The Weekend Sun - 17 January 2020 by Sun Media

17 January 2020, Issue 995

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The everyday runner

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‘IronMike’ Stowers has run more than five kilometres, every day, for the last 2116 days of his life. He hasn’t had a rest day since April 1, 2014, and the motivated Tauranga Half triathlete says

he has no plans to stop his run streak anytime soon. Michael competed with the Port of Tauranga team ‘Three Fingers’ last weekend, ironically participating in the cycling component of

the triathlon. But immediately after cycling 90km in under 2 hours 50 minutes, he warmed down with a 10-kilometre run. Read the full story on page 9. Photo: John Borren.

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Getting ahead in life The human race is constantly evolving and nothing gets me more excited than a good technological advancement. In fact, I hadn’t even sat down at my desk first the morning this week when a colleague beckoned me over to his computer. “Look at this, look at this!” It was a self-filling beer glass given to beer swilling punters at a Premier League match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. I kid you not. One simply places their plastic glass over an outlet on the bar – a bit like a cordless kettle – and it fills up through a one-way valve. It takes a few seconds, no big frothy head, pure genius. And you heard it here folks. Our mission is to keep you up to date on the latest developments happening around the world, and beyond if it comes to that.

A royal pardon

Of course not all developments are technological – some are societal changes – like Meghan and Harry. Now I’m a bloke from New Zealand so what do I care about the royals? In fact these discussions always start with ‘Who gives a ﬂying… about the royals’ and ends about 20 minutes later after everyone has shared their well-considered opinions and analysis. Philosophers and political analysts must roll their eyes over these kinds of things. Why can’t people talk about real things that matter to the human race like war and poverty? I’m not sure, but I now know for a fact that Meghan and Harry are trying to forge a more progressive approach to the business of being royal, probably in Canada, even though I’m not at all sure what that means. Neither of them are Canadian so it’s unclear why they are picking on that country but I’m guessing castle prices are way more affordable there. This is an important consideration when young royals leave home for the ﬁrst time and

become independent.

Stars in their eyes

Some technological advancements are a little stomach churning – like private companies operating in space. Gone are the days when only the governments of large companies could venture out beyond the pull of Earth’s gravitational ﬁeld. Nowadays, billionaires like Elon Musk and Richard Branson are dabbling in space exploration, space projects and space travel. Elon’s company Space X is hoping to launch more than 40,000 satellites into orbit to provide cheap internet to the world’s population. This satellite constellation project is called StarLink. It has so far launched 60, so there is still a wee way to go. Star gazers the world over, including New Zealand, are outraged at this visual pollution of our starscapes. Those gorgeous, time lapse photos of the Milky Way will look like a laser light show at a rock concert.

holds the bonnet up on some cars. As a driver who does a lot of kilometres each year, I take a few precautions with my driving. I take steps to identify and eliminate risk factors, thus increasing the likelihood of arriving safely at my destination. I’ve often thought my impatience with all the slow bro’s and feckless idiots on the road would be my downfall so I’ve even introduced a deep breathing routine to counter those encounters. So, imagine my surprise, while conducting my Monday morning ritual of checking the tyre pressure and oil and water etcetera, the bonnet suddenly collapses and gobbles my head like an angry hippopotamus. Not cool man, not cool. It just goes to show, it doesn’t matter how careful you are, something is going to smack you in the face sooner or later. The only positive I can take out of this episode is that at least I didn’t waste hundreds of dollars and countless hours on selfdefence lessons only to be attacked in the driveway by my own vehicle.

Keep squawking

Astronomers and observers whose job it is to look out for asteroids on a collision course with Earth say the space clutter will make their job more difﬁcult. Elon’s guys are trying different paint to make them less reﬂective. But when it comes down to an existential threat to mankind, versus cheap internet, I’m pretty sure I know which one will win that popularity contest.

Out of left ﬁeld

One technological advancement I am turning my back on is the gas strut that

And ﬁnally, while we are talking about progress, let’s talk about the lack of progress on the Greerton Hall debacle. Our previous stories about users of the hall being told to leave because of a whole bunch of complaints from one neighbour seem to have fallen on deaf ears. This story has attracted hundreds of comments from the community and now some sympathy from local politicians (page 6 today). However groups are still being told to leave because their activities are too loud. If you can’t make a bit of noise in a community hall on a busy road like Cameron Rd, then where can you? daniel@thesun.co.nz

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Supermarket giants eye Tauranga CBD Wellington’s inner city supermarket is popular with city residents and commuters. Photo: Stuart Birch.

There’s a fresh round of speculation over a proposed metro-style CBD supermarket for Tauranga. It’s a case of when, not if, according to Priority One – the regional economic development group. “The supermarket chains have definitely been in town and looking,” confirms Priority One chief executive, Nigel Tutt. He’s predicting a Metro in downtown Tauranga within the next five years. The rumour mill was cranked up this week by two Tauranga business people who claimed the metrosupermarket initiative was gathering momentum – perhaps at a site on the corner of Spring and Grey Streets. They wouldn’t be identified, but suggested a building which currently occupies the site would be demolished and replaced with a purpose built structure and residential suites in the upper floors. Nigel Tutt says there are a number of sites under investigation. “I can’t point to any specific ones. But it’s just a matter of time before the right deal stacks up, with the right amount of people in the catchment area. And anywhere around the university in Durham Street would make a lot of sense.” “There has been conversation about this for some time,” says Sally Cooke, champion for the CBD business lobby group, Downtown Tauranga. A downtown supermarket would breathe new confidence into a central commercial sector which has been struggling in recent years. The metro is a different operating model to a conventional supermarket. It’s smaller and as the Countdown on-line blurb says, they have a unique range of food and groceries tailored to its inner city

location – “barista-made coffee, fresh food and grab and go options as well as a range of groceries”. They are convenient but customers do pay for that convenience in terms of lack of range. Metros are proven in Auckland and Wellington. The 10-year-old New World Metro in Wellington’s Willis Street always has peak time queues – it’s popular, especially for the city’s population of civil servants and head office workers wanting quick, cheap takeaway lunch bites and buying a few essentials before hopping on trains and buses out of town in the evening. “Wouldn’t it be fantastic,” says Sally Cooke. “We can’t deny the city centre is going through transitional growth at the moment. And having that amenity for more and more people living and working in the city is vitally important. We would love to see a metro come on line as we continue to revitalise and mature as a city centre.” Bread and milk, cheese and crackers, a fresh baguette and pates on a Friday. Wonderful,” says Sally. “We’re working hard to help existing businesses survive this change because it’s tough out there.” She says there has been a lot of conversation about what’s lacking in the city centre, and the moment that conversation stars up, discussion focusses on where you can buy supermarket items that aren’t available in the CBD at the moment. “The dairies absolutely have their place but a mini mart scenario with some fresh produce from one of the supermarket operators would be fantastic.” Nigel Tutt is “pretty confident” the supermarket will happen in the next five years, but exactly when and where is up for debate.

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Bay Oval abuser

The man responsible for racially abusing England cricketer Jofra Archer at the Bay Oval has been banned from attending international and domestic matches in New Zealand for two years. Archer was targeted by racial abuse on the ﬁnal day of the ﬁrst test between England and New Zealand in November, eventuating in a complaint being laid with Tauranga Police. As a result of their inquiries, police have spoken to a 28-year-old Auckland man who subsequently admitted responsibility for the abuse. He was issued with a verbal warning for using insulting language.

Meth possession

One of three people accused of methamphetamine and other drug related charges is due to be sentenced in Tauranga District Court on March 13. Two of the accused are of Fijian nationality and have been charged in connection with the importation of $17 million worth of methamphetamine into Tauranga. Their charges include possession for supply methamphetamine and import/export methamphetamine. During their time in court, both men in their early 30s entered not guilty pleas when they appeared in court on Monday. They are set to reappear in court in late March 2020. A third person entered guilty pleas to all six charges he is facing.

Illegal snapper sales

Fisheries officers have stopped a group of commercial fishers in the Thames area who were allegedly under-reporting catches and unlawfully supplying snapper. The Ministry of Primary Industries has been investigating allegations into the unlawful trade of commercially caught fish from the lower firth of Thames into the Auckland area. In December, 45 fishery officers and police executed searches at five locations, including three residential properties across Waikato and Auckland. During the searches more than $25,000 in cash was seized along with six commercial fishing vessels and a refrigerated truck. About 800kg of undocumented grey mullet and kahawai was located, along with 230kg of undocumented snapper.

SunLive Comment of the Week ‘Unbelievable’ posted by morepork on the story ‘Paramedic knocked out while on duty’. “And totally disgusting. It makes you think that maybe the medieval stocks is not such a bad idea... this guy could get a kicking from the community. Really hard to imagine the kind of person who would: (a) attack a woman, (b) kick her unconscious, and (c) target someone who is doing such great service for us all. He could have tied her up or locked her in another room; there was no need for the violence. I really hope they catch this guy.”

Jacob Boyle, 4, takes part in ‘Hotshots’ tennis.

The road to Wimbledon Not all tennis balls are the same apparently. Ask the young hotshots at Gate Pa Tennis Club. The 320 million balls produced annually are mostly the regulation ﬂuorescent yellow balls of between 56 and 59 grams and up to 6.86 cms in diameter. And if dropped from 254cms, a bounce of between 135 and 147cm is acceptable. But the ‘hotshots’ balls used to draw youngsters into the game of tennis at the Gate Pa club can be red, orange and green. They are all bigger than the average tennis ball with a lower compression, which means they don’t bounce as high and are easier to hit. ‘Hotshots’ tennis is played on smaller courts with lower nets and this all makes it easier for young players to enjoy success. The Gate Pa Club is again running its successful hotshots tennis programme from early next month for children aged ﬁve plus. “Kids love the ‘learn by play’ method of teaching tennis,” says club member Graeme Bigham. “And parents appreciate a professionally presented programme that caters for little ones through to budding pros.”

Hotshots involves a varied hardness of balls as young players progress. The red stage is for beginners of ﬁve to seven years. The red ball is larger than the standard yellow and just 25 percent of the compression, making it slower and easy for starters to hit it comfortably. After mastering the red, players move onto the orange stage, eight to ten years. The ball, at 50 per cent compression bounces a little higher and the court is a bit bigger. The ball used in the green stage, nine plus years, is 75 percent of the compression of a yellow ball, and the children play on a full size court. “It works,” says Graeme. “By the end of the season youngsters are competent enough to play in a mini club championships.” Gate Pa coaches have been running a Hotshots programme for ten years working with beginner players and providing a combination of skill and enjoyment for all children. The Gate Pa Tennis Club welcomes new, young hotshots who want an introduction to tennis. Hotshots runs every Saturday with groups starting from 9am. For more information contact Turu Daniel on: 021 061 1942 or Gary Willis on: 027 204 4610.

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Yay or neigh for cycleway Tauranga horse rider Lou Reid is determined to see more cycle paths open up to riders.

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Local rider Lou Reid was recently told by Tauranga City Council that “under no circumstance” can she ride Korepurereua Valley Cycle Track, near home. “As a horse rider, we need somewhere to ride that doesn’t involve running around in circles in our back yard,” she says. “The reason we go out there is to put some joy into our day and de-stress, it’s no different from someone going for a walk, run or bike.” Horses pose a risk to the public and themselves, so shouldn’t be ridden on cycleways, says council’s animal services team leader Brent Lincoln. Horse owners also require permission from the council to ride or walk horses along the road, which includes berms and footpaths. “Horses can be unpredictable and could be easily startled by cyclists, pedestrians or dogs which could result in people being seriously hurt.” Lou says most riders won’t take horses to public spaces if they know they are going to act out. “Most horse riders, when we go out, we are walking, sticking to the left and are very mindful of people on their bikes, walkers and runners. “We are not about to take a horse out that is about to have a big s**t-ﬁt about a cyclist speeding around a blind corner.” Bike Tauranga chairman Kevin Kerr says most bike

tracks aren’t wide enough for riders and cyclists. “As a cycling fraternity, we would be looking at it purely from a safety point of view. If you had a rider coming towards a cyclist, you wouldn’t be able to pass each other. “Cyclists are usually travelling at a reasonable speed, and horses tend to get startled by these movements.” A shared path for cyclists, riders and walkers would need to be speciﬁcally designed, says Kevin. There “absolutely” needs to be more open spaces for riders in Tauranga, says another local rider Sophie Hardy. “It used to be that we could ride over several local farms, but a lot of those farms have now closed their gates to us,” she says. “We need safe places like cycle paths and footpaths to ride... close to where people keep their horses.” Sophie says horse owners are sensible and don’t want themselves or their horses injured. “They don’t take young or spooky horses to places where there are likely to be crowds of people. “Let’s be honest a bike going at 40km/h is just as dangerous.” Horses are allowed to be ridden on the majority of Tauranga beaches, excluding Mt Maunganui Main Beach, Pilot Bay and beaches at Mauao and Moturiki Island. “The only rule is that horse manure must be removed and disposed of in a hygienic manner,” Emma Houpt says Brent.

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‘Mr Miserable’ takes a caning Another community group has been evicted from the Greerton Community Hall as a result of noise complaints from a neighbour.

Zumba Tauranga has hit back with a strongly worded Facebook comment about the anonymous complainant, a neighbour living adjacent to the Greerton Hall, who

“Tauranga is a big winner from this Government’s landmark investment into schools and kura. “We are investing $693 per student into almost every state school ($50K min, $400K max), to help them catch-up on their previously neglected, infrastructure waiting lists. “This includes backing wharekura and kura, to use tikanga and mātauranga Māori to ready our kids for tomorrow. “From Te Wharekura o Mauao getting $168,399 to Tauranga Boys’, Girls’ and Intermediate receiving $400,000 each, 158 eligible schools in the Waiariki will share in over $31 million. This will help around 54,000 local young people reach their full potential. I’m proud of that.”

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has ﬁled 82 noise complainants in just two years, resulting in several user groups being banned from the Greerton Hall. In the Facebook comment on SunLive about the hall complaints, Zumba Tauranga instructor Carla Beazley suggested “Mr Miserable” should “move to the country, away from the vibrancy of a thriving community and build himself a soundproof bunker”.\ And she also had some blunt advice for the Tauranga City Council. “Don’t indulge the bull**** of a whining individual and instead support community groups and activities that encourage the healthy lifestyles …of your ratepayers.” And Zumba Tauranga has the “sympathy” of Deputy Mayor, Larry Baldock. “We have these people in Tauranga, and whatever the issue, they become serial complainants. They cost a lot of man hours and a lot of money to achieve very little good.” He said he needs to investigate the level of the noise breaches, but certainly sympathised with hall users. Zumba Tauranga classes cater for a wide range of people and nationalities, young and old, special needs participants, people living with mental illness, cancer and other illnesses. “We have the mindset the Zumba class could potentially be the best thing these people do in the day,” says Carla. “And we give our energy, heart and soul to the class.” Not now,

“Not our booming bass sound” – Teejay Hemara and Carla Beazley of Zumba Tauranga. Photo: Daniel Hines. noise complaint in many months not in Greerton. Because since after turning the music down as being kicked out of Greerton Hall, requested. But because another Tauranga Zumba has not found an group received a complaint they alternative venue. got lumped in and kicked out. “Let’s put this in to perspective,” The council had earlier explained says Carla. it must enforce noise limits under “Tauranga Zumba was held once the City Plan and Resource a week at 5.45pm - a respectable Management Act and it must act and already busy and noisy time of day. We are not a heavy metal band on complaints. Larry Baldock says the council practising at random hours in a is unfortunately stuck with being residential area. We were exercising regulator and enforcer. “However in a retail/commercial area of some of those breaches are so Cameron Road - the busiest, minor in the big scheme of things, noisiest road in Tauranga.” I ﬁnd it so frustrating. Carla is perplexed why one “If it means changing the consent person has been pandered to so conditions as a way of avoiding much. “Has anyone met with or future complaints, then that’s an considered us? “ option we should look into.” Carla says they hadn’t had a

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Mount lifeguards win big The Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service was named top club at Champion of the Bays last weekend at Midway Beach in Gisborne. The event was hosted by Surf Life Saving New Zealand’s Eastern Region and doubled as the Bay of Plenty and Gisborne Senior Champs. Surf Life Saving NZ Eastern Senior lifeguard and mentor Shaun Smith has been patrolling Tauranga beaches since 1977. Photo: John Borren.

Aiming for nil rescues “Be proactive, not reactive.” That’s the motto for surf lifesaving clubs across Tauranga and members are making it their mission to do no big rescues in 2020. “Our focus is to take as many preventative measures as possible,” says senior lifeguard and mentor Shaun Smith, who works across all Tauranga beaches. These measures include continuous education about water safety and reminding beachgoers about the importance of swimming between flags. “That’s talking to the public about where the rips are, where the best spots are to swim and guiding them to the flags,” says Shaun. Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service lifeguard Julia Conway says they don’t hesitate to swim out to someone in potential danger. “We’ll check to see if they know what they are doing and are safe, or if they are a bit freaked out and need assistance,” says Julia. She says when guiding people towards the flags, it’s crucial lifeguards explain to them why they need to swim between them. “We can’t just whistle and wave people towards the flags. When you actually talk to people, they are thankful and realise us lifeguards are on their sides.” Tauranga surf life saving clubs ended 2019 with a bang, as large ‘dumping’ swell pummeled beachgoers over the Christmas period. Early data suggests that, between December 24, 2019, and January 2, 2020, eight rescues were carried out across Tauranga beaches. Additionally, there were 24 major first aids, 11 assists and three searches conducted. More than 2000 preventative actions were also undertaken. Julia, who worked Christmas day, says the combination of big surf and large crowds put lifeguards to the test. “It did make it quite challenging for us, with people easily getting stuck in currents. Overall, we had everything under control, but it had the potential to be a hectic week.” Eastern Region lifesaving manager Chase Cahalane

says the low number of rescues and assists is a credit to lifeguards striving to take preventative measures. “This coast has been very busy over the peak period - there was fantastic weather and quite a lot of swell around throughout the Christmas and New Year’s period,” he says. “This was coupled with quite large tides, all combined leading to big beach numbers and very strong currents and rips.” Crowds were “generally pretty good” at responding to directions at Main Beach, with lifeguards educating beachgoers about the safe spots to swim, says Julia. Meanwhile, along the beach in Papamoa big surf prevented many from even entering the water. “We had such big surf, which kept those that are less conﬁdent out of the water,” says Shaun. He says on the busy days there were “a couple of thousand people along the beach”, but the numbers of people in the water was noticeably smaller than previous years. At Main Beach, lifeguards rescued a group who were left stranded after jumping off Moturiki Island. According to Julia, the swell was too big on that day for them to climb back onto the rocks. “One of them swam round to our side of the beach and started waving their hand. We sent a boat out, and they had been out there for a while, so they were exhausted and covered in cuts,” says Julia. She says this is a “know your limits” situation, where people need to adjust to the conditions. There also needs to be increased education around identifying rips, says Julia. “A lot of people, when you mention a rip they freak out. If you learn how to recognise one, and what to do if you are caught in one – you realise it’s not the end of the world.” At the end of 2020, Shaun hopes to be sitting at the beach, with a beer in hand celebrating each Tauranga club’s success. “If we can sit here at the end of this year and say we have done no big rescues, we will have done a Emma Houpt fantastic job,” he says.

Region sport manager Mark Inglis says a “massive thanks” must go to Eastland Port for their continued support of the event. “It’s great to have them being part of a positive experience for our Eastern Region athletes.” Mark is also thanking the Ofﬁcials, Water Safety and Work Crew teams who took part.

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When the crowd goes into deep meditation at Simpson Reserve next weekend, they will reﬂect on four deaths – four young people from Papamoa who took their own lives last year. “It’s to share love and raise awareness because I have lost four people I know through my community - all young Maori and it is so terribly sad,” says event co-organiser Clare Williams. “We want to remember the people we’ve lost, send them our blessings and also extend that blessing to anyone battling with mental health issues right now,” says event co-organiser Linda Ho. It’s about bringing people together “in a positive energy space, helping connect them to solutions”. And they will do exactly that to kick off the Alternative Solution Convention next weekend. “We will show people how to meditate, and connect with their breath. “If people can learn to meditate for a minute a day – it will make a difference to your daily life – that’s

the message we want to get out there,” she says. They expect to see more than 60 people turn out on Saturday, January 24. There will also be talks and workshops on mindset, nutrition and the environment. “You are going to see alternative ways to heal, eat, move, think and gain wealth,” says Clare. Both convention organisers work in wellness spaces in Tauranga. Clare a life coach and Muay Thai teacher, and Linda an NLP coach and hypnotherapist. Clare says everyone knows someone impacted by suicide and it is at the front of many minds. “What New Zealand has gone through in the last 12 months with suicide is just awful.” The event will be held at Papamoa Sports and Recreation Centre next Saturday. It’s for all ages and several food trucks will also be on site. Eco and health products, crystals, reiki, tarot, energy healing and hypnotherapy will also be available. For more information, visit: www.eventﬁnda.co.nz/2020/the-alternative-solutionconvention/tauranga

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That’s quite a run ‘IronMike’ Stowers is stoked after completing the Tauranga Half Marathon earlier this year. Photo: John Borren.

“I had to run afterwards, just to keep up my streak,” says Michael. “I’m part of Streak Runners International and right now I am 48th in the world for running continuously.” Michael’s running journey started after he was put forward for an obesity study in April 2014 by his doctor. Back then, he weighed about 128kg. “The master’s student running the study was doing a run streak, and she had done it for one year and one day. I just followed her lead.” Now, he’s down to 101kg and last year competed in six marathons, five half-marathons and one IronMan event. The NZ-born Samoan is striving to run a marathon in under 4 hours and 30 minutes in 2020. “My fastest time is still ahead of me. I can tell that the lighter I am, the faster I am getting.” He sees himself as a role model for Maori and Pacific people, to get them outside and keep them fit. “My father died at the age of 62 from heart disease. I want to show them that even just a 30-minute walk

after dinner is an important ﬁrst step. It’s important to get into healthy habits and to get some green-time outdoors, breathing in the fresh air.” Michael runs six kilometres each day, making time for it in the early morning before work. He has four children and runs his own chartered accountant business. “I try to run at about 6 or 7am. But if I have an early morning meeting, then I just run home from work that evening.” He plans to run a minimum of 2020 kilometres this year, not including the long-list of running events. Michael does the Tauranga Half, Tauranga Half (triathlon) Marathon and Tauranga Marathon. Michael says running helps him uncover parts of New Zealand he wouldn’t normally see. “The beauty of a run streak is that wherever I travel around New Zealand, I always have to go for a run. It’s a good way of getting insight into somewhere you wouldn’t normally see. People need touse their time wisely, says Mike and not “waste it on social media - I just want to Emma Houpt encourage people to get outside.”

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Glen Jackson to retire from refereeing News last week that Tauranga’s Glen Jackson will hang up his whistle as New Zealand’s top rugby referee is both good and bad as far as I am concerned. The 44-year-old has decided to finish refereeing in March as he has achieved all he could since he retired as a player in 2010. So to lose Jacko from the refereeing ranks is a bad thing, especially at a time when the other top ranked refs in New Zealand do not have his skills in managing players or in letting the game flow. The good part of the news is that Jacko will commit his vast rugby intelligence to coaching in the Bay. He has already cut his teeth as a coach, firstly with his son’s under12 team at Te Puna and then with the Bay of Plenty under-19 and Tai Mitchell teams. Jacko had a great career as a player. The former Bay of Plenty Steamers and Maori All Blacks first-five played 60 games for the Chiefs in Super Rugby before heading to England where he played 112 matches for Saracens. In a lifetime of watching sport,

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for me there are some moments that stand out above the rest. One of my favourites is when Vern Cotter and Joe Schmidt took their Steamers up to Eden Park to challenge for the Ranfurly Shield in 2004. Against the odds the Bay beat Auckland that historic day to win the iconic trophy for the first and only time. The hero was first-five Jacko who scored in all four ways for a 23-point haul in the 33-28 victory. It was a performance deserving of an All Blacks call-up but that never came. Jacko’s rise up the refereeing ranks after retiring as a player is unprecedented in New Zealand rugby history. He is the first person to have both played and refereed more than 100 first class games. His first game with the whistle was a school game at Bethlehem College in 2010. Just under two years later he was in charge of England v Fiji at Twickenham and Georgia v Japan in Georgia a week later. He controlled four matches at the 2015 World Cup in England

and was an assistant referee for ﬁve other matches. He has handled Rugby Championship and Six Nations matches. The decision not to include him at last year’s Rugby World Cup was puzzling then and still is today. He was rated the top New Zealand whistler, winning the top accolade of Referee of the Year at the NZ Rugby awards in four of the last ﬁve years. But refereeing’s loss is coaching’s gain. There is plenty more to offer from Glen Jackson in the years ahead.

Running talent rises to the top The weekend’s Tauranga Half produced a stunning course record from Kyle Smith in the men’s elite race, and back to back wins from Hannah Wells in the women’s elite race. The 31st running of the Tauranga Half was contested in near perfect conditions at Mt Maunganui, with a ﬂat harbour on Pilot Bay for the

swim, and little wind for the bike and run legs of the event. Taupo’s Kyle Smith made the most of the conditions, dominating the men’s field from start to finish, to record victory in a time of 3:42:07, smashing 3 minutes 31 seconds off the course record, set by Braden Currie in 2017. Hannah Wells was equally impressive in the women’s elite race, defending her title, and finishing two minutes quicker than last year.

Glen Jackson. Photo: Peter White.

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Community artists show true colours A brightly coloured mural illustrating Tauranga’s cultural sites of signiﬁcance now covers the lower-level of an inner-city carpark.

One hundred community members got stuck into the project on Spring Street last weekend as part of local street-art festival Street Prints Mauao. Festival organisers Jah and Lovie Smith sought guidance from Tauranga

kaumatua Peri Kohu (Ngai Tamarawaho) prior to painting, who put forward the idea of creating a compass. Street artist Askew One, who facilitated the mural, says the compass gives direction and point’s people to various cultural sites of significance around the Tauranga Moana. Mauao, Huria Marae, Otamataha Pa, and Tamapahore Marae are just some of the sites incorporated into this large-scale painting. Askew One, known as Elliot O’Donnell, grew up in Auckland but is now based in Brooklyn, New York. He has participated in the past five festivals run by Street Prints NZ/AU and says community engagement plays an important role in creating a connection for locals. “It’s some sort of gateway in helping the community feel a strong sense of ownership over that work and it’s there for them – not being done to them. “I came from a graffiti world – for 27 years – and the mentality when we painted graffiti was the opposite of that.” Mural participants engaged with the project in different ways - some curious to find out the meaning of what they were painting and others

just eager to get their hands dirty. “Some people were just naturally tidy – at such a young age. Showing patience, diligence and painting slow to get a nice sharp edge. “Others were just running at it - getting paint on themselves, on the ground and the poles. There was definitely room for that too.” It was important to keep the mural simple for the kids and adults involved and due to the short time frame of the festival, he says. “It’s all really simplified and stripped back. The idea was to create big fields of colour that were easy to fill and easy to clean-up.” The week-long festival saw 18 murals painted by local and international artists across Mount Maunganui, Downtown Tauranga and Te Puke. Street Prints Papaioea also kicked off this week in Palmerston North. Askew One says street-art festivals operate differently worldwide, but New Zealand events tend to be “low key, grassroots with a lot more cultural engagement”. For more information on the festival, visit: www.streetprints.org Emma Houpt

Street artist Askew One, also known as Elliot O’Donnell, led the community mural workshop in Downtown Tauranga for Street Prints Mauao.

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Tauranga artist Shane Walker’s mural on the corner of Wharf and Durham St.

Street Prints Mauao ended this week, and now 18 large-scale paintings by local and international artists have popped up in Downtown Tauranga, Te Puke and Mount Maunganui. Photos: Bruce Barnard.

Melbourne-based contemporary ﬁne artist Mayonaize’s mural in Mount Maunganui.

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News from Bay of Plenty Regional Council January 2020

Kaituna River re-diversion celebration

Construction works for the Kaituna River re-diversion and Te Awa o Ngātoroirangi / Maketu Estuary enhancement project are nearly complete, and the Ford Road boat ramp opened for public use just before Christmas.

Free joint regional bus service for tertiary students

A public karakia (blessing) and celebration to mark the construction work finishing is now being planned for dawn on Wednesday 12 February.

A free regional bus service for tertiary students will be launched this February.

Details will be confirmed later this month, find out more at www.boprc.govt.nz/kaitunarediversion

Check before you swim Each week during summer we collect water samples from more than 70 popular swimming spots around the Bay of Plenty, so you can see where the healthiest places to swim are. The samples are checked for faecal contamination (E. coli or Enterococci bacteria) and/or for toxin-forming algae (cyanobacteria) and the results are available at www.lawa.org.nz/swim Toi te Ora Public Health also uses the information we collect to assess the health risk to the public and issues warnings as required. Find out more at www.boprc.govt.nz/swimmingwaterquality

The service is a joint venture between Bay of Plenty Regional Council, The University of Waikato and Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, with each organisation contributing funds to make the service available, along with a grant from the New Zealand Transport Association (NZTA). The service will mean students from around the Bay in Katikati, Rotorua and Whakatāne will be able to travel into Tauranga and back every weekday, while Murupara students will also be able to travel to and from Rotorua. The service is also available to the public (at a cost), and will be a one year trial initially, to be reviewed at the end of 2020. Visit www.baybus.co.nz for timetables

In Ōpōtiki? Come and have a chat! We are joining Ōpōtiki District Council at its King Street Pop-up shop in Ōpōtiki on 30/31 January. Call in to have a chat and find out about our Environmental Enhancement Fund, Climate Change Action Plan and proposed changes to the Floodway and Drainage Bylaw. Learn how your child can become a Pollution Buster; and find out how to make a beeswax food wrap. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for more information

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana works to ensure our region’s environment and its people thrive. Find out about the work we do at www.boprc.govt.nz

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A young life changed An 11-year-old Bay of Plenty boy looks like an ordinary child, but the challenges he has faced and the struggles he’s overcomes set him apart from the crowd. David – not his real name – has been through The Graeme Dingle Foundation’s Kiwi Can project and says it changed his life. Foundation regional manager Dan Allen-Gordon says the Kiwi Can programme helps any Kiwi kid. “It provides skills for building positive

relationships and dealing with hard situations, developing resilience and self-esteem.” The course is run over four terms. In term one they learn about positive relationships, in term two it is about integrity - doing the right thing even when no one is watching - term three is resilience and term four is respect. “I thought it was going to be boring, but when we started I was bouncing off the walls like willy-nilly and I loved it so much,” David says. He struggled at a previous school with a teacher that didn’t understand him,

resulting in self-esteem issues and not enjoying school. “Often I would get in trouble and I would cry to my mum about it. Then one night it all got too much.” He and his mum had a “serious chat”. “I said that ‘l hate myself ’, ‘l am dumb’ and ‘l wish I was never born’.” But Kiwi Can turned that around for David and he learned to be more confident in the person he is. “I do dance and Kiwi Can helped me not be the shy one in my group and helped me be more confident.” He said his confidence came from doing the Kiwi Can activities. He understands what true friends are and how to be a good friend back and wanted to thank Kiwi Can for the new ideas. “l’m keeping it in my brain because it’s changing the way l’m thinking and you’ve just helped me through a lot of things.” Those who want to help kids like David realise their full potential can donate, sponsor, mentor or leave a gift in their will. For more information, visit: wwwdinglefoundation. org.nz/bayof plenty or phone: 021 992 673.

INVEST IN Peering into a community A CHILD’S FUTURE Graeme Dingle Foundation Bay of Plenty is delivering its Kiwi Can, Stars and Project K programmes to thousands of children.

Groups working in the Tauranga social sector will soon receive a hand-up.

“Organisations can use the information to help with their planning and decision making. We will build up a library and will present information in user-friendly ways so people can easily SociaLink launched its Community understand it.” Insights Lab this week, an initiative set SociaLink is seeking data on to collect and distribute ‘big data’ to ‘people and social issues’ in Tauranga, the 225 social organisations operating however, Liz reiterates none of in Tauranga. this information will be “We are looking at how case-speciﬁc. we can pull data together “The last thing we to answer particular want to do is breach questions the social people’s privacy, we and community are looking for big sector may have data – rather than the – this will help individualised data,” them provide more she says. effective services,” SociaLink functions says SociaLink general to help the Western Bay manager Liz Davies. of Plenty social sector The lab has received thrive, implementing 12 months of funding connection, innovation from Tauranga Energy SociaLink general manager and collaboration Consumer Trust. Liz Davies says she hopes among a range of It will be managed newly-launched Community services. by researcher Liz Insights Lab will help WBOP For more Flaherty, who has social and community groups information, visit: decades of experience improve their services. www.socialink.org.nz in the social sector.

Every $1 invested in the Graeme Dingle Foundation gives a return of $7.80 to New Zealand’s economy*. By helping our young people build resilience, self-belief and life skills, the Foundation’s programmes empower them to succeed and overcome life’s obstacles.

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It’s the one festival to fall in love with One Love Festival is returning to Tauranga in 2020 after a hugely successful 2019 event. One Love has cemented itself as one of the biggest events to hit Tauranga over summer with almost 20,000 people expected to attend and selling out months before the event even hits town… not to mention it’s the biggest reggae festival in Australasia. “We are excited once again to bring a huge calibre of local and international

acts to the One Love, we can’t wait to show our festival-goers what we have in store,” says Pato Entertainment event organiser Pato Alverez. One Love operates over two days on January 25-26 at the Tauranga Domain. Gates open at 11am and close at 10.30pm on Saturday and 10pm on Sunday. Pato Entertainment – which operates One Love – is committed to a sustainable event and has partnered with Closed-Loop to take care of waste and recycling on the event grounds and

around the surrounding area. Over this period, there will be some trafﬁc disruptions and road closers around Tauranga Domain to ensure the safety of all patron attending, including Cameron Road between Brown Street and Wharf Street and all side roads between Cameron Road and Willow Street are affected “As we have had in the past we have set up a residents hotline that will be able to contact our team if you have any questions or concerns leading up to the festival ort on the day,” says Pato. To reach this hotline, phone: 027 251 2526.

Last years’ One Love festival attracted huge crowds and provided a great time for eventgoers.

Trumpeting change and reaping rewards Nga mihi o te tau hou Pakeha! I’m kicking things o˜ by stating as many beneÿ ts for M˛ori and Tauranga, delivered by this Government, as I can in 220 words! We launched Tauranga’s Housing First homeless services and invested in local papakainga, the Tauranga Cruise Gateway and local trades pathways to help at-risk rangatahi go from learning to earning. Stopped the state house sell-o˜ and built more than 2300 more in two years - more than any Government since the 70s. Injected $158 million into improving local water treatment and a record $665 million for the Bay’s transport needs.

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Announced upgrades for Otumoetai and Tauranga Girls’ Colleges, a new site for Brookÿ eld School and gave nearly every kura up to $400k to catch up on their repair waiting lists. Delivered an unprecedented half a billion dollars plus of targeted investment in Maori in 2019 and achieved the lowest Maori unemployment rates in a decade. More support for te reo and New Zealand history in schools, launched a Maori suicide

prevention fund, increased investment in Kohanga, the Wardens and our marae repair fund. ˝ en there’s raising the minimum wage, ending NCEA fees, increasing paid parental leave, the Winter Energy Payment, the Best Start Credit and making the doctor more a˜ ordable for our most vulnerable. Simply put, this Government is getting on with the job of rebuilding New Zealand, right here in Tauranga Moana. Making real progress in addressing the longterm challenges facing your whanau - and there’s more to do in 2020!

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It’s the last train out of Katikati It’s a tantalising morsel from Katikati’s archives.

Burned down by arsonists 30 years ago and buried beneath a housing estate, then ‘reincarnated’ and now sitting in a dilapidated tin shed at Sulphur Point. It’s the Katikati railway station – once a bustling stop-off for people and produce on the east coast main line and then consigned to history books and the March 2015 edition of the NZ Model Railway Journal. That’s what piqued Brian Smith’s interest. “I saw the article about Katikati railway station – floor there were photos and a fl plan,” says the long-time Tauranga railway modeler. And that was just enough. “I thought: ‘okay – I am going to make that’.” Above: The derelict And after six or seven Katikati station before months of patience, a steady it was burned down by hand and total commitment arsonists in 1988. to minutiae, the station was an NZR (New Zealand reborn at a 1/64th scale. Railways)’.” And there it Most modelers are is today. British rail on drawn to British and one side of the layout American layouts. and NZR – the Katikati Not Brian. He’s Kiwi to Above: The last excursion train pulls out of station and rail yards on the core. “My layout represents Katikati during the 1970s. Photo donated to Western the other. It took 22 year to build Bay Archines by Kevin Ward and Kit Pawson. a small window in New the East Coast main line Zealand rail history – through Paeroa, Karangahake Gorge, Waihi, Katikati logging trains of the late 1950s and early 60s, from and beyond to Tauranga and south east into the Murupara to Mount Maunganui.” Whakatane district. Geograhically, Katikati railway station didn’t quite Today, a concrete and wood bridge abutment sits in fit – Katikati’s 40km north-west of the Mount and a paddock off Highfields Road housing development logging trains didn’t pass through Katikati. Just where SH2 snakes out of Katikati and off towards people on the Taneatua Express three days a week, Waihi. It’s perhaps the only reminder rail once and cut timber, produce and petrol. served Katikati. That and a slideshow on the Katikati He took the scale replica along to the Tauranga Museum website which is a constant reminder Model Rail Club – and all those enthusiasts pretrains rolled seamlessly through a town where occupied with British and American layouts. road traffic is now snarled. “They looked at it and said: ‘crumbs – That slideshow tells of rail characters we better do something about having

Brian Smith right where the east coast main railway line once passed through Katikati.

like stationmaster Bob Hampton, assistant Betty Brakeand trafﬁc assistant John Heke who unloaded two or three wagons of parcels and goods into the shed each day. There was Jim Golding, the electric signal maintainer and Jock Elvin, the ganger in charge of the ‘permanent way’ which they called the track. They all live on.

But then at 4pm on September 12, 1978, just hours after the ceremonies marking the opening of the Kaimai tunnel, the last train rumbled out of Katikati. The rail link was axed and the track torn up. The Katikati station sat there as a sad monument until it was torched by arsonists in May 1988. Read more at: www.sunlive.co.nz

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“Mental health before marks,” says education expert

With NCEA results released earlier this week, it is important that students and whanau remember that mental health is more important than grades, according to the head of nationwide high school tuition company, Inspiration Education. More than 140,000 students were nervously checking their results on Tuesday morning, as NCEA results were released. Many of them would have felt a strain on their mental health, particularly those who receive grades they weren’t happy with. “Our mental health is essential for allowing us to improve, reﬂect, and push forward. As students and whanau receive their results today, it’s important to remember that grades aren’t a reﬂection of your intellect, ability, or value as a human being,” says general manager William Guzzo. “Grades merely give you a timestamp of how much you knew at a given point of time and aren’t a permanent indicator of your ability to achieve in further study or in life.

“Often it can be difficult for adults to fully understand how students might be feeling. For many students, NCEA feels like the defining point of their schooling and since teenagers have spent most of their lives at school, it therefore feels like the defining point of their lives. Consequently, NCEA results can severely affect many students’ self-esteem and undermine their mental health. “As trusted adults, the best way we can help is by challenging this notion, and showing young people that grades are not the defining point of their lives, or a life sentence,” William says. His advice is especially important this year due to the recent release of the report into the tragic death of a 17-year-old boy in 2016, who died by suicide the day after receiving his NCEA results. “When you receive terrible exam results, it feels like your whole life is closing in around you and there's literally no hope. It feels like it's just not worth trying or caring anymore. It's totally normal to feel like that – your reality feels like this right now. “When you are in this state, the key thing is to think about what you can control. You can make

up extra credits through enrolling in Te Kura summer school, for example. Coming up with a game-plan can make all of the difference,” says William. He knows ﬁrst-hand what difference a good game-plan can make. “I had a terrible experience in NCEA Level One. Having dyspraxia and ADHD meant that I was terrible at assessments. My exams went disastrously and my grades were terrible. I was really down, felt dumb and felt like giving up on school, but instead I chose to reﬂect on what had gone wrong and created strategies to turn it around,” he says. Two years later, William was awarded Dux at Rongotai College. It’s that turnaround which made him passionate about education and led him to help others succeed at high school. “Although hardship is awful to experience, we can also see it as an opportunity to gain determination, empathy, and courage. Failure gives us the opportunity to change, persevere, and grow more than if we hadn’t. “You can't control hardship, but you can control what you do next.”

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Lookout coming to Baycourt Baycourt is bringing an exciting new piece of theatre to Tauranga next month; they’ll be bringing the acclaimed UK-based theatre artist Andy Field to Tauranga, to create a piece of interactive theatre called Lookout. Andy presented this piece in Auckland two years ago and since its inception in 2016, Lookout has been performed worldwide from China to Brazil, to the UK and Canada and everywhere in between. Presented from February 14-16 at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre and created in collaboration with local primary school children, Lookout is a one-to-one encounter between one adult audience member and one child performer taking place somewhere high up overlooking the city. Students from Papamoa Primary School are working with Baycourt to bring this unique piece of theatre to life. Lookout is an attempt to consider big questions

in a small way. Developed through a series of workshops with local children, Lookout will show Tauranga from a new perspective, giving insight into the possible future of our city, through the eyes of someone who you might not normally have the chance to hear from. The experience begins at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre and will take audience members to a lookout in the CBD, not usually open to the public. Through the workshops, Andy will ask the students to imagine what their Tauranga will look like in 30, 60 and 90 years’ time – and at the performance, the students are paired up with an adult audience member to share a conversation about the future of our city. This will be a piece of theatre that will be unique to Tauranga as it’s made for Tauranga, by the people that call this city home. For more information – and to watch the Lookout trailer – visit: www.baycourt.co.nz

More concerts on the horizon The second in the summer series of the Katikati Twilight Concerts is scheduled for January 25 at the beautiful Haiku Reserve where Paul Madsen and his team will transform themselves into The Jersey Boys. In their tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons they will belt out tunes like Big Girls Don’t Cry, Sherry, Walk Like a Man and many more. With vocal harmonies and melodies from falsetto to baritone this experienced group of entertainers is sure to put on an exceptional show. You can be guaranteed of an action-packed evening with lots of singing and dancing. The opening act for this concert is 15-year-old Katikati College

student Janna de Graaf. Janna was recently placed third in the Katikati’s Got Talent competition and won the People’s Choice Award on the night. She has a bubbly, outgoing stage presence and encourages the crowd involvement. “I come from a strong vocal background and when I get the chance to sing and get opportunities like this I will take them. I love to play netball, ride horses and I like the outdoors,” says Janna. It’s always a highlight for the concert committee to be able to showcase local talent and Janna is no exception. Pack up your deck chairs and picnic and come along to this beautiful spot by the river for some great family entertainment. Gates open at 5pm with the music starting at 6pm. Tickets

available at the gate, from the Katikati Info Centre, by phoning: 07 549 3522 or emailing: katikaticoncerts@gmail.com Tickets are $25 per person and kids under 15 are free with an adult. If it’s wet, the concert will be held the following day. Any additional information is available at: www. katikaticoncerts.co.nz or call the information line on: 07 549 3549. The Weekend Sun has one double pass to the concert on January 25 for one lucky reader who can tell us what songs will be performed at the concert. Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, January 21.

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Stopping the bus On Friday, January 10, I went and sat in the bus stop near Melrose Village to catch a bus to Cameron Rd. After a couple of minutes one appeared at the top of Waihi Rd and stopped at the Paine St stop for a passenger. I got up off the seat at my stop and moved onto the footpath and indicated to the driver I wanted to be picked up by him, by raising my arm. Imagine my disgust when the bus drove straight past and the driver looked up from his cash register and saw me standing there but he was going too fast to stop. So I shook my ﬁst at him as he drove down the road and sat down again to wait for the next bus. Three minutes later a black SUV pulled up and a young girl popped out, came toward me and said: ‘we saw what happened

Drain the TCC swamp

Harington Street carpark debacle has been unfolding/unravelling since 2005/6. At the outset I maintained the planned TCC Carpark, (estimated at $5million) should have been constructed servicing the CBD, courthouse and lately the University. Various submissions made under TCC Annual Plans etc. Council never responded although rumoured there were foundation and geotech issues. ‘Yeah right’ - with multi-storey Kingsview on topside and Harington House on lowerside. In 14 years, cost has escalated from $5 million to $35 million – the whole thing is implausible. While I feel sorry for Kingsview/Quest owners, views are never guaranteed and if wasn’t a scheduled carpark, it would be another highrise. TCC carpark construction woes are just another ongoing saga; -Bella Vista, Grand Paciﬁc, Southern Pipeline, Bell Road land banking, Civic Centre – since 2004 the list is endless with total mismanagement and current bunch will implode. Mayor Tenby’s take on debt ratios of 200 per cent, is wishful thinking. Prove it because Tauranga public will be outraged once full extent of ﬁscal madness sees daylight. Everything TCC touch turns to custard, over budgets, often poor quality, splurging on trivia instead of essential infrastructure. You know that thing in your mind that tells you when something is a bad idea? Well how does TCC get one of those? Drain the TCC swamp and appoint local government commissioners R Paterson, Mount Maunganui.

to you, so we’ll take you to where you are going’. I said I was going to the hospital so she took me to the front door of the hospital and I got out of the car. They wouldn’t tell me their names, so to them both I wish them good luck and fortune wherever they go. To the two male and one female drivers that have driven past me when my arm is indicating I wanted to be picked up I hope your chickens turn to emus and kick your fowl house down. To your employer, I say choose employees with a bit of tact and feeling. You are all getting old and one day you all might reach 80 years of age and a driver might leave you at a bus stop and you may be in my situation. To the kind lady and her child I say thank you for your kindness. L W Chandler, Judea.

A planetoverwhelming decade

The $40 million Main Freight hub at Te Maunga (BOP Times headline, December 30, 2019) is heralded as a boom for business and profits but is it really such a good thing? Profits won’t buy another planet and bank notes cannot be a food substitute in an unliveable world. The real picture is massively increased impacts and pollution. Big business and policies encouraged by government seem in direct conflict to reducing emissions. Politicians blindly boasting of four-laneing state highways reveals stuck-in-the-mud insanity continuing rapid climate destabilisation. It is distressing to witness every day, irreversible damage to the atmosphere and environment increased by millions of road vehicles driven by citizens trapped within the present transport deficiency of an outmoded roading model with little other choice, eg: passenger rail delayed till 2050? Nature’s warnings dictate our thinking must change without delay and about which I have written numerous letters. Deflecting blame on agriculture and farmers who produce our food is unfair, essentially they must be part of the solution! Each and everyone of us collectively also has a responsibility. Smoke in the 2020 New Year from across the Tasman, signals the absolute urgency we in New Zealand must act to minimise climatic disaster. J Nagels, Tauranga.

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Up the gum tree The favoured few Daniel Hutchinson (The Weekend Sun, January 10, page 2) has obviously bought into and swallowed the hysteria and fashionable new age phenomenon labelled ‘Climate Change’. He states that climate change and global warming is now a proven fact. He also says all of the peer reviewed research agrees. I’d like him to show me his unbiased proof. The tide is turning regarding man-made global warming/ climate change. This whole debacle has been hijacked by politicians and alarmists alike. They both have ulterior motives and are riding on the back of mass hysteria. The United Nations is a prime example. The Earth has been undergoing temperature changes for many millennium and no doubt will continue to do so, with or without any miniscule affects caused by humans. Bush fires in Australia have been a regular (and necessary) occurrence for millennium. Fires in Australia have been recorded by the Aborigines going back many centuries, at least 40,000 years. Aborigines were always predominantly nomadic - always on the move - and adapted well to those conditions. Modern day man hasn’t adapted and these natural fires have become disastrous because people insist on building and living in danger areas. There have also been almost 200 people charged with deliberately lighting bush fires (including a fireman) over the past two months in Australia. Scientists have proved that there is less Co2 in the atmosphere now than 10,000 years ago. Without Co2 we would certainly all die from starvation. With the advent of fossil fuels, the world has no doubt become a much better place for many millions of people in many ways. So Mr Hutchinson, I don’t need to ‘head back to school’, and depending from what source you get your Google info (Stuff I suspect), then you are being led up the gumtree, the ones that haven’t already been burned down that is. P Kelly, TePuna.

Editor responds: The sources used for that column included the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, NASA’s observational data and summaries, and the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment. The Weekend Sun welcomes letters from readers. Preference will be given to short letters (200 words maximum) supplied with full name and contact details.

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Against all evidence and public opinion Tauranga City Council has voted to give 11 Mission street to Otamataha Trust, which in my opinion is totally irresponsible. Legally it’s wrong that seven councillors voted and given away without a public referendum or vote from the people of Tauranga on a property that rate payers have paid for! It’s nigh on stealing! Another issue is that Maori Council now claim they should have a slice of the 5G spectrum because it is their Taonga and government is considering? A German physicist discovered radio waves in 1886, not Maori saying they should own a portion of 5G spectrum because this is a resource [Taonga], does that justify ownership? What is happening to Democratic New Zealand? This is preferential treatment to a minority and consecutive governments buy into this behaviour? No wonder there is no money left to build our SH2 road? Maori contribute little to the New Zealand tax system. Most Maori tribes are classed as Charitable Trusts and with incomes now in the millions, they pay no tax. Maori authorities only pay 17 per cent tax whereas the rest of us pay 24 per cent. Ask the question why then they should be allowed to make big demands on New Zealand’s resources, this is not equality? No freedom of speech, if the majority speak against this behaviour; the call is racist; our sound arguments are not printed! New Zealand’s resources, this is not equality? No freedom of speech. If the majority speak against this behaviour; the call is racist; our sound arguments are not printed! C Humphries, Katikati.

Coincidence? I have been wondering why councillors had suddenly decided to gift the land in Mission Street over to Maori despite the fact Tauranga ratepayers had paid $1.5m for it in a legal sale by the previous owners without ﬁrstly council going through the correct legal channels (ie Waitangi Tribunal) to verify the claims that the land had been taken off Maori initially in the past and they had never been paid for it? It is a huge sum for ratepayers to lose when there are many other urgent things council could have used this money on. Then shortly after this land had been ‘gifted’ over to Maori, suddenly the Mount track was repaired at a far lesser cost than had previously been quoted after it had remained in limbo for a few years with help and blessings from Maori. Was there a connection between the two? We won’t let you repair the Mount track unless you give us the land? Silly me! L Askin, Bethlehem.

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The folkies are coming A whole bunch of people with acoustic instruments are heading towards Tauranga. It happens that way sometimes.

music about to wash over Tauranga... The big night next week is Thursday (January 23) when there are no fewer than three gigs of a folky persuasion that might be of interest.

Music here used to be very much a matter of famine or feast. Like those buses that eventually arrive two at a time there were long periods of waiting. Not anymore. Often the music we get is determined by certain festivals. This month it's the Auckland Folk Festival and touring acts - some of whom you could happily call ‘famous’ - are looking for places to play within comfortable range of Kumeu where the annual Auckland bash occurs. Let's have a gander at the wave of folk

Rosier

If you're at the Mount you'll find fivepiece Canadian band Rosier playing at Totara Street. This is the first visit to New Zealand for the well-travelled Montreal-based band. They've been together for ten years now, having started life under the name Les Poules à Colin. They've toured Canada, the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and Africa, playing everywhere from small towns to the countries' national folk festivals.

The original name (for non-French-speakers) pretty much means Colin's Chickens, which was both a play on the title of a traditional Quebec song and a comment on the band members: they are Sarah Marchand (vocals, piano), Béatrix Méthé (vocals, fiddle), Éléonore Pitre (guitar/vocals), Marie SavoieLevac (bass, vocals), and titular multi-instrumentalist Colin Savoie-Levac who contributes guitar, lap steel, foot percussion, mandolin, banjo and vocals. Together they mix Quebec folk music with a potpourri of jazz, pop, bluegrass and contemporary styles. They boast some very fine original compositions, bringing a modern sensibility and approach to the folk tradition. You can have a listen on YouTube and elsewhere online. The show is timed for 7pm, tickets are $35 via Eventfinda.

Legend

Meanwhile, on the other side of town, a veritable folk legend is returning to Tauranga after many years. Seventy seven year-old Irish singer and musician Andy Irvine is performing at The Te Puna Quarry Park. I could easily say something like: “he needs no introduction” but he possibly does outside folk circles.

Irvine has played on literally hundreds of albums, and I mean literally, er, literally. Back in the mid-sixties he was in Sweeney’s Men; in the seventies he was a founder member of Planxty, possibly the greatest of all traditional Irish groups. Christy Moore was another founder and Irvine went on to play on many of that great singer's albums. He also played extensively in a duo with Paul Brady and was a member of both Patrick Street (eight albums) and Mozaik (three albums). There's also a slew of solo records. And that's just scratching the surface. Like I said – Legend. For $20 tickets and more details about his Tauranga show call promoter Rosie Holmes on: 07 5526291 or: 0284 121316 or email: waharaurosie@gmail.com.

Jam Factory

And then there's the Jam Factory... That same Thursday they have young Aussie folkie Askya playing. He's from Western Australia - so has come a helluva long way - and is supported by another Australian, James Abberly. They also play together as you can see on their Eventﬁnda listing, and are really very good. Doors open at 6.30pm, tickets are $15 from

Rosier will be playing at Totara Street.

Events Pronto or Eventﬁnda. The following night (Friday January 24) Paul Ubana Jones is at the Jam Factory and he really doesn't need any introduction. Doors open 6.30pm, tickets are $30 from Events Pronto. And, before that, this Sunday (January 19) the rather wonderful Mancunian indie-folk duo Good Habits are at the Jam Factory. They comprise singer/songwriter/ cellist Bonnie Schwarz and international Klezmer accordionist, Pete Shaw. That sounds like an odd line-up but I can assure you they are quite remarkable. If in doubt go to YouTube and search for Hitch by Good Habits. It's kinda astounding. Doors again at 6.30pm, tickets $15 from Events Pronto.

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Stock up on reading material for the year

The Mount Maunganui and District Lioness Club, along with the Mount Maunganui Lions Club, are excited about their upcoming book fair.

Auckland Anniversary Weekend sees the 20th anniversary of the Mount's successful annual book fair. Hosted jointly by Mount Maunganui and District Lioness Club, in conjunction with Mount Maunganui Lions Club, the book fair is held over three days. It commences on Friday, January 24 at 5pm and ﬁnishes on the afternoon of Sunday, January 26. The venue is

Mount Sports Centre, on the corner of Hull and Maunganui Roads. As in previous years, there will be a good range of pre-loved books (top price $5), plus DVDs, CDs and jigsaw puzzles at special prices. This year the children's section is huge. Mt Maunganui and District Lioness Club would like to thank everyone for their donations of items, to allow the Lioness and Lions clubs to continue to give to groups within our community. Eftpos is available and please bring your own bags.

All welcome to talk on new cancer research Professor David Ackerley and his team from Victoria University of Wellington's biotechnology programme have been leading research that could help make chemotherapy more effective for cancer patients. Using technology unavailable a few decades ago, research leader Professor Ackerley says "artiﬁcial forms of evolution" are being used to improve the ability of microbes to attack tumours. “This has underpinned the development of a new form of chemotherapy that exclusively targets cancer cells and results in fewer side effects for cancer patients.” Professor Ackerley will talk about his research at a free public lecture 6pm - 7pm on Thursday, January 23 at the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club. The talk is part of a series celebrating 25 years of the Marsden Fund. “Their grant enabled me to establish a research platform that is still generating new ideas and remains a major component of my research programme today,” says Professor Ackerley.

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International award nominated Canadian Gordie Tentrees is touring New Zealand in January for the first time. From Celtic Connections in the UK to National Folk Festival in Australia, his ability to hold an audience and weave melody, while juggling the light with the dark is infections. In the past he has toured with Fred Eaglesmith, Mary Gauthier and Kelly Joe Phelps and is both a Western Canada Music Award nominee and finalist in the International Song Competition judged by Tom Waits and Loretta Lynn. Gordie will be making his debut at the Auckland Folk Festival this year with five instruments - porch board bass, snare tam, bottleneck dobro, harmonica and acoustic guitar. Gordie has seven records behind him, performed more than 2500 concerts in 11 countries and is a road poet and master storyteller. Gordie will perform on 14 concert dates in Tauranga, Hamilton, Napier, Whanganui, Palmerston North, Mapua, Christchurch, Dunedin, Oamru, Lyttelton, Waipara, Nelson, Raglan, and Auckland and will be performing at The Incubator in Tauranga on January 28. For more information, visit: www.eventspronto.co.nz/Gordietentrees

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Friendly and reliable mechanics Mount Motor Works opened last October to service the needs of local BMW and MINI owners.

customers informed the whole way.” They also believe you shouldn’t have to spend a fortune to get the best mechanics working on your vehicle. Owner Geoff Emslie “We are factory certified says that between himself and use advanced and senior mechanic diagnostic equipment to Craig Heppell, they have complement our extensive more than 50 years of knowledge,” says Geoff. automotive experience, Mount Motor Works with more than 20 years can be found at 21 of specialised training in Newton Street and Mount Motor Works’ Craig Heppell BMW and Mini. provide anything from a and Geoff Emslie. “We pride ourselves fi first quick tune-up, through and foremost on being finding and fi fixing to fi friendly and reliable. complex electrical system We understand time is important, so we diagnose faults. Call them today on: 925 9696 or book problems quickly, give honest advice, and keep online at: www.mountmotorworks.co.nz

Tauranga Senior Net has moved Tauranga Senior Net has returned to its old refurbished club rooms in the Historic Village. “It has been a long wait but oh so worth it,” says Tauranga Senior Net’s Diane Jones. “Our thanks go to team leader Blair Graham and his staff at the Historic Village.” The new entry is still on 17th Ave down the hill, second gate on the right, which is opposite the St John ambulance station. Visitors should bear right and drive past the Kollective building. Tauranga Senior Net is the last building on the left with parking on the right. “Come and learn from our great volunteer coaches,” says Diane. “Yes, we still coach the use of computers, iPad, iPhone, Android phones and tablets so enroll in a class now. “We look forward to your attendance.” Registration day is on January 21 from 10am-2pm.

Pamela Davison- Howie and Jocelyn Hosie.

Black Falcons will buzz Tauranga A flock of black falcons will invades the skies over Tauranga this weekend. They are the Royal New Zealand Air Force Black Falcons display team and they’ll be buzzing around over Tauranga tonight and again on Saturday. They will perform a five ship display, the first of the season, over Mt Maunganui’s foreshore tonight starting at 6:30pm. There will be a second performance at the Classics of the Sky Air Show on Saturday afternoon. It is the first season with the RNZAF Black

Falcons for four of the six pilots in the team. Wing Commander Paul Stockley, who’ll be ﬂying Falcon 1, says the team was looking forward to displaying the capabilities of the T6-C Texan II aircraft. “The display consists of a variety of manoeuvres ranging from formation aerobatics to high speed low passes, all of which are designed to showcase attributes of Air Force ﬂying such as teamwork, precision and safety. “We are looking forward to demonstrating a small part of what the Air Force can do with the Texans.”

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Prepare to be amazed! A magic and illusion show, suitable for all ages and at a great family price, is coming to Trustpower Baypark next Tuesday.

Andre Vegas, his lovely assistants and their furry friends prepare for next week’s show.

The show starts at 11am on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. For more info and to purchase your tickets, visit: www.bayactive.co.nz

The Weekend Sun and Bay Venues has four family passes to giveaway. Enter online by midday Monday at: www.sunlive.co.nz, tell us who the magician is and be in the draw to win.

Andre Vegas, his lovely assistants and their furry friends have a magical, actionpacked show ready. They are a regular attraction at Rainbows End in Auckland and are coming to the Bay for the ﬁrst time. “Tickets start at $6 per child and family pass are only $25,” says Shane Gillum, Bay Venues programmes manager, “it’s a great way to wrap up your summer holidays.”

Love, wooing and disguises

Love’s Labour’s Lost is this summer’s outdoor Shakespearean play at Tauranga Historic Village.

Watching a Shakespearean play outdoors during summer is increasingly popular with Tauranga audiences. Now into its fifth year, Summer Shakespeare Tauranga have turned out a top performance with ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ amongst turn of the century buildings at Tauranga’s Historic Village. It’s one of the bard’s earliest comedies - and full of wit and humour. Costume design drops us into the 1940s, eloquently aiding the audience with some delightful colour combinations that help with understanding the comedy of confusion amongst the characters as their young love matures into something lasting. ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ tells the tale of a king and his three scholarly male friends who vow to avoid women for three years so they can focus on their studies. This decree applies to the whole kingdom, so when a local is caught pursuing his betrothed, he is arrested. Shortly after the oath is made, the four men find they have to host a French princess and her three ladies. This would not be a Shakespearean comedy without switched letters and identities and a thwarted romance, and so as they each fall in love and try to conceal this from each other, things become rather complicated. The men try to woo the women, visiting them in disguise and yet pretending to be indifferent. The women finally trick them into admitting the truth of their love. However some bad news arrives and the Princess and her maids have to return home to France. Will they all return? Does it end happily? Do they stop labouring at love and start living it? The Weekend Sun has one double pass to the play on Wednesday, January 22, for one lucky reader who can tell us where it is being performed. Enter online at: www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Monday, January 20.

Tauranga Citizens Club

The Neil Diamond Tribute Show

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Citz Restaurant Presents

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Saturday 18 January Art On The Strand

Original art for sale. The Strand, Tauranga. 9am-4pm, weather permitting. Tauranga Society of Artists

Bay Network Singles Club

Join a social club for over 50s with weekend dining out, barbecues, pot-lucks, year round & annual trip away. Ph Maureen 021 112 3307, Jonathan 572 2091

Beth-El Messianic Family

Celebrate the Sabbath (Sat) as Yeshua (Jesus) & all early believers did. All Welcome. 10am Otumoetai Primary Hall. Joel van Ameringen 021 768 043 www.BethEl.org.nz

Blues Brothers Musical: Auditions

Want to audition for the world premiere of the musical The Blues Brothers: First Contact? Auditions in January 2020. Head to https://www. taurangamusicaltheatre.co.nz/shows/ thebluesbrothers/ for audition info.

Car Boot Sale

Entry free. Sellers set up from 7am. Single- site $5, Double $10. Greerton Village School, Greerton Rd. Ph Shirley 577 1116 or Jude 021 185 0586

Croquet

At Croquet Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St; Mon, Wed, Sat; 9am for 9:30 start. Ph Jacqui 07 574 9232

Eckankar Sound of Soul

Experience the Sound of Soul spiritual HU chant. Spiritual chat follows. 1:30-2:30pm Papamoa Community Centre 15 Gravatt Rd Papamoa

Greerton Hall Market

Last Sat of month. 8am-12pm. Stalls inside/outside. Discounts for charity groups. Refreshments available. Ph/ txt for site Tricia 543 1487 or 027 908 2952, www facebook.com/ greertonhallmarket

Katikati Bowling Club

Model Train Show

Katikati Lions Moggies Market

2nd Sat of month Katikati Memorial Hall, Main Road 8am-Noon. Enquiries 549 3589

LOL Laughter Wellness

Get the new decade going with a laugh. Join us at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair. 11-11:45am. Trish 022 036 6768 lollaughterwellness@gmail. com Koha only

Drop-In Clinic. 10am-12. 174 11th Ave Tauranga. Information, education or support for anyone living with diabetes or their families. 07 571 3422

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Outdoor Bowls

Dutch Friendly Support Network

Adult tennis 1:30pm Bellevue Park Windsor Road (adjacent to swimming pool). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Victor 027 577 1818 a/hrs

Come & try outdoor bowls every Sunday from 12:30pm. Bowls supplied, refreshments available. Ph Mike 022 340 4152

Coffee morning (1st Monday of month) 10am-12noon. $4 entry. Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Rd, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968

Raw Form Workshop

Papamoa Lions Club Market

2nd & 4th Sunday Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699

Holiday Programmes

House of Science Tauranga holiday programmes. Science 20th-24th Jan. Book at https://houseofscience.nz/ tauranga/shop/

Quakers In Tauranga

Let’s Learn Lifelong Learning

History & elements of Hip Hop culture in an engaging workshop for youth 12-24. Learn skills to craft your own raps & grafﬁti! Jam Factory, 17th Ave, 10:30am. $15

Te Puke Scottish Society

Summer Dance, War Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St, 7:30-11pm. Music by Gordon. Ladies a plate for supper, men $7. Ph Valerie 573 7093

Village Radio Museum

Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open from 10am. Request line 571 3710

Sunday 19 January Argentine Tango In Tauranga

Starting soon 6:30pm every 3rd Sunday of month for a Free introduction to genuine Argentine Tango. No partner or experience required. FB:Tango In Tauranga

Enjoy Travel, New Friends

Friendship Force could be for you! We are home-hosted overseas & internally. Meet Sundays monthly. Ph Jonathan 572 2091, Barbara 574 5711, www. friendshipforce.org.nz

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

Held every Sunday 9-1pm rain or shine! Te Papa o Nga Manu Porotakataka (Phoenix Park). www. mountmainstreet.nz

At Croquet Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St; Tues, Thur, Sun; 9:15am for 9:30am start. Ph Nev 07 575 5121

Good Habits Concert

An eclectic indie-folk band from Manchester UK, creating immersive, multimedia gigs & projects. The Jam Factory, 17th Ave. Doors open 6:30pm $15

NZDA BOP Range Day

NZDA BOP branch run public open days last Sunday each month at their 300m range in TECT All Terrain Park. 9am-3pm $20 bring ﬁrearms licence

Love’s Labour’s Lost

A delightful rollicking play by Shakespeare. Full of love, humor & ridiculousness. Historic Village. Running until 23 Jan. Tickets available from Eventﬁnda.

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Diabetes NZ Tauranga Branch

2nd Sunday monthly. Western Ave Car Park, Omokoroa. 9am-noon. Bookings not required. Ph Keith 548 2117

Golf Croquet

8 Park Rd 12:45-3pm

Omokoroa Lions Market

At Mt Maunganui College hall 10am-4:30pm today & Sunday. Old Katikati station model, drive your own train, Thomas The Tank will be there too! Small entry fee.

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In hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth/Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & talk. All welcome. 543 3101 or 543 0355 www.quaker.org.nz

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Want something to do, to learn, to meet people? Check out www.letslearn. co.nz for night classes, workshops, lectures, courses, clubs of all sorts. Ph 07 544 9557 https://www.facebook. com/letslearnbop

Mah-Jong

Sundays & Thursdays 1:30-4pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Dr Papamoa. Sailing Electron radio controlled yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

12:45-4pm visitors & beginners welcome. Free teaching available. Tauranga South Mah-Jong at Tauranga Rowing Club. Ph Shirley 576 0014

Spiritual Centre Psychic Cafe

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise

Feel the buzz 2020! Greerton Community Hall. Doors open 6:45pm, starts 7pm. $10 onetime fee; once inside: free Psychics, Healers, Spiritualists & refreshments. www. psychicafe.nz

Mon & Wed Tga Senior Citz Club 14 Norris St. 9:15-10:45am. Tues St Mary’s Church Hall cnr Girven & Marlin 9-10:30am. Jennifer 571 1411 or 027 206 0776

TePuke Country Music Club

The Sociables

$5 beginner classes Mon 9:30 hall 33 Maitland St, Greerton. Mon 1:30 Bethlehem Hall. Tues 9:30 & Wed 5:30 Te Puke Memorial Hall. David 552 4425

Monday 20 January

New beginner classes at 15 Koromiko St, Judea, 9:30-11am. Memorial Hall, TePuke, 9-10:30am Great for stress, suitable for all. Start anytime. Ph 578 6193 or www. taoisttaichi.org

1pm-4pm at the Te Puke Citz & RSA Club. All welcome. Ph Gayle 573 8255 A group of males & females in 30s/40s/50s age group that meet up to dine out or go for bushwalks etc. Ph 022 012 0376

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 10am Mon & Fri, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Body & Soul Fitness

For over 50s various venues Mon-Wed & Fri. Guest speakers & events. Ph Dianne 027 431 4326 or 576 5031

Chess At Mount Maunganui

Mount RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd, 6-7pm. Late program 7pm onwards. Incl casual games. Noel 579 5412

Citizens Advice Bureau Tauranga

Free conﬁdential impartial information & advice. Don’t know? Ask Us! Phone or visit us at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm 07 578 1592 or 0800 367 222

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Plenty of fishing, less catching. The fish are there in numbers, but strong currents are slowing their feeding down. Shallow and deeper it’s a similar pattern. The Hapuku drifts have been a different story, last week’s was ok, and Saturday’s was even better, with a lot of bluenose and some gemfish also caught. And a beautiful totally calm day. Sunday was a toughy, went to Town Pt, then outside Motiti, then West from there, hard everywhere. From hero back to zero. This isn’t a game for sissies.

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Tauranga Anglers Club

Friendly trout ﬁshing club; trips, talks, tuition & magazine. Club Nights, 7.30pm third Monday every month, Fish & Dive Club Rooms, Sulphur Pt. Guests welcome. taurangaanglersclub@hotmail.com

Tauranga City Brass

Practices at the Band Hall, 10 Yatton St, Greerton. 7-9pm. All welcome, especially kit drummers/ percusionists. Ph Jeremy 021 132 334

Tauranga Scottish Country Dancing

Beginners classes start Feb 3rd, at St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd. 7:30-9:30pm. Ph Heather 579 1556

Tauranga Senior Citizens’ Club

CARDS 500 Mon & Thur. INDOOR BOWLS Tues, Wed & Sat. 14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save)12:45pm for 1pm start. Entry $2 includes afternoon tea. New members welcome.

Tga Citizens’ Indoor Bowls

Summer Bowls every Monday & Thursday. Monday, names in by 7pm & Thursday, 1pm. Everyone welcome. $2

Tuesday 21 January Afternoon Cards 500

Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd., 12:30pm Tues & Thur. $3, afternoon tea & prizes. Ph Barry Snow 021 950 028

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting every Tuesday night. 7:30pm. St Peters Anglican Church, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Altrusa Ladies Group

Community focused group meet every 2nd Tues for business & every 4th Tues for a programme evening. Ph Pam 027 253 7562 or altrusa.org.nz

Croquet

Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, Tues, Fri, Sun, 12:45 for 1pm start. Beginners welcome. Peter 571 0633

Divorce Care

12 week recovery group for divorced or separated starting 18th Feb. C3 City Church 7:30-9pm. $55 for manual. Registration essential Kathryn 027 737 3172

Doing Art Together

Children (5-13y) & adults art classes. Create art together. Parents, grandparents, caregivers bring 1-2chn each. $35/child. Materials provided. Tuesdays & Wednesdays 1-4:30pm The Artery, Historic Village. www.theincubator. co.nz/the-artery Christine 027 747 1822

Fitness Fun

Get a ﬁtter healthier body & mind with cardio, weights, ﬂoor, dance. St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. 9:30-10.30am. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448

Fun Run & Walk

Ocean Running 5k around Mauao base track. Every Tuesday during Daylight Savings. Enter Mount Ocean Sports Club 5:15pm. $6 entry. Free drink, spot prizes. All welcome. Phil 021 383 354

Meditations On Life

Guided meditations & interactive group discussion on things that are important to you. 7-9pm $10. Ph Kevin Reed 578 7205, Psychic Cafe kevinreednz@gmail.com

Otumoetai Tennis Club

Adult tennis. 9am Tues & Thur. Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Pam 570 0302

G N I H S I F A I D E SUNM PRIZE PACK is coming your way! Paige’s first fish - a 5kg trevally in the Tauranga harbour. Be in to WIN! Email your fishing photo (high resolution Jpeg) to production3@thesun.co.nz Subject line ‘Photo of the Week’ with your Name and address to send prize to and description of photo and location.

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Overeaters Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous

Do you eat compulsively? Obsessions? Compulsions? Remorse? Resolutions? OA meet Tue 7-8pm & Fri 1-2pm to get out of this cycle. Ph 544 1213 or 022 064 2186

Open meeting every month 1st & 3rd Wednesday. Tauranga Central Baptist church 13th ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757

Otumoetai Walking Group

A producer/singer/songwriter from Margaret River in Western Australia performs both acoustic & electronic music. Doors open 6:30pm $15

Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Danny 576 6480

Petanque

At Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. Tues 4pm, 2nd game 5pm. Sat 1pm. Boules, coaching on site. Ph Maryan 552 4346 or 022 070 8200

Scrabble

9:30am start, 3 games to 12:30. Tauranga Citz Club, 13th Ave. $3 for 3 games. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

Te Puna Chair Yoga

Improve strength, balance & ﬂexibility. A fun, supportive class for over 60s. 11-12. $10. 8A Vernon Rd. Ph Michelle 021 044 1042

Welcome Bay Strength Balance

Low impact strength & balance exercise class suitable for seniors. Falls prevention focus. 11am Welcome Bay hall. Ph Raewyn 027 607 7437

Yoga For All

Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6:30-8pm. Traditional, relaxing Yoga class. Beginners welcome. $12 one or $90 nine classes. Bring a mat. Ph Bhajan 07 929 7484

Yoga In The Park

Only $5 for yoga in the park all summer! Tuesdays at Kulim park, Tauranga & Thursdays Moa park, Mount Maunganui. More info at www.jarofhearts.yoga

Yoga, Private Sessions

Feel uncomfortable in a group setting? Or have special needs? I can design a class to speciﬁcally suit your needs & capabilities. Asunta 021 061 4394

Wednesday 22 January Afternoon Indoor Bowls

Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd, Wed & Fri. Names in by 12:45pm. $3 afternoon tea, prizes. Ph Nancy 575 4650

Askya At Jam Factory

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm.

Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus

Meet 7pm Wesley Hall, 100 13th Ave. New members welcome. Group singing lowers stress levels & boosts brain activity. Ph Bernice 576 4848. Facebook Keynotes Inc.

Petanque

At Kulim Park. Come & join our social group. Tuition & boules available. 9:30am start. Bring a thermos & a chair.

Rotary Tauranga

You have time & want to help in your community? Fellowship, fun, food, enlightening speakers. Join us 6pm, Daniels in the Park. Ph Bev 027 285 4066

SayGo Exercises

Excercises St Johns Church Hall Bureta 2-3pm except 1st Weds each month. Improve balance & overall wellbeing. Ph Alison 07 576 4536

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Waiorongomai. Low level track to end & return via Pylon track. Grade moderate. Paula 07 889 7420

Welcome Home Spiritual Community

Julia Huzziff, quantum energy healer. Tuning forks, circle, pyramid healing demos. St George’s, ,1 Church St, Gate Pa. 7:15pm $5. Bring a plate. 021 126 4790

Thursday 23 January 500 Cards Club Papamoa

Keep your brain active. Play 500 cards 1pm at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Ctr. $4 incl afternoon tea. Ph Bob 027 478 6282

Bag Sale

$5. Good quality womens, mens & kids clothing & linen. Historic Village 9am. Proceeds to Turning Point Trust

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry.

Katikati Concert Band

We welcome brass, woodwind & percussion players of all ages & experience. We meet at Katikati Bowling Club, 7pm every Thursday. Ph Mick 021 217 1780

Mah Jong Te Puke

Thursdays & Sundays 12:45-4pm. All players visitors & beginners welcome (free lessons). Te Puke Lyceum club rooms, 8 Palmer Pl. Ph 027 430 6383

Tauranga Model Railway Club

Meet Tues morning 0930 & Thurs night at 7:30pm in the club rooms upstairs, cnr Cross & Mirrielees Rds. Ph Mike 021 939 233

Tauranga Senior Citizen’s Club

Bingo 9:30am-12:30pm. 14 Norris St. Everyone welcome. Morning tea provided.

MT RSA Fri 17th LTD All Star Band 7pm – 10pm Sat 18th 2xAwsum (Ray Solomon) 7pm – 10pm Sun 19th Andy Bowman 4:30pm – 7:30pm JACK DUSTY’S (Bureta) Sun 19th Back Porch 3pm – 6pm

Lady of Czech folk music”. Koha entry. 6:30pm Sun 19th Good Habits. Eclectic duo sitting between folk & pop. Doors open 6:30pm for 7pm start. R13, $15 Thur 23rd Askya, emerging artist from Margaret River in Western Australia. 6:30pm $15

THE HOP HOUSE MOUNT SOCIAL CLUB Sun 19th Acoustic Jam Session 4pm – 8pm Sat 18th Alice Sea 5pm – 8pm Thurs 23rd Karaoke 9pm – 1am THE BARREL ROOM Fri 17th Foxtrots. Zoe is back featuring THE JAM FACTORY some great covers and her own material. Fri 17th Pavlína Jíšová also called “first 7:30pm

Horoscopes

Chess Tauranga

ARIES: Insurance and other such matters require careful attention this week. A recent romantic setback may be happily reversed. A travel companion is more energetic than you ﬁrst realized.

LIBRA: Plan a positive strategy if friction persists in the career setting. The week has an international ﬂavour as you meet individuals of diverse backgrounds. Your salesmanship skills shine.

Mount Lions/Lioness Clubs Bookfair

TAURUS: Remembering advice you have been giving others can be the best remedy for a current dilemma. Cooperative endeavours bring outstanding results at the workplace. You may earn high praise.

SCORPIO: This could be the week for entering into joint ventures - but be sure to iron out even the slightest of details. Recreation is highlighted. You may be returning to a once favoured sport.

Friday 24 January Tauranga RSA Chess Club, Greerton 5-7pm, Casual & Standard length games. Standard Chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/www. westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Anniversary Weekend. Mount Sports Centre, cnr Hull/Maunganui Rds. Today 5:30pm-8pm, Sat/Sun from 9am. Eftpos. Bring your own bags.

Paul Ubana Jones

Live at the Jam Factory, 17th Ave! Doors open 6:30pm $30. Pre-book to ensure a seat. www.theincubator. co.nz

Whakamarama Farmers Market

3pm at Whakamarama Community Hall, 469 Whakamarama Rd, 5 mins from SH2. Local produce, food, handcrafted gifts & products. www.facebook. com/whakamaramafarmersmarket

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Medium intensity dance ﬁtness class. Katikati RSA & Citizens Club, 9am. Ph Teresa 027 863 6358

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GEMINI: This is a great week for reviewing ﬁnances and planning budgets. A new interest captures your imagination and may lead to an unexpected friendship. A family member responds positively to your guidance. CANCER: Your own standards, already high, exceed themselves and lead to a signiﬁcant community related accomplishment. Be careful of tempting offers that look too good to be true.

SAGITTARIUS: Delays may be inevitable through the weekend, but you may enjoy an adventure along the way. You are uncommonly perceptive this week, able to read the minds of those you love.

LEO: New ﬁelds of interest appeal to you. You may be learning about modern art, mechanics, or medieval history. Be careful if planning surprises. A relationship becomes more harmonious.

AQUARIUS: This weeks ﬁnds you lending a sympathetic ear - again and again. Romance is on the upswing, but a combination of good humour and common sense is crucial. A travel idea requires reﬁnement.

VIRGO: Positive friendship news may arrive this week. Some surprise expenses may greet you on the weekend. You make major strides with a pet project, but don’t rush it to completion.

PISCES: A modest windfall may arrive before the weekend. Shopping and educational travel are highlighted from Saturday on. This is a splendid week for tracking your roots and designing a family tree.

CAPRICORN: This week ﬁnds neighbours becoming more congenial and relatives more eager to help you ﬁght for a cause. Appreciation from someone comes in an unconventional, but genuine way.

Your birthday You are conservative and sentimental and have an instinctive urge to protect others. You enjoy change, this week often for change sake. You are a born collector and the year ahead accents not only hobbies, but signiﬁcant artistic accomplishments.

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May the blessings of love be upon you today, may its peace abide with you always. May its essence illuminate your heart, now and forever more.

Each one has the words: ‘may peace prevail on earth’ written on it. Planting a peace pole is a way of bringing people together to inspire, awaken and uplift the human consciousness. They are now recognised as an international symbol and monument to peace. They remind us to think, speak and act in the spirit of peace and harmony and serve as a silent visual for peace to prevail on Earth. They bring peace loving people of all nation’s together. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Tauranga had a peace pole? Peace to you. Te pai me te rangimārie

What is the essence of love? Each person has good in them. Jesus taught us to love our enemies. Nonviolent confrontation and peaceful reconciliation are always superior to violent measures. A symbol of peace is the peace pole, which originated in Japan after the destruction caused by the atom bomb. It is estimated there are more than 200,000 peace poles around the world.

Tauranga Quaker Worship Group.

Jesus’ own staycation here with us The term ‘staycation’ has gained popularity this year, even though it’s been around for a decade.

A vacation usually means time away from paid employment and can vary from camping at a remote beach or hanging out at the bach to travelling overseas and luxury accommodation. Even planning time away can be therapeutic and someone has suggested that thinking about the next holiday can combat return-to-work blues! A vacation can sometimes be escapist, however; travel far enough away from people and places and engage in such different activities that we close our

It’s a great idea - instead of going away for a vacation, you stay at home and have a break. People have been doing that for many decades! Many locals would argue that as we live in such a fantastic part of Aotearoa and people pay to come here from across the world, why pay to go away from it? a

ONE CHURCH THREE LOCATIONS CITY CHURCH TAURANGA Sundays at 9.30am 6pm Services start again 2 February 2020 252 Otumoetai Road, Tauranga

CITY CHURCH COAST (PAPAMOA) Closed for the holidays Re-opens 10am Sunday 19 January 2020 Papamoa Rec. Centre, Gordon Spratt Reserve

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minds to the problems and pressures of everyday life and work. A staycation, on the other hand, keeps our feet on our own ground and can give us time and energy to make improvements at home, see where changes are needed and help us to be grateful for what we have. As Christians continue to reﬂect on what it means that Christ came to live among us, we might ﬁnd that the image of a staycation is helpful. Instead of staying in a faraway paradise, God stays with us, inspiring us, transforming us and working with us in life. Viv Whimster, Wesley, Tauranga Methodist Parish.

CITY CHURCH NORTH (OMOKOROA) Closed for the holidays Re-opens 10am Sunday 19 January 2020 Omokoroa Sport & Rec. Centre, Western Avenue

Sunday Gatherings - 9 am & 11 am

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Enjoying the sun indoors We’re right in the middle of summer and now is the perfect time to make sure your windows are clean so you can let the sun stream in. Chris Kale, of CK’s Window Cleaning, has been in the business for almost 20 years and is an expert in making your windows look like new. “I do residential properties as well as commercial work and am fully insured,” says

owner/operator Chris. “I also avoid using hoses, so I can prevent any water staining. All of the cleaning is done using squeegees.” CK’s Window Cleaning prides itself on competitive pricing, with an average singlestory home, inside and out, costing about $120 plus GST. A no-obligation quote can be provided at your convenience. Gift vouchers are available for those who wish to give a practical and thoughtful gift. All areas where The Weekend Sun is delivered are serviced, so call CK’s Window Cleaning today for a free quote on: 021 191 9445.

Help with everything around home Have you had a clean out over Christmas and you’ve now got piles of stuff that needs to go? The team at Bay of Plenty Property Services is here to help. Owner-operator Jason Harnett and his team will come, pick up your rubbish and dispose of it for The family-run team at BOP Property Services. you in an easy and hassle-free way. The team can also help with demolition, retaining “It’s a family business – my walls, section clearing and more. brother-in-law works with me, “Sometimes it’s easier to get someone in to get along with my son and my nephew things done,” says Jason. – and we’ve got a couple of truck and a good client base,” says Jason, and he knows what he’s doing, with 27 years in the industry. “Originally we started in Auckland and then I decided to Rubbish Removals Anything to everything! We load and remove. pack the family up about eight Demolition Garages, bathrooms, kitchens etc. Any demo work. years ago and move down here – it Section Clearing. Painting was a quieter area in a quieter time and try to restart down here and Fencing. Decking. Retaining. 25 years’ experience. it’s paying off.” And if you’re interested in some PROFESSIONAL, FRIENDLY SERVICE property work, they can help you Phone us today for a free quote: 027 649 7394 with that, too.

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funeral services

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financial

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boat for sale

17 FT REFLEX, 90 Johnson 1998. Sunroof, ﬁsh ﬁnder, electric capstan, road cover, new WOF & rego. reluctant sale of a good boat. $12,000. Ph 575 5789

gate pa

automotive

computers

GATE PA TENNIS CLUB, Rimu St Saturday 8am-12pm. Power tools, bric-a-brac, clothing. Something for everyone!

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

14 RIDGE ST, (look out for signs) Saturday. House lot lounge, dining, kitchen, bed. Not before 8am.

FREE ON SITE DIAGNOSIS & quote. We come to you. Pensioner discounts. Ph Kyle at Tech Solutions 027 828 7078

otumoetai

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

bible digest

BUT TEST THEM all; hold on to what is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21

curriculum vitae

CVs THAT STAND OUT. A great CV gives you a better chance at getting that interview. Don’t let your C.V. get lost amongst all the others. Start 2020 with that New Job you’ve always wanted. I can

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help you from scratch or update and existing one. A C.V. For You will make you stand out. Samples available on www. facebook.com/acvforyou or Ph/text on 021 27 27 912

ﬁrewood

HARD WOOD FIREWOOD, 4m3 $400, 2m3 $220, delivered. Ph 027 213 6327

gardening

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

health & beauty

NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic. Something for everyone. NZ Registered Natural Therapies & Natural Medicine Practitioners. Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www. naturaltherapiesnz.com and www.naturalpetremediesstore. com PSYCHOLOGIST relocating 1 Feb to Papamoa. Addiction and mental health specialist for private clients only. See www.recovery21.net or Ph 021 369 670

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livestock

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

lost & found

SUP PADDLE, found Kulim Park 11 Jan. Please phone 022 368 1456

trades & services

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

business for sale

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 ELECTRICIAN you can afford, 30 years’ experience. No job too small. Ph Wayne 578 3617 or 0274 976 463

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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 PLASTERER A1 TRADESMAN with 30 yrs experience. Quality finish with friendly, reliable service. I specialise in interior walls & ceilings with no job too small. Strip your own wallpaper and I will skim your walls ready for a modern paint finish. Repair cracked walls & ceilings using proven carbon-fibre technology. Call Murray now for an obligation free quote 027 266 5657 ROOF REPAIRS Free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs. Chimney maintenance & repairs. Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740 TREE, SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 027 498 1857

travel & tours

NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S SENIOR TRAVEL CLUB. Join our Club today for free to receive all our VIP Members beneﬁts exclusive to No 8 Tours. 1) 3rd-7th March 2020, 2nd Trip - 5 days Wairarapa Rail, historic homesteads & luxury lodges. 2) 10th-15th March 2020, 6 days Summer Paradise Direct, Northland & Paihia. 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 or to view and book all our tours visit www.no8tours.co.nz

venues

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

wanted to rent

QUIET LADY PENSIONER needs unfurnished long term home with garage. City yellow free bus route preferred. Please phone Lynette 021 294 7104

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“The hands-on style of learning, field trips and the calibre of tutors all made the diploma a great gateway into study. I really enjoyed the course and decided to go on to complete my degree and I’m really glad I did.”

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