The Weekend Sun - 11 June 2021

11 June 2021, Issue 1063

The mana of Matariki Standing atop Mauao, Jack Thatcher says a karakia to bless the hikoi that he and a handful of others have carried out to mark the importance of Matariki - the winter stars that signal the arrival of the Maori New Year-Te Tau Hou Maori.

Traditionally, the arrival of the winter stars were a sign to ensure food crops had been harvested and stores were plentiful for the coming year. Now it is a time to reflect, celebrate and make plans for the future.

The pre-dawn guided walks led by celestial navigator Jack, pictured, have been a part of Tauranga’s Matariki commemorations for 30 years.

Read the full story on page 9. Photo: John Borren.

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Go nuke, save the world There is a school of thought that environmentalism is actually a new religion. Let’s hope that includes a fair bit of forgiveness.

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Finally, a big dirty handshake to all the miners out there.

Mining gets a bad rap - so much so that the annual Minerals Forum had to be moved recently, to Shantytown on the West Coast.

Yes, it’s a real place.

It was moved from Hamilton because of the likelihood of a feisty protest.

Such a protest overshadowed the event in Dunedin the year before.

It got so heated that someone even lost a shoe.

So it was quietly moved to Shantytown and renamed the Equipment Expo.

Protestors were unaware of the changes and the whole event went off without a single voice of dissent.

That’s not to say the event went unnoticed by locals because 50 police officers, gathered from far and wide, were assigned to the event, just to be on the safe side.

With no protestors to placate, Greymouth (population 8170), got the benefit of some robust breath testing that weekend.

New innovations

Miners have an important role to play in the new world of low emission energy.

For example, a company called Geo40 is extracting silica from the geothermal fluids pumped up during geothermal electricity generation. From the silica they can extract lithium. Without new sources of lithium we won’t be able to convert even half the world’s fleet to electric power.

It’s not zero emission but it’s bound to be popular so I guess we can make an exception.

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Despite a slight reduction nationally, the average house price in Tauranga is now over $1 million.

The average house price in Tauranga has hit the $1 million mark for the very first time.

Despite evidence of investors slowly beginning to back away from the market and a slight reduction in price growth nationally, Tauranga has continued to track upwards over the past three months.

According to figures released this week by QV, house prices across the city have increased by an average 10.2 per cent for the three months to the end of May, and 27.8 per cent over the last 12.

The new, record-high average is $1,021,141, and the three-month change confirms Tauranga as one of only three areas to track above the $1 million average, alongside the Auckland region and Queenstown Lakes District.

Of the major centres, Tauranga has also taken over from Wellington as the top performer for quarterly value growth, up to 10.2 from 7.8 per cent last month. The capital remains close behind at 10 per cent quarterly growth.

Despite this regional leap, QV general manager David Nagel says the recent figures point to growing evidence of declining investor interest.

For the first time since July last year, the Index showed a slight reduction in quarterly value growth from the previous month.

“This small reduction is particularly significant considering the QV House Price Index is a rolling average measure, which includes transactions from

some of the most buoyant months earlier in the quarter,” says David.

“We can expect to see further reductions in the rate of growth as the impacts of the recent tax changes for investors and credit availability start to take effect.”

Estate agents have also reported receiving less enquiries from New Zealanders living overseas - an outcome QV property consultant Derek Turnwald believes could be a consequence of Covid-19 vaccine rollouts and a perceived “end in sight” to the worst effects of the pandemic.

“The Australian economy is gaining momentum again, which may attract Kiwis back,” says Derek.

“US and UK vaccine roll-outs are going well and many highly-skilled workers may be attracted to higher salaries in these countries also.

“In the past, investors have taken three-to-four months to react to major policy changes that impact upon them, so investor attitudes are likely to be clearer by late winter or early spring time.”

Of the 16 major urban centres monitored by QV, all except the four northernmost urban locations of Whangarei and the “golden triangle” of Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga, have shown a reduction in quarterly growth compared to last month.

Across the wider Bay of Plenty region, according to the TradeMe PPI, a new record average high of $830,000 was met in May.

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New homes coming to Hairini street Ten Kainga Ora homes in Hairini are set to be removed or demolished to make way for more modern, healthier homes.

Six of the 10 1960s dwellings on Haukore Street have been empty and fenced off for more than a year.

This has caused some local residents to reach out to The Weekend Sun to find out more about the deserted homes.

There was some confusion from locals over whether the sites

were council owned, but upon investigation The Weekend Sun found out the homes belong to Kainga Ora. Kainga Ora Bay of Plenty regional director Darren Toy says they are making good progress with their plans to build more warm, dry and modern homes at the 10 sites, where there are currently older houses.

Darren says over the past months Kainga Ora have been working with whanau living there to move them to other homes that meet their needs, and consider house size, location to

Some of the homes have been empty for at least a year. Photo: John Borren.

wider whanau, schooling and other factors.

“This has meant some of these former houses have been made empty, ahead of their demolition or possible relocation,” he says.

“We have been working closely with Ngai Te Ahi hapu for their input into proposed plans for the sites, and we value their feedback and local knowledge as we work

together to build homes as part of a wider community.”

He says they also linked in initially with the wider local community through a letter drop, and will look to connect with them face-to-face in the coming weeks to share what is planned.

“With the progress made with Ngai Te Ahi and the further engagement planned for the

wider community, we are currently progressing contracts which we expect will see work starting on site in the next month to demolish a number of the now empty houses,” adds Darren.

Once the sites are cleared, civil works will get underway later this year to prepare the sites for Alisha Evans construction.

Women in business speaker series a huge hit More than 250 women filled Trinity Wharf Hotel’s conference room recently to hear from some of the best women in business.

The Business Women’s Network inaugural Speaker Series event, hosted by the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, prompted an impressive turnout.

The first speaker was Clare Swallow (Mulberry St), who had the room erupting into fits of laughter with her real take on being a woman in business. Fellow local businesswoman Jennifer Boggiss was next, sharing the story of Heilala Vanilla.

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5 Left: Hair To Stare At salon owner Corina Conn finishing off Kalani Sargent’s cut.

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Below: Kalani’s hair was more than 50cm long before the big cut. Photo: John Borren.

Hair today, gone tomorrow The mane has been tamed, but the lion heart remains for Kalani Sargent.

On Sunday, the four-year-old had his 50cm locks, which had been growing since birth, lopped off for child cancer.

His fiery red, curly hair is set to become a wig and although the family will never know where it ends up, his mum Tina imagines it would make beautiful hair for a little girl. They have also raised close to $3400 for the Child Cancer Foundation.

The Weekend Sun met Kalani and Tina before his big cut and headed along on the day to see how it all unfolded.

Kalani now sports a short back and sides and seems unperturbed by his absence of tresses. His mum and aunty are more upset by it.

Tina held back the tears while aunty, Chloe Bird, did the honour of cutting his plaits.

“It was really nerve wracking and I felt like crying, but it was also really exciting,” says Chloe.

Kalani played with the plaits and lapped up the attention from the 100 family and friends that gathered at the Tauranga Sports Fishing Club for the occasion.

Chloe’s really proud of Kalani, who knows exactly why he was growing his hair.

“It’s life-changing and it’s something that I will hold with me forever,” she says.

“He was so well known for his long hair and now

his identity is almost gone, but it won’t change him.”

Tina chimes in: “He’s lucky he’s got such a big personality,” but she’s pleased with the end result, exclaiming how good he looks.

She describes Kalani as fearless and crazy and hopes some of his strength and sense of fun will empower the child that gets his hair. There’s also the hope that the money they have raised will help at least one family going through a rough time.

Then there’s the sense of relief for Tina, because there was so much anticipation leading up to day and upkeep for his hair was no small feat. It took around 30 minutes a day to brush and care for it.

“We’ve certainly more than looked after it because we always knew that we were going to be giving his hair over,” says Tina.

The mum of three decided to keep growing Kalani’s hair around the time most parents would normally give their child their first haircut.

Corina Conn, owner of Hair To Stare At salon perfected his cut - they are part of the Sustainable Salons initiative, that collect hair for wigs.

Corina says they get people donating hair around once a fortnight on average.

Mum Tina is contemplating growing Kalani’s hair again for donation, but the lion-hearted boy will likely have the last say on that.

Kalani’s fundraising page is still live at: www.childcancer-fundraising.org.nz/kalanisargent Alisha Evans

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Captivity narratives John Rutherford was born in Manchester, England, circa 1796.

He went off to sea when he was barely more than 10 years of age, working on ships that sailed the coasts of Brazil, Spain and China. Eventually he embarked on a convict vessel bound for New South Wales, and first saw New Zealand at the Bay of Islands while on his way home.

On his second trading voyage in these seas, while engaged in trading for pearl and tortoiseshell among the Pacific Islands, his vessel approached the east coast of New Zealand, intending to put in for refreshments. A gale blew them further south and an unfortunate set of circumstances eventually led to him being captured and tattooed.

After six years he was elevated to a place of a chief and given the two daughters of a chief in marriage.

Four years after that he escaped on board an American brig, eventually returning home to Manchester with his story dictated to a ship companion.

Whalers, sealers, runaway seamen, Australian convicts, missionaries, settlers, soldiers and sailors were amongst other captives seized in early New Zealand for various reasons.

Sometimes they were just shipwrecked.

“These Pakeha men and women were seized when they either committed blatant acts of aggression or unknowingly transgressed tikanga Maori which is customary law, for which utu was required,” says Papamoa-based historian Trevor Bentley.

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Far left: Captured when the American schooner Agnes was subjected to an utu attack at Tolaga Bay in 1816, John Rutherford acquired a ta moko and spent ten years as a captive.

“I’ve always been fascinated by that very colourful and turbulent pre-Treaty of Waitangi interaction between Maori and Pakeha” Trevor Bentley has published his seventh book, which is also his fifth book exploring Pakeha who entered Maori tribal societies voluntarily and as captives. Trevor, who holds a PhD in history from the University of Waikato, has a special interest in researching, writing and teaching about the interaction of Maori and Pakeha in pre-Treaty New Zealand.

Transgressing Tikanga is a collection of 20 firsthand accounts written by Europeans who were captured by Maori between 1816 and 1884.

It follows logically on from his previous book Pakeha Slaves, Maori Masters: The Forgotten Story of New Zealand’s White Slaves, which was red-stickered when it first appeared on bookshop shelves. The red warning sticker presumably was due to the subject matter being generally unknown with potential to cause a ripple of alarm for those who didn’t know the mostly forgotten stories of Europeans who lived and sometimes died as slaves in early New Zealand.

“I've always been fascinated by that very colourful and turbulent pre-Treaty of Waitangi interaction between Maori and Pakeha,” says Trevor, who has also written three other books based in that period of time – Pakeha Maori, Captured by Maori and Cannibal Jack.

There is plenty of drama and exciting action in the captivity accounts, creating a vivid picture of 19th century cross cultural interactions between Maori and Pakeha. They also provide a rich insight into early Maori life, including the principles of captivity and utu, social order, religious practices, everyday customs, and the conduct of warfare.

Some of the captivity narratives in Transgressing Tikanga come from the Bay of Plenty, with George

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Left: A NZ shipwreck illustration in the book.

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Budd in 1834 and Thomas Grace in 1865 both in Opotiki, and John Atkins and Abraham Bennett White in Whakatane. “Since 1999, my databases have logged 466 captive mariners, 13 sealers, 121 convicts, 13 missionaries, 59 surveyors, 12 prospectors ad 34 British and colonial soldiers and Royal Navy sailors,” says Trevor.

Trevor says that captivity narratives were part of specific genre and style, with a prescribed content, and generally commenced with an account of a victim’s capture and captivity, concluding with their return to ‘civilised’ or Western society.

Trevor’s anthology of narratives is a selection from 46 accounts located to date.

Transgressing Tikanga is available in local bookstores.

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Blackcaps ready for final redemption A world cricket final in England could easily cause a wave of traumatic memories for any New Zealand fan.

But Tauranga’s Kane Williamson is not letting the bitter disappointment of the 2019 Cricket World Cup final distract him, or his Blackcaps team-mates, ahead of the inaugural World Test Championship

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The New Zealand captain compartmentalises the 2019 loss, in which England defeated New Zealand by a superior boundary count, insisting it is not in the current group’s thinking ahead of the clash with India at Southampton’s Ageas Bowl.

“No, I do not think so,” Williamson told the ICC this week when asked if the ghosts of that memorable fixture had any bearing on the latest cusp of glory moment on English shores. “[It’s] certainly not something that the guys have spoken about.”

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Williamson is just hoping the Test format can provide as many thrills as that now infamous one-day spectacle.

“The focus is definitely on the transition from not playing much cricket or from where the guys who have played white ball cricket change into that Test format. Hopefully there is still a great atmosphere for that game.

“The match you mentioned was a very memorable one - obviously it had some controversy and it had everything, and people loved watching it at the end of the day.

“That is why people got a lot out of it.

“Hopefully it is a great spectacle, we get a decent crowd, and it is a really good game.”

New Zealand face India in the final, pitting Williamson against long-term foe Virat Kohli, a man he endearingly refers to as a “hard case”, as his opposite number.

Both will be longing to be the first captain to lift the world title in the Test format - a thought that has Williamson fizzing with excitement.

“Oh yeah, it is something new and different,” he says.

“It is exciting. We know how strong they are and the depth they have. It is so exciting to be playing against each other at a neutral venue.”

Exorcising the demons of July 2019 and lifting a world trophy on English soil would undoubtedly be an added bonus.

New Zealand face India in the inaugural World Test Championship final from Friday, June 18.

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While adding mulch and feed around your plants, also take time to check over your tools and give them some tender loving care – sharpen, clean, oil and replace anything beyond repair.

You may like to consider adding bird feeders and seed into your garden, as natural

food sources can be scarce for birds during winter. You’ll find you’ll be rewarded with hours of entertainment by helping them out with a regular food source.

This is the time of year to plant calendula, nemesia, pansies, polyanthus, poppy, snapdragon, stock, and viola.

It’s also the best time to plant new season roses, as the plants are dormant meaning that planting stress is reduced.

Remember to keep on top of weeding, and apply mulch around plants to help suppress the weeds.

And don’t forget to plan for spring. Think about what crops you may want to grow, along with flowers you would like to pick.

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Marking Matariki

JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY!

Jack Thatcher welcomes Matariki becoming a public holiday next year. Photo: John Borren.

In Tauranga Moana, Matariki celebrations begin today and master navigator Jack Thatcher has been doing hikoi up Mauao this week.

It was 30 years ago that Jack started the walks in Kairua. Around 20 years ago he changed the location to Mauao to make it more accessible for everyone.

During each walk Jack talks about the significance of Matariki – the Maori New Year – and the three main themes it celebrates.

“We remember our loved ones that passed during the year and we celebrate them one last time, before sending their wairua off back to Hawaiki,” says Jack.

“Then we celebrate each other.” This is to recognise and be grateful for the year that has been and often involves a meal as a nod to the harvests from the past, explains Jack.

The last thing is to look to is the future and to set goals, he adds.

Next year Matariki will become New Zealand’s newest public holiday and Jack is admittedly excited about it.

“I love the fact that having a public holiday puts a larger emphasis on that for the general public,” he exclaims.

“Those themes don’t just need to be an indigenous modelling, it can be a following that all of Aotearoa can participate in.”

Jack is one of seven members of the Matariki Advisory Group that provides the government with advice on future dates for the public holiday, how to celebrate it, and what resources could be developed to educate the public.

This week is also significant for Jack, because he

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has been recognised as a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to Maori and education.

But he remains humble, saying: “It’s lovely to be recognised for the work that you put your heart and soul into for a number of years, but it won’t change much of what I do.”

This year in Tauranga there are a myriad of events to celebrate Matariki over the next month.

The Incubator Creative Hub and Okorore Nga Toi Maori team are inviting the community to enjoy their largest calendar of events yet at the Tauranga Historic Village.

Five exhibitions from local artists will run until July 4, and the programme also includes workshops, a weekly showcase of local Maori film makers, musical performances and the inaugural Matariki market on June 27.

Tauranga City Libraries are also hosting events including a night of storytelling on June 12 at Greerton Library. There’s also puppet making with Pani at Tauranga Library on June 19.

People can visit their local library to collect Matariki Kohi Kari then start a scavenger hunt – each library will have a different set of cards.

On June 26, Tauranga Art Gallery is hosting a Matariki Family Fun Day and on July 4 people can head to Fergusson Park for Matariki Kite Day. The month of Matariki is bursting with activities for everyone to enjoy. For the full programme visit: www.mytauranga.co.nz/matariki Alisha Evans

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Fear-inducing circumstances are when globally celebrated drummer, Stan Bicknell, does his best work.

So when fast-paced drum and bass band Shapeshifter asked if he could learn a 90-minute set in just five days for their 2020/21 New Year tour, he naturally said yes.

“It’s the most work I’ve ever done in the shortest amount of time,” says Stan, who recently moved to Papamoa.

“Working on the material alone improved my playing massively. Every time I sign up for things like this it induces this fear, which I used to be quite worried about. But I’ve learned to like the anxiety – it’s an opportunity to improve yourself.”

Stan has had the kind of career aspiring drummer’s dream of – several brand sponsorships, a long list of tours for big names like Kimbra, and becoming renowned in the global drumming community for

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his unique, self-taught style of drumming which he specialises in teaching.

For local aspiring drummers, he represents a different type of career path that doesn’t have to be behind the band but front and centre, by appearing on online drumming platform Drumeo with other drumming greats and sporting 159,000 followers of his own on Instagram.

Stan, his wife and nine-year-old daughter recently moved the region from Melbourne, but he claims the opportunities haven’t halted after leaving their bustling city life.

In fact, the Shapeshifter phone call came in while Stan was driving his wife and daughter home from the airport – reunited after they completed their quarantine to follow Stan home to New Zealand.

“We moved here to be closer to family – my wife’s family are local and I’m from Hastings,” says Stan.

“During the last few years of living in Melbourne,

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for globally celebrated drummer we knew this is where we’d end up – it felt right.

My daughter can now have that really Kiwi thing of growing up around her cousins that Melbourne couldn’t provide.”

Getting in the groove

Stan is pouring his technical drumming and teaching expertise back into the community as Mauao Performing Arts Centre’s newest drum tutor.

“I’m used to teaching older kids quite big, open ideas that I've come up with that can impact their creativity, because that’s the most important thing,” he says.

“So going back to teaching people in their formative years of playing is different because it’s a really significant time for their drumming. We’re going back to basics, and making sure they don’t pick up the bad habits I did being self-taught.”

Not that it seems to have hindered him – Stan has been drumming for 24 years, first picking up the sticks aged 14.

“I distinctly remember the wave of euphoria I got sitting at the kit for the first time, and that was it.”

He’s continuing to upskill by getting a Diploma in Music at Toi Ohomai and is putting his new skills to good use, by recording and producing artists in his at-home studio.

“The collaborative, communicative process of recording is something I really enjoy. “

Finding the hours

Stan admits that having a music career can be a juggling act.

He has continued to work in hospitality alongside drumming, selling his coffee roasting business in Melbourne before coming to New Zealand and providing barista training here.

Family has always been a part of that juggle – while in Australia, Stan avoided signing up for tours during New Zealand’s school holidays so his son, now 17, could fly over and see him.

When it comes to mastering your craft, Stan says there are no shortcuts. He practices until new songs, licks or tricks become muscle memory that can withstand outside influences – like the noise of a

live crowd mixed with the pressures of TV cameras at the recent Popstars final Stan played in.“If you do the work, you see the results and that’s where you get the joy from. If you

don't do the work and don't get the results, you miss out on those endorphins that come from the little victories that remind you why you do it.”

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Turn up the heat With winter just beginning, the call is out for heaters - lots and lots of heaters - to keep children warm and healthy.

Kirsty Robertson from the Bay of Plenty Healthy Homes Initiative says they urgently need column or fan heaters that are no longer in use but in good working order.

Healthy Homes get referrals from organisations including the hospital, Plunket, medical centres and hauora, to visit the homes of low income, at risk families and see how they can help warm them up. As well as heaters, they provide curtains and blankets and at the moment their stocks of heaters are running low because they have distributed so many. The donated heaters will go into the bedrooms of children with respiratory illnesses.

“A cold and damp home can exacerbate respiratory illnesses and concerns,” explains Kirsty.

The aim is to keep bedrooms above 20 degrees overnight. Healthy Homes assessors provide the heaters and show families how to use them

efficiently and effectively, says Kirsty.

She says the medical authorities have recognised that when the temperature drops below 16 degrees it is harder for your lungs to operate, and when it is below 12 degrees it makes it harder for your heart to pump blood around your body.

“With many places in the Bay of Plenty tracking below those temperatures overnight, it is really important to keep bedrooms warmer than that,” says Kirsty.

“Some people get nervous about donating heaters because they’re worried about how it might affect people’s power bill,” she adds, “but the education we provide ensures families use them correctly.

“All the heaters are tested and safety checked as well.” The families are always grateful to receive them and it often means children don’t end up back at the doctor or in hospital, she says.

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Adding insult to injury I don’t think there is a single person in this city who isn’t shaking their head at last week’s cancellation of the TNL to Omokoroa. Instead of getting underway in 2018, the incoming coalition government cancelled it, then reinstated a watered-down version.

Then cancelled that last week, along with other significant roading projects around New Zealand. What a slap in the face to everyone who has fought so hard to get a safer and more efficient State Highway 2.

To add insult to injury, you and I will instead be funding a cross-harbour cycle bridge in Auckland. I doubt we’ll ever get

to use it, and most Aucklanders probably won’t either.

In April, employers had to increase their staff salaries due to minimum wage changes.

Even if they were not employing staff on the lowest rate, the flow on effect will impact their wage outgoings substantially. This was on top of the increased public holidays and sick leave. Now the government is proposing a new threat to employers: the reintroduction of 1970s style interference in the workplace.

A collective pay agreement can incorporate even non-union members if 10 per cent (or 1000 members) of that industry want it. Even if those staff are not

interested in negotiating, they’ll lose the right of consent to such an agreement and also the right to privacy, as this law will require employers to give staff contact details to unions.

If you are involved in business, you are encouraged to attend a public meeting I’m holding with Tauranga MP Simon Bridges and Coromandel MP and opposition workplace relations spokesperson Scott Simpson on Monday, June 28, at Tauranga Sport Fishing Club (6pm). For full details and registration, visit: www.toddmuller.co.nz/employers I hope to see you there.

Securing our recovery from Covid-19 Budget 2021 delivered a number of gains across all regions and sectors, and this week I want to focus on social welfare, housing and roads.

We are lifting weekly main benefit rates by between $32 and $55 per adult, to align rates with a Welfare Expert Advisory Group key recommendation.

This is expected to lift up to 33,000 more children out of poverty.

Since 2017, some 109,000 whanau with children will be, on average, $175 a week better off as a result of changes to income support.

This is important, as New Zealand should be the best place in the world for children to grow up – poverty limits our kids’ options.

In housing, we’re rolling out a range of measures, including extending the bright-line test and launching the Housing Acceleration Fund, to tip the

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New rental builds are exempt from these changes, so investors could look at this option to increase dry, affordable rental stocks.

Maori are less likely to be home owners and more likely to face homelessness, so we are delivering 1000 additional new houses for Maori, funding repairs for whanau most in need, and partnering with iwi to accelerate housing projects.

We’re investing $57.3 billion in infrastructure over the next five years to drive economic growth.

The Takitimu North Link stage one will start construction, subject to property negotiations, later this year. Stage one is a 6.8km, four-lane expressway between Tauranga and Te Puna.

Stage two is the route protection of the new 7km, four-lane corridor and separated shared path.

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Calling all gardeners

Mayward Homestead - one of the wonderful gardens on the Bay of Plenty Garden and Art Festival trail.

Photo: Megan Keatley.

The hunt is on to find new gardens throughout the district to add to the Bay of Plenty Garden and Art Festival trail.

Festival director Marc Anderson is keen to hear from gardeners between Katikati and Te Puke who might like to have their garden included in the 2022 festival.

“It may be that you have friends who tell you that you have a great garden, but you are shy about putting your hand up for festival inclusion,” says Marc.

“Or it may be that you have a friend or neighbour whom you feel should be showcasing their creativity. Either way, we’re keen to hear from you and are more than happy to visit to check gardens and talk things through.”

Members of the garden selection committee will

visit over the next few months, and over spring or summer, he adds.

New gardens are always an exciting inclusion in the biennial festival, and diversity – from sprawling rural gardens to tiny town plots – is appreciated.

The next festival will be held in November next year, and Marc and the team are working from now to confirm which gardens will be included.

The festival traditionally features about 70 garden and art stops.

To register your interest for your garden to be considered in the 2022 festival, go to: www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz and follow the link on the home page, or call: 570 2525.

Bayleys Real Estate will return as the festival partner for the 2022 festival and Palmers Bethlehem will once again support the garden and art trail.

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Tauranga runner thanks first responders A Tauranga runner and mother of two has thanked a team of first responders who saved her life when she went into sudden cardiac arrest during the Hawke’s Bay half marathon last month.

An avid runner, Maree has competed in events since she was 14 across a wide range of distances, from five kilometres to the Tarawera ultra marathon along with her husband Kunaal.

“The last thing I remember was feeling lightheaded,” says Maree.

“I pulled over to the side, paused my watch and then the world went black.”

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Nothing but grateful

Maree is one of more than 2000 people in New Zealand treated for sudden cardiac arrest each year in the community.

“My experience shows the importance of good first aid skills,” she says. “Without it, I wouldn’t be here today and I can say this for a fact.

“All up I think there were eight people who gave CPR and saved my life.

“They gave me the best possible first aid, which is shown in my cognitive functioning and the fact I have no loss of memory or abilities. Then the defibrillator from the fire engine was used to shock my heart and bring it back to a normal rhythm.”

Maree was taken to the emergency department at Hawke’s Bay Hospital and spent two days in the hospital before being transferred to Tauranga.

“I have so many people to thank,” she adds.

“As well as the first Maree with husband Kunaal and boys Rishi and Sachin earlier this year. responders, I feel so grateful to the emergency workers, the Maree Rajpal was competing on Saturday, May ambulance and fire engine drivers who cared for 14, along with 8000 others, when she collapsed me and transferred me to hospital - particularly the without warning. one who drove my kids to the hospital with our puppy on her lap so that my husband could stay ‘Feeling great at the start’ with me.

Fortunately, a number of medical professionals, “The nurses and doctors at Hawke’s Bay Hospital including a cardiologist and an orthopaedic surgeon, were amazing, and the flight team who brought were running close by and immediately started me back to Tauranga. cardio pulmonary resuscitation on the 32-year-old.

“The incredible nurses and cardiologist up here “I was feeling great at the start of the race,” have also given me outstanding treatment, and the says Maree. entire running community has wrapped around “My body was ready to go, I was hitting targets me, checking in on me as I recover.” in my training and everything appeared to be on Research undertaken by St John shows there is track. I felt the same, if not better, than I have felt a 13 per cent chance of survival following cardiac before other events.” arrest, and for every minute that goes by without

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It’s your time to shine Western Bay of Plenty!

The Weekend Sun, The Breeze and Life Education Trust Western BOP have been on the hunt together to find the final couple to take part in Dancing for Life Education, in partnership with the Wright Family Foundation.

And while many local identities have already been shoulder tapped, one final couple was still required to take part.

‘It’s Time to Shine’ was an on-air promotion on the Breeze breakfast show that saw people from all walks of life encouraged to nominate themselves or someone that they think is ready to shine.

Organisers can now reveal our winners, who will receive 15 weeks of dance training before hitting the dance floor at Baypark Tauranga to fundraise for Life Education Trust.

He is passionate about helping charities and even becomes Santa Claus at Bayfair shopping mall at Christmas time! When asked, he was delighted to put his name forward even though he’s scared stiff at the thought of performing in front of an audience and just hopes he will remember his lessons if selected.

All funds raised stay in the local region and support Life Education Trust WBOP to continue educating local children.

Lisa Lauder

Lisa Lauder has enjoyed community involvement at her son's playcentre and the local community trust panto.

She enjoys making new friends, and being involved with local theatre groups 16th Avenue and TMT. She also took to the stage as a dancer with a Tarnished Frocks

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and Divas 2019 production, which was a huge learning curve but one that she thoroughly enjoyed.

She loves performing and theatre and loves to expand her experiences and community involvement.

Dave Mitchell

Dave Mitchell is a father and grandfather.

He’s also employed as a motor trimmer by a local firm now in its 76th year of business.

He has many interests including motorcycling, classic cars, photography and fishing to name but a few.

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Minister impressed by Tauranga students Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio visited Tauranga Boys’ College recently.

The Minister for Pacific Peoples has called Tauranga “a special place” and heaped praise on the next generation of Pasifika role models in the city.

Minister Aupito William Sio visited Tauranga Boys’ College recently, alongside Minister of Internal Affairs Jan Tinetti, and is clearly impressed by what he has seen.

Sio says he told the boys at the college they belong to the ‘six-B’s generation.

“I said you are a new generation that are proudly brown, beautiful, brainy, bi-lingual, bi-cultural and bold,” he says.

“A lot of those kids have multi-ethnic heritage.

“In many ways, their confidence and their youthfulness shows that they have a huge role to play as the future workforce and future business community.”

Sio explains that appropriate education for young students of Pacific background is absolutely crucial, highlighting the youthful nature of the demographic.

“The Pasifika population is one of the fastest growing in New Zealand and one of the youngest,” he says. “The median age for Pasifika is around 23, whilst the rest of the population is around 32 or 34.”

In order to fully engage with the Pasifika cohort, Minister Sio outlines his belief that language, culture and identity were fundamental principles to maximising potential in the demographic.

“The international evidence shows that is the case,” he says.

“If you look to Europe, some countries have policies where students have the right to be taught in the language of their choosing.

“You look at Europe and the way they value languages. They are some of the wealthiest countries. In Asia, they recognise bilingualism and multilingualism as a competitive edge in the economy. So for us, this is so fundamental.”

He believes it is helping form a bright future for those students at the college and, he hopes, all of New Zealand.

“It is not just two languages, it is multiple languages. They are not only learning Samoan, but Fijian and Tongan,” he says.

“They are also showing a glimpse of what the shape of New Zealand

The Minister says he will now be hoping to use part of the money toward the Pacific package of the 2021 Budget towards supporting Pacific bilingual language immersion units.

“We will now be asking the Ministry of Education to begin the consultation for establishing a policy to support that throughout the whole country.

“I am asking some of these young people and the schools and the communities to participate and cement that policy, so that we make sure that we get things right.”

Minister Tinetti speaks from experience on the topic. She is a former Principal at Merivale School, before entering politics in 2017.

She admits that back in 2006, when she first joined the school, there was little being offered for young people who identified with Pacific backgrounds.

In the 15 years since she has seen a change.

“When I see what is happening now, it is so heartening,” she says.

Tinetti highlights how seeing the progress of some of her former Merivale pupils reinforces her view that steps are being made in the right direction.

“What really struck me was the boys there that are from Pacific Island background and the number of boys and young men there who were my ex-Merivale students.

“That was really heartening.

“To see them really proud in who they are and proud of their achievements, but also to see that for some of them, they had remained at school and were achieving well at school.

“That tells me that the schooling system is doing a really good job with them, and Tauranga Boys’ in particular.”

The culture of teaching at Tauranga Boys’ College received praise from Sio, who was happy to see teachers and the principal “championing” that level of education.

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looks like in the years ahead. The good thing is they do not only seem to be confident in their own cultural heritage, but they are also mixing and mingling with Maori and Pakeha students and others.

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Artistic swimming Connecting art, dance and a water sport results in the delightful combo known as artistic swimming.

Previously called synchronised swimming, this activity has taken off in the Bay with many joining in at Tauranga Syncho, which trains at Baywave.

For those who want to join a club, it’s a perfect niche sport that may also suit the more ‘nonsporty’ kids. Newcomers are always welcome to come and have a go and find out more.

“Many of the swimmers who try artistic swimming are ‘non-sporty’ types,” says Tauranga Synchro chair Kate Boyt.

“We hear many stories from our parents who have struggled to find a sport that suits their child.

“Many of our athletes don’t think of it as exercise – it’s just having fun - which is a win-win for frustrated parents.”

Kate says there are many benefits of being part of a smaller sport. “Artistic swimmers learn at the club level, and with sufficient skill, can compete relatively quickly.”

There are only three formal competitions in the

The gold-medal winning 2020 Tauranga Synchro Open Combo team. Photo: Leah Carter.

sport in New Zealand – the North Island Champs, South Island Champs and the National Champs.

“This means that swimmers can get the opportunity to travel and compete in big competitions quite young; a highlight for our swimmers,” adds Kate.

With less competitors than larger sports such as rugby and netball, it means there is a greater chance to reach the top level of the sport. ...continued

The Tauranga Synchro athletes.

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Tauranga Synchro’s Junior Tech Team winning a gold medal at the 2020 National Champs in December 2020. Photo: Gail Stent Photography.

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“There are fantastic opportunities for high performance athletes to represent New Zealand at overseas competitions, plus there is an Olympic pathway. Tauranga currently has ten swimmers in national squads – the most of any other club in the country.”

Tauranga is at the heart of artistic swimming in New Zealand. Artistic Swimming NZ’s chair Shirley Hooper is Papamoa-based and is a huge advocate for the sport in this country.

Tauranga also has the two most senior artistic swimmers in the country - Eva Morris and Eden Worsley - who both coach for Tauranga Synchro.

“Artistic swimming has a close-knit community,” says Kate. “Tauranga Synchro is a not-for-profit organisation and relies heavily on parents to work together and pitch in.”

There is clearly a strong, family-orientated culture with a lot of mixing and working together between younger and older swimmers.

Early in March, the club held a ‘Synchro Sleepover’ at Aongatete Outdoors Education Centre for all of their athletes. There they dived into many teambuilding exercises and other fun camp activities.

“But we also did something a little different on our camp,” adds Kate. “We met with members of the Aongatete Forest Project, who manage 500 hectares of forest in the Kaimai Range.”

Teaching the athletes about conservation may not perhaps be the usual type activity for a sports club, but the exercise also included a dip at the watering hole there.

An inclusive sport, artistic swimming caters to all abilities and levels.

“There is no ideal body type for artistic swimming; there is a place in the team for all,” explains Kate.

“The only requirement is to be a confident swimmer in deeper water.”

There are competitive and non-competitive pathways, and Tauranga Synchro also offer Adapted Synchro for those with disabilities.

“Although our club is yet to have a boy sign up, they would be welcome.”

She says two boys from other clubs competed at last year’s national champs.

“Our coaching philosophy is not only about synchro, it’s about teaching our athletes life skills and that they can accomplish anything if they want it enough.”

This year the North Island Artistic Swimming Championships are being held at Baywave Aquatic Centre from July 2-4.

“There will be over 134 athletes from six clubs from around the North Island competing,” says Kate. “Of these, there will be 35 athletes from Tauranga Synchro.”

Back in 2019, it was also held at Baywave, with 95 athletes. “So that’s an increase of 41 per cent this year - a great sign the sport is growing.”

In preparation for the North Islands competition, the club will be holding a full dress rehearsal display on Sunday, June 27, at 6:30pm.

“So there are plenty of opportunities for Tauranga to see our club in action,” says Kate. “Both events are open to the general public.”

To find out more about Tauranga Synchro visit: www.taurangasynchro.co.nz or: www.facebook.com/taurangasynchroNZ

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Locals often know about any safety hazards on their beaches, but if you’re a visitor you probably won’t know which parts of the beach are safe.

That’s why it’s always wise to play on a patrolled beach, where surf lifeguards are on the lookout for people in trouble. They know the safest spots to swim in – the ones marked by flags – and if you swim between the flags you’ll be a lot safer than if you swim elsewhere on the beach. You can find a patrolled beach, or find out whether a particular beach is patrolled or what facilities are available, by searching on the Find a Beach website, which is kept up-todate by Surf Lifesaving New Zealand.

You’ll still need to take some

responsibility for keeping safe by being able to swim, supervising your children, not mixing alcohol with swimming, knowing your limits, knowing what to do if you get into trouble while in the water (raise your hand in the air to get a lifeguard’s attention), applying and re-applying sunscreen, and avoiding the most UV-intense part of the day, between 10.30am and 3.30pm.

You’ll also find tips on the Water Safety New Zealand website.

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What’s up Western Bay June — July 2021

Get your Pay-as-you-throw tags today Our pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) rubbish tags are now on sale across the District. The recommended retail price is $3.95 for each tag.

The fluorescent orange pre-paid tags are for the red lid rubbish bin component of our new kerbside rubbish and recycling service. The tags and Council’s bins are not to be used before 1 July.

For a full list of stockists, including our library and service centres, and how to use the tags visit www.kerbsidecollective.co.nz

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Dog registrations are open for the 2021/2022 period and to mark the change in tag colour to red we’re running a photo competition for those who register before 1 July.

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District Plan goes digital We’re making it easier for people to navigate the District Plan with a user-friendly ePlan.

The ePlan is an interactive electronic version of the District Plan. It aims to make it easier to find information relevant to your property and to have your say on changes to the District Plan.

Plus this will be a useful tool when we start a District Plan review process later this year.

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Festival of Cultures back this month

Te Puke public toilets closed

Join us as we celebrate all the cultures in our community!

Don’t forget the public toilets on Jellicoe Street, between the Te Puke Library and Service Centre and War Memorial Hall, are closed while refurbishments take place.

This year’s Festival of Cultures is on Saturday 26 June at the Katikati War Memorial Hall and The Centre Pātuki Manawa from 10am featuring cultural performances and food and craft stalls from more than 20 ethnicities.

It promises to be a vibrant spectacle.

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The refurbishment will see all three toilets and baby changing facility replaced, plus new flooring, a full interior repaint, upgraded lighting and new sanitary fixtures.

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New Zealand’s Ronald McDonald House is calling on people to help them support families going through some of the worst times in their lives.

Their annual appeal is in the process of raising $500,000 to help provide accommodation for families while a loved one is in hospital.

The Bay of Plenty’s Gwynn Wangdali was more than halfway through her pregnancy when her waters broke and she went into labour, requiring a urgent air ambulance transfer to Wellington Hospital. As a nurse, she knew how dangerously premature her baby would be, born at just 25 weeks.

Olivia weighed less than a kilogram and the support from RMHC Wellington was overwhelming – they stayed there for 12 weeks.

Olivia is now in her local hospital, but doing very well and the family still go to RMHC as her journey progresses.

Last year, RMHC provided accommodation for over 3705 nights for 414 patients from the Bay of Plenty region.

Without this practical support, the Wangdali family wouldn’t have been able to focus on their new born daughter being in NICU so far from home.

On average each month, 360 families from across the country stay at a Ronald McDonald House for 2900 nights while their child is undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital.

“It costs RMHC New Zealand $171 to house a family for one night, ensuring that they are warm, fed, supported and close to their child in a time of need,” says Wayne Howett,

RMHC New Zealand CEO. “In 2020, 4289 families across New Zealand stayed at a Ronald McDonald House for 35,006 nights.

“That’s a cost of almost $6 million. We need your help to fill the gap of $500,000 to ensure we can continue to keep families together in 2021.”

The disruption of Covid-19 means that much of the fundraising and volunteering activity that RMHC New Zealand relies on to raise the funds to deliver their services couldn’t take place during 2020.

This makes this year’s appeal more important than ever.

“We have witnessed first-hand the urgent need for services as the effects of the pandemic continue to increase pressure on many of the families who stay with us,” says Wayne.

“We know Kiwis that are able to help are quick to do so. So please join the fight to fund a night today and help keep families with a child in hospital together.

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“The past year has been a challenging time for many, which is why now more than ever we remain committed to never turning an eligible family away.

“We want to ensure we can keep families together, positively impacting their journey by providing a nurturing and supportive environment when they need it most, so please join the fight and donate today.”

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Living wage lands for Tauranga organisations Western Bay of Plenty’s SociaLink and The Kollective have been awarded living wage accreditation.

“This ensures our aim of modelling effective employer and operational practice,” they say.

“TK and SociaLink advocate for the living wage because an appropriately-paid team is a SociaLink is the umbrella organisation for the productive and loyal team.

Western Bay's social agencies and charities, “We advocate for an increase and manages the purpose-built The Kollective in the incomes of those at the building on Tauranga’s 17th Avenue. lower end of the income scale The Kollective houses a co-working space to address issues of for dozens of income inequality and not-for-profits and social deprivation.” businesses that Getting accreditation align with the work took quite a bit of of not-for-profits, work, proving that with collaborative those who work for spaces, meeting SociaLink and The rooms and facilities.

Kollective are all paid SociaLink provides at or above the current a variety of training living wage. and professional It also had to prove development that larger contractors opportunities for who work for the those working in the organisation, such social sector. as cleaners, are also SociaLink general paying a living wage. manager Liz Davies “Having living and The Kollective wage accreditation manager Gordy means we can display Lockhart say gaining SociaLink general manager Liz Davies Living Wage NZ’s the accreditation and The Kollective manager Gordy Lockhart. logo on any official ensures no one who documentation and digital presence,” they add. works for SociaLink and The Kollective either “We can show we have a socially responsible directly or indirectly, including cleaners and grounds people, is earning less than the living wage. ethos and encourage others to do the same.”

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Mixed bag for NZ universities Three New Zealand universities have improved their standings in the latest QS World Rankings.

Global higher education analysts Quacquarelli Symonds released the 18th edition of the world’s mostconsulted international university rankings this week.

The University of Auckland has retained its top-100 position, but they are currently 85th - down four places year-on-year.

Lincoln University has risen 15 places and now ranks 372nd, while the University of Canterbury has climbed to 258th from 270th.

The University of Waikato, which has risen two places year-on-year, now ranks joint-373rd.

Seven of New Zealand’s eight ranked universities are trending downwards in QS’s academic reputation metric.

This indicator, which is weighted most highly of the ranking’s six constituent metrics, accounts for the sentiments of more than 130,000 academics regarding university quality.

Five of New Zealand’s eight ranked universities are trending downwards in QS’s faculty/student ratio indicator, which is designed as a proxy measure for teaching capacity, while six of them place outside the top-500 for this indicator, implying that an expansion in national teaching capacity is essential if New Zealand’s universities are to enjoy ranking improvements.

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QS World University Rankings 2022:

New Zealand’s Ranked Universities 2022 2021 Institution Name 85 81 The University of Auckland 194 184 University of Otago 236 223 Victoria University of Wellington 258 270 University of Canterbury 284 272 Massey University 372 387 Lincoln University 373 375 University of Waikato 451 437 Auckland University of Technology

The Tauranga campus of Waikato University, which has risen in the world rankings this week.

six of the country’s ranked universities have improved their performance, with the University of Auckland ranking 139th for this metric.

Ben Sowter, director of research at QS, says New Zealand is not alone in experiencing systemic teaching provision challenges.

“Across the QS world rankings, we are seeing higher education systems struggle to increase teaching capacity at rates commensurate with rising student demand and the desire to attract international students,” says Ben. “However, as extensive engagement with those students makes clear, the extent to which a university experience features

personalised learning is an essential factor in choosing a study destination – so it is imperative that this challenge is acknowledged and combated.”

Globally, Massachusetts Institute of Technology has achieved a recordextending 10th consecutive year as the world’s number-one, while the University of Oxford has risen to second for the first time since 2006, and Stanford and Cambridge share third.

Mainland China is home to two of the world’s top-20 universities for the first time ever, after Peking University’s rise. The best university outside of the United Kingdom and United States is Switzerland’s ETH Zurich (8th).

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Preference will be given to short letters (200 words maximum) supplied with full name and contact details.

Bin issues

The recycling bins have been rolled have no need for it. My wife and I, out and for the most part are an just two of us, do not have a lot of agreeable system, but for the food food scraps and what little there is scrap bin and how the council has goes into the worm farm and bones categorised us all. Rural people can or left-over meat goes to the dog or compost but residential cannot gets buried in the garden. apparently if you are in a residential It may be fine for some but not all, listing you’re not allowed to take care and should be an optional choice. of your food scraps by composting, The council have become the mafia worm farm or burying it in your of our county. I wonder if their veggie patch. Much to my dismay it’s next move is to enter local business much better for the council to collect and offer an unwanted service - say it and truck it to Hampton Downs protection from bullies for a modest to be composted. You have no option weekly fee. Of course not, because - they that is extortion and it’s a criminal offer this act. So forcing me to have a food service scrap bin when I do not need it and to all have no use for it and to still be Shoot me for being including charge for this service is extortion. organised, but I will those who Richard Stewart, Te Puke. have some paid-for green rubbish bags left to spare by the time this new system kicks in.

Does anyone know if Volunteers do not seek recognition when we can take them back working for many different situations. to the shop for a refund St John has many who help them, and it is more (without a receipt) or than sad to be called a charity and to not have the maybe we tie them to support of the government for full funding just the rubbish bin that we like the police do. The public need to demand this. have to pay for, as we One St John volunteer was on the job for 70 have already paid for it years, gave most of his super to buy gear for St in bag form?

John and a vehicle for a service club and he was Rose Dawson, not a wealthy man.

Katikati.

Did he receive a knighthood? Silly question.

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An Ode to World Pollution We earthly creatures All live in the same Global House Every creature from the mighty elephant To the lowly mouse We all use Mother Earth’s gifts of land, Water and air We must be aware these elements Are there to share We must try to keep the earth, Water and sky clean Otherwise life on earth Will exit the scene.

Ken Jones, Katikati.

Thanks to all the volunteers

We only give those to individuals in sports or political advantage. We can spend $250 million on a boat race, and many other similar urgent projects, while we urge you to take second-hand clothes to the St John op shop for a few pennies. New Zealand must be proud to have the only Ambulance Service Charity in the Western World.

Remember, be kind.

Ron Chamberlain, Tauranga.

Wasting public funds Who was the brass bound lobotomised idiot who decided to remove the slip lane from Cameron Road into Maleme Street, and replace it with a widened concrete footpath for the limited number of pedestrians that frequent the walkway there?

The traffic which builds up around the Pyes Pa Road roundabout causes congestion every day, and often is banked up as far as the Pooles Road roundabout. Reducing the ability of vehicles to exit left into Maleme Street, which is a busy commercial and industrial area on its own, is sheer bloody minded lunacy.

Whoever is responsible should be given a job looking after a public toilet block, while being required to repay to the Tauranga ratepayers the doubtless hundreds of thousands of dollars that have been totally wasted on this intersection.

It’s not merely a total waste of public money, it is also a clear indication of a complete lack of awareness of the traffic congestion problems of Cameron Road.

Is the same brain-dead fool who stuffed up the Harrington Street car parking building also responsible for this fiasco?

Laing Wood, Greerton.

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June planting guide

June is the perfect time to plant your fruit trees and winter veg for a yearround supply.

In terms of vegetables, look to plant broccoli, cabbage, carrots, kale, lettuce, mesclun, onions, parsnips, peas, radishes, rocket, silverbeet and spinach. For your fruits, think of going to plant apples, blackberries, blueberries, feijoa, peaches, pears, plums, raspberry, rhubarb and strawberries.

For a burst of colour and flowers in your garden, now’s the time to plants cyclamen, daffodils, hyacinth, roses and tulips.

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Concerns raised at extra traveller costs New proposals which could see a massive hike in charges for all travellers crossing the New Zealand border are extremely troubling and should not go ahead, Tourism Industry Aotearoa says.

The New Zealand Customs Service and the Ministry for Primary Industries are reviewing the border processing levy, which was introduced in 2016.

The levy is used to fund the customs and biosecurity services provided for all arriving and departing passengers,

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including New Zealanders.

Currently, the BPL is $20.11 ($17.49 plus GST) each for air passengers and $21.96 ($18.31 plus GST) for cruise passengers.

The consultation document released

by Customs and MPI proposes a range of options, from no change, through to an option which would see the levy jump on December 1 this year to a massive $160.76 ($139.79 plus GST) per air passenger and $70.23 ($61.07 plus GST) for cruise passengers.

New Zealanders taking longer domestic holidays New Zealanders are spending more time on holiday in their own country and are really enjoying their experiences, new research shows.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa’s latest Domestic Visitor Satisfaction survey, carried out by Angus and Associates, has found that three in four Kiwis took an overnight domestic leisure trip in the year to March 2021.

Holidaymakers are staying away for longer periods, reflecting the fact that New Zealand’s borders closed in March 2020. The number of trips lasting seven days or more increased by two points to 19 per cent compared to the previous year, while the proportion of two-night short breaks dropped three points to 24 per cent.

One respondent commented: “I forgot how much fun it is to visit our own country.”

“We used to travel around New Zealand about 10 years ago and took short trips, but then Australia and the Pacific Islands and other places looked more interesting. We only took day trips or overnight trips in New Zealand and now, since the border closed, our country has never looked better.”

Covid-19 restrictions changed people’s travel habits in other ways, with travel for events falling

to 13 per cent, down from 18. Visiting family and friends remained stable at 36 per cent.

The pandemic has also changed where Kiwis visit, with a decline in travel to Auckland and more trips to Canterbury, Queenstown and Palmerston North/Manawatu.

One in two New Zealanders had their expectations exceeded on their most recent domestic overnight leisure trip. Only two per cent said their experience was worse than expected.

The overall satisfaction rated at 8.7 out of 10, consistent with the year to March 2020.

Almost three in four New Zealanders would actively recommend Aotearoa as a holiday destination to friends and family.

“Even though our Australian manuhiri are starting to return, New Zealanders can still be assured of a warm welcome from tourism operators around the country,” says TIA chief executive Chris Roberts. “Even for the most well-travelled Kiwis, there are still plenty of new experiences for them to discover and enjoy in their own backyard.”

The TIA/Angus and Associates survey questions New Zealanders on their perceptions of regional travel across the country.

It complements other domestic market research carried out by Tourism New Zealand.

Refund initiative takes tourism by storm A new refundable bookings system introduced to support New Zealand’s strained tourism sector has seen an unprecedented uptake during its first month on the market.

Since launching on May 17, almost 20 per cent of eligible travellers have chosen to upgrade their bookings to be fully refundable.

This has been made possible through a landmark initiative

introduced by tourism marketing company Tomahawk.

Tomahawk has partnered with the administrators of the service, UK-based Protect Group, to offer accommodation providers and the public protection from financial losses when travel plans are disrupted through enhanced cancellation guarantees.

Under the upgraded booking terms, guests receive a refund if they can’t proceed with their plans while accommodation providers retain any payments already made.

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Avoid mountain queues with click-and-collect Mount Ruapehu is offering new places to click-and-collect winter passes to avoid queues up the mountain.

“We’re always looking for ways to streamline our customer experience,” says Ruapehu Alpine Lifts CEO Jono Dean, “and Covid-19 and its contactless requirements led to a re-think of our systems. Delivery and click-and-collect is part of that initiative and this is now available in Torpedo7 stores.”

After purchasing ski, snowboard or sightseeing passes via: www.mtruapehu.com and downloading a QR code, people can head to 11 Torpedo7 stores around the North Island to print their passes.

“It’s a quick and convenient way to pick up pre-paid passes instead of standing in queues up the mountain to purchase and pick up passes,” Jono says. “And we’re proud to partner with iconic New Zealand stores Torpedo7.”

While in store or shopping online, Torpedo7 is also offering season and life pass holders a discount on their purchases.

And again, with preventing queuing in

mind the online pre-book car parking system will operate again this winter at Whakapapa, but only for the six busiest weekends of the winter season between July 31 and September 5.

“Bookable parking helps prevent congestion on the mountain and provides the guest a stress free arrival to the ski area,” Jono says. “And it’s free again this season. For those who don’t want to drive up the mountain they can book with a local operator to take them up.” Season and life pass holders won’t need to book.

Meanwhile, on the mountain, winter ski season prep is nearing completion with Whakapapa’s Happy Valley ski area on track to welcome its first winter guests.

Maintenance work is also nearing completion on Turoa, with the team finishing concreting in foundations for a new snow fence. It’s designed to help catch snow that the grooming crew will then use to build trails.

The Sky Waka gondola and Happy Valley beginner ski area are now open, with the rest of Whakapapa ski area and Turoa set to open on Saturday July 3, weather dependant.

And to add to the excitement of the upcoming winter season, Mt Ruapehu has

More flights available for opportunity of a ‘light time’ If you’re wishing you’d been on the recent Southern Lights by Flight from Christchurch, there is good news – more flights have been released!

After the sell-out success of previous flights, the waiting list of hopeful would-be astronomers has been cleared and there are spaces on justannounced flights later this year and next.

The flights are timed to coincide with the equinox to give the best chance of viewing the spectacular display while the sky is at its darkest.

To give an even greater chance of seeing the natural wonder of a multi-coloured, dancing sky, the aircraft will turn off interior lights and outside wing lights, so nothing interferes with the display you’ve flown to find.

It truly is the adventure of a lifetime, being transported through the night skies on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner built for comfort. You can even make the most of international-style catering and choose which travel class you’d prefer.

A team of expert astronomers and photographers will make

sure you get the best views and informative explanations as you travel towards Antarctica, to an area over the Southern Ocean where the lights tend to shine the brightest. After the flight, that same team will send you professional photos as a record of the whole experience.

Aurora fans on previous flights described what they saw as “one of the most beautiful shows on earth”.

That show was right outside the aircraft windows, so passengers were able to take in the incredible view and capture the experience on their mobile phones and cameras.

To fly into the darkness surrounded only by stars, planets and an incredible display of the Aurora Australis, book your seats now.

Flights are on September 11-12, 2021, March 26-27, 2022 or September 24-25, 2022.

For more information, visit: vivaexpeditions.com and search ‘southern lights’.

some incredible pricing for skiing and boarding, especially during the week when it’s perfect to escape the crowds.

Weekday passes are just $74 per day, and there’s also some great family packages on offer, where two adults and two youth can ski any day of the week for $299.

Mt Ruapehu offers the longest winter ski season in New Zealand on its two ski fields, Whakapapa and Turoa. The season – snow permitting – runs through until Monday, October 25.

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Some of the country’s finest emerging opera stars are heading to Tauranga this month for an afternoon concert that is not to be missed.

Recent winners of the Dame Malvina Major Waikato Aria Competition, tenor Emmanuel Fuimoana and baritone Alfred Fuimoana, will be joined by soprano Felicity Tomkins and mezzo-soprano Katie Trigg and accompanied by Francis Cowan for the performance at Baycourt.

All of the singers are currently working with NZ Opera, with each one boasting a dazzling array of music achievements.

Ex-Tauranga Girls’ College student Felicity graduated from the University of Waikato as a Sir Edmund Hillary Scholar with conjoint Bachelor of Music (voice) and Bachelor of Science (biochemistry) degrees.

She was awarded the Sir Edmund Hillary Arts Medal in 2018, and in 2017 won the University of Waikato Aria Competition.

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Time to cherish the heart Recently, local Methodist congregations gathered in our lounges for a café church service. While it wasn’t everyone’s ‘cup of tea’, those who came valued the opportunity to chat over a cuppa and a muffin.

Because it was the end of autumn, we reflected on how our lives sometimes mirror this season.

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Tauranga’s been snubbed? Say it isn’t so!

Snubbed! Yep, I’ve been hearing from people all week that Tauranga has been snubbed.

Of course it was the Queen that started it. It often is. Those pesky royals. Ever since she ladled out all those gongs last weekend my phone has been running hot.

“What about last week’s column, eh?” I tell them, “that was pretty good.” But no, not a skerrick of interest.

“We’ve been snubbed!” they say. So I, of course, promise to investigate. “I’m not bloody Fair Go,” I feel like saying but, no, I promise to investigate.

Because it does seem a little iffy at first glance. Some 169 honours of various varieties, including a DSD (New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration) to the mysterious “Serviceman M” who cannot be named due to his lifethreateningly secret position in the New Zealand Defence Force.

And of those 169 honours, how many came to the residents of Tauranga? Three. Three? The fifth biggest city ‘n’ all, surely we should be good for at least a dozen or so?

Even Katikati had one.

So in came the calls, despite me quite clearly not resembling Fair Go in any way, and of course more than a few of the slightly conspiracyminded among their number put it down to the Labour government and insisted that everybody knows how Labour hate Tauranga basically because of Simon Bridges being a National MP, which is why they won’t build a bypass for Katikati and got rid of all our councillors. And now won’t give us any honours.

Mystery solved

I am, however – despite still not being anything like Fair Go – pleased

to announce that I have solved this apparently baffling mystery.

Tauranga’s population is around 150,000, about three per cent of the country’s total. Three per cent of 169 is five. So the exact number should be five and if you take into account

puoro, an artist with extraordinary musical vision, commitment and passion, who with his musical partner Hirini Melbourne did much for the renaissance of these instruments while creating a legacy of breathtaking music. I have heard this news literally as I am writing, so sorry not to give Richard the space such an important figure deserves.

Timeless

the extra guy in Katikati and the unknown soldier – who may very well be from Tauranga – there’s your five, no mystery, no snub, proud Taurangans can sleep easy. Actually, is it Taurangans? Dunno.

What do you call someone from Tauranga?

Moving right along, I have information to pass on of the musical variety.

First of all, with great sadness, I'd like to note the passing of Richard Nunns, who succumbed to Parkinson’s disease earlier this week. He was one of the country’s most important exponents of taonga

But back to the local: the album that classic rock outfit Electric Universe launched at Jack Dusty’s in Bureta a couple of weeks back is now available for all to check out on Spotify.

It’s called Timeless and includes 10 songs, of which new single Easy Rider is a tough little slice of guitar-riffery.

There are actually more than a few local acts lurking on Spotify.

Tuesday’s Pilgrim released a single last month, as did Mount Maunganui band Marmalade Skies, whose Mount Girls is a breezy helping of melodic rock.

You’ll also find Tauranga singer/songwriter Luke Thompson on Spotify, his latest being a lovely Paul Simon-inflected folk tune from last year, From Shanghai (To Wherever I Will Go).

Luke is playing a rare show in town at 146 Devonport Road this Saturday (June 12) in support of singer Jeremy Redmore, previous writer and frontman with Midnight Youth. Jeremy’s album of last year, The Brightest Flame, got rather swallowed by Covid but is well worth checking out

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and he is promising a full band for the Tauranga show. Details and tickets are available through: www.eventfinda.co.nz And in closing, let me just make note that this weekend in history marks the 55th anniversary of the Beatles album Yesterday and Today being withdrawn from American shops, which it had already been shipped to, the day before its release.

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The Tauranga Armageddon Expo will bring its signature brand of pop culture madness to the Bay region this weekend. #BAYOFGEDDON 2021 will showcase the latest and greatest in pop culture, gaming and technology, cosplay, celebrity guests and more.

The line-up of celebrity guests doing virtual panels include stars from The Mandalorian, Supergirl, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, Star Trek and other fandoms.

The event will also have animation stars Kari Wahlgren (Rick and Morty), Maile Flanagan (Naruto) and Stephanie Nadolny (Dragon Ball Z) doing virtual signings, where fans can have a one-on-one chat with their favourite celebrity and collect a pre-signed picture.

Attendees will also be able to enjoy a huge range of in-show events including the famous Armageddon Cosplay Contest, a chilli eating challenge (with a $1000 grand prize), a Just Dance disco dancefloor and more.

“We’re beyond excited to kick off the Tauranga Armageddon Expo for 2021,” says Armageddon Expo founder and organiser William Geradts. “It’s going to be a great event that’s not to be missed.”

There will be plenty to see and do at Tauranga Armageddon.

The Tauranga Armageddon Expo will be held over the weekend of June 12-13 from 9am to 5pm on both

days. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.armageddonexpo.com

Husband training is back!

It’s been a busy 10 years for the hit New Zealand comedy How To Train Your Husband. After its world premiere here in Tauranga at the Detour Theatre, it has travelled the world with productions staged in theatres across Australia, the USA, Canada and the UK.

Now it’s back!

“We’re excited to be celebrating the play’s 10-year anniversary with a production back at Detour Theatre,” says director Kim Williamson.

“How To Train Your Husband is an absolute crowd pleaser, with its fast-paced comedy and larger than life characters.

“It is literally a laugh-a-minute show. Tauranga audiences are in for a treat.”

This madcap comedy addresses an issue close to every woman’s heart! Does husband training sound impossible? Not when you have a legendary Husband Trainer living right next door.

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“Even though the characters are over-the-top, they are all so relatable,” says Kim. “Everyone will recognise someone they know in the play.

“That is the power of good comedy; while we’re laughing at the characters we’re also seeing ourselves in the story.”

How To Train Your Husband runs from June 17 to July 3 at the Detour Theatre. Bookings are available online at: www.iticket.co.nz, over the phone on: 0508 iTICKET and over the counter at the Tauranga i-SITE, 103 The Strand.

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Parkrun book gets a tour of its own A book showcasing New Zealand’s parkruns has started a tour of the country, but it is not your usual book tour.

to Rotorua for this reason. Queenstown parkrun is another that’s really popular for parkrun tourists.

“It might sound odd to those who have never heard of parkrun but there are people who will visit a place The Unofficial Parkrun Guide: New Zealand purely because it has a parkrun and because it details all 33 current parkrun events from has an unusual feature.”

Whangarei to Invercargill. These are free, These features can range from the sulphur weekly, timed 5km for runners and walkers flats through to the Wanaka tree, but also for of all abilities, held every Saturday morning. alphabet challenges and unusual names, such Around 4000 people participate each week. as Pegasus.

The book’s author, Alison King, has sent New Zealand is home to the world’s most one book on its own tour. It started in easterly parkrun, at Gisborne, and until Whangarei, with an accompanying notebook the Falklands Islands opened a parkrun, for parkrunners to note what parkrun means Invercargill was the world’s most southern. to them.

Alison’s book gives readers the scoop on how The relay has no set route, and instead will be parkrun ended up in each community, as well powered by parkrunners who are planning on as what else there is to do in the area. visiting a different parkrun each week.

Alison is co-event director at Puarenga It will be passed from parkrun to parkrun, parkrun in Rotorua and has run more with its progress updated via social media. than 170 parkruns at more than 60 events, The idea for the book was born from Alison’s including in Australia, United Kingdom own parkrun tourism experiences and as co-event and Denmark. director at Puarenga parkrun in Rotorua.

She is a social media ambassador for Parkrun “I had the idea for the book pre-Covid, when NZ and has a blog, called Runs With A we would welcome international visitors most The Unofficial Parkrun Guide will Barcode, where she tells parkrunner stories. weeks to our parkrun,” says Alison. be touring the country.

Unofficial Parkrun Guide: New Zealand “Puarenga parkrun is unique in that it’s the is on sale in New Zealand and overseas via: only parkrun event in the world where you www.runswithabarcode.co.nz, Amazon, Book Depository and run through geothermal activity.

“We found that we had many parkrunners from overseas come all good bookstores.

Tauranga author’s awareness message Tauranga foodie and author Sally Holland is inspiring people living with coeliac disease and their friends to get back into the kitchen ahead of Coeliac Awareness Week.

Author of the much-loved Goodbye Gluten cookbook, Sally is also a Coeliac New Zealand ambassador and, to celebrate the organisation’s annual awareness week which started on Monday, she is sharing new gluten free recipes and baking tips on its website.

She is encouraging people to visit the site for gluten free high tea inspiration and discover how easy it can be to cater for people living with the disease, which affects one in 70 New Zealanders.

“Sadly, some people avoid making cakes and sweet treats for their gluten free friends or themselves because they think it’s too hard, or the results will be dry and crumbly,” says Sally.

“The reality is, with simple recipes and menu planning, it’s easy to achieve delicious gluten free food that everyone will want to eat.”

To discover Sally’s latest gluten free recipes, visit: www.coeliac.org.nz/ throw-the-perfect-gluten-free-high-tea

Brass takes centre stage Tauranga-born Joe Thomas is the featured soloist in the Bay of Plenty Symphonia’s Beethoven and Brass concert on June 19.

He will be performing the three movement Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, by Danish composer Launy Grøndahl.

By no means a newcomer to the trombone, Joe began his career while attending Tauranga Boys’ College, and later graduated with a Bachelor of Music and Post Graduate Diploma of Music in Classical Performance from the New Zealand School of Music.

Joe has performed as principal, soloist or freelance with the NZ Army Band, Royal Air Force Band, NZSO National Youth Orchestra

and the Rodger Fox Big Band, as well as numerous other ensembles. He is currently musical director of the Tauranga Big Band. He has also won the Open Bass Trombone title at the National Brass Band Championships an undefeated five times.

Passionate about music education, Joe is currently an itinerant music teacher, teaching brass in the Western Bay of Plenty where he also coaches the Aquinas and Bethlehem College Big Bands.

The BOP Symphonia will perform Beethoven (Eroica) and Brass at Holy Trinity Church on June 19 at 4pm, under conductor Justus Rozemond.

Tickets cost $10 plus a booking fee at Eventafinda and i-SITEs. Door sales will be available on Joe Thomas. the day.

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Stuck in past grievances and resentments? Get over it! Free Internet forgiveness workshop. https:// jenniferhadley.com/how-get-over-it Txt 210 274 2502 Art in the Park Original art for sale.

Weather permitting. Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui. 9am-4pm 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 Beethoven & Brass BOP Symphonia presents Beethoven & Brass.

Sat 19 June, Holy Trinity Church, 4.00pm. Tickets $10. Door Sales available.

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 Bethlehem Pottery Kids Classes Kids love playing with mud? Sign them up to Kids Pottery Classes, every Saturday, Monday & Friday various projects Max 8 Kids, FIFS, Info ph Juliet 021 271 1433 BPC.kidsclasses@gmail.com Free Concert Youth Philharmonic Tauranga. 4pm St Peters in the City, Spring St, Tauranga Genealogy Informal Group Discussions on helping you trace your family ancestors. 1.30pm Hall behind Brain Watkins House, 233 Cameron Road.

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Special show by acclaimed singer songwriter and MÄ ori blues artist Grant Haua. 7pm. Jam Factory, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Book@ www. theincubator.co.nz. Ph 07 571 3232 Greerton Hall Market 2nd & last Sat of month, 8am-12pm. Stalls inside/ outside. Discounts for charity groups.

Refreshments at kitchen. Ph/txt for site Tricia 027 908 2952, www facebook. com/greertonhallmarket Justice of the Peace Saturday 10am-12pm The Crossing Shopping Mall Handel & Bach Concert Scholars Baroque Aotearoa Chamber Choir & NZBarok Orchestra present stunning music by Handel & Bach. 7.30pm St Mary Immaculate (Cameron Rd). Cash door sales/TICKETEK. www.scholarsbaroque.com Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd 12:45-3pm

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National Association Woodworkers DemoDay

9:30am-3:30pm at Tauranga Woodcrafters Workshop, 3 Cherokee Place, Mount Maunganui.

Demos of woodworking by NZ’s best.

Entry Free. Sausage sizzle lunch.

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.

Papamos Friendly Group (55-65s)

Want to join a small group for social get togethers? This is not a singles only nor a dating group. Anyone interested text 027 403 4130 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 St Stephens Jigsaw Library Every Saturday 10am-12pm 500 puzzles available Hire: 1000p for $1, 500p for 50c Large pieces available. Choose from childrens, Landscape, animals, Collections. See you at Highmore Terrace, Brookfield Taoist Tai Chi Arts Cultivating Balance, New beginning classes, Mon Sat , Tauranga, Te Puke, Papamoa, Mt Maunganui, Katikati. www.taoisttaichi. org for schedule. Margie Ph 02 150 0320 Tauranga Floral Art Group Workshop, beginner classes, and competition.

Baptist Church Hall Tauranga 9:30am.

New members and visitors welcome.

Ph Sue 07 552 6681 Tauranga Fuchsia Group Last Sat each month at Art & Craft Ctr, Elizabeth St West, 1pm. Learn how to care for fuchsias. Ph Pat 579 1655 or Noeleen 578 4643 Tauranga Social Dance 7-10pm Baptist Church 13th Ave. Ph Jan 576 3455 Te Puke Scottish Society Mid Year Christmas Dance, Saturday, 19th June, 7.00-10.30pm, Memorial Hall, Jellicoe Street, Te Puke. Live music, aircon hall, supper, raffles. $7 entry.

Valerie 573 7093

Village Radio Museum

Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open from 10am. Request line 571 3710 Well-being for Women NZ You’re invited to join a conversation on the

health and well-being of women today.

June 12th from 12.30 pm to 3 pm.

Contact Ingrid: 021952690

Sunday 13 June

Brain Watkins House Museum 233

Cameron Rd, open 2-4pm. Adults $5, children free. Groups or classes by arrangement. Ph 578 1835

Brett’s Goalkeeping Clinic

Free GK coaching 9-11am. Suits beginners to youth, 3 coaches available, At Waipuna Park.

Please bring your own gloves.

Croquet Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd, Sun, Tues, Fri, 12:45 for 1pm start.

Beginners welcome. Ph Peter 571 0633 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 Falun Dafa Exercises 10:15am.Free to join us in the Parks. Ph/txt Judy 021 042 5398 for the Locations in Tauranga, Papamoa & Mt.

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

Held every Sunday 9-1pm rain or shine!

Te Papa o Nga Manu Porotakataka (Phoenix Park). www.mountmainstreet. nz Golf Croquet At Club Mount Maunganui, Kawaka St. Tues, Thurs, Sun; 9:15am for 9:30am start.

Visitors, new players welcome.

Ph Nev 07 575 5121 NZDA BOP Range Day NZDA BOP branch run public open days last Sunday each month at their 300m range in TECT All Terrain Park. 9am-3pm $20 bring firearms licence

Papamoa Farmers Market

Connecting our community with local produce. Rain, hail or shine, it will be on! At Redefined, 58 Ashley Pl, Papamoa Papamoa Lions Club Market 2nd & 4th Sunday Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry.

Ph 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 Quarry Plant Sale Te Puna Quarry Park 10am-1pm - Plant/seeds/tools/shrubs and young trees for sale. Cash only. Plant sale will take place on 2nd Sunday every 2nd month

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Sundays & Thursdays 1-3:30pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Dr, Papamoa, sailing “Electron” radio controlled yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome.

Ph Graham 572 5419

Sea Shanty Singalong Volume2

Learn and sing classic sea shanties with local musician Nick Newman. Tickets $5. Under 10s free. 13th June 2.00pm, Jam Factory, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Book@ www. theincubator.co.nz. Ph 07 571 3232.

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

Tauranga Miniatures Club

Meetings held 2nd Sunday each month 10am-4pm. Arts and Crafts Centre 177 Elizabeth St Tauranga. Jan Ph 021 214 5192 or 07 542 0998 The Socialbles A group of females and males in either their 30’s/40’s/ 50’s that meet for bushwalks, dining out or participating in local events email: sociables@outlook.co.nz Tibetan Buddhist Teachings Geshe La will be discussing “Karma”. Everyone welcome on Sunday 13 June from 10-11:30am followed by refreshments.

25 Junction Road, Te Puna. Also see www.facebook.com/tashichoepel.ling

Monday 14 June

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 640 Cameron Rd. All welcome Ph 0800 229 6757 Argentine Tango in Tauranga

We begin communication through connection, then move ‘as one’.

Interested in the improvised authentic dance of Tango? Ph Denise 0204 006 1340 for classes starting August Baycourt The Sweet Caroline Tour : A tribute to Neil Diamond. 8pm Addison Theatre (Music) Tickets available from ticketek.co.nz 0800 TICKETEK Bethlehem Indoor Bowls Meets in Bethlehem Hall every Monday night.

7.30 start. Names in by 7.15pm. New members of all ages welcome. Ph John 027 654 1298 Cherrywood Probus Meet 2nd Monday of month @ Tga Citizens Club 13th Ave 10am Come along for fun fellowship & friendship. Visitors very welcome.

Ph Pam 578 3757

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 English Course For Foreigners 6:307:30pm 345 Mt Maunganui, More info 027 346 8148 or a.bernie@seznam.cz Greerton Garden Club Greerton Garden Club meets 2nd Monday each month at St. James Church hall, Pooles Road, Greerton. Visitors Welcome.

Ph 562 8855 Justice of the Peace CourthouseMcLean Street 1pm-4pm. Arataki Community Centre 10am-12pm Omokoroa Library Western Avenue 1-3pm. Papamoa Library 5-6pm.

Let’s Learn Something New

An A-Z of Clubs, courses & classes happening now. Find an activity, join & do it! All ages. www.letslearn.co.nz or ph 07 544 9557 Marching For Leisure A noncompetitive 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 Gold card $7.50. Ph 07 549 1658 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 Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club

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

Smooth soled shoes/slippers please.

Ph Anne 548 1636 Rebus Otumoetai 0930 at Matua Bowling Club, 3rd Monday monthly.

Interesting speakers & good fellowship.

Interested? Ph David 544 0291

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise 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 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 6:30pm.

Come & join us to learn knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, dyeing & felting. 177 Elizabeth St. Ph Cathy 07 570 2191

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

CARDS 500 Mon &Thurs. INDOOR BOWLS Tues, Wed & Sat. 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

Tauranga Woodcrafters Carving Group 9:30am-2:30pm at the Tauranga

Woodcrafters Wirkshop, 3 Cherokee Place, Mt Maunganui. Our wood carvers will have their regular group meeting.

Visitors welcome.

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.

Tuesday 15 June

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 welcome.

Ph 0800 229 6757 Baycourt Fresh Moves 2021. Tues 15th & Wed 16th at 7pm Addison Theatre (Dance) Tickets available from ticketek. co.nz 0800 TICKETEK

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THE WEEKEND SUN Bayfair Pétanque Club Russley Dr,

Tues/Thurs 12:45. Easy to learn, social & fun. Boules & tuition available.

Turn up or ph Alf 021 175 9282 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 Fitness Fun Exercise with fun dance, weights, floor work, any age, go your pace. Venue: St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Info Gloria 021 139 2448 Israeli Dancing Beginners class 6:307:30 Gate Pa Primary School hall, Cameron Rd. All ages welcome.

Ph Maria 022 165 2114 Justice of the Peace Courthouse McLean Street 10am-12pm Mt Maunganui Library 11am-1pm.

Greerton Library 2-4pm.

Keep On Your Feet Katikati 1030am-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 Group Are you a new resident to Tauranga? Come along to meet a friendly group, 1st & 3rd Tuesday of month. Email Karen at merge.tauranga@gmail.com Mt Maunganui RSA Cards We meet every Tuesday at 12.45pm for a game of 500. You will need to be a member of Mt Maunganui RSA to participate

Papamoa Beach Womens Institute Papamoa beach womens institute meets every 3rd Tuesday at 11am till 1.30 pm at Papamoa sports complex.

Olympic Style Target Shooting

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

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 Overeaters Anonymous Do you overeat, over-exercise, restrict or purge compulsively? OA may be able to help. OA meets Tuesday 7-8pm and Friday 1-2pm. Ph 0210 236 3236 for information 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.

Ph Lesley 929 7295 Scrabble Keep that brain active! Play at Tauranga Citzens Club, 13th Ave. 9:20 for 9:30am start. Ph Jo Ann 578 3606 South City Indoor Bowls Greerton Hall, Greerton. New members welcome, coaching available. Names in by 7:15pm. Ph Keith 577 1116

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

Tauranga Orchid Society Meeting

7pm at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Avenue, Tauranga. Free admission.

Tauranga Model Railway Club Club meets Tues 9:30am & Thur 7:30pm, cnr Mirrielees & Cross Rds, Sulphur Pt. Ph Mike 021 939 233

Wise & Wonderful

Shared afternoon tea, entertainment, card games, bingo, quizzes, guest speakers. Companionship. 1:303:30pm at Katikati Community Ctr, 45 Beach Rd, Katikati. Ph 549 0399 Yoga For All Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6-7:30pm.

Traditional, relaxing Yoga class.

Beginners welcome. $12 for 1 or $90 for 9 classes. Bring a mat. Ph Bhajan 07 929 7484

Tauranga 60+ Continuing Education Dr. Raymond Richards Department of History, University of Waikato.

The History of the Mormon Church.

10.00am, Otumoetai Baptist Church, 241, Otumoetai Road. Entry $5.

Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters

Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 7pm; 2nd & 4th Friday at 10am. Tauranga Art & Craft Centre, 177 Elizabeth St. Ph Denise 027 291 9917

Tauranga Orchid Society Meeting

Wesley Church Hall, 13th Avenue, Tauranga. 7pm. Members of the public and Club Members welcome. .

Wednesday 16 June 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 Adult’s Ballet/ Plus classes 12.30 St Peters Anglican Church Beach Rd Katikati. No dance experience required. A bit of Ballet: A bit of Jazz:A bit of Drama: Lots of Fun Ph 07 577 1753 or 027 274 8753 gayehemsley@gmail.com

Active Seniors Exercise Class

Strength and Balance Class for over 60’s. Matua Hall, Levers Road.

Wednesdays 9:30 start. Info: Ph Diana 021 047 6155. $5.

Age Concern Walking Group 16/6 Wylie St, Greerton Alcoholics Anonymous Open

meeting 1st & 3rd Wed of month.

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

Ph 0800 229 6757 Arabian Spice Belly Dance Learn the right moves of Oriental dance. No partner required. St Columba Church Hall,502 Otumoetai Rd, 6.30pm Ph 021 124 5982 or 022 618 6938 arabianspicebd@gmail.com Bible Study Join us @ City Church 252 0tumoetai Rd, Studying the Book of John. Wednesday @ 6.45pm. Call Julie 021 106 4890 Cards Cribbage 12:45 at RSA Greerton. Friendly club. New members very welcome. Ph Jill 021 160 6143 Chatting In Spanish Chat & mingle in Spanish. First Wed in Tauranga CBD 4:30-6:30.

Email CharlarTauranga@ gmail.com

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 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Club night 7:30pm. NZ Nationals

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 021 213 8875 Indoor Bowls 50s+ Everyone welcome. All equipment supplied.

Afternoon tea provided Mount Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Road.

Ph Cyril 022 639 2585 Justice of the Peace CourthouseMcLean Street 10am-1pm. Papamoa Library 10am-12pm. Welcome Bay Community Centre 1-3pm. Te Puna School Library 6.30-7.30pm.

Kaimai Ramblers Tramping Group

Rotorua: From Education Centre to twin lakes circuit to Okataina Lake and return via Western track. Grade Easy/ Mod S/C. Kevin 021 0200 6306 Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Road.

Mixed Roll-ups 12:45-3pm

Morris Dancing Group @TheJamFactory Every Wednesday, all welcome. Dance, music, social fun. Koha from $5.

6pm, TheJamFactory, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Book@ www. theincubator.co.nz. Ph 07 571 3232

Mt RSA Crafty Friends We meet every Wednesday at 9am for a friendly chat and crafts. You will need to be member of Mt Maunganui RSA to participate.

Newcomers Coffee Morning

Multicultural Tauranga has a free coffee and chat morning for migrants and newcomers every Weds at 10.30am.

Historic Village, Complex 1, Tauranga 07 5716 419 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 Papamoa Garden Circle Meets 2nd Wed of month, 1pm, Surfbreaker Room, Papamoa Sport & Recreation Ctr, Gordon Spratt Reserve. Visitors welcome. Ph Marilyn 542 0762 Pickleball Waihi Beach Community Centre. 1st and 3rd Weds of every month. All equipment provided. Wear court shoes. $3ea (gold coins only).

8.30am-10am. Ph Phil 021 624 908 Scottish Country Dancing Mount Senior Citizens Hall, 345 Maunganui Road. 7 pm General Dancing $3.

Ph Mary 574 8687 or Lynne 021 140 7912

Spanish Course For Beginners

6-7pm. Spanish course for beginners.

More info or enrollment 027 346 8148 or a.bernie@seznam.cz Tauranga Embroiderers Guild Meets EVERY Wednesday at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road 10am-2.30pm and 7-9pm. Beginners very welcome. Contact Carol Roband 027 348 5875 / 466 0075 taurangaembroiderersguild@gmail.com

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group Tarawere Hot Pools. Grade moderate.

Steve & Jane 02 176 6232

Tauranga Woodcrafters Scrollsaw Group 9:30am-2:30pm at the

Tauranga Woodcrafters Workshop, 3 Cherokee Place, Mt Maunganui.

Our scrollsaw members will have their regular group meeting. Visitors welcome Tennis Gate Pa Wednesday club Night 6pm - 7.30pm newbys welcome - $10.00 to play plus get dinner.

Relaxed, fun & good night out. Just front up on the night.

Trees In McLaren Falls BOP Tree Society meets to plant, locate & set GPS locations & correct names of trees. Ph Chris 027 918 0589

Thursday 17 June

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, with two post abortive facilitators. For more info please ph Barbara 027 578 7458 Bible Study Join us @ City Church 252 Otumoetai Rd, Studying the Book of John, Thursdays @ 10am.

Call Gay 021 225 5981 Bay City Rockers Social Rock’n’Roll Dancing, plus other popular dances. Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. 7-9:30pm. $3 entry includes supper. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222

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

English Course For Foreigners

6:30-7:30pm 345 Mt Maunganui, More info 027 346 8148 or a.bernie@ seznam.cz

Flexercise With Fitness League

Exercise, movement, dance focusing on posture, balance, stretching, strengthening & flexibility. All ages & abilities, 10am 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

Forest & Bird Walk Johnson’s Cut to Papamoa - beach return. Easy. $6 Meet Kulim Park 8.45am. Leader: Eddie Ph 576 1849 French Course For Beginners 7:308:30pm. 345 Maunganui Rd, More info or enrollment 0273468148 or a.bernie@ seznam.cz Justice of the Peace Courthouse McLean Street 1-3pm. Omokoroa Library Western Avenue 10am-12pm. Te Puke Anglican Church 10.30am-12.30pm Multicultural Centre Historic Village 11.30am.-1.30pm Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry.

Katikati Concert Band 7pm, Katikati Bowling Club, Park Road. A community band open to all wind and percussion players.

Contact Mick Goodall 021 217 1780 Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus

Is Barbershop singing for you? Come & find out. 7pm Wesley Hall, 100 13th Ave. New singers welcome. Ph Bernice 576 4848 Facebook Keynotes Inc. Kickstart Toastmasters The place to improve your speaking & leadership skills in a safe, fun & supportive club environment.

Ph Stan 022 390 2216 LOL Laughter Wellness TePuke Join us for a session of happy-hormone-releasing laughter in the gym. Baptist Church, Station Rd, Te Puke 10:30-11:15am. Trish 022 036 6768 or lollaughterwellness@gmail.com Mainly Music 9.30am, Ark House (Holy Trinity), 20 Third Ave. Music, rhyme, movement, & dance for preschoolers & carers. Morning tea 10am. Term-Time only. $4 family group.

Mount Art Group 9am-12pm St Peters Church Hall, Victoria St, Mt Maunganui. Small friendly group, catering for all levels and mediums. new members welcome ph Trish 576 9580 Mt RSA Ballroom Dancing Every Thursday at 10.00am. Ballroom and Rock n Roll. You need to be a member of the Mt Maunganui RSA to participate Mt RSA Walking Club We meet Tuesday’s and Thursday’s at 9.30am for a one hour walk. You will need to join the Mt RSA to participate.

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

Sunshine Sequence Dance Group Come

and enjoy dancing with a friendly group.

All dancers tuition/revision/dancing 7-9.30pm, Baptist Church Hall, 13th Ave. $4 entry includes supper. Dawn 579 3040.

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

Toi Ohomai Open Evening

Explore study options at Toi Ohomai, as well as learning about campus life, meeting some of our tutors, and getting one-on-one help with your enrolment.

WBOPDST Disability Health & Wellbeing Seminar 10am-1pm at the Bethlehem Baptist Church, 90 Bethlehem Road, Tauranga. To reserve your place: Gill Gardner, coordinator.wbop.dst@gmail.com

Friday 18 June

Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting

0800 229 6757

10am, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, 640 Cameron Rd. All welcome Ph

Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Greerton

Senior Citizens Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. New members very welcome.

Names in by 7:15pm. Ph Keith 577 1116 Justice of the Peace Arataki Community Centre 10am-12pm. Bethlehem Community Church 10am-12pm.

Courthouse McLean Street 1pm-4pm.

Greerton Library 2pm-4pm. Katikati Resource Centre 10am-12pm Mount Library 11.30am- 1.30.p.m. Tauranga City Library 12- 2pm Overeaters Anonymous Do you overeat, over-exercise, restrict or purge compulsively? OA may be able to help. OA meets Tuesday 7-8pm and Friday 1-2pm.

Ph 0210 236 3236 for information

Paul Ubana Jones @TheJamFactory

“Walking With my Roots” tour, covering the musical journey of Paul’s career.

Soulful electro/acoustic artist.

7.00pm, Jam Factory, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Book@ www.theincubator.co.nz. Ph 07 571 3232

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FINALLY, ALL OF YOU, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. (1 Peter 3:8)

computers

funeral services Set up a Memorial fund with Acorn to honour your loved one forever.

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COMPUTER PROBLEMS? Remote access/repairs, viruses, upgrades, hardware, tuition, advice. For a no obligation chat or quote call Anthony or Bruce on 07 576 7940

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CVs THAT STAND OUT. A C.V. For You can help you look great on paper.

Targeted or generic cover letters also available. Samples to view on facebook www.facebook.com/ acvforyou or Ph/text 021 27 27 912

gardening

ABLE GARDENER, experienced, efficient, knowledgeable, highly qualified. Maintenance, pruning, hedges, shrubs, roses; disease/pest control, lifestyle blocks, garden renovations; design & plant. Ph Tita 027 654 8781 or a/h 542 0120

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GARDEN & LAWNS (ride on avaiilable) Free no obligation quote and competitive pricing. Call us on 022 169 6420

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health & beauty

NATURAL NEW ZEALAND Health Products & Clinic. Something for everyone. NZ Registered Natural Therapies & Natural Medicine Practitioners. Opposite BP Te Puke. Ph 573 5533 www. naturaltherapiesnz.com and www. naturalpetremediesstore.com

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livestock

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AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses.

Ph 0800 369 6269

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FOUND KITTEN & PUPPIES various places, colours and sex. Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 FOUND Turtle - Red Eared Slider.

Poike Area. SPCA Ref 512186 FOUND Adult Male Black Cat. Brookfield Area. SPCA Ref: 512630 FOUND Adult Male Ginger Cat. Parkvale Area. SPCA Ref: 511725

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ELECTRICIAN, 18+ years experience, NZ registered.

Residential & commercial, maintenance & service, new builds, renovations. Fast, friendly service.

Ph Andrew 022 354 1960 PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior & exterior. Quality workmanship, friendly service. Over 25 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices.

For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 307 ROOF REPAIRS Free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs. Chimney maintenance & repairs. Registered

roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740 TREE, SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 027 498 1857

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#ZEALANDIER TOURS. – Its now winter but we’ve got some fantastic trips ahead: 18th June – Railcruising in the Mamaku’s: Self-drive your own all-weather rail car along 20kms of track. With onboard heating, blankets & comfy seats this is the perfect winter outing. Enjoy unobstructed 360 degree views overlooking the Lake and beyond.

25th June – Progressive Lunch: Let us indulge you with flavours from around the world. Starting at Alimento in the historic Masonic Lodge building before heading over to the Mount for Mediterranean cuisine & finishing off at Macau.

Variety is the spice of life on this day’s outing Phone Zealandier Tours 07 572 4118 NO 8 TOURS NEW ZEALAND’S Senior Travel Club - Join our Club today for Free to receive all our VIP Members Benefits exclusive to No 8 Tours. 1. Thurs 19th - Sun 22nd August Six of the Best ; including 6 Stunning Central North Island Locations. 2. Tues 24th August ;Mystery Day Trip. 3.Tues 31st August ; Great Gatsby Show at Beautiful Henley House. New catalogue due out in may please register yor interest today. Free Door to Door service. Extended Tours, Day Trips, Shows & Free beautiful colour catalogue: BOOK NOW: Ph No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@no8tours. co.nz or www.no8tours.co.nz, to view and book all our tours.

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STORAGE AVAILABLE Long/Short term. Caravans, trucks, trailers, boats, containers etc. Reasonable rates. Tauranga. Ph: 022 157 3273

wanted

LAND WANTED by hard working married couple. Looking for a 700m2+ section with no covenants to build our new dream home. All options considered! Call or text Jamie: 027 312 0874

venues

WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS, etc. The perfect venue.

With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite.

Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point.

Ph 571 8450

Friday 11 June 2021

The Weekend Sun

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50+ & MATURE TRAVELLERS - NO HIDDEN COSTS! FREE HOME PICKUP - ALL DINNERS & COOKED BREAKFASTS

ONE DATE ONLY!! DEPARTS: 9 September 2021 16 Day Start Day 1: Home/Hotel pickup, join luxury touring coach for journey to Wellington via Taupo. (optional: Northern Explorer Train $99!! WOW! or Fly to Wellington - enq for price based on departure location), Wellington (2 nts Rydges Hotel). 2: Te Papa “Galipoli - The Scale of War” Exhibit. 3: Cruise Queen Charlotte Sounds to Picton, stay Blenheim. 4. Omaka Aviation Musuem, Vineyard Wine Tasting, continue along South Island’s east coast via Kaikoura to Christchurch (optional: Coastal Pacific Train $79!! WOW!). 13 Day Start (Fly to Christchurch, met at airport & transferred to hotel) (2 nts Pavilions Hotel). 5: CHC at Leisure. 6: Lake Tekapo (1 nt Peppers Resort - upgraded to Deluxe Rooms!). 7: Mt Cook, Dunedin. (2 nts Distinction Hotel). 8: Olveston House, Larnach Castle & Dinner (Exclusive to Gold Club Tours only!). 9: The Catlins, Invercargill, Bluff, Optional: Stewart Island. (1 nt Ascot Park Hotel). 10: Te Anau. (1 nt Distinction Luxmore). 11: To Scenic Cruise Milford Sound, Queenstown (2 nts Heritage Hotel). 12: Tour Arrowtown. Evening cruise Lake Wakatipu on TSS Earnslaw, Dinner & Show Walter Peak. 13: via Haast Pass, Fox & Franz Josef Glacier (1 nt Bella Vista Fox Glacier). 14: Greymouth, Shanty Town - pan for gold, ride Steam Train (1 nt Ashley Hotel). 15: Through Arthurs Pass, (optional: Tranz Alpine Train $99!! WOW!), Christchurch (2 nts Pavilions Hotel). 16: Join return flight (inc), met & returned home.

SOUTH ISLAND GRAND TOUR

15 Days - $5499 EX: Auckland, Whangarei, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Whanganui + MORE - TOO MANY TO LIST! 13 Days - $4999 EX: Auckland, Whangarei, Hamilton, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Wellington, Kapiti, Nelson, Blenheim + MORE - TOO MANY TO LIST! (Start Day 3) 10 Days - $4299 EX: Christchurch (Start Day 5, home return Christchurch)

LAST SEASON TOURS SOLD OUT!

3 COMPARE US WITH OTHER TOUR COMPANIES! UPGRADED HOTELS FROM PREVIOUS SEASONS: ALL 4 Star Accommodation!

SPECIAL DINNERS: TSS Earnslaw Cruise & Walter Peak Dinner + Larnach Castle Dinner* * Exclusive to Gold Club Tours only LUXURY TOURING COACH: Air Conditioning, WiFi , Toilet, Coaches Never Full (49 seater coach - max 42 guests - at least 15% empty seats) HIGHLIGHTS: TE PAPA + GALLIPOLI, CHRISTCHURCH, ARTHURS PASS, SHANTYTOWN, FOX GLACIER, QUEENSTOWN, TSS EARNSLAW CRUISE & WALTER PEAK DINNER, MILFORD SOUND, BLUFF, CATLINS, OLVESTON HOUSE, LARNACH CASTLE DINNER, MT COOK

9 Oct 2021, 11 Oct 2021, 23 Oct 2021, 25 Oct 2021, 20 Nov 2021, 22 Nov 2021, 19 Dec 2021, 5 Feb 2022, 12 Feb 2022, 14 Feb 2022, 19 Feb 2022, 21 Feb 2022, 26 Feb 2022, 28 Feb 2022, 5 Mar 2022, 7 Mar 2022, 12 Mar 2022, 14 Mar 2022, 19 Mar 2022, 21 Mar 2022, 26 Mar 2022, 28 Mar 2022, 2 Apr 2022, 18 Apr 2022, 23 Apr 2022, 25 Apr 2022 Day 1: Home/Hotel pickup, join luxury touring coach for journey to Wellington via Taupo. (optional: Northern Explorer Train $178 or Fly to Wellington - enq for price based on departure location), Wellington (2 nts Rydges Hotel). 2: Te Papa “Galipoli - The Scale of War” Exhibit. 3: Cruise Queen Charlotte Sounds to Picton, then continue along South Island’s east coast via Kaikoura to Christchurch (optional: Coastal Pacific Train - $138). (2 nts Pavilions Hotel). 4: CHC at Leisure. 5: Arthurs Pass, (optional: Tranz Alpine Train - $196), Greymouth, Shanty Town - pan for gold, ride Steam Train (1 nt Ashley Hotel). 6: Fox & Franz Josef Glacier (1 nt Bella Vista Fox Glacier). 7: via Haast Pass, Wanaka to Queenstown (2 nts Heritage Hotel). 8: Tour Arrowtown. Evening cruise Lake Wakatipu on TSS Earnslaw, Dinner & Show Walter Peak. 9: Scenic Cruise Milford Sound, Te Anau. (1 nt Distinction Luxmore). 10: Invercargill, Bluff, Optional: Stewart Island. (1 nt Ascot Park Hotel) 11: The Catlins, Dunedin. (2 nts Distinction Hotel). 12: Olveston House, Larnach Castle & Dinner (Exclusive to Gold Club Tours only!) 13: Mt Cook, Lake Tekapo (1 nt Peppers Bluewater Resort - Deluxe Rooms). 14: To Christchurch (1 nt Pavilions Hotel). 15: Day at leisure until transfer to join return flight (inc), met & returned home. * Please note, train operations not yet confirmed by operators on all dates.

NORTHLAND COASTS & CAPE 7 DAYS $2699 LAST SEASON TOURS SOLD OUT!

3 & 4 Star Hotels, 2 Nt Opononi, 2 Nt Doubtless Bay, 2 Nt Bay of Islands - Stay in Russell at iconic DUKE

OF MARLBOROUGH HOTEL!

HIGHLIGHTS: HOKIANGA, NINETY MILE BEACH, CAPE REINGA, KERIKERI, PAIHIA, RUSSELL, KAWITI GLOW WORM CAVES EX: Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua + more.

EX: Welington & Christchurch + MORE - add $199pp

Day 1: Home Pickup, Fly Auckland. Day 7: Fly home, dropoff. *see below conditions

DATES: 21 Aug 2021, 18 Sep 2021, 23 Oct 2021 HALF FULL! 11 Nov 2021 HALF FULL! 21 Dec 2021, 12 Feb 2022, 12 Mar 2022, 02 Apr 2022 Day 1: Home Pickup, Matakohe Kauri Museum, Lamb on Spit Dinner (+ non-lamb / vege options), Opononi (2 nt Opononi Hotel). 2: Tane Mahuta Giant Kauri & Footprints Waipoua Experience. 3: Rawene, Clendon House & Old Jail, Taipa (2 nt Ramada Taipa). 4: Tour Ninety Mile Beach on the beach inc Te Paki Stream & Giant Sand Dunes, Cape Reigna. 5: Kerikeri, Stone Store & Kemp House, Makana Chocolates, Te Waimate Mission House, Haruru Falls, Paihia (2 nt Duke of Marlborough Hotel) 6: Kawiti Glow Worm Caves. 7: Kawakawa, Hundertwasser Toilets, Returned Home from Auckland.

For Free Full Brochures & Bookings Call: 09 930 7682

www.goldclubtours.com

Prices per person sharetwin. Optional tours at additional cost. Airfare & Hotel addons/extensions subject to availability of seats/rooms & fares.

Solo Traveller? Guaranteed Matched Twin - No Extra Cost. Home pickup area not listed? Please enquire - wherever possible we offer free.