118 NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S SENIOR TRAVEL CLUB. Join our club today for free to receive all our VIP Members Benefits exclusive to No 8 Tours. (1) Oct 14th-18th; 5 Days Hokianga & Bay of Islands, (2) Oct 22nd30th; 9 Days of South Island, Includes Queenstown, Wanaka, Haast, Fox Glacier. (3) Nov 15th-20th; 6 Days McKenzie Country’s Spring Colours. Free Door to Door service: Day Trips, Shows & Free beautiful colour catalogue: BOOK NOW: Ph No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@no8tours.co.nz

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FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: bookings@ no1thestrand.co.nz or www. no1thestrand.co.nz WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS etc - The perfect venue. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450

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Pricing options The charges that make up your power bill include our costs to supply power to your property. These include transmission (national grid) charges, local network distribution charges, wholesale energy charges and market fees, and Trustpower’s retail costs. Trustpower’s electricity prices for a typical Tauranga customer will change by less than 3% on 1 October 2019. For a typical home this will be an approximate increase of 19 cents per day**.

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29.33

29.22

24.84

Tui Day

cents/unit

32.01

32.00

27.20

Tui Night

cents/unit

25.67

25.41

21.60

Fixed Charge

cents/day

151.00

168.00

142.80

Domestic Low Use (best for customers using less than 8,000 units per year) 24 Hour

cents/unit

35.11

35.79

30.42

All Inclusive

cents/unit

33.90

35.00

29.75

Controlled

cents/unit

30.73

32.01

27.21

Kiwi Power

cents/unit

27.79

29.21

24.83

Night Owl

cents/unit

25.65

26.93

22.89

Interrupted

cents/unit

34.60

35.27

29.98

Tui Day

cents/unit

37.28

38.05

32.34

Tui Night

cents/unit

30.94

31.46

26.74

Fixed Charge

cents/day

35.29

30.00

All Sites High Use up to 3 Phase 60 Amps (best for customers using more than 15,000 units per year) 24 Hour

cents/unit

28.75

28.63

24.34

All Inclusive

cents/unit

27.55

27.40

23.29

Controlled

cents/unit

24.37

24.85

21.12

Kiwi Power

cents/unit

21.43

22.05

18.74

Night Owl

cents/unit

19.29

19.77

16.80

Interrupted

cents/unit

28.24

28.11

23.89

Tui Day

cents/unit

30.92

30.89

26.26

Tui Night

cents/unit

24.58

24.30

20.66

Fixed Charge

cents/day

196.00

214.00

181.90

cents/day

216.89

219.06

186.20

cents/unit/day

32.30

33.21

28.23

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Estimated Units

Pricing applies to customers connected to the Powerco Network. * To get any Prompt Payment Discount you must pay the amount due for payment on your account, in full by the due date. ** Including GST and after 15% Prompt Payment Discount. Based on a Trustpower Friends or Friends Extra Domestic customer using 6,632 units on our 24 Hour and Controlled pricing options. Note: The Electricity Market Fee will continue to appear on your bill. This fee is not subject to any Prompt Payment Discount. Day: 7am – 11pm

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