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In 1982 young journalist Graham Skellern was reporting on the bowls at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane – and decided he could do as well as many of the bowlers he was watching.

Now, 40 years later, he’s made good on his bet – this

week being named in the New Zealand Para men’s pair for the Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England, in late-July.

This makes Graham (pictured) the first Bay of Plenty lawn bowler to be selected for a Commonwealth Games

– with an inspiring story to tell from contracting polio at the age of six months to moving to Tauranga 22 years ago, and becoming immersed in bowls.

Read more on page 4.

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On the edge of extinction elusive rare stag still sometimes spotted in Well folks, we get so caught up in the hinterlands of Western Bay of Plenty, the global misinformation crisis, but the roar season is upon us so it’s a pandemic, humanitarian crises bound to be in Mahuta’s sights. and rumours of warmongering that What happened to those residents we’ve lost sight of how serious things amongst us who diligently pay our rates have REALLY got. I am of course, also being allowed to choose who makes our spending decisions? We’re not stupid.

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“You’re not going to invite the ex to the wedding are you?” says one who was gleefully celebrating the announcement.

The wise fools amongst us who still think we can save democracy should be asking whether the list of the blessed invited also matches the list of those receiving atmosphere. A better funds from the city solution though, as coffers in Tauranga’s fuel prices seem to be Long Term Plan? wobbling around, is A rare stag build an ethanol engine Why aren’t there sirens and empty your alcohol and alarm bells going into that. off across the country as we all slide off Words don’t just risk extinction, there’s the crumbling cliff of self-government also daylight robbery going on. into the abyss of dictatorship, one asks?

Did anyone notice the word ‘local’ has And for those who may have been stolen out of ‘local government’? forgotten – what exactly did this nearly This was demonstrated very well extinct word mean? Oh yes – glorious by a Facebook pic showing Minister democracy is a system of government by Mahuta flanked by Labour List MPs the whole population through elected Angie Warren-Clark and Jan Tinetti at representatives. Sadly, it’s become an Friday’s Tauranga loss-of-democracy

announcement. It was strangely reminiscent of Katy Perry’s left shark incident.

“I’ve been lobbied by social services, business leaders, the average ratepayer, mana whenua, the wider business community – pretty much asking to keep the Commissioners for three more years,” writes Angie, seemingly unaware of the irony.

Central Government has well and truly kicked the ‘local’ out of our ‘Local Government’.

‘Give it back!’ cry those who understand that democracy and election period cycles go a long way in preventing or certainly limiting the risk of corruption and self-interest leading to influencing decision-makers for personal gain.

Some worry about elected council representatives being every day ordinary citizens who have never operated a business let alone understand a corporate budget sheet. Is the whole model flawed?

Do our elected representatives need degrees in governance, finance, arts and business management?

I think we’re all agreed that anyone wanting to tilt their cap at becoming mayor is well-advised to do an apprenticeship first as a councillor, so they learn the ropes and how to lead a team of people who have differing views.

A mix

Those we choose to represent us may be inexperienced at spending millions of our rates dollars but that doesn’t mean we turf them out. Even at home, we get to decide how much we’re going to spend out of our household income on food, power and fuel. And if we need help, then we can get budget advice. Why don’t we have a mix of elected representatives who know what we want, what we really, really want? And also a couple of appointed commissioners who have helpful experience in governance?

Simon Bridges could be available?

Sadly, we don’t get to make a decision over who represents us until 2024.

Goodbye democracy, old friend, we will miss you.

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Simon Bridges with his family.

Farewell Bridges, hello by-election Tauranga City voters are now left pondering who they want to work for them in Wellington following Simon Bridges’ decision to retire from politics in coming weeks.

The 45-year-old says he is set to explore some commercial opportunities and enjoy having more time for his young family after serving as Tauranga’s MP for the past 14 years.

“I feel like there’s never a good time for these things, but it’s as good as it gets for National, we’re on the upswing, we’ve got momentum, I’m 45, I’m keen to explore some other opportunities,” says Bridges, who announced the news without his National leadership team by his side at Parliament on Tuesday.

“It’s been a privilege to be MP for Tauranga since 2008, a senior Minister and Leader of the Opposition. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, but it’s time.

“I will formally hand in my resignation to the Speaker in the coming weeks.”

Bridges will also sell his home in Tauranga, where he has lived for 22 years. But he said it was certainly not a goodbye to the area, with his wife still owning a business here and his mum also residing in the area. “I certainly intend to continue

having a home in Tauranga because I love the city, I love the beaches.”

Bridges held several Cabinet portfolios under John Key and then Bill English including Labour, Energy and Resources, Transport, Economic Development, Communications, and Associate Climate and Finance.

He was Leader of the National Party and Opposition from February 2018 to May 2020.

National MP Nicola Willis will take over Bridge’s Finance portfolio and Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop moves to number three on the party list, picking up the Infrastructure role. The process to select a candidate to stand for National in the Tauranga by-election will begin soon.

Electoral Commission national manager of voting services Graeme Astle says 50,925 people are on the General Roll in Tauranga, with 87 per cent of the eligible population enrolled.

He says the cost of a by-election depends on the electorate’s location and size “but on average, they cost about $1 million”. “There could be some additional costs to meet Covid-19 public health requirements.” The last General Election in 2020 saw 44,148 votes counted. Simon Bridges narrowly won the Tauranga seat for National with 18,721 votes – a majority lead of 1856 votes over Labour candidate Jan Tinetti’s 16,865 votes.

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Two clubs who regularly use the reserve on Links Avenue are disappointed at a lack of consultation over the latest plans for a cul-desac on the Mount Maunganui street.

Tauranga City Council, meanwhile, suggest there were plenty of opportunities for users to highlight issues with the plan, although that is disputed.

Last month, council adopted a plan to trial a cul-de-sac on Links Avenue for four months, in a move that will also involve removal of the bus lane and the inclusion of a 30km/hr speed limit. Work is already underway on the road, with resurfacing in progress.

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TrackSAFE is blowing the whistle on an increasing number of Kiwis who are using train tracks as a backdrop for photography.

TrackSAFE NZ foundation manager Megan Drayton says photography for creative campaigns on train tracks and at level crossings is a growing issue in New Zealand.

The organisation is contacted frequently about people using railway tracks as a backdrop for their photography.

Megan says some people may not be aware that once a driver sees a person on the tracks, it is often too late for them to stop.

Graham’s turn on the greens Well-known Bay of Plenty journalist Graham Skellern has reported four Commonwealth Games.

Now, he has been handed a unique opportunity of leaving the press bench and stepping into the arena of competition.

Graham, who plays out of the Tauranga Bowling Club in the domain, has been named in the New Zealand Para men’s pair for the Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England in late-July.

He is the first Bay of Plenty lawn bowler to be selected for a Commonwealth Games, though three others before him have played in the World and Asia-Pacific Championships.

Graham prepared for the slower greens in England by practising on the manicured croquet lawns at the Mount Maunganui Club and on a specially-prepared rink on the private cricket ground behind his home at Matapihi.

“The slower paced surfaces required an adjustment to my delivery but the hours of practice since last winter worked out fine,” says Graham.

“The lawn bowlers at the Mount complex wondered why I was heading to the croquet lawn to roll up. I’m grateful to the croquet club for allowing me to use their facilities.”

An experienced player of 40 years, Graham was reporting the bowls at the games in Brisbane in 1982 – and decided he could do as well as many of the bowlers he was watching.

He returned home to Wellington, dropped his Karori golf membership and joined the now-defunct

Teen’s farewell

Traffic stopped in downtown Mount Maunganui on Monday as a procession of cars accompanied teenager Braidon Townsley on one last trip to his favourite places before he was laid to rest.

Braidon, 17, died in the early hours of Monday, March 7, when the car he was driving hit a power pole on Maunganui Rd. Police were called to the crash just after 2am.

Braidon died at the scene.

His mother, Cattalina Townsley, 33, described her eldest son as “a beautiful person and an amazing big brother” to his two younger siblings, Storm, 7, and Psalms, 2.

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For the first time, BOP lawn bowler Graham Skellern will be on the field competing in a Commonwealth Games match instead of reporting on it from the sidelines.

Photo: John Borren.

Terawhiti bowling club. Within three seasons, he won three senior club titles, the centre junior fours championship and represented the Wellington juniors.

Ultimate dream

Graham, who moved from Auckland to Tauranga 22 years ago, became immersed in bowls, competing nationally at all levels.

He won three Superbowls singles titles, was a semi-finalist in the New Zealand open championships three times, finished in the last eight and 16 numerous times, and became a long-time inter-centre representative for Counties-Manukau, Bay of Plenty and North Harbour.

His bowling world opened up when Para bowls was added to the Commonwealth Games, and he’s won three national disabled titles in the last three seasons.

“When I realised the opportunity, representing New Zealand in bowls became the ultimate dream.

I am so excited playing back in England – having spent a season there in Cambridge in the late1980s – and we have every chance of bringing back a gold medal for NZ,” says Graham, a former sports editor and now business writer for the New Zealand Herald.

Polio

Graham contracted polio at the age of six months – “my parents at first didn’t know what it was” – and the disease has never held him back.

“I’m just grateful that my polio wasn’t worse and that I was able to walk and compete. I’m sports mad and the only time the polio held me back was when I missed out an age-group representative rugby team... I guess that was a stark reminder to my disability but it made me more determined.”

At New Plymouth Boys’ High, Skellern played cricket and tennis in summer, and rugby and soccer in winter. He was in the first cricket eleven in his final two years, and became Taranaki junior tennis champion having spent most of his holidays with friends at the Huatoki Tennis Club.

Three of his mates were sons of successful Taranaki lawn bowlers – Barney Spurdle, Bruce Johns and Doug Rowlands. “I first got interested in the game when we took a break from tennis and went down to the Paritutu club, peered over the fence and watched the Taranaki Open fours in action,” says Graham.

A news journalism graduate from Wellington Polytechnic, Graham has mixed sports and business writing with competitive bowls. He was business editor of the Bay of Plenty Times for 12 years. Often, he’d rush from the bowling green to meet his reporting commitments and deadlines.

There was no time for after-match drinks in the club house to celebrate.

“I’m going to make sure there’s time for celebration in Birmingham,” says Graham.

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Pamela Pedersen names new boat for her late husband and former chair of BoPSAT Stuart Pedersen.

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BoPSAT honours Stuart An RS Quest training boat is the latest addition to the fleet of yachts available to young sailors through the Bay of Plenty Sailing Academy Trust.

This yacht has been named to commemorate Stuart Pedersen, who tragically died in October 2019. Stuart was chair of BoPSAT and a staunch supporter of the trust. His wife Pamela was present to do the honours and speak at the boat’s naming ceremony this month.

Held in front of the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club on March 8, the event was attended by local college students, following the BOP Inter College Teams Racing Regatta.

BoPSAT was established in 2004 by sailors from the TYPBC, with the aim to create a secondary school sailing programme and inter-college competition in the Bay of Plenty.

BoPSAT’s mission is to provide opportunity for youth to experience the sport of sailing irrespective of means or ability, and to create pathways and strategies to engage them in the sport for a lifetime.

A registered charitable trust with Peter Burling as its patron, BoPSAT is based at the Bay of Plenty Sailing Centre at Sulphur Point.

Through generosity of community funding

organisations, BoPSAT owns 31 centreboard dinghies, trailers and associated equipment.

In addition, the Sail for Life Perpetual Fund with the Acorn Foundation, initiated by Stuart and Pamela, provides financial support to the trust.

Through BoPSAT families can take advantage of concessional terms to charter a boat before committing to purchasing. Sailors can start as young as age nine.

“We have kids who discover a love for sailing through our low decile primary school ‘Learn to Sail’ programme,” says BoPSAT chair Roger Clark.

“Sometimes there’s no way Mum and Dad can afford to fund ongoing sailing, so BoPSAT can help out with this.”

Roger says they also support young BOP sailors at the upper end of the sport, to go overseas to compete.

Through the ‘Learn to Sail’ programme with TYPBC, the ‘Stuart Pedersen’ will be used to teach new sailors the basics of sailing under the watchful eye of a competent tutor sailing with them. Once comfortable on the water, they transition into a one-person Optimist. In about 10 lessons they are able to sail quite confidently on their own.

“Stuart had such a passion for young people to be given the opportunity to go sailing. It is a pleasure to honour him with the naming of this new boat,” Rosalie Liddle Crawford says Roger.

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The city library’s rich history With Tauranga’s city library moving from Willow St to a temporary base at He Puna Manawa on Devonport Rd and Grey St, while the civic precinct is developed, The Weekend Sun has dived back in time to learn about its origins in the first part of a series on the iconic community facility.

Above: A child with a book in Tauranga City Library’s early days.

Right: Librarian William Walmsley.

Photos: Tauranga City Library Archives.

Yes, Tauranga’s central library is on the move – books and all – to a temporary location at He Puna Manawa on April 4, but many readers may not know the library has taken many forms throughout its history.

Tauranga’s first talk of a library occurred in 1867 three years after the Battle of Gate Pa. In 1871, the library had its first location, set up in the home of James Bodell on Cameron Rd. This operation had 20 members, and a librarian named Mr William Walmsley who was paid four shillings a week.

Subscribers

After it grew to 106 subscribers, the library committee asked Sir Donald McLean to erect a temporary building in a new location.

By July 1873 this second location was set up near the corner of Harington and Willow streets.

The library had 84 subscribers in 1877 in this location, and offered 133 volumes of

general reading, and 18 volumes of bound magazines. There were a total of 2760 issues of books and magazines.

Fire

Everything was looking good for the library until May 31, 1881. On this day, a fire broke out and destroyed much of central Tauranga, including the library. Luckily, the building was insured and quick-thinking onlookers were able to save books by piling them under a tree by the Union Boarding House.

In November 1881, a new building was erected and opened for the library.

This operation continued, and by 1901 the library offered 25 different newspapers. The library also closed in May of 1921 so the library committee could arrange books alphabetically.

By 1930, the library had moved again. Mayor Benjamin Conrad Robbins opened an Art Deco style building on Willow St, which also housed council offices and the Tauranga Municipal Electricity Department.Until this point, the library had gone under several financial worries. By 1938,

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Above: Tauranga City’s library on Willow St in the early years.

Left: What the city library entry now looks like, before it closed this month.

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it began to flourish in its new location, and Miss Glenys Martin, the first children’s librarian, was appointed in 1949. As the council offices moved, the library was able to utilise the much-needed extra space. Even after expanding, inadequate shelving left many books to be stacked on the floor and some shelves were collapsing.

Edgecumbe earthquake

On March 2, 1987, books were soaked through and windows damaged from the Edgecumbe earthquake. Hot water cupboards were used to dry the soaking books. The following day on March 3, 1987, the first ‘toddler time’ was held.

The children’s library was also moved to Hamilton St during 1987 to make more space.

While the library staff were busy migrating the catalogue to the computer, work began on a new $8.5 million civic complex that included a library.

The library had moved to a temporary location in 1988, which allowed the demolition of the now

Searching for board members

Western Bay of Plenty Neighbourhood Support is looking for new board members, especially those with experience in accounting and fundraising.

Prospective board members should be enthusiastic about developing strong communities and have strategic thinking skills and some leadership experience, says chair Kathy Webb.

“Good communication skills and being a team player is also important.” The board is also looking to strengthen diversity to

better represent Tauranga’s diverse communities, and welcomes board members of all ethnicities.

Neighbourhood Support works to make homes, streets, neighbourhoods and communities safer and more caring places. “We have nearly 15,000 member families around the Western BOP. This is a voluntary role but reasonable expenses are covered, such as local travel.” Successful candidates will need to undergo a Police check. Interested people should email Kathy Webb at: info@wbopns.org.nz

60-year-old library to begin in August of that year.

The temporary library was opened in November 28, 1988, where Mayor Noel Pope was issued the first book.

Books

The Library Appeal Committee started a fundraiser that raised more than $190,000, and

by May 8, 1989, the library opened where it is currently situated at 91 Willow St. Project manager Ian Carter projected that this library was designed to last at least 100 years.

On the first two days of opening, the librarians issued approximately 6000 books.

When the library opened in this building, it had approximately 100,000 books. Librarians had to move all of these books using bread baskets.

Now the library begins its first temporary move in 35 years. I wonder how they will move books this time? Information courtesy of Tauranga City Library Archives.

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Vouchers to have fun and do good A new and fun ‘Vouchers for Good’ initiative to help support child and youth services in the Western Bay of Plenty has been launched.

As well as physical booklets of vouchers being distributed via the region’s school communities and networks, the Graeme Dingle Foundation fundraiser has also been launched online.

The vouchers are free and provide discounts for a range of businesses from fun family activities to retail, hair and beauty and other services.

“Every time a voucher is redeemed the business will make a donation to the Graeme Dingle Foundation, which means that it is a way to save money and help children and youth in the region,” says Graeme Dingle Foundation business development manager Charlotte Brown.

Founded in 2004, the Western Bay of Plenty arm of the Graeme Dingle Foundation runs the Kiwi Can, Stars and Project K programmes, helping more than 3700 local young people every year to build resilience and open their eyes to new possibilities.

Every year the WBOP regional manager Dan Allen-Gordon has to go out and find funds again for these incredibly worthwhile Graeme Dingle Foundation business development manager programmes, as Charlotte Brown with a voucher booklet. Photo: John Borren. the organisation

Trio of oil, clay and photography

A threesome of new exhibitions is open at Mike’s vibrant oil paintings are instantly Tauranga Historic Village, featuring oils, clay recognisable for their vivid detail, as well as being and photography. much like the man himself; full of colour and The exhibitions are located across three galleries humour. Inspired mostly by Salvador Dalí and administered by The René Magritte, the Incubator Creative ideas for his art arise Hub – The People’s from dreams, wildlife, Mike Morgan’s painting of Pilot Bay. Gallery – Toi Ka and the intricacies of Rere, The Incubator human nature.

Gallery, and The Accomplished in Pothouse Gallery. outsider art, his Gig Photography, esteemed works on display at The have become highly People’s Gallery – Toi collectible nationally Ka Rere, is a look at and internationally. the Tauranga music The Pukemapu scene through the lens Potters is a group of of nine of our city’s potters who meet photographers: Gary regularly at Dorothy Harvey, John Baxter, Armstrong’s garden at Nicola Baxter, Jamie Coxon, Colin Lunt, Oropi to raku fire their ceramic work together.

Nick Newman, Paul Edwards, Nic Clegg, and Local potters Maureen Ball and Sophie Evans Chris O’Donnell. are joining the Pukemapu Potters in the Pothouse Mike Morgan is one of New Zealand’s most Gallery for their show, the Art of Clay, of different iconic artists. His exhibition, Mike Morgan Oils, is ceramic styles and techniques. The exhibitions are in the Incubator Gallery. open until April 3 at Tauranga Historic Village.

is reliant on donations, volunteers, corporate sponsorship and philanthropy.

With Covid-19 restrictions impacting on fundraising ideas for many organisations, Dan and his team have developed a way to fundraise that’s also available online.

“This is a new initiative for Graeme Dingle Foundation, launching

initially in Western Bay of Plenty,” says Charlotte. “And we intend to grow it by adding more businesses.”

The vouchers can be downloaded at: www.vouchersforgood.org.nz Any business wanting to be part of the Vouchers for Good initiative can email: Charlotte.Brown@ dinglefoundation.org.nz

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Supporting change within our communities Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is offering support to communities concerned about climate change. In particular those looking to better understand the risks it brings and plan for how they might adapt.

BOPRC has up to $15,000 available for individual projects which enable groups to start planning for a changing climate at a community level.

The council’s general manager of integrated catchments, Chris Ingle, says

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“They have often seen drastic changes over the last decade and some are already taking a very proactive approach to adaptation planning. We want to support groups in this position so they can start the planning process now.”

Applications close April 3. More information is at: www.boprc.govt.nz/ environment/climate-change/

We knew we needed to act The cost of living is at the front of mind for many of us right now. We feel it at the petrol pump and at the supermarket.

We knew we needed to act, and we did so quickly with much more to come.

As government, we have cut fuel tax by 25 cents a litre for three months to ease the pressure on Kiwis through this global energy shock.

We’re also cutting public transport fares in half for three months, to provide cheaper transport options for Kiwis.

The war in Ukraine has caused prices at the pump to spike, on top of global inflation increases caused by the pandemic. While the current cost pressures aren’t forecast to last forever, we know these shocks are causing real pain for families right now. Reducing fuel tax for three months is something we can do immediately to ease the pressure through the crisis. It will provide immediate relief for Kiwis as we continue to

target longer term measures to the people who need them most.

This comes ahead of a range of other changes we’ve made which we’ll see from April 1, which will give the majority of Kiwi families, along with pensioners, a significant boost to their incomes.

This builds on the work we’ve done since 2017 to reduce cost pressures on New Zealanders, including changes to the family tax credit system, free school lunches, cheaper doctors’ visits and increases to benefits and Superannuation.

Bridges’ retirement

Finally, I’d like to acknowledge Simon Bridges for his service to the people of Tauranga. His recent decision to retire will not have been easy to make, but we wish him all the best. It seems likely there will be a by-election in the seat of Tauranga and I want to take the opportunity to wish the people that will challenge for the seat all the best.

Labour has a strong record of delivering in Tauranga, on roads, on promoting the treaty partnership and in our schools too.

May the best candidate win. My money is on Labour’s Jan Tinetti. Watch this space!

When policy rewards bad behaviour One of the key tasks for a Member of Parliament is to advocate for constituents who are having difficulty with government departments. It may be they are having trouble getting their calls answered, their emails responded to or simply getting someone to listen to their issues.

My team and I have relationships with key people within Immigration, Ministry for Social Development, Internal Affairs… every government department in New Zealand.

We’d never ask staff to bend the rules but sometimes getting the right person to have another look at an issue is all it takes to resolve it.

Unfortunately, sometimes we

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hit a logjam due to government policy, and there’s just nothing departmental staff can do to help. One such barrier we have faced over and over again is social housing tenants. Private landlords must adhere to the Residential Tenancies Act and ensure their tenants do not cause issues for neighbours. But due to the current government’s ‘sustainable tenancies’ policy, Kainga Ora simply cannot evict bad tenants. It’s very difficult explaining this to tired, upset and scared constituents

who are terrified of social housing neighbours’ anti-social behaviour.

We recently learnt that the Minister for Social Housing has announced a framework for dealing with frequent flyers in the complaints process. Not a removal, but a relocation of bad tenants to another neighbourhood where their antisocial behaviour may be tolerated. I do feel for the local Kainga Ora staff who will be having to implement this new, drawn-out process, while having to explain to families in motels that they’ll remain in temporary accommodation because government policy rewards bad behaviour with houses.

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The loveable Loki

Energetic Loki is a happy hurricane of a puppy. He’s a five-month-old CollieLab cross and he loves to play, he loves any attention and is very excited to meet you! It takes Loki a little while to calm down, but once he does you can see he is a clever boy who would thrive with training and things to keep his mind and body active.

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The 84-year-old Tauranga man feels very strongly about doing everything he can to help Ukranians due to his experiences with warfare.

“Seeing the bombs falling in Glasgow during the World War II has been a big motivator for me to help people in those situations,” says Ron. He has designed shirts to print with company EmbroidMe, and hopes to sell at least 1000 shirts locally at $45 each.

The t-shirt displays a drawing of a Red Cross dog from 1917 during the First World War. Ron

hopes by bringing awareness to his project, the community will help him to aid those in need in Ukraine. “The plan is to sell as many t-shirts as possible to New Zealanders who are concerned about the men, women and children who are dying from the antics of a madman.”

“I’d like to raise $10,000 for the International Red Cross to hand over to Ukraine, without one penny for administration,” says Ron. “It’s a bit sad when other countries are doing so much, I think people should be doing more. By doing this I’m trying to add on a bit extra.”

To order a t-shirt and help raise money for the people of Ukraine, contact Ron on A sample of Ron’s fundraiser t-shirt.

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Help save lives In 2020, Gary Cassidy was living life to the fullest. Going to the gym, Jiu-Jitsu, surfing and motor biking were just a few of his favourite pastimes.

That was until Monday, June 27 that year, when he suffered a heart attack coming home from the gym.

“I was flown to Waikato. I had a stent put in and was ready to go back to work within two weeks.”

He was ready to continue to live life as normal, until the following Saturday when he went into cardiac arrest. “I had died, but the nurse next door kept me going with chest compressions.” Gary was flown back to Waikato, where during subsequent days he went into cardiac arrest five times, and developed an intracerebral brain bleed. Gary had an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, or ICD, put in his chest to try to make his heart function if this happened

again. “This started my journey with the Heart Foundation, along with the support services I received for my year-and-a-half of rehabilitation.

“They reassured me I wasn’t broken, and there was nothing wrong with me. They helped me understand this was my new body and how I can live with it.”

Gary was diagnosed with ischemia, a hereditary heart disease that restricts blood supply to muscles or organs, causing a shortage of oxygen in the body.

“It was the toughest thing I had ever done. I had to relearn to walk, talk and eat.”

Gary reckons the Heart Foundation deserves more funding than it receives. “It is tremendously underfunded.” With their annual Big Heart Appeal street collection fundraiser cancelled due to Covid19, it is now more important than ever to encourage Kiwis to donate to help fund life-saving heart research.

To donate, visit: www.heartfoundation.org.nz

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A flatting or house sharing agreement is between all people living in a rented home. It doesn’t involve the landlord.

It should outline how much rent and bond each person will pay; who is responsible for lodging the bond; how chores will be shared; how disputes should be settled; what happens when someone wants to leave.

Get a sample copy of a flatting agreement at CAB, or: www.cab.org.nz When flatting, what you can and can’t do depends on whose name is on the tenancy agreement – the agreement with the landlord.

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News from Bay of Plenty Regional Council March 2022

Do you want to know more about what’s happening on our Rivers and Drainage Schemes?

We’ve created a hub on our website that will let you know about all the work we are doing on our river and drainage schemes to help protect our communities from flooding events, manage riverbank erosion risks, and undertake drain maintenance.

Otara Catchments you can now sign up to be kept in the loop.

Head to boprc.govt.nz/rivers-and-drainage and select which river or drainage scheme you want to receive updates for.

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If you know any 16 to 25-year-olds, let them know our draft Youth Engagement Plan is open for consultation.

We collaborated with 14 rangatahi to create the plan which outlines how we at Toi Moana can improve our relationship with young people, to ensure our region is an even better place to live for future generations.

Young people can have their say on the plan by filling out the survey here www.participate.boprc.govt. nz/youth-engagement They’ll even go in the draw to win a double pass to Rotorua Canopy Tours - who knows, they might take you along.

Consultation is open until April 1.

Tauranga Bayhopper and Rotorua Cityride bus services are currently operating on reduced timetables due to Omicron impacts on staffing numbers. Please check www.baybus.co.nz or call 0800 4 BAY BUS each time before you travel.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana works to ensure our region’s environment and its people thrive.

Find out about the work we do at www.boprc.govt.nz

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Age is no limit for Kim

Kim Crocker is showing age is no limitation to his Formula Ford racing ability. .

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prospective Formula One drivers.

“Formula Ford is a great way to learn, we see kids come in that go on to be Formula 1 racers,” says Kim.

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Te Puna-based Formula Ford racer Kim Crocker is showing that age is nothing but a number.

The 70-year-old has been racing cars on and off since 1978, and is showing no signs of slowing down – clocking up a regional win this month at the second round of the 2022 Giltrap Group North Island Formula Ford Series at Taupo Motorsport Park.

Placing second after Kim in his Ray GR14, was Hayden Bekkerus, who is 17 years old, while third place went to Judd Christiansen, aged 13, who was on debut in his first Formula Ford meeting.

Kim first started racing after helping his brother start off, when he bought a racecar at age 22.

He won his first ever race meeting, and since then he’s been chasing after that feeling.

“I lived in Hamilton at the time.

“I raced for about five years

Kim frequently goes up against people of all ages, and he encourages older people who may be interested in taking up a sport to pursue it. “Just give it a go.

The older you get it is harder work, but

before I went to England,” says Kim. He then went to England to continue his racing career and ended up working in IT, which lasted a lot longer than anticipated. “I went to England to work for six months, and I didn’t return for 25 years.”

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Kim built a few cars in England, and appreciates what formula racing taught him. “Racing teaches you a lot about car control. You can learn how to drift around a corner at 200km/hr.”

Kim also says racing is a very social sport, and he enjoys the company of people at his race meetings.

“Everyone is happy to go round to other pits and ask for parts they may need. It’s very sociable, everyone takes spare parts, but not always the same parts. The young people also

don’t mind me around.”

Although Kim put the brakes on his racing career for 30 years after he had children, he got back into motor racing after returning to New Zealand in 2003. Back then he raced alongside well-known Kiwi racers such as Shane van Gisbergen and Brendon Hartley.

Formula Ford, which is also known as F1600 and Formula F, is an entry-level class of single seater, open-wheel formula racing. Various championships held worldwide form an important step for many

it is doable; us older people need to be doing things to keep them going.”

Kim is proving that age is no factor in a sport like formula racing, where physical ability does not have such a massive impact on performance.

“It does show age is a little bit irrelevant, at least for sports where you can sit!”

For more infornation, visit: www.formulaford.co.nz

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Exciting new chapter for Summerset by the Dunes offering a range of options from help around the house to higher-level support. At the serviced apartments, residents can stay independent with the benefit of extra assistance with cleaning, laundry and meals.

The care centre will provide resthome and hospital-level care, while the industry-leading memory care centre will offer specialised support for people living with dementia.

With so many options to choose from, all in one friendly and vibrant village, it’s no wonder villas are already selling fast! And with the village centre set for completion later next year, there will soon be even more reason to love the Summerset life.

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with a coffee, join an exercise class, or pop into the hair salon.

The resort-style building will also include a residents’ bar, library and movie theatre, as well as an indoor pool.

Outside will be a bowling green and barbecue facilities to make the most of warm Bay of Plenty evenings, plus communal veggie gardens to enjoy.

Stylish and modern, it’s a building designed for gatherings, catch-ups and fun, with the added convenience of top amenities right on residents’ doorsteps. Talk about the perks of village life!

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We’re open seven days a week for private appointments and would love to show you around our stunning village and show homes.

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Boost skin and support your body Are you taking extra care to support your body at the moment?

With Omicron moving through our community, many people will be mindful of diet and supplementation to boost immunity and support recovery. The good news is that nutrition boosters you take for skin health also support general wellbeing.

The skin is the largest organ in the body after all. Many people are

unaware that the skin is the last organ to receive nutrients after all other body systems have taken what they need. That is why when you are run down or unwell it will be reflected in the state of your skin.

To counter this, the Bestow Beauty range of skin nutrition boosters are a foundational part of our holistic skincare strategy here at Jamele Skincare. I recommend incorporating Bestow Beauty Plus Oil and Bestow Beauty from Beneath into your

wellbeing regime. They are known as the Bestow Beauty Basics Duo and between them these two products provide a feast of essential nutrients your skin needs every day.

Bestow Beauty from Beneath is a food-based, skin-specific dietary supplement, delivering vitamins and minerals from 100 per cent certified organic plant sources in a convenient capsule form. Bestow Beauty Plus Oil provides a skinfriendly, vegan supply of Essential Fatty Acids delivering the best balance of healthy fats for

clear, glowing skin. Of particular importance for supporting health at the moment, they include zinc, vitamin B and EFAs for optimal vitamin B absorption.

There are many other Bestow products to explore including Bestow Gut Love + powder and Bestow Collagen Powder. Pop in and see us at 487 Cameron Rd for advice, or shop online at: www.jamele.co.nz

Are you thinking about change?

“When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves” – Viktor E. Frankl.

We can put a lot of energy into wanting to create change in a situation or event. Sometimes this is good. However, endeavouring to change something externally can also take a lot of energy, sometimes for negligible outcomes. When we focus on ourselves and ask: ‘Why do I want this change?’ We have the opportunity to discover

more about what is happening within us, rather than without.

For example, if you feel you always need to come up with solutions, choosing to approach things differently by listening and asking questions like: ‘What do you want out of this’ may effect greater change.

What frustrates you or makes you angry...when you ask yourself: ‘Why am I feeling like this?’ what could change?

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Chondroitin Sulphate for sore joints: Part 2 A significant research study (Wildi et al, 2011) confirmed the benefits of high dose Chondroitin Sulphate for joints affected by osteoarthritis. This week we dig a little further.

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I have no doubt that the correct dose of high grade CS is the most important natural compound to help joints affected by osteoarthritis.

For example, I’ve been helping a man with osteoarthritis in both knees. The pain levels had become quite debilitating. We started with a booster dose of 1600mg of high grade chondroitin with the same amount of glucosamine and

400mg of high potency curcumin from turmeric. After three months the pain level had significantly reduced and is now mobile again.

More recent research from the ‘British Medical Journal’ (May 2017) compared high grade chondroitin with common anti-inflammatory medication and found that 800mg of CS was beneficial. Researchers commented: “This compelling benefit-risk profile, in light of the known clinical risks associated with chronic usage of non-steroidal

anti-inflammatory drugs underscores the potential importance of pharmaceutical-grade CS in the management of knee osteoarthritis, especially in the older population requiring long-term treatment,” write the researchers.

The question is how can it help? What does it do to arthritic joints? Researchers have found CS has multiple benefits. Firstly, it helps regulate inflammatory processes within the joint capsule.

Secondly, and more importantly, it helps specialised cells that reside in cartilage called chondrocytes.

It improves the ability of chondrocytes to secrete and repair cartilage. This comes as no surprise as CS is an important component of cartilage. I’ve worked with so many people with osteoarthritis that I’m genuinely surprised if we cannot get an improvement within three months. For more, call or email: john@abundant.co.nz My newsletter is at: www.abundant.co.nz

John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559. Read more at: www.sunlive.co.nz

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A challenge that ticks the wellbeing box Did you know that getting your heartrate up for 15 minutes a day may reduce the risk of depression by 26 per cent? Or that exercising regularly lowers your chances of premature death by 30 per cent?

That’s just adults; we all know how good fresh air and exercise is for our children.

But despite our best intentions the entire week can go past without the bare minimum of exercise taking place. As we exercise less, we have less energy to turn the trend around. Waking up groggy and running behind schedule, it’s easier to grab a coffee, pile the kids in and do the school run on the way to work.

The Wednesday Challenge is an opportunity for Tauranga people to

make Wednesdays different for 2022.

“We chose Wednesdays so people have time to get over Monday, prepare Tuesday to rise slightly early on Wednesday and high five on Thursday before the blissful slide towards the weekend,” says Wednesday Challenge project director Heidi Hughes.

A sense of connection is one of the best ways to restore mental health as we come out of this pandemic.

“Consider doing the

challenge with others or even helping a neighbour by offering to take them on the weekly shop.

“In case people need some extra motivation, the challenge has got some fantastic prizes up for grabs

and a cool teams feature so you can challenge other businesses, community groups, schools and neighbourhoods.”

Check it out here: www.wednesdaychallenge.co.nz

Wednesday Challenge project director Heidi Hughes.

Treating skin cancer definitively Living with skin cancer can be an exhausting affair. The older one gets, the more cancers tend to appear and the more scars one accumulates.

When it comes to treatment, options can be confusing too. The one thing that is certain is skin cancer does not just happen in one spot. Most skin cancers are caused by ultraviolet radiation exposure.

This means the damage is spread over a larger area than a single spot of skin cancer. In medical terms this is called a ‘field disease’.

This is the reason why any single treatment will often not be sufficient to treat the current and prevent future cancers. A specific mass of cancer would need to be cut out and surgically removed with adequate margins.

Similarly, the whole area of sun exposure/damage should be treated. This will decrease the risk of other cancers appearing.

By treating the surrounding skin with topical ointments, the occurrence of further skin cancers can be reduced by more than 50 per cent in the next year with a carefully selected topical treatment Skin cancer can be seen as a chronic disease.

It needs to be treated definitively, with all appropriate methods. Each person’s battle with this disease needs to involve the patient deciding what is best for themselves, guided by medical staff giving the best and up-to-date advice possible.

This is firmly entrenched in our philosophy and treatment delivered at Skinspots skin cancer clinic.

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And so those who are benefiting – that is receiving ratepayer dollars or getting their way – think the Commissioners are doing a great job.

If that’s so then the people doing the paying should also have the opportunity to voice their opinion via an election.

You don’t have to have a university degree to figure out why democracy is being suppressed.

The plan is to cement in all the big spending projects so that a democraticallyelected council can’t undo the Commissioners’ plans.

Ratepayers are being treated like an ATM machine.

Commissioners can stand in each of the nine wards on the plank of ‘spend big’ and Anne Tolley can stand for Mayor on the same platform. If the spin is true they’ll be a shoo in.

B Faulkner, Tauranga City.

The ignorance!

I can’t believe the ignorance of the Labour Government by deciding that Tauranga does not need to have a democratic Local Body Election.

This decision is insane and we need to make sure that it is overturned. To say nothing is to tell them we are happy with having Commissioners rule for another year or so.

Tauranga needs to make their own decisions. Not have decisions dictated to us.

And the huge amount these Commissioners receive is abhorrent. Especially in these times of ‘a cost of living crisis’.

Please, bring back democracy.

L Cubis, Tauranga City.

A dictatorial Minister?

Disgusted!

As a ratepayer of Tauranga for some 40-plus years, I am disgusted that Minister Nanaia Mahuta has, in her wisdom, decided to delay the Local Body Elections in Tauranga until July, 2024. The four Commissioners appointed by her are being handsomely paid $6300 per day, and are not answerable to the ratepayers of Tauranga. That is totally unacceptable to me.

Should the Commissioners stay in place, I will give serious consideration to refrain from paying my rates.

I believe that I will not be the only Tauranga ratepayer who will consider this option.

I demand that democracy be returned to the ratepayers of Tauranga, so that we all have the right to vote and are able to have a say.

R Steele, Tauranga City.

Re: Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta accepts responsibility for two parts of the Three Waters reforms she “got wrong” on ‘Q+A’.

Unconvincing, insincere and half-hearted – that best describes the Minister of Local Government’s attempt at an apology.

She certainly underestimated quite a few things, notably her staff’s ability to give her a coherent action plan for the Three Waters project, the strength of the Local Government and the public’s negative reaction to it, and the fact that the Labour Government’s standing in the community would suffer. Her refusal to consider a democratic response from local councils, the Taxpayer’s Union, or indeed almost anyone, is badly affecting her credibility.

Has anyone told her that all the experts in water reticulation work for Local Government or a few of their contractors? She must know that very few local bodies have questionable water.

It would be much better to form a system of inspectors to monitor water quality on a regular basis (which I’m sure most councils do now), Interesting to read the Mayor of Kaipara District and work with councils to improve the quality Council, Dr Jason Smith, who was invited onto if needed. They should also be able to arrange the three waters working group by Nanaia Mahuta government funding when needed. has now joined the many local authorities in If you add to that the un-consulted opposing three waters, stating that the governance extension to the Commissioners’ period of structure “limits the ability of all people and governance in Tauranga, the Minister appears Communities to engage”. to have become dictatorial?

Why is it that Tauranga City Council – There seems to have been a certain amount of represented by unelected Commissioners – was one good press about the Commissioners lately, but of the first councils to support three waters and the what have they achieved so far? (Abridged). retiring Mayor from the other local Western Bay D Russell, Welcome Bay. of Plenty District Council, are both prepared to see our ratepayers assets stripped and governance Do you have a view, opinion or feedback on handed to Māori? a local topic, discussion, issue or occurrence? If Such activities are criminal and that is why so, please email your Letter to the Editor to: court cases by ratepayer and local authority letters@thesun.co.nz Or post letters to: groups are now being waged against the mandating PO Box 240, Tauranga. Letters should be 200 of three waters. words maximum and be supplied with a full D Morris, Tauranga City. name and contact details. Get writing!

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I am appalled but not entirely surprised by Simon Bridges self-indulgent and entirely selfish act of resigning from the role he promised the electorate he would serve.

He will collect his significant pension and leave the country with the not insignificant additional cost of a mid-term election.

Time to rethink the basis on which political candidates can make commitments upon which they are elected.

In this instance Simon Bridges has conned all of those who voted for him.

P McArthur, chair, Tauranga Environmental Protection Society Inc.

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

New music: David Long and Frank Turner Is it too early to get nostalgic for CDs? I must confess to being slightly baffled by still-flourishing vinyl revival. What is it people hear in vinyl?

“The sound quality is better” I’ve heard said. Which is odd because many people saying that are listening on sub-$200 cheapie record players they bought in the past couple of years. How do they even know?

“It’s because it’s analogue – it sounds warmer”.

Well, there’s a problem with that. The playing of the vinyl may be analogue but pretty much every record you buy today is digital up till the point it becomes vinyl. It’s recorded digitally, mixed digitally, mastered digitally, and if it happens to be one of those rare things actually recorded to analogue tape in the studio it probably went to digital straight after that.

“They look so good because the covers are bigger than CD covers.”

Yes, and how often exactly do you look at those covers? And, what with the size, they do take up considerably more space: I can’t see that record collection fitting into a tiny house.

‘FTHC’ album cover.

David Long

WHAT’S ON

Just this week I was reminded that size isn’t everything, when I got ‘Ash And Bone’, the new David Long CD from Auckland label Rattle. It is, in its own smaller-than-an-LP way, a thing of beauty, a cardboard digipac with a beautifully reproduced matt-printed flower painting from Karl Maughan on the cover. Just touching its smoothness is somehow texturally comforting.

If you don’t know David Long it’s because he is generally an accompanist in some way, though the breadth of his contributions to the music scene during 30 years is remarkable.

He first got noticed – and, incidentally, first played in Tauranga – as a guitarist, part of the Wellington eighties experimental jazz scene, with such bands as Primitive Art Group, Four Volts and Six Volts. That led to recording with The Front Lawn and subsequently joining Don McGlashan’s

next band The Mutton Birds. Since then he’s dabbled in all sorts...

David has been in demand as a producer, making albums with Fur Patrol, Barry Saunders and Dave Dobbyn. There’s been work on film soundtracks, scoring ‘The Lovely Bones’ for Peter Jackson, ‘Beyond The Edge’, ‘The Luminaries’ and more; he has also written for contemporary dance groups and classical ensembles.

The eight tracks here are instrumental but don’t sound like a soundtrack.

Perhaps call them modern classical chamber music, though with

More Kind’, though it settles down as it goes along.

Frank has also decided to bear his soul, something of a regular occurrence. Since last time, his estranged father – subject of a few slightly terse songs over the years – has reappeared and transitioned to a woman, and Frank has reconciled with her. That gets not one but two songs, and it’s hard to fault Frank’s

compassion or honesty.

But I have a nagging disappointment about this album.

Where once, through artistry and self-awareness, his songs about personal subjects seemed universal, here they just seem personal.

Songs need an extra dimension to connect to a greater consciousness, something he’s previously been so good at. He seems less so here.

‘Ash And Bone’ album cover.

percussion. And a little banjo.

Several tracks are anchored by modernist rhythmic patterns, with scatterings of melody on clarinet, flute and strings. There is an oriental lilt to some of it and the slight appearance of electronic effects.

Soaring trumpet occasionally rises out of the rhythms and there is the odd moment of exquisite calm, such as the opening of final track ‘Water The Earth’ which then unfolds magnificently like a newly-imagined ‘New World Symphony’.

‘Ash And Bone’ is available on CD or online in the usual places.

Frank Turner

English singer/songwriter Frank Turner also has a new album out which, for the first time, has risen to the top of the UK charts. That’s slightly surprising given it is called ‘FTHC’ (the HC is for ‘Hard Core’) and much of it harks back to his early days in post-hardcore band Million Souls and their 2012 revival ‘Mongol Horde’.

It’s pretty thrashy: this is not the more “poppy” sound people discovered on his 2018 album ‘Be

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Sat, Mon & Wed at Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 9.15 for 9.30am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Jacqui 574 9232

Original art for sale.

Weather permitting. 9am4pm The Strand, Tauranga.

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Bay Singles Social Group

THE BARREL ROOM Sat 20th Jazz @ The Barrel Room 7pm

Join a bunch of over 50’s young singles. Weekend dinners, potlucks, occasional outings. Have a go! Ph Delia 027 284 8762, Andrea 021 133 0313

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Free Community Dinner Saturday

MOUNT HOT POOLS Sun 20th Tim Armstrong 7-8.30pm

JACK DUSTY’S (Bureta) Sat 19th Scumbag College 7.30-10.30pm Sun 20st Tim Armstrong 3-6pm

THE PHOENIX Sun 20th Sophie Dodson 3-6pm

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Sun, Tues & Thurs at Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 8.30 for 9am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Nev 575 5121

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Indoor Bowls

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Sun, Tues & Fri at Tauranga Domain, Cameron Rd. 12.45 for 1pm start. Beginners welcome.

Ph Peter 571 0633

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

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Croquet

Under the Stars provides dinner every Saturday for our homeless and hungry guests. 45 Cliff Rd, near the rose garden. Takeaway only for now, 5-6pm Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Hall 14 Norris Street (behind PaknSave) 12.45pm Sat, Tues & Weds. Must be fully vaccinated. Come join us Ph Carol 022 639 2411

THE RISING TIDE Sat 19th James Hoskins & Sam Fisher 7pm Sun 20th Je Marco 2pm

Art on the Strand

available. Ph John 022 075 4251 for playing times

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Golf Croquet

Mount RSA Ladies

Women’s Section 69th Birthday is cancelled. Next scheduled Social Day is Wednesday April 27th. List in the RSA for extra Poppy Day collectors.

Papamoa Lions Club Market

2nd & 4th Sunday. Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry.

Wayne 027 974 5699

Quakers

Warm welcome to share your spiritual journey with group of friendly people. Tea, coffee, thoughtful conversation, silence & companionship. 10am-12noon. Cnr Cameron & Elizabeth. Ph 543 3101

Radio Controlled Model Yachts

Sun & Thurs 1.30-4pm. Pond behind 22 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Radio Controlled Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

St Enochs Presbyterian Church

Join us Sunday mornings at 9.30am controlled access service - Vaccine pass required. 134 Sixteenteenth Avenue, Tauranga.

Info: Ph 578 3040

Sunday Social Cycle Group

We are a new casual group that has an organised ride together on the last Sunday of each month. Info: Fiona taurangasocialriders@yahoo.com

Tauranga Theatre Organ Society

exercise and 11am for low impact.

All levels of fitness. Ph Diana 021 047 6155

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 10am Tauranga Central Baptist Church. cnr 13ave/ Cameron Rd. All Welcome. Ph 0800 229 6754

Badminton Club Aquinas College

Tauranga Badminton Club.

Mon & Weds, 7-9pm at Aquinas College Events Centre. Seniors & year 11 upwards, Casual players welcome, $8pp. Ph/txt Noel 027 622 9797 www.sporty/ taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz

Chess Mount Maunganui

Mt Maunganui RSA Chess Club, Maunganui Rd. Mondays (excl. public holidays) 7pm onwards. The RSA requires Vaccine Passes. Info: search “Western BOP Chess” online

Citizens Advice Bureau Tauranga

Free confidential impartial information & advice. Don’t know? Ask Us! Mon-Fri Ph 07 578 1592 email tauranga@cab.org.nz 9am-4pm *no face to face at the moment*

Dutch Friendly Support Network

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

Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Road, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968

Indoor Bowls Otumoetai

Join us for an enjoyable evening of social bowls. We meet Monday’s 7.15pm at Matua Primary School Hall Clivedene St entrance. Ph Karen 07 576 0443

Keep On Your Feet

Omokoroa 11am-12pm, Settlers Hall, 334 Omokoroa Road.

Strength & balance classes for older adults. All levels of fitness welcome.

Ph Sharnie 021 111 8617

Mt Maunganui Indoor Bowls

Join us for Indoor Bowls at Mount RSA on Mon & Thurs 6.45pm start. Bring $3 and Vaccine Pass. Alice 02 106 4233 or Joy 027 308 7271

Omokoroa Beach Indoor Bowls

Meet at Settler’s Hall. 1pm for 1.30 play. All equipment provided. Please wear smooth soled shoes. Max 25 players.

Ph: Ruth 07 571 1564

Pickleball

Meet last Saturday of the month February to November at Art & Craft Centre, Elizabeth St West 1pm. Learn to care for fuchsia plants

Meet 1pm at Baycourt Theatre, 38 Durham St. Hear and play Tauranga’s Wurlitzer Theatre Organ.

All welcome, no charge. Vax passes required. Ph 552 0243

Try pickleball - it’s fun! We meet at the Mount Sports Centre 9.15am-12.15pm. $5. Bats, balls, refreshments provided.

Village Radio Museum

Monday 21 March

Interested in keeping birds? Club Nights held at Matua Hall, Levers Rd from 7.30pm on the 2nd Monday of the month - come along!

Bob 027 478 6282

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

Active Seniors Exercise

Mon & Thurs strength and balance for seniors. City Church, Otumoetai 9.30 for intermediate

Tauranga Bird Club

Tauranga Civic Choir

Mondays 7.30pm at Wesley Methodist Church,100 13th Ave, Tauranga. All voices welcome.

Ph Julia 575 0538

Tauranga Creative Fibre

Every Monday 9.30am also 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Learn new skills, knitting, crochet, spinning, dyeing, weaving & felting. 177 Elizabeth Street Tauranga. Ph Cathy 07 570 2191

Tauranga Table Tennis

Mon & Thurs 7.30-9.30pm at Memorial Hall QEYC. New players welcome.InfoTableTennisTauranga. com

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club

Mon & Thurs 500 Cards 14 Norris Street (behind PaknSave) 12.45 pm $3, refreshments. Must be fully vaccinated. Come join us Carol 022 639 2411

Te Puke 500 Cards

Mondays 7pm start. 4 Queen Street, Te Puke. Cost $4. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Mike 027 495 5284 or Lou 07 573 8184

Te Puke Community Patrol

Meet on a Monday over tea & coffee to share information. Info Ph 027 430 6383 or email tepuke@cpnz.org.nz

Tuesday 22 March 500 Cards

Tues & Thurs Mount Community Hall, 345 Maunganui Road. All ages. All welcome. Fun and friendly group. Margaret 027 658 6848

Active Seniors Greerton

Intermediate exercise for seniors. A fun strength and balance class to music.

Greerton Hall at 10am.

Vaccine Pass mandatory. $6. Ph Diana 021 047 6155

Alcoholics Anonymous

Closed meeting 7.30 St George`s Anglican Church. 1 Church St Pyes Pa. All Wecome Ph 0800 229 6757

Altrusa Womens Service Group

Womens Service Group meet every 2nd Tues evening for business meeting and even 4th Tues for programme evening. Sandra 027 483 8454 altrusa.org.nz

Conversation Cafe Dee St

10-11.45pm Tuesdays at Presbyterian Church Hall. Varied program, morning tea. Aimed at seniors. All welcome. $5/person or $5/couple. Make new friends.

Ph 544 0951

Fitness Fun And Coffee

Cardio, weights, floorwork, dance, have fun, feel better, make friends.

9.30-10.30am at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood. Gloria 021 139 2448

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Katikati 10.30-11.30am, Catholic Church Hall, 89 Beach Rd. Strength & balance classes for older adults. All levels of fitness welcome. Ph Sharnie 021 111 8617

Kidz Need Dadz BOP

Dads Support Group from 7pm at 538 Fraser Street, Greerton. Help with parenting, relationship separation, assistance with legal advice and mentoring. All dads welcome

Let’s Learn Something New

An A-Z of clubs, courses & classes for 2022. Find an activity, join & do it! All ages. www.letslearn.nz or Ph 07 544 9557

Merge Group Social Connections

If you’re new residents in Tauranga, come and meet friendly people, at Cornerstone, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays each month from 5pm. Info: Karen merge. tauranga@gmail.com

Mount Morning Badminton

9.30am-12pm. Mt Sports Stadium, Blake Park. Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome. $5 per day. Ph Margaret 575 9792

Mount Runners and Walkers

Fun and friendly running and walking club for adults of diverse fitness levels. Meet Tues & Fri at May St, Scout Hall 9.25-10.30am. www.mtrunnersandwalkers.co.nz

Omokoroa Beach Indoor Bowling

Meet at Settler’s Hall at 6.30pm for 7pm play. All equipment provided.

Please wear smooth soled shoes. Max 25 players. Ph Ruth 07 571 1564

Otumoetai Walking Group

Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Danny 576 6480

Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise St. Mary’s

6-7.30pm. Traditional, relaxing yoga class. Beginners welcome. $15 for one or $110 for nine classes. Bring a mat.

Info: Bhajan 07 929 7484

Wednesday 23 March

Low impact exercise to increase balance and strength through both seated and standing exercises. 10.40am Matua Hall $5. Vaccine passes mandatory. Ph Diana 0210 476155

1pm @ 10 Pin Tauranga, 135 13th Avenue. Play for fun but keep the score. Very occasionally competitive. Phone Glenda 0212 578 678

Meets every Wednesday at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd 10am-2.30pm and 7-9pm. Beginners very welcome. Ph Carol Roband 027 348 5875 or 466 0075

10 Pin Bowling

Active Seniors Exercise Class

Adults Ballet/Plus Class

Thursday 24 March

St Peters, Katikati 12.30pm.

Exercise and dance class learn ballet french terms. Some jazzy dance and character. Ph Gaye 07 577 1753 or 027 174 8753

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting , 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month.

10am, Tauranga Central Baptist Church, cnr 13ave/Cameron Rd. Ph 0800 229 6757

Age Concern Walking Group

Meet at 10am Fraser Cove Burger King Ph Renee 07 576 6699

Cards

Cribbage 12.45pm at RSA Greerton.

Friendly club. New members very welcome. Ph Jill 021 160 6143

Healing Rooms Prayer

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

Central Baptist Lounge, 640 Cameron Road. 1-3pm. All welcome. No charge. www.healingrooms.co.nz 021 213 8875

Indoor Bowls

Scrabble

Greerton Community Hall. Ladies and Garden Forest Marine Men’s Singles 7pm (Ballinger Trophy) Kevin 543 4044

Tuesdays Te Puke Memorial Hall 9.30am Te Puna Memorial Hall 1pm.

Wednesdays 9.30am St Georges Church Hall, Gate Pa. Thursdays 9.30am Te Puna Memorial Hall. $5

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

Tauranga Model Railway Club

Club meets at Clubrooms upstairs Tuesday 9.30am & Thursday 7.30pm corner of Mirrielees & Cross roads, Sulphur Point. Ph Mike Oldfield 02 193 9233

Yoga For All

Welcome Bay Community Centre,

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Grp

Golden Cross Whangamata Quarry Rd. Grade moderate. Ian R 021 030 5810 TECT Park walkabout. Grade easy. George 021 127 5018

Weds & Fri Mount Community Hall 345 Maunganui Road. All ages.

Beginners welcome. Ph Cyril 022 639 2585

TaiChi TCIANZ Beginner Classes

Tauranga Embroiderer’s Guild

Wednesdays 9.30am at Matua Hall.

Strength and balance exercises at an intermediate level. All welcome. Ph Diana 021 047 6155

Church Hall Cnr Girven & Marlin 9-10.30am. Suitable for joint replacements, arthritics, accident or illness recovery, strength, coordination & balance. Jennifer 571 1411 Come exercise your brain with words and strategy for the win! Tga Citz Club, Tuesday 9.20am weekly. All welcome, any level. Ph 578 3606

Seniors Low Impact Exercise

Indoor Bowls Gate Pa

Kaimai Ramblers Tramping Group

From Goodwin Road. Up to top Wairere Falls and North to North falls and return. Grade Easy/Mod S/C. VaxPass. Kevin 021 0200 6306

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Road. Mixed Roll-ups 12.453pm

Marching For Leisure

A non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness and friendship. For Tauranga team’s practice and contact details Ph Chris Conn 027 479 1871

Pickleball

Try pickleball - it’s fun!

We meet at Baypark 10am-12noon. $5. Bats and balls provided. Bob 027 478 6282 or Viv 021 162 3342

CAP Lifeskills Course

Learn practical money, health & wellbeing, organisation & relationship skills in this friendly group Thursday mornings 9.30am-12pm 17 Feb-7 April. Registration required stpetershouse.co.nz/apply-for-cap-lifeskills.html or call 571 5916

Diabetes NZ Drop-In

at Memorial Hall QEYC. New players welcome. Info TableTennisTauranga.com

Tauranga Te Papa Probus

Club for fun, friendship and fellowship. 1st Thursdays of the month. 9.30am at Daniels in the Park, Eleventh Ave. Ph Secretary Robbie 578 1051

Friday 25 March Alcoholics Anonymous

Open meeting 10am Tauranga Central Baptist Church, cnr 13ave/ Cameron Rd. All Welcome.

Ph 0800 229 6754

Pickleball

Try pickleball - it’s fun! We meet at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre 9-11.45am. $5. Bats, balls, refreshments provided. Bob 027 478 6282

Pickleball At Night

Drop in every Thursday 10am-12pm for diabetes information, education, and support for anyone living with diabetes and their families. Vaccine Pass required.

177a Fraser Street, Tauranga.

07 571 3422

Try pickleball - it’s fun! We meet 7-9pm at Tauranga Boys College. $5. Bats and balls provided. Bob 027 478 6282 or Viv 021 162 3342

FLexercise with Fitness League

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

Exercise, movement, and dance.

Focusing on posture, balance, stretching, strengthening & flexibility.

All ages and abilities.10.35am, Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Ph Pam 021 117 7170

Free Community Lunch Thursday

Under the Stars provides lunch every Thursday for our homeless and hungry guests. 45 Cliff Rd, near the rose garden. Takeaway only for now, 12-1pm

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry

Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus

Meet 7pm Wesley Hall, 100 13th Avenue. Singing is great exercise for the Brain and your lungs. Come join us. Phone Bernice 576 4848 Facebook Keynotes Inc

Kickstart Toastmasters

Develop your public speaking skills and confidence in a fun, supportive club environment. Meet weekly. 7am Basestation, 148 Durham St. Ph Stan 022 390 2216

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Te Puke Bowling Club

New members welcome.

Loan bowls available. Friday rollup 12.45pm. Ph Te Puke Club 573 9709

Tibetan Buddhist Teachings (TSOG)

TSOG means gathering.

Txt Geshe Jamyang on 022 657 8083 to let him know you will be attending. 7-8pm at 25 Junction Road, Te Puna.

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Don’t put up with bad showers If your home suffers from leaky pipes, either your bathroom is in need of repair or you need to change your shower pressure.

Colin Fine, aka Kev.

Thankfully, Kev’s Plumbing are experts you can call on right here in the Bay. Owner-operator Colin Fine – who is nicknamed Kev – has 35 years’ worth of experience.

Kev believes life is too short to have a bad shower, so he’s here to help renovate bathrooms and replace them.

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“I specialise in re-piping houses that have leaky water pipes in walls,” says Kev, “and a lot of people like their shower pressure increased. That is something I do a lot”.

When you call Kev about a job, he’s the man who shows up.

“I will travel Bay of Plenty-wide for work,” says Kev.

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THEN HE CONTINUED, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them”.

(Daniels 10:12)

curriculum vitae

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

livestock

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

lost & found

FOUND KITTENS & PUPPIES various places, colours and sex. Ph SPCA 07 578 0245 Found tabby teenage kitten. Katikati area.

Ref: 541291 Found tabby & tortie adult female cat. Greerton area. Ref: 489889 Found red shaver adult chicken.

Greerton area. Ref: 541158

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sponsorship

CHILD CANCER FOUNDATION has had to cancel our biggest fundraiser. Kiwi kids with cancer urgently need your support.

Please help us raise $300,000 this March. Please donate now at childcancer.org.nz

trades & services

BRYCE DECORATING interior and exterior painting, wallpapering.

Have your powdercoated windows faded? Can be cleaned and restored like new! Plastic car bumpers faded? Can be restored too! Quality work. Showroom finish. Ph Wayne 021 162 7052 BUILDER AVAILABLE repair maintenance, decks, pergolas, fences, all housing work. Ph Roger 022 121 3356 HANDYMAN, section maintenance, lawns, decks, fencing, pergolas, painting, water blasting and odd jobs. Free quotes. Ph Rossco 027 270 3313 or 07 544 5911

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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

travel & tours

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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.

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public notices

Provisional Western Bay of Plenty District Local Alcohol Policy On 10 March 2022 Western Bay of Plenty District Council approved the provisional Local Alcohol Policy (LAP).

Appeals on the provisional LAP may be made to the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority from Friday 18 March to Sunday 17 April 2022.

Except for the Police and the Medical Officer of Health, only people who made a submission on the draft policy can appeal against any element of the provisional LAP. The only ground on which an element of the provisional LAP can be appealed against is that it is unreasonable in the light of the object of the Act. The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 and the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Regulations 2013 set out the appeal process.

Full copies of the Provisional Local Alcohol Policy are available on Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s websites at www.westernbay.govt.nz/policies.

John Holyoake Chief Executive Officer

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God knows the end of your story It would be fair to say that we’ve had to deal with a lot of disappointment during the last couple of years.

In short, it has been fairly yuck.

The Bible tells of Joseph, who had disappointments one after the other too (Genesis 37-50).

There are a couple of outstanding things about how he handles this. He never gives up and he never blames God. In fact, the opposite is true. He works hard and wisely in whatever situation he finds himself and he trusts that God is faithful and is working His way.

After Joseph’s father dies Joseph is approached by his brothers, somewhat nervously, as they had contributed significantly to his trauma. Joseph responds to them: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives”.

Joseph was able to take his eyes off the day-to-day mess and know that his life was part of a bigger story. A story of God’s continual redemption of his people. In amongst this messy world it is really important that we hold onto the reality that

there is a big God in control and none of this is a surprise to him.

He knows the end of the story – our job is to trust him. Proverbs 3:5-6 says: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him and he will make your paths straight”.

Jodi Wichers, The Orchard Church.

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