The Weekend Sun - 23 April 2021

23 April 2021, Issue 1056

Wall of remembrance Poppies have bloomed on the outside of the turn-of-thecentury restored villa in the Tauranga Hospital grounds, just in time for Anzac Day this weekend.

Mental Health service co-ordinator Debbie Lawrence, pictured, has been busy creating the wall of knitted poppies

as a way to honour our fallen and active soldiers.

Inspired by the Tower of London’s World War I centennial instalment in 2014 of more than 880,000 ceramic poppies, Debbie says she’s been receiving boxes of the little knitted memorial flowers to adorn the villa.

‘They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.’

Read this story in full on page 13. Photo: John Borren.

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Death and taxes facilities to the main centres.

In fact the reasoning behind the new separate Maori Health Authority appears to be exactly the same as that which was behind DHBs in the first place.

The Weekend Sun Combined Circulation BOP Times Amongst other things, 69,062 circulation of NZMEHealth 10,162 circulationOne size fits all?

Local communities are best Minister Andrew Little is placed to identify their own promising to “treat people problems and come up with before they getCombined sick”, however BOP Times, Katikati Advertiser their own solutions, so I like a 5pm sushi special, it’s and Te Puke Times circulation is p: 07 578 0030 hope the new Health NZ already makingless methan queasy.

HALF with only 32,138 in total. e: ads@thesun.co.nz has some system set up to A centralised national health listen to other communities service sounds like a great idea of interest. but the loss of district health Coupled with robust reporting boards will send shivers and clarity, a centralised health up and down the spine of system could improve on a the country, especially in health system which already smaller communities. stacks up comparatively DHB meetings are not well internationally. exactly entertaining in the It’s not good enough that levels same way as a Ranfurly of health service vary depending Shield match. on which region you live in but In fact, such is the local input into health decisions popularity of most are absolutely vital in my opinion. meetings, the reporter, To put it into perspective, the and sometimes a member of Government allocated about $20 GreyPower, are the only people who billion to the health budget this have to leave the room at financial year and we all spent lunchtime and buy their another $5 billion privately. It’s own sandwiches. big money, second only to social But that doesn’t mean welfare, and it represents twice that buried in the the amount spent by every numbers and the drylocal and regional council as-a-bone targets and combined, with all of its reports, the jargon and representation and bureaucracy. the acronyms, there aren't important What’s the difference? local issues, because that’s what DHB’s are all about.

If looks could kill It’s an opportunity for everyday Seeing as we are talking about serious people to be involved in the discussions alongside the doctors and professors. It’s subjects I’m going to move on to murder. It doesn’t get any more serious a chance to lobby the decision makers. than that.

Problems and trends at a local level are Although, in the case of Minneapolis discussed and reported on so everyone police officer Derek Chauvin, it is sees what’s going on. Solutions – by actually a bit of a grey area. locals, for locals – are devised.

Derek quite obviously was responsible Like a Ranfurly Shield match, for the death of George Floyd back in communities have to fight tooth and nail to retain money and services in their May last year. We’ve all seen the video and followed the trial. area and halt the migration of specialist

If he had been found guilty of anything less than murder, the rioting would probably only just be getting into full swing.

However, I was almost killed by a death stare myself when I pointed out to someone this week that Derek wasn’t actually charged with murder – not by the New Zealand definition anyway.

You see the Oxford Dictionary definition of murder is ‘the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought’.

Derek was charged and convicted in the United States with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

In New Zealand all of those crimes are simply called manslaughter because they lack the element of intention or premeditation.

Interestingly if the tables had been turned and George suffocated Derek, he would have been charged with first degree murder in the US because a police officer was the victim and that supercedes premeditation.

Go figure.

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Like a clap of thunder and a bolt of lightning out of a blue sky, the Government is changing our health system.

Slice of heaven

On a lighter note, one of New Zealand’s favourite likely lads was officially knighted this week.

Dave Dobbyn, a self-described ‘ratbag’ started out as a member of Th’ Dudes with his schoolmates in 1975. He is now a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Now that’s a slice of heaven. daniel@thesun.co.nz

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BOPDHB backs health sector reform Bay of Plenty District Health Board chief executive officer Pete Chandler.

The CEO of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board has thrown his weight behind the major health sector shake-up.

Health Minister Andrew Little announced on Wednesday that the nation’s 20 district health boards, including the BOPDHB, are to be replaced by one new body, Health New Zealand.

The new national body will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the health system.

The 20 DHBs will merge into Health NZ. It is a change welcomed by BOPDHB chief executive officer Pete Chandler.

“It is absolutely time for change in a health system that was designed for a very different context,” he says.

“The Minister’s announcements are bold and ambitious, with structural changes paving the way for a more streamlined system across Aotearoa.

“Our own current development priorities in the Bay of Plenty, a connected locality-based system, our commitment to equity, taking care of our health workforce and providing safe and compassionate care, align very well with the direction set out on Wednesday.”

The overhaul will also see the implementation of a new Public Health agency and a Maori Health Authority, with the power to commission health services.

“Organisations themselves are of much less importance than the wonderful healthcare workforce across the healthcare system who work immensely hard every day to provide the best care they can to our communities,” Pete states.

“It is our people who breathe life and energy into whatever structure is formed and I celebrate the amazing GPs, midwives, hospital, community and Maori provider healthcare teams that we have here in the Bay.” The changes are now said to be in the preparation and transition phase. Legislation is slated to be passed by July 2022 at which point all DHB staff will be transferred to Health NZ on their existing terms and conditions.

Pete says the local DHB are ready for this period of transition.

“It will take some time for the full detail of Wednesday’s announcements to gain shape and form in how it will pan out for the Bay of Plenty and this means a time of uncertainty.

“However we’ll walk this journey of change together because the current DHB and PHO teams, along with our Runanga partners, share a vision of a fairer, more equitable and accessible model of care for our communities, this what was set out in today’s announcements.

“In the words of Seamus Heaney: ‘Believe that a further shore is reachable from here’.” Mathew Nash

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A return to tradition

Tauranga RSA president Fred Milligan.

Photo: John Borren.

As the sun rises over Tauranga on Anzac Day, thousands of people will gather as The Last Post sounds to remember those we lost, and to honour all who served.

Last year’s lack of Anzac Day services will seem like a distant memory rather than a halt in a century-long tradition.

Anzac services in 2020 were cancelled because of the Level 4 lockdown that occurred from Covid-19 reaching our shores. Instead of meeting en masse people were encouraged to Stand At Dawn at their letterboxes or in their home to observe the day.

Veterans and RSA members from across the city are looking forward to resuming tradition on Sunday.

Mount Maunganui RSA support manager Peter Moss says it’s amazing to be able to hold services this year but last year was amazing in its own way.

“I think a lot of people enjoyed standing at their letter boxes, I know I did. I think it made it a really

special day last year, but it’s better this year because we can get together.”

Tauranga RSA president Fred Milligan says there is no doubt that people are glad services are going ahead but he is unsure what the turn out will be, with some people, especially elderly, still cautious of large gatherings.

Normally around 1500 people attend the Tauranga dawn service and Fred says it’s a best guess how big this year’s crowd will be.

Peter says some people might be wary to attend the Mount Maunganui dawn service but it normally attracts a crowd of 10,000 to 15,000 and he thinks it’ll be pretty busy .

He knows the usual veterans including those from WWII will attend the Mount services.

Peter says Anzac Day at the RSA is a great opportunity to catch up with people, especially the WWII veterans, who they don’t see a lot of during the year. “On Anzac day, it’s just an amazing atmosphere when they come back and have breakfast and get together as old comrades. It’s nice to see all Alisha Evans the uniforms around too.”

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Meet a range of faith groups The Annual General Meeting of The Tauranga Moana Interfaith Council will be held at 7pm on Tuesday, May 4, in the lounge of the Anglican Church of St. George, 1 Church Street, Gate Pa. Fungai Mhlanga from the Office of Ethnic Communities Te Tari Matawaka will attend as a guest speaker this year.

Fungai will share the OEC’s vision for flourishing ethnic diversity that thrives in Aotearoa New Zealand, discuss the role

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of the OEC in advising the government on issues related to ethnic diversity and provide information on the Ethnic Communities Development Fund.

There will be time for questions after his presentation.

The AGM is also an opportunity to meet with representatives and leaders of a diverse range of faith groups in the Tauranga Moana rohe.

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Short sets keep things fresh One small step for Tauranga’s music scene is one giant leap forward for the artists involved.

A new series of monthly concerts, designed to provide an outlet and a goal for musicians is catching the attention of music lovers right around the Bay of Plenty.

They’re called ‘Satellite Sessions’ and they take place at The Jam Factory – a boutique music venue at the Historic Village.

It is the brainchild of musician and videographer Nick Newman.

“Original music in the Bay of Plenty needed another platform for songs and artists to grow, so we’ve created one.”

Each ‘Satellite Session’ features four artists playing roughly four original songs.

“Short sets keep things fresh, and it lets people play originals without needing to have a whole set or fill it out with covers,” says Nick.

The other major boost for artists is that they get a polished, live music video professionally filmed on the night.

The artists who will be performing at the next Satellite Sessions (clockwise from top left): Matt Bodman, Ariana Henare, Wildlanes and Flynn. Photos: supplied

“Audience members rave about the intimacy and originality of the concerts.”

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Seeds for the future

Maila Macefield, 8, is excited to collect native seeds from Mauao for the PiPs programme. Photo: John Borren.

The future of Mauao’s flora is being protected by local children through the People, Plants in Schools programme.

Tamariki from the programme will spend a morning collecting native seeds from the maunga to grow and return once the seedlings are big enough.

The seeds will be grown back at school then when ready, the natives will be planted on a special site that will become the Pips Mauao Whanau Ngahere or Family Forest – enabling children to experience the full growth cycle of natives.

The plants can take up to three years to grow, so the students will be invited back to return the natives to Mauao at a community planting day.

PiPs project manager Marie Paterson says it is the first project of its kind where children will experience collecting native seeds and learn the tikanga behind it.

“Our kaupapa is to create future kaitiaki and form a connection with Mauao through regeneration.” Marie wants the students to be able to say to their children in years to come that they were a part of growing the trees when visiting the landmark.

“It’s more than just our kids placing a tree in the ground, we want our kids to take in everything that is special about Mauao.”

People, Plants in Schools run garden programmes in six schools in Papamoa and Mount Maunganui that teach children about the environment and how to grow and cook their own food.

PiPs garden facilitators and volunteers work with children from the garden clubs for five hours week to run their school garden and do other environmental projects.

Garden facilitator Tessa Papadopoulos says it’s important for kids to reconnect with their food and where it comes from because it helps them take care of the environment.

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The play based learning is driven by what the children want to learn and explore and each school’s club is run to suit the needs of its students, says Tessa.

During their gardening session they might come across a bug which opens up a conversation about insects, so what they encounter forms part of their learning, she says.

“It creates that appreciation and you look that little bit closer.

“So rather than just walking past a tree we'll stop, we'll talk about the tree, we'll talk about its place in the environment, how it works, that everything has a role,” says Tessa.

Arataki School student Aidan McGreal, 10, loves the garden club and says it’s really fun because he gets to grow some of his favourite foods.

“I love broccoli, so it’s like really, really good,” he exclaims.

“I like learning about seeds and germination. I like soil and it’s really fun learning about it and it also gets me out of my class for a bit.

“Getting to learn outside is really good.”

Tessa says the friendships formed and teamwork involved in the garden clubs is amazing.

Maila Macefield has learnt how to grow a variety of vegetables and make compost through Arataki School’s club.

“My favourite thing is learning how to grow seeds and learning with my friends,” says the eight-year-old.

Marie says the great thing about the programme is it’s locally run so children can connection with the community, local organisations and their local environment.

The PiPs seed collection day is on Sunday, May 2, and is open to any children who are part of the PiPs gardening programme.

For more information or to register for the day, visit the website: www.pipsbop.org Alisha Evans

Poppy and Star Flight homeward bound The Poppy and Star Flight that has been travelling the country for the last four weeks fundraising for the RSA, The Starship Foundation’s Air Ambulance and NZ Warbirds, will touch down again at Ardmore Airport, Auckland, on Sunday.

Having travelled as far South as Invercargill and North to Kaitaia, the flight has seen 30 community events take place where all sorts of people came together to support the charities with a range of activities.

The final flight from Whangarei will arrive at Ardmore at about 10am with Baz Norgrove in a Titan T51 Mustang. He will unpack the giant poppy and star artworks which have each had more than 300 hand knitted poppies sewn on in the towns visited. The artworks will be given to representatives from each of the charities along with details of the funds collected along the way.

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Soldier identified after 103 years More than 5000 New Zealand soldiers lost their lives during World War I in Belgium between 1917 and 1918.

Known as one of the ‘horrors’ of the Great War, the Battle of Passchendaele, staged in Flanders

Field, Belgium, saw many New Zealand soldiers never return home, and many never properly laid to rest.

Some of the casualties are buried in France or the UK. It is known that 4633 Kiwi servicemen still lie in Flanders Field, and there are around 80 cemeteries

and memorials that commemorate these fallen soldiers – 2261 of these have a named gravestone and 2372 are still missing and are listed on the Memorials for the Missing.

Nine hundred and forty four unknown Kiwi soldiers have a gravestone that simply states: ‘a New Zealand soldier of the Great War, known unto God’.

However, just recently, one was identified, thanks to research by New Zealand Pilgrimage Trust founding director Freddy Declerck, a former Belgian Navy Officer.

There are 1439 burials and commemorations to soldiers that fell during World War One at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery in Zonnebekestraat, Belgium. Forty six identified New Zealand soldiers were put to rest there, but the cemetery also houses 953 unidentified casualties, 52 of which are suspected Kiwis.

The cemetery lies opposite Dochy Farm – an area that had become a German strong point during the war; one that was taken by the second/fifth Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment on September 26, 1917, and the staging area for the Battle of Broodseinde on October 4, 1917.

Freddy has spent years researching soldiers who died in Belgium and believes he has narrowed the final resting place of an unknown captain down to one possibility.

Captain Parry of Paeroa

Six captains went missing during October 1917, according to the Memorial of the Missing Tyne Cot Cemetery. After tracing all six of the captains, their dates of death and proximity to the original burial place of the unknown captain, Freddy believes this unknown captain’s gravesite is the final resting place of Captain Ernest C. Parry, of Paeroa.

“The unknown captain was originally buried on the battlefield on the same spot and together with Sgt Donald McLean,” says Freddy. “After the war, they were found together and brought over to Dochy Farm Cemetery. Sgt McLean is buried only seven places apart in the same row on Dochy Farm Cemetery.”

Getting the research accepted

Captain Parry, 1st Auckland Battalion, was killed in action on October 6, 1917, during the Battle of Passchendaele.

An extract from the official history of the Auckland Regiment suggests Captain Parry was killed on October 4, 1917, but Freddy says the date of Captain Parry’s death is less important than the possible rededication of an unknown grave.

After exhaustive research, Freddy believes he has linked a gravesite dedicated to an unknown captain at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery to Captain Parry.

“Grave sites are partially identified – there is no name but other facts, as rank, regiment and more,” says Freddy.

“We estimate that about 50 per cent of the missing have a grave marked for an unknown soldier and that about 1130 are still on the battlefields, buried under the farm land.”

But Freddy says it hasn’t been an easy road getting his hard-earned research accepted.

“This research was sent to the New Zealand Embassy on July 30, 2020 who send it to the

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New Zealand Pilgrimage Trust founding director Freddy Declerck.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission,” says Freddy. “On August 21, 2020, I got a reply from the CWGC that the submission has been rejected and the report send to the New Zealand Defence Force.

“On April 2, 2021, I had an e-mail from the New Zealand Embassy with a letter from NZDF to thank me for the research and to say the submission was accepted.”

From there, Freddy says, more supporting evidence was found.

“The NZDF had found more evidence: an article from the Ohinemuri Gazette and an extract from the diary of the commanding officer of the battalion saying Captain Parry was killed on October 6 at 1am.

“The article gives evidence that Captain Parry died together with Sergeant McLean when they came out the line.”

A first for a Kiwi

Due to Covid restrictions, Freddy says there will be a rededication of the gravestone once it is safe to do so.

Freddy says this find is significant as it has never been done before for a Kiwi soldier.

“There is a lot of research going on by historians, but according to the CWGC, it has never lead to the identification of an unknown soldier. More than 100 years ago it was not possible to identify the soldier, so he was buried in a grave without a name.”

He says this research – and research like it – is important to continue.

“You know that you are doing something very important for the family.

“Even after 100 years, some descendants of the nearest family can come to mourn over the grave of someone their family loved so much.”

Freddy – who lives in Belgium – says he’s had an interest in New Zealand since 2003 and decided to pursue it due to lack of available information.

“When I started, almost nobody did this. There was nothing to find online and you hardly could find a book with some history of their deeds on the Western Front.

“Here, the people ware telling stories about British and German soldiers, sometimes about Canadians, French and Belgian soldiers but not so much and almost never about Australians and New Zealanders.”

He started an Anzac Day Dawn Service in Belgium in 2008 and was the chairman of the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 and founding director and chairman of the volunteer organisation Passchendaele Society 1917 after his retirement.

Formally recognised

Freddy’s work has been recognised by New Zealand in the form of a New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM). He’s also been made an Honorary Captain by the Royal New Zealand Navy.

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Sam Tanner in action for Tauranga Ramblers.

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The Bethlehem College alumnus has every reason to be happy, as he gets to do his post-training chilling as a future Olympian.

“I couldn’t be more stoked,” says the overjoyed Kiwi prospect.

Tanner has been included in New Zealand’s Olympic Athletics squad for the upcoming Tokyo games.

After receiving news of his selection, Sam was quickly onto his Instagram stories to congratulate those who will be joining him on the team.

That includes seven other Olympic debutants.

The fresh blood will blend with those with previous Olympic experience, such as Dame Valerie Adams and fellow 1500m runner Nick Willis, who is attending his fifth Olympic games.

Having that experience around Sam is seen as a big bonus for his Tauranga Ramblers coach Craig Kirkwood, especially with his fellow middledistance runner Nick Willis in tow.

“It’s a big contrast,” says Kirkwood. “It is pretty cool that he has got Nick there to mentor him.

“As a sounding board and someone to train with a guy who has been to these sort of events before that is pretty special.

“He will thrive with that.”

Tanner himself is pleased to get the chance to learn from the two-time Olympic medalist.

“It is just so cool because he is like my running hero,” Tanner says. “For me to be able to go to the Olympics with him is actually pretty sweet.”

Compared to Willis, Tanner is a running novice.

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The youngster broke the collegiate 1500m record in February to meet the Olympic qualifying standard.

However, medals are not at the forefront of his, or his coach’s mind.

“If he runs well in the heats anything can happen in those races,” says Kirkwood with caution.

“If he is smart and runs his race well and the heat draws are kind he can sneak into the final.”

That no-pressure ethos seems to be helping Tanner keep nerves to an absolute minimum.

“It is more like excitement,” Tanner buzzes.

“I don’t have any real expectations on myself.

“Any result coming out of the Olympics will be sweet. Going, alone, is like ‘wow’.

“Not many people ever get to experience anything like that so I am very stoked.”

Whilst the Covid enforced delay to the Olympics afforded Tanner with the chance to qualify for Tokyo, it does mean his family won’t be able to attend.

However, with someone needed to take the torch from Willis as New Zealand’s middle-distance flagbearer, Tanner is hopeful his loved ones will get to see him in action in Paris three years from now.

“It certainly won’t be his last Olympics,” his coach says with confidence.

“It will be an awesome learning curve for him to be there as this young athlete and to have a mentor like Nick there, learn as much as he can then come back next time and look to stamp his mark and be someone to reckon with at the Olympics.”

As for his family, his first stop post Olympics will be back to T with a trip to his Tauranga Ramblers running club also at the forefront of his mind.

“I’ll come back in August and that should be the first time I have been back since January,” says Tanner.

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It’s time to shoot the jack Whether they are aiming for a Faire Fanny or just want to get on the Piste, petanque players will be pouring into Tauranga this weekend to separate the best from the rest.

Lobs, backspins and skimmers are all on the cards as Tauranga finally gets its chance to host the National Petanque Club Championships.

It is the country’s premier petanque contest.

The Tauranga Bay of Plenty Petanque Association was all set to host it on Anzac weekend last year until Covid-19 shot the jack off the proverbial piste. Club president John Rowley says it’s a sport that is played in countless backyards and it seems every second rest-home is installing a playing surface these days.

But at the competitive level, it is a sport of much skill and dexterity and spectators are encouraged to come down and watch the top players in action from 9am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday at the

Association’s Mount Maunganui base, 44 Tawa St. John says the Tauranga Association has some top talent in it, including club coach Andre Noel who is the current Doubles Champion with his partner from Auckland. Andre’s son Keelan, 12 years old, is the youngest player in this weekend’s championships and one of the club’s best shooters.

There are 18 teams of six players each coming from all over the country for the big event and the top players were starting to arrive mid-week to practise on the local pistes.

Players range in age from their early 20s through to those in their late 70s, and, while most are Kiwis, there are a high proportion of players who originally come from countries like France, England, Tahiti, Vanuatu, South Africa and Argentina.

If people want to try their hand at petanque they are welcome to come along any Saturday and Tuesday at 1pm or Thursday at 11am when the club members are playing.

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Wall popping with colour

Debbie Lawrence with the poppies.

Photo: John Borren.

Anyone popping in to Tauranga Hospital during the last few weeks may have discovered that a turn-of-the-century restored villa in the hospital grounds has been decked out with bright red woollen poppies.

Mental Health service co-ordinator Debbie Lawrence has been creating a wall of knitted poppies at her Tauranga Hospital workplace.

“I was going to knit a couple of poppies for members of staff here and then I thought how I’d seen the poppies at the Tower of London; we could do something like that,” says Debbie.

Created to mark the World War I centennial, 888,246 ceramic poppies progressively filled the Tower of London’s famous moat in 2014, with each poppy representing a British military fatality during World War I. Debbie has lived here in New Zealand for nearly five years with her husband and daughter, and has a son back in the UK. “I’m missing family back in England.”

A desire to honour Anzac soldiers prompted her to start creating a wall of poppies in remembrance along the front verandah entrance to ‘Building

Number 2’ which houses the hospital’s mental health management team. Chicken mesh extends from the white trellis latticework of the verandah of the pale lemon painted villa, down to the garden below, which has been planted with white crosses also adorned with the red knitted poppies.

“I started knitting them earlier in the year,” says Debbie, who put out an appeal through the BOP District Health Board website for others to help give the wall some ‘wow’ factor after she had already knitted about 200 poppies herself.

She provided an easy pattern and started receiving many knitted poppies back as people responded.

“I am so grateful that so many people have contributed,” says Debbie. “This includes people not working at the hospital including my friends and lots of family of staff. In Whakatane a staff member’s church has been involved, and we’ve had patients from the Mental Health Ward, Te Whare Maiangiangi, contributing as well.”

As the boxes of knitted poppies have arrived, Debbie has been adding the flowers to the growing poppy wall, attaching them to the mesh.

The adorned villa is located on 20th Ave, at Te Whare Maiangiangi. By Anzac Day, the front of it will be popping with colour.

Whanau of Maori Battalion soldiers reunited with medals A ceremony was held in Gisborne last weekend where the unclaimed medals of 28 Maori Battalion C Company soldiers were presented to their families.

After the Second World War, returning service personnel needed to apply for their medals and then they would be posted out to them.

While most medals were issued in the early 1950s, others have been

claimed by Service personnel or their descendants over the past 70 years.

Approximately 15 per cent of all those who served in the Second World War have not claimed their medals.

New Zealand Defence Force Personnel Archives and Medals has been working with lawyer David Stone since March 2019 on the unclaimed medals of C Company

28 Maori Battalion.

PAM checked service files and advised David of the issued and unclaimed medals for each serviceperson.

“More than 900 records were checked and 137 medals found to be unclaimed, with more than 65 of these being presented on April 17,” says Meka Whaitiri, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs.

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100-year-old presented with special Anzac gift “Ich freue mich dich gesehen mach zu haben.”

Those words, or at least a Kiwi version of the German language, is how a young Les Marsh would greet enemy soldiers in the dying embers of his Italian deployment during World War II. Roughly translated, the words mean: “I’m very pleased to have met you”, or

at least that was the sentiment behind Les’ self-confessed limited grasp of a foreign tongue.

As Les, now 100-years-old, explains, the tide of the war had turned dramatically by this stage.

“I can remember, when we were in Italy, the enemy were really going backwards,” Les recalls, with pinpoint accuracy for a man of his seniority.

“They left half their troops behind.

100-year-old Les Marsh has been presented with an Anzac quilt to thank him for his service. Photo: John Borren.

“We all picked up a little bit of German and this was always my greeting to them.

“You can imagine the smiles that came on their faces finally to meet an enemy that was a friend.”

Les was called up to the army when he turned 21-years-old. Being a devout Christian, he asked if he could join the medical core.

The idea of “going around shooting other people” jarred with his faith. Initially stationed in the Pacific he was later deployed to the Middle East, making his way into Europe.

The war, it seemed, looked determined to prevent Les from marrying his wife, Hazel.

The pair met shortly before Les was conscripted.

They corresponded throughout his deployment and after his initial return home from the Pacific the two agreed to marry.

However, fate again provided a stumbling block.

“After we got engaged, I was immediately drafted to the Middle East. The war for me finished in May of 1945 but it was not until January 1946 that I actually got back to New Zealand. There just was not enough boats still floating to get troops moved.

“So, when I got back, the first thing we did was get married.”

Les’ efforts in the war are being commemorated with the presentation of a specially made Anzac quilt forged by Sheryl Farrow of Papamoa Patchers.

On average it takes about three months to construct a quilt of this nature, but Sheryl is an expert and did it in double quick time.

Not that it matters to Sheryl how long it takes.

“It is for a good cause,” she says. “I just don’t think we thank our veterans enough. I thought this was a Mathew Nash good way of saying thank you.”

Remember those who serve This weekend we remember our Anzacs – those who’ve served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, and the contribution and suffering they’ve endured for us. We are truly grateful.

Originally Anzac Day was devised to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps forces that landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25, 1915, during WW1. More than 130,000 men died: 87,000 Ottoman soldiers; 44,000 Allied soldiers, including 2779 New Zealanders. A huge toll for all countries concerned.

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Lest we forget.

This year has some added significances. First off, it’s the first time Anzac Day has been ‘Mondayised’, meaning we’ll remember on Sunday and also have a public holiday on Monday.

In addition, given the March 15 terror attack restrictions and then Covid-19, it’s the first time in a couple of years we’ve actually been able to come together in complete freedom at remembrance services locally.

It’s a privilege for us as Kiwis

to be able to congregate in mass gatherings in a way not all of the world can. I certainly don’t take it lightly and will resume the practice I’ve long held of attending the Tauranga Dawn then Civic Service this year, and the Mount Maunganui one the year after. Prior to the interruptions of the last couple of years, I’ve been amazed at the ever-growing crowds at Anzac services here in Tauranga and all over New Zealand. It’s incredibly heartening that increasing numbers of New Zealanders seek to publicly mark this day of such national significance.

It’d be great to see you at a service this Sunday.

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Time to catch-up with the city’s needs Tauranga is a great place to live, but as a relatively new resident, it’s clear to me that the city’s community facilities and infrastructure have not kept pace with our growing population’s needs.

The costs are obvious – Tauranga lacks the modern facilities most New Zealand cities take for granted and many of those that we do have are ageing; a lack of housing stock has driven house and rental costs up to the point of unaffordability for many people; and our roads are clogged because they can’t cope with the traffic moving around the city.

Some of our issues are complex, but the reality is that we should have started investing in solutions years ago. That didn’t happen, so we now have to play catch-up – and that comes at a cost too.

Earlier this month, we approved a draft 2021-31 long-term plan that provides for more than $4 billion of investment over the next 10 years. None of that is

frivolous spending and it prioritises our most urgent needs.

Over the next six weeks, we’ll be asking the community for feedback on the draft plan – on the work programme it sets out and on the way we propose to pay for it. Unfortunately, rates increases are unavoidable, but we’re asking our business sector to pay a fairer share of the costs through an increased commercial differential rate, bringing them more into line with their counterparts elsewhere. We’re also working with regional and central government to access

infrastructure funding and developers will be asked to play their part through higher development contributions.

If we want to live in a city we can be proud of, now and in the future, it’s time to stop ‘passing the buck’. Consultation on the draft long-term plan starts on May 7 and closes on June 7.

We need your help to make some very important decisions for Tauranga, so please watch out for the consultation document (which will be available online and at all Council facilities), and take the time to make a submission.

Join the Tauranga Ratepayers’ Alliance If you’re feeling disappointed by decisions to increase rates by 20 per cent, frustrated at how your money is being spent on a $14.2m increase in Council staff salaries this year, disenfranchised by having your right to vote taken from you, you’re not alone.

A strong voice for ratepayers is more important than ever.

So a group of Tauranga residents, chairs and former chairs of ratepayers associations, civic leaders, and local members of the Taxpayers’ Union have come together to form the Tauranga Ratepayers’ Alliance.

The Government has an agenda of unconstrained growth for our city and they’re trying to make existing residents pay through the nose for it.

The Alliance is well-organised and its mission is simple: to be a strong voice for reasonable rates, sensible spending, and more transparency.

For all the rates to be collected and the billions of dollars in borrowing in your name, the Commission’s budget neglects the one thing our residents demand the most: the significant road building required to keep up with growth.

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Betty Barney turns 105 Elizabeth Barney is turning 105 on Anzac Day, April 25, exactly 105 years after the very first commemoration of Anzac Day in New Zealand in 1916.

This year, Betty as she is known by, will be surrounded by family at Ultimate Care Oakland and has received congratulatory birthday

cards from Queen Elizabeth, the Governor-General the Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy, and MP for Tauranga Hon Simon Bridges.

Betty, who was born in Auckland, had an older sister who was born in Ohakune and a younger brother born in Hamilton. Her father worked for the New Zealand railways, so the family lived in various places during Betty’s childhood.

When her younger brother was born, Betty was sent to live with family on the West Coast of the South Island for a while.

On returning to Hamilton, she attended school there.

“She and her sister started Embassy Gowns, making wedding dresses,” says Betty’s son Peter Barney.

“They were very talented.”

When Betty’s first marriage ended, she and her first son returned to Hamilton from Pukekohe where she met George Barney.

They married in 1948 and Peter, her second son, was born six years later in 1954.

Peter’s grandparents moved from Te Puke to Tauranga in 1922, and his parents moved to the Mount after they married.

Peter’s grandparents opened Barney’s Supermarket, a general store, in Victoria Rd with George and his two sisters.

“In her teenage years I think

Gaylene Manyweathers with her aunt Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Barney who turns 105 on Anzac Day. Photo: John Borren.

Mum visited the Mount during the Christmas holidays. The railway get togethers for their Christmas parties were held at the Mount, and they came by train,” says Peter.

“Whether she met Dad as a teenager I’m not too sure. She probably met him in 1946.”

Betty’s husband George was one of the foundation members of the Mount Golf Club, and a founding member and chief of the Mount Volunteer Fire Brigade, and Betty was by his side, also helping run their general store.

“Whenever the old sirens went, Dad just dropped everything and took off to put out the fire.”

Betty’s niece, Gaylene Manyweathers remembers her aunt teaching her to knit, and walking along the Mount beach collecting seashells.

“She is such a lovely lady, always happy, always a delight,” says Gaylene. “I’m her only niece. She never had a daughter, and we’ve always had a special bond. She’s had a lot of tragedy in her life. I’m very fond of her, she’s just a delight.”

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“McLaren Falls Park is absolutely stunning right now; we’ve got a lot of gorgeous colours coming through which is a big draw for a lot of people,” says Harriet.

Not only do they sell delicious food and drinks, the café is 100 per cent free range and has a very socially and environmentally responsible mindset.

“We’re really focused on animal welfare, so we don’t do any fish because of the detrimental impact fishing has on the oceans,” says The Falls Café owner Harriet Campbell.

“Out the front, customers can’t buy anything that comes in plastic – no plastic bottles, no other plastic wrapped goods. It’s just some of the ice creams now and we’re in the process of getting around that one.”

They’re reducing their plastic out the back, too.

“We’ve stopped using the two litre milk bottles, instead we use 10 litre bladders.

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Artist Robin Purllant has enjoyed a creative summer, completing paintings in time for the Original Art Expo this week.

“I will have five paintings on show,” says Robin, who will be showing his work alongside artists and exhibitors from the Tauranga Art Society, Tauranga Floral Art Group and Bethlehem Pottery Club.

One work the mixed media artist started on January 1 was completed in April, and is based on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 99.

“In the sonnet he talks about plagiarism - something I have suffered from all of my creative life,” says Robin.

“Shakespeare also suffered from it as well – so it’s nothing new. He also mentions violas which have a symbolic meaning.

“These grow prolifically from a small retaining wall that is just outside the window of my small studio.”

Robin barely exhibits, which he puts down to two reasons, the first being that it can take him a long time to complete each painting, sometimes up to four years.

“Secondly my commercial design and illustration work has always kept me very busy and left little time for painting.”

None-the-less, Robin, who was born in England and attended Hornsey Art College has had his paintings accepted for the National Portrait Competition on

three occasions as well as the Norsewear Art Awards, and has exhibited in Auckland galleries.

He received private drawing lessons from

different mediums.

“The starting point is either a literary or a musical source, both of which are

Robin Purllant. Photo: John Borren.

the age of 11, and went on to work in advertising as an art director for two of London’s leading advertising agencies – JWT and DDB. On marrying a Kiwi, he moved to New Zealand and worked in advertising for JWT, Colenso and Mojo as an art director, and had his own creative consultancy in Auckland for ten years.

His style is representational, loosely autobiographical and combines

combined with a personal life event to produce an artwork that is multidimensional, frequently metaphorical and full of memorable detail.”

The Original Art Expo is running from Thursday, April 22 – Sunday, April 25 at Tauranga Boys’ College. There will be painting and drawing demonstrations each day, and the public is invited to vote for their favourite painting.

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Despite being a regular op shopper, Lollie Rhodes never expected to find her perfect wedding dress at one.

Lollie and Alex Rhodes’ wedding day was made extra special because of her “dream come true” dress. Photos: Jay Drew Photography.

When walking past the window of the St Vincent De Paul shop in Mount Maunganui, Lollie and her partner Alex spied a gorgeous dress that she knew would be the one.

Lollie and Alex were drawn to the tulle details that look like feathers, because they both love birds, which gave the dress extra meaning.

After thinking about it all night, Lollie returned the next to try it on; it was a great fit and didn’t need any alterations.

She’s says the dress is like new and still had a lot of love to give so she bought it.

“I just didn't see any other option for me that I would feel happy with knowing that I'd already found the perfect dress, I couldn't even consider anything else.”

The newlywed says the staff

at the store are “absolutely gorgeous people”, they helped her put the dress on and made buying it easy.

“I can't wait to go back there again and actually thank them in person for it.”

The dress cost $100, all their decorations were handmade, and they were able to do their entire wedding for $7,500, leaving them money to buy a new bed and TV for their home.

Both Lollie and Alex are tertiary students so keeping costs low is also important.

The pair often go to an op shop first if they need something rather than buying it new. Most of her clothes and items in their home are from op shops.

“I’m an op shop fanatic, ever since I was a kid.”

She says charity shops are also good for people like herself who are on a budget and can't really afford to go out and spend hundreds of dollars on something.

“You can still get a lot of quality items there, that have stood the test of time.”

The details on the dress remind Lollie of feathers.

Promoting cultural tourism in Tauranga A new organisation is being set up to establish a cultural tourism footprint in Tauranga.

Te Whanau Tapoi Maori o Tauranga Moana – an incorporated society currently representing 14 Maori tourism operators – will be launched on Saturday.

The tourism operators will collectively promote stories of the region.

“We’ve got experiences for anyone looking to learn more about Tauranga – via e-bike tour, stand-up paddleboard, healing retreat, Harley Davidson motorcycle and more,” says spokesperson Reon Tuanau of Ngai Te Rangi and Ngati Ranginui.

Reon says the society wants to grow the offering, both in business numbers and public recognition of the undeniable reputation of Tauranga Moana as a culturally rich place of discovery.

“Te Whanau Tapoi Maori o Tauranga Moana is about restoring ‘mana tapoi’ for Tauranga Moana and establishing something authentic to us here,” he says.

Associate Minister of Tourism Peeni Henare, who

will be speaking at the launch, says he supports the society’s intentions to promote a cultural tourism offering in Tauranga.

“The kaupapa of Te Whanau Tapoi Maori o Tauranga Moana is exactly what Aotearoa and Tauranga needs to authentically welcome manuhiri mai tawahi (international visitors) back to our shores in the post-Covid-19 environment,” says the Minister.

Tauranga kaumatua and Tourism Bay of Plenty chief executive Kristin Dunne says the organisation decided to focus on cultural tourism development through a specific resource hired in October 2018 to build relationships with iwi and hapu.

Reaon says, “We’ve got the coast, the islands, Mauao, incredible legends of bravery shown in the Maori Land Wars, and a strong tangata whenua presence. Following thorough consultation, the collective has the blessing of kaumatua to share our stories with manuhiri.”

Kristin will speak about the society’s importance at the launch at Pilot Bay on Saturday.

It will then be opened to the public to discover the new tourism experiences.

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75th Jubilee of original college and high school Students from a college and district high school that existed in Tauranga for just 11 years following World War II will be celebrating their 75th Jubilee in May.

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Michael Sandlant at Tauranga Boys’ and Fourteenth Aves and the adjoining College where Tauranga College was located from 1946-1957. Photo: John Borren. 10-acre block.

Building the new school was delayed until 1944 due to the onset of World War II.

By August 1945, the school was ready, and the movement of staff and students began, with the official opening of the new District High School in September 1945.

Two days after opening, the education minister announced that the school at Hillsdene would become a secondary school with full independent status, and so Tauranga District High School became known as Tauranga College.

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“This may be the last year the annual reunion of the Tauranga College and Tauranga District High School will be held as many of the original pupils have now passed away,” says jubilee organiser Michael Sandlant.

A history lessons

Tauranga College existed from 1946 to 1957, before the female students left for the newly built Tauranga Girls’ College.

Secondary education in Tauranga dates from 1900 when the Tauranga District High School (TDHS) was established as a division of the existing Tauranga School at Fifth Ave. The emphasis of the school at that time was to serve the needs of the vital agricultural economy and of a developing urban community dependent on the practical skills of carpenters, plumbers, electricians and other trades people.

By the mid-1930s it was becoming clear that the buildings were inadequate for the needs of the growing Tauranga district. Consequently the Education Board purchased the 10-acre block

The new school inherited the four houses Batten, Freyberg, Mansfield and Rutherford from the TDHS together with the tradition of sporting, academic, and cultural rivalries that went with them.

The new school did further distinguish itself from the old by extending the boys uniforms to include a school cap, which some students found to be useful for placing in their trousers before being caned.

Among the students was Lynley Dodd, author of the Hairy Maclary books.

In 1956, the student roll peaked at 1040.

Building had commenced at a new site at Gate Pa, with Third Form girls starting the new school year there in 1957. From 1958 onwards the Tauranga Girls’ College was a separate selfgoverning entity, and Tauranga College no longer existed as it became Tauranga Boys’ College.

The 75th Jubilee reunion of the Tauranga College and Tauranga District High School will be held on Sunday May 16 at the Citizens Club. Registrations can be made by emailing: tbc@tbc.school.nz or contacting Tauranga Boys’ College.

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More Kiwis accessing their healthcare records online - report An increasing number of New Zealanders are accessing their primary healthcare records online via general practice portals, a new report says.

The New Zealand Health IT report says people they can order repeat prescriptions and review their test results.

"An increasing proportion of the population are using wearable tech, such as fitness trackers, to monitor their key health indicators, and to alter lifestyle choices accordingly," the 70-page paper Hauora, Mauri Ora: Enabling a Healthier Aotearoa New Zealand says.

"People are also increasingly willing to share their wearable tech data with health and life insurance companies for personalised premium adjustments.

"Additionally, the Covid pandemic has introduced the wider population to the concept of telehealth.

“Research shows that on the whole, they enjoyed the experience and having telehealth as a convenient option is something they would like to continue to have access to.

"Some GP practices in New Zealand are

continuing to offer telehealth services. However, in comparison, an estimated 99 per cent of GP practices are offering patients the option of remote consultation in England, in response to the Covid19 pandemic.”

The action plans tell New Zealand how government will work towards making sure all New Zealanders are digitally included in the coming year.

The report says digital inclusion, improved connectivity and better IT infrastructure are crucial to provide better access to accurate and timely health information and services for all New Zealanders.

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The bright-line test – the tax on residential investment property – will be increased from five to 10 years, meaning if you sell your residential property within 10 years you will have to pay income tax on any profit made through the property increasing in value. Inherited property will still be exempt and the bright-line test will remain at five years for new-build investment properties.

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more than 12 months and sell within the bright line period, tax will be paid on a portion of any profit made.

For loans used to purchase residential properties, property owners will no longer be able claim interest as an expense against their income from those properties.

If you acquire a property before March 27, the amount you currently claim will be gradually reduced over the next five years until you cannot claim any deduction.

If you acquire a property from March 27 onwards your interest deductions will only be allowed until September 30, 2021.

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A fit for every lifestyle

Stay fit and have fun in Althorp Village’s heated pool.

If you are wanting to relax and take things a little easier, a retirement/lifestyle village could be for you.

“Choosing the right lifestyle for your retirement can be a long and difficult process and it’s a move that will involve some difficult decisions,” says Althorp Village manager Claire Keen.

Althorp Village, situated in Pyes Pa, is far from just another retirement village.

“There’s a good choice of beautifully appointed one, two and three bedroom villas, duplexes, town houses, apartments and serviced apartments all architecturally designed and sited to enjoy warmth, privacy and views,” says Claire.

Outdoors, Althorp residents enjoy a full-size bowling green, tennis court, golf croquet and petanque, as well as the walking group and garden club.

Indoors, there is a heated pool, spa pools, gym, a

hairdresser, indoor bowls, table tennis, darts, line dancing, snooker and pool, a variety of games, a fully equipped movie theatre, a library with a wide selection of books, newspapers, and magazines, a dedicated arts and crafts room, hobbies shed, choir, music club and a lot more.

“A short walk through our gardens gives residents direct access into the Pyes Pa Shopping Centre,” says Claire.

When needed different levels of care are also available to Althorp’s independent living residents.

Radius Althorp Hospital is also on site and residents have priority entry if the need for hospital level care arises.

Most importantly, the owners, management and staff who run Althorp Village really do care about and respect every resident.

Whether you enjoy an active lifestyle or prefer to lead a quieter life, Althorp Village offers services and facilities designed with you in mind.

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Crunch time for the Oscars Anzac Day, or at least the public holiday for it, coincides with the Oscars.

firm focused on entertainment, said last month that only It has not been a good year for awards shows.

18 per cent of active Nights of glitz and glamour aren't the same film watchers had without the glitz and glamour. Excited glimpses heard of it. Not seen of a star-studded red carpet are rather less exciting it, heard of it. when there are no stars studding it.

Similar figures dog Ratings for the last Grammy Awards were down other nominees for more than half; ratings for the Golden Globes Best Picture (take a dropped more than 60 percent. quick quiz at home: A major awards show is a dicey business in these how many of the eight coronavirus-infected times. nominees can you When the Oscars is broadcast here on Monday name?). The bestwill there be anyone actually watching? known contender is Nomadland.

Things have certainly not been promising in Judas and the Black recent times: between 2014 and last year, when Messiah – not a film 23.6 million people watched Parasite take the top that has raised the honours, viewership has dropped 44 per cent. slightest waves here – with 46 per cent awareness.

A reduction by the amount the Globes suffered Current front-runner, Nomadland, registered would put the audience in single-digit millions, a only 35 per cent. disaster for Disney, which owns ABC, the channel Again, this bodes badly for the ceremony since broadcasting the Oscars, and who have committed peak rating coincide with blockbuster films. The to more than $900 million for worldwide biggest ratings peak was in 1998, when 57.2 broadcast rights till 2028. million tuned in to see Titanic take the Best But perhaps there is a bigger problem this year, Picture statuette. one that no amount of money thrown at whatever In the new lavish and unusual presentation can be dreamed up millennium, the most will solve. It's that nobody has heard of the films. highly-rated ceremony was 2004 when the final Lack of awareness Lord of the Rings film I am, of course, exaggerating. But not by much. swept the awards.

Consider this: the film leading the charge with One thing might 10 nominations is Mank. Guts + Data, a research help: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organises the whole shebang, has turned over the ceremony to celebrated but somewhat maverick director Steven Soderbergh, responsible for box-office gold such as the Ocean's Eleven series but also a bunch of experimental outings

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Living well through your cancer experience A free programme starting May 12 in Tauranga will explore how to live well with a cancer diagnosis.

Supportive care nurse Tammy Burgess from the Cancer Society will deliver the programme, along with expert speakers including an oncologist, physiotherapist, dietician and clinical psychologist.

The aim of the programme, says Tammy, is to give people practical tools they can use on their journey through cancer.

“Living Well gives people a better understanding and dispels some of the myths around cancer.

“There's also a focus on developing self-care and advocacy skills and managing the side effects of treatment.

“People who have gone through the programme tell us they feel more informed, less anxious and more confident as they navigate the healthcare system.”

Tammy says it’s also a good opportunity for people living with cancer and their carers to come together as a group.

“A cancer diagnosis can be isolating. One of the benefits of the programme is the contact you have with the other people who are going through similar experiences and knowing you’re not alone.”

Living Well is suitable for anyone with any type and stage of cancer, as well as their carer.

Classes run four consecutive Wednesdays from May 12, 9.45am-2pm. To register, contact: tammyburgess@cancersociety.org.nz or call: 07 571 2035.

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More than 200 paintings are for sale and they include artworks in acrylic, water-colour, oils, pastel, pencil and mixed media as well as cards made by group members.

It is a gold coin donation for entry on the day and there are three boxes of gourmet food to be raffled.

The exhibition is ‘cash and carry’, and Eftpos is available, so get ready to enjoy some lovely local art.

The group, who has members from Tauranga to Papamoa East, meets on Thursday mornings from 9am-midday at St Andrew’s Anglican Church, 15 Victoria Rd, Mount Maunganui.

They spend the morning catching up, spending time with likeminded people and getting creative.

For more information, phone Trish on: 021 114 8496.

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Looking for a way to mesmerise the kids next weekend?

The Gem and Mineral Show, held at Tauranga Racecourse on Friday April 30 - Sunday May 2 has something for everyone.

Gorgeous and intriguing rocks will help keep the kids entertained for hours, and there are plenty of activities planned.

The show is split into two halls – one where collectors and those intrigued can buy anything gem and mineral related, and the other with plenty to keep the young and young-at-heart entertained, including an ice block with hidden

gems, machinery area for cutting and polishing rocks, rock naming competitions, identification competitions, scavenger hunts and much more.

Kids can participate in activities such as making your own gem ‘magic wand’, cracking open your own gems and more.

“There will be crystals for Africa,” says Tauranga Gem and Mineral Club member Graeme Dewhurst. “It’s great for the whole family and people tend to stay for hours.”

The Tauranga Gem and Mineral club conducts a field trip on the last Sunday of every month for gem hunters, club nights on the second Monday of every month at the clubrooms, located at the Historic Village, with separate meetings for junior and senior members, Tuesday work nights for cutting and polishing, and regular collection viewing nights between members.

And if you’re interested in joining the Tauranga Gem and Mineral Club, visit: www.tgmclub.com Tickets cost $5 per adult or $10 for a family. The show will be open from 9am-5pm on April 30 and May 1, and 9am-4pm on May 2.

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Amanda Sloan, from Celeste Dance and Celeste Music, is organising the live dance/music event, set to the backdrop of her own sunrise photos, at Arataki Community Centre on May 1 from 4pm, in an effort to embrace her vision of more live dance/music events.

Entry is by koha and sugar free, gluten free and vegan refreshments will be served.

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Entries now open for 2021 Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards Keep New Zealand Beautiful has launched the 2021 Beautiful Awards.

The Beautiful Awards are run annually by the not-for-profit organisation to provide a benchmark for environmental excellence. The awards inspire, recognise and acknowledge those schools, individuals, communities, towns and cities who are working hard across Aotearoa to Keep New Zealand Beautiful.

The Beautiful Awards consist of 13 different awards across four categories: Individuals, Community, Places and Towns and Cities.

They celebrate individuals such as the Young Legends and Tidy Kiwis of New Zealand, as well as the champions of community environmental initiatives, the Most Beautiful Small and Large Town and City, the Most Sustainable School, Best Street and even the Best Loo in New Zealand!

This year there will also be a Supreme Award for the Most Beautiful Towns and Cities category. The winner of the Supreme Award, which is proudly sponsored by Resene, will win a mural painted in their town or city by a local artist, valued at up to $10,000.

In 2020, Hastings was awarded Most Beautiful Large Town and Most Beautiful Towns & Cities Supreme Winner.

“Receiving the Supreme Award on top of the Most Beautiful Large Town Award was such an honour,” says Hastings Major Sandra Hazlehurst.

“This achievement has lifted the spirits of our community and our Council who feel

so proud to be recognised for our commitment to keeping Hastings beautiful. It takes a passionate and invested community and our committed Council to keep it beautiful.

“We are continuing to celebrate our beautiful Hastings; using the award to build community pride and encourage collective action that ensures we focus on sustainable initiatives that protect our environment, while also enhancing our district’s built spaces that make Hastings vibrant for our people and our visitors.”

Nominations and submissions to the Beautiful Awards are open from April 15 until August 4, and winners will be announced on Thursday October 28, at The Domes, Auckland Zoo. “Our annual Beautiful Awards are all about celebrating beautiful behaviours,” says Keep New Zealand Beautiful CEO Heather Saunderson.

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Art Cold Wax Workshops New art

medium in NZ. Very popular overseas.

Workshops at The Artery, Historic Village. Email kiwisuemac@gmail.com Art In The Park Original art for sale. Weather permitting. 9am-4, Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui.

Tauranga Society of Artists.

Association Croquet At Club Mount 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 Jews & Gentiles celebrating Messiah Yeshua (Jesus). He is returning. Be ready. You are welcome. Shabbat Shalom Otumoetai Primary @ 10am. Ph Joel 021 768 043 Car Boot Sale Welcome Bay Community Church, 340 Welcome Bay Rd. 8-11am. $5 per stall. Sausage sizzle.

Cancelled if wet.

Children’s Colour Workshop Colour the Kandinsky Rainbow abstract circles.

Popup Art Gallery, 33 Devonport Rd. Book for school holiday programme Ph Sue 0210 239 4549

Colour Wheel Art Workshop

Understand the reason & importance of the colour wheel & its relationships between the colours. Group bookings welcome. Sat & Thurs. Book with Sue 0210 239 4549 Forgotten Anzac Anzac presentation commemorating soldiers of the NZMR brigade during WW1, in the Graham Young Theatre, Tauranga Boys’ College, commencing at 7pm. Admission free.

Invitation To Meditate Follow your own meditation practice with friends in 1 hour of silence. 10am-12 in hall behind Brain Watkins House, 233 Cameron Rd. Refreshments. All welcome. Txt 0210 274 2502 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 12:45-3pm Katikati Lions Garage Sale 8am-11am at containers behind Caltex, Main Rd. Indoor & outdoor furniture, electrical & household goods, tools, books & more.

Ph Arthur 021 663 603 Katikati Tramping Club Ngamuwahine Loop, Moderate 5 hours, 8am start.

Ph Dereck 021 064 3942 LOL Laughter Wellness Laughter sessions on hold during school holidays.

We look forward to laughing with you again every Saturday from 08/05/2021

Mount Art Exhibition Sale

Mount Surf Club, Main Beach, 9-5pm today, 9-4pm Sun. Paintings, cards for sale, artist in residence. Cash & carry. Ph Trish 021 114 8496 Omokoroa Market 9am-12, a new market at Omokoroa Settlers Hall. Loads of stalls, coffee cart, sausage sizzle &

heaps more! Support local, buy local. omokoroamarket@gmail.com 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.

Our Pinocchio Dancers from age 2 grace the stage with amazing costumes, props & scenery.

Based on the famous story but with a special twist! Baycourt, 1pm & 5pm Our Roots Indian Concert Semiclassical music, Kutu Mukherjee, Tagores’ poems, classical violin by Dr Chintamani Rath, Tabla by Sanjay Dixit. 7pm, Jam Factory, Historic Village. Book @ www. theincubator.co.nz Play Petanque Join us for serious fun, Sat 1-4pm, Tues 1-4pm & Thurs 11am.

Equipment supplied, 45 Kawaka St, Mt. Ph 022 070 8200 Saturday Night Movie Screening: The Shape of Water. Junction Theatre, 36 Main Rd, Katikati. Doors open at 6pm for 6:30pm. $10. Ph 07 549 1658 Sunrise DanceSing Celeste Music Release Event. May 1st, 4pm at Arataki Community Centre. $10 or $20 family.

Live music/dance & sunrise pictures.

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 Bird Club Show

Show & Sale on May 15th 1-5pm, May 16th 8:30am-1pm, Mt Sports Centre. Cash only for entry & sales.

Tauranga Farmers Market 7:45-12pm at Tauranga Primary School, 31 5th Ave. Rain, hail or shine. Direct from the producers. Support local.

Tauranga Scottish Society Sequence

Dance, Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave, 7-10pm. $7 incls supper, raffle & warm welcome. Ph 07 218 1318 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 25 April

ANZAC Day Programme At Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Rd, Assemble at 5:45am.

Service at Cenotaph at 6am. Bring own torch.

At Memorial Park, 8:45am. Service commences at 9am. Park & ride from Tauranga RSA available at 8am.

Ph 07 578 9654 Cemetery Service at Pyes Pa Cemetery, Pyes Pa Rd, 11am.

ANZAC breakfast available at Oak Tree Restaurant. Entertainment 11am2:30pm at Tga RSA Clubrooms.

Bible Seminar 1:45pm Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, Maitland St, Greerton.

Title: Lessons from the life of Jesus for us. Interactive, Q&A. All welcome.

Mary 573 5537 Enjoy Travel? Friendship Force meets third Sunday monthly. Home hosting in NZ & overseas. Noumea, Melbourne in

2022. Ph Jonathan 572 2091, Diane 027 249 9859

Farmers Market Mount Mainstreet

9-1pm rain or shine! Te Papa o Nga Manu Porotakataka (Phoenix Park). www.mountmainstreet.nz Golf Croquet At Club Mount Maunganui, Kawaka St. Tues, Thurs, Sun; 9:15am for 9:30am start. Visitors, new players welcome. Ph Nev 07 575 5121 Mah Jong Te Puke All players welcome 12:45-4pm. New player lessons on Thursdays. Lyceum Rooms, 8 Palmer Pl, Te Puke. Ph Gig 027 430 6383 Maketu Market 3rd & 5th Sunday of month. Set up from 7am at Maketu Village Green. Ph Maureen 021 267 1685 Medieval Swordfighting Learn to fight with swords axes, spears, etc. in a controlled safe & fun environment.

Memorial Park 1:30pm 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 Our Pinocchio Dancers from age 2 grace the stage with amazing costumes, props & scenery. Based on the famous story but with a special twist! Baycourt, 1pm Papamoa Country Music Club Gordon Spratt Reserve, 1pm. Come to listen & enjoy. Afternoon tea included.

Papamoa Farmers Market Connecting our community with local produce.

Rain, hail or shine, it will be on! At Redefined, 58 Ashley Pl, Papamoa

Facebook “Tango In Tauranga” Art Group Welcome Bay Lighthouse Church 9:30-12. Relax, chat, create, no pressure. All levels of skill welcome.

Ph Denis 07 544 6451

Ph Bob 027 478 6282, Viv 021 162 3342 Rebus Otumoetai 0930 at Matua Bowling Club, 3rd Monday monthly.

Interesting speakers & good fellowship.

Interested? Ph David 544 0291

7-9pm, Aquinas College Events Centre.

Seniors & Year 11 upwards. Casual players welcome, $8pp. Club racquets available. Ph/txt Noel 027 622 9797 www.sporty/taurangabadmintonclub. co.nz 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 Mt RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd. 6-7pm during school term.

Late program 7pm onwards. Incl casual games. Ph Werner 027 721 9499 ESOL Free ESOL & Christian Conversation Classes, Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Rd. 9:30-11:30 (except school holidays).

Fitness For Over 50s Aerobics, strength & balance class at St Mary’s Church Hall, 33 Girven Rd. 9:15am. 1st class free.

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

Badminton Club, Aquinas College

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

Monday 26 April

& 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 Indoor Bowls Matua Primary School Hall (Clivedene St entrance) 7:15pm.

New members welcome. Come along & give bowls a go. See you there or Ph Karen 576 0443 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 A non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness & friendship. For Tauranga team’s details Ph Jeanette Craike 027 548 0240 Monday Matinee Enjoy a movie in the boutique Junction Theatre. 1:30pm, The Arts Junction, 36 Main Rd, Katikati.

Tickets $10 or $7.50. Ph 07 549 1658 Mt RSA Indoor Bowls Rollups each Mon & Thurs. Entries in by 6:45pm. $3 entry. Newcomers welcome.

Ph Joy 027 308 7271

Free introductory beginner dance lesson, 3rd May 7:30pm, Club Mt Maunganui.

Ph Dean 021 230 3187, www.udance2. co.nz. Or just come along!

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,

Omokoroa Settlers Hall 1pm for 1:30pm start. All welcome. Equipment provided.

Smooth soled shoes/slippers please. Ph Anne 548 1636 Parents Support Group 10am-12 for parents/caregivers & 0-2yr olds.

Upstairs, Bethlehem Birthing Ctr, 1 Te Paeroa Rd. Hosted by Project Generate. Ph 07 549 4522 Pickleball Keep fit having fun! Mount Sports Ctr, cnr Maunganui & Hull Rds. 9:30am-12. Equipment available.

Papamoa Lions Club Market

2nd & 4th Sunday Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699 Quakers In Tauranga All welcome to join mostly silent meeting exploring the spiritual experience of each person.

10am, 233 Cameron Rd. 07 543 3101 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Sun & Thurs 1-3:30pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Dr, Papamoa, sailing Electron radio controlled yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Soul Food For You Relax, unwind, reflect, refresh, enjoy. Share in a selection of sacred & inspirational writings & music. Held last Sunday of month. All welcome. Ph 543 0434 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

Adult Social Ballroom/Latin Dance

Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise

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/Silla-Tae-KwonDo-112414698778951/ Tai Chi Beginner Classes TePuke Memorial Hall Mon 5:30pm, Tues/ Thurs 9:30am. St Georges Church Hall, Greerton Wed 9:30am. TePuna Memorial Hall Thurs 9:30am. $5 Ph David 027 222 2824 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 Scottish Country Dancing

Beginner Classes 6:30-7:30. General dancing 7:30-10, St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd. Ph Heather 021 1855 747

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

CARDS 500 Mon &Thurs. INDOOR BOWLS Tues, Wed & Sat. 14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save) 12:45pm. $3 incls afternoon tea. New members welcome Tauranga Vision Friendship Club For retired people. Meetings at Citizens Club 4th Monday, 10am. Speakers, outings, activities, friendship, fellowship, fun.

Bryan 027 813 5426 Walk For Wellness Cancer Society weekly walk for people with cancer &/ or their carers. 9:30am (except public holidays) at Pilot Bay middle toilet block.

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 27 April

500 For 50s+ Come join us for fun afternoon, Senior Citizens Hall, 342 Maunganui Rd. New members welcome.

12:15. Prizes & afternoon tea. Ph Sue 021 043 9170 Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 7:30pm, St Peters Anglican Church, 11 Victoria Rd, Mt. All wel come. Ph 0800 229 6757 Badminton Keep fit & have fun at our friendly club. 9am-11:30 Tues & Thurs, Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, 71 11th Ave Tauranga. Bob 027 478 6282, Melissa 027 307 6800 Bureta Garden Circle at St Johns Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, 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.

Cold Wax Art Medium Experiment, explore while focusing on the process of cold wax art medium. Popup Art Gallery, 33 Devonport Rd. Group bookings welcome. Ph Sue 0210 239 4549

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THE WEEKEND SUN Conversation Cafe 10-11:45am, Dee St Presbyterian Church hall. Varied program, morning tea. Aimed at seniors. All welcome. $5pp/$5 couple.

Make new friends. Ph 544 0951

Diabetes NZ Tauranga Branch Drop-In. 10am-12, no

appointment needed) for info, education & support for anyone living with diabetes & their families. 177A Fraser St. Ph 571 3422, 027 883 0158 Divorce Care Small group support for divorced or separated to regain hope & healing. 13-week course starts 6 July, 7:15pm. Registration essential.

Kathryn 027 737 3172 Friends Of The Library Mt Maunganui Library Book Group, 10am, morning tea & 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 Israeli Dancing Beginners class 6:307:30 Gate Pa Primary School hall, Cameron Rd. All ages welcome.

Ph Maria 022 165 2114 Katikati Parents Group 10-11am.

Welcoming all parents, caregivers and 0-2 year olds. Plunket Rooms, 14 Jocelyn St, Katikati. Hosted by Project Generate. Ph 07 549 4522 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 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 Mount Morning Badminton 9:30-12, Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park. Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome. $5/day. Ph Maxeen 575 016

Olympic Style Target Shooting

Tauranga Target Rifle Club welcomes the public to its range at 165 Elizabeth St from 7pm. All equipment & coaching provided.

Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club

Omokoroa Settlers Hall, 6:30pm for 7pm start. All welcome. All equipment provided. Smooth soled shoes/slippers please. Ph Anne 548 1636

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.

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 Parris Goebel Presents The Royal Family Dance Crew! Highest recognised dance crew in the world perform live & stomp onto the Baycourt Addison Theatre stage. 7pm. www.baycourt.co.nz 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 South City Indoor Bowls Greerton Hall, Greerton. New members welcome, coaching available. Names in by 7:15pm. Ph Keith 577 1116

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

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

Greerton RSA 7pm. Friendly get-

together, all instruments, all levels of ability. Come in & enjoy some live music. Grant 578 6448 Tauranga Film Society Showing “Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen” at 6:30pm Rialto Cinema.

3-film sampler membership $30. Join any time: full season membership $90.

See www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz Tauranga Model Railway Club meets Tues 9:30am & Thur 7:30pm, cnr Mirrielees & Cross Rds, Sulphur Pt. Ph Mike 021 939 233 Tga Patchwork & Quilters 1st & 3rd Tuesday 7pm, 2nd & 4th Friday 10am.

Art & Craft Ctr, 177 Elizabeth St. Ph Denise 027 291 9917 Time For Something New? Play Petanque, easy to learn, social & fun.

12:45 Tues & Thur, Bayfair Petanque, Russley Dr. Instructions available.

Ph Alf 021 175 9282 or just turn up 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 28 April

10 Pin Bowling Bay Prime Timers,

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

Ph Les 027 605 8947 500 Cards Keep your brain active.

Join our friendly group, 1pm, St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd Mt. Bob 027 478 6282, Barbara 572 4962 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 Matua shops, Tilby Dr Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 1st & 3rd Wed of month.

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

Ph 0800 229 6757

Auckland Chamber Ensemble Brass

3 talented musicians embrace the fascinating & versatile repertoire of the brass trio.

Baycourt 7pm 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 Celeste Dance Class Jazz/ Contemporary/HipHop. Arataki Community Ctr, 3rd May, 3-6pm.

Koha. Enrol/times ph 0210 841 0697, email dancer.amanda11@gmail.com Celeste Music Vocal Training Be part of a choir for an original music release event. Arataki Community Ctr 4:30pm. Koha. To register Ph 0210 841 0697 dancer.amanda11@gmail. com Club Mount Indoor Bowls Names in by 6:45 for 7pm start. Kawaka St, Mt. All welcome. Ph Val 07 543 4168 Cold Wax Art Medium Experiment, explore while focusing on the process of cold wax art medium. Popup Art Gallery, 33 Devonport Rd. Group bookings welcome. Ph Sue 0210 239 4549

Fernland Spa Gentle Exercise

Gentle exercise in warm mineral water. Suitable for joint replacements, arthritics & recovery from accident or illness. Good for strength, coordination & balance. Jennifer 571 1411 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 Champion Singles 7pm. Names in book (Seagar Trophy). Markers required

Healing Rooms New Venue

Experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual.

Central Baptist Lounge. 640 Cameron

Rd. 1-3pm. All welcome. No charge. www.healingrooms.co.nz Ph 021 213 8875 Indoor Bowls 50s+ Looking for fun & exercise, join us at 12:45, Senior Citizens Hall 342 Maunganui Rd. Afternoon tea & prizes.

Ph Cyril 022 639 2585

Kaimai Ramblers Tramping Group

From Goodwin Rd up the Wairere Falls Track & north (off track) to Puketutu Hut & return. Grade Easy/ Mod 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 Learn Skateboarding 9:30-11:30am, Katikati Skate Park Fairview Rd, with Matt Markland, $7. Ph Melody 549 0399 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

Social Day 1:30pm. Entertainer is Mark Taipari. All members & visitors welcome. If transport is required please ph the office.

Ohauiti Indoor Bowls 7:15pm Ohauiti Settlers Hall, 459 Upper Ohauiti Rd. All welcome, no experience req. Check us out.

Ph Glennis 021 192 6758 Pickleball A fun way to keep fit!

Baypark Arena, 81 Truman Lane, Mt. 10am-12. Equipment available. Ph Bob 027 478 6282, Viv 021 162 3342 Scottish Country Dancing Mt Senior Citizen’s hall, 345 Maunganui Rd, 7pm. General dancing. $3. Ph Mary 574 8687 or Lynne 021 140 7912

Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Tauranga Rowing Club,

Devonport Rd, 10am-2:30pm & 7-9pm. Beginners very welcome. Ph Carol 027 348 5875 taurangaembroiderersguild@gmail.com

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group Putauaki (Mt Edgecumbe).

Grade moderate. Chris 021 0246 5518 Tauranga South Bowls Chook Pairs, 12:30pm. Club members get your name in early now! 15 Tutchen St. Ph 578 6213 Te Puke Senior Citizens Lyceum Club, 8 Palmer Ct. Bolivia 1-4pm on Wednesdays. On Fridays join us for 500 & Rummy Kub 1-3pm. Beginners welcome. Ph Brian 573 8465 or Doreen 573 8867 Te Puna Indoor Bowls Club nights Te Puna Hall all ages welcome, 6:459pm with supper. $5, 2 weeks free.

Ph Jo 552 6063 Te Puna Tennis Club Maramatanga Park, Tangitu Rd, 6pm. New members welcome. Enjoy tennis at our fun, friendly club. Ph 021 506 855

7-9:30pm. $3 incls supper.

Ph Gavin 027 643 6222 Bayfair Craft Group All crafts, knitting, crochet, quilting, scrapbooking etc, 9am2pm, $7/session, Arataki Community Ctr. M/tea provided, BYO lunch. New members welcome. Ph Sandy 0210 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 7170 French Connexion For lovers of all things French & for all French speaking levels. All welcome at La Mexica every 2nd Thursday 4:30-6:30. Email Chantal, chantal.daveTB@ gmail.com Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry.

Meditate In Greerton Greerton Library, 7pm, learn Buddhist techniques to improve the quality of your life with meditation. www.meditateintauranga.org $15 or $10 unwaged. Beginners welcome. Come any week.

Serenata Singers If you love to sing we’d love you to join us. 10-11:30am Methodist Church Hall, 2 Oroua St, Te Puke.

Ph Anne 572 3130

Square Dancing Learner Classes

Want to keep great balance, strength & co-ordination? Join our learners class at St Enoch’s Church Hall, 7:30pm. Ph Warwick 577 1100 Sunshine Sequence Dance Group Enjoy dancing with a friendly group. All dancers tuition/revision/dancing 7-9:30pm, Baptist Church Hall, 13th Ave. $4 entry incls supper. Dawn 579 3040

Tauranga Scottish Country Dancing

General Dancing. Bethlehem Hall SH2 (Opp Countdown) 1:15-3:15pm. All welcome. Ph Heather 021 1855 747

Friday 30 April

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 Citizens Club, 170 13th Ave. Casual chess included.

Ph Werner 548 1111. Search Western BOP Chess or http:/www.westernbopchess. weebly.com/ David & Shimna Folk music duo.

Laughter, dance, & sizzling fiddle/ guitar skills. 7pm, Jam Factory, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Book @ www. theincubator.co.nz Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. New members very welcome.

Names in by 7:15pm. Ph Keith 577 1116 Healing Optimal EFT Learn how to heal your mind & body using the Unseen Therapist within you. Free e-booklet describes this proven process. https://www. emofree.com/unseen-therapist Text 0210 274 2502 NZ String Quartet A night of operatic classics from Nessun Dorma through to pop classics. Baycourt 7:30pm. For more info & tickets go to www.baycourt.co.nz Pickleball In Tauranga It’s all the rage! Play pickleball at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, 71 11th Ave 9:15-11:30am.

Equipment provided. Bob 027 478 6282 or Viv 021 162 3342 Retro & Mod Vintage, retro & funky mod clothing, linen, fabrics, shoes, bags, accessories etc. Open 10-1 Thur & Fri. 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 Sewing & Knitting Group 10-11am, 14 Jocelyn St, Katikati. Welcoming anyone wanting to learn to sew or knit. Sewing machines available. Hosted by Project Generate. Ph 07 549 4522 Struggling with Debt? Free 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 Te Puke Toy Library Come check us out & hire some great toys to keep your kids busy! Wed 10am-1, Thurs 2:30pm-4:30, Fri 10am-1.

Also Friday Playgroup 10am-12 & Sat 10am-1.

Welcome Home Spiritual

Community Evening with Gary Chadwick, energy healer, 7:15pm, St Georges Lounge, Gate Pa. $5 entry.

Bring a plate for catch up afterwards.

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Papamoa Sports & Rec Ctr, 120 Parton Rd. $4 incl refreshments. Bob 027 478 6282, Wendy 021 254 4621 500 Cards Join us for an afternoon of fun play. Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd. Afternoon tea & prizes. Ph Margaret 027 656 848 Abortion Recovery Confidential private course, Living In Colour, starts May 6th 10am with two post abortive facilitators. For more info please Ph Barbara 027 578 7458 Age Concern Monthly Meeting Join us at Tga Citizens Club (upstairs).

Speaker: Tga City Council on kerbside rubbish. 10am, $4. All welcome Bay City Rockers Social Rock ’n Roll dancing, plus other popular dances. Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St.

Your birthday You are famous for your pioneering spirit and courageous approach. You have a tendency of this week monopolizing the limelight and wanting everything yesterday. Your quick wit and high energy level could lead to career advancements. Impatience could hinder relationships, so let them take their course.

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God of Nations

"God of Nations... in the bonds of love we meet, hear our voices we entreat... defend our free land.

“From dissension, envy, hate and corruption, guard our State."

We see List MPs being slaves to party leaders, and parties causing conflict (and sometimes resentment) to win votes.

How can we improve representation? Remove Lists. Have two seats per electorate. Use Single Transferable Vote.

This keeps the regional electorates the same: relatively small in size, where we know the candidates.

Australia's STV is slightly less

adversarial and considers others a little more.

Yet, the most important thing is to promote, in society and in education, "Treat others how you want to be treated". If we don't retain this attitude in New Zealand, we lose everything New Zealand fought for in the second world war. If you love your neighbour as yourself, you will not kill them, you will instead die for them.

It is this spirit that kept people together during the war, and it can keep New Zealand together through these tough times.

Andrew Clow, Te Puna.

Concerns over community

Joel Ngatuere, environment manager for the Whareroa Community that live by the Fertiliser Works boat ramp, in the media last week is concerned for the health and wellbeing of its 20 residents with contaminants coming from Industry associated with the import and export of goods from the Port of Tauranga.

I share the same concerns and I feel the Whareroa

Community should be re settled in a safe residential or semi-rural environment as a top priority.

Next, I would set about preserving the Marae Wharenui and surrounds before capitalising on the high value of the remaining land with some leading edge environmental industrial use that future members of the Hapu could be proud of.

Doug Morris, Tauranga.

Car-worthy roads?

Why do our cars have to be roadworthy but the roads are not car worthy? I know our roads are better than many overseas but the repairs and resealing can be appalling, just look at the patch between Bell Road and Welcome Bay Road. The Eastern Link is pretty good, but woe betide you if you want to get off half way

along it. Why isn’t there an exit or off ramp in the middle? No one seems to have thought of that when they designed it. And hello look at the pot holes around the city. There seems to be no foresight there either about fixing them when they happen or is it the seal that’s not up to scratch?

Lee Ford, Papamoa.

Bin debacle

Recently, Tauranga City Council contractors dumped more than a tonne of plastic in my street in an attempt to manage a perceived problem with waste collection and disposal.

What's more the TCC are going to charge me more than $200 per annum to collect said waste, however I already pay Kleana Bins to manage my waste collections and have done without issue, for more than 20 years. I compost my greenwaste and food scraps and use it in my garden.

Glass, I take to Maleme Street recycling centre, but Maleme Street Recycling centre is permanently closing to the public in the near future. Kleana Bins business will diminish by approximately 70 per cent on the back of this and the onus will then be on the already beleaguered TCC to manage that portion of waste. But that's not all.... On any given Wednesday, Spencer Day

Sales@weathermasterbop.co.nz 0800-102-710

Envirowaste, Waste Management, J J Richards, Environmental Green Bins, Transpacific, Bin Boys can all be seen in the local area and the TCC wants their business too.

Given the TCC’s recent history of management do I really trust them or want them to take over my waste management? No! And I don't want their extra rate charges and I don't want five extra plastic bins in my small yard.

And I want a dialogue with decision makers about choice.

I phoned them yesterday but there was no-one available to talk to me on the subject but I have been given a ‘Job Number’ and when that elusive someone has time I'm sure they'll give me a call and tell me all about how I've already had my opportunity to make submissions on this matter and there's nothing they can do.

Craig Griffin, Gate Pa (abridged).

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Shower Clean Services is an independently owned and operated company dedicated to removing mineral deposits and hard water stains from your shower glass and ceramic tiles.

“Most people try different products themselves to clean the glass and times without success and even contemplate leaving the glass stained or biting the bullet and replacing the glass and tiles,” says owner Roly Wray.

Roly also follows up a shower clean by adding a protective coating to the like-new glass and tiles.

Using the latest nano technology for glass protection, this application Shower Clean Services’ Roly Wray.

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Shower clean services also specialises in the protection of new shower glass/tiles/shower liners, on new builds or renovations.

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HE SAVED US, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth & renewal by the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5

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

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FOUND KITTENS, & PUPPIES, various colours/sex/areas. Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Black & White DLH Cat. Mt Maunganui Area. Ref: 505208. Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found Adult Black & White Male Cat. Otumoetai Area. Ref: 504370.

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I’ve forgiven you, but I’ve not forgotten I vividly remember an incident when an older brother was being mean to his younger sibling, he said: ‘sorry’ (it sounded sincere) and the younger brother responded by saying: ‘I forgive you, but I’ve not forgotten!’

Forgiveness is for many of us a difficult thing to put into practice. You can like the concept of forgiveness, even enjoy the relief when someone says: ‘I forgive you’ yet find it hard to believe you could forgive others in every circumstance, there are after all some things so wicked that it’s hard to think that forgiveness could or should be offered. You’ve probably seen examples on the news of people saying they forgive their attackers, even forgive those who have murdered family members, like me you might ask: ‘I don’t know if I could do that?’

This weekend there will be Anzac memorial services and ceremonies that will include the word’s ‘lest we forget’.

This is a time for reconciling the past with the present with an eye to the future.

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#ZEALANDIER TOURS. 5th May, Van Gogh Alive. From start to finish, you will be surrounded by a vibrant symphony of light, colour, sound and fragrance that has been called an unforgettable multi-sensory experience. Van Gogh’s masterpieces come to life, giving the sensation of walking right into his paintings, a feeling that is simultaneously enchanting, entertaining and educational for all ages.

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Think new friends in every neighbour.

Live where like minds live.

At Summerset we believe in living like a true village. Where people meet, talk and laugh with one another, and every new neighbour has the potential to become an old friend.

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