The Weekend Sun - 12 June 2020

12 June 2020, Issue 1012

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Pretty penny p3

Making the spark

The mayor last year p6

A matter of life and death p8-9

It’s not all doom and gloom in the industrialised world.

For Richard Drummond – the wheels on the bus keep going round and round – it’s just the pace that changes and the type of buses.

He is the managing director of The Kiwi Bus Company and has just picked up a contract to build 31 double-deck electric buses for the Wellington Regional Council.

Yes that’s right – an automotive industry right

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The Weekend Sun is delving deep into the engine room of the region’s economy to find out what makes it tick.

Read more on page 7. Photo: John Borren.

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Having been the diplomatic and sensible And the reason for this is that our one for most of my life this came as a bit of photographers John Borren and Daniel a shock.

Hines picked up second and third place However, it seems that referring to respectively for their outstanding work. our beloved leader as It’s not always easy to make people ‘The Commander in around here look attractive but these guys Teeth’ is taking things manage it week in and week out. too far.

Our front pages are a reflection of the Now, there is no expression:‘a picture tells 1000 words’. award category We have an intensive journalist for weird development programme here that mainly humour so I involves frowning and muttering when have no idea things are wrong and smiling a little bit whether I’m when things are good. good or bad Emma Houpt has benefited from this at it. ground-breaking technique in her first year I do know as a journalist and picked up third place that you are in the very competitive junior reporter of allowed to the year category. Given that there might poke fun at politicians, because only be three reporters left in New Zealand I looked it up and it’s called in a few years, this is a massive boost for satire. It’s been around since the her career and a testament to her empathy, days of the Roman emperors. It accuracy and tenacious style. doesn’t matter if you are popular The Weekend Sun also gained third place or unpopular, powerful people are fair for ‘Community Involvement’ out of the game. It means we live in a democracy and 60 or so papers that enter these awards. we don’t have to be afraid of anyone.

The award was for a collection of stories Now, I thought this was particularly written during 2019 about the Graeme clever because of the juxtaposition between Dingle Foundation Western Bay of Plenty, grumpy Trump and the smiling Jacinda. and its work empowering Kiwi kids to But, if you have to explain yourself, then overcome life’s obstacles. you have probably failed.

The collection of stories were mostly written by Rosalie Liddle Crawford, with Abandoned contributions from Emma Houpt and Anyway, I’ll try and be more positive Caitlin Houghton. this week and talk about the Tauranga For those who know Rosalie, ‘community’ City Council’s recently incompleted $19 and ‘involvement’ are probably the two million sculpture. words that sum her up best.

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‘Harington St Transport Hub’ because, frankly, if it was not related to vehicular movements, it would have never got the funding.

It is now simply called ‘Abandoned’ which is a fabulous metaphor that anyone with an incomplete DIY project will understand.

The artist – in this case the council – claims that it was intended as a kind of day care centre for cars and bikes to stay in while their people were at work or shopping in the CBD. However, it was badly designed or constructed or something and is not up to earthquake code so, after spending $19 million, the council has deemed it too expensive to fix. It is now ‘abandoned”’.

Given that the building was designed to have 550 car parks to replace 600 car parks that were expected to be lost by other inner city developments, I feel like the maths has been generally pretty bad on this one.

Now, I love dry humour as much as the next person, but the council is now exploring other options for the building while also trying to recover the costs from the engineers who approved it.

Alternative uses for unsafe, unfinished parking buildings are a little limited, especially considering they are built in such a way that every floor slopes away. Maybe we could host the World Cheese Rolling Championships in it.

For me personally, I am just appreciating it for its stark beauty – kind of a Mondrian statement without the different colours.

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Flat-out florists pay a pretty penny Flowers by Tami owner Tami Hansen says she has started to source most of her flowers from local growers after COVID-19 lockdown.

Tauranga florists have been forced to change things up to keep flower prices down Tami Hansen, who owns Flowers by Tami, says the price of imported flowers has doubled in recent months.

She attributes the price jump to low supply and high demand, with Tami now turning to local growers to source the majority of her flowers “I have had to be quite clever with sourcing product from as many local growers as possible for my prices to not rise too much.”

Some of Tami’s flowers have increased in price, but at the moment she is focussing on selling a more limited variety of flowers for a “good price” Another Tauranga florist Blooms on Cameron is in a similar situation.

Business owner Katie Morris says they tried to keep prices reasonable during Alert Levels 3 and 2, which resulted in the business not getting the mark-up they should have on some flowers Tami says the price increase of imported flowers has put a lot of stress on New Zealand growers to supply

the massive demand.

“It’s also winter which is a low production time for a lot of growers.”

She hopes prices will start to drop in the near future as product enters the country.

“It looks like imported roses might be coming back into the country over the next few weeks.

Tami doesn’t know quite what direction her business will take in the next few months, but says she is “going great guns, sticking with a positive attitude and expecting that it will all work out”.

“I have had to think harder about the way my business runs and refocus my energy.”

Despite the price struggles, business has been steady for both Tami and Katie since they opened up shop at Level 3.

“It was nice to see that people had missed sending flowers. Business has been really quite good.

Katie, who has six employees, says it has been very different to pre-COVID, but people are continuing to buy flowers “It has not been like it used to be, but we have made it work – and it’s still busy in store.”

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On Monday, June 8, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announce there were no active case of COVID-19 in New Zealand.

“Having no active cases for the first tim since February 28 is certainly a significan mark in our journey but as we’ve previously said, ongoing vigilance against COVID-19 will continue to be essential.”

New Zealand’s total number of confirme cases remains at 1154, which is the number reported to the World Health Organization.

New Zealand’s combined total of confirme and probable cases remains at 1504.

The number of recovered cases is now 1482.

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The Good Vibes 2020 line-up features L.A.B, Kora, Katchafire, Sons of Zion and Stan Walker.

The artists will hit the road on July 17.

Mental health course

With the mental health of New Zealanders top of mind as the country grapples with the impact of COVID-19, help to address the matter is now more accessible.

St John has launched an online version of its popular Mental Health First Aid course.

Until now, the course was only available for participation in a classroom setting.

As this was not possible during the country’s response to COVID-19 under Alert Levels 3 and 4, the St John First Aid Training team worked quickly to adapt the existing MHFA course for online delivery.

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The SPCA has launched a Snip ’n’ Chip campaign, offering discounted desexing and microchipping to Community Services Cardholders in Tauranga.

The Snip ‘n’ Chip campaign allows Tauranga residents with a Community Services Card to desex and microchip their female cat for $30, or their male cat for $25.

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Left: Dominic Tupou joined the Tauranga Boxing Academy in 2018 and now mentors others.

Right: Employment Minister Willie Jackson announcing funding for the Imagine Believe Achieve programme. Photos: John Borren.

If Dominic Tupou hadn’t joined the Tauranga Boxing Academy he wouldn’t be putting much effort into his school work and would be ‘pretty slack’.

The 16-year-old has been going to the academy since it started in 2018 and the values he has learnt have impacted his life.

“I’m definitely happier, more mature, [and there] are different situations that I am able to handle better now.

“The cliché one would be when I do get into a little ruffle scuffle argument and it’ getting pretty intense, then they do teach you to walk away.”

The year 12 Tauranga Boys College student is now mentoring younger members and is grateful for the opportunity.

“It’s just really awesome to see how I can help them and influence them in a way and watch them grow and knowing

that the men that they become is sort of, because of myself.”

Dominic’s story isn’t unique and about 140 young people are part of the academy and have learnt the values of kindness, respect, responsibility, trust and resilience.

The boxing academy is run by the Bay of Plenty Youth Development Trust and is now expanding with the Imagine Believe Achieve (Moemoea, Kimihia, Taea) employment training programme for at-risk youth.

Reaching full potential

Imagine Believe Achieve starts with a 13-week pre-employment programme, followed by up to a year of pastoral care and working with employers to ensure they stay employed and happy in their role, says IBA general manager Rebecca Roe. The programme aspires to develop whare tapa wha which is the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellbeing of the youth involved, she says.

The goal is to work with the participants so they are resilient in the workforce as well, says Rebecca.

“Having our kids reach their full potential but also being in sustained employment.”

People aged between 15 and 24 are eligible for the programme that provides tailored learning and teaches eight key employability skills with the boxing gym ensuring participants maintain their physical health.

Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced funding for the project at the academy on Tuesday with $407,400 coming from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment and $310,000 from the Ministry of Social Development.

Rebecca says the funding will enable them to develop and deliver the programme, as well as employ staff.

The first intake of 10 youth starts on June 22 and there will be further intakes about every four months, says Rebecca.

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At-risk worried bad habits will return

Sheryl, who has rheumatoid arthritis, hopes that people will continue to practice strict hygiene at Level 1.

Restrictions have eased and life is returning to normal but one group of people is still worried for their health.

Tauranga resident Sheryl says Level 1 is “a different kettle of fish” for someone who i immunocompromised and is worried people’s good hygiene habits will start to disappear again.

“When we were at Level 2, we went out to dinner and obviously the tables were spaced quite apart – I felt confident then with the distancing “At Level 1 it is just going to be free for all – I don’t think people will be over the top with their hand sanitising. I think it will all just end up going back to normal – and that’s the worry.”

Sheryl, who has rheumatoid arthritis, says despite there being zero cases reported of coronavirus in New Zealand, she still worries for her vulnerability.

“If I was to get any kind of infection – whether that be COVID-19 or something else – my body would not react the same as a healthy person.”

Mount Manganui’s Rosalie Liddle Crawford has been self-isolating since March and will continue to stay home as much as possible at Level 1.

“We’re in the two months of the year when I’m more prone to getting a lung infection, so I’ll be treating it like Level 2, working from my home bubble, ordering groceries online and enjoying my vegetable garden,” she says.

Rosalie, who is immunosuppressed, says she is always at risk even if there is no COVID-19 in the community.

“COVID-19 just meant that I could wear a mask

without anyone thinking that I was odd, but it also meant I could stay inside my bubble without expectations from others to go see them or be at events.”

Kirsty Houghton’s 4-year-old son Kaden has ketotic hypoglycaemia.

The Tauranga mum says life is “back to normal” for them, but they are still being extra cautious when leaving the house.

“With Kaden, you have to be careful all the time.

“If someone has diarrhoea, vomiting or a fever he will catch it and his condition will kick in – especially at this time of the year,” she says.

She says they will be staying clear of certain public places for the next few months.

“We are not going to go swimming or take him to mini golf even though that is his favourite. We will take him out, but not to places with masses of people.”

Kirsty has her fingers crossed people won’t becom complacent with their hygiene at Level 1.

Bay of Plenty District Health Board incident controller and general practitioner Dr Joe Bourne says while the risk of exposure to COVID-19 is now low, it is important people follow the “golden rules”.

They include staying home when sick, see a doctor if you have cold or flu symptoms, wash hands and kee track of where you have been.

“New Zealand implemented the restrictions that we have lived with for the past few months with the aim of being able to regain our freedoms at some point.

“We have now reached that point so, we should restart doing the things that we love and that make us happy, at a pace that individual people are comfortable with.”

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Greg Brownless with the Hairy Maclary statues. Photo: Daniel Hines.

When we caught up with Tauranga’s former mayor Greg Brownless, he was at the gym.

Eight months on, and he’s finding life a bit more relaxed.

He’s been on the stage in a local play, had a trip down south and fixing his late mother’s house “I’m not a fitness nut as you can tell by my physique and it hasn’t made any difference to my appearance yet.”

As mayor, Greg didn’t find time to “do that sort of thing” but is enjoying more exercise now, attending the gym five times a week and now he reflects on th last few months of Council progress.

“Getting the Mount base track up and running was great. I’m hopeful it lasts for many years although I do worry about it being prone to slippage.”

Looking back at his term as mayor he considers the Farmers development and airport refurbishment two projects well done.

“Farmers will make a difference to downtown, and I’m very happy to have had a part in that. And the airport has been funded by airport activity and doesn’t require funding from rates.”

During his time as mayor, 5500 new houses were built, the southern pipeline was put in across the harbour and the new Waiari water supply scheme began, with construction expected to be completed in 2021. And lights were installed at Bay Oval.

He’s mostly watched from afar as Council has continued its decision making.

“Although the decision to allow people to beg in front of shop doorways again got me concerned enough to attend the council meeting that day to see what happened.

“I did feel a lot of empathy for shopkeepers struggling to make a living. In my view it was a backward step by council.”

He also thinks the council is in a worse place now

than it’s ever been before.

“Everybody’s going to have different views, but now it seems to have become extremely antagonistic.

“One of the key principles in council is that 11 people are elected, not just one.

“For various reasons Tauranga City councillors seem to feel they’re not part of meetings and decisions as much as they should be.”

“The mayor and deputy mayor have not fostered sufficient discussion, nor the concept of working together. It is essential even when you disagree, to still work together.”

One of the headaches that the 2020 council have is the Harington St parking building.

“They did what most people do and hired a professional to do the job. And they went and got it peer reviewed. You would expect that both those actions would result in a good outcome. It hasn’t.

“What’s important now is that Council takes every action possible to recover that money just as you would do if you hired someone to do a job and they didn’t perform.”

When it comes to political or mayoral topics, Greg says it can be easy to be critical when you don’t know the full circumstances of something.

“So you try and give the benefit of the doubt. But it does seem that on council at the moment things definitely aren’t going well.

When choosing a deputy mayor Greg canvassed the elected members first for their input “I felt it was the decent thing to do. I certainly didn’t just announce someone as a surprise.”

As to his future in the city, Greg is not planning to go anywhere. Involved in his Rotary club, he’s been asked to help a number of community organisations, particularly in areas of governance. He describes himself as a committed member of the community.

“If you’re prepared to stand in the political arena you’ve got to be prepared to win and lose. I’ve done both now. You don’t spit the dummy and go away.”

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Keeping the wheels turning

Richard surveys progress on a luxury coach at the Tauriko factory. It is a full size bus but designed to carry just 20 people in complete comfort. Photo: John Borren.

It has been a bumpy ride over the last few years for The Kiwi Bus Company.

The latest order comes on the back of 10 doubledeck electric buses built for Wellington about a year ago. They were the first of their kind in the world Richard says there is a lot of interest in electric buses but the up-front costs can be prohibitive for a lot of councils and bus operators.

In the case of Wellington the local authorities have invested in fast charging stations, so buses can be charged in eight minutes and therefore need fewer than half the batteries of most imported buses.

“These ones down in Wellington are 120kw so that is $280,000 less in batteries and when you have to replace them every 10 years - that is a lot.”

He says the company has spent a lot on research and development and up-skilling staff but it is tough to compete with overseas manufacturers like China, which offer big incentives to manufacturers.

“Everyone can see the incentives the New Zealand government gives its manufacturers.

“It’s more disincentives, than incentives.”

He says the business is heavily influenced by the size of its contracts and this was a problem in the manufacturing sector, in general.

Primary industries can easily acquire labour to fill seasonal shortages but the rules were differen for manufacturers.

“We can’t get visas issued to us just because we need people. We have to walk over hot coals. If we grew kiwifruit it would be no problem.” Daniel Hutchinson

Managing director Richard Drummond says the recent confirmation of a contract for 31 double-deck electric buses came at the perfect time.

“We were hanging out for it… the way things have panned out, the rest of the world has dried up as far as work goes so we are a lot happier to have it now than to have nothing going forward.”

He says the contract will make up about half the work the company needs to keep its 60 permanent staff busy over the next 18 months.

“We still have to find the other half but it is a great position to be in if you only have to find half of it and not 100 per cent of it.”

The company’s biggest ever order was for 450 diesel buses for Auckland and Wellington. Some of those are now in their ‘second or third life’ and being used on Tauranga and wider Bay of Plenty routes.

Until about two years ago, the company’s bread and butter was luxury coach buses however there has been a steady decline in that work.

“Tourism has been waning and then the urban contracts came along so the last few years has been mainly urban buses.

“I wouldn’t want to be a coach salesman in New Zealand at the moment. It would be a long time between lunches.”

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A matter of life and Being unable to hold your wife’s hand one last time was the harsh reality of life during lockdown for many families.

One man at a Bethlehem retirement village is living in an apartment and his wife was in the hospital section when she died.

He was unable to see her in her final moments and even after her death because of the lockdown restrictions.

Legacy Funerals funeral director Marco Vianello retells one of many stories he has about the situations he has experienced since the COVID-19 alert levels began.

“I’ve been married for six months and I just think if I had been with my wife for 60 years and you can’t hold her hand that one last time, that’s just wrong. It’s just totally wrong.”

He says the restrictions have been necessary and Legacy followed the protocols strictly but it was the complete opposite of everything he is used to as a funeral director.

“There is so much I could say about lockdown, how bizarre it was, just the total opposite of what we do.

“The number one thing in our job is relationships and lockdown just prevented that completely.

“Thankfully families were so incredibly understanding of what was going on.”

During the four week lockdown, funeral directors were unable to meet with families in person and funeral services could not be held.

Marco says they often held a small service or committal for a person with just himself and another funeral director that was recorded or live-streamed for the family.

“In my honest opinion lockdown was not dignified for the deceased and not dignified for the families, it was a necessity.”

When removing a body, funeral directors had to wear personal protection equipment including a gown, gloves, mask and shoe covers and no one else could be present in the room during level four.

Marco says that was hard because families didn’t get to see their face or shake their hand.

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Legacy funeral director Marco Vianello.

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“We didn’t get to do all those little things that show people they’re giving us their most precious taonga.

“It felt very sterile.

“Our job is to help the living and be a guardian for the deceased.”

To ensure Legacy always had staff available they split the teams between their two sites at Pyes Pa and Woodhill in Otumoetai.

“If one of us got sick... we could all isolate and we still had another team ready to go.”

Three months to get home

Another reality for some people was that their loved one passed away in another country during restrictions and border closures which made repatriation or getting ashes home incredibly difficult Marco dealt a man from Vanuatu who was in Tauranga for the kiwifruit season and he died just a week after arriving, in early March.

It takes about seven to 10 days to prepare a person’s body and all the documents for repatriation, says Marco.

They had a small service at church in Te Puke and on the day the man’s flight was meant to leave Marco got a call to say Vanuatu has closed its borders and cancelled all flights This left them unsure what to do next because everyone

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Buses fare-free until end of July Tauranga bus services will remain fare-free for passengers over the next month at Alert Level 1.

A Bay of Plenty Regional Council spokesperson told SunLive all Baybus services will be free until the introduction of the new regional integrated ticketing system at the end of July.

Bee Card is the new electronic card that will be used for Bay of Plenty bus services, allowing passengers to tag on and off.

It is set to roll out in Tauranga on July 27. The spokesperson says there will be no change in price for bus fares.

Normal Baybus timetables resumed under Alert Level 2, with restrictions in place around capacity and physical distancing.

But the move to Level 1 means there will be no need for physical distancing and services can carry full capacity.

The spokesperson says hand sanitiser will still be available on all services.

Bee Card is already used in several New Zealand regions including Northland, Waikato, Taranaki and Hawkes Bay.

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was uncertain when the borders would open.

After about six weeks the family decided they would bury the man in New Zealand just outside of Hastings because cremation is not an option culturally.

Marco says it was nice for him to be buried there because they knew someone in the area but he was also concerned that it was a long way for family to travel if they ever made the trip from Vanuatu.

The ultimate goal was to get the man home.

“There was a whole lot of agencies involved and there was growing frustration from everybody because everybody wanted him to be in Vanuatu.

“It’s awful to think that somebody that’s been here for a week would have to be buried here.”

A few days before the burial Marco got a call to say the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade would be doing a

repatriation and trade flight to Vanuatu because of th cyclone that hit in April.

Once all the paperwork was organised there was another call to say the plane couldn’t fly and afte another couple of false starts the man was flown hom last Thursday, around three months after he died.

“The family were incredibly thankful to everybody, they didn’t care about the delay, they were just happy that he was coming home.

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Tauranga Musica will be bringing The Kugels to Tauranga on June 21, and with them comes some fabulous music.

Klezmer is a musical tradition of Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe that largely consists of dance tunes and instrumental displays pieces for celebrations.

A love of this music has drawn the combined talents of these musicians – all prominent soloists in their own right – to form this exciting new ensemble: The Kugels.

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Friends of the four horses took to social media to keep Tauranga RDA riders updated on their extended holiday, which has so far been 12-weeks-long.

It’s been a long wait for RDA’s 171 riders, who would usually see their long-faced companions every week.

Eight-year-old rider Lucy Rayner missed RDA so much, she pretends she’s an RDA instructor when she plays with her toy horses, naming one after her real RDA horse, Santa.

It’s been the same for five-year-old Toby Burmister, who’s passed the time by making his own makebelieve horses with saddles, stirrups and all.

Tauranga RDA operations manager Elisha Olds says she has been receiving feedback like this since classes stopped on March 21.

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RDA riders like Blake Waller, 9, can’t wait to see their horses again.

Tauranga Riding for the Disabled classes will reopen on July 20, and horses Chester, Merlin, Kai and Guy can’t wait.

Robin Perks on violin, Jacqueline Nordon on bass, Ross Harris on accordion and Debbie Rawson on saxophone.

“Riders get quite attached to their horses and treat them like their own, so we tried to keep updated on how the horses were going through our Facebook page,” says Elisha.

“Not only are the kids missing the physical benefits of riding, but the social aspects, too.

“We were allowed to start again in Level 2, but decided to wait and restart with Term 3. Term 3 is fully booked, and we have a long waiting list.”

The organisation’s rider fees only cover 20 per cent of costs, with the rest being made up with donations, grants and sponsorships. When classes are up and running, they rely on 120 volunteers.

“COVID-19 has had a financial strain on us, but with our new fundraising coordinator and being able to go ahead with our main Relay fundraiser in November, we are hopeful that we will pull through.”

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End of the free parking bonanza The free-for-all is over and workers and shoppers are no longer be able to park for free in the Tauranga City Centre.

This announcement follows New Zealand’s shift to Alert Level 1 on Tuesday, June 9.

Parking fees were suspended by Tauranga City Council when the country moved to alert level 4 on March 26.

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Pests kept in check

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A statement posted to the Council’s Facebook page says they have had a range of free and reduced fees through the COVID-19 alert levels.

“From Thursday, all on-street and off-street parking will return to their standard fees.”

The statement says time restrictions were unchanged and will continue to apply as normal.

COVID-19 disrupted pest control projects throughout New Zealand, but the Department of Conservation and managers of local initiatives say the impact is manageable.

All pest control and wildlife monitoring projects ceased during Alert Level 4, and only DOC-approved projects could continue in Alert Level 3.

Work resumed in Alert Level 2.

The timing of lockd wn worked in wildlife’s favour, says DOC communications adviser Steve Brightwell.

“Given it was autumn during lockdown, pests weren’t breeding much and neither were birds nesting, so the impact is likely to have been negligible,” says Steve.

“When people were able to resume checking traps they found a very high proportion of them had caught predators over the several weeks of lockdown.

“Initial indications from Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park are that once the traps are cleared

and re-set, as many as half of them are catching rats in the next round.

“This is conside ed higher than normal, but shows the traps are doing the job they are put there for and our native species can look forward to low predator numbers again going into spring.

“We would expect the situation to be similar right across the Bay of Plenty.” Ōtanewainuku Kiwi Trust chair Bruce Fraser says Alert Level 1 comes just in time for the Trust’s busy season.

“We are going to be pretty flat out until the end of the year, with work including our fourth Kōkako survey, which we do every three years.”

“I’ve been enormously impressed with the enthusiasm of our volunteers who have been more than keen to get back into the forest.

“They st ongly believe in conservation, and didn’t hesitate to come back to help keep pests in the Ōtanewainuku forest under control.”

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New helicopter tours designed with locals and Kiwi travellers in mind are being launched to give people a bird’s eye view of the Bay of Plenty.

Aerius Helicopters, based at Tauranga Airport, have operated scenic flights for 15 years and have just announced a new wine tasting tour in conjunction with Mills Reef.

Passengers will fly over Mauao and up the coast to land at Leveret Estate near Aongatete before enjoying an exclusive wine tasting and picnic grazing platter.

The two hour trip will cost $330 per person.

Other tour options are also available starting from $235 per person.

“People who were planning to go overseas are now holidaying at home,” says Aerius Helicopter manager

and pilot Dave Rayner.

“So they’re treating themselves to some cool experiences they might not have otherwise done.”

Fortunately, about 80 per cent of Aerius Helicopters’ customers have always been domestic tourists so the company has escaped the worst of COVID-19. Birthdays, anniversaries, wedding day photos and even proposals are all celebrated high in the air above Tauranga, with popular tours also whisking people off to the Coromandel and Rotorua.

“Lots of people feel like rock stars.

“It’s very different from going up in a small plane as there’s no runway. You just go straight up so you feel like you’re floating.

Dave, who has flown helicopters for 20 years, always provides a commentary and points out local landmarks. “People lose their bearings very quickly in the air. Passengers become totally immersed in what

they’re seeing out the window.”

The Bay of Plenty looks stunning from high above and the region offers such a diverse landscape – from the ocean to the beaches, city, hills, farms and orchards.

“Our most popular flight currently would be up to the Coromandel.

“We have exclusive landing rights at a

secluded private beach up there where people can hop out and take photos.

“A lot of the scenery you just can’t see by road. It’s so rugged – you’ve got towering cliffs for miles on end and crystal clear water that’s turquoise blue.

“It’s incredible to see it from the air.”

For more information, visit: www.aerius.co.nz

Helping our business owners Over the last week I have had conversations with many business owners in the Bay of Plenty.

They’ve shared their challenges and experiences, which has been helpful feedback for me now that I’ve taken over the Small Business portfolio as opposition leader.

New Zealand has done a great job at getting our COVID-19 cases down to zero. For the sake of our nation’s health we have all made sacrifices in our families, ou careers and our social lives. Sports and hobbies have been on hold.

Relationships have become longdistance for many couples. We are now in the process of finding ou way back to normality.

But the employers in our

community, those business owners who took the financial risk to se up enterprises to provide products and services for us – they have also made massive sacrifices Only a few businesses were able to carry on trading as normal over Levels 3 and 4. Some did not survive and others are struggling to keep going. They need our help, our custom.

But they also need innovative and robust economic policy that enables them to get back up and running, to employ new staff and to explore new product development and new markets.

National’s JobStart policy aims to give businesses the confidenc to employ new staff with a cash

payment of up to $10,000 per employee, a scheme that will provide incentives for up to 50,000 new staff to be engaged.

Many small businesses in the Bay work in the tourism sector and we have received positive feedback on our $100 million Tourism Accelerator Fund that will help tourism operators stay open while New Zealand’s borders remain closed, keeping staff employed.

We’ll be announcing more policies over the coming months that show National’s commitment to our region’s employers and their role in rebuilding New Zealand’s economy.

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Adapting to a new way of life Otumoetai College Special Needs students are turning their backs on COVID-19.

The students have made a triumphant return to school after spending almost seven weeks studying at home following the national Level 4 lockdown announcement in late March.

The first few weeks back at school have presented a series of challenging changes for a cohort accustomed to cherishing consistency. Coughs, high-fives, courses and timetables have all changed, and students have had to come to terms with new routines around hand sanitising

and social distancing.

The department’s NCEA Level 1 English class has been using copies of The Weekend Sun as part of a module exploring community news.

Year 11 student Alice Sampson, who excels in basketball along with a raft of other sports, had mixed feelings about coming back to school.

“I felt a little bit in the middle; I was really excited to see everybody, but I was worried I might miss out on some of my subjects,” says Alice.

“I didn’t do Mainstream P.E for a bit, so we’ve designed our own classes

Otumoetai College Special Needs students are happy to see things slowly return to normal.

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Brayden Collins initially enjoyed the break but was eager to return to school when Level 3 was lifted in mid-May, while Jack Phillips has settled quickly back into his old habits of pranking classmates and championing birthdays.

English teacher Mrs Woest is incredibly proud of how students have handled drastic changes to

their routines.

“I am so proud of the students.

“I think they’ve shown amazing resilience,” she says.

“They’ve adapted wonderfully to all the new rules and all I see is happy faces.”

Teacher aide Mrs Truesdale says she expected them to be unsettled.

“Routine is incredibly important to many of our students, but not

one of them have struggled since coming back to school.”

Students are crossing their fingers that current Level One restrictions will soon be lifted, but in many ways know they’ve thrived under the adversity presented by the pandemic.

Year 13 student Jack Dobb’s new mantra likely says it best: “Change is okay”.

Can’t leave home so see the country After many weeks of lockdown and physical distancing restrictions, we are finally into Alert Level 1.

Earlier this week we also saw the last remaining COVID-19 patient in the country recover, officially making New Zealand free of the dreaded virus.

This is an achievement that makes us the envy of the world. While most countries around the world – particularly in the OECD – are only just flattening their respective COVID-19 curves, we have eliminated ours.

Now that we have averted the health emergency of the global pandemic, we must now face the challenges to jobs and businesses that have borne out of it.

The lockdown period hurt most of our businesses and many New Zealanders have already found themselves out of a job. Our sole focus now must be to unite to ensure our economy recovers from this crisis.

It is heartening that under Alert Level 1 we can now do without the restrictions placed on our businesses. Restaurants and cafes no longer need to facilitate physical distancing inside their shops, they can add more tables and chairs thus accommodating more customers.

There are also no more limits on the number of people attending gatherings. This is good news for event organisers who can now hold big concerts of

parties once again. Pubs and nightclubs can also open unrestricted now too.

Though the tourism industry would still be feeling the pinch, as our international borders are closed. We must be cautious when making changes to our international travel regulations, or risk facing a potential second wave of outbreaks.

Thus, the onus is on us – New Zealanders – to be patrons of our own tourism sites. I hope that during the upcoming long weekends we will be having this year, we can take time off to visit these domestic tourist spots to help them recover.

Doing so would also help our flagship carrier, Air New Zealand, emerge out from its financial woes. The smaller, local-based airlines such as Air Chathams, Sounds Air and Barrier Air would also benefit from increased domestic travel While our restaurants, retail stores and other local businesses may have been opened under Alert Level 2 they would still not have fully recovered from the recent downturn. We should continue to shop local and buy New Zealand made goods and services, this is our contribution to help our country recover.

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New BOP police graduate during pandemic Constable Nina Barton, one of 57 new cops who recently graduated during the pandemic, has now been deployed into the Bay of Plenty region.

The new constables completed their training at the Royal New Zealand Police College on Thursday June 4, navigating an unusual pathway to their graduation. Their 16-week course became 18 weeks, interrupted by COVID-19 Alert Level 4 and 3 restrictions that saw them deployed to their home districts and working in a variety of police roles while managing online learning.

Constable Nina Barton returned to the Bay of Plenty District, where she is now posted, and has been praised for her policing skills here.

After a crash on a state highway and during a careful examination of the wider scene, Nina located a loaded pump-action shotgun and cannabis hidden in long grass, and so prevented them from being picked up later by one of the people involved in the crash.

“That was an example of careful and dedicated work on the frontline,” says Senior Sergeant Rebecca Lockwood, initial training programme manager at

the RNZPC. “The recruits gained a lot of value from their postings during the Level 4 and 3 restrictions, being able to put into practice some of what they had been learning.”

Nina’s iwi is Ngati Porou and she says her interest in joining the police started when she was younger, seeing police officers helping people through difficul situations.

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Myth busting at Council “The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic,” John F Kennedy.

There’ve been several myths believed as truth at Council over the years but in recent times significant myths have been debunked, discredited and subsequently disowned.

‘Tauranga’s residential rates are low.’

This myth has always been used as ‘justification’ for those wishing to impose large rate rises on residents.

Despite evidence for several years from the Taxpayers Union that Tauranga is among the highest rating cities in the country this myth persisted; aided by the odd anecdote like ‘my friend lives in Christchurch and they pay more than me’. It was finally put to bed, forever, during debate on putting rates up 12.6 per cent when TCC staff provided clear evidence that showed we are second

while, although Nina met other goals, such as representing Australia in the first Women’s Rugby League World Cup. “I dreamed of returning home to the whenua to pursue a police career,” says Nina.

In 2017 she did just that and began her recruitment application that has seen her graduate after three years of hard work towards this new role.

“I’m doing this for my kids, my community and my country,” says Nina.

Five of the wing have been deployed into the Bay of Plenty.

only to Auckland, among the cities, in our average residential rates.

‘Growth pays for growth.’ This handy myth benefitted developers cashing in on sprawling residential developments.

It was argued for years that shiny new infrastructure was all being paid for through subdivision and building fees.

However, due to developer friendly Government legislation, Council could never recover the full costs of development. This myth was destroyed when it was revealed that existing ratepayers had subsidised infrastructure for subdivisions to the tune of $40m!

‘Growth benefits everyone.’ Thi myth is probably the most pernicious and justifies further urban sprawl It has deprived our city of the money for amenities we should have; it’s time for an honest, factual, conversation about growth.

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Push for mammograms after lockdown pause Tauranga women who missed their breast screening appointment during lockdown are being urged to take advantage of a mobile breast screening unit in Te Puke.

During Alert Level 4 breast screening services stopped, with BreastScreen Aotearoa restarting services at Level 3.

A Ministry of Health spokesperson says BSA providers have been actively contacting and rescheduling appointments for women who missed their screening appointments.

The spokesperson says extra screening sessions are being scheduled by both fixed and mobile screening unit sites over the coming months.

“This will provide women with greater flexibility to access appointments and will enable more screens to be completed.”

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Trustpower customers are being encouraged to give their rebate to Western Bay of Plenty community organisations in need.

Those eligible to receive a TECT rebate can choose to have it paid directly into their bank account, credited to their power account, or donated to the Acorn Foundation’s Vital Impact Fund.

“We are encouraging any Trustpower customers who are in a position to give their TECT rebate to consider doing so. Our community organisations have been seriously affected by a reduction in funding and an increase in demand due to COVID-19 and really need our help,” says Acorn Foundation general manager Lori Luke.

“We are hoping that those who wouldn’t miss it will consider paying it forward to our community.”

Like all Acorn Foundation funds, the Vital Impact Fund donations are invested, meaning that the fund builds with additional gifts over time.

The interest earned from this pooled investment is then distributed each year to community organisations that are working in the areas of greatest need in the WBOP. Those that donate their rebate will get a donation receipt from the Acorn Foundation and will be able to

Te Puke’s Dinky Potiki recalls her experience with breast cancer.

Organisation has put a call out to women who are overdue or who have never been screened before to make an appointment.

The mobile breast screening unit will be at the Te Puke Library car park in Jellicoe Street from June 15 to July 3.

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claim a 33.3 per cent tax credit.

“In 2019, Acorn was fortunate enough to receive more than $42,000 from beneficiaries of the TECT rebate for our Vital Impact Fund.

“Many businesses and trusts decided that this was a simple way that they could give back to our community.”

Local organisations that were supported in 2019 by the Acorn Vital Impact Fund included Tauranga Community Housing Trust and Good Neighbour Aotearoa Trust.

Past recipients include essential organisations like Awhina House, Tauranga Women’s Refuge, Volunteering BOP and the Youth Development Trust/Graeme Dingle Foundation.

“The funding we received from the Acorn Foundation was vital to us as it allowed us to focus on our support of the community with distribution of rescued food, producing meals, community projects and gardens,” says Simone Gibson, general manager of Good Neighbour Aotearoa Trust.

“We are extremely grateful for this support.”

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pause in screening mammogram services is unlikely to impact most women’s long term health outcomes. “At all Alert Levels, anyone who had already had a mammogram and was triaged as urgent was offered an assessment appointment as soon as possible.”

Te Puke’s Dinky Potiki was just 35 years old and breastfeeding her youngest child when she discovered a lump in her breast which turned out to be cancerous.

A radical mastectomy saved her life, but regular breast screening is still essential to ensure the cancer doesn’t return.

“My breast cancer diagnosis was a shock. I was breastfeeding my daughter and found a wee lump so I went straight to my GP. “That was in October 1994 and

by February of the following year I had a radical mastectomy.

“It was picked up by luck really but the process moved really quickly,” she says.

Dinky, 60, has continued to have breast screening every year since then, so is well used to the “boobsquashing” process.

For women reluctant to undergo breast screening Dinky has a blunt message. “I always say: ‘what

will happen to your children and mokopuna if you die?’ It’s 30 seconds of discomfort for peace of mind. That’s nothing. And the gowns they give you to wear these days are very pretty – no more drab greens and blues.”

The mobile unit visits Te Puke each year as part of BreastScreen Aotearoa, New Zealand’s free national programme, under which women aged between 45 and 69 years are eligible for a free mammogram every two years.

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Migrant community helped through lockdown During the lockdown, the team at Multicultural Tauranga supported 150 migrant families and 80 international students.

“During COVID-19, we began hearing about the international students and migrant families who needed help,” says Multicultural Tauranga vice president Premila D’Mello.

“Many migrant families are not keen on approaching food banks and will manage with whatever they have.

“Many hadn’t heard of the help available and didn’t know how to access it.”

Local migrant community leaders got in touch with Multicultural Tauranga which sprang into action, applying for food grants.

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Labour List MP Jan Tinetti donating cans of food she purchased at a discount price from Brookfield New World “There were international students who were unable to find jobs as they had only arrived here in February.

“They were finding it difficult to pay their rent, an by providing them with food parcels it freed up their finances to meet their financial shortfal “Recognising that migrant communities are less likely to ask for help, our organisation reached out to the families through community leaders and school communities.”

Premila says some migrant families in the community

Colin Capill, a long time member of Multicultural Tauranga, donated feijoas and chokos for the food parcels for migrant families in Tauranga. were unable to work because they have young schoolaged children, work in the hospitality industry or are immuno-compromised and consequently faced a great amount of financial hardship “There were also some migrants who had lost their jobs and were told to stay at home by their workplace the day before the lockdown.

“We were able to provide them with the information that they needed to find new employment.

Thanks to the generosity of locals, Pak‘nSave Papamoa, Choice Foods Papamoa, Brookfield New World and Labour List MP Jan Tinetti, Premila says they were able to offer additional help to families with fresh fruit and cans, in addition to the food purchased.

“Limitations with access to technology and information due to language barriers prevented some ethnic groups from understanding and availing of the help being offered by the Government,” says Premila.

“Multicultural Tauranga has been in touch with ethnic leaders to ensure the wellbeing of their communities through regular emails. All those who received the food parcels say this was a real help for their families in this difficult and unprecedented time.”

NZSO to live-stream Beethoven’s famous Fifth New Zealanders can enjoy a free livestreamed performances by their national orchestra later this month.

On June 24, legendary New Zealand pianist Diedre Irons will join the Orchestra’s 90 players on stage from Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre for a live-streamed performance of Beethoven’s beloved Emperor Piano Concerto.

The concert, led by NZSO Principal Conductor in Residence Hamish McKeich, will stream live from 7.30pm. Several cameras placed in the

Michael Fowler Centre will capture each section of the NZSO as they play Beethoven’s work.

While restrictions on live audiences have been lifted, the performance will be an exclusively livestreamed event, viewable at: live.nzso.co.nz via smart TV, mobile phone, tablet or computer.

Since the COVID-19 restrictions, the NZSO has streamed more than 20 new performances by Orchestra players in their homes, along with some earlier filmed concerts.

NZSO streamed concerts and performances are available to view on demand at: live.nzso.co.nz

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PM rubs shoulders in the Bay with plenty Handshakes and back-pats were aplenty, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spent her first Alert Level 1 workday in the Bay, on June 6.

She began her day by visiting Trevelyan’s Kiwifruit Packhouse in Te Puke, following the announcement of a $200,000 investment into kiwifruit training pathways.

As well as taking a tour of the packhouse and addressing the

“I’m confident free apprenticeships for all-age learners and new support for local initiatives that back our people into kiwifruit jobs, will help our community get back on its feet.

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media, Ardern asked staff about their working experience and employment plans following the end of the season.

“We’re visiting the Kiwifruit industry today as an acknowledgement to the huge work that they’ve undertaken through COVID-19,” Ardern told the media.

Trevelyan’s managing director James Trevelyan says it was a “great” day.

“Not only did we get to show the Prime Minister what we’ve been doing, but it’s the last packing day of the season and the first day of Level 1 – a relief for many.”

Later, Ardern joined employment minister Willie Jackson at NZ Home Solutions at the Mount, to

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with Trevelyan’s packhouse workers Ajwinder Kaur, left, and Kiran Garcha, right. Photo: Daniel Hines. visit an apprentice they hired last year under the Mana in Mahi scheme.

Earlier, Jackson announced an investment of more than $1million

to help Tairawhiti youth into employment at the Tauranga Boxing Academy – a busy day indeed for BOP politics.

MacKenzie Dyer

Connecting unemployed with opportunities ‘Moemoea, Kimihia, Taea’ is a beautiful mission statement for our region’s young people.

By investing more than $400,000 into the Bay of Plenty Youth Development Trust’s ‘Imagine, Believe, Achieve’ job training programme, this Government is delivering on our promise to whanau, to put better futures in reach of local rangatahi at risk of long-term unemployment.

I have seen the added difference pastoral support backed by Employment Minister Willie Jackson and his He Poutama Rangatahi fund is making throughout the Waiariki.

By adding ‘Imagine, Believe, Achieve’ to this list, we are helping them use tikanga and te reo Maori to engage with employers and take a whanau-centred approach to changing local lives.

It was fantastic to have the Prime Minister Jacinda

Ardern in Te Puke and Tauranga in the final days of the kiwifruit packing season.

She was there to show support for our primary sector, to acknowledge the role the industry played during the lockdown, and the follow up investment - up to $200,000 - in ‘taste tester’ sector programmes, that will help meet urgent demand.

The kiwifruit industry represents 23,000 jobs.

Already, indicative figures show, kiwifruit businesses have employed up to 90 per cent New Zealanders this season, compared to around 50 per cent in the past.

That’s great news for whanau needing new jobs as a result of COVID-19.

Now we need to build on that to retain workers to meet future needs.

With this government making apprenticeships free for learners of all ages from July 1, together we will.

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Let’s celebrate our major milestone I write this at a time when there are no active cases of COVID-19 remaining in New Zealand, and we have just moved to Alert Level 1 – as normal as life can be in the time of a global pandemic.

Stamping out the virus here was only possible because every New Zealander stepped up. Going hard and early required great sacrifice, and tragically some lives were lost.

But now I think our team of five million can reflect on a pretty big milestone.

At a time when other countries are still reporting tens of thousands

of new cases and hundreds of COVID-related deaths each day, New Zealand has just become COVID-free.

We can’t take this position for granted, as there could still be undetected cases in our communities, and there are still New Zealanders returning home from overseas. But I think we can all be very proud of what we’ve achieved, and rightly enjoy our new freedoms.

None of this happened by accident. It’s all part of the Government’s three-step plan to guide New Zealand through the global economic shock caused by COVID-19: respond, recover, and rebuild better.

The path ahead is still challenging, but I know the Government will guide us through this global economic shock with the same determination and focus it did through the outbreak.

And for now our team of five million can reflect on a pretty big milestone.

It is also a milestone that saw our Prime Minister visit the Bay of Plenty yesterday on the first day at level 1, with a focus on the kiwifruit industry and the

mobilisation of workforce from other sectors into the primary sector, as well as trade training apprenticeship opportunities with local business. The Prime Minister also had the opportunity to visit and support local small business

The Daily Café in Te Puke then ended her day here meeting with the regional Mayors and chief executives of the respective councils who have a number of shovel ready infrastructure projects lined up for consideration.

Lace up the boots, football season kicks off The 2020 football season begins this weekend, with junior teams from a number of areas within the WaiBOP region finally hitting the fiel The remainder of the junior teams, along with the seniors, follow next weekend.

“With matches resuming, a contact tracing register will be in place for everyone involved in, or attending, any match,” says WaiBOP football communications manager Dwayne Barlow.

NZ Football recommends the use of iDMe as an online contact tracing register for players, coaches, managers, referees, support staff and spectators to download and use.

The 2020 Toi Ohomai Premier Women’s Draw is now confirmed and will kick off on Sunday June 28 This year’s Toi Ohomai Women’s Club competition will feature the Mount Maunganui,

Opotiki, Rangataua, Rangiuru, Rotoiti, Te Teko and Waimana clubs.

The Women’s Senior competition is one grade that caters for all ages from 16 and over. New players are always welcome. Club rugby is a pathway into local representative teams, including the Bay of Plenty Volcanix and Bay of Plenty Women’s Sevens teams with potential pathways to the Black Ferns and NZ Women’s Sevens squads.

The Men’s Senior competitions will be played locally in each region; Rotorua, Whakatane and Tauranga for 2020. Sub-unions are now working through the draw which will be published as soon as it is available. There will be no senior club rugby starting before June 27. The free MyRugby App can be downloaded for up-to-date draws and results throughout the season.

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He started donating plasma in 1999 after seeing child cancer patients receiving Those are the words of Tauranga man stem cells in Hamilton.

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Tauranga Donor Centre. Katreena is donating plasma, something couldn’t get blood products or blood itself – that would be a This Sunday marks World she does every two to three weeks. Photo: Emma Houpt. really sad day.”

Blood Donor Day. Every figured he may need blood himself one day New Zealand Blood Service year on and around June so donating was just like “putting money in says they need to collect more than 3500 14, New Zealand recognises the country’s the bank”. donations every week to meet demand.

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Exploring your backyard the easy way After a challenging start to the year with a lot of our travel plans disrupted, we are now starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Now is the time to see the beautiful scenery our own country has to offer.

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“All our tours have an experienced tour manager as well as a driver,” says Supreme Tours and Travel’s Terri Small.

“We include all breakfasts and dinners as well as some fabulous sightseeing and special morning or afternoon teas. We are also offering single rooms at no extra charge on some of the tours, so if you want your own room you won’t pay any more.”

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“If you fancy a longer tour to our beautiful South Island, we have the very popular Scenic Southern Splendour which spends two nights in Stewart Island, visits the Catlins, Dunedin, Invercargill and Queenstown,” says Terri.

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Warning from Air NZ: the middle seat is back!

Beware, air travellers. With the return to more or less normal life at alert level 1, the dreaded middle seat is back on aircraft.

For the brave few who travelled during earlier alert levels on main domestic routes, there was one consolation: social distancing rules meant Air NZ couldn’t sell a middle seat in a three-row set-up. Nor could you inadvertently book yourself into it.

Those days are over as of Wednesday this week.

“Social distancing is no longer a requirement,” says the airline, whose status as the country’s most-loved brand has been sorely tested by its unwillingness – based on

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Winter is a great time to treat varicose veins As 2020’s shortest day draws near summer seems far off, but now is the time to reclaim your legs for the coming summer.

Dr Anuya Deshpande.

If you spent past years sitting on the beach, sweltering in long trousers to hide varicose veins, then winter is a great time to get your veins assessed and treated.

Varicose veins may be present even if they’re not visible. If your legs feel heavy, achy, itchy; if you have swollen or restless legs, patches of discolouration, eczema or spider veins, then it may be due to underlying varicose veins. Many health insurance plans cover vein treatments where there is a medical necessity - check with your provider. Left untreated, varicose veins can lead to varicose ulcers that won’t heal.

Modern ultrasound-guided varicose vein treatments are safe, effective and relatively painless, with no general anaesthetic.

You can walk out following treatments and there is little scarring compared to earlier ‘stripping’ procedures.

Compression stockings patients wear for one or two weeks following treatments are more comfortable in winter and legs heal so you can actually go swimming this summer.

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The past and the present

“The past cannot be changed. It can only inform the future,” J.C. Ryan.

There is a difference between thinking about the past and living in it. The first allows you to learn from those things that work for you and those that don’t. The second can encourage a feeling of comfort, as it is familiar, however it also prevents you from moving forward. Living in the past is a problem when it takes away the opportunity to enjoy the present.

If you aren’t happy with where you are now, living in the past still won’t help, but it will prevent you from dealing with those issues you are experiencing.

Living in the past may also come from a fear of

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The future can be uncertain, and can lead one to think: ‘what if the best days are behind me?’

To overcome this it’s important to look at what you do have that you can be grateful for, to create some future plans so you remove some of that fear and to make conscious decisions to let go of those things you know you can’t control… difficult but necessary if you are going to live your life in the here and now.

And remember, today is the only day that you truly have to live.

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"This followed a 0.9 per cent fall in the December 2019 quarter."

The March 2020 quarter fall accounts for typical seasonal patterns and higher construction costs and is a provisional estimate that may be revised when the June 2020 quarter is published on September 4, 2020.

Within total building volume, residential building volume fell 5.8 per cent this quarter, and nonresidential fell 5.6 per cent.

The COVID-19 lockdown was announced on Monday, March 23 and came into effect at 11:59pm on Wednesday, March 25.

“This meant that at least four working days were lost from the end of the month, with activity likely to have eased in the days leading up to the lockdown.

"Building activity has been generally growing for about eight years, initially driven by the Canterbury earthquake rebuild, then by developments in Auckland," says Dave.

"The level of activity has flattened in recent quarters, after running at historically high levels for about four years."

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"Although we were collecting data on March quarter construction, some respondents told us how they felt about their projects at the time of responding to the survey and going forward," says Dave.

"This gives us some insight into their experiences to date and some expectations for the June quarter and beyond. We can expect the lockdown to have a more significant impact on the June 202 quarter as virtually all construction work stopped until at least 28 April with the move to level 3 restrictions."

Almost all survey respondents that included a comment said that a delay was the most likely factor to influence their projects Other factors of concern to respondents included financial problems (20 per cent), limite availability of supplies (5 per cent), reduced productivity (less than 5 per cent), limited availability of workers (less than 5 per cent) and reduced market confidence (less than 5 per cent) These factors are not inherently independent, and some respondents noted that a range of factors would impact the financial stability of their projects.

Moreover, many respondents were still uncertain as to the true implications of COVID-19, but it was clear that most are anticipating some negative implications.

"In the end, many respondents are unsure as to how successful their building projects will be since it all depends on the currently unknown future health of supply chains, the labour force, and various markets," says Dave.

These insights were collected from 1110 responses that explicitly provided a statement around COVID-19 and its actual and/or expected negative implications.

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Home & Helping to make your pool dream come true A pool is a huge drawcard for many homeowners – having a gorgeous outdoor area to relax and cool off in summer can make all the difference.

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More homes now with internet access Since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown on March 25, more than 4000 households have connected to the internet using the subsidised Skinny Jump service, supported by the Spark Foundation.

Most of these 4000 new customers come from six digitally excluded groups - seniors, people in rural communities, people in social housing, Māori and Pasifika youth, families with children in low socio-economic areas and people with disabilities.

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Unity is important

I agree with all D Owens letter ‘ Protect the reserve’ (The Weekend Sun, May 29, page 39) particularly “Developers are certainly in the ear of the Mayor” and “For housing developers, the race course is a low hanging fruit and a very attractive proposition”.

I myself am dismayed the Hewlett’s Road Reserve (opposite the fly-over) is to have six of the seven Norfolk Pines cut down and a model railway clubrooms installed despite the business neighbours either side of the reserve protesting the club rooms, which could easily be put at the back of the reserve and the trees saved.

There was no consultation on this proposal and is only covert 19 [sic] that has saved the six glorious Norfork Pines to date.

The model train club has no money and is hoping TECT will pay for the building.

I am also concerned that the University of Waikato (Tainui) have been given the green light to completely obliterate Marine Park Reserve (Sulphur Point) with a huge building and car park despite there being other alternative sites.

The only thing stopping this proposal is the Minister of Conservation, Eugenie Sage’s consent to rescind the reserve status on the area of Marine Park. Hopefully she won’t.

H Rhodes, Tauranga South.

It appears that we are seeing the real Mayor of Tauranga now that his short honeymoon period is over.

We saw signs of it in his unforgivable, bullying verbal attack on councillor Hollis which was followed by an insincere apology.

Now in trying to load the Elizabeth Street decision in his favour he has alienated himself from the other councillors.

The Deputy Mayor’s decision to resign was probably not his own, and the Mayor’s fast deputisation of Tina could be seen as an attempt to elect a person of his own choice rather than have the other councillors elect one of their own.

Obviously they may have elected councillor Salisbury anyway, but in the interest of having a functioning council they need to elect the deputy themselves.

The last thing ratepayers need is a divided council wasting their own time with in-house fighting D Russell, Welcome Bay.

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Of all the companies th shopped from, there wa at I have been to and s no better and safer th Pak’nSave Papamoa. an I would like to shout-o ut for the owner, mana staff for doing the best ger and job throughout the co mplete lockdown and making our Well done. You should journey safer and happy. all be proud.

G McKenzie.

Off the rails

It appears the first major contract for the Auckland metro rail system is going to China - approximately $370m.

Meanwhile we have the ability here in New Zealand to service this contract, help our broken economy and create more jobs.

At this point in time I find it unforgiveable that this government can hand this to China.

Our wonderful PM is telling us to buy and support New Zealand products and services and this is what she lets happen.

Although we all know she is not in control of this government, rather someone who cannot fill in forms correctly!

I just hope that people remember this when it comes voting time in September.

D High, Pyes Pa.

Mob minded madness

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otesters ed madness of pr sulted in id gu is m e th at re It is appalling th major cities of the world and rennial the operty by the pe t in has taken over pr to e ag m da en rs of billions of dolla that could have been better sp ey on M . rs . te ld protes the wor berserk! really needy of improving the t? All lives count! Woke gone Omokoroa. n, un so co es hn B Jo Black liv

Cannabis causes harm Anyone thinking of voting ‘yes’ to legalising recreational marijuana should look at the data.

For starters, the black market continues to thrive where the drug is legal. Statistics Canada reported last year that still only 29 per cent of users buy all of their product from a legal source.

People will still want to buy cheaper, higher potency products under the table or from gangs.

In Colorado, in the four years post-legalisation, organised crime sky-rocketed.

Take something as simple as road safety: a 2018 Colorado study found 69 per cent of cannabis users had driven stoned in the past year; 27 per cent said they drove high almost daily.

And what of the impact on young people?

According to virtually every scientific review, marijuana use during adolescence is linked with poorer mental health and lower scholastic achievement.

Under the law we’ll be voting on in September, the daily use allowance would be 14g. This may sound like ‘a small amount’ but according to the NZ Herald it’s enough for 14-42 joints.

How do we fight to reduce suicide rates among young people, but at the same time tell them it’s totally fine to smoke a drug known to increase the risks of psychosis, anxiety, suicide and depression, etc?

How hypocritical is it to promote ‘Smokefree 2025’, while saying smoking dope is fine?

As for the claims of tax revenue bringing benefits to the community, drug supporters over-estimate the revenue and underestimate the massive costs to society.

S Paterson, Omanu.

Good governance Democracy is important and not to be messed with.

I support John Clement’s praise for Western Bay councillor Christina Humphreys.

She is separating from the herd instinct and instead reflecting the feelings of the people who elected her.

Egos must never get in the way of good governance! Good on you Tauranga ‘City 6’, your voting supporters will be as proud of you as I am.

Lastly, I object to others resorting to personal remarks on those only supporting their ratepayers. Good on them. Realistic policies are more respect earning than personal attacks.

May good intentions prevail.

N Mayo, Katikati.

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Current system is not working It was great to hear in (The Weekend Sun, May 5, page 10-11 ‘Motiti protection area sparks outrage’) everyone agrees there needs to be more marine protection.

But actions speak louder than words.

The actions of the groups opposing MMRT and Forest and Bird efforts to do this around Motiti have meant only small vulnerable areas will be protected.

In the meantime we are expected to continue to stand by and watch (‘monitor’) the ongoing degradation of the wider area so that we can build a case for better management.

In 1958 the Inspector of Fisheries recommended putting in place protection for the overfished sea life around Motiti.

That was in response to a request from the parents of the current MMR Trustees.

Surely 62 years of inaction and ongoing loss is enough to show that the current system is not working and our marine life is suffering.

What are others opposing these protection efforts going to do to make it better?

K Graeme, Tauranga Branch Forest & Bird.

A mother’s poem Before I became a mother, I was told that the love you have for your child is indescribable, but I didn’t truly understand what that meant until after my son was born.

I had a go anyway and it has taken me 14 months to construct a poem I am happy with. It is for my baby, and for anyone who has trouble finding the words to describe the love they have for their babies.

Already you belong, in this place you’ve never been.

In a year, you outshined them.

It was a lifetime ago that your place was inside me.

And as your little world grows bigger, whatever is written, forever there will be a place for you by my side.

L Tomsett, Tauranga.

The Weekend Sun welcomes letters from readers. Preference will be given to short letters (200 words maximum) supplied with full name and contact details.

Email: letters@thesun.co.nz For more letters go to www.sunlive.co.nz

Be kind to our leader As a very loyal supporter of The Weekend Sun over the years, I write today in protest about your immature, offensive comments Daniel Hutchinson (The Weekend Sun, June 5, page 2].

Unlike yourself, the vast majority of New Zealanders strongly support Jacinda Ardern’s intelligent, compassionate leadership over these past months.

To read your incredibly immature, offensive and rude comments about her (our ‘Commander in Teeth’) is the catalyst for me to write to you, suggesting that you grow up quickly and, taking a leaf from our fabulous leader’s book, BE KIND! L Mason, Welcome Bay.

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MUSICPLUS

By Winston Watusi

Local boy makes good (jazz) Brighton, like many English cites, has a vibrant jazz scene; and there’s a drummer from Tauranga right in the midst of it.

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fame). Running short of musicians, Graham uncovered Mainstay of the scene is a black Berklee-trained three players still at school and their subsequent American from Philadelphia, Lawrence Jones, a jazz longevity in the music biz suggests he picked well: singer, flautist and saxophonist. Since 2000 he has guitarist Deanne Hunter now plays with Shaken Not led The Brighton Jazz All-Stars, playing every Sunday Stirred and the Rodger Fox Band; bassist Troy Kelly at the infamous Lion And Lobster (gotta love those runs a recording studio in Wellington; and there’s Dom English pub names!). of course.

This year Lawrence released a retrospective album “He was always a really good drummer,” says Graham. called Anthology, celebrating 20 years of jazz.

“He would play regular stuff but then he’d go ape-shit On half the tracks the drummer is none other when the mood took him. But he could always drop than Kiwi Dominic straight back without O’Meeghan - not bad missing a beat.” for a kid who started After that Dom playing drums in a headed to Wellington shed on Papamoa to study music and in Beach Road.

2001, in order to get To indicate the level overseas, did his first Dom is now at, the cruise gig in the United two other drummers States with Carnival on Anthology are Cruise Lines. With the Englishman Bobby exchange rate at the Worth, a former ‘British Dom O'Meeghan and Lawrence Jones. time he wiped out his Telecom Drummer of the Year’, and a friend of Lawrence’s from Philadelphia, student loan. He continued on and off as a show band drummer with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines from the incredible Bobby Durham, who was Oscar 2002 `til 2007.

Peterson’s and Ella Fitzgerald’s drummer.

Meanwhile Dom has played with some of the UK’s That’s pretty impeccable company to be keeping. leading jazz musicians. These names may mean little It’s Bobby’s drumming you hear on the explosive outside jazz circles but there are certainly jazz circles opening track. Dom joins on the flute-driven Envoy in Tauranga so I’ll list some here: American jazz singer and then provides beautiful, subtle brush-work on Joe Lee Wilson, guitar player Nigel Price, Mark Bassey, All Too Soon. The Good Life, rendered with lovely Simon Spillett, Dave Whittford and Terry Seabrook. melancholy is another example of immaculately sparse playing that doesn’t get in the way, while Black And Rock Crazy Blues starts with big press rolls and unfolds as a He’s also dipped into rock music with a session in thumping blues befitting its title.

Wales at Monnow Valley Studios for rock band The It’s a great jazz album. There are fine keyboards Mighty Roars. The subsequent album, Swine And throughout and Lawrence is one helluva singer and player; the production, musicianship and arrangements Cockerel was mixed by world-renowned producer Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, The Pixies, et al). are of the highest standard.

Dom met Lawrence in Brighton early 2003 when he sat in with him at one of the legenday Lion And Beginnings Lobster nights. Lawrence phoned a few days later and As I said, Dom started in Tauranga. The first band asked if he wanted to join the band. he played in professionally, in the mid-90s, was As Dom describes it: “Jazz in Brighton is good at Madhouse, led by Graham Clark (now of Brilleaux the moment, they have a new venue called The Paris House which has jazz six nights a week. With all the other jazz nights there is basically something on seven nights a week.”

I asked what he’s been doing lately?

MT RSA JACK DUSTY’S ALE “I’ve been collaborating with some musicians in (Bureta) HOUSE Fri 12th The Silver Beats Berlin, and will be doing some recordings there in the Sat 13th Gunshy 7:30pm – 7pm – 10pm future. I’ve done quite a few gigs in Berlin.

Sat 13th Karaoke from 7pm 10:30pm. No cover charge.

“It’s a good place for jazz: there’s a venue called The Sun 14th The Silverbeats Sun 14th Tim Armstrong 3pm – 6pm Hat Bar which, until the coronavirus, had jazz seven 4:30pm – 7:30pm nights a week non-stop!”

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The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay. Pg34 THE WEEKEND SUN

Local food heroes launch retail store Cooking at home is about to get a taste revival with the launch of Florentines retail store – featuring a mouth-watering selection of readymade meals for singles, couples and families who crave amazing flavour, convenience and value.

Opening next Friday with ready-made meals, curries, quiches, desserts, cookies and Florentines’ famous baked cheesecakes on the menu, Florentines managing director Greg Knight says it’s all about bringing customers better food than they have the time or inclination to make at home.

“It’s chef quality, Florentines crafted food at amazing value for those looking for delicious meal solutions, savoury dishes or sweet treats.

“Whether you’re feeding a family, going to a pot luck dinner, a brunch gathering or wanting to provide a loved one or yourself with ready-to-heat-and-eat meals we will have a large range on offer, all created by our dedicated Florentines team.”

Greg says the ready-to-heat-and-eat range is new to Florentines under the Mor&Mor label.

“We’ve built a reputation at Florentines for premium quality, consistency and flavour that other products and brands don’t have so we decided to create a benchmark level of ready-to-eat meals that elevated flavour and quality to a whole new level yet still offered exceptional value. Then we decided we wanted to give many of our loyal fans and customers a chance to buy it direct from us.

“So, we’re opening a retail store and we have an online store too.”

Florentines co-owner Donna Knight and product development food technologist Tasha Grey with some of the treats on offer in the new Florentines retail store.

Greg says the Florentines retail store will open each Friday from 9am – 5.30pm at the factory site, 120a Aerodrome Road, The Mount.

“And to celebrate our opening next Friday we have 10-15 per cent off storewide.”

LIBRA: Your timing has been better.

On one occasion at least this week, expect to show up at the wrong place at the wrong time. News from faraway or about foreign friends is highly encouraging.

TAURUS: The emphasis is on putting the finishing touches to existing programmes, not starting grandiose schemes. A partnership arrangement may need some redefining of responsibilities.

Don’t delay.

SCORPIO: Your profile is low at the start of the week, then you are in demand. Receiving or being nominated for an award may be suggested. Information should be updated before you submit a report.

GEMINI: The opinions you hear may be less than completely honest. Friday and Saturday offers opportunities for earning spare cash. Time shared with an ailing friend is important.

SAGITTARIUS: The focus is on budget cutbacks this week. Legal problems can be handled to your advantage. Check with family before making long term travel commitments.

CANCER: Thursday and Friday accents thrift and budgeting. The weekend includes a chance for renewing friendships. Don’t pass it up. A hint of a bonus or promotion may come your way.

CAPRICORN: The weekend may find you combining business with pleasure. Don’t sacrifice the former for the sake of the latter.

Negotiations may be touch and go. It’s crucial that you don’t force anything along.

LEO: Your social activity centres on small group functions, with the chance to get to know friends of friends. You begin to question your psychic powers when some recent pre-dictions don’t come true..

AQUARIUS: A strained relationship improves after a much needed break. A higher up cuts right through a bureaucratic entanglement. A family member cheers up and your presence has much to do with this.

VIRGO: The pressure’s on to improve your performance, which may mean additional hours, additional headaches and by the end of the week, additional prestige.

A long distance communique offers an optimistic note.

PISCES: There is some truth to the rumours that circulate Thursday and Friday, but keep mum. A friend is demanding of your emotions - you may decide to draw a limit. Finances may receive a boost by the weekend.

Your birthday You are practical, realistic, finicky and generous about helping others - especially if they follow your suggestions. Your romantic streak is prominent later this year. this week One reminder - in important relationships, give more praise than advice.

Down 2. Repulse (5) 3. Enlightenment (7) 4. Level (4)

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Saturday 13 June

Bay Network Singles Club

Social club for over fifties Ph Maureen 021 112 3307, Jonathan 572 2091 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd 12:45-3pm

Katikati Lions Garage Sale Due to the Covid-19

Virus, the Katikati Lions Garage Sale & Moggies Market have been cancelled until further notice. Many thanks for your past support.

LOL Laughter Wellness

Come & laugh away the Covid blues. 11-11:45am Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Mt Maunganui. Ph Trish 022 036 6768 Email lollaughterwellness@gmail. com. All welcome. Koha

Matariki Exhibition 2020

By Areena Smith at The People’s Gallery, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Running until 12th July.

Covid-19 precautions our June 13th restart dance has been postponed until July 11th. Ph Barbara 027 284 3795

Village Radio Museum

Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music

Quakers In Tauranga In hall

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

Sunday 14 June Bible Seminar

1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Title: Being a Shepherd for God’s people.

Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Mary 573 5537 Enjoy Travel Safe travel & home-hosting NZ & worldwide. Melbourne, Noumea 2021. Meet twicemonthly. friendshipforce. org.nz or Barbara 027 315 1136, Jonathan 572 2091

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Sun & Thur 1:30-4pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Dr Papamoa, sailing “Electron” radio controlled yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Tauranga Spiritual Growth Centre Back for monthly meetings

every 2nd Sunday of the month, starting today! Come join the community. 14 Norris St at 7pm The Sociables A group of males & females in the 30s/40s/50s age group that participate in local events, dining out & bushwalks. Ph 022 012 0376

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet Held every

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

NZDA BOP Range Day

Tauranga Social Club Dance Due to continuing

entry. Wayne 027 974 5699

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

Monday 15 June

Arataki Omanu Scout Group

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

Papamoa Lions Club Market 2nd & 4th Sunday

Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder

Meets at May St Scout Hall: Keas (5-7yrs) 4:30-5:30pm, Cubs (8-10yrs) 6-7:30pm, Scouts (1113yrs) 6-8pm, Venturers (14-17yrs) 6-8pm. Ph 021 441 834 or email aratakiomanu@group.scouts.nz 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 - Tauranga

Aquinas College, 7-9pm. Members & casual players welcome.

Fun, fitness, competitive Covid-19 requirements stand, no club racquets available. $8 cash pp. Ph/txt Sue 021 194 4335 FB TaurangaBadmintonClub, Email: stevensnoel@hotmail.com

Chess At Mount Maunganui

Mount RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd. 6-7:30pm during school term. Late program 7:30pm onwards. Incl casual games. Ph Helmut 027 414 7254

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

ESOL Christian Conversation Classes Free classes at Holy Trinity

Church, 215 Devonport Rd. 9:3011:30. Every Monday, except school holidays.

Indoor Bowls Matua Primary School Hall, 7:15pm. New members welcome.

Come along & give bowls ago. Ph Karen 576 0443

Let’s Learn Lifelong Learning

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Three excellent days fishing this week. A beautiful calm day at the Pinns, and a good mixture of snapper and tarakihi.

Saturday had more SW so we stayed outside Motiti and had reasonable conditions with mainly tarakihi plus a few trevally and red snapper. We did a quick stop on the way out and got some good snapper, a nice bonus. Sunday sounded similar weatherwise, but there was a real 3 way slop running, not even a metre, but really uncomfortable. Plus the fishing was too slow and hard to tolerate so we went closer to Motiti. A good call as it was quite comfortable and we got onto more good snapper and a few keener tarakihi. So not too bad in the end.

of all sorts. Ph 07 544 9557 https:// www.facebook.com/letslearnbop/ Mount RSA Indoor Bowls Club nights have been cancelled due to the Corona Virus. Ph Alice 021 064 2337

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise Mon 9:15-10:45

Tga Senior Citizens Club 14 Norris St. Tues 9-10:30 St Mary’s Church Hall, cnr Girven & Marlin. Ph Jennifer 571 1411 or 027 206 0776 Sequence Dance Club Enjoy great sequence dancing at Norris St Hall 7-9pm. Get moving in style with friendly company.

St Mary’s Indoor Bowls New members welcome. St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven & Marlin St. Names in by 12:20pm. Ph Sylvia or David 572 0983 Tauranga City Brass Practises at band hall, 10 Yatton St, Greerton, 7pm-9pm. Brass musicians, percussionists are all welcome. Ph Jeremy 021 132 331

Tauranga Senior Citizens’ Club

CARDS Mon & Thurs. INDOOR BOWLS Tues,Wed & Sat.14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save)12:45pm for 1pm start. Entry $3 includes afternoon tea.New members welcome.

Tuesday 16 June

Afternoon Cards 500 Mount

Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd. Tues & Thur 12:30pm. New members needed, 50+yrs. Ph Barry 021 950 028 Altrusa Ladies Group Ladies service club meet 2nd Tuesday of month for business meeting & 4th Tuesday for programme evening. altrusa.org.nz or ph Pam 027 253 7562 Bored? Try Boules Boules at at Bayfair, Russley Dr 12:45pm Tues & Thurs. Bayfair Petanque Club, a friendly & social club. Equipment available.

Txt/Ph Alf 021 157 9282 Divorce Care Course Going through separation or divorce?

Join a 12 week support group 7 July, 7:30pm. C3 City Church.

Registration essentia. Ph Kathryn 027 737 3172 Falun Dafa Free Classes In these troubling times recite this: Honesty, compassion & forbearance are excellent values. https:// en.falundafa.org/index.html. Ph/text Judy 021 0425 398 Marching For Leisure A noncompetitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness & friendship. P Isabelle 07 544 3526 or 027 697 1037 Mount Morning Badminton 9:3012 Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park.

Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome. $5 per day. Ph Margaret 575 9792

Otumoetai Walking Group Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Danny 576 6480 Taichi Internal Arts Taichi & Qigong. Beginner classes $5.

TePuke Memorial Hall. Tues 9.30-11am. Wed 5:30-7pm GatePa. St Georges Church Hall. Wed 9:30-11:30am. Ph David 552 4425 or 027 222 2824 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

Tauranga Model Railway Club

Clubrooms open Tues 9:15am & Thurs 7:30pm, cnr Mirrielees/Cross Rds. Ph Mike 021 939 233

Tauranga Orchid Society

Monthly meetings resume at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave, 7pm. Guest speaker, all welcome. taurangaorchids. wordpress.com Tauranga Target Rifle Club New shooters welcome. Gear, coaching is provided to get you started in this Olympic sport. 7pm Legion Hall, Elizabeth St Tauranga Toastmasters We’re back to physical meeting at Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard Building, 72 Keith Allen Dr, Sulphur Pt, 7:15pm.

Welcome Bay Strength Balance

Low impact strength & balance exercise class to music, 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 9 classes. Bring a mat. Ph Bhajan 07 929 7484

Wednesday 17 June Adults Dance Class 12:30pm

at Anglican Church, Beach Rd Katikati. Many styles of dance covered. Ph 07 577 1753 or 027 274 8753 or gaye@ christinaproductions.co.nz Afternoon Indoor Bowls Mt Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd. Wed & Fri, names in 12:45pm.

New members needed, beginners welcome. $3 entry. Afternoon tea.

Ph 575 4650

Age Concern Walking Group

10am Meet at Wylie St, Greerton

Book Group Papamoa Library

This Friends of the Library group meets 10am monthly in the Mako Room. All welcome. Just come along or for info ph Betty 542 4322

Fernland Spa Water Exercise

Gentle exercise in the warm water.

Suitable for Joint replacements, arthritics & recovery from illness or injury. Good for strength, coordination & balance.

Jennifer 571 1411

Fitness League NZ Exercise, movement, dance, focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & fexibility, suitable for all ages & abilities. Katikati Memorial Hall, 10am. Ph Pam 021 117 7170 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.co.nz 021 213 8875 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm

Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Closed until

further notice. Ph Carol 027 348 5875 taurangaembroiderersguild@gmail. com Tauranga Table Tennis Social mixed doubles table tennis, Memorial Hall at QEYC 12:45-3.

Existing & new players welcome.

Starts today

Thursday 18 June

Bay City Rockers Social RocknRoll dancing, plus other popular dances.

Held at Senior Citizens Hall Norris St. 7-9:30pm. Includes supper. $3 entry. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222 Fitness League Exercise, movement, dance focusing on posture, stretching, strengthening & flexibility, suitable for all ages abilities. Central Baptist Church, 13th Ave. Ph Pam 07 549 4799 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry.

Kickstart Toastmasters Meeting Improve your

public speaking, listening & leadership skills. 7am, Alimento Cafe, 74 1st Ave. First-timers free, no pressure to speak Mainly Music Music & dance for preschoolers, Mums & carers. $4/ family. Morning tea provided. 9:3010am. Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group

To all our dancers. We are sorry due to Covid-19 this group has been postponed until further notice. Ph Dawn 579 3040

Friday 19 June

Chess Tauranga Tauranga RSA

Chess club, Greerton 5pm-7pm, Casual & Standard length games.

Standard Chess rules. Werner 548 1111 http:/www.westernbopchess. weebly.com/

Suicide Bereavement Support Volunteers

If you have lived the experience of suicide bereavement & would like to support others recently bereaved contact glenda@griefsupport.org.nz.

Training & support will be given.

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Rubbish Removals Anything to everything! We load and remove.

Demolition Garages, bathrooms, kitchens etc. Any demo work.

Section Clearing. Painting Fencing. Decking. Retaining. 25 years’ experience.

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ONE CHURCH THREE LOCATIONS CITY CHURCH TAURANGA Sundays at 9am, 10.30am & 6pm 252 Otumoetai Road, Tauranga

CITY CHURCH COAST (PAPAMOA) Sundays at 10am Papamoa Rec. Centre, Gordon Spratt Reserve

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CITY CHURCH NORTH (OMOKOROA) Sundays at 10am Omokoroa Sport & Rec. Centre, Western Avenue

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A place of respite in the city Sunday 8am & 10am Wednesday 10am Messy Church - 4pm, 3rd Sunday of the month

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HOLYTRINITYTAURANGA.COM

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

09 578 7718

A place of respite in the city Sunday 8am & 10am Wednesday 10am

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Messy Church - 4pm, 3rd Sunday of the month

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matua

SUNNY BAY RD, Sat 13th 7am10am. Household lot.

bible digest

THOSE WHO LOOK to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces. Psalm 34: 5

computers

COMPUTER PROBLEMS? Remote access/repairs, viruses, upgrades, hardware, tuition, advice. Ph Bruce for a no obligation chat or quote 021 260 9183

curriculum vitae

CVs THAT STAND OUT. SALE! A C.V. For You Discount available for limited time to help get you back on your feet. Targeted or generic cover letters also available Code: COVID19CV at www.acvforyou.co.nz or Ph/text 021 27 27 912

gardening

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

health & beauty

INTUITIVE READINGS and mentoring. Color sound crystal magnetic Chakra and Aura balancing and Energy Healing.

Ph Angel 021 129 2249

NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic.

Something for everyone.

NZ Registered Natural Therapies & Natural Medicine Practitioners. Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www. naturaltherapiesnz.com and www.naturalpetremediesstore. com SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE & Healing Workshops.

Includes Meditation, Animal Communication and Crystals.

Learn and experience it for yourself. Ph 021 607 797

livestock

AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses.

Ph 0800 369 6269

lost & found

FOUND KITTENS, VARIOUS Colours, Various Sex, Various Areas. Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Labrador Cross Male Dog, Matua Area, Ref: 466167. Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Black Male Cat, Maketu Area, Ref: 464879.

Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Tabby Female Cat, Brookfield Area, Ref: 466029.

Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Tortoiseshell Female Cat, Oropi Area, Ref: 466194.

Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

trades & services

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

BRYCE DECORATING, interior & exterior painting, wallpapering.

Quality work. Ph Wayne 021 162 7052 ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service. Ph Andrew 022 354 1960

HANDYMAN, section maintenance, lawns, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting, odd jobs. Free quotes.

Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 544 5911 PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior & exterior. Quality workmanship, friendly service. Over 25 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/ Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307

in June. 1) Wednesday 17th June 2020, Delicious Lunch at Peppers on the Point Luxury Lodge. Our catalogue is hot off the press packed fill of fabulous tours throughout NZ. Contact us now for a copy. Free Door to Door service. Extended Tours, Day Trips, Shows & free beautiful colour catalogue: BOOK NOW:Ph. No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@no8tours.co.nz or www.no8tours.co.nz to view and book all our tours.

venues

ROOF REPAIRS Free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs.

Chimney maintenance & repairs.

Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740

FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: bookings@ no1thestrand.co.nz or www. no1thestrand.co.nz

TREE, SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 027 498 1857

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

travel & tours

#ZEALANDIERTOURS. Support local & enjoy local! We are excited to offer the following local day trips: 26th June, Try your hand at pottery, whether you wish to just admire the masters at work or put your own creative hat on and have a go yourself.

Today will be filled with laughter and new experiences, includes demonstrations and AM Tea. 12th July, Support locals on our best kept secret destination tour. These hidden gems are possibly the BOP’s best kept secret locations, includes yummy lunch, sunning scenery and new memories to treasure. Phone us today at Zealandier Tours 07 572 4118

SELL IT OR PROMOTE IT HERE WITH US

NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S SENIOR TRAVEL CLUB. Join Tauranga’s Leading Travel Club today for Free & receive all our VIP Members Benefits exclusive to No 8 Tours. Lets get out and enjoy socialising again at Level 1 kicking off with the below tour

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Check out this weekend’s open homes on eves.co.nz

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Must Be Sold BROOKFIELD 84A JONATHON STREET The vendor’s instructions here are very clear, this property is to be sold as soon as possible. If you are an investor looking for a good home with tenants in place or a first time buyer wanting a neat and tidy home in a popular street then this property needs to be viewed. This property has been well maintained and is looking great! Ample decking offers good indoor/outdoor flow

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Sunday 11.30-12.00pm www.eves.co.nz/etl1623r Ross Brown

P 07 571 7588 M 021 288 9090 ross.brown@eves.co.nz

Louisa Old

P 07 543 1876 M 021 556 998 louisa.old@eves.co.nz

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