The Weekend Sun - 28 February 2020

28 February 2020, Issue 1001

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A dog’s life p5

All rev’d up

Aid ship set to sail p8-9

Ahoy there me hearties p12

She has an impressive pedigree.

In a previous, secular incarnation, Sue Beverly was chief manager of the Bank of England’s UK foreign currency reserves.

“Me and my team were responsible for investing

about $US56 billion of the country’s money in foreign currency.” A big job.

Then for seven years she was the bank’s presence in Wales – painting a picture of the economy through the eyes of business and reporting to the monetary policy

committee which determined interest rates.

Heady stuff.

But today, you’re more likely to catch Sue Beverly cycling around Tauranga’s Waikareao Estuary.

Read the full story on page 10. Photo: John Borren.

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How to avoid taxes You may have noticed that quite a large chunk of the money you earn is snaffled before it even gets to the bank.

I like a good bourbon analogy so this is a bit like what distillers call the Devil’s Cut or Devil’s Share. It’s the bit that is absorbed by the wooden casks.

In the case of income, it is called tax.

Local and regional councils call it rates and when you buy anything it is called GST. The government also has a few other names like excise tax, petrol levies, ACC, car registration. When you add it all up, the average person probably pays out about half of their income on tax.

And that’s before those voluntary taxes like charitable donations and Lotto.

Sometimes I get the feeling that because government departments don’t have to appease shareholders, there is not the same motivation to keep the costs down.

If the costs blow out you just milk the taxpayer and bit harder.

This is not strictly true because even government benefits are taxed. Yes, that’s right, people are paid to give money to people who don’t have money of their own and then, before they give it to us, we pay someone else to take some off it.

This week, the job seeker allowance actually went up by $10, which is what sparked this bright idea about how to get some of my money back.

Being unemployed is relatively easy for a journalist. Being ‘disestablished’ is only an email away.

The advantage here is that because I have been a journalist for so long, I’m completely unsuitable for any other type of work. There are very few jobs that require

Losing faith

In fact, we are about to start hearing from our local councils about how they plan to spend our money over the next year and any reviews to long term spending plans.

Now, I’m not opposed to a spend-up if it is good quality spending, but I have zero faith in the ability of governments and councils to spend in this way, even with the best of intentions.

For example, our story on page 6 highlights the new pedestrian traffic lights outside Bayfair, where the roadworks are and the nine staff hired to ensure people can use the lights safely. Really?

But don’t worry, I’m sure this will all be explained to us once NZTA has hired its communications advisor – a full-time position to explain to the public what’s going on with this project. Hmmm.

Checking out

My solution to this is simple.

I’m thinking about going unemployed.

If I don’t earn anything, I can’t be taxed.

you to know a little bit about a lot of things and not a lot about everything.

So it’s either a politician or primary school teacher and neither of those are the least bit appealing.

This will work to my advantage because my new career goal isn’t going to impress the people at Work and Income.

So, I’ll list my occupation as a ‘writer’.

I’ll do a few online philosophy papers and dabble in chainsaw sculpting.

That should keep them off my case and there’s a realistic chance I will be able to make an ACC claim as well.

I’ve crunched the numbers and simulated the scenarios to see if my new bohemian lifestyle is really feasible.

Making ends meet

Firstly, the wife is not going to be impressed that she has to work, while I’m a ‘writer’ so she is going to quit her job and become a postal worker.

As far as I can make out, we will get $483 a week, including an accommodation supplement to help with the mortgage.

This will actually pay the mortgage but nothing else so we will need to make some lifestyle changes.

Firstly, we will procure some chickens and a book on how to grow vegetables, install solar panels to run the house and put a beehive out the back.

We will brew our own beer for the weekends and make honey mead for the annual harvest festival. The old cast iron bathtub down the back will become a worm farm. Our clothes will be fabricated from strands plucked from the giant harakeke by the gate.

We will attend several workshops on sustainable living.

There are a few options to make additional spending money but we have both agreed to rule out the unregulated sex industry and cannabis cultivation because we want to maintain a respectable social status.

Instead, we will wait until it’s dark and manoeuvre a tiny house into the backyard, behind the garage.

We can then rent it out to environmentalists on a fringe house renting site that hasn’t caught the eye of IRD. If we install a composting toilet and an outdoor shower and provide a pint of honey mead upon arrival, served in one of those old fashioned milk bottles, we will be able to charge a premium.

Happy tax paying guys. daniel@thesun.co.nz

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An unemployed columnist is allowed to keep up to 12 chooks in his backyard. A licence is required for more. The coop can’t be closer than five metres from the neighbour. As for the rooster, either the neighbour or the noise control officer will ensure h doesn’t last long.

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New manager dispels rumours

Door to Door Service March 2020

Louise Dean, new general manager of Racing Tauranga.

Racing Tauranga’s newly appointed general manager Louise Dean says Tauranga Racecourse will not be moving from its current location.

“We still have near on 20 years to run on our lease and we have no intention of moving,” says Louise.

“It would be a travesty if this reserve was turned into housing and it won’t be happening on my watch.”

Louise has had an extensive business career working at an executive level in corporates, both in Tauranga and Auckland.

“Despite the rumours, we are not moving.

“Tauranga needs the racecourse in its current position. It offers a wonderful green space in the city that everyone can enjoy.

“The facility is used by sports clubs and community groups. Police dog handlers train here, runners and walkers use the track for fitness and the inner circle of the course is used regularly by equestrian groups.

“A better option would be to build a much-needed conference and event centre on the land, replacing the old stand, perhaps in joint venture with the Council.”

Racing Tauranga Club chairman Frank Vosper says the board of Racing Tauranga is very excited about Louise’s appointment, as they believe she will bring a fresh approach with plenty of new and exciting ideas.

She has been involved with the club for several years and has been a racehorse owner.

Andrew Love, who has been in the general manager job for 18 months has chosen not to extend his fixed term contract.

“I have achieved a lot, but the position now needs someone with a different vision and skillset to take the club to the next level, and I am not that person,” says Andrew.

Andrew will, however, remain with Racing Tauranga to look after sponsorship, and the function and events centre.

In Louise’s spare time, she is re-training one of Jim Pender’s retired racehorses, Adriatic Pearl, for a new life off the track. Louise says that horse welfare is important to her and she recognises the industry needs to be better at sharing the stories of not only how well horses are treated during their careers, but how they lead fulfilling lives after racing.

The club is currently installing a new irrigation system which is intended to improve the track surface and make racing safer.

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Fires prompt stern warning

Tauranga firefighters a urging residents to “exercise common sense” and not light fires during th prohibited season following a large grass fire in Te Puna Multiple fire crew attended an “out of control” rubbish fire which burnt through “1500 squar metres” of a paddock on Pitau Road.

“These types of avoidable incidents are not helpful at all,” says Tauranga senior station office Len Sabin.

Lighting a fire in the middle of a dry field is nev going to have a good outcome, says Len. “Please, please exercise some common sense. Be cautious, and if you’re not sure get in touch with your local fire station.

Police force “appropriate”

The force used by four police officers in arrestin a man at Tauranga Hospital in 2018 has been ruled as appropriate.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has released its findings following an investigation int the arrest.

The man had been in hospital after suffering a medical episode. While in hospital, drugs were found on him by police. He refused to go to the police station once discharged and it took four officers to get him into the police van Hospital staff were concerned by what they had seen and reported the incident to police.

Blood service seeks donors

New Zealand Blood Service has released new figures that reveal another 8000 plasma donors ar needed to meet New Zealand’s growing demand.

“Plasma demand is increasing by more than 12 per cent year on year,” says an NZBS spokesperson.

“The need for plasma donations increased by 45 per cent between 2015 and 2019.”

New Zealand has about 10,000 plasma donors, with another 8000 donors needed by June 2022.

Plasma is used for an ever-increasing number of conditions, including autoimmune disorders, accident and trauma patients, boosting the immune systems of people with low levels of antibodies and providing special clotting factor concentrates for people with bleeding disorders.

Missing swimmer

Police have released the name of the swimmer who was reported missing at Waihi Beach.

The search for 17-year-old Hamilton student Jaden Chhayrann has been ongoing since he was reported missing last week.

The matter has now been referred to the Coroner, says police.

Earlier this week, Waikato Search and Rescue’s Sergeant Vince Ranger says police are co-ordinating a shoreline search being conducted by members of the Waihi Beach Surf Lifesaving Club, radiating out from where the boy was last seen.

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A comfort and an honour It’s a kind of hug from the nation, a gesture of thanks, a message saying ‘we haven’t forgotten what you did for us’.

And the sentiment is all wrapped up in a home-made quilt.

“We have called them ANZAC quilts,” says Sheryl Farrow. A dozen quilts to start with.

And they will be presented to 12 ex-service people at a special function at 11am at the Mount RSA this Sunday.

It’s not just the comfort those quilts will bring. “It’s the honour we are bestowing on them,” says Sheryl.

“And I know from talking to the recipients, that’s what they’re taking from it. They’re thrilled to bits.”

Sheryl says the ANZAC quilts concept has its roots in the USA where it’s called Quilts of Valour.

“A soldier’s mother made him a quilt while he was serving in Afghanistan.”

And when he returned with post-traumatic stress disorder, she noticed on a low day, he would wrap himself in the quilt and sit outside “on the quiet”.

The soldier reminded his mother there were a lot of men in his platoon also suffering PTSD. The mother took an idea to her quilters club and a movement called Quilts of Valour was born. It’s now in the USA, Canada, England and Australia.

Then Sheryl, a quilter from Pyes Pa, wondered why not New Zealand?

“I mean, our soldiers are just as important to us and I think it’s important we say thank you in our way. We, as quilters, are saying thank you for your service.”

Sheryl herself has a lot to be thankful for.

“I have a father who served, an uncle who was a POW for four years, another who was a Battle of Britain pilot and my husband had two uncles who died in World War One.” ANZAC quilts is a project gathering momentum.

“I am sure after Sunday’s presentation of

Sheryl Farrow works on a new ANZAC quilt. Photo: Daniel Hines.

12 quilts and it’s posted on the RSA website, then it will take off,” says Sheryl.

Several other centres and RSA’s have already expressed their interest.

“And they’re ready to go.”

What makes an ANZAC quilt?

“Any quilt can be an ANZAC quilt, so long as there’s something New Zealand about it, perhaps a tiny fern or kiwi.

“Something to do with home.”

Sheryl’s already got her eye on the next task.

“A man’s having a reunion for the Malaya conflict. There were 135 in his squadron bu there are only 32 remaining.

“He’s organising their last reunion in June and I am hoping to make enough quilts for

all of them.”

It’s a lot of work, but it’s also not work.

“It’s just something I love doing,” says Sheryl.

Her quilters club is already kicking in with material and “stuff”.

And there will be a poignant moment on Sunday when a quilt is presented posthumously.

An ex-service woman, aged 99, passed away about two weeks before she was due to receive her quilt. “It was so sad,” says Sheryl.

Sad but proud, because she knew she was to get the quilt. Instead it draped her casket for her funeral.

And on Sunday, the woman’s husband will receive it on her behalf.

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All paws on deck 1/2

PRICE Dog Gemma getting ready for the Puppy SUP event. Photo: Daniel Hines.

A dog is not just an ‘accessory’ says a local canine spa operator and their lives need to be enriched just like humans.

So a very unique event is to be held for those furry four legged friends.

‘Puppy SUP’ or Stand Up Paddling, is being held by Grange Spa Canine Resort and East Coast Paddler Aotearoa in a few weeks.

Manager of Grange Spa Canine Resort Kate Teao says they wanted to do something a bit different so she approached East Coast Paddler Aotearoa and talked to them about doing a day for the dogs.

She says they are doing something a little bit left field because there are a lot of doggy day-cares in Tauranga and they like to been seen and encouraging their customers to do stuff with their dogs.

“I think there is a gap in education of people who own dogs about doing more with their dog. I think that we’re trying to encourage people not to just have dogs as accessories but to actually enrich their lives with doing stuff.

“So I think there is a need for giving people ideas about what they can do with their dogs.”

During the paddle board event, the humans will learn to paddle board first before the dogs hop on Kate says smaller dogs are easier for people to balance on the SUP with less weight shifting, but she has seen many bigger dogs on a SUP as well.

“It’s a new initiative and we don’t know how well it’s going to fly but we’re hoping were going to ge some good results. Even if we get five dogs out ther on boards, that’s five dogs that were sitting at hom that day usually,” says Kate.

Porina McLeod from East Coast Paddler Aotearoa says it’s cool to team up with an organisation that deals with dogs.

“I’m looking forward to teaching more people SUP and how to get their dog on the board.”

For the event on March 22, there are 15 spots available, and bookings are recommended through the East Coast Paddler Aotearoa website. There is a cost and it takes place at Fergusson Park from 11am.

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The change of shifts takes place at the new light-controlled pedestrian crossing near Bayfair. Photo: Daniel Hines.

Nine people have been employed full-time to help people across a new traffic light controlled pedestrian crossing.

The crossing attendants are referred to as “safety escorts” by New Zealand Transport Agency and they are there to ensure the safe passage of pedestrians, cyclists and mobility scooters across two lanes, at the roadworks outside Bayfair Shopping Centre.

And they do it 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week, and in all weather.

They engage with crossing users – an average of 771 per day - and press the big button on the light standard that controls the red light. That in turn stops the traffic for people crossing Why nine on just one crossing?

“The people staffing the new temporary pedestrian and cycling crossing (on SH2) just north of the Bayfair roundabout are key to helping users become familiar with the new layout,” says NZTA portfolio manager Darryl Coalter. The temporary, signalised and manned crossing enables people to cross between Bayfair mall and Matapihi Road while construction of the new $120 million flyover continues in the centre of the road.

But nine men, round the clock, controlling a two lane crossing that is already controlled by lights?

“Leading up to the go-live date of the traffic lights, there was feedback that the new crossing could be confusing for users, especially unaccompanied school children,” says Darryl. “The project team agreed to have the safety escorts in place at the crossing 24 hours a day seven days a week to begin with.”

That means nine people are required to cover all shifts and contingencies.

Pedestrians and cyclists use a combination of the new traffic lights and the existing underpass, which remains open, to negotiate SH2. It’s now a much longer journey from the direct path that took locals across the highway. But it is a building site.

It’s also very busy – 38,000 cars a day through the area with forecasts of it building to 60,000 in 15 years. That’s why they’re constructing a flyover; to fi the nightmarish peak time bottleneck.

When The Weekend Sun made the crossing under and over SH2 recently, a 33 degree celsius sun beat down. But the ‘safety escort’ men who stood out in that blaze in overalls, hi viz jackets and hard hats for much of their shift, were unfazed.

They waited until we were in the starting blocks for the two lane dash and even pressed the button that brought half of SH2 to a halt, just for us. NZTA says the staff have generally been welcomed by users.

They were welcoming, smiling and explaining to The Weekend Sun. The ‘safety escort’ shifts are eight hours long, involving one person on either side of the crossing.

Nine people were ‘inducted to site’ to provide the safety service.

However, the NZTA says there have been abuses crossing users and motorists failing to follow the road rules and abide by the red light.

“We encourage everyone passing through the area to stick to the 30km/h speed limit.” The message to everyone is exercise caution.

The shifts will be reviewed once the crossing has been in place for a month, with a view to reducing the schedule to peak times only. Given how well the crossing has worked out, it is likely it will be reviewed before the four weeks are up.

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A dog that’s out of this world

Abused pup’s big break

Meet Astro, he is an 18-month-old Jack Russell cross.

He loves cuddles and will bond to a family pretty quickly. He loves to run around with all his puppy friends and bigger dogs too. Astro has been surrendered to the SPCA to begin his new life with a new family. Sometimes loud noises or quick movements can startle Astro, so his new owners will need to help him overcome some of these feelings and help make home the happiest and most loving environment he can possibly have.

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Two-year-old Cooper is now much happier after being rescued from an abusive situation.

Life hasn’t been easy for Tauranga dog Cooper.

When he was only a seven-month old puppy, his owner beat him for nine minutes straight. He was swung by a rope and hit so hard with a broom the handle snapped.

As he endured the beating, children stood by and watched.

And now Cooper’s story tops the SPCA’s 2020 List of Shame, which highlights the 12 worst cases of animal abuse, abandonment and neglect over the past year in New Zealand.

“Brutal and prolonged” is how the beating has been described by Tauranga SPCA animal inspector Anna Porteous who witnessed it on CCTV footage.

“The man could be seen hitting a dog with a pole, crushing it with his body and swinging by a rope.

“There seemed to be no reason for it.”

The best way to remove Cooper from that situation was with a search warrant issued by the courts, Anna says.

“We got the case across the line using the footage

and managed to take Cooper away from the awful situation he was in.”

After being seized from his owner, Cooper ended up at the Tauranga SPCA. Cooper was then adopted out to owners who “love and cherish” him.

More than 40,000 animals end up at SPCA centres nationwide each year and the charity requires $43 million annually to operate.

A tremendous amount of work still needs to be done to protect our precious animals and educate the public, says SPCA’s CEO Andrea Midgen.

“Every year, we release this list and every year we are confronted by the sad truth that animal abuse is still a big problem in our society.”

Other cases on this year’s list include a dog blinded from being thrown against a wall, an animal hoarder who kept 32 cats in squalid conditions, a neglected pony left to become lame in both front feet, a starved horse close to death and a dog stabbed by the owner’s intoxicated friend.

“This year’s list includes many instances of neglect and senseless violence, with owners failing to show the care and kindness their animals deserve.”

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The Koha rests at Vessel Works on the Tauranga waterfront . Photos: John Borren.

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Patch day is when the Pacific Island villagers receivin cataract operations from the YWAM humanitarian medical teams take off their eye dressings and can see again. “Powerful moments, miraculous,” says Julie McLaughlin, a volunteer with the YWAM, or Youth With a Mission, Ships Aotearoa.

YWAM - pronounced ‘why-wham’.

And patch day is also this volunteer’s pay day.

“Very, very extraordinary watching someone be given their sight back.”

YWAM is a Christian organisation taking primary health care to isolated communities of Pacifi neighbours aboard a fleet of medical mission ships Julie McLaughlin is soaking up the sun on the deck of one of those ships, the MV YWAM Koha –an elegant 52-year-old, 500-tonne, 48-metre cargo vessel which is being recommissioned as a volunteer based medical aid ship at the Vessel Works refit yard on th Tauranga waterfront.

Julie McLaughlin flicks away a couple of joyful tear as she tells the story of Willy, even though she’s told the story a myriad times.

“Willy had been needlessly blind with cataracts for 11 years. He came on board, waited his turn with the ophthalmologist, then had 40 minutes of surgery.”

The next day was patches day. “Everyone’s favourite day,” says Julie. Willy’s eye patches are removed.

He looks at the YWAM team and doesn’t know them.

They have just been voices.

“Then he recognises his nephew and returns his gaze. They embrace and start crying. So all of us were crying. It’s a powerful moment because his life has been changed for the good forever.”

It was also a powerful moment when the ship was gifted to the YWAM Aotearoa. In its previous incarnation it was a cargo vessel called Claymore II. Four times a year for ten years, the ship made a 14 day, 5408km journey to the remote Pitcairn Island delivering cargo and supplies.

When the contract expired, owners Nigel and Brenda Jolly of Stoney Creek Shipping gave the ship to YWAM Aotearoa. They didn’t want the ship sitting idle and rusting.

Now the vessel’s been refitted, repurposed an renamed. And hopefully, in May, she will be deployed to remote parts of the South Pacific, dispensing primar health care, dentistry and ophthalmic surgery and

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The sign-in log at the top of the gang plank advises everyone that ‘Jesus is aboard’.

“Well, that’s the hope,” says Marty Emmett, New Zealand operations manager for YWAM Ships Aotearoa. “Because if he’s not, we are in a lot of trouble.” That’s probably because mission ships are an expensive business.

OK, the Koha was just that, koha and all the crew are volunteers, but it still had to go through dry dock and survey that cost “hundreds of thousands of dollars,” says Marty. And they still need to find $350,000 fo deployment, $100,000 of that is just fuel.

The Koha has been on a promotional tour of New Zealand and on consecutive Sundays, March 8, 15 and 22 the vessel will be open to the public.

“People love to wander a ship,” says Marty.

“And New Zealanders are practical and appreciate being able to see, smell and touch what we do. When they come aboard, they get drawn into our mission.”

Marty needs a few new volunteers to get drawn in – qualified skippers, marine engineers, deckhands

electricians, welder and plumbers. That’s to look after the Koha. They also need dentists, nurses, doctors.

On the forward deck of this cargo ship is a flash, ne white shipping container – windows, door and steps.

“Some friends of mine in my home town of Whanganui got together when they heard about the ship. They’re in the dental business and rallied businesses in the town. What they produced is a beautiful dental container.” It was designed to operate independent of the ship and can become a permanent, land-based dental clinic, just beyond the white sands and palm fringes in some isolated Pacific islan location. There’s a second container given by a German ministry. It could become a pharmacy.

Julie McLaughlin talks about the “quite beautiful people who live in great beauty on the islands. They would give their last coconut”.

“But they are confronted with health challenges. And it’s heart breaking. They are problems that are easily prevented, easily treated, but they simply don’t have the resources.”

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Nasty nipper numbers on the rise The Bay of Plenty Regional Council confirms that the aggressive Asian paddle crab has become well established in Tauranga Moana and has spread further along the coast.

The crab is comparatively large.

Adults have a shell width of around 12cm and paddle-like hind legs.

They have six distinct spines or spikes on each side of the eyes, differing from similar-looking native crabs which have just four or five spines in the same location.

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officer Andy Wills says it is a disappointing result for local hapu, harbour users and the council alike.

“These crabs are nasty pieces of work. They have a huge appetite, feeding on shellfish such as pipi, tuatua and cockles – threatening kaimoana stocks and potentially mussel farms in the region.

“They are also far more aggressive than your average native crab and can inflict a vicious bite with their large pincers if disturbed,” says Andy.

The gift of faith

Reverend Sue Beverly feels ‘at home’ in her new church building. Photos: John Borren.

Sue Beverly like enjoys turning a ten minute walk to the office into a blissful and leisurely nine kilometre ride. Work nowadays is the vicar’s office at St John’s Anglican Church at the top of Bureta Road in Otumoetai.

She is the new vicar.

“A great place, a wonderful worship space with stain glass windows, an immediate sense of comfort and well-being and connection – how do you describe how you connect with somewhere?

“We just feel at home here.”

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These are now settling times, rebuilding times and encouraging times at a church that hasn’t had a full-time vicar since 2013.

“Some very faithful loyal priests have been looking after the parish part-time.”

So the church went head-hunting, and it went abroad.

They found the Reverend Sue Beverly helping with a parish in Malvern, Worcestershire, in the West Midlands of the UK. “I was invited to apply,” says the vicar and so they skyped.

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Labour confirms BOP candidate Angie Warren-Clark MP has been confirmed as the Labour Part candidate for Bay of Plenty at the 2020 General Election.

Warren-Clark was elected to Parliament as a List MP at the 2017 election.

“I am proud to call Papamoa home and I’m passionate about enhancing our already beautiful “Me at my desk in Malvern and them around a table.”

They skyped again and yet again, then the Bishop offered her the job. And Sue accepted. Amen.

It capped an on-going relationship Sue and husband John has with New Zealand. They first came in 1997 and have been back several times.

“We love the outdoors so we’ve done the Milford Track, we have done the Routeburn and we have done bits of the Abel Tasman and Queen Charlotte.”

They spent five weeks tripping around the South Island last year and have probably seen more of New Zealand than a lot of New Zealanders.

Another great odyssey for Sue has been her faith.

“I haven’t always been a Christian. I came to faith much later, in my fifties.

And it wasn’t a blinding flash, it just dawned on her that she had been given the ‘gift of faith’.

“And I think part of it was when I stopped thinking I needed to be able to explain it all.“ She says you can’t argue anyone into faith.

“It’s not something you can convince someone of by intellectual argument. It’s an experience.”

Then someone remarked they could see Sue as a priest. So she went through the selection process, started training at a theological college, was ordained and got a degree in practical theology. That would eventually lead her up Bureta Road to St Johns, a church built in the 1960s.

And therein lies an interesting difference.

“Because the next youngest church I have been involved with dates back to the mid-nineteenth century and the oldest church I have been responsible for has its origins in the eleventh century.”

By comparison, New Zealand has only started growing its history.

“You could say the walls of those English churches are soaked with prayer because so many people have worshipped there.”

But in terms of places where people worship, then different churches have different atmospheres “and St Johns has a lovely atmosphere”.

While the Anglican Church has struggled with the controversy regarding homosexuality in the church, Reverend Sue Beverly has set her own line in the sand.

“I firmly believe God loves everybody, irrespective of who they are, where they come from.

“We would describe ourselves as an inclusive church. Our intention is to make everyone welcome because we believe that how we behave is an indication of the sort of God we believe in.

“So we believe in a God who cares for everybody and therefore we must care for everybody.”

The woman who spent 16 years in Wales can do what only a third of that nation’s three million people can do. And that’s speak their own language.

“You just have to remember Ys and Ws are vowels.”

So “Iechyd da” Reverend Beverly.

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part of New Zealand.

“I’ve had the privilege of meeting thousands in our community, down at local markets to visiting businesses, environmental groups, social service agencies, schools and more.” Angie is a keen fisherwomen and lives in Papamo with her husband Blair and their cats Ziggy and Loki.

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Rawiri Waititi to stand for Maori Party Rawiri Waititi will stand for the Maori Party in Waiariki at September’s General Election.

The 39-year-year old’s candidacy was today confirmed in Rotorua.

Waiariki Maori Party electorate chair Verna Ohia-Gates says Rawiri was an outstanding choice and the team will be working extremely hard over the next six months to win the seat.

“I would also like to congratulate other candidates who put their names forward for selection.

“The decision has been made by the members of Waiariki, now it’s time to get Rawiri back around the table,” says Verna.

Rawiri, a father of five, says he had no initial plans to get back into politics – he stood for Labour in 2014. But being immersed in iwi politics; constantly having to push for the recognition of mana motuhake, coupled with the dubious dealings of Whanau Ora, Ihumatao and Oranga Tamariki, he and his whanau decided it was necessary for him to jump back in the ring.

‘Ahoy, me hearties’ Bentley Manning, 4, smiles like a pirate aboard Twinkle Twinkle’s new playground ship.

They worked on the set of ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, then travelled to middle earth to build the Hobbiton set at Matamata, and also had a hand in the Redwoods tree walk in Rotorua.

Now Ramma Construction have stamped their mark on a playground in Mount Maunganui.

“It’s a pirate ship,” says Rosie Crombie, managing director of the brand new Twinkle Twinkle early learning and child care centre in Maunganui Road.

“And when people see it, they go: ‘wow!’”

So do the children. “They love getting into the pirate role, playing the part.”

Rosie says the $23,000 playground pirate ship has a lot of elements of over and under and up and around.

It has good shelter because the children can climb into this land-based galleon and there are port holes

so they can interact.

“I just wanted something interesting for the children. Because you can buy a lot of boxes and things that children can climb, but they are so uninspiring. Why not have something that’s a bit different, a bit fun and a bit out there. The children of Mount Maunganui deserve it.”

And it was all themed around the beach because of Twinkle Twinkle’s proximity to the beach.

Her logic is that it is an investment in the children.

“If I bought a company that made widgits then my machinery would be my investment.

“So in this case I see the playground as my investment in the children.”

Forty-five over two-year-olds attending the Twinkle Twinkle facility will be able to enjoy the pirate ship playground. “I am sure there’s nothing else like it in Tauranga,” says Rosie. There’s another 15 under two’s attending Twinkle Twinkle.

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Suzy Cels with the forest that is Oropi. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

The more you look, the more animals and creatures you will find – just like a hidden object game.

This is all on the new shipping container found in the grounds of Oropi School.

The painting shows Oropi School Forest painted by local artist Suzy Cels.

“It’s very organic,” she says.

“We didn’t really know what we were doing most of the time but that’s how I roll with some of my paintings admittedly. It’s a forest and it just grew.

“I worked out I wanted some really good depth into it so the kids could look deeply into it. I’ve tried to fill i with all the animals and things from around this area – there’s a possum, there’s a deer – and what I’m going to do is keep adding the odd ones, so it’s actually like a little game that the kids keep looking and findin new things.

“The kids are even now going into it and seeing what I’ve done and I say to the kids that I teach from Oropi School: ‘did you go and look at the container? Is there anything new there? Have you seen anything new?’”

The paint was donated by Resene and Suzy says she loved painting the pohutukawa on the door.

“That was really cool. That came together quite nicely.

“I loved putting the colour in, because there’s a lot of green and then it’s got the lake in the middle. I just loved putting in the reds. I’m very colour-orientated and I love putting the colour into it.”

Painting the 20-foot container is Suzy’s biggest commission that she has done to date. She says people’s reactions to it have been very positive. She has been putting updates up on her Facebook page, but says to really see it, you have to see it in person.

“I am quite proud of it, I have to say.”

The purpose for this container is to be turned into

an outdoor kitchen.

It has been modified by Containers BOP The school has been developing a community garden in the heart of the school since 2016, and it has been integrated into the school curriculum.

“For the past two years we have implemented the garden to table program in our school, which means that all the school children get to garden and get to use the produce from the garden to prepare some meals,” says project co-ordinator Amandine Monsaingeon.

“This has been a really popular programme both with the school children, but also with the whole community because there’s a lot of community involvement in this programme.

“Part of this big garden project and getting the community together have been to have a kitchen in the heart of the garden. So far the garden to table programme has been happening between the garden and the community hall which is a couple of hundred metres down the road which has been wonderful, but it’s not at all practical.

“We’re just a few thousand dollars away from being able to make this outdoor kitchen facility functional.

“This kitchen is going to be both a community facility, so at the disposal of anybody in the community who wants to run events or workshops and a facility for running the garden to table programme within our school.

“It is also going to be a fresh food outlet with food made by the children or the community when we have school-wide events.”

Amandine says the new kitchen container is very precious to the school to have the contribution and collaboration of Suzy Cels.

They are still looking for some funding to help with the project. If anyone or business is interested in contributing, they can contact the school office Caitlin Houghton

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Photo: Peter White.

Local golfers teeing up It was heartening to read recently that New Zealand’s highest ranked player Ryan Fox wants to win the New Zealand Open title more than any other tournament.

More than the Masters, the Open or the Australian PGA title.

I love this event (finishing Sunday that is held in the middle of the jawdropping scenery in Queenstown at the Millbrook Resort and The Hills courses.

The New Zealand Open is an iconic event, steeped in history and drama dating back to 1907.

Some of the game’s greats including multiple Major winners have their names on the trophy.

This year the tournament again includes a field of 15 amateurs and 156 professionals playing alongside one another. The professional golfers will compete for the New Zealand Open title while pairs of one professional and one amateur will play a best-ball format for the New Zealand Open Pro-Am Championship.

Also for the first time, a female professional will tee i up. Swedish golf star Pernilla Lindberg will break new ground by playing in the men’s field in an historic fir for the event. She is paired with All Black Beauden Barrett in the Pro-Am. Well done NZ Golf for leading the way in what, in

years to come, may well become the norm.

Tauranga is well represented with Josh Geary, who finished second last year, Mark Brown, Luke Toome and Kieran Muir looking to win the coveted New Zealand Open title.

Kieran learnt the game as a kid at the picturesque Omokoroa Golf Club. The 32-yearold has survived 10 years as a tour pro through plenty of ups and downs.

He is comfortable with where his game is at and confident of doing well This week will be his eighth New Zealand Open. He had a good year in 2019 on the China Golf Association Tour, with a win and a second to finish fifth on t Order of Merit.

He followed that up with finishing second on th NZ Golf Order of Merit to gain a spot in the fiel for Queenstown.

“It has probably taken me a lot longer to get to this point in my career as I hoped but I am very proud of what I have achieved, very happy with where I am going and excited for the future,” says Kieran.

“The thing about the New Zealand Open over the last 10 years is that every year the tournament gets better in every aspect including the field getting stronger “There will be a lot of other tours around the world starting to look at different ways to do things like the pro-am format that has been successful here.”

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Get involved in Seaweek

Manager of Dolphin Seafaris NZ Cille Fabert and photographer Nathan Pettigrew.

Seaweek runs from Saturday, February 29 until Sunday, March 8 and is hosted by the NZ Association for Environmental Education (NZAEE) and supported by the Department of Conservation. To find out more visit: www.seaweek.org.nz or like Seaweek on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to keep up with all the news.

All eyes on the ocean The Department of Conservation is urging people to ‘get to know our ocean’ and its inhabitants.

The theme is ‘Ko au te moana, ko te moana ko au – I am the sea, the sea is me’.

DOC community ranger, Nataalia Lunson says people living in the Bay of Plenty are fortunate to have the ocean in their backyard.

“And we’re keen to help encourage people to dive in and learn more about how to care for the moana and marine life.”

There are a lots of activities and events organised, ranging from a poem competition, film screening, marine life photography workshop, toolbox for teachers and the public can take a selfie with Oscar the Seal at the Dinner in the Domain and at the Little Big Markets, Nataalia says.

Schools in the Western Bay of

Plenty can encourage their students to enter an inspirational poem about the ocean and be in with a chance to win a school visit from a Discovery Through Nature science educator or a new book for the school library.

The poem competition opens Saturday, February 29 and closes on Sunday March 8.

New Zealand Association for Environmental Educators BOP branch representative Janie Stevenson says NZAEE would like to see environmental education integrated into everyday curriculum.

“There are lots of interactive and engaging resources locally available and we highly recommend teachers join the BOP Regional Council’s REEF newsletter to keep abreast of local BOP environmental education opportunities.”

For boaties there will be a chance to participate in a nationwide

survey focusing on how we behave around marine mammals and view marine reserves, and to learn about the SMART operator programme which aims to promote responsible behaviour around dolphins, whales and seals by boat operators.

Look out for the Seaweek flag at the Sulphur Point boat ramp.

Tauranga based SMART operator Dolphin Seafaris NZ is hosting a marine life photography workshop with local photographers Nathan Pettigrew and Jamie Troughton.

Nathan Pettigrew says it will cover hints and tips about how to capture great marine wildlife images including what camera gear and settings to use and what to look for.

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Giving up time and making a difference VolFest presented by the Wright Family Foundation is shaping up to be a smorgasbord of volunteering opportunities in Tauranga.

Historic Village. This new event is aimed at celebrating volunteering and giving back to the community.

The village green will be packed with organisations that have signed up to showcase who they are and what they do and the festival gives locals the chance to ‘browse’ volunteering opportunities that are available in

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“The opportunities are endless and VolFest brings together these opportunities in a way that takes away any perceived barriers – at the festival you can sign up immediately to volunteer with an organisation that resonates with you or take away some ideas to think about”.

To find out more about VolFest head to: www.volfest.org or follow event updates via: www.facebook.com/volunteeringBOP. The Weekend Sun will be profiling some of the region’s volunteering superstars over the next few weeks.

More democracy - a rates referendum?

The second instalment of your rates bill was due this Friday. To many, it comes as no surprise that the February 2020 invoice is higher than last year; 3.99 per cent higher, in fact, or nearly three times the rate of inflation.

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Can we have a referendum on next year’s rates in Tauranga?

The short answer is ‘yes’ but we don’t have the power to make

it binding.

We could amend our referendum policy to require a referendum whenever Council proposes an increase higher than, say, inflation plus 2 per cent.

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Ron Scott, chairman of event organiser Volunteering Bay of Plenty, says they want to bring to life the vast scope of volunteering opportunities available in Tauranga in a fun, festival atmosphere.

“There will be live music, entertainment, spot prizes, food trucks and loads of activities for both kids’ and adults,” says Ron. “The great thing about volunteering is that it’s a way to get involved with a cause that you are passionate about and find interests outside of your areas of expertise.

“Just because you’re an accountant doesn’t mean you have to volunteer as treasurer; you might be a

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Rain not enough to change fire danger Rain over the weekend has not changed the fire danger levels across the country, warns Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

Rural fire manager Tim Mitchell says given how dry conditions have been, the rain experienced over the past few days has not been enough to lower the wildfire risk to the point fire restrictions

can be eased.

“There is still plenty of dead, dry vegetation around. After the rain stops, warm and windy conditions quickly dry the vegetation again meaning there is still a great deal of fuel for fires.

“Even though there has been some rain, the fire seasons have not changed. We want everyone to continue to be careful – one spark is all it takes to start a fire.

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continuing to monitor the conditions closely as further rain is possible for some areas of the country later this week.

“Please pay attention to the fire season in your area. If you are in an area where there is a total fire ban, no fires are permitted including rubbish fires.

Go to: www.checkitsalright.nz to check the fire season status in your area and find information on how you can reduce the risk of fire.

Big spenders after your money OK...where to start?

over indulgent parent for more money; money that is earmarked When I campaigned I for rent and food. campaigned on low or even no I for one think that continually CITY COUNCIL rates increases. increasing residential rates will A personal view from News last week suggests that councillor Andrew Hollis not and cannot solve this issue.

Tauranga City cannot complete First principles must occur. planned capital programs and Zero based budgets and cancelling all capital spends wants to increase rates as much as 40 per cent over until control is back on spending. the next three years. Even higher if some councillors Projects like the Mount Base track, Phoenix Park, get their way.

Durham St and the Harrington St carpark or Waiari Add to that a compulsory waste cost of $400 (or water cannot be allowed to happen again. more?). There has even been talk of a yearly increase We have $100 million to spend on expensive of 20 per cent – that’s right 20 per cent per year. cycleways, expensive CBD upgrades, historic projects Words like ‘courage’ and ‘bravery’ are being thrown that need to be paid for, enormous roading projects around as if to make it seem that taking the easy that need to pause or to be centrally funded. option is the moral one.

There are as many as 70 ‘nice-to-have’ projects that Increasing rates is not courageous. Courage in this will likely need to be stopped. instance is to find out where the spending leaks are It turns out as well, that growth does not pay for and solve the issue. growth - not even close.

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Rescuers urge beach users to be extra vigilant Surf Life Saving NZ is urging beach goers to be extra vigilant throughout the rest of summer.

The call comes as the organisation’s volunteers have been responding to an increase in serious incidents and weather around much of the country remains warm driving people to cool off at the beach.

Surf Life Saving New Zealand national lifesaving manager Allan Mundy says Surf Lifeguards work extremely hard to keep people safe by patrolling beaches, and operating Search and Rescue squads that are activated after the patrols have gone home.

He says nobody is stronger than a rip and

swimmers need to help Surf Lifeguards help them.

The message is simple.

“Swim between the red and yellow flags at a lifeguarded beach and remember the 3Rs – Relax and float, Raise your hand and Ride the rip.”

Allan says too often people over estimate their abilities and under estimate the conditions. “People think they are able, but haven’t done an honest check of themselves.

“If they are in doubt of their ability in conditions then stay out, don’t go in.”

He says people often get caught out when wave conditions appear “medium to benign”.

“The waves might look alright, but the rips are still there.”

Rip currents are the main cause of rescues performed at a beach and Allan encourages people to learn how to spot them before getting in the water. Often they appear as regions of deeper, darker water with less wave breaking activity between areas of white water, or a patch of surface water that is rippled or bumpy with criss-crossed waves compared to areas either side of this section of water.

“The rip current will not pull you under and nor will it take you out to sea,” says Allan.

“It may take you a little way out but often the water will circulate and bring you into shallower water where you can stand up.

“While floating on your back just stick your hand up, and either a surf lifeguard will get you, or someone will call 111 and get help to

you. You can last a long time floating on your back in the surf.

“If you’re unsure that what you’re looking at is a rip, don’t get in the water. If in doubt, stay out,” says Allan.

Gangs: we need a better approach

New Zealand’s Quietest Heat Pumps

The alarming rise in New Zealand gang activity has clearly shown the need to take a hard stance against gangs and begin to confront them head-on.

I believe that society needs to stop making excuses for destructive and anti-social behaviour, blaming violence and lawlessness on a difficult upbringing. While it is true that a turbulent childhood is a contributing factor towards eventually engaging in organised crime, it is certainly not an excuse. Society has normalised illegal behaviour by accepting that people from rough backgrounds will naturally become criminals and it’s just who they are.

We need to find solutions to these systemic patterns by addressing the root of the problem, but that is a long

term process. It will be a generational change and not an immediate one.

In the meantime, we cannot afford to take a complacent approach to organised crime. An effective solution will begin with outlawing gangs and giving the police the legislative authority to dismantle them.

The new proposed firearms legislation will increase penalties for illegal ownership of firearms; however, higher penalties are unlikely to cause gangs to surrender their weapons.

Instead, we need to give police the authority to raid known gang members and affiliates for illegal firearm The degree of gang activity in New Zealand has ramped up significantly in the past two years. Read the rest at: www,theweekendsun.co.nz

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Saving lives out on the water

The Maketu Coastguard has been voted New Zealand’s Coastguard Unit of the Year for the second year in a row. Photos: Daniel Hines.

The township of Maketu is only half an hour from the Tauranga CBD, and commonly known for its Maketu Pies.

But all over the place, are volunteers for the Maketu Coastguard and they are pretty good at what they do.

In fact they were voted New Zealand’s Coastguard Unit of the Year for both 2019 and 2018.

“It’s quite an accolade for us, especially for the wider team,” says skipper and practical training officer for the Maketu Coastguard Roger Hintz.

There are 63 Coastguard units around the country and Roger says to win two years in a row, is very significant and they are absolutely stoked.

Maketu Coastguard started as an arm of the local volunteer fire brigade, in 2007/2008, because of the sheer volume of people getting into trouble on the coastline and the number of deaths that were occurring on the bars.

It started as a sea rescue unit and then it evolved. There became a point where they needed to take it to another level. In the summer of 2011/2012, it evolved into the Maketu Coastguard.

Now, nine years on, it has a fleet of vessels and equipment ready for any type of rescue it might get called out to.

Roger says the team at Maketu is very driven but is also a fun unit.

“It’s just a lot of fun to be in the unit and to do what we do just makes it worthwhile, we enjoy doing it and we are happy to give up our time.”

He says Coastguard is run entirely by volunteers.

“So when five or six people turn up on a boat way out to sea to tow you home, they’ve all given up their jobs, income, whatever, to come out and to tow those individuals back.”

Roger recalls a rescue from ‘the early days’ when a yacht got into trouble in a storm out at Plate Island. It happened right on dusk, the yacht was on the wrong side of the island and the storm was coming in - heavy rain and very strong winds.

They had called for help, but communications were sketchy and the location wasn’t certain.

“It was very dark, incredibly rough, incredibly challenging to get in there and get them out. To get the two people off the boat took all our skill and some support people that were used to do the job.”

That night, they also needed the help of a fire engine with flashing light to show them the way home. It was rough, pitch black and was raining so hard that it was difficult to identify exactly where the entrance was.

“It was a very harrowing night. To get those two people off there and back.”

The yacht sunk later that night.

“Had we not taken them off the boat, they would have drowned. There is no two ways of looking at it, they would have been goners.”

Maketu Coastguard would not be there if it wasn’t for the sponsors, and Roger says they are very grateful for them.

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Free to feel the wind For Tauranga truck driver Wilky De Haas, an ideal day consists of burnouts, bikes, and “all things motorised”.

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The event, which takes place every second year, showcases some of the best bikes, muscle cars and hotrods in the Bay. Wilky, who is club president, says it’s all about sharing their passion with the public.

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What’s happening at SH29A Hairini roundabout?

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is making changes to the Hairini roundabout through March-April to improve safety and traffic flow.

We’ve heard from the public that the current access at this roundabout could be better – particularly for motorists entering and exiting Hairini Street.

Contractors are on-site from the beginning of March for about six weeks completing safety improvements.

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“People can assess the impact of their training from weekly standardised

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Wharves in China can’t take more of our logs Lack of space in Chinese ports is bringing a virtual halt to New Zealand log exports to China.

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The Forest Owners Association says precautions in China against coronavirus have resulted in almost no offtake of logs in China for processing and exporters understand that the remaining log yard space at most ports near processing centres is quickly disappearing.

The Association president Peter Weir says exporters had hoped that business would return to normal after the extended Lunar New Year holiday finished in China two weeks ago.

"That hasn’t happened. Many Chinese sawmills are yet to get back to work.

"New Zealand exporters have nowhere else to send the industrial grade logs they harvest.

"While New Zealand’s domestic sawmills usually take about 40 per cent of the harvest, sawmills supplying the New Zealand housing

market will only buy stiffer and higher quality sawlogs or knotfree logs from pruned trees for joinery. The upper logs from a pruned tree often grade out as industrial logs and these logs are exported."

"In regions where there is no domestic sawmilling, many harvest contracting crews are being put on reduced hours or, worst case, stood down.

Regrettably many of our contractors have little alternative but to lay-off skilled workers."

Log exports to China were worth $2.7 billion for the year to the end of December 2019.

Over the past three months very large volumes of European spruce salvaged from forests under attack by insects have been shipped into log markets in China.

Peter says that flood of salvaged logs is directly attributable to climate change with recent warm winters and longer summers.

"There would have been much less inventory pressure if these exports had not arrived in China, but the concern

about coronavirus has happened at just the wrong time for New Zealand."

Peter says the situation is fluid with different forest owners and management companies taking different approaches.

"NZFOA members are doing what we can to retain our skilled labour force by sending better logs to domestic sawmills to make up for the shortfall from farm woodlots where logging has already ceased.

"We are coordinating with the government seeing what we can do together. Neither of us can solve this situation, but working together as a partnership will lessen the impact,” he says.

"Our members are not looking for handouts, but we do want to work out equitable ways for working with the government to assist the various harvesting crews.

“They are ones who will need the help.

"We are mindful too that a substantial reduction in harvesting is likely to have a major and rapid supply chain effect here in New Zealand, with a large dedicated workforce in trucking and port loading which is also going to feel the impact."

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Giving back to the community has benefits The Acorn Foundation’s Give Back and Get Back campaign is underway for 2020, aiming to highlight the benefits that giving back to the community can provide, including the 33.3 per cent tax credit you can receive this year for donations made before March 31.

“Many people like to donate to the community at this time of year, as it means you get to support your favourite local causes and receive an immediate tax

credit,” says Acorn Foundation general manager Lori Luke.

At Acorn, generous locals set up endowment funds to support causes in the community that are close to their hearts. The capital in the fund is invested in perpetuity, with a portion of the investment income distributed annually.

Donors choose to support the WBOP in all sorts of ways, from funding scholarships and providing excellence awards, honouring family members who have died by supporting causes meaningful to

in the community,” says Tauranga Salvation Army’s Davina Plummer, who receives annual distributions from Acorn.

For more information on how you can make a donation before March 31 and take advantage of this year’s 33.3 per cent tax credit, visit: www.acornfoundation.org.nz

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Boost for young Kiwis career path in service sectors Opportunities to build great careers in New Zealand’s thriving service sectors have been given a boost thanks to a ServiceIQ initiative that has just been funded by government, says ServiceIQ chief executive Andrew McSweeney.

"We’ve already started planning on connecting enthusiastic young people with good employers who have embraced earning and learning. These are the ones that offer great jobs with career potential, support their employees with on-job training that leads to nationally recognised industry qualifications, and are helping to increase the number of Kiwis engaged in workplace vocational education.

"While we can’t announce any detail until the plans are concrete, this innovative approach is strongly relationship-based and people-focused, which is what service sectors like tourism,

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"At its core is manaakitanga. It’s about caring for others in that large part of life that is work and the workplace. We’ll be creating occasions where schools, iwi and employers can meet, connect and engage in meaningful and worthwhile experiences.

“Through these, we’ll give young people and employers an occasion to really get to know each other, discover what the jobs on offer really involve, and what the vocational educational opportunities are,” he says.

"The difference in what we’re doing is that it’s much more than just getting people into work. It’s about opportunities for people to meet committed employers.

“These are the employers that demonstrate they care. The ones that offer on-job training and recognised qualifications to their team. The ones that understand pastoral care and that business success comes from growing their people talent."

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Mortgaged investors start 2020 just as they finished 2019 Based on percentage, the trend for mortgaged investors’ market share of property purchases remains upwards around many parts of New Zealand and they’re also making more purchases by number too.

At the same time, there are signs of fatigue creep amongst first home

buyers in areas such as Wellington City, Palmerston North and Invercargill.

While investors may not necessarily have pushed out FHBs in those areas, strong price pressures have nevertheless reduced affordability for would-be buyers - presumably a growing concern for central and local government.

The CoreLogic Buyer Classification figures for January 2020 showed a continuation of the general trends

from the second half of 2019.

The national share of property purchases made by first home buyers held at around a steady 24 per cent in January, while movers’ market share stayed relatively subdued.

Meanwhile, the share of purchases accounted for by mortgaged multiple property owners rose further and sits at 25 per cent.

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Still time to enjoy summer It’s looking like there’s still a good chunk of summer for us to enjoy, meaning there’s still plenty of time to potter around your garden or create the outdoor living space of your dreams.

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Machinery and Powertool Centre and Power Tools and Servicing now stock battery-powered gardening equipment – from chainsaws to blowers, lawnmowers to weedeaters and everything in between.

With the weather being sunny and bright and the days being longer, people want to be outside and enjoying their gardens.

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Make your kitchen dreams a reality These days, a great kitchen typically features an open plan outlook with a walk-in pantry and an island bench top.

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“When we consult about renovating an existing kitchen, we look to optimise functionality and performance,” says Dream Doors Kitchens’ Bay of Plenty managing director, Dan Sheridan.

“A Dream Doors kitchen facelift therefore adds real value to your home and lifestyle, without spending the small

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Proposed improvements to building code Consultation has opened on proposed amendments to the Building Code, with a focus on fire safety requirements, surface water drainage and waterproofing in bathrooms, kitchens and laundries.

“MBIE is committed to updating the Building Code so that it keeps pace with innovation, current construction methods and the

needs of modern society,” says Dave Robson, manager building performance and engineering at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Consultation on the proposed amendments to the Building Code runs from February 17 to March 27 2020. Submissions can be made on the MBIE website.

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Ultrafast Fibre welcomes change to Tenancy Act Ultrafast Fibre welcomes the recent Government announcement to change tenancy laws to ensure renters can also access ultra-fast broadband.

Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 are aimed at improving the installation process for fibre in rental properties by requiring landlords to permit and facilitate the installation of UFB, subject to certain triggers and exemptions.

UFF chief executive John Hanna says that as the uptake continues to soar, it is great to see that renters will have an easier way to get new fibre connections "With the demand for bigger, better, faster fibre broadband on the rise, it’s pleasing to see the Government introduce this change so everyone can access fibre and enjoy all the benefits thi can bring, regardless of whether

they own or rent their homes.

"This change will go some way to help us bring an online experience to more homes across the Central North Island that is faster and performs more reliably than other broadband technologies available today."

Uptake has reached 63 per cent among UFF’s UFB1 towns, which means there is still work to do to connect the remaining premises to fibre. Further, UFF has recently completed its second phase of the government's UFB rollout programme (UFB2 and UFB2+),

with 27 new towns and 30,000 additional premises able to get fibre connections Another 636km of new fibre has been added to the UFF’s network two years ahead of schedule, with a total of 3500km built across a region spanning Hamilton, Tauranga, New Plymouth and Whanganui.

Ultrafast Fibre will submit during the select committee process, outlining its support for the proposed UFB related changes.

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The New Zealand property market started the year strong with seven provinces kicking off 2020 with record average asking prices, according to the latest Trade Me Property Price Index.

Head of Trade Me Property Nigel Jeffries says it was the provinces rather than the main centres which took the spotlight in January.

"While typically Auckland and Wellington hog the headlines when it comes to property prices, the provinces have been increasing considerably with some even experiencing strong double-digit price growth.

"The average asking price in Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Manawatu/Whanganui, Marlborough, Nelson/ Tasman, West Coast and Southland all hit new highs in January,” says Nigel.

“Out of the record-breaking regions, Southland, West Coast and Manawatu/Whanganui were the standouts with a year-on-year increase of 15.4 per cent, 14.4 per cent and 18.6 per cent respectively."

Nigel says it’s a great time to be selling your house.

"In January we saw a 6 per cent jump in the number of views on properties for sale compared to last January, while stock was down 22 per cent on the year prior. With record high prices in a lot of regions, demand for properties on the rise and low stock, it’s

more a seller’s market."

Almost every region saw an annual increase in property prices and the national average asking price saw a year-on-year increase of 3 per cent to $666,900 in January.

"Small houses (one-to-two bedrooms) across the country have reached a record average asking price of $485,600 after a solid 8.3 per cent annual increase."

Nigel says small houses in Wellington experienced the largest year-on-year increase of 13.3 per cent to $542,000 while small houses in Auckland were the only house size to fall, experiencing a 3 per cent dip to $685,250.

"Apartments continue to be popular with buyers across New Zealand and in January the average asking price for apartments rose a solid 6.5 per cent to $672,700,” he says.

Nigel says apartments in Auckland have become a hot favourite with some buyers.

"Apartments are a great way for Kiwis to get a foot on the property ladder. They are typically warmer, drier and require less maintenance than a house, so you can see why these types of properties are attractive for many prospective buyers."

Christchurch apartments also saw an annual increase, rising 7.3 per cent on January last year to reach $492,900.

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Rural market ref lects external volatility Data released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows there were 57 less farm sales (down 13.6 per cent) for the three months ended January 2020 than for the three months ended January 2019.

Overall, there were 363 farm sales in the three months ended January 2020, compared to 345 farm sales for the three months ended December 2019 (+5.2 per cent) and 420 farm sales for the three months ended January 2019. Just over 1270 farms were sold in the year to January 2020, 14.7 per cent fewer than were sold in the year to January 2019, with 40.3 per cent fewer dairy farms, 3.9 per cent fewer grazing farms, 28.4 per cent fewer finishing farms and 9.8 per cent fewer arable farms sold over the same period.

The median price per hectare for all farms sold in the three months to January 2020 was $21,221 compared to $27,087 recorded for three months ended January 2019 (minus 21.7 per cent).

The median price per hectare decreased 7.7 per cent compared to December 2019.

The REINZ All Farm Price Index fell 3.2 per cent in the three months to January 2020 compared to the three months to December 2019.

Compared to the three months ending January 2019 the REINZ All Farm Price Index fell 10.5 per cent. The REINZ All Farm Price Index adjusts for differences in farm size, location and farming type, unlike the median price per hectare, which does not adjust for these factors.

Five of the 14 regions recorded an increase in the number of farm sales for the three months ended January 2020 compared to the three months ended January 2019 with the most notable being Auckland (up 10 per cent) and Northland (up 9 per cent).

Waikato recorded the most substantial decline in sales (minus 32 sales) followed by Taranaki (minus 13 sales).

Compared to the three months ended December 2019, eight regions recorded an increase in sales with the biggest increase being in Northland (up 13 per cent), Waikato and Southland (both up 5 per cent in sales).

"Sales figures for the three month period ending January 2020 reflect the improving trend referred to last month but nevertheless are still 16 per cent below the same period 12 months ago and 9 per cent below the equivalent period two years ago,� says REINZ rural spokesman Brian Peacocke.

"Volatility in the median price is the other notable factor with increases in the finishing and horticulture sectors, but decreases in the grazing and dairy sectors, particularly the latter.

"Numerous issues continue to impact the rural sector with the well-publicised restrictions emanating from some members of the banking sector now being trumped by market restrictions resulting from coronavirus, (a) shortage of killing space at a critical time of the year, to the onset of extraordinarily dry conditions bordering on drought throughout the North Island and the top of the South.

"The amazing contrast has been the heavy rain, cooler temperatures and flooding in the lower South Island.

"Again, as a regular occurrence, the resilience of the rural sector is being severely tested," he says.

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Mountaineering in debt Details seeping out of Tauranga City Council of late reveal massive wish-lists and disasters. The usual TCC suspects are at it again. Some revelations to last week (reference: last week’s TCC agendas) include: Ratepayer funded buses have achieved about two per cent more passengers at double the cost.

That’s failed!

Bay Venues wants some $5.8-million this year for expanding their ability to compete with local businesses... unacceptable!

Two million dollars for a marine precinct ‘offloading wharf’. That’s 100 per cent confirmation that all before failed from $10-15million already spent! Note: Perhaps the $300,000/pa consultant’s salary should be axed. Bad-as!

Tauranga Art Gallery wants $259,000 for exhibitions. They were to get ratepayer funds for the first year only... shocking

A wastewater pipeline budgeted at $8-9-million or so for Te Tumu has blown out to $30-40-million already.

Several others are reported too, where the $16-18million budget has increased by $70million of new debt. Remember Greerton roundabout, Phoenix and others. Same but bigger/worse!

TCC’s magical numbers are created without evidence/explanation. Councillors just approve without proper inquiry, disaster follows.

How can anyone take TCC seriously?

The consequence however is clear. The LTP2018-2028 (TCC’s Long Term Plan/budgets) with $2.4-billion of capital spending can’t be right, that means spiralling debt/rates by 2028.

TCC remedial action is desperately needed ASAP. Rere pokaiamio hiwa hewa tangata hiwa I Stevenson Tauranga Central.

Wasted money

Not just about roads Mr Bridges

One cannot understand why we need an independent financial chair who is to be unelected with voting rights and being paid probably up to $50,000 pa.

If not one of the elected members can do the job then all resign forthwith please.

If there is a majority of councillors in the current team that oppose this undemocratic action then please see this does not happen as it is an affront to ratepayers, an assault on their pockets and another bite out of the democratic pie in New Zealand.

TCCs over the years should all be awarded black belts in wasting money.

Here we have a newcomer who has hardly warmed his mayoral seat wanting to waste more money.

The mayor’s comment is that such a post is commonplace and I would argue that.

In England there is no such post. The chair in Auckland Council is Cr Desley Simpson, an elected member of the council.

I have spent quite a bit of time Googling this and cannot find any reference to it at all.

Can the mayor name one other council in New Zealand that has such a posting in the form he proposes? Not that many countries around the world have exactly the same local body systems as we do so one can hardly see how it could be commonplace.

A Bourne, Bethlehem.

The Leader of the Opposition writes in the Sun that he opposes marine reserves in the Bay of Plenty in favour of a free-for-all fishing licence (The Weekend Sun, February 7, page 21).

This short-sighted, populist and simplistic opinion is of no use in a world that is calling for all nations to commit to 30 per cent of land and sea to be held in reserve for rewilding and species protection which would bring benefits to the environment, human well-being, protection of at-risk wild species and industry, including fishing.

Rather than chasing votes, can we see the LOTO being more responsible in the position of trust that he holds please?

That Mr Roads and Bridges is such an advocate of road building and resource extraction when he should be focused on the security, well-being and enlightenment of his electorate, is concerning.

Rather, can we not see our local MPs in support of alternative transport, more cultural facilities such as a decent museum and art gallery and a focused town centre rather than encouraging our wonderful home to become the Bay of less Plenty!

J Insall-Reid, Te Puna.

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A wealth of water Discussions around our problems; crime, housing, health and mental health, infrastructure failures etc, always come back to money.

New Zealand supports an ever growing welfare system with an ever diminishing pool of tax payers.

There is no problem we face today that would not benefit from extra funding Countries lucky enough to have a saleable resource such as oil or minerals can sell them on the world market and so enrich the country of origin.

New Zealand has an ample supply of one of the world’s most valuable resources and we are allowing it to be drawn out of the ground and sold off at no profit to our nation Clean, pure, drinking water is a commodity which, considering the deteriorating global environment, is becoming ever more valuable.

I would like to propose a two-fold solution.

Leave the ownership of the water alone but introduce an export tax on water.

In the interests of the global environment, introduce a tax on bottling water (or indeed anything else) into plastic bottles.

The revenue from this tax will be used to develop our waste management and recycling methods and for the protection of our waterways.

I understand that billions of bottles of our water are being exported, vastly enriching a small number of people, many of them not even New Zealanders. All of the people of New Zealand should enjoy a much improved standard of living from any revenue that can be gained out of this resource.

A Bertora, Otumoetai (abridged).

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Election year is here and what another show it will be with the media producing stories with personal preferences in the background and politicians on one side attacking the MMP system while the other side defends it.

Hate rules our society through all sectors as business leaders and workers try to overthrow their opponents in a tussle of hate.

As all this goes on in our lovely country, that is no longer a healthy one, I am constantly reminded of the crazy world… and how it is imploding on itself and I am left wondering how long will it be until this country cannot maintain what we have and it collapses under the weight of human greed, ignorance, over population etcetera?

I can only sit back now and watch your everyday bad behaviour and laugh at your insanity and witness your suffering and the suffering you have imposed on your kids and grandkids.

This system we follow, be it better than the first past-the-post system, still draws battle lines and has very little room for working together without deal making and arm twisting, tainted with partial willingness. It explains the dysfunctional society we have today.

R Stewart, Te Puke.

Widening confusion Energy Consumer Trust

After observing the widening of 15th Ave for some weeks I’m puzzled to see that the contractor appears to have only extended the width by about half a metre, on both sides in some places.

I think the objective was to four-lane the road between Fraser Street and Turret Road to increase traffic flow. Why then did they not shift the bus sto to behind the kerb instead of putting it right in the middle of the left hand lane?

They had to renew the kerb and channel in any case, so moving it out of the lane would have been a simple job. A decent design for this work should have taken preference to beginning it early.

D Russell, Welcome Bay.

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Consultation on the latest funding proposal of the Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust and its endeavour to weave generosity into the fabric of the Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty regions, is leaving some beneficiaries of the trust more threadbare than others with the compulsory gift of 22.5 per cent of the potential rebate (formally the TECT cheque) and no provision for individual beneficiaries to receive their full entitlement.

I am sorry to being party to an earlier referendum being one of the 78.6 per cent who voted for 20 per cent of earnings to be gifted to charity and which has empowered the trustees to deprive a sector of beneficiaries their full entitlements D Mends, Te Puke.

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Dentists highlight Chile’s sugar reduction success A study published in the journal PLOS Medicine shows that consumption of sugary drinks in Chile dropped almost 25 per cent after adopting tough new measures.

The changes included advertising restrictions, warning labels and restricting sugar-laden food and drinks in schools.

The New Zealand Dental Association advocates for similar measures.

“The idea of a levy on sugary drinks is widely talked about, but what this study shows is that other measures can have an impact on sugary drink consumption too,” says NZDA sugary drinks spokesperson Dr Rob Beaglehole.

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The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay. Pg40 THE WEEKEND SUN

March brings more music A new week, new gigs and a new shade of brown for what we once used to call the lawn here at The Watusi Country Club.

These days it’s more a swathe of dusty dirt populated only by the intermittent yellow of dandelion flowers, which are obviously the plant equivalent of cockroaches. If there was an unexpected apocalypse I can only assume the resultant world would be populated solely by indestructible cockroaches and dandelions.

It’s been a busy week and I realise with vague shame that things are piling up in the ‘must do’ column of the whiteboard.

There’s the new CD from EmRiver that I mentioned last week, as well as the latest offering from the finest band to emerge from America’s Southern States since Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Drive-by Truckers; and then there’s jazz.

I’ve been resoundingly remiss regarding Easter’s Jazz Festival. I will spend quite a lot of time on it in the next couple of months but, meanwhile, let me suggest that you browse through the programme on the: www.jazz.org.nz website. The line-up this year contains a plethora of exceedingly worthwhile concerts, a fine balance between populist enjoyment and special interest treats.

But, once again this week I’d like to point you towards some upcoming gigs, looking ahead to next weekend and, specifically, the collision of music occurring next Friday.

OK. Friday, March 6. There are three rock gigs of various heaviness. I’ll start on the Tauranga side of the bridge where an Aussie outfit are fetching up at The Jam Factory. They are the Blue Child Collective.

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These guys are very impressive, and very busy. A grooving five-piece based in Margaret River they blend modern funk with intricate finger-style rhythms and great harmonies, a few horns and thoughtful lyrics, all to great effect.

The band is fronted by Dan White, a multi-instrumentalist and director of The West Australian Guitar Festival.

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A relaxed concert coming to Tauranga The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – NZSO – is going to be setting up camp in Tauranga in March.

The orchestra which plans to hold a ‘Relaxed Concert’ at Baycourt, is staging performances for audiences who may feel uncomfortable in a traditional concert environment.

“This concert is particularly suited to people with autism, sensory and

communication disorders or a learning disability,” says an NZSO spokesperson.

“There is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement during the performance.

“Lighting effects are minimal and a ‘chill out’ space is available.”

The Relaxed Concerts will be performed at Palmerston North, Tauranga and Hamilton between March 6 and March 13.

The concert is part of ‘Setting Up Camp 2020’ and will feature a selection of short works by Beethoven, Grieg, Glinka and Smetana.

The NZSO has prepared a preconcert guide outlining the whole experience of attending an NZSO Relaxed Concert. This includes a step-by-step guide to each of the venues and the special spaces that are being created as part of the concert. This information is available at: www.nzso.co.nz/relaxed-concert.

“These concerts have an opendoor policy so don’t worry about disrupting others if you need to move around or leave the concert hall at any time during the performance. If you need to get away from the concert there will be a ‘chill-out’ space outside the main concert hall.”

Once the performance has finished, there will be an opportunity for the audience to meet and mingle with some of the musicians and view their instruments in the foyer at each of the venues.

A ‘Relaxed Concert’ with the NZSO. Relaxed Concerts are free events but people need to register to attend.

The Tauranga performance will be held on Wednesday, March 11, at 11am. Please note that the wheelchair spaces in the Tauranga concert are now full. Other seating options are still available.

For more information and to book, visit: www.nzso.co.nz/ You can also register for the Relaxed Concerts by emailing: education@nzso.co.nz or phoning: 0800 479 674.

The NZSO will send tickets to you before the concert once you have registered.

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Develop your singing in a fun environment

Keynotes Chorus is open to new, enthusiastic members.

Would you like to sing? If the answer is yes, then keep next Thursday evening free.

Keynotes is a barbershop chorus of enthusiastic women who love to take their four-part harmony out into the community.

Can you sing in tune? Then you can join them too.

To see what all the fuss is about, come along to the Keynotes Chorus open night on Thursday, March 5, from 7pm at the Wesley Church Centre, 100 13th Avenue.

A great night of singing will be followed by supper.

Music director Bernice Tweed and her team are inspirational

Walk with pride It’s almost time for the Tauranga Pride Picnic to hit the town again.

Last year saw Tauranga's inagural Pride event and what a success it was, with Pride-ees from all walks of life and all demographics smiling, chatting, dancing and celebrating being themselves.

But 2020s event is looking bigger, better and – if it were possible – even brighter with huge music acts, giveaways, spot prizes and a whole heap of fun.

Headline acts booked to appear so far are the super talented Ash LaForteza, Joe Emanuel and the amazing superstar that is Tauranga's own Caitriona Fallon.

It doesn't matter what age you are, who you love or who you identify as, you be you! Just make sure you do two things… come to this year’s Pride Picnic and walk the streets of Tauranga with pride!

The 2020 Tauranga Pride Picnic will be held on March 8 from 12pm-3.30pm at Edgewater Fan, The Strand.

For more information and to see what went down at last year’s Pride Picnic, visit: www.facebook.com/taurangamoanapride

MT RSA Fri 28th LTD All Star Band 7pm – 10pm Sat 29th 2XAwsum (Ray Solomon) 7pm – 10pm Sun 1st Big John 4:30pm – 7:30pm

JACK DUSTY’S (Bureta) Sun 1st The Blarneys with Andy & Chris 3pm – 6pm

THE BARREL ROOM Sun 1st Bay Rains Concert 12pm-9pm. Several THE BLACK SHEEP BAR bands & solo performers. & GRILL (Whakamarama) A fundraising project to Sat 29th Kokomo & Grant raise much needed funds for the Australian Bush Haua Trio 4pm – 8pm.

Tickets $20, under 18 free. Fire victims. $20 Door sales available.

MOUNT SOCIAL CLUB Sun 1st Acoustic Jam Session 4pm – 8pm Thurs 5th Karaoke 9pm – 1am

THE JAM FACTORY Fri 28th Joël Fafard, award-winning guitarist from Canada. 6:30pm, $20, R13.

in their ability to teach this four-part harmony barbershop style of singing.

“Age is no barrier, and currently we have a family of three generations in the chorus,” says Keynotes Choir’s Sue McDonald.

“People will be taught how to develop their voice and singing skills and the ability to perform in public in a professional way.”

To make things exciting, they’ve just returned from the Art Deco Festival in Napier, where they performed a repertoire of art deco songs in era-specific costumes For more information, call Bernice on (07) 576 4848 or 027 442 4642, or just come along and listen.

“Singing is great for fun and health,” says Sue.

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The McSweeney Brothers Irish Band with Marian Burns.

Toe tapping Irish music Fiddling her way across the world at 100 miles an hour – from the top of the Eiffel Tower to the bottom of the Grand Canyon with the Blarney Castle and the Grand Ole Opry in between – Marian Burns has been taking the world by storm with her exuberance and passion for music.

TRIBUTE TO GLENN MILLER & THE BIG BAND ERA With hits like In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Big Spender, At Last, and Take the A Train!

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Marian Burns & The McSweeney Brothers Irish Band

Marian is one of New Zealand’s most iconic entertainers and has fittingly been the receive of the prestigious ‘Benny Award’ at the 2012 Variety Artists Awards and was presented with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ upon celebrating 40

Celebrating some of the best Swing along with Operatunity Concerts as they present a sizzling salute to Glenn Miller and the Big Band Era. Celebrate the greatest Glenn Miller hits like In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade and Pennsylvania 6-5000, a tribute to the Andrew Sisters as well as big band bangers like Big Spender, At Last, Fever and Take the A Train.

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Coming to Tauranga’s Holy Trinity Church on Friday, March 13 at 11am. Tickets cost $35 including lunch after the show.

Book online at: www.operatunity.co.nz or call: 0508 266 237.

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She is joined by The McSweeney Brothers Irish Band who have been performing alongside Marian since 1995.

Marian’s unstoppable energy and joy sweeps you up in her path. Her electric live performance that she is famous for will take you on a foot-stomping, handclapping musical ride.

“It's the Irish Band but we will do some country and rock'n roll for sure,” says Marian.

The Entertainers Club presents Marian Burns and The McSweeney Brothers Irish Band at the Tauranga Citz Club on March 8 from 5-8pm. Tickets cost $15 per person and everyone is welcome.

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National Jazz Festival takes centre stage in Tauranga this Easter These emerging jazz players compete for trophies and experience performing in front of a large audience.

“If you haven’t attended the competition in the past, make sure you do this year as these young players will blow you away with their talent. “ The 43rd National Youth Jazz

Music fans will be treated to five days of music and excitement in April as Tauranga comes alive for the National Jazz Festival Tauranga and the National Youth Jazz Competition.

Tauranga Jazz Society is proud of the Festival’s 58-year history – it is the longest running of its type in the Southern Hemisphere.

“For Tauranga Jazz Society, it is the biggest event we organise,” says president Jeff Baker.

“We run a monthly jazz jam at Mount Social Club and are A festival favourite in Australia, Shirazz will be performing at the committed to holding events in Easter National Jazz Festival. our city that continue to put jazz Band, R&B and soul from Australia’s Sex on Toast, and Tauranga on the map. We jazz/classical crossover with the Bay of Plenty are grateful for the support of the community and Symphonia, boogie woogie mayhem from Ben our funders and are proud to be presenting the 43rd National Youth Jazz Competition and 58th National Wilcock and The Jelly Rolls, trad jazz and dixie from Australia’s Shirazz with Scott Harrison on the Jazz Festival this Easter.”

Tauranga Jazz Society general manager Mandy Ryan Wurlitzer organ, and more.

“Concert tickets are selling well – get in quick as says festival fever is building already with concert these tickets are being snapped up fast!” tickets selling well.

Mandy says the festival is not only a showcase of “We are thrilled to be showcasing world-class jazz masters but an incubator for young musicians. performers like acclaimed Australian jazz musician “We have students from 21 secondary schools from James Morrison with his quartet. across New Zealand registered to compete at the two“We have something for every musical taste from day National Youth Jazz Competition. classic Big Band music from the New Zealand Army

20,000 more Kiwi kids on bikes Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter announced that Bikes in Schools facilities have been rolled out to 20,000 more Kiwi kids under the latest Government.

She made the announcement at the opening of a new bike track at Henderson North School in Auckland.

"Bikes in Schools facilities give kids a safe space within school grounds to learn to ride a bike," says Julie.

"I’m really pleased to say that new bike tracks, helmets and bikes have now been rolled out to 56 schools giving 20,000 more Kiwi kids the chance to learn to ride a bike in a safe space."

In 2018 Julie announced that $6.7 million would be invested over three-years to help provide bike tracks, bikes and helmets to 120 schools to help more kids learn to ride.

"Bikes in Schools facilities are expected to be rolled out to a further 23,000 kids

between now and mid-2021.

"Funding for Bikes in Schools is increasingly targeted towards low-decile primary schools so children who don’t have a bike at home don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn to ride," she says.

Schools interested in finding out more about the Bikes in Schools initiative can visit: www.bikeon.org.nz Bikes in Schools involves installing a riding track within school grounds to allow students to learn and practise riding their bike in a safe area.

School projects typically also include a fleet of bikes, helmets and bike storage facilities.

Bikes in Schools is part of a wider Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency national cycling education system - BikeReady.

The system aims to deliver best practice cycle skills training for children and adults, by qualified instructors, so that cycling feels like a real transport choice for most people.

"The Government is also investing to make our roads safer for kids walking and cycling to school. A total of $390 million is committed for walking and cycling activity and safety initiatives out to 2021," says Julie.

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Competition will be held over April 8-9 and then 58th National Jazz Festival Tauranga will be held over April 9-12.

Book your tickets online at Ticketek or in person at Baycourt Community & Arts Centre Box Office and for mor information, visit: www.jazz.org.nz

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Saturday 29 February

Art In The Park Original art for sale. Weather

permitting. 9am-4pm. Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui. Tauranga Society of Artists Bay Artisans Market 10am-2pm at Papamoa Community Centre. Local artisans with hand crafted goods, paintings & cards, clocks, quilts, upcycled blankets, baked goodies & more.

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.

Church Car Boot Sale Welcome Bay Community Church 340 Welcome Bay Rd, 8-11am. $5 per stall. Sausage Sizzle.

Cancelled if wet.

Croquet At Croquet Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. Mon, Wed, Sat 9:15am for 9:30am start. New players & visitors welcome. Jacqui 574 9232

February Flash Sale Huge sale of top label preloved women’s clothing, plus vintage/retro clothing & accessories. Cash only. The Historic Village 17th Ave. Proceeds to Turning Point Trust Free Filmmaking Workshop Documentary Director Bryn Evans will be covering what it takes to direct a documentary. 2-4pm Village Cinema, Historic Village Gate Pa Junior Tennis 9am Hotshots 5-8 yrs, 10am Hotshots 9-11 yrs, 11am 12-16 yrs. Coaching included. Ph Turu 021 061 1942 or just turn up to have a go.

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 8 Park Rd 12:45-3pm Katikati Lions Garage Sale 4th Sat of month 8am-11am at containers behind Caltex, Main Rd Katikati. Ph Trevor 027 488 1238 Katikati Lions Moggies Market Katikati War Memorial Hall 8am, 2nd Sat of month. Ph Alan 027 279 1096 (outside) or Sharon 022 318 0196 (inside) 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 Mind Attracts Success Workshop Meditation Workshop: How to Realize True Success in Life.

Learn the mind that attracts success.

Greerton Library, 1pm-3pm. $5.

Bookings: Mike 027 446 5357 Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult tennis 1:30pm Bellevue Park Windsor Road (adjacent to swimming pool). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Victor 027 577 1818 a/hrs Petanque Tauranga BOP At Club Mt Maunganui Tues & Sat. Improve your fitness meet new people. Tuition & Boules available. petanquetauranga@gmail.com St Stephens Jigsaw Library 10am-12noon.

Borrow from 500 puzzles (100-1500 pieces) for 50c-$1. Cnr Highmore & Brookfield Tce Brookfield Synchronised Swimming Tauranga Synchro is a friendly synchronised swimming club based at Baywave. Beginners train Sat mornings. First lesson free. Ph Jo 027 543 1697, www.taurangasynchro.co.nz, Facebook: @taurangasynchroNZ Tauranga Social Dance Club 2nd Sat monthly.

Restarts March 14th 7pm. Baptist Church Hall 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. Supper, raffles. Entry $7 Ph Barbara 027 284 3795 Under The Stars 65 Cliff Rd (opp Mission St) Sat 6pm & Thurs 12pm for meal, showers, toiletries, clothes. Anyone in need welcome.

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 Welcome Bay Market 10am-2pm @ W/Bay Hall. Plentiful free parking, great food & coffee. Relaxed familyfriendly shopping. Stalls vary from art to veges.

Ph 027 334 8301, Tracey.King.BOP@gmail.com

Sunday 1 March

Archery In Tauranga Archery with Tauranga Archers, summer hours 10am-1pm. Come down to find out more Graham Park, Tauranga. Intr ductory classes available FB: Tauranga Archers 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

Athenree Homestead Open every Sunday

12-4pm until end of March.

Bible Seminar 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: Jesus the water of life. The Bible lessons explained. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Mary 573 5537 BOP Oodle Club Fun social playdates for dogs.

Meet up 1st Sunday of each month, Fergusson Park, Matua (Beach Road end). Gold coin donation appreciated.

Bopmpbc March Race Day Model race boats of all classes racing at Thunder valley lake, Next to J. A. Russell Ltd on Taurikura Drive, Tauriko. Starts at 9am Brain Watkins House Open 2-4pm. Kauri historic house furnished with original owners belongings. Lived in by one family for 98 years. $5 adults, children free.

Choral Evensong Service St Peter’s Anglican Church, Victoria Rd, Mt. Music includes Durufle’s Ubi Caritas, Cooke’s Magnificat/Nu Dimittis, Ebdon’s Preces/Responses & Goss’s Psalm 127. Free/koha. Monthly event.

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 Golf Croquet At Croquet Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. Tues, Thur & Sun 9:15am for 9:30am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Nev 575 5121 Historic Village Market 17th Ave, 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month, 8am-12pm, wet or fine A Bethlehem Te Puna Lions Project. Ph Bernie Allen 021 0422 612 Mah Jong Lyceum Club Rooms, 8 Palmer Pl. Sun & Thurs 12:45-4pm. Ph 027 430 6383 Maketu Market Every 3rd & 5th Sundays at Maketu Village Green. Set up from 6am. $10 per stall. Ph Carolyn 027 251 0388 Ninja Knits Guerilla Yarnbombers Join a group of knitters & crocheters wanting to spread fun.

Share talents, ideas, projects & cake! First Sunday of month. 9am-12pm The Incubator Lounge. Ph 07 571 3232 NZDA BOP Range Day NZDA BOP branch run public open days last Sunday each month at their 300m range in TECT All Terrain Park. 9am-3pm $20 bring firearms licenc Omokoroa Lions Market 2nd Sunday monthly.

Western Ave Car Park, Omokoroa. 9am-noon.

Bookings not required. Ph Keith 548 2117 Oodles & Schnauzers Meet-Up BOP Oodle Club & BOP Schnauzers meetup for a fun playdate together! 2-3pm, Fergusson Park (Beach Road end). Gold coin donation.

Otumoetai Hockey Club Muster & open training 5-6pm at Blake park turf. New & current players welcome. Senior teams available for men & women. Ph Graeme 027 452 0600 Outdoor Bowls Come & try outdoor bowls every Sunday from 12:30pm. Bowls supplied, refreshments available. Ph Mike 022 340 4152 Pahoia School Triathlon 2020 Kids Pahoia School “Give-it-a-Go” Triathlon at 9:45am. Ages 5-13 years. $25 entry, receive t-shirt, wristband & goodie bag. Register at www.pahoia.school.nz

Papamoa Lions Club Market 2nd & 4th Sunday Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699 Quakers In Tauranga Meeting at 15A Pooles Rd, Greerton, 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & chat. All welcome.

543 3101 www.quaker.org.nz Radio Controlled Model Yachts Sundays & Thursdays 1:30-4pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Dr Papamoa. Sailing Electron radio controlled yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Spiritual Centre Psychic Cafe Greerton Community Hall, doors open 6:30pm, starts 7pm sharp. $10 door fee, then everything free: Psychics, Healers, Spiritualists, homemade refreshments. All welcome, child friendly. www.psychiccafe.nz Sunday Social Stilt Walking Do you have your own walking stilts? Join me for fun & social evening stilt walking in Papamoa.

Ph Alice 0210 642 337 Sunday Stitch Join textile artist Kirsty on 1st Sunday of month. Share skills & create fabric projects. All skill levels.

The Artery, Historic Village 10am1pm. $20. 07 571 3232 www.theincubator.co.nz Tauranga Organ Keyboard Society Meets 1:30pm at Carmel Country Estate Social Centre, 11 Hollister Lane, Ohauiti. Play or listen. Organ EL900 or Clavinova 405. Ph June 574 2204 Tauranga Spiritual Growth Centre Join our spiritual community & hear from mediums & energy healers. 14 Norris St, every 2nd & 4th Sunday 7pm. Ph Tim 022 306 8200 The Sociables A group of females & males in their 30s, 40s & 50s, that meet to participate in dining out, events & bushwalks.

Ph 022 012 0376

Monday 2 March

ABC Avenues Badminton Club At Tauranga Boys College Gym. Juniors 6-7:30pm (term time).

Seniors, Adults 7:30-9:30pm. Ph Delwyn 027 212 4720 Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am Mon & Fri, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 13th Ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome.

Ph 0800 229 6757 Art Group Welcome Bay Meets Lighthouse Church. 9:30-12. Relax, chat, create, no pressure.

All levels of skill welcome. Ph Denis 07 544 6451 Badminton Club At Aquinas Tauranga Badminton Club, Mon & Wed, 7-9pm. Casual players & Year 11 upwards. $8 per night. Club racquets available. Sue 021 194 4335. FB: TaurangaBadmintonClub. www.taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Beginner Social Dance Classes 6 Week Adult Course 8-9pm or Wed 7-8pm, Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd. Ph 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Bethlehem Indoor Bowls New members of all ages welcome. Names in by 7:15pm for 7:30pm start. Ph John 027 654 1298 Body & Soul Fitness For over 50s various venues Mon-Wed & Fri. Guest speakers & events. Ph Dianne 027 431 4326 or 576 5031 Cancer Society Walking Group Suitable for people with any type & stage of cancer, & carers.

Meet at Pilot Bay at 9:30am. Ph Angelique 07 927 6505 Chess At Mount Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd, 6-7pm. Late program 7pm onwards. Incl casual games. Helmut 0274 147 254

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Citizens Advice Bureau Tauranga

Free confidential impartia 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 Creative Fibre Every Monday 9:30am, 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Learn new skills, join our knitting, crochet, spinning, felting, dyeing & weaving group.

Ph Cathy 07 570 2191 Diabetes NZ Tauranga Branch DropIn Clinic. 10am-12. 174 11th Ave Tauranga. Information, education or support for anyone living with diabetes or their families. 07 571 3422

Dutch Friendly Support Network

Coffee morning (1st Monday of month) 10am-12noon. $4 entry.

Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Rd, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968 Indoor Bowling St Columba Church Hall, Otumoetai, 6:45pm. $10 annual subs, $2 night. Everyone/all levels welcome. Ph Paul 576 6324 Let’s Learn Lifelong Learning 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 At Arataki Community Centre 12:30-4pm. Players welcome.

Ph Jan 576 3455 Mount RSA Indoor Bowls 6:30pm, Mt Maunganui RSA. New members are welcome. Ph Alice 0210 642 337 or Sheena 574 9996

Omokokroa Beach Indoor Bowls Meet at Settlers

Hall, Omokoroa Rd, 1pm for 1:30 start. All equipment provided.

Please wear smooth soled shoes. Ph Anne 027 430 4876 Postnatal Support Group 10am-12pm Bethlehem Birthing Centre. All parents & caregivers of children under 2 are welcome. Ph 549 4522

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise

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 Tai Chi Internal Arts $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

Tauranga Bird Club Night

Interested in keeping birds?

We meet on the second Monday of every month at Matua Hall, Matua at 7:30pm. Come & join us this month!

Tauranga City Brass Practises at 10 Yatton St, Greerton 7-9pm.

We welcome new members & percussionists, ie. kit drummer.

Ph Jeremy 021 132 334 Tauranga Film Collective A meeting for anyone interested in film. 6:30 8:30pm at The Jam Factory, Historic Village, 17th Ave.

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 3 March

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 Service Group Meet 2nd Tuesday every month for business meeting & 4th Tuesday for programme evening. Fun & friendship guaranteed. www.altrusa.org.nz or email pmariehayes25@gmail.com

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 Falun Dafa Free Classes Discover why living the Way of Truthfulness, Compassion & Tolerance works. 7pm Huia Rm, Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd Bayfair. Ph/text Judy 021 0425 398 Fitness Fun Get a fitter healthie body & mind with cardio, weights, floor, dance. St Columba Church, 50 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. 9:3010.30am. 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 Indoor Bowls, Papamoa Friendly & ever popular with all ages, school ages too! Competitions, Interclub, social bowling. 6:45-9:30pm Papamoa Sports club, Parton Rd. Ph Roger 021 757 808 Israeli Dancing Beginners class 6:307:30pm, Gate Pa Primary school hall, Cameron Rd. Circle & line dances, all ages welcome, no partners required. Ph Maria 022 165 2114 Life Without A Car Need to give up driving? Free workshop Papamoa Sports & Rec. Discuss a range of options to stay mobile. Ph Age Concern 578 2631 to book.

Merge For Social Get-togethers

A social group for new residents to Tauranga. We meet every 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 5pm-7pm at The Raft, Chapel St. Email merge.tauranga@ gmail.com

Omokoroa Beach Indoor Bowls

Meet at Settler’s Hall, Omokoroa Rd 6:30pm for 7pm start. All equipment provided. Please wear smooth soled shoes. Ph Anne 027 430 4876

Oriana Singers Community Choir

Mixed voice choir who sing a range of music. 7pm, St Andrews Hall, Dee St. New members welcome.

Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult tennis.

9am Tues & Thur. Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players & visitors welcome.

Ph Pam 570 0302

Otumoetai Walking Group

Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Danny 576 6480 Overeaters 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 Pétanque Bayfair Pétanque Club, Tues & Thurs @ Bayfair Reserve, Russley Dr 12:45. All levels of play welcome, equipment & coaching available. Ph Alf 021 175 9282 Scrabble 9:30am start, 3 games to 12:30. Tauranga Citz Club, 13th Ave. $3 for 3 games. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd Otumoetai, Tues 7pm-9:30pm except 2nd Tues month 3:30pm-6pm. Lesley 929 7295 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club Greerton RSA 7pm. Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability.

Come in & enjoy some live music.

Grant 578 6448

Tauranga Astronomical Society

Family Moon viewing evening 7:30pm, Fergusson Park Observatory, Matua. Adults $5 each, children & TAS members free. See https://www. facebook.com/tauranga.astronomy/ for further details. Ph 028 432 8401 Tauranga Toastmasters 7:15pm for 7:30 start at Coastguard HQ, 72 Keith Allen Dr, Sulphur Pt. Communication & leadership development. 3 free visits.

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

The Incubator Feedback Lab BYO art work in progress. Share knowledge, methods & observations in relaxed friendly atmosphere. 10am-12pm last Tuesday every month. Koha incls refreshments. The Artery, Historic Village. www.theincubator.co.nz

The Incubator Poetry Group Lovers & writers

of poems share & enjoy poetry in all its forms.

7-9pm. $5 incls refreshments. Last Tuesday every month. The Incubator Lounge, Historic Village. www.theincubator.co.nz Welcome Bay Lions Coffee group meets every 3rd Tues of the month for friendship, coffee/tea & bickies.

10:30am Welcome Bay Community Centre. Ph Sue 571 8940

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 for one or $90 for nine classes.

Bring a mat. Ph Bhajan 07 929 7484 Yoga, Private Sessions Feel uncomfortable in a group setting? Or have special needs? I can design a class to specifically suit your needs & capabilities. Asunta 021 061 4394 You Love To Sing? Oriana Singers (SATB) are rehearsing 7-9pm at St. Andrews Hall on Dee St, Mt. Join/ listen to us to decide.

Wednesday 4 March

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 Age Concern Walking Group Meet at 10am Pacific Ave, Mt Maunganu Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting every month 1st & 3rd Wednesday.

Tauranga Central Baptist church 13th ave/Cameron Rd. All welcome.

Ph 0800 229 6757 Bible Study Join us @ City Church 252 Otumoetai Rd. Studying the Book of Joshua. 7-9pm. Ph 07 552 4068 Cards (Cribbage) Join a friendly group who meet 12:50pm at Tauranga RSA Greerton. Ph Michael 562 0517 Club Mt Indoor Bowls Kawaka St, names in by 6:45pm. Ph Val 027 302 8149

Community Tai Chi NZ

Structured program based on traditional principles for general wellbeing. “Keep on Your Feet” provider. 1pm Bethlehem Hall. All welcome.

Fitness League Exercise, movement & dance focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibility. Suitable fo all ages & abilities. Katikati Memorial hall. 10am. Ph Pam 021 117 7170 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club night 7:30pm Healing Rooms Come, experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. Graced Oppshop 11th Ave & Christopher St, upstairs 1-3pm. All welcome. www.healingrooms.org. 021 213 8875 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road.

Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm Marching For Leisure A non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness & friendship. For Taurang teams’ details ph Bernie Taylor 07 579 3000 or 027 775 5612 Mount Genealogy Meets 1st Wed of month, Arataki Community, Zambuk Way, 10am. Small friendly group. Ph Ken 575 6260 or Joy 575 5820

Papamoa Palms Friendship Club

Friendship is our Motto. Everyone welcome, 11am. Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd. AM/PM speakers. Bring own lunch. Tea/coffee $1. First meet free. Trevor 574 6459 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 Scottish Country Dancing Mount Senior Citizen’s Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd, Mt Maunganui. General dancing 7pm. Ph Lynne 021 140 7912 or Mary 574 8687 Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild At Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road 10am2:30pm & 7-9pm. Beginners very welcome.

Ph Jenny 07 219 7740

Tauranga Numismatic Society Club

Interested in coins, banknotes, medallions?

Monthly meeting 1st Wednesday every month 7:30pm, 100 13th Ave Wesley Ctr. All ages welcome. Ph Sean 027 634 7417 Tauranga South Garden Club Central Baptist Church Hall, 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 1:30-3pm. Visitors welcome. Ph Margaret 578 1017

Toastmasters City Early Start

Early bird Toastmasters club. Join us to improve speaking & leadership skills. Classic Flyers Cafe 7am-8:15am. Start our novice course any time. Email LaniDTM@gmail.com

Thursday 5 March

Bag Sale $5. Good quality womens, mens & kids clothing & linen. Historic Village 9am. Proceeds to Turning Point Trust Bay City Rockers Social Rock’nRoll Dancing, plus other popular dances. Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. 7pm-9:30pm. $3 entry including supper. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222 Cards 500 Like to play 500? Thurs & Fri Evenings (flexible) 6:45-10pm, followed b supper. Competitive, social, fun, free. Ph Chris 572 3834 Dancing Waltz, Foxtrot & Rock n Roll. Mt Maunganui RSA. 10am-12pm.

Ph 572 4272 Fitness League Exercise, movement & dance focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibility. All ages abilities. Central Baptist Church, 13th Ave 10am. Ph Pam 021 117 7170 French Connection For lovers of all things French. All speaking abilities welcome.

Every 2nd Thursday at La Mexica 4:306:30. Email Chantal at chantal.daveTB@ gmail.com 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

Kickstart Toastmasters Weekly Meeting Improve public speak-

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7am, Alimento Cafe, 74 1st Ave. No pressure to speak. Enjoy the atmosphere. First-timers free Life Without A Car Need to give up driving?

Free workshop Tauranga Senior Citizens.

Discuss a range of options to stay mobile.

Ph Age Concern 07 578 2631 to book.

Mainly Music Music & dance for preschoolers, Mums & carers. $4 per family.

Morning tea provided. 9:30-10am. Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd Sunshine Sequence Dance Group Learn dancing with a friendly group. Baptist Church Hall, 13th Ave. Tuition/revision 7pm, then all dancers to 9:30pm. $3 incls supper. Ph Dawn 579 3040 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 Te Puke Toy Library Join up with us & play with quality toys for a fortnightly hire. WedSat 10am-1pm. Friday Playgroups 10am12pm. 7 Stock Rd, Te Puke 027 263 9309

Friday 6 March

Chess Tauranga Tauranga RSA Chess Club,

Greerton 5-7pm, Casual & Standard length games. Standard Chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/www.westernbopchess.weebly. com/ Rock-Fusion Concert Bands Electric Universe, Thunderchild & Tryptofunk team up for a night of super exciting Rock-Fusion.

At Totara Street, 7:30pm. R18. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz or door sales Taoist Tai Chi New beginner classes today: 15 Koromiko St Judea, 9-10:30am.

242 Dickson Rd Papamoa, 9-10:30am. Suitable for all. Ph 578 6193 or visit www.taoisttaichi.org The Artery Print Club Lovers of printing connect, share ideas & use the press. BYO printing things.(Non tutored)15pm 2nd Friday every month. $5 incl refreshments. The Artery, Tauranga Historic Village. www.theincubator.co.nz Zumba With T Medium intensity dance fitness class. Katikati RSA & Citizens Club 9am. Ph Teresa 027 863 6358

Horoscopes ARIES: You see a flaw in someone you thought was perfect - and it’s a relief. Relatives may seem petty, don’t comment lest you appear guilty of the same crime. Dietwise, your resistance is very low.

TAURUS: Changes in the home are accented now. You are especially gifted at decorating and building.

Relations between older relatives are strained and it’s up to you to play diplomat.

GEMINI: Education is emphasized and there’s an overlapping theme of romance.

Friends are more candid than expected on the weekend. Travel tie-ups could make life confusing.

Emphasize family fitness now.

CANCER: Romance takes up more of your time than usual this week.

Acquisitions are emphasized, which suggests shopping for antiques, attending auctions or inheriting a pet.

LEO: Take more time to make preliminary plans before actually launching new projects. Your credibility may be challenged Friday. Hints you have been dropping may come to pass early next week.

VIRGO: No matter what you say, your family seems opposed. No matter what you ask, you are answered with another question.

Despite these frustrations, it’s a positive week thanks to career advancement and a surprise.

LIBRA: Remarks you make, take on a special shade of meaning, which probably is not intended. Helping hands may get in the way this week. You may have to turn down assistance. Financial gains could come your way by the weekend.

SCORPIO: Your sense of fun is in fine form. Use in a positive way and cheer up someone who’s a little low.

Some assistance you have hoped for arrives by Friday.

SAGITTARIUS: Don’t stand on ceremony. Write, email or phone invitations, even if it’s not your turn.

Someone may win compliments for work you have done - speak up politely but promptly.

CAPRICORN: This is a loving week.

You could write a sonnet about the way you feel right now. Watch out for nosey relatives who say they are merely concerned. Your judgement is fuzzy after the weekend, so put off practical decisions if you can.

AQUARIUS: Brace yourself for unexpected expenses and new obligations, but prepare for a weekend of love and laughter.

An unusual message arrives Thursday - Friday.

PISCES: You are one step ahead of the world, which may mean people don’t make much sense to you - and vice versa. But everyone agrees you are something of a financial genius. You could make a key gain by the weekend.

Your birthday You require a creative and challenging environment. Fighting your way upstream puts you in your this week element. Changeability works for and against you. Adaptable, yes, but also too unsure of yourself.

Good teamwork is accented.

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If obeying these two great commandments is our motivating force then we are on the way to a balanced life.

This is because the first commandment is about acknowledging we are not the centre of the universe. There is a loving creator God far greater than us and our agenda, who created each of us for a purpose. Our task is to simply do what God calls us to do and not busy our lives with other things. This is the antidote to over busyness. The second commandment calls to be active doing what we can to love other people and help make the world a better place for them.

This is the antidote to inactivity.

A Godly balance gives life.

So how on earth do we get a good balance?

It is about the key motivating forces in our lives. We can have good motivating forces such as providing for our families and wanting to help the world to be a better place.

Or, we can have not so good motivating forces such as wanting to be rich, have status and fame, have an easy life etc.

Jesus taught two great commandments: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” and “Love your neighbour as yourself.” (Matthew 22: 37-38).

Rev. Dr.Dale Williamson Holy Trinity Tauranga.

Is it really about the bunny?

We all enjoy the tasty treats of Easter, chocolate Easter eggs and hot cross buns.

Easter wouldn't be quite the same without them. But Easter is not about chocolate eggs, hot cross buns or the bunny!

These Easter treats prepare us for the much deeper reality of Jesus Christ’s life, death and resurrection.

The Christian church has now entered the season of Lent, the 46 days leading up to Easter Sunday.

Lent, which began on February 26 (Ash Wednesday) is a season of penance, reflection and fasting which culminates in the celebration of C rist's Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Easter is the holiest of seasons for Christians. The Bible says: "This is what is a

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In so doing, Jesus made it possible for us all to receive forgiveness of our sin, freeing us to know God and fullness of life.

As part of this season of preparation for Easter, many churches will offer small groups that meet to enjoy community and learning.

These groups provide opportunity to come to understand afresh the significance of Jesus’ lif and the importance of his sacrificial death o behalf of all humanity.

Perhaps this is a way you can journey to deepen your relationship with the Lord Jesus and to connect with others who are on the journey of faith. Why not make enquiries at a church near you?

Easter is much more than a bunny, Easter eggs or hot cross buns. The Easter experience changes everything!

Rev D Hegan, St Columba Presbyterian.

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MATTRESS PROTECTOR AT HALF PRICE WITH YOUR PURCHASE vALID TILL:02/03/2020

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Was $2298

$1379

5

YEARS

Available in Double, King & Super King

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Queen Mattress+Base

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Was $2298

Was $2188

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Available in Single, K.Single & Double

ALL STOCK REDUCED! 60 Night Comfort Guarantee

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Queen Mattress+Base

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