The Weekend Sun - 19 February 2021

19 February 2021, Issue 1047

Cheeky charity swim Getting your kit off in public is an intimidating thought, but not for the bold souls willing to strip off and swim to support breast cancer services. The Nude Dude Swim, in its fourth year, sees bathers do a 100m splash completely naked. The swim isn’t just for dudes, and raises money for

the Breast Cancer Support Service Tauranga Trust.

Stephen Hahn, pictured, did the dip last year and is doing it again next Friday to honour his sister Caroline, who died of complications from breast cancer.

He says there is novelty in taking your clothes of because

it’s quite an intimidating thing to do, but everyone supports each other and really enjoys the swim.

Stephen says: “It doesn’t matter what type of body you have, it’s great to celebrate and support a good cause.”

Read more on page 7. Photo: John Borrren.

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A bolt from the blue Electricity has fascinated and frightened people for thousands of years.

the word Elektron, which is the Greek word for amber.

There is a long list of curious people tinkering with electricity.

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio I think it’s got something to do with the The Weekendpotential Sun Combined Circulation BOP TimesVolta invented the battery, Thomas Edison energy of something you can’t see. had his famous lightbulb moment and It’s almost magic. of Not something 10,162 to be circulation 69,062 circulation NZME trifled with but certainly something to get Michael Faraday invented the electric excited about. motor and generator in 1821.

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And more than half of the people in the Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty do own a substantial portion of the pie, because they are customers of Trustpower. If you live in these areas and are a Trustpower customer, you benefit from the assets.

But that could all change soon with the announcement that Trustpower is reviewing its structure and is looking to exit the retail business to focus on making more magic (generation).

Tingling sensations

This would be sweet music to the likes of Benjamin Franklin, who romanticised and advanced the industry with his life’s work studying electricity in the 18th century.

He famously flew a kite into an electrical storm to prove that he could conduct electricity back into his body.

That could have gone horribly wrong, but fortunately he got little more than a tingling sensation and some sparks along the stringline.

There is not really a single inventor of electricity - it has been a source of fascination for thousands of years. As early as 2750BC the Egyptians were recording the effects of electric fish. People suffering from gout or headaches were urged to touch an electric fish as a remedy.

Easily amused

A few thousand years later, people in the Mediterranean were rubbing cats with rods of amber to produce a magnetic effect which was then used to attract lightweight objects like feathers. You had to make your own entertainment in those days but the word ‘electricity’ is actually derived from

As a 13-year-old, I conducted my own experiment with electricity by driving a three-wheel farm bike into an electric fence on my friend’s farm at Paengaroa.

The thing with three-wheel motorbikes is that unless you have a fair amount of weight on the front wheel, it doesn’t turn and I weighed no more than a bobby calf.

Basic physics and the fence intervened and the bike and I became electrified.

Fascinating.

Decision time

Which brings me seamlessly back to Trustpower, or more importantly TECT, which owns about 27 per cent of

Trustpower on your behalf.

There is a fair bit of history with this too - dating back to 1992 when energy industry reforms meant the community had to decide what to do with the Tauranga Electric Power Board.

Half the proceeds were cashed up and the other half put into a trust for the benefit of local communities.

The pot of gold has grown since then, with TECT’s Trustpower shareholding and other assets now worth about $1 billion.

About $9 million is distributed as community grants each year, for important projects and another $31 million is distributed as cash payouts.

The catch is that you have to be a Tustpower customer to get your payout.

As a result, 53,000 Tauranga and Western Bay power users are Trustpower customers.

Everybody else just goes with the power retailer that offers them the best deal, which presumably saves them more than they would get as a rebate.

Trustees released a statement this week that proposes simply passing the whole rebate scheme on with the sale of the business, fixed to that company for the next 30 years.

This would make the sale of the retail business a more attractive proposition for any buyer, but is not necessarily the most financially sensible thing to do for individual beneficiaries.

My lightbulb moment would be to simply cash up most of the Trustpower shares - and most of the value lies in the generation assets by the way - and put the whole lot in a diversified portfolio for the benefit of Tauranga and Western BOP people.

Then, not only do you get the benefit of a large pool of cash for distribution to individuals or the community at large, but you also get to choose the electricity retailer that gives you the best deal.

Now that’s got to make your hair stand on end. daniel@thesun.co.nz

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Chch family 10 years on

Steve and Aisling Fahey with their children Dylan, 14, Connor, 13, and Shanna, 10. Photo: John Borren.

Ten years on from the February 22, 2011,, Christchurch earthquake, many Cantabrians who resettled into the Bay of Plenty have put down strong roots and flourished here.

children at the time of the quake may have shielded them from retaining traumatic memories.

“Dylan does remember it. He was in the sandpit at his playschool when the earthquake hit.

“But the other two don’t really remember it.”

On the day, Aisling couldn’t get to Dylan and Steve and Aisling Fahey and their three children, Connor who was also at the playschool, as she was Dylan now aged 14, Connor, 13, and home with Shanna.

Shanna, 10, relocated to Tauranga “We lived in Riccarton. around two months after the “My neighbour across the road devastating 6.2M quake a decade ago. took Shanna and me in because our “We decided to leave Christchurch chimney fell off the house. We didn’t because of all the aftershocks, and the want to go back into it.” not knowing,” says Aisling.

The 6.2M quake occurred at “We didn’t deal with it well.

12.51pm and Steve’s father finally “Every time a truck would go by the reached the playschool at 5pm, after house, the kids would run under a having to park his vehicle and walk doorway because it used to rattle. the rest of the way due to traffic “Their little hearts were going 90 jams and the roads being broken up. miles an hour. We thought: ‘enough “They were three and four years is enough’.” old. I never really asked him how he For the Fahey family, choosing got them back to the car.”

Tauranga as their new home was a Steve’s father still lives in Shanna, Dylan and no-brainer. When they first arrived, Christchurch and recently spent Rise Up Tauranga helped them find Connor on the plane from Christmas with them, while the Christchurch to Tauranga. immediate accommodation. family have put down strong roots “We stayed with a single man in Greerton for into the Papamoa community. two weeks. When we moved to Papamoa he came “You have to get on with life, especially when and had dinner with us. He’s a lovely man.” you’ve got kids. You can’t dwell in the past.

The first rental property they looked at has “Even though we did love Christchurch, and become their home for the past ten years. it’s a beautiful city, life changes.“You do have to She thinks the very young age of the three Rosalie Liddle Crawford move on.”

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The SPCA is reminding citizens they are a charity, whilst giving advice on what to do should you find an animal in distress.

It comes after a recent incident involving complaints from the public on Facebook regarding the wellbeing of a dog in the Bay of Plenty.

The Facebook post in question was critical of the SPCA not being able to field a sufficient emergency response over the weekend period.

The SPCA are receptive to the concerns of the general public, but they are a charity and not a government organisation.

Cricketers hit the Mount

The New Zealand Blackcaps cricket team are training in Mount Maunganui ahead of March’s T20 Cricket clash with Australia.

New Zealand face their trans-Tasman rivals at the Bay Oval at the beginning of March and the team are being put through their paces at the Bay Indoor Centre on Newton Street.

Tauranga’s own Kane Williamson was present at this week’s session, with the boys in good spirits during a relaxed indoor session to escape the problematic weather.

New Zealand face Australia at the Bay Oval on Sunday, March 7, at 4pm.

Competition postponed

A Bay of Plenty competition celebrating young Kiwifruit growers in the region has been postponed due to this week’s Covid alert levels.

Eight young growers are competing for the title of 2021 Bay of Plenty Young Grower of the Year, with this year’s contestants spanning from Katikati to Opotiki.

The event was set to be held on Thursday, February 18, at the Te Puke A&P Showgrounds, and a new post-harvest date will be set in due course.

Powerlifting competition

A novice powerlifting competition is hitting Tauranga, with the aim of giving those new to the sport a chance to compete at a relaxed level.

Ruthless Barbell Club in Judea will host the Birth of Champions Novice Powerlifting Meet on Saturday. The Birth of Champions Novice Powerlifting Meet will take place at Ruthless Barbell Club in Judea from 11am on February 20, and entrance to spectators is free.

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“This is a scary and dangerous expressway when it rains heavily. These huge puddles affect the steering quite a lot and I can only imagine what it feels like in a light car or a car with average tyres. Perhaps next time they rip it up spend a little more and install some drainage.”

James Parker is disheartened by his artworks being regularly vandalised. Photo: John Borren.

‘Heartbreaking’ is how a Tauranga man describes the regular defacing of his cultural artworks.

James Parker has painted Maori designs on panels of his fence, inside his property, and claims a neighbour is rubbing dirt on them when he’s not at home.

The first time it happened the neighbour allegedly painted over the designs at his Welcome Bay property, but James re-painted them. One of the works honours his great, great, great grandfather Anaru Marumaru.

“It's pretty heart breaking,” he says.

“It’s an insult to my culture, an insult to my family bloodlines.”

The dirt is being rubbed on them about once a fortnight claims James, who says it is disrespectful and like

‘rubbing dirt’ in his and his relatives’ faces. His iwi are Nga Puhi and Tainui.

The most recent incident was around two weeks ago when he went out for an hour to get groceries.

“I don’t feel safe, but more than anything, it's very, very disheartening,” he adds.

“The neighbours are building a house next door and they think the artworks will devalue the sale of their property.

“It’s all money generated, there’s no other reason.”

James also says he has video of the neighbour saying: ‘I’ll see you in hell’ to him.

They have both owned their land for four years and James subdivided his section and sold it to the neighbour.

He painted the artwork around a year ago when he was building as a form of

protection for him and his land.

James has filed three complaints with the police but has not made any progress with them yet.

“The lack of response from the police is upsetting as well,” he says.

A police spokesperson has confirmed three complaints of wilful damage have been made, with the most recent being on January 31.

The spokesperson says the officer in charge isn’t able to provide any further information, but police are asking anyone with any new information in relation to the incidents to call 105.

A police spokesperson said: “If there is any new information that comes to light, that will be assessed.”

The Weekend Sun has tried to make contact with James’ neighbour, but has Alisha Evans so far been unsuccessful.

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‘If in doubt, check us out’ If you live, work or use the land around a stopbank or other flood defence and drainage asset in the Bay of Plenty, you may need to check out the new rules from Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

New bylaws came into effect this month, following an extensive review and consultation process during the past 18 months. Regional Council’s rivers and drainage assets manager

Kirsty Brown says that the Flood Protection and Drainage Bylaws that came into effect on February 1 was a significant milestone for Toi Moana.

“Our flood protection and drainage structures form the backbone of our flood defences and it is really important that they work when they need to. Make sure you know the rules before you start work to prevent any issues,” says Kirsty.

Te Tuinga Whanau Trust executive director Tommy Wilson says Whare Awhi will be the first homeless village in New Zealand. Photo: John Borren.

Homeless village planned A plan to create the country’s first multimillion dollar homeless village in Tauranga is currently underway.

The idea is being pushed forward by Te Tuinga Whanau Trust executive director Tommy Wilson, who says they are currently in the early phase of planning the village.

Whare Awhi will provide short term accommodation to those facing homelessness and help transition them to permanent housing.

Initially, the village will house roughly 30 families in individual units. Stage two of the plan will include the addition of a further 70 units.

Tommy hopes Whare Awhi will be ready for clients to move into in around three years, with each unit costing approximately $200,000.

Stage one of the plan will likely cost around $6-8 million.

It is hoped the housing model will provide wraparound support to vulnerable people and work towards helping them reintegrate back into the Tauranga community.

A final location for Whare Awhi is yet to be confirmed.

“We are currently talking to landowners, some within the CBD of Tauranga,” explains Tommy.

“Ideally, we would love to partner with a Maori trust or an iwi.”

Several “community kingpins” are sitting around the table to support the housing initiative.

“They are people who have done well out of

Tauranga, and now they want to help those who aren’t doing so well.”

Te Tuinga Whanau is currently caring for about 210 clients across 24 houses and four motels.

The trust is currently paying well over $1 million in rent each year for these properties, which Tommy considers “dead money”.

“We are looking at changing the model – to have that money put into a mortgage type arrangement makes sense for everybody.”

According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development's Public Housing September 2020 Quarterly Report, there were 520 applicants on the social housing register in Tauranga, and a further 130 applicants on the housing register for the Western Bay of Plenty.

Tommy says he is keen for Whare Awhi to roll out across the country. “We have a national gameplan, with the hybrid starting right here.”

Te Tuinga Whanau are currently trying to connect community members with homeless families and individuals through an initiative called the Whangai 4 Whanau.

“Our clients need support to help ease the pressure of day-to-day life. We need people who can give the gift of time.”

Currently, about 20 individuals have been paired up with vulnerable families as part of the programme, and it is the working poor and elderly people who are struggling most in Tauranga.

“It’s the mum who is living on noodles and the old. They need our help the most.” Emma Houpt

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They’ve grown a lot since then, and are very smoochy, cuddly and playful. Chubba loves nap time and likes to snooze after playing, while Merida enjoys adventures, exploring and belly rubs.

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Free social sport boost Bay Indoor Centre owner Andrew Templer. Photo: Mathew Nash.

Any cash strapped budding sportsmen and women in the Mount are in luck this autumn, with the Bay Indoor Centre offering free netball and football.

The idea came to the centre’s owner Andrew Templer after a trip to the cinema with his children. Sitting around looking at the near empty movie theatre had him wondering if the centre might have a similar problem following the impact of Covid-19.

Rather than having a small percentage of the facility in use, Andrew decided to open up the doors and offer free autumn leagues in 2021.

“Last year we closed for four months,” says Andrew. “What we found was straight after lockdown everyone was keen. Then after that second one in Auckland people weren’t so keen.

“They were maybe wondering if it is going to go ahead. Heaps of people contacted me wanting to play but were struggling a bit financially as well.

“So in the end I decided, bugger it, I would love to just get people in so why don’t we just do it for free this time. I felt like I didn’t want to shut people out if they wanted to play.

“So in reality, the place will be full.”

Both sports are available for mixed gender games with the netball running on Monday, Tuesday,

Wednesday and Thursday. The football is four-aside played over 12-minute halves on Tuesdays.

Andrew says the centre will have around 90 teams participating in netball, whilst approximately 20 teams have signed up to football so far.

“I just thought I could have 30 teams playing and paying, or just get everyone in and use it anyway because they want to play and the place is open.

“Everyone loves playing, they are social sports, so let's just make it easier at the start of the year.”

Whilst Andrew makes it clear that the games are ‘socially competitive’ there is certainly an influence on the social side. The centre is currently in the process of building a new cafe and also has a bar for post-game refreshments.

He’s hopeful that those involved will enjoy the opportunity to play sport for free in the coming weeks and will stick around in the long run.

“It is swings and roundabouts and they will support us in the next league.”

The free indoor netball league gets underway on Monday, February 22, and the football the following night on Tuesday, February 23, at the Bay Indoor Centre on Newton Street, Mount Maunganui. For more information visit: Matthew Nash bayindoorcentre.co.nz

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Butt naked for breast cancer

Energy and time for Tobey?

Meet Tobey - a bright and playful medium-sized male cross breed puppy.

Tobey came to us with his brother and sister after their owner experienced a change of circumstances. Tobey loves playing boisterously with his siblings, and would suit a family with plenty of energy and time to devote to him and his training. Because he is quite boisterous, he would not suit a home with young toddlers who might get knocked over.

If you are interested in meeting him, or learning more about him, please contact the SPCA team on: 07 5780245 and quote reference: 487304.

Stephen Hahn says it nice to see the diversity of people taking part in the swim. Photo John Borren.

Brave bathers are baring it all for breast cancer by skinny-dipping en masse at the Nude Dude Swim this month.

The togless dip will raise money for the Breast Cancer Support Service Tauranga Trust.

Stephen Hahn swam last year and is taking the plunge for the 100m swim next Friday as well.

And this time, he’s feeling more confident and won’t be making the same mistake he did last time.

Near the end of the last swim Stephen realised how shallow it was. He looked around and wondered why everyone was still swimming, so he stood up to walk. After remembering he was naked, it clicked.

He bravely walked the rest of the way not wanting people to think he was embarrassed about being starkers if he went back under.

Stephen laughs about it heartily now.

“I should have stayed in the water for longer that would have been a better option,” he says.

Stephen is swimming for his sister Caroline, who died from breast cancer complications four years ago.

At 55, he has lived longer than Caroline, who died aged 52.

“No one is supposed to die that young,” he says.

When Caroline was dealing with cancer, she had an amazing support network, and it was this level of help which inspired him to raise money for the trust.

“Prior to my first swim the nerves kicked in, but the organisers are friendly and reassuring.

“The swim is the easy part. The difficulty is having the courage to take your clothes off and stand up for something which is important.”

Trust manager Helen Alice says the swim for men and women is about celebrating bodies as well fundraising. She has done the swim herself, and says it’s a lovely thing to do.

“The energy amongst the people, as well as being quite a lot of nervous energy, makes it a really fun, supportive environment and people enjoy it.”

The swim is at a private undisclosed location without spectators and Omanu Surf Lifesavers ensure everyone is safe during the outdoor swim.

Swimmers gain sponsorship for their dip, and last year 24 participants raised $12,000.

This year the trust is aiming to make $15,000.

Helen says often people that aren’t brave enough to do it themselves are happy to donate.

The funds will go towards providing emotional and practical support for Western Bay of Plenty women and men who are diagnosed with breast cancer.

The trust provides dinner delivery, oncology massage, information, support groups and support workers.

Stephen encourages everyone to take part and to not worry or get caught up about what their bodies look like.

“Be who you are, it doesn’t matter that none of us are models,” he says.

For information about the swim on February 26, visit: www.givealittle.co.nz and search Alisha Evans ‘Nude Dude Swim’.

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Monitor your own water quality Get your nets and gumboots out and join the search for freshwater bugs to find out how healthy our waterways are.

Using everyday equipment, participants will be able to practice testing a variety of water quality measures, including macroinvertebrates (bugs), temperature, clarity and habitat.

Nitrate, phosphate and E.coli testing will be demonstrated as well. A new database is now available to put the information online and record trends over time.

The free workshop will be hosted on the Waitao stream in Welcome Bay at 5.30pm-7pm on Wednesday, March 3, and organisers have advised that places are limited For more information and to register, contact: janie.stevenson@landcare.org.nz

You can learn how to identify bugs at an upcoming workshop on community water monitoring hosted by NZ Landcare Trust and Teacher in the Paddock as part of Envirohub’s Sustainable Backyards.

Some bugs are more sensitive than others to poor water quality, and if there is no safe home for them, then they probably won’t stick around. Some of the more sensitive bugs, like mayfly larvae, are actually indicators of good freshwater quality.

Green and Golden Bell Frogs have surfaced in Papamoa and Te Puke.

Photo: Melanie Wilton.

Pap frogs return Over the past few week, Papamoa residents have been receiving late night visitors and hearing what sounds like dirt bikes roaring around a small track at night. Others thought it could be power tools.

On investigating, the culprits were found to be tiny, green, hopping and clinging to windows and ranch slider doors.

It’s that time of the year again, when Papamoa and Te Puke residents rediscover the joy of frogs, meaning they live in a healthy environment.

Young frogs have been hopping from the Papamoa waterways to local gardens in search of an insect smorgasbord. Frogs are natural insect killers, eating up mosquito larvae, flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, wasps, ants, worms and cabbage white butterflies.

Night-time insects are attracted to outside and internal house lights, which in turn attract the frogs to feast on the insects.

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The Papamoa frogs are the Green and Golden Bell Frog, formerly known as Litoria aurea and recently changed to Ranoidea aurea. They were originally introduced from Australia in around 1875 by the acclimatisation societies. Frogs are disappearing around the world, and the Green and Golden Bell frog in Australia is classified as ‘vulnerable’ by the IUCN and is a threatened species. They are not, however, an endangered species in New Zealand.

A single female frog can lay between 300010,000 eggs, most of which will die as they are eaten by dragonfly and damselfly larvae, kingfishers, herons and shags. The young frogs

appearing now were probably laid as eggs around two-to-three months ago.

“Frogs are important indicators of a healthy environment,” says Professor Phil Bishop, who is the co-chair of the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, and chief scientist of the Amphibian Survival Alliance. Phil is based at the University of Otago and is a leading New Zealand expert on frogs.

A positive sign

“If you start to lose your frogs, it means something is wrong with the environment which, if left unabated, may have direct consequences on human health. So, having frogs in your neighbourhood is a really positive sign.”

If frogs come inside a house then they can be simply released into the garden. They will happily live for a couple of years away from water in a garden conducting their natural service of pest control. Then they will migrate one early summer to a water body and breed.

Tadpoles are good for the waterways too, as they eat bacteria, algae and detritus – so they keep the waterways clean.

For those who don’t want frogs, they should probably not use outside lights, make sure the windows and the doors are shut and put a draught excluder under the door to stop them coming in.

There has been an increase in the number frogs in Papamoa over the past couple of years because of the hot, wet weather and because there are plenty of garden ponds and pools in the area.

Papamoa’s ‘plague’ should only last a week or so, until all the young frogs have moved on to a more desirable habitat.

So, should you find a frog climbing your ranch slider please release it gently into your garden.

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Katikati gears up for festival A celebration of all the unique cultures in the Bay of Plenty is on the hunt for more nationalities to join the festivities.

The Katikati Festival of Cultures is looking for people to take part in the street parade on Saturday, March 6.

Kylie Watkins, of Katch Katikati, says the festival is a special day for Katikati that showcases a myriad of cultures that represent the town.

“We are so excited to be part of this amazing day,” says Kylie.

“A ‘Holi throw’ involving a cheerful dance with colour powder will involve the crowd, so people should come prepared to be covered in a splash of colour!”

Live performances, cultural markets and a wide variety of food options from around the world will continue to showcase the cultures. This year the event will be held at Haiku Park, with the parade starting from Kotahi Lane carpark.

The festival flags were installed on the main road in early February, and Kylie says they appreciated the support from the community as they cheered them

on from the footpath and out of their car windows.

“It’s nice that the community know all about the parade and can see the excitement brewing in the air for the day.”

Tauranga City Council’s Haidee Kalirai says the inaugural Katikati Festival of Cultures, in 2019 had an amazing response from the local community. “There is a continued desire to bring the community together and celebrate the diversity of cultures within Katikati, including celebrating Recognised Seasonal Employer workers who contribute to the local horticultural industry.

“Through the Welcoming Communities programme we are proud to support this community-led event which is sure to be another exciting and special day.”

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Young netballers learn from the best Teenage netball players are getting the chance to learn from netball royalty thanks to a local development programme.

Silver Ferns assistant coach Debbie Fuller is running the TECT Player

Performance Programme for Year 8 to Year 13 players.

Silver Fern Sam Winders has run a session, and long jump champion Maria Ruanui is also set to lend a hand and get involved.

The programme teaches netball skills, strength and conditioning, and offers sessions with a sports

Mount College students Stella Wilson, Stevie Morrison and Rylee Hoult loved training with Silver Fern Sam Winders, second from left. Photo: Alisha Evans.

psychologist. Participants are monitored by a physio to ensure they’re moving correctly.

The sessions runs for 10 weeks prior to the netball season at the Tauranga Netball Centre.

Debbie says the purpose of the programme is to teach the movement and skillsets that netball is now demanding from a younger age.

It also provides socialisation, with players from around the Western Bay of Plenty learning and playing with people outside of their school teams.

Focus on development

“This programme offers the opportunity to understand the value of working with different people, with different abilities and learning from the skillsets of each other,” says Debbie “The programme is all about developing individual’s skills without the pressure of a competition. It’s an opportunity for the individual in a team sport to grow their skillsets.”

This is the fourth year the programme has run, and 132 players are registered this year.

Former participant Rylee Hoult says it is better doing pre-season with others, as well as getting game time and interacting with people from other schools in the region.

The 17-year-old did the programme last year and says it made her and her teammates fitter and faster on the court.

“The skills we learnt from the different coaches we had to apply them into game time, which gave us muscle memory, so it’s natural to do it on the court,” she explains.

Teammate Stella Wilson says what they learn in the psychology sessions can be applied outside of netball as well.

Sam ran pass and cut drills at the first training session and says it’s great that the programme helps players develop their skills.

“It’s a way to develop players individually and early on in the season, but also increases the level of play during the year.”

“Those taking part will be able to take their experience back to their school team, so the whole team’s ability is lifted.

“This will increase the quality of grassroots netball which, in a few years’ time, will improve the domestic and international league.

“It is important that players enjoy what they’re doing, give it their best shot and don’t stress too much about the outcome because they gave it a good go.”

Perfect preparation

Tauranga Netball Centre manager Tracy Walters says the programme not only prepares players for the season ahead, but exposes them to all the requirements a high performing player needs to learn and adopt.

“It’s not just ‘go to netball, warm up and play’ like it used to be. Now there’s so much involved in it.

“It helps the players decide what they want out of netball, whether it’s to play socially or aim for high performance.”

The programme is partially funded by TECT. Alisha Evans

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Chamber of Commerce responds to Westpac forecast Westpac Bank is forecasting a significant slowing of New Zealand’s economy this year, with the impact of Covid-19 still keenly felt.

The bank's latest forecasts suggest the lack of overseas visitors over the summer would cost the country up to six per cent in gross domestic product and result in the economy contracting by 0.7 per cent in the six months to March.

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what quarters three and four of 2021 could look like, but claims it is not all doom and gloom.

Highlighting the closed borders, restricted labour, pressurised supply chains and the risk of intermittent lockdowns, Matt is wary of how certain sectors of the economy will cope.

“Winter is generally tough for our hospitality, tourism and retail sectors,” he says.

“But as long as we can pick the fruit and export them to overseas markets, our dominant primary industries will help bring money into the Bay of Plenty region.”

Readers may have noted, or even delved into if they have more time on their hands, the recent draft advice released from the Climate Commission.

It has occupied a fair amount of media and political space in recent weeks and recommends some big changes.

The area of environmental sustainability is sometimes an emotive discussion, particularly when it comes to business. Perhaps businesses have been seen as uncaring for the environment by some, and environmentalists seen as commercially unrealistic by businesses.

I think those views have changed a lot in the past few years; and are certainly going to change a lot more in the next few – that probably extends to the general public too. Gone are the days where the sustainability

discussions can be ignored; if you don’t believe in climate change… lots of others do, and governments certainly do.

Changing customer needs and government regulations will mean that there is a need for action.

The Climate Change Commission took a good look at New Zealand’s emissions (carbon and methane) and suggested ways to reduce these to meet our government’s targets by 2050. In short, current policies will not suffice and more aggressive action will be required. The actions available to us are quite obvious; more electric vehicles, more renewable energy, lower farming emissions and planting more trees.

All of this sounds quite reasonable, although with any change there are inevitable trade-

offs between economic and environmental needs, so how we transition is important.

In New Zealand’s case it will be income gained from agriculture versus lower emissions - not an easy balance to navigate.

Locally, the biggest consideration we have here is carbon emissions through transport. This is an area where the trade-offs become easier, and perhaps will be sorted for us anyway as EVs and other technologies come to the fore.

Private vehicles are relatively easy to imagine as low carbon heavy vehicles need more time and development. The challenge with battery electric trucks is weight. Batteries are so heavy that payload becomes very low.

That’s why we’re looking for ways to push forward with other technologies like hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. In 20 years we will likely live in a low/zero carbon world, and we need to start preparing for that now.

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TECT reaches out TECT trustees with the TECT Rescue Helicopter. Photo: Supplied.

Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust – TECT – has begun a consultation process with its beneficiaries, asking for their views on changes required to the structure of the Trust.

This comes on the heels of Trustpower’s recent announcement that it has initiated a comprehansive strategic review, including the potential sale of its retail business.

TECT Trustees say the potential Trustpower sale means TECT must change its structure, but the proposal they are presenting will protect the TECT rebate for all existing beneficiaries for approximately 30 years.

“A sale of Trustpower’s retail business to a third party would mean that our beneficiaries would no longer be Trustpower’s 53,000 Tauranga local retail customers,” says TECT Chair Bill Holland. “If we don’t act now, TECT’s beneficiaries would be a small number of larger commercial electricity users that will remain customers of the Trustpower Generation business.”

Diversification and growth

TECT is one of the largest community-focused trusts in New Zealand at $870 million, providing support for local initiatives, facilities and events across the Western Bay of Plenty.

TECT’s current beneficiaries are Trustpower customers in the Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty region, who receive a TECT rebate.

The provision of this rebate is a historic practice following the major reforms of the electricity sector in 1993, which resulted in the trust’s formation.

While the trust had a significant shareholding in Trustpower at the time, it is now much smaller at 26.8 per cent.

Over the past 27 years, the trust has grown and diversified its investment portfolio. Major projects in recent years have included the University of Waikato Tauranga CBD campus, TECT Rescue Helicopter sponsorship, the building of new St

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John Ambulance facilities and the Bay Oval cricket ground floodlights.

Bill says TECT needs to update its structure to ensure that the trustees meet their obligations under the Trust Deed and that TECT is meeting the purpose it was established for.

“Our proposal balances protecting the annual TECT rebate for existing beneficiaries, and the purpose TECT was established for; to provide long-term benefits for all the residents and communities of Tauranga and Western Bay. “Even if the current strategic review by Trustpower does not lead to a sale in the short term, it demonstrates the ongoing uncertainty of the ownership of the retail business and the trustees believe that the structure of TECT needs to change to future-proof the trust and the rebate.”

Resolving issues

Bill says that this proposal ensures existing beneficiaries of TECT will continue to receive the TECT rebate, if they remain as customers of Trustpower or a buyer of Trustpower’s retail business.

“Nothing will change for beneficiaries and the rebate will be protected.

“Under the proposal, TECT will retain sufficient funds to pay the rebate to existing beneficiaries for approximately 30 years.

“The remaining funds will be transferred to a new long-term community trust, focused on grants for major transformational projects and important services for our region such as our local rescue helicopter service.

“The Western Bay’s growing needs in terms of infrastructure, both physically and socially, are only going to increase, which is where TECT can play an increasingly critical role with this new structure in place.

“The transition to a community trust will also resolve several other issues with the existing structure that have developed in recent years and pose ongoing risks to TECT.” The trustees are now looking forward to engaging with beneficiaries in coming weeks on the proposed new structure for TECT.

Comvita signs global partnership Comvita has formed a strategic partnership with a London listed business to improve its digital outreach.

THG is a global technology platform company, specialising in taking brands direct to consumers.

It retails its own brands including Myprotein and Lookfantastic via its end-to-end ecommerce platform THG Ingenuity, which powers hundreds of third-party brands such as Hotel Chocolat, Antipodes Skincare and now Comvita.

Comvita group CEO David Banfield says the partnership will help the Paengaroa-based Manuka honey company reach its goal to grow digital sales to 50 per cent of the total group by 2025.

“The partnership with THG Ingenuity enables us to step change our online capability and ensure our loyal fans and consumers around the world receive market-leading service and functionality that they should expect from a global category leader.”

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The way we deal with waste We’re changing the way we deal with waste in the Western Bay of Plenty, and you have an important role to play.

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In July this year we are embarking on a district-wide rubbish and recycling collection service that aims to change the way Western Bay residents manage their household rubbish.

This is a big step, and a first for this council.

For years we have intentionally stayed clear of operating an in-house rubbish collection service. But the time has come when all councils have a responsibility to play their part in reducing the amount of rubbish that’s going into our landfills.

All you need to know about Western Bay’s rubbish and recycling service can be viewed on council’s Kerbside Collective website, at: www.kerbsidecollective.co.nz, which is a one-stop shop for all information on the new wheeled bin service.

You will also be receiving a letter in your mailbox that gives you all of the information plus details of the bins that we will deliver to your doorstep. The bins are being delivered from

early May so that everyone is prepared for the start of the service in July.

I urge you to read the information carefully so that when the service starts on Thursday, 1 July, we can all work together and improve the way we manage our rubbish and recycling.

We have demo sets of bins at all of our Western Bay library and service centres, so you can check out what bin sizes and options will be offered, and you can ask our customer service teams about anything you are unsure of.

Clearly there is a cost to this kerbside service. This cost will be charged per ratepayer through an annual targeted rate. Savings come through as a result of our decision not to charge for the

actual picking up of the rubbish – be it weekly or fortnightly.

People can choose how often they get their rubbish collected and only pay $3.95 per pick up (by putting a prepurchased tag on their bin). This is an additional cost to the targeted annual rate for the service.

The annual targeted rate per urban household receiving the service will be $149 (for mixed recycling, glass and food scraps collections).

For rural households the annual targeted rate will be $98 (recycling and glass collections, but no food scraps collection).

While this new service will be delivered to 80 per cent of our Western Bay residents, there are some properties in remote areas that the service will not reach.

Properties not serviced will not be charged anything.

It’s going to take a complete team effort to improve the way we recycle.

I want to hear your voice As a local Member of Parliament, I appreciate and rely on community feedback to keep me up to date with the issues that constituents are concerned about.

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Mural’s pride of place The students of Fairhaven School gasped in awe as the new mural that will welcome people to the school was unveiled.

“What an opportunity for them, as eight and nine year olds, when they’re 10 years older, they can still drive past and say: ‘I did that bit’.

“The students did a great job and it was a challenge because they had to be very precise and Every facet of the artwork tells a story; the learn to use a paint roller.” green and gold woven in the centre represents the Paul says the mural draws together all aspects of kiwifruit orchards, the the people that come to the school, have been four bold brown lines there and will go there. show No, 1, 2, 3 and With a government initiative 4 Roads that divide focusing on teaching local history, the school catchment the mural and and the Kaituna and the story it tells Rarapahoe Rivers are will be part of depicted with multiple curriculum. shades of cascading blue.

“In the past, Named ‘Our Place – it would be Our People’, it will be more a mural mounted at the front of that we maybe the school and celebrates would talk about the establishment’s 65th occasionally, anniversary this year. whereas now The bold mural is the it’ll become an labour of love of Tricia Jayden Harris, 10, Tricia Haine, and Neisha integral part.”

Haine, who sketched the Hunuhunu, 10, enjoyed debuting the new mural It will also design on a sheet of paper ‘Our Place – Our People’. have a QR using coloured pencils from a classroom before enlisting the help of Jason code that can be scanned to tell the story in Gibney at Evocom Signs to scale up the size. te reo and English.

Tricia volunteers in a classroom two days a Tricia didn’t realise quite how big the project week, and took on the challenge of bringing the would be, but she has enjoyed working through mural to life. different challenges and spent countless hours Around 20 students, as well as principal Paul painting. She started work in November and Hunt and deputy principal Vicki Hiini, have also finished in mid-January. painted a part of it.

“I’ve had a big bucket list, but this wasn’t on Tricia says it is special to think that children it!” says Tricia, who now has plans to get students can look back years from now and say they involved in restoring some of the other artworks were involved. in the school.

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Demystifying the teenage brain At 31-years-old, I am still a teenager.

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Neuroscience educator and presenter of The Teen Brain, Nathan Wallis. Photo: Supplied.

under the age of 32, I could still be in the midst of my own adolescence.

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“You are actually an adolescent yourself then,” Nathan insists. “You won’t have an adult brain until you are about 32.”

Nathan suggests his teen brain lasted well into conventional adulthood.

“I was sort of 33 when I thought: ‘I sort of get this whole grown up thing now and how to be an adult and what I want to do with my life’.

“Before that I very much felt like I was 15 and pretending to be an adult.”

Nathan is leading a seminar called The Teen Brain at Tauranga Girls’ College this month with the aim of demystifying some of the myths surrounding teenage brain development.

He has grown-up children himself and is now enjoying life as a grandfather, so he knows all too well about the trials of raising a teenager.

As he explains, for much of a child’s teenage years the frontal cortex part of the brain is ‘shut for renovations’.

“The whole brain isn’t shut or they’d be dead!”

Nathan jokes, “but their ability to control emotions, their ability to organise themselves, is supposed to go backwards. Adolescence is, essentially, brain number four, the frontal cortex, and it is shut for renovations for about three years.”

With words such as frontal cortex and neuroscience flying around, the seminar sounds complex, but Nathan believes he has developed a

way of cutting through the jargon and making the talk accessible to ‘anyone with a brain’.

“A big part of what the seminar is about is demystifying it. Taking out the big words and saying this is this.

“It is surprisingly and incredibly simple for what the topic is, which is complicated neuroscience.”

Nathan believes the talk will be beneficial to anyone - parents, teens, those who work with teens, or perhaps those who have suffered trauma in their youth may find the seminar helpful. He will also touch on the topic of alcohol and marijuana’s

impact on the teenage brain.

The promise of a top tip for parents might be worth the admission fee alone.

“I can teach parents in 10 minutes how to be in the top percentage of communicators,” he says.

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The Teen Brain seminar takes place at 7.30pm on February 28, at Tauranga Girls’ College.

For more information visit: www.nathanwallis.com Mathew Nash

Touching reopening of restaurant A queue of people lined up outside Ruk Thai’s new premises last Thursday as the much-loved Greerton business re-opened more than a year after a devastating fire tore through their old shop.

Paul and Somjit had served up Thai cuisine from their Greerton restaurant for the previous eight years, and the fire took a huge financial and emotional toll on the family.

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Ruk Thai and Curry “It’s been a very hard year,” Planet were both forced to says Art. The three have close their doors in January relocated to what was once 2020. Neighbouring business the local stationery shop at 123 Bladed N Faded Barber Shop on Chadwick Road, keeping the same Chadwick Road had been the target red colour theme. of two separate fires on December A happy Art Mahem with Ruk Thai is open Tuesday to 31, 2019, and January 27, 2020. flowers received from Sunday for lunch and dinner, The second fire destroyed the shop customers on the re-opening closing at 9.30pm. and the two nearby businesses. day of Ruk Thai in Greerton.

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Psa settlement prompts mixed emotions The Crown and kiwifruit sector plaintiffs have reached an outof-court settlement to bring the lengthy Psa saga to an end.

The long-running litigation arose from the 2010 incursion of the kiwifruit vine disease.

The plaintiffs, Strathboss Kiwifruit Limited, representing a group of kiwifruit growers, and post-harvest operators including Seeka have agreed to accept a Crown offer of $40 million, which includes a significant contribution from the Crown’s insurers of $15 million.

The plaintiffs had brought a claim for $450 million plus interest, related to actions taken by the then Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and pre-dates the establishment of the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Ministry for Primary Industries director general Ray Smith says all parties agree that it is time to move on and bring to a close the legal challenges that have been running since 2014, when the claimants filed against the Crown for what they alleged was actionable negligence in allowing Psa into the country.

“This payment to settle is a sensible one on a perhead basis given the number of claimants in the class action, and their legal and litigation funder costs,” says Ray. “But the settlement acknowledges the grievance felt by the kiwifruit sector plaintiffs.”

“We have mixed emotions about the settlement,” says Seeka CEO Michael Franks. “We are happy that it’s behind us and we’re also comforted because generally MPI has developed a new approach to biosecurity over the 10 years and the previous cavalier attitude they had to it has gone.”

Franks says the $40 million settlement is an acknowledgement by MPI that their actions or

inactions caused a lot of pain and suffering to New Zealanders and kiwifruit growers.

“But $40 million compared to what was lost is a very small settlement, if you take into account that the Crown paid more than $800 million to the dairy industry for Mycoplasma bovis,” says Michael. “Mycoplasma bovis wasn’t a breach by MPI, whereas it was the actions and inactions MPI made around Psa that was a breach.

“But at the end of the day, the claims committee decided that they should settle it, and we support them and thank them for their significant efforts made on our behalf.”

Ray says settling now confirms the earlier judgement of the Court of Appeal.

“In its decision of April 2020, the Court of Appeal found it would not be fair, just or reasonable to make the Crown legally responsible for losses of this kind, and that therefore, no legal duty of care was owed by the relevant MAF staff to the plaintiffs.

“The staff were protected by a statutory immunity, as was the Crown.”

The claimants had appealed this ruling in the Supreme Court with a hearing set down for five days, beginning on Monday, February 15, 2020.

The agreement means the hearing has now be vacated. Ray says the settlement gives immediate financial certainty for the Crown and avoids a complex Supreme Court hearing and the wait for the court’s decision.

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Don’t worry about it, fix it If you hope to avoid health problems, ‘don’t ignore their symptoms’ is always a good rule to live by.

As they age, men seem to get better and better at ignoring signs and symptoms of underlying health issues.

This ‘head-in-the-sand’ attitude not only gives small problems time to develop into bigger ones, it also leads to unnecessary worry and sometimes a needless reduction in quality (and even length) of life.

Dr Anuya Deshpande, who treats varicose veins at her Cosmetic and Veins Clinic on Tauranga’s Tenth Avenue, says ignoring the symptoms of vascular disease – legs that itch, ache, feel restless or heavy – can lead to varicose eczema and wounds that don’t heal, especially above the inner ankles.

“It is almost always men who present with these varicose ulcers,” says Dr Deshpande, “and they have normally been sent to see me by their wives, daughters or GPs after a

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lengthy period of embarrassment, suffering and worrying about them.

“If you have a sore on your leg that doesn’t heal, don’t ignore it.

“It could be a skin cancer, or it could be a varicose ulcer.

“Within 45 minutes we

adds Dr Anuya, and it’s great to finally get rid of one.

“My patients’ most common remark following varicose vein treatments is that they wish they had done it sooner.”

To make an appointment, call: 0800 DR ANUYA.

New test developed to help fight melanoma Australian researchers from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have developed a prototype test that can help identify if patients with deadly metastasised melanoma are likely to benefit from immunotherapy.

Details about the test and the study have been published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

The prototype test detects levels of the protein LC3B on cancer cells.

High levels of LC3B are associated with better patient responses to a form of treatment known as checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy.

Metastatic melanoma is a very aggressive disease and, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1375 Australians died from it in 2020.

Most patients undergo surgery and almost all

The Heart Foundation has decided to cancel their Big Heart Appeal Street Collection for this year, due to this week’s new community cases of Covid-19.

The Big Heart Appeal is the Heart Foundation’s largest public fundraising activity of the year, generating vital funds for heart research.

Varicose veins showing changes of pigmentation, varicose eczema and early ulceration above the inner ankle, and four months after treatment, varicose veins flattened, ulcer healed and legs healthier.

can diagnose the cause of the problem using ultrasound and give you a no-obligation treatment plan.

“It’s about improving people’s quality of life.”

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patients with metastatic melanoma are now given immunotherapy as a standard frontline treatment.

Lead researcher, Associate Professor Jason Lee, who heads QIMR Berghofer’s Epigenetics and Disease group, says immunotherapies have remarkably improved treatment and survival rates for metastatic melanoma, but more than half of all patients do not respond.

“We need to treat these patients quickly and with the correct kinds of drugs to have any success,” Associate Professor Lee says.

“Our study found patients with high levels of LC3B in their tumour cells had significantly longer survival due to better responses to immunotherapy treatment than those with lower levels.

“The study showed 95 per cent of patients with high LC3B levels were alive after three years, compared to 60 per cent of patients with low LC3B levels.”

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Without the street collection, they need people more than ever to support them and their work.

There are other ways to support their work. You can donate by calling the Heart Foundation on: 0800 830 100.

Street collections were scheduled to take place on Friday, February 19, and Saturday, February 20.

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Ways to success “A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at them,” David Brinkley When you feel under pressure in a situation, when you feel misunderstood during a meeting, or when you think someone is treating you unkindly, how do you respond?

Does what is happening cause you to respond reactively, or do you choose to rise above it and make your own decision about how you respond?

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You always have a choice – whether to have your circumstances control you, or for you to successfully control those circumstances.

What resources are you using to successfully cope with the difficulties that occur in your life?

Hearing is believing Tauranga Audiology is owned by audiologist Michael Coddington.

“We are an independent clinic, which means we are not part of a chain and do not belong to a hearing aid manufacturer,” says

If you would like to know more about relationship or narrative coaching, phone Mary Parker, The Fast Track Coach, on: 07 577 1200/ 021 258 2145, or visit: www.thefasttrackcoach.co.nz

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Michael. “We recommend from a wide range of choice, often at more reasonable prices.”

Frontline staff form an expert team providing prompt, excellent service.

Audiologist Paul Daniell is originally from Hamilton, and had experience of working in Australia before deciding to move closer to home.

He enjoys working for Tauranga Audiology because he can use his professional expertise without bias, giving his absolute best to every client.

There is a wide range of hearing aids on the market, certainly not all created equal. The problem people have is hearing background noise, in groups, and phones and TV.

Modern, discrete hearing aids use directional microphones to enhance the person you are listening to and cut down competing voices. Different brands use different digital strategies, such as searching the room for voices or focusing on the person in front of you. Many can connect wirelessly to TVs, or hands-free to cell phones.

“We even have hearing aids that can translate 27 languages, help with health and monitor for falls, adjust differently if you are sitting down or walking, and can analyse your listening environment based on the experience of thousands of users,” says Michael.

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Avoiding inflammation is key Too much Omega 6 and too little Omega 3 push our bodies towards inflammation.

There is, however, another group of food compounds that have a huge impact on inflammation.

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One of the main reasons to target plant foods is that they are loaded with antioxidant compounds. These are called phytonutrients (phyto = plant). They promote healing, are anti-inflammatory, and help protect plants against free radical damage and disease.

When we eat the plants, they help prevent disease and reduce inflammation.

Antioxidants are a vast range of compounds found in food (or made in our body) that control free radicals and prevent cell damage.

These include many vitamins and some minerals, but are mostly phytonutrients.

Great diet sources are dark berries, deep coloured fruits and vegetables, green tea, blackcurrant and pomegranate juice. Make sure you add plenty of spices such as turmeric, ginger and chilli as these are also anti-inflammatory.

In supplements, the great sources are extracts from grape seeds, blackcurrants, green tea, resveratrol and curcumin from turmeric. Well-formulated supplements can make a real difference in helping shift the body towards and antiinflammatory position.

As part of a nutritional support programme, I include maintenance supplements such as Omega 3, Vitamin D (during cooler months) and a good multi-mineral/vitamin/antioxidant complex.

Depending on the type of inflammation, we could add joint-specific compounds. For general inflammation I like to add quality grape seed extract at about 200mg and curcumin at 1000mg.

When combined with a good diet, supplements can help shift the body away from unwanted inflammation. Doing these simple things can make our lives much more comfortable.

For more information give me a call on: 0800 423 559 or email: john@abundant.co.nz You can read all of my new newsletters at: www.abundant.co.nz John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health.

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In memory of Jamele Skincare founder It is with sadness that I share the news that my beloved mother, Pat Foster, the founder of Jamele Skincare, passed away last Tuesday after contracting pneumonia, aged 85.

My mother was a remarkable woman – full of energy and fire. She was a passionate pioneer in a holistic approach to skincare, and embraced natural, plant-based skincare decades before it was on trend. The years she spent in Adelaide studying with Jan Smith of Janesce were some of the most rewarding years of her life.

In 1986, after returning to

Shelley and Pat Foster.

Tauranga, she purchased a sad and struggling little clinic called Jamele Beauty Therapy

with a vision for what it could become. She changed the name to Jamele Skincare, redecorated and made huge changes with her trademark passion and integrity.

The clinic began to flourish once it was in her hands.

I am proud of the beautiful legacy she began at Jamele Skincare, which outlasts her.

Mum’s last few years were quiet ones due to poor health. She spent her days with her beloved books and music, and enjoyed daily visits from family.

She always liked to hear about the clinic and would ask after the clients she used to care for, many of whom I still care for myself.

Through her work, Mum touched many lives and was

Take time and get your skin checked In a recent position statement, the Cancer Society of New Zealand does not recommend population screening for melanoma, basal cell, or squamous cell skin cancer.

This is a controversial statement, and could lead to people thinking that skin checks are of no use.

This needs to be balanced against the benefit of early diagnosis that clearly leads to better outcomes.

To really decide on the need for systematic population screening, randomised controlled trials of alternative surveillance protocols are needed, but for ethical reasons are unlikely ever to be done.

The Cancer Society did recommend that clinicians/general practitioners who identify patients with significantly increased risk factors for skin cancer inform patients about sun protection measures.

They should also offer them the opportunity for a full body skin examination and an appropriate management plan, with a follow-up, depending on their individual level of risk.

People at high risk, and those that would therefore benefit from skin checks, include the following: • older age • skin colour (light versus medium or dark skin) • hair colour (red or blond hair versus black hair) • skin type (burn easily, never tan) • skin damage due to sunburn • those with a personal history of melanoma or other skin cancers • a family history of melanoma in a first-degree relative (parent, brother or sister, child) • a large number of moles on your skin (more than 50) • atypical ‘funny looking’ moles on your skin Unfortunately, this includes most of our population. With estimates of lifetime risk of skin

cancer being one in two for men and one in three for women in our part of the world, early detection makes sense.

A final word regarding the Covid-19 risk - please still get spots that are of concern checked. This can be done at a much lower risk than shopping at a supermarket.

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loved by many in return. At Mum’s request, there was no funeral. She was never one for a fuss. We had a private family gathering last Friday.

If you would like to share your memories of Pat, cards or letters may be sent to Jamele Skincare, 487 Cameron Road, Tauranga.

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There has been a lot of recent publicity around the poor educational achievements of Kiwi children, particularly in maths. Such is the extent of the problem, an expert panel has now been set up by the Ministry of Education to look at the problem.

In the meantime, parents who know their children can’t wait for things to improve nationally are looking at after-school tuition, to ensure they have all they need regarding the basics of maths and English.

NumberWorks’nWords provides fun, confidencebuilding tuition that delivers great results. It is individually tailored to each child’s specific needs, and parents are kept updated on their children’s progress. “With maths, we give students individual help to better understand a strategy they are learning at school, so they are equipped to solve

number problems,” says centre owner Leanne Rhodes-Robinson.

A comprehensive, free initial assessment provides an opportunity for parents to meet the team, discover how their child is going, collaborate on learning goals and see for themselves how effective and enjoyable tutoring with NumberWorks’nWords is.

NumberWorks’nWords knows that teachers work hard, and they look forward to some systemic changes that will increase the attainment of all New Zealand children.

In the meantime, NumberWorks’nWords tutors provide encouraging, timely and clear instructions that re-engage children in a way that is inspiring, challenging and fun, to help your child thrive.

Phone NumberWorks’nWords for an initial discussion or visit: www.numberworksnwords.com/nz to learn more about maths and English tuition.

New course teaches about nature A course coming to Te Wananga this year is set to become hugely popular, after a good uptake last year.

The Level 4 Rongoa Maori course will start on March 15 and runs full-time for 38 weeks.

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Awhina Motutere is one of the passionate kaiako and says the course is suitable for anyone interested in general wellbeing.

“Basically, it is a foundational course for people

who are interested in personal wellbeing and the wellbeing of their family.

“It’s a vast topic – it covers a lot. It’s about your mental and physical wellbeing, your family, the environment you live in, it covers all of those aspects of complete wellbeing.”

This year, there are two courses operating in Tauranaga, as well as courses operating in Rotorua and Kawerau, and a Level 5 diploma in Tokoroa and Rotorua.

“The course is free – it’s well worth doing, the only thing you really have to give is your time,” says Awhina.

She says the course is suitable for anybody with an interest in learning more about wellbeing and the healing plants of nature.

“We spend a lot of time in the bush because it’s a noho based programme, which means we have eight noho a year over the weekends.

“We generally go and stay in different places that are in the bush. The best teacher is the bush, so we try to spend as much as we can there, rather than in the classroom.”

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Students celebrate academic success College students at ACG Tauranga have achieved the school’s best academic results ever, despite a year filled with challenges and Covid-19 lockdowns.

ACG Tauranga offers the Cambridge Curriculum as an alternative to the national NCEA syllabus.

This internationally recognised curriculum sets a global standard for education and culminates in A-Level qualifications which are widely recognised and respected by top universities and employers alike.

In the recent Cambridge examinations, ACG Tauranga Year 12 and 13 students continued to excel, solidifying a year of outstanding academic accomplishment which includes a 100 per cent A-Level pass rate.

This outcome highlights exceptional performances across all subject areas, with

can have. We would like to deeply thank all her teachers and everyone at ACG for supporting her through last year.” – Nicole M-H. “With support from her teachers, and hard work, Brooke achieved excellent results in all her Cambridge examinations, and we are incredibly proud of what she has accomplished. Her future is looking bright.” – Carol R. ACG Tauranga College students have achieved the school’s best academic results ever.

students achieving a perfect A-Level pass rate for the second consecutive year.

ACG parents are understandably thrilled with the results.

“Thanks to ACG Tauranga for providing a holistic and balanced education for every student within a broad and inclusive Cambridge curriculum. During the lockdown, the online classes and support were awesome.” – Dennis M.

“We have been absolutely delighted with Francesca’s progress in 2020 and have no doubt that ACG Tauranga provides the best learning environment a student

To learn more about ACG Tauranga, please join them for their next Open Day on Saturday, February 27, or visit: www.tauranga.acgedu.com

Technology tertiary education numbers causing concern Technology is New Zealand’s fastest-growing and second-biggest export sector, but a new national survey has found only a small number of students progress from secondary to tertiary technology education.

There has been a disappointing decline in participation in NCEA technology and maths standards, the core feeder subjects for technology degrees, however it is the drop off between secondary and

tertiary education that is most marked, the survey says.

The Digital Skills survey says not enough Kiwis choose lucrative digital tech careers, and there is often a mismatch between what the education system provides and what the

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Every car under the sun at extravaganza Almost every car imaginable can be found at the Tauranga Auto Extravaganza to rev up petrol heads as well as those with no interest in cars.

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Co-organiser Keith Sawyer says it’s an opportunity to see all different types of vehicles over the two days.

New Zealand professional racing driver and four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000 Greg Murphy will be at the show on Sunday, from 11am to 1pm.

Entry to the show is a gold coin donation and all proceeds will go to St John Tauranga.

Co-organiser Neville McKay knows how valuable St John is, as he was getting visits twice a week at one stage due to ongoing post-surgery issues.

“We are very passionate about St John and I'm giving back what they've given to me,” he says.

Last year the inaugural event raised $8200 for the charity, and this year they’re aiming for $10,000.

They also hold the show on The Strand to support the CBD and bring people to downtown Tauranga.

“That is priority to us, looking after downtown Tauranga,” says Neville, who has always

Tauranga Auto Extravaganza organisers Neville McKay and Keith Sawyer are excited to check out the huge variety of cars at the show.

loved cars and was a voluntary caretaker at the original Bay Park for 10 years because he lived next door to it.

“If you can’t beat them, join them,” he laughs.

On Saturday, February 27, a swat meet will happen from 8am until 12pm followed by a cruise for the vehicles.

The show and shine on Sunday runs from 10am to 2pm, and there will also be food trucks on both days for those needing to refill.

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Kelvin Clout and he gives credit to Neville and the team for starting an event from scratch because it is “no mean feat”.

“I’m definitely not a petrol head but I can really appreciate the vehicles,” says Kelvin.

“I’m in favour of anything that can bring people into the CBD in particular.”

The Auto Extravaganza is organised in conjunction with the Welcome Bay Lions and will be at The Strand on February 27-28.

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Little Red Riding Hood A wolf for all occasions

To use a double negative, there’s nothing not to like about the Suzuki Swift.

Whichever flavour it comes in – looks, trim, spec – you’re getting a deal.

The all new Suzuki Swift SR3 is a sight to behold. The car itself is based on a GL spec Swift, but the exterior styling has been fettled in to a real sporty little number.

The 17” wheels, spoilers and smoked glass all sound like something you’d read on the spec sheet of a sports car. From the outside, you would be forgiven for thinking there was a monster lurking beneath.

But out on the road, you get the nice, refined, smooth and fun drive of a great small car.

Of course, there’s nothing woolly about the Swift at all. The 1.2 litre 16-valve DualJet VVT engine is surprisingly powerful. There’s literally zero hesitation. Press the go peddle at a junction and it’s away.

Not only that, it can do this while sipping just 4.6 litres of fuel per 100km in the manual.

The economy-to-power balance is superb.

The advantage with the SR3 has to be the 17” wheels. Not only do they absolutely make the look of the car, they are wrapped in Firestone Firehawks.

There’s so much grip in these wheels that you run the risk of changing the rotation of the earth.

While the workings

may be based on an entry-level spec car, there’s nothing basic about it.

Cruise control, speed limiter, steering wheel audio controls and Bluetooth are available on the manual variant, and the CVT auto version also benefits from Apple Carplay and Android Auto all built in. All the good acronyms are in there too – ABS, EBD, ESP – and you don’t need to know what they mean, you just need to know that letters are good, and this car has lots of them. These letters all go towards the five star ANCAP safety rating of the Swift SR3 Auto.

Apart from racing car looks and sensible driving, the seats are just so comfortable! And spacious?

You bet. I’m 6ft and it felt like I was in a car twice the size. Even with my sasquatch frame, the passengers in the back are in for a treat. In so many small cars, your rear passengers either need to be less than six-months-old or have detachable legs. There’s no such issue here though, and there is room in the back for everyone to go to town.

The SR3 comes in two flavours – manual or automatic. Our little red devil was of the auto variety, and it was as smooth as you could hope for. The manual starts at $22,600 and the CVT Auto starts at $24,990.

If you’re looking for something that really looks the part yet is still a real treat drive, the new Swift SR3 should be top of your shopping list.

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Writing about promotional (ad)ventures from Your Enabler Presents makes me think of a David Lynch movie. Blue Velvet, to be exact.

(‘Sassy’) and Carla Tinsley (‘Scruffy’) play a fuzzed-out homage to Black Sabbath-era stoner rock. Meanwhile, fellow Aucklanders Ripship are a two piece sci-fi psych-rock band who produced a six-song EP last year called Greebles, He was once called Tauranga one of the strangest things I've ever Music Sux but changed the handle heard. That is until I listened to to Your Enabler Presents and used Memory Foam. to organise gigs in the unlikeliest Also from the City of Sails, of places featuring the unlikeliest Memory Foam have released one of bands. song, also called Memory Foam. Self-describing as It's those places that make me think of Blue a “big bunch of noise”, to me it was reminiscent of Velvet, a film that suggests a stranger, more a radio stuck between unsettling parallel world stations. It's about as lurking around any alarming a sound as blind corner. you're likely to come Those gigs, multiacross outside an band explosions of abattoir and lasts for hardcore indie music, a brain-pummelling happened in train five minutes. Check tunnels and under Bandcamp if you dare... bridges, just one wrong Threat.Meet.Protocol. turn out of sight on a Locals dark night...

Local bands include Hemordroid, with their But that's not what's happening now. With gigs driving bass lines, sharp staccato guitar riffs and downtown during the Jazz Festival and full-on hypnotic drum beats. Simon Fritchley (vocals/ alternative festivals at Totora Street, events from bass), Aaron Cutforth (guitar) and Simon Lee Your Enabler Presents have increasingly emerged Mckenzie (drums) are what Your Enabler Presents from the shadows. describes as: “The Tauranga equivalent of Helmet, The most high-profile yet is next Saturday, Fugazi and a bunch of stoner doom bands I don't February 27, at four venues across the Tauranga listen to because I am a functioning member of Historic Village from 3pm to midnight. Tickets society.” Fair enough. are $60, available from: www.undertheradar.co.nz But the local band who I'd pick out as a ‘mustIt's the No Future Festival, with more than 30 see’ is the now-legendary Threat.Meet.Protocol, bands converging on Tauranga from around the a guitarless trio who combine wild keyboards country. Let's examine some of them... with pulsating bass rhythms and who released a three-track single on vinyl last October called The bands Witch Trials. They followed up with a really One Auckland three-piece in particular seems impressive 13-date tour, travelling from Auckland filled with well-known names. But that is an to Dunedin over the course of three weeks. illusion. They're called Repairs but their Martin A video for the second song, Why, dropped last Phillips is not of the Chills and their James Milne month - a live-style minimalist effort, contrasting is not of Lawrence Arabia. But Martin is married with the video for the title track, a full-on horror to Nicola Edwards and they share a love of Shellac and Sonic Youth and she sings a bunch of energetic movie extravaganza directed by local musician Edward Gain (Eddie and the Dreamers). Both melodic sub-three minute alt-punk songs. songs are on YouTube and certainly merit a look.

With so many somewhat obscure bands I asked Okay. That's your guide to the No Future Festival. the man behind the whole shebang for a few In the interest of completeness, allow me to list essential picks. the rest of the bands: Ayn Randy, Meganuns, Rat He recommends Big Scout, travelling from Dickz, Fieldings Best Dancers, Hellbent, Dhdfds, Blenheim and claiming the title of official Deb5000, Nimbus, Oksun Ox, YdoubleR, Coffin international headliners of the festival. They're Club, Soda Boyz, Jang, Eddie and the Dreamers, another three-piece, who share a love of '80s post Spork, We Will Ride Fast, Kraus, Hardthrob, First hardcore music, pro-wrestling and wine.

Move, Mason Clinic, Half/Time, Jim Jones and the Yet another trio are all-female Auckland outfit Peoples Temple, Prophet, Motive, Abysm, Sons of Slumbug, whose members come complete with Soma, Two Skinner. You have been warned! nicknames: Jessica Paton (‘Donny’), Lucy Katt

Looking at all aspects of life and love ‘Life, Love and the Choices We Make’ is a collection of poems, readings, monologues, plays and songs that consider aspects of life and love. In doing so, it takes a look at the way in which our actions and the actions of others can influence both life and love for each one of us.

day-to-day activities – how a young boy worries about whether the girl across the playground notices him – how the attitude of a librarian can make life for a borrower difficult or how love can become old and tired. And there’s more, so come and be surprised.

What started out as a vague idea to create a production that relied on the actors and the spoken and sung word, has evolved into this collection of pieces that takes a look at aspects of life and love.

The items selected can only begin to “One of the aims was to include pieces scratch the surface of such a broad topic, from local writers,” says director Dennis but they embrace both humour and Fenwick, “and while this has not been as pathos and will entertain and maybe successful as we would have liked, there is one even challenge. drama from a local writer called ‘Life, Love and the Choices We We take a look at how a traffic Mummy’s Boy – a drama that Make’ director Dennis Fenwick. controller could influence our

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Filling vacancies with art, colour and fun Tauranga Citizens Club

Students hard at work at Tuesday’s class.

If you’re a fan of getting your hands dirty, trying new things and going home with a new homemade treasure, ceramic classes on Devonport Road could be the thing for you.

is renting this space to me at a reduced rate,” she says, “so I wanted to keep my class fees low, as a way to say ‘thank you’.”

Class participants have created anything and everything, from a hand-stamped mug, a fruit bowl and a flower vase right through to geese garden The Pottery Studio has filled the vacant old ornaments and a hanging bee watering station.

Glassons building, at 21 Devonport Road, As an ex-tourism worker, Penny says the gallery and taken an empty space and filled it with life, and workshop is her ‘pivot’. art and colour, as part of the Activate Vacant “The government told us working in tourism to Spaces initiative. pivot, so this is what I did.

The initiative is being run by “The classes have been really Downtown Tauranga to try popular and I’d love to rent and revitalise the downtown this space more long-term shopping area while renting in the future.” spaces out to those who Penny runs day classes, might not otherwise have ‘wine and clay’ evenings, had the opportunity to private parties and more. utilise such a space.

To see her class The pottery classes schedules and for more are a fantastic way to information on her get hands-on with clay pottery, visit: and make something of www.potterystudio.co.nz your own.

For more information Tutor Penny Cass will give on Downtown Tauranga’s students a lump of clay, a few Activate Vacant Spaces guidelines and techniques, then Tutor Penny Cass. initiative, visit: leave them to get creative and make www.activatevacantspaces.co.nz or: whatever their heart fancies. www.facebook.com/ActivateVacantSpaces Classes run for about two hours and the price covers everything – from the clay and paint used to Cayla-Fay Euinton make your creation right through to Penny’s time and expertise, firing in the kiln and glazing your finished product.

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Saturday 20 February

16th Ave Theatre Show Life, Love & the Choices We Make. A show of plays, monologues & songs. Playing until 27th Feb. Go to www.16avetheatre.co.nz for info & tickets Art Cold Wax Workshops New art medium in NZ. Very popular overseas.

Workshops at The Artery, Historic Village. Email kiwisuemac@gmail.com Association Croquet At Club Mt Maunganui, Kawaka St. Mon, Wed, Sat; 9:15am for 9:30am start. Visitors, new players welcome. Ph Jacqui 07 574 9232 Bay Singles Social Group Join a bunch of over 50s young singles. Weekend dinners, pot-lucks, occasional outings.

Have a go! Ph Delia 027 284 8762, Andrea 021 133 0313 Beth-El Messianic Family Celebrate Shabbat the Sabbath (Sat) as Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) & all early believers did.

All Welcome 10am Otumoetai Primary Hall. Joel van Ameringen 021 768 043 www.BethEl.org.nz Car Boot Sale Greerton Village School, 151 Greerton Rd. Single site $5, double $10. Setup 7am onwards.

Ph 027 414 6040 Carlton Gallery Exhibition Blooming Isolation by Michelle Judge, glass artist.

15th-28th Feb. 36 Main Rd, Katikati.

Open Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Sat-Sun 10am2pm.

Churchill Crown 5-piece band that combine an old school mentality with a tight sense of melody. The Jam Factory 4pm-6:30pm. $10 Cold Wax Workshop Cold Wax, very popular art medium overseas & now you are able to learn it @ The Artery, Historic Village kiwisuemac@gmail.com for more info

Fishing Competition

Katikati Volunteer Fire Brigade’s 19th annual family fishing contest. Fri/Sat 26-27. Tickets $20 adults, $15 children, from Fire Up Sports, Onion and Vege Place, Katikati Building Supplies & Katikati Fire Station.

Greerton Hall Market 2nd & last Saturday of each month. 8am-12pm.

Stalls inside/outside. Discounts for charity groups. Refreshments at kitchen.

Ph/txt for site. Tricia 07 543 1487 or 027 908 2952, www.facebook.com/ greertonhallmarket Holi Colour Splash Experience Tauranga’s most colourful event for the whole family!

Immerse yourself in this ancient, vibrant festival of tossing colours. 12-4pm, Memorial Park. Free entry!

Jigsaw Library St Stephen’s church, Highmore Tce 10am-12pm. Choose from 500 puzzles. Hire for 50c or $1, for 2 weeks Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd 12:453pm

Les Misérables Auditions Tauranga Musical Theatre is staging Les Misérables at Baycourt Theatre in September 2021. Auditions are being held 24-28 February. Audition booking info at www.tmt.org.nz Let’s Learn Lifelong Learning www.letslearn.co.nz for night classes, workshops, lectures, courses, clubs of all sorts. Make lifelong learning your new challenge for

Croquet Tauranga Domain, Cameron

2021. Ph 07 544 9557

LOL Laughter Wellness We don’t laugh

because we’re happy, we’re happy because we laugh! Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, 11-11:45am. No experience required. Koha. Ph Trish 022 036 6768 lollaughterwellness@gmail.com

Otumoetai Hockey Club Pre-Season

Muster Blake Park turfs, 2pm, for men & women. All players welcome. Also training on Tues 23rd Feb 7:30-8:30pm.

Ph Graeme 0274 520 600 Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult tennis.

Start 1.30pm. Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Victor 027 577 1818 a/hrs.

Reid & Ruins Nadia Reid & Holli Fullbrook (from Tiny Ruins band), play songs from their respective albums, solo & together. 7:30pm Baycourt. Tickets from www.baycourt.co.nz

Shirley Ryder CD Launch

6-piece band of original music.

CD launch to a sit down audience. Live at The Jam Factory. Tickets $15 Synchronised Swimming Friendly synchronised swimming club based at Baywave. Beginners train Sat mornings.

First lesson free. Ph Jo 027 543 1697, www.taurangasynchro.co.nz, Facebook: @ taurangasynchroNZ Tauranga Farmers Market 7:45-12pm at Tauranga Primary School, 31 5th Ave. Rain, hail or shine. Direct from the producers. Support local.

Te Puke Community Market Jubilee Park Te Puke, 9-12. Local producers, retailers, home industry stalls, food, coffee, second hand goods, plants, seedlings & so much more!

Te Puke Scottish Society Dance, 7-10:30pm, Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St, Te Puke. Live music, air conditioning, light supper, great company, raffles. $7 entry. Ph Valerie 573 7093 The Sociables A group of males & females in their 30s/40s/50s that meet to participate in events, dining out or bushwalks. Sat & Sun. Ph 022 012 0376 Village Radio Museum Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open from 10am. Request line 571 3710

Sunday 21 February

A Course In Miracles A powerful transformational interfaith teaching to find inner peace. Stuck in past grievances and resentments? Get over it! Free Internet forgiveness workshop. https:// jenniferhadley.com/how-getover-it. Text 021 0274 2502 Art On The Strand Original art for sale. Weather permitting.

9am-4pm. The Strand, Tauranga.

Tauranga Society of Artists Bible Seminar 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton.

Title: Has Christianity been corrupted?

Biblical Answers. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome. Mary 573 5537 Brain Watkins House Museum 233 Cameron Rd. Family home for a century.

2pm-4pm, $5 adults, children free.

Groups or school classes by arrangement.

Ph 578 1835

Rd, Sun, Tues, Fri, 12:45 for 1pm start.

Beginners welcome. Ph Peter 571 0633 Enjoy Travel? Safe travel with home hosting NZ & worldwide. Noumea, Melbourne 2021. Meetings twicemonthly. friendshipforce.org.nz or ph Diane 027 249 9859, Jonathan 572 2091

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

Held every Sunday 9-1pm rain or shine!

Te Papa o Nga Manu Porotakataka (Phoenix Park). www.mountmainstreet. nz Golf Croquet At Club Mt Maunganui, Kawaka St. Tues, Thurs, Sun; 9:15am for 9:30am start. Visitors, new players welcome. Ph Nev 07 575 5121 Invitation To Meditate Follow your own meditation practice with Quaker friends during an hour of silence. 10am-12 in hall behind Brain Watkins House, 233 Cameron Rd. Refreshments. Text 021 0274 2502 Mah Jong 12:45-4pm Lyceum clubrooms, 8 Palmer Pl Te Puke. All welcome. Learners on Thursday. Gig Green 0274 306 383 Maketu Market Held on the 3rd & 5th Sundays of month at Maketu Village Green. Set up from 7am. Ph Maureen 021 267 1685 NZDA BOP Range Day NZDA BOP branch run public open days last Sunday each month at their 300m range in TECT All Terrain Park. 9am-3pm $20 bring firearms licence Papamoa Lions Club Market 2nd & 4th Sunday Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699 Psychic Cafe Spiritual Centre Greerton Community Hall. Doors open 6:40pm, starts 7pm. $10 entry, then everything free. Up to 30 of BOP’s top psychics, healers. Free refreshments. www. psychiccafe.nz Quakers Invite you to explore your spiritual journey. Silent worship, refreshments, conversation. 10am NW cnr Cameron Rd/Elizabeth St. All welcome. Ph 543 3101 www.quakers.nz Radio Controlled Model Yachts Sun & Thurs 1:30-4pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Dr, Papamoa, sailing “Electron” radio controlled yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Rotary Tauranga Book Sale Donate books, DVDs, magazines, records, jigsaws, games, sheet music, art. Sale 5-8 March, Harvard Way Coolstore.

For more info, taurangarotary.org.nz or Rotary Tauranga Facebook.

Self Help Book Discussion Read & practise The Power of Focus by Ann Cornell.

A practical guide to self-healing. Make positive changes in your life. Starts soon.

Ph/text 0210 274 2502 Sunday Scribblers Writing down memoirs. Chrome Cafe, 3 Wharawhara Rd Katikati, 11am-12:30. Ph Gaye 07 5771753 or email gayehemsley@gmail.com Taize at St Georges Join us for a contemplative service using the music of the Taize community, 7pm. www.stgeorgesgatepa.com/ TePuke Country Music Club If Covid allows, please join us 1-4pm at Te Puke Citz & RSA Club. All welcome. Ph Gayle 573 8255

Underwater Hockey Baywave Pool.

Intermediate age & above. Gear provided & first 3 Have-a-go sessions free. 5-6pm Have-a-go & novice players. 6:157:45pm experienced players. https:// www.sporty.co.nz/taurangauhc

Monday 22 February Active Seniors Exercise Group

Strength & balance classes Mon & Thur. Intermediate class 9:30, low impact 11am. City Church, Otumoetai. Friendly classes for seniors Age Concern 500 Cards Friendly fun group gets together 9:30-11.30am (except Public Holidays) at Age Concern, 177a Fraser St, Tauranga. $2 donation Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 640 Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Argentine Tango in Tauranga The dance that makes you feel! Learn technique, posture & how to move with connection.

Ph Denise 0204 006 1340, Facebook “Tango In Tauranga” 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 Beginner Social Dance Class Mon 7pm or Wed at 8pm, both Welcome Bay School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd. Ph 544 2337 or 027 322 1786 Bethlehem Indoor Bowls Bethlehem Hall. Names in by 7:15pm for 7:30pm start. New members of all ages welcome.

Ph John 027 654 1298 Chess at Mount Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd. 6-7pm during school term. Late program 7pm 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 Free ESOL & Christian Conversation Classes, Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd. 9:30-11:30 (except school holidays).

Harmony-A-Plenty Barbershop Singers Do you like singing?

Come & have fun with us.

We’ll teach you barbershop. Bethlehem Community Church, Moffat Rd. 7pm.

Incls supper. Ph Errol 07 543 4138 Indoor Bowls St Mary’s Church Hall, 33 Girven Rd, Bayfair. Register by 12:20pm.

All welcome. $4 entry Indoor Bowls 6:45pm, St Columba Church Hall, Cherrywood. $10 annual subs, $2/evening. Everyone/all levels welcome. Ph Paul 576 6324 Keep On Your Feet Omokoroa 11am12, Settlers Hall, 334 Omokoroa Rd. Strength & balance classes for older adults. All levels of fitness welcome. Ph Sharnie 021 111 8617 Marching For Leisure Non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness & friendship. For Tauranga teams’ details ph Glenice Dando 027 489 8841

Monday Matinee - Katikati Enjoy a movie in the boutique Junction Theatre @ The Arts Junction, 36 Main Rd, Kati-

kati. Movie screens 1:30pm. $10 or $7.50 Gold Card. Ph 549 5250 Mt RSA Indoor Bowls Rollups each Mon & Thurs. Entries in by 6:45pm. $3 entry.

Newcomers welcome. Ph Joy 027 308 7271

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise

Mon 9:15-10:45am Tga Senior Citizens Club, 14 Norris St. Tues 9-10:30am St Marys Church Hall, 33/19 Girven Rd. Jennifer 571 1411 or 027 206 077 Silla Taekwon-do Club Taekwon-do classes at Silla TKD Club, Mon & Thurs at Te Puna school Hall, 6-7:30pm.

Affordable rates. Ph George 022 437 4403 https://www.facebook.com/SillaTae-Kwon-Do-112414698778951/ Suicide Bereavement Info Series 4-part series for anyone bereaved or impacted by suicide. 6-7:30pm in Greerton. Free & open to 18+. RSVP to amy@griefsupport.org.nz or 578 4480 Tauranga Bird Club Meetings 2nd Monday of month, incl public holidays.

Club night for everyone interested in learning about keeping aviary or pet birds. 7:30pm, Matua Hall, Matua.

Tauranga Creative Fibre Today 9:30am, also 2nd/4th Thurs 7pm. Come along & join us to learn knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, dyeing & felting. 177 Elizabeth St. Ph Cathy 07 570 2191 Tauranga Senior Citizens Club CARDS 500 Mon & Thurs. INDOOR BOWLS Tues, Wed & Sat. 12:45pm start.14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save). Entry $3.

New members welcome.

Tauranga Vision Friendship Club Meets 4th Monday at Citizens Club, 10am.

Mixed group. Friendship, fellowship, fun & speakers. Ph Bryan 027 813 5426 Welcome Bay Indoor Bowls Welcome Bay Hall. New members welcome.

Names in by 7:15pm. Finish approx 9:30pm. Ph Gordon 07 544 2882

Tuesday 23 February

Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting 7:30pm, St Peters Anglican Church, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt. All welcome.

Ph 0800 229 6757 Bureta Garden Circle

Meeting at St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai, 1:30pm.

Visitors welcome. Ph Jenny 576 3026 Coffee Meetup Nuenergy Healing Take a look at the natural rhythm of life & how it affects you. 10am at Q Cafe, 88 Coast Boulevard, Papamoa.

Divorce Recovery Support for divorced or separated. 13 weeks, small group.

Starts 7.30pm C3 City Church. Register c3citychurch/courses/divorce-care or contact Kathryn 027 737 3172 Fitness Fun At Cherrywood Cardio, weights, pilates, floor work & dance.

Make new friends. Coffee afterwards. St Columba Church 502 Otumoetai Rd, 9:30-10:30am. Ph Gloria 021 139 2448 Friends Of The Library Mt Maunganui Library Book Group, 10am, for morning tea & friendly book discussion. All welcome. Just come along or Ph Gail 574 3376 Inachord Tauranga Women who love to sing & have fun meet 7pm at Community Church Moffat Rd Bethlehem. New members are always welcome. Musical Director Andrew Braid. Ph Rhonda 027 323 9497

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THE WEEKEND SUN Inner Wheel Tauranga Women working together to help local charities/ causes to succeed. Next meeting Mar 9th 7pm. Come join us! Ph Tory 0210 873 1153 Keep On Your Feet Katikati 10:30am-11:30am, Catholic Church hall, 89 Beach Rd. Strength & balance classes for older adults. All levels of fitness welcome. Ph Sharnie 021 111 8617 Les Misérables auditions Tauranga Musical Theatre is staging Les Misérables at Baycourt Theatre in September 2021. Auditions are being held 24-28 February. Audition booking information at www.tmt.org.nz Merge Social Connections A social group of new residents to Tauranga.

Meet 5pm 1st & 3rd Tuesday of month. Email Karen at merge. tauranga@gmail.com Ocean Running Fun Run Enter Mount Ocean Sports Club , Pilot Bay from 5:15pm.Walkers start 5:40pm, Runners 6pm. $6 entry includes free drink & spot prizes. Ph Phil 021 383 354 Oriana Singers Community Choir

New members welcome to our choir, especially men! 7pm, St Andrews Church Hall, Dee St. www. orianasingers.nz Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult tennis. Start time 9am Tues & Thurs.

Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Pam 570 0302 Otumoetai Walking Group Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Danny 576 6480 Overeaters Anonymous Do you overeat, over-exercise, restrict or purge compulsively? OA may be able to help.

OA meets Tuesday 7-8pm & Friday 1-2pm. Ph 022 048 8275 Scrabble Challenge your brain & memory. Learn new words & strategies.

3 games. Citz Club, 170 13th Ave. 9:20am. Ph 578 3606 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. 7-9:30pm except 2nd Tues of month 3:30-6pm. Lesley 929 7295 Strength & Balance Classes 10:30am, Greerton Community Village Hall.

Exercise class to fun music to build your strength & improve balance.

All levels welcome. Ph Lynda 029 230 0162 Strength & Balance Exercise Class for active seniors, promoting strength, balance & falls prevention. Qualified instructor. 11am, Welcome Bay Community Hall. Ph Raewyn 027 607 7437 TaiChi Beginner Classes TePuke Memorial Hall Mon 5:30pm, Tues/ Thurs 9:30am. Greerton Hall Wed 9:30am. TePuna Memorial Hall Thurs 9:30am. $5 Ph David 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 Club meets Tuesday 9:30am & Thursday 7:30pm, cnr Mirrielees & Cross Rds, Sulphur Pt. Ph Mike 021 939 233 Yoga For All Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6-7:30pm.

Traditional, relaxing Yoga class.

Beginners welcome. $12 for one or $90 for nine classes. Bring a mat. Ph Bhajan 07 929 7484

Wednesday 24 February 10 Pin Bowling Bay Prime Timers 10

Pin Bowling. 1pm. 10 Pin Tauranga, 135 13th Ave. Play for fun but keep the score, very occasionally competitive.

Ph Les 027 605 8947 Adults Ballet Plus Class Lots styles covered, lots of fun. 12:30, St Peters, Beach Rd, Katikati. Ph Gaye 07 577 1753 or email gayehemsley@gmail.com Age Concern Walking Group Meet at 10am Kulim Park sausage sizzle Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 640 Cameron Rd, All welcome.

Ph 0800 229 6757

Cards Cribbage 12:45 at RSA

Greerton. Friendly club. New members very welcome. Ph Jill 021 160 6143 CBSI Bible Study Join us @ City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd, 7-9pm. Study of The Book of John. Ph Julie 021 106 4890 Club Mount Indoor Bowls Names in by 6:45 for 7pm start. Kawaka St, Mt. All welcome. Ph Val 07 543 4168 Cornhole In The Park 10am & 7pm, Pacific Park, Matavai St, Mt. Fun, social game. No experience necessary.

Ph Marlene 027 497 9304 Creative Conversations Gathering at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, 10-11:30am.

Exploring understanding of near death experiences. Bring yourself, open mind & coffee cup.

Gambling Support Group Open support group for gamblers, 6:307:30pm at Salvation Army Oasis Ctr, 176 Fraser St. All welcome. Ph Colin 021 812 869 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club night 7:30pm

Kaimai Ramblers Tramping Group

From Waiorongomai. Pylon Peak track, Old N/S to tops and return down through Waiorongomai. Grade Mod/ Hard S/C. Kevin 021 0200 6306 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road.

Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm Ladies Only Latin Lessons 7-8pm, Matua Primary School. $5. All women welcome. Email hi@dancecompany. co.nz Mauao Crazy Choir Come sing with us!

7-9pm at House of Yoga, 3 Newton St. Everybody welcome, no auditions. First time free. So much fun. Ph Emily 027 571 9333 Mount RSA Women’s Section First Social Day for 2021 starts at 1:30pm.

Entertainer is Rae Carton. Please ph office before Wednesday if transport is required. All members welcome.

Single Coffee Club 60+ Join our social club for a friendly chat & coffee, 10am. Ph Gayle 027 439 3267 or mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz Steady As You Go Exercises for seniors.

Improve strength & balance. Friendly group meets Bureta area, 2-3pm except 1st Wed each month. Ph Betty 07 570 3215

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Mangorewa Gorge. Grade moderate.

Ph George 021 127 5018 Tauranga South Bowls Chook Pairs, 12:30pm. Club members get your name in early now! 15 Tutchen St. Ph 578 6213

Welcome Home Spiritual Community

Elaine Sollitt, an evening of flower reading. Bring a flower with stem & leaves. 7:15pm, $5 entry. St George’s Lounge Gate Pa. Bring a plate for chat & coffee. Ph 021 126 4790

Thursday 25 February Age Concern Monthly Meeting

Tauranga Citizens Club, 170 13th Ave. 10-11am. $4pp, light refreshments provided. Guest speaker on digital programmes for seniors. Register interest on 578 2631 Bay City Rockers Social Rock ’n Roll dancing, plus other popular dances. Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. 7-9:30pm. $3 incls supper. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222 Bayfair Craft Group All crafts, knitting, crochet, quilting, scrapbooking etc, 9am-2pm, $7/ session, Arataki Community Ctr. M/tea provided, BYO lunch. New members welcome. Ph Sandy 021 836 7671 CBSI Bible Study Join us @ City Church, 252 Otumoetai Rd, 10-12pm for Study of The Book of John

Flexercise with Fitness League

Exercise, movement, dance focusing on posture, balance, stretching, strengthening & flexibility. For all ages & abilities, Central Baptist Church Hall 13th Ave. Pam 021 117 717 Friends Of The Library Greerton Library 10am. All welcome for morning tea. Harley Cooper (Heritage & Reseach) talks about Tauranga’s

online heritage collection. ‘Intro to Archives’. Pam 571 2566 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry.

Katikati Concert Band Come & join our friendly band, at Katikati Bowling Club, 8 Park Rd, 7pm. All brass, woodwind & percussion players welcome. Ph Mick 021 217 1780

Keynotes Womens’ Barbershop Chorus Do you love to sing? New

singers welcome, age no barrier, join us 7pm Wesley Centre 13th Ave. Ph Bernice 576 4848 Facebook Keynotes Inc. Kickstart Toastmasters Improve your public speaking & leadership skills in a friendly, supportive club. 7am at 148 Durham St. Ph Stan 022 390 2216 Mainly Music Music & dance for preschoolers, mums & carers. $4/ family. Morning tea provided. 9:3010am. Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd. PD Fit Parkinson’s specific small group exercise class, 10:30-11:30am at Total Health, 14B Hocking St, Mt Maunganui. $10. Ph Emma 027 431 5920 for details Porcelain & China Painting Come along & find out about this easily learnt art form. 9am-12, Art & Craft Centre, Elizabeth St. Ph Jan 021 663 565 or Maria 027 553 3042 Retro & Mod Vintage, retro & funky mod clothing, linen, fabrics, shoes, bags, accessories etc. Open 10-1. Cash only. Proceeds to Turning Point Trust

Singer Songwriter Sessions

Performance by local musicians Alice Sea, Adam McLean, Kiwi/ Scottish singer Amelia McNabb & Nick Newman. Live at The Jam Factory Tickets $15 Tauranga Independent Films Monthly film industry event. An evening to connect & network with local filmmakers. Village Cinema, 6:30-9pm Tauranga Model Railway Club Club meets Tuesday 9:30am & Thursday 7:30pm, cnr Mirrielees & Cross Rds, Sulphur Pt. Ph Mike 021 939 233 Tauranga Te Papa Probus Meets first Thursdays 9:30am at Daniels in the Park, Elevth Ave (except in January) Ph Secretary Robbie 578 1051 Twilight Petanque At Club Mount Maunganui. Every Tuesday. Come along after work, new players and visitors welcome. Boules available Txt 022 309 9143

Friday 26 February

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting

10am, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 640 Cameron Rd. All welcome. Ph 0800 229 6757 Arataki Art Group Interested in painting? Come & join our friendly group at Arataki Community Centre (behind Baywave) 9:15-11:45. All levels welcome. Ph Fran 021 136 8173 Chess Tauranga 4-6pm, Tauranga RSA, Greerton. Casual chess included.

Ph Werner 548 1111. Search Western BOP Chess or http:/www. westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Eft Optimal Healing Learn how to heal your mind and body using the Unseen Therapist within you. Free e -booklet teaches this miraculous proven process. https://www.emofree.com/unseentherapist. Text 021 0274 2502 Overeaters Anonymous Do you overeat, over-exercise, restrict or purge compulsively? OA may be able to help.

OA meets Tuesday 7-8pm and Friday 1-2pm. Phone 022 048 8275 for information Retro & Mod Vintage, retro & funky mod clothing, linen, fabrics, shoes, bags, accessories etc. Open 10-1. Cash only. Proceeds to Turning Point Trust Running & Walking Club For adults of diverse fitness levels. We meet at 9:25am Tues & Fri. May St Guide Hall, Mt. Free trial. Babysitting service available, $3/child Seniors Move More Small group strength & balance class 10:3011:30am at Total Health, 14B Hocking St, Mt Maunganui. $10. Ph Emma 027 431 5920 for details

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help to anyone in need, through our debt counseling team. A sustainable solution and real hope for the future.

Ph Free 0508 227 111 or www.capnz.org

Tauranga South Bowls

Club Roll Up,12:30pm.

Visitors welcome. Free loan bowls & coaching. 15 Tutchen St. Have fun 2021.

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Tim Allen Back at The Jam Factory at 7pm with his explosive new single ‘Love is a Pill’, which is to be released 19th Mar. Tickets $10

JACK DUSTY’S (Bureta) Sat 20th Random Notes ft. Brian Franks 7:30pm – 10:30pm Sun 21st Blaze 3pm – 6pm MT RSA Fri 19th Gerry Lee 7pm – 10:30pm Sat 20th Noteworthy 7pm – 10:30pm Sun 21st Woody Dean 4:30pm – 7pm THE PHOENIX Sun 21st Anzacs Duo 3pm – 6pm THE BARREL ROOM Sat 20th Jazz Night 7pm – 10pm TOTARA STREET Fri 19th Baseline PreParty ft. Connor Tomoana (Collekt), Sin, Witters. R18, 9pm, $25 THE JAM FACTORY Sat 20th Shirley Ryder & The Faith, 7pm, $15 THE MATUA BAR Fri 19th TJS Blues Band, 7pm

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Horoscopes ARIES: Avoid being too casual with friends and colleagues. Express your position with assertiveness.

An old friend seeks your advice and encouragement and a new friend could prove very demanding.

LIBRA: A romantic comeback may be on the agenda. Mechanical repairs should not be ignored. Youngsters may offer uncommonly mature suggestions, so don’t hesitate to seek out their ideas.

TAURUS: You may find yourself mingling with a new group of people and expanding your interests in the process. Recent worries prove unfounded. Your partner is unexpectedly shy.

SCORPIO: This is a good week for business, in which ideas sparkle and you are most persuasive. Stay clear of prying neighbours. A former admirer may contact you. Keep your ideas open for a bargain.

GEMINI: You should make some financial gains this week. Don’t feel guilty if you wish to spoil yourself.

Your natural tact and good humour makes you highly popular in the workplace and the community.

SAGITTARIUS: Your memory plays tricks and it’s wise to keep a diary of events and appointments. If any repairs need to be done, don’t go penny-pinching and stay clear of amateurs.

CANCER: This is a great week for concluding projects rather than launching new schemes. Your partner may surprise you with a travel-related announcement. A family reunion may offer an opportunity for making new friends.

CAPRICORN: Moderation is the keyword during a week that favours a generally conservative approach.

Important correspondence comes your way after the weekend. Make a point of collecting debts.

LEO: Comparison shopping pays off, but written guarantees are essential. Decorating and renovating are favoured. Property transactions require a detailed review. In romance you soar toward cloud nine.

AQUARIUS: Your creative juices are perking, so your special touches could make much out of the ordinary. In making a presentation, don’t hesitate to add a bit of flair.

VIRGO: Profit making ideas can now be put into action. Bargain hunting is favourable but over due payments remain slow in coming. A solution to a dilemma may be found in a favourite book.

PISCES: Organization is the keyword.

Resist the tendency to take on too many projects simultaneously. Your sense of humour is bright and wins new admirers. Surprise bills may arrive at the end of the week.

Your birthday You are self-sufficient, filled with compassion and always logical, but in romance this week you could afford to be more spontaneous. A unique business opportunity may evolve earlier than you once thought.

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The ‘tie debacle’ Trash talk on recycling Please return pram I’m glad to see common sense prevailed in Parliament and tie wearing is now ‘optional’.

The ‘tie’ is only a cloth ornament that neither warms or protects the wearer, but it gives an advantage to any would-be attacker.

The tie makes a good gripping handle.

The tie is also a health hazard because it is rarely washed, especially university or graduation ties.

There have been epidemics in hospitals spread by the ties of tending doctors.

If a pathologist was to randomly take a tie from a New Zealand MP, they would perhaps find the minute remains of the past 20 meals consumed, plus various specks of skin and bodily fluids.

In the war on germs, the ‘tie’ is the elephant in the room that nobody notices.

It’s time we said goodbye to the ‘tie’.

P.S: Have you seen ties on a washing line?

I haven’t.

Ken Jones, Katikati.

With regard to F. Lukich’s comments on recycling (The Weekend Sun, February 12, pg 26), I totally agree that we should be making more of an effort to cut down our waste and recycle more. Putting mountains of waste into landfills is not the ideal solution.

But what is the point in putting ‘recycling’ items into separate bins at our gates only to have them piled high somewhere doing absolutely nothing, not being ‘recycled’ but just sitting or being chucked into landfills and leaching all manner of nasties into the ground and atmosphere?

Why are our councils not making more effort to build proper ‘recycling’ stations like those overseas that actually do recycle waste? Oh, that’s right, they can’t afford to do something sensible and necessary because they squander rate payer’s phenomenal rates on the nice-to-haves not the necessities, like recycling stations that would do something positive and help our environment.

I feel manufacturers should be taking some of the blame for a lot of waste. Plastic packaging, water bottles and disposable nappies should be phased out.

They are not necessary, they are simply convenient.

Most people are doing a great job of recycling.

But we could all try harder.

Shirley Gussey, Tauranga.

Thanks to our cops As we live more or less comfortably in our homes at night, it’s time to spare a thought for our police who do everything to keep us safe.

Why we have such a criminal underbelly in this country, that wants to commit heinous crimes against others in their communities, is hard to comprehend.

They wallow in it for money and never mind the misery they cause. They can’t all have had rotten parents, and even if some have that background, they can still grow up to be model parents and citizens. But our domestic violence figures show nothing but a worsening environment. How can our children grow up confronting such terror in their lives?

But in all weather, risking everything, our police are there protecting us.

We need to celebrate the role of our police, and we don’t.

Margaret Murray-Benge, Bethlehem (abridged).

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

As a Weekend Sun deliverer, I’m asking the person or persons who stole my allterrain pram and suitcase from the corner of 8th Avenue and Edgecumbe Road: Why you couldn’t have left my remaining copies?

Thanks to you, households at the top end of 7th Ave missed out on their paper.

Losing a job to Covid-19 and unable to find another (age discrimination and being considered ‘unskilled’), I took a delivery run.

The Avenues run (both sides of Cameron Road) is a big one and I don’t have a car.

My daughter bought the

pram on Trade Me as a means of carrying my papers.

There’s no suitable replacement in the op shops and comparable models on Trade Me are too expensive.

I’m just trying to be selfreliant instead of asking for handouts and my daughter was trying to help her mum.

So I’m asking the person who ended up with my items to do the right thing.

Contact this newspaper’s office and they will reunite us. My householders are entitled to their paper and your ‘freebie’ is needed to make that happen.

It also means a lot to me.

‘Avenues Sun Deliverer’.

Covid alternative medicine

I was just over the range with a group of Aucklanders when news broke of this Covid-19 outbreak.

Straightaway they were trying to gather as much info as possible and were wondering if the new vaccine was safe.

Considering most vaccines take a minimum four years to safely develop, this one seems awfully rushed and as I understand it, science and rushed don't go together.

Overseas, there are long proven alternatives that are having great success against Covid-19 and the one which is to become the standard of care is Ivermectin, which in 2015 won the Nobel prize for medicines.

According to Dr Pierre Kory and his team who are working in conjunction with the World Health Organisation, it can be used prophylactically and is a profound antiviral drug which deals to all phases of Covid-19 quickly and effectively.

John Fairburn, Katikati.

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Zane Flannagan joined CBG as an apprentice, and Josh says it’s been great to see him develop his skills and leadership and becoming fully qualified early last year.

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They’re a friendly, punctual team who enjoy a challenge, as well as gaining the trust and appreciation of their clients, and can help with bigger jobs such as building your home right through to making that coffee table you’ve always dreamed of.

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The Tauranga Art Gallery Trust owns and operates the Tauranga Art Gallery – toi Tauranga, on behalf of the residents of Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty.

The Gallery’s purpose is to create exceptional art experiences that engage, inspire, challenge and educate.

The Board of Trustees are responsible for developing and delivering the Gallery’s strategic goals, overseeing the management of the Gallery’s assets and resources, and for ensuring prudent financial management to ensure the long-term sustainability.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for four trustees whose skills and experience complement those of the current board.

Diversity is valued, and these trustees will typically have a mix of the following: • Strong business and financial acumen to govern and lead the strategic direction of an art gallery with assets to the value of $9.8 million. Audit, risk and/or legal experience would be advantageous.

• Communications, marketing, fundraising, business development and/or event management experience at a governance or strategic advisory level.

• A strong interest and understanding of visual arts - locally and nationally - and ideally, expertise in art exhibition development and curation.

• Links with the local arts community and education providers, as well as local and central government agencies associated with the visual arts.

• An in-depth appreciation of the importance of the cultural history of New Zealand and of Tauranga Moana Tangata Whenua, particularly the mana whenua perspective, would be advantageous.

If you believe you have the skills to make a difference and a real contribution to the Tauranga Art Gallery Trust Board and art and culture in our region, your interest in the position is welcomed.

As a council-controlled organisation of Tauranga City Council, the Trust has charitable status and operates autonomously but in a political environment, with a requirement to meet the expectations of both its shareholders and its community in accordance with an agreed Statement of Intent.

Meetings are held monthly in Tauranga, although additional meetings may be required. A small remuneration is provided.

Successful applicants will be appointed for a three year term.

While applicants are not required to live in Tauranga, the ability to build and maintain relationships within the Bay of Plenty community should be demonstrated.

Expressions of interest should be addressed to: Chief Executive Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143 Apply online via email to: anne.blakeway@tauranga.govt.nz.

Applications close 5pm, Sunday 7 March 2021.

All applications will be dealt with in strict confidence.

An information pack is available on request. More information is also available at www.artgallery.org.nz and www.tauranga.govt.nz Tauranga City Council, 91 Willow Street Private Bag 12022, Tauranga, Telephone 07 577 7000

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How do you feel?

That has become even clearer this week with the news on Sunday evening that we were back under Level 2 restrictions. As you read this, we can only hope we are back to Level 1! This set me to wonder: how are we dealing with this changed order on a personal, family and community front?

Where do we find our hope? We know how fortunate we are by comparison with other countries in the world. Yet, where do we find hope?

I heard the Archbishop of Canterbury answer this question the other day as he reflected on so many deaths in the UK. What he said is true across the world. Firstly, that every single person is of value and held in the heart of God. Secondly that for Christians, hope is found in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And that God is in the middle of this mess. But also, chaos and death are not the last word - God is - and this is demonstrated in a multitude of ways in the love and care that is received and passed on to others in our homes and families and in our wider communities.

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