The Weekend Sun - 19 August 2022

19 August 2022, Issue 1123

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No matter where you are next Friday, August 26, Multicultural Tauranga encourages people to dress in cultural attire – just like international student Akari Ando (pictured) – share a meal together and tell stories from their culture. “ e reason we’re doing this is because we’re nding that 11 per cent of our population in the Bay of Plenty now are Asian and Paci c and we also have 18 per cent Maori,” says Multicultural Tauranga’s president Premila D’Mello. “We have events like this to build awareness of ethnic communities who are a part of the Bay of Plenty community, and having a multicultural day would mean they feel their culture is accepted and valued.” Find out more about the awareness day, and the message behind it, on page 17.

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Produced by Sun Media Ltd, an independent and locally owned company based at 1 The Strand, Tauranga. If the last week has taught us anything it is that old stu can be new stu too. I’m a big fan of xing things when they are broken rather than tossing them in the bin. For example, there is a rake sitting in the garden shed that’s older than I Overam. the years I’ve broken it a couple of times so the handle is a bit shorter than it used to be, but it’s still got all its teeth. I can see myself still using it in 30 years. It’ll be shorter and wonkier but I’m guessing I probably will be too. e New Zealand Rugby Union has taken a very similar approach to the All Blacks coaching set-up this week, opting for the wonky one they know – rather than the one with the winning smile. Scott Robertson is, of course, a Mount Maunganui College old boy, like me, and as it turns out we were only two years apart. I’m not sure how I didn’t know this but I’m guessing maybe he wasn’t part of the cool group. However, this new knowledge now makes the whole coaching saga personal, and I’m deeply o ended by the rash decision to overlook him onceNevertheless,again. Fossie is in favour again after winning a game, so I guess we’ll just have to wait a bit longer before a Mountie gets the top job. e grand plan Our respected Commissioners have dusted o some old ideas for some new stu for central Tauranga this week. e tired old CBD will be a right sexy beast if all the facets of the City Centre Action and Investment Plan come to pass. Many of the marquee projects are already con rmed, including the new civic precinct complete with a museum. e Ministry of Justice has plans for a new courthouse and investigations are underway into a new community stadium. Don’t bank on being able to park in the CBD though, with a focus on walking and alternative transport. Parking at the bottom end of e Strand will make way for a grassy domain and there are even plans to light up the Harbour Bridge or Matapihi Rail Bridge. I like a grand plan especially if I don’t have to pay for it and about three-quarters of the $2 billion cost of the plan will come from private investment – apartments and commercial buildings. e bottomless pit of central and local government will pick up the other $500 million. During the next 10 years, the number of dwellings in the CBD is expected to grow by 600, there will be 5000 more students attending lectures at the Waikato University campus and 25 per cent more people working in the area. It would be fair to say Dive Crescent is woefully underutilised at present. Opening e Cargo Shed again would be a start. If we are going to dust old stu o and make it new again, maybe we could move the Historic Village down there? Twist and shout Finally, in a bizarre twist for democracy, an groupanti-vaccinationcalledVoices For Freedom is standing candidates in Local Body Elections around the country. It has a ba ing goal of making New Zealand ungovernable but is advising its candidates to hide their a liations for fear of spooking the voters. e hilarious thing about this is that there is nothing new about the idea at all. Every election produces a decent scattering of elected nutters that nobody knew enough about. If it gets too bad the Local Government Minister can always just sack the entire council I guess, so either way you are going to get governance, whether you like it or not. daniel@thesun.co.nz and ready to roll

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Church helpers Catherine says the kindergarten shut the Monday afterwards to clean up. “ ankfully, the neighbour contacted his church – about seven people from Redeemer Church came to help us clean-up that afternoon. ey scoured the whole outside area, so we only had to deal with inside on Monday. “Five of us had to go through every basket and toy-box to clean out fragments of glass.” e silver lining has been the community support. “One parent asked if she set up a Givealittle page. We said: ‘Go for it’, thinking we wouldn’t get much but every bit would help towards our insurance excess of $2500 and new security cameras costing about $1000.” By Wednesday 38 donors had donated $2550. See: kindy.givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-restore-avenues-

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e community is wrapping support around the Avenues Kindergarten after the notfor-pro t facility – which cares for 50 local children and families – this month su ered its worst-ever vandalism attack. On August 7, a neighbour to the kindergarten heard the sound of glass smashing, only to see the culprits in action who took o once sighted. e result is an estimated $7000-$8000 worth of damage – however a Givealittle page set up by a parent has raised more than $2500 to help. Avenues Kindergarten head teacher Catherine Geddes says sta were alerted by the neighbour just after midday August 7. “ e neighbour heard glass being smashed about 12.30pm and looked over the fence to see one of our spades being thrown through a window. He came over and those involved took o – so he got in touch...” Extensive Catherine says the damage is extensive – the worst the kindergarten has experienced. “ ey broke into our carpentry cupboard then had access to hammers, saws and nails. ey’ve used the tools to smash our sandpit shed and break windows of the kindergarten. ere were also scissors in the carpentry cupboard, so they’ve climbed up and cut our shade sail to bits.” Bark edging to the outdoor playground was hacked with a hammer and nails banged into it. Catherine says glass and nails were everywhere. “ at was what shut us down – it was a health and safety issue. e glass went all through the building and all through the gardens as well.”

Tauranga City Council will not hold elections until July 2024 – as decided by the Local Government Commission – meaning the four Commissioners remain until then. Local District Health Board elections have been dissolved by the Government-created Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, our new national health entity. e top job of Western BOP Mayor, vacated by outgoing

Community representation WBOPDC chief executive o cer John Holyoake says this year’s nominations to his council are a real win for community representation across the Western BOP. “ is year we launched Generation Change He panoi ā renga to celebrate the mix of people that make the Western Bay so great. “We encouraged our people to stand up for their communities and bring their voices to the table. “We’re excited to say they’ve heard the call, and that this year’s nominations include the broadest range of candidates that we’ve seen in a very long time. ere’s people from di erent generations, various walks of life, and there’s no doubt they each possess di erent skills and have unique lived experience.”

The only local daily news source you need, constantly updated, seven days a week www.sunlive.co.nz ph 0800 SUNLIVE two-term Mayor Garry Webber, has eight candidates vying for the position – including John Scrimgeour, Don waites, James Denyer, Paul Haimona, Rodney Joyce, Mark Boyle, Hori BOP Leaming and Suaree Borrell. ere are eight candidates for three KatikatiWaihi Beach Ward seats, seven candidates for four Kaimai Ward seats, and 12 contesting the four Maketu-Te Puke Ward seats. In Waihī Beach there are seven community board candidates, Katikati has seven, Ōmokoroa nine, Te Puke 10, and Maketu six. Each board will have four elected. Meanwhile, elections will be held in all but one of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council constituencies this Local Body Elections, with a late surge of nominations arriving last Friday.

Mongols trial begins One of the largest criminal trials in NZ history is underway, more than two years after Police swooped on the Mongols gang in the BOP. Operation Silk saw the arrest of the entire senior hierarchy of the gang on a raft of drugs and weapons charges. At the time, Police alleged a gang war was brewing in the BOP, and numerous groups were battling for the lion’s share of the drug market there. Nine defendants are taking part in the trial, facing 118 charges. It began on Monday in the High Court in Hamilton. e trial has been set down for 10 weeks. Council tear down Progress is being made on demolition of Tauranga City’s old council o ces. A Facebook video shows the Willow St building being torn down. e civic building saw its neighbouring headquarters demolished in 2017 following discovery of toxic mould three yearsTCCearlier.made the decision to tear down the former council o ces in 2021. e demolition is to be complete in October. e ring has closed, the hats have been collected – let the fun begin! With nominations for Local Body Elections closing last Friday, there’s 59 people vying to be elected to 32 positions at Western Bay of Plenty District Council and 37 wanting to snap up 14 vacant seats on the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

4 The Weekend SunFriday 19 August 2022 supported by Dog attack appeal e life of rottweiler Chopper is once again under threat as Tauranga City Council is appealing the judge’s ruling on its previous charge. Chopper was released from the pound in July after the charge against his owner Helen Fraser was dismissed by Judge DavidFraserCameron.wascharged by TCC with owning a dog causing injury, after Chopper bit veterinarian Dr Liza Schneider during an appointment to discuss the dog’s de-sexing in October 2021. TCC McGloneregulationenvironmentalmanagerNigelsaysTCCled the appeal because it believes the judge “made an error of law”. Draft alcohol policy e community is invited to have their say on where and when alcohol can be bought in TaurangaConsultationCity. on the revised draft Local Alcohol Policy is open for a month and follows signi cant changes to the draft policy, which was rst consulted on in December. Commission Chair Anne Tolley says the revised proposed changes are not aimed at stopping people from purchasing alcohol, but controlling times they can access it. e community can have their say on the Tauranga City Council website or get a consultation pack from the Customer Service Centre at 21 Devonport Rd or TCC libraries, until September 16.

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Seventeen For the regional council’s Tauranga seat, 17 people are vying for ve vacancies. Four people are running for BOPRC’s two Western BOP seats, six people are running for BOPRC’s two Rotorua seats, and ve people want BOPRC’s two Eastern Bay of Plenty seats. In BOPRC’s three Maori constituencies, two people are vying for the Ōkurei seat, two people are running for the Mauao seat – and the Kōhī seat received one nomination – meaning candidate Toi Kai Rakāu Iti is elected unopposed. BOPRC deputy electoral o cer Tone Nerdrum Smith says in particular, the regional council’s ve Tauranga seats being contested by 17 candidates this elections is a “a shift from 2019 when just ve nominations were received and an election was not required”. “Voting will open September 16 and close 12 noon on October 8. Voters are encouraged to keep an eye on their letterboxes for their voting papers and to have their say in who represents them for the next three years.”

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Rodney says the “real answer” to the transport issues is a tunnel under the Kaimai Ranges. If elected he would “wind back spending plans and make them more reasonable” and keep the rates low.

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Rodney Joyce says he’s the “least promising” mayoral candidate, but it’s for good reason. He’s one of eight candidates running for Western Bay of Plenty Mayor in the council’s Local Body Elections and is standing on a platform of scal responsibility and council transparency. Rodney lives in Katikati and owns a business there, and is vying for a councillor seat in the Katikati-Waihī Beach Ward. “ ings will get done, but not as quickly as they’re currently planned to be done and not as extravagantly and the rates will not be as high,” says Rodney. e 56-year-old says roads still need to be maintained and new infrastructure created, but things can built “responsibly not crazily”. “It’s not that these things aren’t needed, it’s just they need to spread them out. We need to just be much more mindful that we are spending people’s money.” NZ-born Rodney hasn’t been a councillor but was a nancial journalist and editor overseas before moving to Katikati six years ago.

Localism e Sun, which will continue to pro le mayoralty candidates in future issues, asked Rodney his view on ree Waters reforms that would see drinking, waste and stormwater managed by four publically owned entities rather than councils. He says the reforms have a “huge democratic de cit” and the council would lose its water services assets and income. “I’m a believer in localism, decisions should be made at the most local level that’s appropriate.”

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Amalgamation view e Sun is asking mayoral candidates their views on amalgamation with Tauranga City Council. “Tauranga City has major problems when they haven’t even got democratically-elected council,” says Rodney. TCC has four Commissioners in place due to “signi cant governance issues” with elected members of the previous council. “My main attitude at the moment is why would we want to go near that?,” says Rodney. “In theory, it makes sense, in practice there are a lot of sh hooks, particularly from that Tauranga side.” Roading infrastructure for the district is also important to support the Port of Tauranga, says Rodney. “ at is our most important port in NZ for getting exports out and getting imports in. “We need to build in a way that meets its needs so that we can meet the economic growth and employment needs of our region.”

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Uplift ladies in the Pacific Melia Blackwood is calling on Western BOP ladies to donate old, spare, broken bras theladiestoinPaci c. Photo: Merle Cave.

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Goal: 1000 bras Melia aims to collect 1000 bra-related items in the Western BOP this year for Project Uplift. She’s wants maternity, sports bras, normal bras, surgical bras and swimwear. “All sizes are highly valued and anything in good condition would be amazing – even broken bras can be dismantled and used for parts like bra extenders.” ere is also a need for mastectomy bras. “So if people have spare mastectomy bras they’ve grown out of, or their shape has changed, we would greatly appreciate these being donated too.”

Western Bay of Plenty women are being called on to dig deep into their underwear drawers and donate their old, unused, and ill- tting bras to uplift the lives of ladies across the Paci c. Melia Blackwood has made her Te Puna-based workplace, KiwiSpan, a dedicated drop-o point for donated bras. Project Uplift has been operating in NZ since 2012. Volunteers collect donated bras, which are sorted and sent – on request – to aid organisations in Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu and fellow Paci c Islands for distribution to local women. Dignity and comfort In the Paci c bras can be una ordable and di cult to obtain – yet are important because they not only o er dignity, comfort and support, but help prevent rashes and fungal infections by allowing air circulation. Melia, who started collecting for Project Uplift ve years ago, says there are women who have never owned a bra before. “It is such a needy cause, how would I not get involved? From a young age, growing up in NZ you get a bra and it sort of gives you that little bit of con dence and security. Puberty is awkward, so having something that shelters this slightly helps you be a bit more comfortable as a female. To grow up in a world where it is not even an option to own a bra – for me, this is why I wanted to get involved. You hear about women who have to breastfeed without a maternity bra – I’ve had three children, and boobs are really heavy when they are full of milk,” laughs Melia. “So having a bra that can support you when you’re breastfeeding is priceless...”

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What began as a look back on the life of her well-known artist father has revealed the fascinating history of the grandfather Linda Harley never met. Jack Luckman was one of the original settlers at Omokoroa. “It’s like peeling back the layers of an onion. “You nd a bit more, so you do more research, talk to more people, ask questions and a bit more is revealed,” says Linda, a former Omokoroa resident.

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Uncle Johnny “At that time there were about 10 families there and the road was pretty horrible. ey bought a section for 150 pounds and their eldest son, Johnny, helped build the family bach. He was 18.”

Now 91 years old, it’s Johnny who is helping ll in gaps in Linda’s family history. “He’s been a goldmine of information. My uncle was born in 1930 and has really great stories.”

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In the 1930s, Jack was a storeman for the dams and hydro-electric stations on Waikato River. “ ey moved every couple of years all the way along the Waikato River, supporting the construction of the dams, so he was in charge of buying everything from the nuts and bolts, to fans, steel and everything for the Ministry of Works,” says Linda. “I suppose growing up, you just think of them as old people – it’s hard to picture grandparents as being young. My grandfather was running big storage warehouses for the hydro dams and I now know that he was joined by his four oldest kids.” e family moved from Ohura to Mangakino, Karapiro and then Jack Luckman got transferred to Tauranga. By the time he and his wife settled in Omokoroa in 1947, they had seven children.

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Grandad Jack “Jack died the year before I was born, so all I had was a photo of him sitting on a rock and that was it. at was grandad.”

While most people consume alcohol responsibly, harm caused by excessive or inappropriate alcohol use can have serious negative impacts on our Tellcommunities.uswhatyou think about the proposed changes –including the times you can buy alcohol from places like supermarkets and bottle stores – so that we can work towards reducing alcohol related harm. Find out more and give us your feedback at www.tauranga.govt.nz/lap or pick up a paper consultation pack at our customer service centre at 21 Devonport Road, or in one of our libraries. 07 577 info@tauranga.govt.nz7000www.tauranga.govt.nz in-person legal advice & information clinics are back! you need help with a legal problem we are here you. Baywide Community Law offers free legal information and advice to our community. Our fortnightly in-person clinics have re-started in Katikati, Waihi and Te Puke. Katikati Clinics Tuesday, 23 August, 45Centre,Katikati1pm-3pmCommunityBeachRoad. Waihi Clinics Tuesday, 23 4ResourceWaihi10am-12pmAugust,CommunityCentre,MuellerStreet.

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Idyllic childhood Linda is the youngest of ve kids. “By the time I went to Omokoroa Point School in the 1970s, there were 15 Luckmans on a school roll of around 100,” says Linda. She recounts an idyllic childhood where she had freedom to play from dawn to dusk with the neighbours’ kids and a trip out was to Barrett’s store at Whakamarama. “ at was our closest supermarket,” says Linda. “Everyone had a vegie patch and we spent all our time shing, building huts with friends and the cousins and we’d go home at dark. “I drive around Omokoroa and point out: ‘Oh, that was uncle Lenny’s house’; ‘that was my auntie’s’; ‘there’s nana’s house’ and John was a builder so he built a lot of the houses out there. “ e Luckmans left their mark on Omokoroa. “I’m very proud of them.”

Linda’s grandad Jack died in 1963 at the age of 56. “Once they’re gone, you lose all their stories so piecing this together relies on uncle Johnny, my uncle Barry and other family members.”

Johnny Luckman was re chief at Omokoroa for 40 years. “A car caught alight next to his house so he got his wife and kids to safety, pushed the burning car away and then started emptying the house to save their belongings. “ ere was no re service out there so after that, he created the volunteer brigade in 1967. As a family they were very community-minded.”

Artist father Linda’s artist father, Fred Luckman, did a lot of work for the local school and is most famous for his mural inside Tirau’s iconic dog-shaped information centre. He passed away in 2008. “He was actually blind in one eye and yet he could still get perfect perspective,” says Linda. “He lost his sight when he was around four. “He poked a stick into his eye getting the rewood in with my uncle Johnny. Amazing that he could still create that art. Just a huge talent.”

A photo of Reuben Luckman, outside his shoeing and general smithing workshop, with his only son, Jack, is in the National Archives in Wellington. “All seven of Jack’s children were good with their hands and could build anything. He was a hard worker and instilled that work ethic in them. ey were brought up in tough in the 1930s depression, but nothing was too much of a challenge. “If they needed it, they could create it.”

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Above: From left, playing cars is Lenny Luckman, Johnny Luckman, Fred Luckman is the driver and Bunty Nunn (nee Luckman) in their childhood years.

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Below: Linda Harley and her uncle, Johnny Luckman.

Linda credits his creative genes to a family of artisans. “My brother-in-law is into genealogy, so he found that my great-great grandfather was a blacksmith who came to New Zealand from Tasmania.”

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Georgia Minkhorst Arataki taking on Tauranga Sports in the Premier Division back in April 2016. Inset: e Arataki Senior rugby team was one of the club’s rst teams.

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Established in 1971, the Arataki Sports club has been a proud cornerstone of the Arataki community for 50 years. ere was no true single founder of the club, says lifetime club member Diane Bennett. “It was the dedicated and passionate people of Arataki coming together.” “A meeting was held at the Golden Sands Motor Camp to discuss the formation of a rugby club in the Arataki area [in 1971]...it was local community who came to that meeting to talk about it and it kind of started the whole sports club idea.”

Fifty years of

e Arataki community will nally celebrate the Arataki Sports Club’s 50th jubilee this Saturday, August 20.

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“ e rst ever senior rugby team was in 1973... and netball saw its rst season in 1982,” says Diane. “ e club has had very successful women’s rugby and rugby league teams over the years. One of the memorable things was in 2000 when the Colts [rugby team] won the Baywide competition – that was really special,” says Diane. She also makes special mention of the club’s strong netball team in 2005, which had a winning streak in the local Harbourside and Baywide competitions. After Covid put a hitch in celebrations last year, the community will celebrate with a whanau day lled with food, music, entertainment and fun. A commemorative stone will be blessed and planted at the club’s garden in honour of the club’s jubilee. “I just want to congratulate and acknowledge everyone who’s been involved,” says Diane. “Especially those who were in the early beginning of it in the early-1970s… and to thank those now who continue the legacy – we’re here for the future of Arataki.” sport

Ockham New Zealand Book Award winners and nominees, literature magnates, thought-provoking journalists, and delightful performances will also be participating in this year’s festival. Dr Hinemoa Elder, Charlotte Grimshaw, Rebecca K Reilly, Max Rashbrooke, Nici Wickes, Elisabeth Easther, Abbas Nazari, Mohamed Hassan, e Spino ’s ‘Gone by Lunchtime’ team, and Tauranga’s own gang-man Jared Savage, are among the 20-plus writers, thinkers and commentators for this year. Alongside the writers programme, bringing delightful live performance through storytelling of another kind, are three special events for audiences of all ages. “Book lovers already know the joy of escaping through other people’s magical words and tales, but sometimes these stories – especially through the interesting times in which we live right now – are most powerful when discussed by the author or creator in real life,” says artistic director Gabrielle Vincent. “ at is the true magic of a writers’ festival and it is an absolute privilege to have these remarkable writers, speakers and artists share their stories and kōrero with us in Tauranga Moana.”

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Tauranga’s own little festival of big ideas –Escape Festival – will be held at a range of central city venues from October 12-16, and has a star-studded line-up booked. e festival includes a readers and writers’ weekend, schools festival and live performances, and venues include Baycourt Community and Arts Centre, Books A Plenty, Trinity Wharf Tauranga and the Tauranga Art Gallery.

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13 Friday 19 August 2022The Weekend Sun Bay of Plenty weightlifter and 2021 North Island gold medallist, Xavier Albert, has once again quali ed for the National Championships later this year.

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Carrying the momentum of a gold medal going into the National Championships last year, Xavier was hit with a massive blow – the Nationals were cancelled due to Covid-19. However, this was just one of the setbacks Xavier had to deal with. “Nationals was cancelled last year and that set back my training quite a bit. [ en] Just before November I ended up getting injured a couple of times. I did both my neck and back which set me back in my training,” says Xavier, who thankfully enjoyed some good luck three months later. “I got an opportunity to lift in the New Zealand international in February. I chucked the NZ suit on for the rst time which was cool. “ at was an opportunity to try and crack the Commonwealth team but I think due to my injuries last year, it just made it a bit tough. “Competing for NZ was a milestone in itself.” Both Xavier and coach Jason Hylkema are pragmatic in their approach. “I sat down with my coach and we both agreed to try and get these niggles out of the way rst to build up to these nationals in November. “So I’ve had two months of conditioning work so that my body doesn’t get injured again.”

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Main goal is year’s North Island Championship was not ideal for Xavier, but the main goal was not a medal. “I got fourth – I didn’t even make it onto the podium, which is a bugger. e whole goal was to not get injured again and after that comp I felt ne and I felt healthy.”

Jason is satisfied with how Xavier is tracking. “Coming o a year of not really doing anything as such and having a few niggles, we spent the last three months just prepping the body and bringing him back to a nice blank canvas,” says Jason. “After North Islands Champs we started a build-up getting ready for Nationals, so he’s training using Olympic lifts now that the body’s healthy. “Xavier is naturally lling out into his weight category and what we’ve seen with his lifting so far with basic training is that he’s been able to hit some pretty impressive numbers without really committing to full Olympic cycles.”

Revving to go Xavier says in terms of Nationals, the goal is to try and take it out, “which would be quite nice”. e next Commonwealth Games is the top goal. “We have a four-year plan leading up to the next Comm Games.” e Weightlifting NZ 2022 Masters and Junior & Senior National Championships are on from November 25-26. the Yes, like the Pokemon, he’s cute! He’s a Poke-pup! He is three months old, and ready to ful l your life. is loving boy is playful yet quiet and has a gentleness about him. He is not a yapper. He’s so good when put in the playpen or crate and knows it’s nap time. He likes to fall asleep next to his foster mum or on her lap. Toilet training is still in early stages but he’ll learn fast once he’s got the grass tickling his feet. He hasn’t interacted with children yet but chases the big cat in the house and tries to play. He’s used to having two big dogs around, barking and running from him. Squirtle is

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Four Tauranga teens are juggling schoolwork, training and fundraising to represent New Zealand against the elite of sport climbing at the end of the month. e World Youth Championships is being held in Dallas from August 22-31, with more than 400 young climbers Fifteen-year-oldentered.Mischa Boorman is the only participant from Tauranga who is competing in all three climbing disciplines; speed, lead climbing and“It’sbouldering.toughbecause you’ve got to change your headspace for each event,” says coach Rob Moore. “In bouldering, you get ve minutes to try the climb as many times as you like so you can take more risks. Lead climbing is slow and precise because you only get one shot at getting as high as you can in six minutes. It’s hard to transfer between the rst two, and the power and agility that’s needed for the nal speed climbing event.”

Tauranga City Council has started preliminary work needed for the construction of the new Pāpāmoa East Interchange, which will connect neighbourhoods in Pāpāmoa East to the Tauranga Eastern Link/ State Highway 2. Earthworks have begun and will require tra c lanes on the TEL to be reduced for the next six months. Tauranga City Council commission chair Anne Tolley says the interchange is much-needed and can’t come soon enough. “It will provide people living in Pāpāmoa East with a welcome alternative travel route, no matter what their destination,” says Anne. “ e interchange also means we will have the road capacity to enable more housing and commercial development in the area, which is essential to support our growing city.” is work will take place in the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll road corridor, on the western side of the Kaituna River bridge. For more information about the Pāpāmoa East Interchange and construction, www.tauranga.govt.nz/peivisit: Future travel improvements for Pāpāmoa East

Mischa’s personal best time in the Youth B category is 12:34. She’ll be competing in that discipline along with 17-year-olds Julian David, Flynn Chisholm and Antony Death, who are in the Youth A category. “It’s the rst time these teens have quali ed for the world youth champs and they’re all really excited,” says Rob. “ ey’re also feeling con dent and strong even though the skill level with athletes from around the world is a really big step up.” To prepare, the teens have been training six days a week twice-daily as well as lifting weights in the gym, working with a track and eld coach, cycling and a lot of stretching. “We haven’t had a Kiwi youth make a semi- nal for around 12 years, so our goal is to make a seminal. I think we have an outside chance of doing that,” says Rob. ey’ve also each had to raise enough money to cover their own travel to the United States. “ ey’re really dedicated to this and I’m so proud. We’re super excited to see how they go on the world stage.” Debbie Griffiths

Tauranga teens Flynn Chisholm, Antony Death, Julian David and Mischa Boorman are set to climb onto the world championships stage in the US. Photo: Brydie Photography.

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16 The Weekend SunFriday 19 August 2022 STATIONTHE83REDOUBTHASHTAG CAFE This new woodfire eatery opened on The Strand recently, serving up delicious shared plates, pizzas, salads, burgers, cocktails and more! They have a kids’ room too which provides the perfect opportunity for parents to take some time out together in the restaurant.The Redoubt Bar and Eatery is a local favourite in Te Awamutu and Matamata… now they are open on The Strand! Head along for “good beer, good food, and great cheer”. The perfect spot for lunch! Hashtag Café are now open on Grey Street. Their dishes range from Korean style potato pancakes with kimchi and avocado, to flatbreads and Chinese glazed pork belly. Yum. WHAT’S NEW IN YOUR CITY CENTRE? So you love trying new things? Great. As our city centre rebuilds and transforms, there’s some amazing new eateries and retail stores opening all the time. Here’s a few eateries that we think you’ll love that opened recently in the heart of our city! downtowntauranga.co.nzWhatelseareyoumissingouton? Resene DIY Card special! or shop online at shop.resene.co.nz Visit your local Resene ColorShop! Tauranga: 47 Waihi Rd, (07) 578 4169 Mt Maunganui: 91 Newton St (07)572 0044 60-80TestpotsResenemLPremiumResenePaint10L Discounts off the normal retail price from 17 August – 5 September 2022 Valid only with cash/credit card/EFTPOS purchases and Resene DIY card. Not available in conjunction with account sales, promotional vouchers/coupons or other offers. Excludes trade, ECS and Crown products and PaintWise levy. Sign up for a free Resene DIY card at your Resene ColorShop or participating reseller. Offer applies to 10 litre Resene premium paints, primers/sealers, wood stains and 60-80 mL testpots only. Make your charitable giving have a bigger impact. Your giving. Your way.

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Buckle up and join an escaped convict and germophobe on a chaotic journey lled with crime and fun in the new webseries – ‘Roadie’.

As a road trip story that makes the most of Aotearoa’s beautiful backyard up to Auckland, there are plans for an episode in Tauranga later in the series, so watch this space! Check out the first ‘Roadie’ episode here: youtu.be/0vc7LvSZZDA Georgia Minkhorst Anna Florencia Koata Pātete behind the scenes with Taylor Nixon, who bleached and shaved his hair to get into the criminal character of ‘Zak’.

Tauranga-born-and-raised creatives, Josh and Alex Hunter, with Taylor Nixon from Taranaki, have wound up in Wellywood to follow their love of lm. Combining their skills in producing, set decorating, locations and acting, the pilot episode of ‘Roadie’ is here after being released on Wednesday. ‘Roadie’ has been Taylor’s passion project – he’s written, directed, co-produced and acted in the series. “I’ve grown up on road trips and I’ve always had a love of crime and I thought: ‘I wonder if I put the two together?’” He was thrilled when ‘Roadie’ won runner-up at the New Zealand Web Fest Pitch Competition last year. “ ey icked us a bit of cash and that kind of got the ball rolling on making the pilot,” says Taylor. Described as “one hell of a ride”, ‘Roadie’ follows an introverted germophobe, played by Josh, and an unhinged criminal, played by Taylor, as they journey from Wellington to Auckland – all while being hunted down by a ferocious hit woman. “I think younger people will really enjoy ‘Roadie’ because it’s quite a fun, upbeat story, something a little bit di erent and it doesn’t take itself too seriously,” says Josh. After the pilot’s teaser dropped in March and received more than 35,000 views in the rst week, Taylor knew ‘Roadie’ is a story people need. “I realised how important it is to make this story.”

e Roadie crew worked from 9pm-7am for the episode’s night shoot at a Wellington petrol station.

“I think the best part is that we’re all young creatives trying to get our work out there and I think for people to recognise, it was just such a niceWithfeeling.”sixepisodes for ‘Roadie’s rst season, there are ve more episodes to shoot, says Taylor. “We’re going to try gather funds to complete the series, most likely crowdfunding and sponsorship.”

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17The Weekend Sun Friday 19 August 2022 0800yourwhānauMoana,Taurangaourneedsupport!MATAATUA(628228) https://www.tpoom.co.nz/ Te Puna ora o Mataatua is looking to build a strong workforce of support workers. More support workers increase the ability for our whānau to live better in their own homes. APPLY NOW! Sam U indell MP for Tauranga 35a Third Avenue, Tauranga 3110 07 577 taurangamp@parliament.govt.nz0923SamUndellTauranga Authorised by Sam U ndell, Parliament Buildings, Wgtn. For assistance and appointments please get in touch taurangamp@parliament.govt.nz0923 is four-month-old brindle girl, called Reese, is very outgoing and full of con dence and loves to play, play, play all day! Her and her four siblings are still young babies so will bene t from puppy training classes so they can become well socialised, learn their puppy manners and blossom into lovely, well-adjusted dogs. If you think you have the right family for this young pup, give the Tauranga centre a call on: 07 5780245. Reference number: 547552.

Celebrating culture

Multicultural Tauranga hopes its awareness day will encourage the community to appreciate Bay of Plenty’s diversity. Photo: John Borren.

Schools celebrate Premila has reached out to local schools to get involved, with ve con rming their participation including Gate Pā School. “Our school will celebrate this day by having everyone come to school in their cultural dress,” says teacher and team leader Ann-Marie Morris. “At Gate Pā School we believe it is very important to celebrate the uniqueness of every child. Not only that, but we have a belief that a child’s culture is a foundation to their lives and wellbeing.” Ann-Marie adds that because their school is highly culturally diverse, everyone gets to learn a lot from one another. Multicultural Tauranga has also held an art competition in schools, with prizes being awarded at a small gathering at the Creative Community Campus in the Historic Village on Multicultural Day, August 26, at 6pm. “ e theme of this year’s art competition is ‘ e ngers of one hand – Nga Matimati no te ringa kotahi’. Our creative o cer Alessandra Tilby has done a wonderful job of running the competition,” says Premila. Awareness and appreciation Multicultural Tauranga is also a part of the New Zealand National Plan Against Racism, and Premila says this is something local migrant students have raised as something needing change. “By understanding di erent cultures it becomes easier to see people as human beings,” says Premila. “Japanese, Korean, even some Indian Sikh people, they have special customs and traditions and the way they dress can be misunderstood. “We feel that almost everyone in New Zealand is an immigrant because our forefathers have moved from another country to this beautiful land, so we wish to celebrate our diversity while keeping in mind our tangata whenua.”

Multicultural Tauranga is calling on the community to celebrate and spread cultural appreciation on Friday, August 26, for a Bay of Plenty Multicultural Day. No matter where you are next Friday, Multicultural Tauranga encourages people to dress in cultural attire, share a meal together and tell stories from their culture. “ e reason we’re doing this is because we’re nding that 11 per cent of our population in the Bay of Plenty now are Asian and Paci c and we also have 18 per cent of Maori descent,” says Multicultural Tauranga’s president Premila D’Mello. “We have events like this to build awareness of ethnic communities who are a part of the Bay of Plenty community, and having a multicultural day would mean they feel their culture is accepted and valued.”

Ready to love Reese to pieces?

Premila says Multicultural Tauranga encourages the community to not only accept di erent cultures, but to appreciate and nd enjoyment in them too. “It would be good for us to make this e ort to increase the understanding of cultures so that local communities appreciate and become informed aboutMulticulturaldiversity.”Tauranga invites people to share pictures of how they celebrate on the day on social media with #MulticulturalDay 2022 on Facebook and to send pictures to: manager@trmc.co.nz

Churches Active In Our Community 18 The Weekend SunFriday 19 August 2022 Churches Tauranga S2230cbStPeters ST PETERS IN THE CITY Cnr. Cameron Rd & Spring St RevPhonewww.stpeters.org.nz5789608EnosaAuva’a 10.00am Family ServiceContemporary ST ENOCHS 134 16th Avenue Phone 578 Rev.www.stenochs.org.nz3040JacoReyneke 9.30am Morning Worship ST ANDREWS Cnr Macville Rd & Dee St Mt Maunganui Phone 575 9347 Rev.www.mountchurch.org.nzDouglasBradley 9.00am Traditional Service 10.30am Contemporary Service EVANS RD COMMUNITY CHURCH, PAPAMOA 30 Evans Road Phone 574 6190 Rev. Mike Uttley 10.00am Family Service COMMUNITYBETHLEHEM CHURCH 183 Mo at Rd Phone 579 www.bcchurch.co.nz1600 9.30am Worship Service ST COLUMBA 502 Otumoetai Rd Phone 576 Email:www.stcolumba.co.nz6756oce@stcolumba.co.nz 9.30am Worship Service You are welcome to worship with us each Sabbath (Saturday) St Andrews Church, Dee St, Mt Maunganui Bible Study 9:30am • Worship Service 10:45am Enquiries 021 277 mtmaunganui.adventist.org.nz1909We look forward to seeing you! Replace CHURCH CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE with St Andrews Church, Dee St, Mt Maunganui Bible Study 9:30am - Worship Service 10:45am Also replace the words: ONLINE SERVICES MountSDA@gmail.comONLY With: We look forward to seeing you! S2214cbMount SABBATH 10AM OTUMOETAI PRIMARY ALL info@bethel.org.nzSHALOMWELCOMEJoel & Sharon van Ameringen BETH -EL la tyb Messianic021bethel.org.nzFamily768043 SABBATH 10AM OTUMOETAI PRIMARY ALL info@bethel.org.nzSHALOMWELCOME

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have divided many believers and congregations, some of whom are still nursing their wounds. Many people feel the issue is about ‘my right to choose’ based upon deeply held convictions about the choices they make. It has always been in the nature of human nature to disagree, and the respectful response is to acknowledge everyone’s right to their convictions. But for the follower of Jesus, ‘my rights’ can

For the year ended June 31, 2021, the Western Bay of Plenty District Council collected $24.8m in property rates in relation to ree Waters activities. is made up $33.10 per cent of the council’s total rates revenue. If the ree Waters Proposal goes ahead Council will lose this income and the Government will take over our ree Water’s assets currently valued at $323Accordingmillion.to CEO John Holyoake in an email to our association dated June 28: “It’s too early for us to comment on the detail around the water asset transfer and the consequent nancial impacts” and “there are still too many unknowns regarding what assets, what debt and what rates collected etc will transfer. We’re not going to work through all the variables and assumptions until we have clarity. We are doing some high-level modelling and can make that available when it is complete, probably towards the end of July.”

Submissions on the Water Services Entities Bill closed July 21. WBOPDC has done nothing to prevent the theft of our water assets, or to retain this income stream, or to consult with ratepayers – or to advise us if they are even making a submission on the bill. Some low level modelling, aka ‘common sense’, would have told them this is a very bad deal for ratepayers. Keith Hay, chairman, Katikati-Waihi Beach Residents and Ratepayers Association. Editor’s Note: When approached for a right of reply, WBOPDC declined in this instance.

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More than fluoride needed! mandatory to avoid it becoming a hinderance to the Gospel. I nd it very confusing to hear Christians insisting on their rights to the point where they are willing to allow disunity in the Church for something that is far less painful than Timothy’s circumcision. Rev Keith Hooker, Interim Minister for St PresbyterianColumbaChurch.

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With children in a Western Bay of Plenty primary school I hear about and see so many children getting llings in their teeth. But putting uoride in the water is not going to solve the problem of children’s teeth rotting. ey are still going to buy and eat chocolates, lollies and zzy drinks galore from the dairies and convenience stores located nearby. What you need is a ban on these stores selling this junk food to youngsters without parents present. Sounds harsh – but it’s the only way to stop kids lling up on rubbish and ending up in the dentist chair – costing taxpayers a fortune. Or maybe the onus should be put back on parents – three free lings per kid aged under 12. If your kid needs more, you pay for them. G Robertson,GatePa. Operation Cover Up’s Bay of Plenty would like to convey to the people of the Bay of Plenty, who following e Weekend Sun’s article, supported our group with very generous donations of items to send to Eastern Europe. Our area has contributed four wool bales of knitted goods and 11 boxes of other items. ese are now on their way to their distribution warehouse in Rotterdam. Our grateful thanks for your support. Well done Tauranga! Elsa Pullenger, BOP Operationcoordinator,CoverUp. I am concerned to read that Bishop Brian Tamaki has been charged with, and has pleaded guilty to, careless driving. He accepts that charge, it carries a maximum penalty of $3000. He crossed the centre line. e elderly driver of the other car tried to drive around him by swinging to the right but was still struck by Tamaki’s car. Any other person would be charged with ‘dangerous driving causing injury’, a far more serious charge. What is it with this guy? Is he untouchable? He’s a major thorn in the sides of the Police, he arranges protest marches on our motorways for reasons that are pretty stupid, and holds up everyone’s travel. e Police have far better things to do than run after this clown. Come on, deal with him please. Dan Russell, Welcome Bay. Hi Tauranga folks. Simple question. Am I blind or not? Driving about on a family jaunt on Sunday, August 7, I noticed a massive abundance of pink blossoming trees – all over the place. Is this a normal occurrence? Because it seems a whole lot more than what I have usually seen. Cheers. Dean Hokianga, Hairini. Our rights and responsibilities never be the only consideration. As Paul said: “I have been cruci ed with Christ, it is no longer I who lives but Christ who lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). Christ died so that we might live, and he calls us to follow his example, which means sacri cing our rights for the sake of others. “Each of you should look not only to your own interest but also to the interest of others” (Phil. 2:4). Paul instructed the Corinthians to abstain from a practice that would cause others to stumble. Similarly, he had Timothy circumcised – not because he believed circumcision had any merit but A very bad deal for ratepayers… Is untouchable?Tamaki Not adding fluoride is beyond belief!

Well done Tauranga! A blooming question…

Re: Alan Reynolds’ letter ‘Adding uoride to water beyond belief!’ ( e Weekend Sun, August 12). Not adding uoride is beyond belief! To all the people who voted not to have uoride in our water twice. You voted with half knowledge, untruths, and myths and misinformation. Scienti c knowledge was in short supply. e council actually knew better. Auckland had uoride added in the 1960s. A thought. ese towns and cities have 100 per cent uoride in their water: Auckland, Wellington, Napier, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua, Dunedin and these are the most well-known. ere are others. When you pass through and you have a drink of water, wonder of wonders, you live! e US Center for Diseases and Prevention has approved the use of uoride in the drinking water of more than 200 million people. I suppose it can be poisonous... If you still do not belief me when I say that uoride is not harmful to you in the doses allowable, go to: Ministry of Health, Fluoride and oral health, updated on August 3, 2022. ere is a mass of information on this site. Fluoride stops cavities, just ask any dentist. Terry Johnson, Gate Pa.

19 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 News from Bay of Plenty Regional Council August 2022 Until now your Bay of Plenty Regional Council rates have been collected for us by your city or district council. This year, that’s changed, and you will need to pay directly to us. You will continue to receive rates invoices from your city or district council for the services they provide, which you will need to pay to them. How you pay your regional council rates has changed Kua panoni te āhuatanga kia utu koe i āu rēti kaunihera ā-rohe How to pay your Bay of Plenty Regional Council rates. NZ Post Shop directBydebit In person at one of our o ces payment agent (EFTPOS or cash) Online (credit card or internet banking) www.boprc.govt.nz/rates If you want to pay your rates in person you have the option of paying at one of our o ces in Tauranga, Rotorua or Whakatāne. Our o ces are open 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Tauranga Regional House, 1 Elizabeth Street.DIVECRESCENTWHARFST FIRSTAVESECONDAVE CAMERONSELWYNSTROAD THESTRAND TAKITIMUDRIVE SPRINGSTDURHAMST GREYSTELIZABETHSTDEVONPORTROAD WILLOWST Sign up before 19 October to pay your rates by direct debit at www.boprc.govt.nz/rates •Paying by direct debit spreads the cost across the year •You choose the frequency of payments –weekly, fortnightly, monthly or annually •Avoid a late payment penalty •Set and forget – don’t worry about your regional council rates again If you’ve already signed up with us for a direct debit then relax, you’re done! Pay the easy way Set up a direct debit View ratesproperty’syouronline or at our o ces Visit our website and use the property search to find out more information about your property’s rates. Visit www.boprc.govt.nz/rates or call into one of our o ces to search. Key Dates 22FromAugust Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki and Kawerau invoices sent 29FromAugust Rotorua and Taupō invoices sent 5FromSeptember Western Bay of Plenty invoices sent 12FromSeptember invoicesTaurangasent 20 October Due date for all invoices except monthly, fortnightly or weekly direct debits 31 October Late penalty applied for unpaid rates Find out more about the changes at boprc.govt.nz/rates or call our Rates team on 0800 BOP RATES (0800 267 728) The Weekend Sun Friday 19 August 2022

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•$150 contributes to research that improves cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

No one should face cancer alone

Da odil Day fundraising ensures Cancer Society services like support from nurses, meals, treatment transport and accommodation remains free. Please donate Donate online at: www.da odilday.org.nz at any ANZ branch during August or via a street collector on August 26. Your generous donation will help make a di erence for people with cancer.

•$107 helps provide accommodation for people travelling for treatment.

Cancer Society nurse Penny Parsons is under no illusions about the importance of Da odil Day. Simply put, she says, the charity’s largest annual fundraiser is “vitally important” because it helps fund the work she does.

Life-changing “A cancer diagnosis is life-changing for people and their families,” says Penny. “ ere’s a lot of uncertainty – and for some there is fear. Having a nurse, who can demystify some of the process and talk with them about what to expect, can help put them at ease.” For some families, practical assistance is needed most. “It’s about asking questions. “Do they have transport to treatment? Do they need help with meals because they’re experiencing fatigue? Is someone in the family in need of counselling? ese are the sorts of things that can relieve a lot of the stress and also the nancial burden when someone in the family has cancer.” Penny says it can be a long journey for families, with cancer treatment often taking many months. “Sometimes people have great natural support from friends and extended family at the start, but as time goes on that support can drop away. “Cancer Society nurses walk alongside our clients for as long as they need us, because no one should face cancer alone.”

Cancer Society nurses Leoni Lawry and Penny Parsons are grateful for Da odil Day support.

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Penny leads a team of eight experienced nurses working in communities across the entire Waikato and BOP regions. e team answered the call for help more than 8000 times in the past year – visiting people with cancer in their homes, delivering meals, phone follow-ups and hosting support and walking groups.

Singer/songwriter Moone (Marama Rice) will perform her song ‘I am who I am’ in dedication to her cousin Eva McGauley, who died of cancer aged 19. “Eva was amazing and did amazing things for feminism, activism, philanthropy,” says Moone. “She raised more than $70, 000 for Eva’s Wish charity and for Wellington Sexual Abuse Help Foundation as well.” Come along Funds raised will go to Cancer Society services. ere will be spot prizes, plus gift bags for best dressed, says Maria. “Collectively, we’ll make a stand, bring awareness, raise funds, and have a great day!” says Maria. e fundraiser begins 11am on Friday, August 26, at the Te Puke Memorial Hall, at 130 Jellicoe St. Georgia Minkhorst

On August 26, Maria Moore, Marama Rice, Jerrie-Lee Ngareta Hill and Bridget McKinley will ‘March and Stand’ for good causes on Te Puke’s Jellicoe St. “We encourage everyone to dress in yellow or brightly-coloured clothes playing the kazoo, banging tambourines and bringing awareness to this incredible cause while fundraising at the same time,” says Maria, a Da odil Day coordinator in Te Puke. Combining forces “We’re going to combine our causes and bring awareness and raise much-needed funds to support people living with cancer and their whanau,” says Maria. “My partner Grant passed away December 2020 of bone cancer. It was terrible and very emotional for the family.”

Backing the fundraiser is Ms Woman of the Universe NZ 2022 candidate JerrieLee Ngareta Hill, who is an advocate for women’s rights, the Cancer Society and other community causes. “My passion to help others comes from my own personal experience with hardships and loss in my past, so it was only tting that I tautoko [support] this one,” says Jerrie-Lee. Also showing support is performer Bridget Mckinley, who stars in the variety show ‘Frocks & Diva’s’ movie. “Tarnished Frocks and Diva’s was originally put together by a tight-knit group of local dance mums who, having lost one of their close members to cancer, wanted to ‘throw a party, rather than wear black’.”

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Very few health professionals, including specialists, have undergone formal training in the use of a dermatoscope. If they did, they could increase their ability to pick up cancers by at least 30 per cent. More importantly, they’d be able to diagnose cancers earlier when malignancies are still treatable. At Skinspots we have invested heavily in training health professionals. ere are six doctors and

Are you taking a joint supplement? – Part 2

New enhanced formula

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When I formulate any supplement, I use research and best evidence to build a successful formula. An example of this is the ‘Aging Clin Exp Res, 2021’ peer-reviewed study into the e ectiveness of highgrade Chondroitin Sulphate.

It concluded that high grade CS at 800mg was e ective at reducing symptoms of osteoarthritis. is study was so profound it resulted in the adoption of CS as a prescription medicine in Europe. I used this study to help me formulate my joint supplement. I included an 800mg daily dose of high-grade CS in my formula along with 800mg of Glucosamine sulphate and 200mg of 95 per cent Curcumin from turmeric. I then evaluated chondroitin suppliers, and most were bovine or marine-sourced. I found that avian (chicken) CS has Doctors spend a long time at university, and we all expect that this training is su cient to do a proper job.

John Arts is a quali ed nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559. To read more go to www.sunlive.co.nz

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen” – Winston Churchill. When we feel strongly about something, we may feel emboldened to speak out our thoughts. Sometimes this can be a good thing and sometimes it may not be helpful. Perhaps one way to check in on which response is best for a given situation is to ask yourself what is your intention around what you want to express? Is it to inform others of a particular perspective? Is it a desire to convince others to your way of thinking? Is it to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves? Or is it something else entirely? e important thing is to access the intention and desired outcome you want, then ask yourself which is the more appropriate action in this situation? To speak, or to listen? To know more about coaching, whether to strengthen yourself or a relationship, or to deal with stress, phone Mary Parker, e Fast Track Coach, on: 021 258 2145, or visit: www.thefasttrackcoach.co.nz To speak or listen?

Who should do skin cancer checks

Medical students receive between two hours on two days of skin cancer training in their study career. Most of their curriculum was designed before the advent of routine use of a dermatoscope – the magnifying light used for examining of skin cancer. Formal training

four nurses who hold a certi cate in dermoscopy, diploma in dermoscopy or higher quali cation. e nurses undergo the same training and exams as doctors do. e training is tough and followed by working with more experienced colleagues until each person is quali ed and experienced enough to undertake individual skin checks for patients. Highest standard is service is audited and accredited by the Skin Cancer College of Australasia. We function closely as a team and this means that second opinions, if needed, could be asked for during the same consult. We aim to bring you the highest standard skin cancer checks possible. a higher proportion of important chondroitin-4-sulfate and is therefore better absorbed – so after discussion with a biochemist I chose high grade avian CS. All is good so far! I’ve now built up a signi cant record of people using this formula during the last seven years. While real-life results always vary, those who’ve implemented my recommendations and follow the review process have overwhelmingly had bene ts – some minor, some signi cant, with most saying the supplements have resulted in greater comfort and mobility. For example, a person I’m currently helping has had worsening osteoarthritis in both knees with X-rays showing signi cant deterioration in her right knee. In March, we started her on a programme that included a double dose of my joint supplement and 4000mg of Omega 3 sh oil. She’s reported signi cant improvements during the past four months and has noticed a reduction in discomfort and is now able to walk freely again. For more information, give me a call or email: john@abundant.co.nz You can read my newsletter at: www.abundant.co.nz

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A group of knitters in Te Puke, who are dipping into their own pockets to create and donate woollen clothes, blankets and toys to kids in hospitals, is appealing for nancial help.

Founder Margaret Edge says the group of around 15 women have been gathering for two hours each Friday at Te Puke Library for more than three years. “I’m proud of them; they do work so hard,” says Margaret. “Our oldest lady is 88 years old. ere are some who have problems with their hands with arthritis but we have a great time together.

ere are biological reasons why we start noticing changes in our skin at 30. is is the age when we experience hormonal changes, collagen production plunges and we notice a dramatic reduction in our skin’s moisture content. e good news is, you can take action to counteract these trends and support healthy, beautiful skin into your 30s and beyond. Firstly, let’s talk about what you can take internally to support beautiful skin from within. e skin is the last organ in the body to receive nutrients and the rst to show de ciencies. I recommend every woman in her 30s begins taking Bestow Beauty Oil for mineralspecifromandEssentialskin-friendlyFattyAcids;BestowBeautyBeneath,askin-cvitaminandcapsule.

I think it’s common for women to breeze through their twenties without giving much thought to their naturally youthful skin. However, turning 30 is often a catalyst for taking stock (ah! wrinkles!) and becoming more intentional about investing in skin health and self-care.

Did you decide to start taking skincare seriously when you turned 30?

“If you heard us sometimes, you wouldn’t think there’s a lot of work going on but our needles go at out the whole time.” Moreover, the knitting then continues at home in their spare time. “We knit for premature babies and for Starship’s cancer ward,” says Margaret. “Mostly beanies, blankets and TV slippers. We send them to Ronald McDonald House, Middlemore, Waikato and Whakatane hospitals as well as Plunket in Whakatane and Te Puke.” A $500 grant and a donation of $200 has covered the cost of some wool, but group members still often buy their own and pay for postage. “Bags cost $11 and we’re sending out ve or six a month,” says Margaret. “We could really use some nancial help to cover that cost.”

e rst thing Margaret knitted more than 60 years ago was a set of clothes for her own daughter. “My late mother-in-law was a wonderful knitter and crocheter. When I was pregnant with my rst child she told me: ‘I’m going to teach you to knit’. I actually knitted a complete layette set in fan stitch. I had my daughter in February and had made a dress, a coat, booties and mittens.” Now, the satisfaction comes from knowing there are other parents out there grateful for the donated knitted“Occasionally,items. we see pictures of new mums in the local paper with their baby wearing one of our beanies,” says Margaret. “We get a lot of ‘thank you’ notes or people call us. “It’s really lovely.”

To contact Margaret’s knitting group, to provide support, phone: 027 573 7499.

Tight-knit group seeks support Debbie Griffiths Doreen Double and Margaret Edge with some of the their group of knitters in Te Puke have created. Photo: Bob Tulloch. age 30

ese products provide key nutrients to boost skin health and support hormonal health at this critical time. To counteract the collagen dive, we recommend taking one tablespoon per day of Bestow Collagen Boost powder. is powder boosts your supply of collagen building blocks and boosts skin elasticity, plumps out wrinkles and promotes younger looking skin. And you already know this, but less alcohol, more water and a whole-foods diet will do wonders to support beautiful skin! Next month, I’ll talk about what you can do topically. For more info on Bestow Collagen Boost powder, visit: www.jamele.co.nz/blog

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24 The Weekend SunFriday 19 August 2022 news and views for the over 55s

e Vines at Bethlehem respects the modern needs of retirees by providing exible lifestyle options for those who are active and independent.

roundabouts, giveway signs and indicating,” says Val from Tauranga. “Con dence – look – listen –evaluate,” says Maureen from Katikati. “Clear and very well presented,” says Maurice from Tauranga.“Reaction times are probably slower now. I’m glad to have done this course. ank you,” says Fran from“WellOmokoroa.worthwhile. Hoping to get my 90-year-old licence next month,” says June from Papamoa. “Excellent, informative and casual. I already feel con dent driving but I picked up some good tips,” says Kevin from Omokoroa. Each course participant is given a comprehensive course manual to take away, which covers the content of the session and becomes a useful aide memoire for future reference. Several people have commented on the value of this document. e Driver Refresher Courses are free to senior drivers and available throughout the Western BOP. See advert for upcoming dates and venues. Registration is essential, contact Age Concern Tauranga on: 07 578 2631 for more information. e Staying Safe Driver Refresher Courses are a great way to gain con dence.

Challenging the traditional stereotypes of retirement, this Classic Life village recognises the changing needs of the contemporary retiree. e stylish villas are designed for easy living, providing ‘lock and leave’ for day trips or getaways. Located close to cycle tracks, the beautiful east coast beaches, the stunning Kaimai hills and several shopping meccas; residents are spoilt for choice for nearby adventures. For those wanting to stay closer to home, e Vines village is built around the distinctive Clubhouse, previously the iconic Mills Reef winery. is stunning space is home to Café 143, a hairdresser, wellness space, theatre, library, indoor pool, spa and gymnasium, bowls and much more. As we age, our wellbeing is paramount, and our loved ones like to feel assured that we are settled and happy in our homes, whilst safe and secure. e Vines is gated with a 24-hour emergency call service and help is on hand for those odd jobs in your home and garden should you desire. is next chapter of life may be your most exciting yet. If you would like a tour of e Vines, call Tony Stack now to book on: 021 328 767, or visit: www.thevinesatbethlehem.co.nz

e Vines at Bethlehem Clubhouse. Photo: Salina Galvan. Modern facilities, community feel

Have you got years of experience behind the wheel?

e Staying Safe Driver Refresher Courses for senior drivers, o ered by Age Concern Tauranga, are proving to be very popular. But don’t just take their word for it –here are some of the comments made by“[It]participants.Reminded me of aspects I had long forgotten,” says Peter from Papamoa. “Yesterday when I drove into Tauranga I felt much more con dent,” says Claire from Omokoroa. “Refreshed the rules around

When did you last have a refresher course for your driving?

Life can be demanding; our homes should be a haven away from the busy world and our communities surrounding them should be comfortable and safe.

25The Weekend Sun Friday 19 August 2022 For more info contact Claire Keen on 07 543 4008 or 021 061 7247. 9 Grantston Drive, Pyes Pa, Tga. www.althorpvillage.co.nz Acknowledging, but not being defined by dementia www.enlivenplus.org.nz e. enlivenplus@psn.org.nz p. 07 547 4349 Forewarned is Forearmed. Support from a dementia specialist to empower you to make the best decisions. news and views for the over 55s Being diagnosed with dementia is life-changing. We hear these cries for help: “We need support to understand what’s happening”; “More training’s needed for family carers”; “What is it?”; and “How is it going to a ect my loved one?” We hear of people left oundering and having to work it out for themselves. A local geriatrician sums it up well: “Forewarned is forearmed”. “Current treatment is the ambulance at the bottom of the cli . If there was education, there would be less panic and therefore less emergency need.” While researching for EnlivenPlus, we saw that even people diagnosed years ago have had little to no helpful information. e recently diagnosed are not better o either. “My husband was diagnosed, then we stood in the carpark not knowing what to do or where to go for support,” says one person. “Information, particularly in the early stages, is very challenging and confusingwhere do I go to get information?” We cannot allow families to be left on their own to gure out such a complex condition. ere are 120 causes of dementia, each one a ecting the person in a di erent way. Dementia is more than memory loss; it a ects vision, time perception and so much Understandingmore. your loved one’s dementia is critical to reducing stress, surprises and delaying admission to care. With appropriate education people can acknowledge, but not be de ned by, dementia. It’s important to remember the wellbeing of the person with dementia is closely aligned to the wellbeing of those around them. Diagnosed, but struggling to get good information about dementia?

Exemplary care “I’m grateful to all the medical and support sta for their exemplary care and their obvious devotion to duty, especially in these trying times with fewer feet on the oor.”

Visitors’ exploits “I would ring daily and hear all about her day and her kind visitors’ exploits,” says Jennifer. “My dear mother got her wish to be in her own home – and it’s one that I’m sure we would all like. “ e kindness she received is noted, greatly appreciated and will never be forgotten. I wanted to express my gratitude. “ e care and respect of our elderly here in Tauranga is still very much alive and well.”

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Debbie Griffiths Jennifer Law with her mother Molly Black in 2016.

A Tauranga woman has paid tribute to the health professionals, family, friends and neighbours who rallied to enable her 98-year-old mother to remain in her own home for her nal months. Molly Black passed away in January after a stroke, but it was back in April 2020 that her independence was threatened when she fell and fractured her arm during lockdown. Her daughter, Jennifer Law, was relieved that support agencies swung into action. “We are fortunate to live in New Zealand and have our health system. e dispatch team at Visionwest In-Home Healthcare allocated support workers as required,” says Jennifer. “ is is a busy and stressful job. “My mother was given personal assistance twice-daily by the warmest and big-hearted of support workers. It appeared that nothing was too muchJennifertrouble.”worked as a nurse for 45 years and can’t speak highly enough of the sta at Tauranga Hospital.

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Molly’s church community, pharmacy, family doctor and even kitchen sta , cleaners and gardeners earned the gratitude of her family. “It is said that it ‘takes a community to raise a child’ and so it is with supporting a soul in their declining years and days,” says Jennifer. When she returned home, sta and residents at Metlifecare Greenwood Park would regularly call to check on Molly, put out her rubbish, bring in her mail, pop in with their news, owers, treats, and would take her out.

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LATITUDE 37 Fri 19th St. Marcus 8.30pm Sat 20th Midnight Fizz 8.30pm Sun 21st Jason Crawford 4-7pm MT RSA Fri 19th Gerry Lee 7-10.30pm Sat 20th Annie G Karaoke 7-10.30m

The blues, the big band and the boss bluesmen. But they were still outnumbered by purveyors of jazz, since the entire Mount Maunganui College Big Band made the trip and sounded splendid. Art centre I hadn’t been North in more than a year so I called by Whangarei and took in the new Hundertwasser Art Centre. Which is absolutely breathtaking. Magni cent. My jaw dropped at nding such a gem of a place in Whangarei. As I walked round the incredibly detailed structure, set in an attractive town basin, I couldn’t help but think of parallels to Tauranga, also built around a harbour, which has now been arguing about a museum for as long as Whangarei argued about building their art centre. But they’ve done it. And the thought I came away with is that if we’re going to build a museum then let it be wildly unusual and challenging. Because that art centre is, and will be, a signi cant tourist destination for decades to come. It is unique and incredible. But create something staid and ordinary and all you do is house Tauranga’s treasures somewhere more public than a storeroom, without attracting anyone aside from curious historians. Moving on... Coming soon After winning gold at the National Youth Jazz Competition, the Tauranga Boys’ College Big Band is hoping to attend the WEBO Music Festival and the nal of the Jazz Band-It competition in Wellington late-September. So it’s fundraising time. eir show ‘Fund Me To e Moon’ spotlights the music of Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie Band and features the TBC Big Band and head boy Taine Larsen. ey’ll be at the Graham Young Youth eatre, AugustTickets25-27.are$20 from: www.tbc.school.nz/etickets and all proceeds support the TBC Big Band and theirattrip.same weekend on August 27 ‘ e Boss’ is coming to Baycourt. It is, of course, a Bruce Springsteen Tribute Show and you might have noticed I don’t regularly write about tribute shows. Except I do keep hearing about this one and how good it is. So I pass that on with a happy heart and clear conscience: if you like tribute shows and Springsteen then this nine-piece ensemble apparently do him proud with a three-hour, 26-song show. Tickets are $42.50 or $51. If that’s not a bag you’re into, then on the same night the Jam Factory can o er an alternative. Speech Act eory is an Auckland-based altelectronica project from producer/musician Pete Hickman whose music harkens back to the classic trip-hop and downbeat era but with a modern spin. Originally intended as a studio project in late-2019, the idea of fusing electronica and live instruments developed into a high-energy vepiece live band. ey’ll be coming to Tauranga for the rst time after a busy 2022, which has seen four singles released. Check them out online; tickets are $15 from EventsPronto.

Sometime musing is in order: this week’s arises from last weekend, which was musically unusual. For starters, music was a tad light on the ground here as no fewer than three Auckland band shows were cancelled due to musicians with Covid. It was a quiet weekend for e Jam Factory and Arts Junction. Secondly, it seemed more Tauranga musicians were playing in the Bay of Islands than the Bay of Plenty. It was the BOI Jazz & Blues Festival, an event with strong Tauranga connections, going back to the late Dr Jaz, who regularly brought musicians from New Orleans to play at the festival including Tim Laughlin, Duke Heitger, Robert Harris and more. But it was Tauranga’s blues contingent who made a mark on the North thisTrevortime.Braunias was there with his blues trio and was spotted getting chummy with Midge Marsden, who apparently o ered him harmonica lessons! Roy Hudson’s four-piece Rehaab established camp in Russell and wowed crowds with their blues-rock o erings. e band has also released a new song: ‘Twisted Fools of the Blues’, accompanied by a striking video that’s on their website and elsewhere. Add in Kokomo, selling out of their new album, and singer/ keyboard player Chris Gunn, who was fronting North Auckland blues out t Riverhead Slide, and you have a hefty contingent of Tauranga

knivessportingwhocollectors,likesstuananyonecollectorslong-standingandandwithinterest.“ere’llbefortheofmilitariathoseareintorearms,andmore,”

says one of the show’s organisers Dave Cross. “ ere’ll be all sorts there! Medals, swords, rearms bayonets and much more. “If you’re new to collecting or interested in getting started, there will be plenty of people to have a chat to –

e Hundertwasser Art Centre.

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CITIZENS RSA Te Puke Fri 19th Distraction 7pm Start CROWN & BADGER Fri 19th Loose Crew 9pmm-Late Sat 20th Wheelhouse 9pm-Late

JACK DUSTY’S (Bureta) Sat 20th U2 Tribute. Blood red Sky 7.30-10.30pm Sun 21st Self Righteous Brothers 3-6pm Wed 24th Open Mic Night 7pm Start

THE RISING TIDE Fri 19th James Hoskins 6.30pm Sat 20th Damo Innes 7pm Sun 21st Midnight Fizz 2.30pm

Travel back in time and enjoy the relics of the past at the Arms and Militaria Show in Tauranga this weekend. Held at Greerton Hall this Saturday and Sunday, the Arms and Militaria Show is the perfect place for budding

VOODOO LOUNGE Fri 19th Asher McMahon 6pm Funk Drop with Omega b 9pm Sat 20th Ed Rizzi 6pm Open deck night with Euphoria 9pm Sun 21st Hospo night with DJ Hatta 9pm Wed 24th Voodoo Jam night 9pm Thurs 25th Van Brookes 8pm

Collectorama this weekend “If you’re new to collecting or interested of people to have a chat to –MilitariaorhaveDave.interestyouryears,”collectingwhodealersincludingandpeoplehavebeenforaddsDave.Bringalongownitemsoftoo,says“Youcanitappraisedselliton.”eArmsandShowis 20, from 9am-4pm ande show will have plenty of militaria and arms relics on display. Photo: supplied.

MilitariaorhaveDave.interestyouryears,”collectingwhodealersincludingandpeoplehavebeenforaddsDave.Bringalongownitemsoftoo,says“Youcanitappraisedselliton.”eArmsandShowis at the Greerton Hall this Saturday, August 20, from 9am-4pm and Sunday, August 21, from 10am-3pm. An ACT representative will also be present.

Commemoratingourseafarers

On September 3, 1939, the Second World War broke out – more than 80 years later, this date is marked as Merchant Navy Memorial Day to commemorate seafarers that served during wartimes.

Carole Seymour and e Mustang Owners Club will be giving rides to children with cancer. Photo: Bob Tulloch. ere will be plenty to see, do and taste at this year’s Tauranga Food Show.

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September 4 meeting at 1.45pm for a 2pm start at e Yacht Club, 90 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point. e Red Ensign ag will y in honour of seafarers on the day. Photo: supplied.

is year, Tauranga’s Merchant Memorial Navy Day is being held on Sunday, September 4, and all are welcome. “We’re trying to remind people the cost to the Merchant Navy, especially during the Second World War, and the large number of ships that were sunk with all their crews lost,” says Captain Ken eCamp.daywill also acknowledge seafarers today who face many di culties at sea. “ e Merchant Navy today helps to keep you going with petrol for your car and all your clothing comes by ship. “People look at a ship and they don’t see that there’s bodies on it, who are a long way from home.” e service will be held on Sunday,

29The Weekend Sun Friday 19 August 2022 Bay of PlentyBay of Plenty Daffodil Rally for Cancer SUNDAY 21 AUGUST 2022 Bay of Plenty All ages andvehicle typesare welcome! Come andjoin the fun Bay of Plenty MERCHANT NAVY DAYSUNDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2022 SUNDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2022 ASSEMBLE: 1345HRS | SERVICE: 1400HRS TAURANGA YACHT & POWERBOAT CLUB SULPHUR POINT, TAURANGA JOIN US IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE MERCHANT SEAMEN WHO VALIANTLY LOST THEIR LIVES IN WW1 & WW2 ALL W ELCOM E Attention all foodies! e Tauranga Food Show will be exploding with avour at TrustPower Arena Baypark on August 27-28. With more than 150 delicious exhibitors from around New Zealand, you’ll nd new products, tastings and exclusive show deals everywhere you look. Explore everything from chocolate, cheese and chutney to tea, tru es and tabasco! e Live Cooking Kitchen brings local cuisine to life, featuring chefs from around the Bay of Plenty. See Cameron Ward from Harbourside, Matt Schae er from Bluebiyou, Jordan Baudeche from e Trading Post, Ian Harrison from Sugo and Neil Sapitula from Solera all demonstrating live during the weekend. Enjoy lunch from a range of gourmet food trucks and street food delights in the Food Truck Hub. It’s the tastiest weekend in Tauranga, so don’t miss out! e Tauranga Food Show is 10am-5pm daily, with tickets available at the door. e Weekend Sun has two double passes to the Tauranga Food Show for two lucky readers who can tell us how many exhibitors will be there? Enter online www.sunlive.co.nzat: under the competition section. Entries must be received by August 23. Get ready to rev your vintage and classic engines, and join the Da odil Rally for Cancer this month. is Sunday, August 21, hundreds of cars will be on the road and on display across the country as part of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand’s National Day and e ort to fundraise for local cancer societies. “It’s a very noble cause and cancer a ects a huge proportion of New Zealand families,” says Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club vice chairman clubrooms venue at Cli Rd, Tauranga City – and, with a food truck on-site, you can tuck in while enjoying New Zealand’s motoring heritage. Cars have to be 30 years old or older, and Donn says it’s not just American and UK classics anymore as cars from the early-1990s enter the scene. “It’s quite quaint now seeing all these early Japanese cars coming through the club; there’s little old Honda Civics and Toyota Corollas.” If you have an old car sitting in your garage, Donn encourages you to get along and support the fundraiser. “We’d love to see them.” He also gives special mention to the event’s organiser Linda Downey, who has done “all the million and one things behind the scenes”. e Mustang Owners’ club will be giving rides to children with cancer from 10.30am and at 1pm, the BOP eet of vintage and classic cars will take o on their fundraising rally from Cli Rd to South Waikato and back! For information,more see the yer on this page.

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Monday 22 August 500 Card Group Every Monday (except public holidays) from 9.30-11.30am, held at Age Concern, 177A Fraser St, Tauranga, $2 donation, light refreshment provided - all welcome! Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am, Wesley Methodist Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga. All welcome, Ph 0800 229 6757 Association Croquet Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 9.15 am for 9.30am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph. Jacqui 07 574 9293 Badminton Club Aquinas College Tauranga Badminton Club. Monday’s 7-9pm at Aquinas College Events Centre. Seniors & Year 11 upwards, Casual players welcome, $10pp. Club racquets available. Ph/ text Noel: 027 622 9797 Chess Mount Maunganui Mt Maunganui 959 Justice of the Peace Arataki Community Centre 10am-Noon. Court House. McLean St 1pm-3pm. Keep On Your Feet Omokoroa 11am-12pm, Settlers Hall, 334 Omokoroa Rd. Strength & balance classes for older adults. All levels of fitness welcome. Ph Sharnie 021 111 8617 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 Mt RSA Indoor Bowls Mt RSA Indoor Bowls - new club time Mondays, 12.15 for 12.30pm game. Newcomers welcome. Contact Joy 0210 912 7589 or Alice 0210 642 337 Papamoa Patchers Quilting 9.30am-2.30pm 1st and 3rd Monday of 9.30am-12.30pmmonth.2ndand 4th of month. St Andrew’s Church Hall, corner Dee St/Ranch Rd, Mt Maunganui Rangatahi Kai Club For 10-16yrs, 4-5.30pm at Welcome Bay Community Centre, 242 Welcome Bay Rd. Cooking, life skills and developing leadership Rock’N’Roll Lessons Beginner lessons at The Mount Senior Citizens Club 6.45-7.30pm. $30 for the 5 week block course. All welcome. Ph Rana 027 699 5571 Social Indoor Bowls Greerton Senior Citizens Hall 33 Maitland St. Mondays 12.45pm. Learners welcome. Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Monday 9.30am also 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Learn new skills, knitting, crochet, spinning, dyeing, weaving & felting. 177 Elizabeth St Tauranga. Ph Cathy 07 570 2191 Tauranga Scottish Country Dance Beginners’ Class starts Monday 1 August at St John’s Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd 6.30-8.30 pm First 2 nights free. Ph Heather 579 1556 Tauranga Stamp Club Wesley Methodist Church, 100 Thirteenth Ave. 10am on the 2nd and 7.30pm on the 4th Monday of the month. All welcome. Ph Tony 07 549 5015 or Brian 07 576 5210 Te Puke Community Monday St George’s Anglician church Cnrs of Cameron Rd & 1 Church St Tauranga Closed hui Alkies only. 0800 229 6757 Altrusa Ladies Group Service and Business meeting every 2nd Tuesday at Matua Bowling Club and 4th Tuesday for programme evening. ie movies or similar. Phone Sandra 027 483 8454 www.altrusa.org.nz

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet Every Sunday 9am-1pm rain or shine! Te Papa o Nga Manu Porotakataka (Phoenix Park). www.mountmainstreet.nz Flag Gridiron Practice Arataki Park. Sunday 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Come down and give Flag Gridiron a try. It’s one of the fastest growing sports in NZ. All welcome. Golden Oldies Rugby Are you 35yrs Market 2nd Sunday. Gordon Spratt Parton Rd, 7am 027 974 5699 Model Sun Thurs 1-3.30pm. Montego Drive Radio 572 5419 Re:generate Kids Market baby 30+ kid’s gear, clothing, toys, books and more Spiritual Centre Psychic cafe Greerton Community Hall. Doors open 6.30pm/Starts 7.00pm. $20 entry then all Free Psychics, Free Healers, Free refreshments. The only regular Spiritual Meet in Tauranga.

over tea & coffee to share information. Info Ph 027 430 6383 or tepuke@cpnz.org.nzemail Women’s Mah Jong Group We welcome new players to join our group at the Lyceum Club rooms, 68 First Ave, every Monday 1pm to 3pm. $3. Beth 021 0261 7944 Tuesday 23 August 500 Cards Fun and friendly group. All ages welcome. Mount Community Hall. 345 Maunganui Rd. Parking available. Bus stop nearby. Afternoon tea provided. Inquiries to 027 658 6848 Alcoholics Annonymous

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Welcome Farmers’ Market Come visit this vibrant and welcoming market! At Changepoint Church, or on the first Saturday of the month at Faith Bible College. 9am-1pm Saturdays. welcomefarmersmarket.co.nzwww. Sunday 21 August Accordion Music Group 1-4pm, every 3rd Sunday monthly, Welcome Bay Hall, all welcome, come join us. Joy 027 285 3093 Art on the Strand Original art for sale. The Strand, Tauranga. 9-4pm. Weather permitting. Tauranga Society of Artists Bretts Goalkeeping Clinic Free Soccer Goalkeeping Coaching, Sunday Mornings 9-11am from 9yrs to youth, at Waipuna Park. These sessions would suit beginners and upward. Fbook Search: Bretts Goalkeeping Clinic Falun Dafa Exercises Apply ancient wisdom in 2022 with Falun Dafa. Outdoor exercises - welcome, it’s free. Ph Judy 021 042 5398 contacts/country/new-zealand.htmlhttps://en.falundafa.org/

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plus, enjoy socialising, and want something to do on Sunday arvos? Then Golden Oldies rugby is for you. Ph Tauranga Old Stars 027 282 8821 or taurangaoldstars@gmail.comemail Golf Croquet Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 8.30am for 9am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph. Nev 07 575 5121 Maori History Walks Papamoa Hills - learn the stories of Maori settlement along the BOP coastline. See details and experiencesherewww.traveled.co.nz/upcoming-bookingortext0220494465 Papamoa Lions Club

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RSA Chess Club, Maunganui Rd. Mondays (excl. public holidays) 7pm onwards. Info: search “Western BOP Chess” online Citizens Advice Bureau Tauranga The Annual General Meeting will be held at 10am. Venue: St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave. Guest Speaker Dr Andrew Hubbard. Dutch Friendly Support Network Coffee morning 1st Monday of month, 10am-12noon. $4 entry. Vintage Car Club Rooms, Cliff Rd, Tauranga. Ph Bernadette 07 572 3968 Free First Dance Class Celeste Dance teaches @ Arataki Community Centre every Monday during the term. Starts at 3.30pm. Pop in for a first class free! dancer. amanda@gmail.com 0210 841 0697 for info Greerton Garden Club Greerton Garden Club meets 2nd Monday each month at St James Church hall Pooles Rd. Greerton, at 1pm. Visitors Welcome. Ph 07 562 8855 Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Men -Do you like to sing and have fun? We’ll teach you. We practice Mondays 7pm at Bethlehem Community Church Moffat Rd. Ring Errol at 0272 300

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Arataki Coastal Club Meeting at Arataki Community Centre, Mt Maunganui on second Tuesday of the month at 9.30am. Programme of speakers, outings, dining and more. Ph Robyn 572 2908 Badminton Tues & Thurs 9.15-11.30am at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre. Great fun. Some racquets available. Visitors $6. Melissa 027 307 6800 or Sarah 027 363 8157 Conversation Cafe Dee St 9-11.45am at Presbyterian Church Hall. Varied program. Morning tea, aimed at seniors. All welcome. $2.50pp until further notice. 544 0951 or 021 127 4277 Free Celeste Dance Class 4.30-6.30 incl Adult Hip Hop, please contact 021 0841 com/celeste/celeste-dance-1https://celestemusicdance.wixsite.dancer.amanda11@gmail.com.0697 Golf Croquet Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 8.30am for 9am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Nev 07 575 5121 Inachord Women Singers Join us for singing and fun. 7pm Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd. Musical Director Andrew Braid. Pippa 027 473 0185, Julie 021 0252 6805 Israeli Dancing Beginners class 6:307:30pm, Gate Pa Primary School hall, Cameron Rd. Circle & line dances, all ages welcome. Ph/txt Maria, 022 165 2114 Justice of the Peace Court House. McLean St 10am-Noon. Mount Maunganui Library 11am-1pm. Saint Columba Church 502 Otumoetai Rd 10am-Noon Keep On Your Feet Katikati Catholic Church Hall, 89 Beach Rd. 10.15-11.15am, strength

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River (NI) (6) 2. Teetotal (5) 3. Utmost (7) 4. Advance (4) 5. Native tree (5) No. 1790 6. Speech (7) 7. Hairy (6) 13. Temporary (7) 15. Clothing (7) 16. Stick (6) 17. Sweater (6) 19. Colour (5) 21. Stadium (5) 22. Carve (4) Solution 1789 A B E E N LT REH DE C KA IA A W RL K FLKIKIIIKJIIKKGGGGGHGGGG E AAAAAECECEDCECBECEC MM P E E E I M D O R K N O B I B A C K R L D E V W E E P R E V I E E R B A S I C R A U P W A R G O B LE T C A R E E A M R E M A I N A G U M A T A M A T A E T C F G D B R N M M E R E E I G HT E C T L N M O THE WEEKEND SUN Saturday 20 Aug A Course in Miracles Are you stuck in the past, grievances and resentments? Get over it! Free forgiveness workshop that transforms your thinking from fear to Love. Text 021 0274 2502 Artful Wahine -TGC Exhibition The People’s Gallery (Historic Village,Tauranga) welcomes Tauranga Girl’s College for their Annual Art group show. An open exhibition for students to show original works. 19 August-11 September, 10am-3pm (Weekdays), 10am-2pm info@theincubator.co.nz(Weekends). Association Croquet Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 9.15 am for 9.30am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph. Jacqui 07 574 9293 Badminton Club Aquinas College Tauranga Badminton Club, Monday’s 7-9pm. Aquinas College Events Centre PyesPa. Seniors & Year 11 upwards. Casual players welcome. $10pp. Club racquets available. Ph/ text Noel: 027 622 9797 Bay Singles Social Group Join a bunch of over 50’s young singles. Weekend dinners, potlucks, occasional outings. Have a go! Ph Delia 027 284 8762 or Andrea 021 133 0313 Beth-El Messianic Family Celebrate Shabbat (Sabbath) as did Messiah Yeshua (Jesus), his disciples and early believers. All welcome. Otumoetai Primary 10am or FaceBook Live 11am. Joel 02176 8043 info@bethel.org.nz Essential Tremor Support Group Evans Rd Community Church, 30 Evans Rd, Papamoa 10am 27 August. Welcome. Gold coin donation and/or small plate for morning tea. Kathy 07 579 1994 Greerton Hall Market 8am-12pm Last Saturday of each month. Stalls inside/outside. Discounts for charity groups. Refreshments at kitchen. Ph/txt for site. Tricia 07 543 1487/ 027 908 2952, www greertonhallmarketfacebook.com/ Grow On Shed Open Cheap Seeds and seedlings and free gardening advice. Open every Saturday 9.30-10.30 am. Down the side of the Katikati Community Centre 45 Beach Rd. Justice of the peace The Crossing Shopping Mall 2 Taurikura Drive 10am-Noon. Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd 12.45-3pm Katikati Toy Library Family-focused facility offering 600+ toys to loan to children zero10. Tues 6.30-8pm Weds 2.30-4pm Sat 9am-10am. Located behind the Christian Centre, Henry Rd, Katikati Luke Waddington Exhibition The Incubator Gallery (Historic Village, Tauranga) presents ‘My Hair is on Fire and I’m Looking at You’. Opening Preview 19th Aug, 5:30-7:30pm. 20 August-11 Sept, 10am-3pm (Weekdays), 10am-2pm (Weekends) info@theincubator. co.nz Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult tennis. Start time 1.30pm. Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players and visitors welcome. Ph Victor 027 577 1818 a/hrs Papamoa Table Tennis Club Saturday Club session for all ages and abilities, 2pm to 4pm, Papamoa College Gym. Adults $5, Students $4 Ph John 021 038 6025 St Enochs Presbyterian Church Join us on Sunday morning at 9.30am. 134 Sixteenth Ave, Tauranga. Ph 578-3040. God honouring. Christ following. Holy Spirit led. St Stephen’s Jigsaw Library Every Saturday 10am-12noon Hire a variety of 500 puzzles, of 100 to 2000 pieces. Please wear masks and bring Vaccine Pass. Behind church at Highmore Terrace, Brookfield Tauranga Civic Choir Concert Adagios, Airs and Anthems on Saturday 27th August at 3pm in St. Peter’s Church, Spring St, Tauranga. $20 cash only at the door. Tauranga Farmers Market 7.45am-12noon at Tauranga Primary School cnr Cameron Rd & 5th Ave. Rain, hail or shine. Direct from the Producers. Support local Tauranga Fuchsia Group Meet last Saturday of the month February to November at Art & Craft Centre, Elizabeth St West 1pm. Learn to care for fuchsia plants Taoist Tai Chi Taoist Tai Chi beginners sessions every day except Sundays at Greerton Bethlehem Te Puke, Papamoa & Katikati. Ph Margie 021 500 320 Te Puke Scottish Society Dance, 7-10.30pm, Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St, Te Puke. Great music, air conditioned hall, raffles, light supper. Entry $7, contact 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. 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Indoor Bowls Gate Pa Greerton Community Hall. Handicap Singles 7pm. Names in book (Bowie Trophy) Kevin 543 4044 Justice of the Peace Court House. McLean St 11-1pm. Holy Trinity Church 215 Devonport Rd Noon-2pm. Papamoa Library Gravatt Rd 10am-Noon. Welcome Bay Community Centre 1-3pm. Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd. Mixed Roll-ups 12.453pm 10 Pin Bowling 1pm @ 10 Pin Tauranga,135 13th Ave. Mixed group play for fun but keep the score. Very occasionally competitive. Ph Glenda 021 257 8678 Marching For Leisure A non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness and friendship. For all Tauranga team’s practice details and contacts Ph Elaine Corbett 021 208 8898 Scottish Country Dancing Mount Community Centre 345 Maunganui Rd 7 pm Social Dancing. Geoffrey 544 0839 Lynne 021 1407 912 Steady As You Go Age Concern exercise group. Improve strength and balance. $2. Wednesdays St John’s Church hall Bureta 2-3 pm. Ph Betty 07 570 3215 Street Food Supper Festive Food and a Digital Photographic Exhibition, at The Atrium, Toi Ohomai. Enjoy Asian street food barbecue supper. Tickets $40 phone Devon 022 155 3994 Taijiquan and Qigong Sat & Wed 9am free Taiji / Qigong group. Kulim Park on beach by big rock. All welcome. Ph Petro 021 751 665 Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Tauranga Embroiderers™ Guild meets every Wednesday at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd 10am-2.30pm and 7-9pm. Beginners very welcome. Contact Pat Macdonald 027 311 8876 / 07 576 4546 Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group Te Tuhi Rd to Mangamuku Hut. Grade moderate. Garry 021 241 5586 Tauranga RSA Quiz Night 7pm start. 1237 Cameron Rd. Teams of up to 8. $3 p/person. Bar/snack food available. Ph 578 9654 Tauranga RSA Housie 12.30pm start. 1237 Cameron Rd. Come and enjoy a friendly game of Housie. Bar snacks & coffee available. Ph 578 9654 Women’s Social Bridge Club We welcome new players to join us at the Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave every Wednesday 1pm. $3 Val 577 6827 Thursday 25 August 500 Cards Fun and friendly group. All ages welcome. Mount Community Hall. 345 Maunganui Rd. Parking available. Bus stop nearby. Afternoon tea provided. Inquiries to 027 658 6848 500 Cards at Papamoa We play 500 every Thursday from 1pm. Join our friendly group and exercise those gray cells! $4 including afternoon tea and prizes. Bob 027 478 6262 60’s Up Movement First Thursday of every month 10am, Tauranga Citizens Club. Meet new people, join the fun. Cost $3. Enquiries 027 247 7643 Adult Social Ballroom/Latin Dance Free Introductory Beginner Dance Lesson. 7:30pm at Club Mt. Maunganui. Dean Smith Ph 021 230 3187 www.udance2.co.nz Just come along Age Concern Monthly Meeting All welcome! Guest Speaker - Civil Defence. Tauranga Citizens Club, 170 13th Ave, Tauranga, 10-11am, $4pp (tea and coffee provided) Bay City Rockers Social popularDancingRock’nRollplusotherdancesatthe Senior Citizens Hall Norris St. 7-9.30pm. $3 entry including Supper. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222 Enjoy Overseas Travel? Winnipeg, Canada May 2023, be home-hosted and host visitors from Boston, U.S.A. Meetings Thursdays & Sundays monthly, Ph Jonathan 572 2091, Dianne 027 249 9859 Golf Croquet Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 8.30am for 9am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph. Nev 07 575 5121 Justice of the Peace Court House. McLean St 1-3pm. Te Puke Library 10.30am-12.30 pm. Tauranga Multicultural Centre Historic Village 11.30am-12.30pm. Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus 7pm Wesley Centre Hall, 100 13th Ave. Do you love to sing? We sing 4-part harmony. Women, any age welcome. Ph Bernice 576 4848 Facebook Keynotes Inc. Meditate in Tauranga Combine Buddhist wisdom with meditation to improve the quality of your life. Everyone welcome. $15/10 7pm hall behind Brian Watkins House www. meditateintauranga.org Preschool Music and Movement St Peter’s Hall, Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui Tuesdays @ 10am & St Mary’s Hall, Marlin St, Bayfair Thursdays @10am. Morning tea provided Social Group New residents to Tauranga, come along and join us at Neighbourhood 1st and 3rd Thursday from 5pm to socialise. Contact: merge.tauranga@gmail.com Sunshine Sequence Dance Group Come and join a friendly group dancing 7-9.30pm at St John’s Church Hall, Bureta. $4pp includes supper. Dawn 579 3040 Tauranga Model Railway Club Meetings on Tuesday mornings 9.30 and Thursday evenings 7.30 at club rooms corner of Cross Rds and Mirrielees Rd Sulphur Point. Mike Oldfield 021 939 233 Women’s Book Club We welcome you to join our reading group. We meet at the Lyceum rooms 1pm, 68 1st Ave, first Thursday each month. Jean 021 821 540 Women’s Singing Group We welcome new members to join us for friendship, fun and of-course singing, at The Lyceum Club 68 Ist Ave 10.30 every Thursday $5. Pip 02102543777 Womens Ukulele Group welcome new players to join us and have fun learning together. All levels welcome. At 68 1st Ave 9.30 every Thursday. Ann 027 280 3510 Friday 26 August Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting 10am, Wesley Methodist Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga. All welcome, Ph 0800 229 6757 Arataki Art Group Meets every Friday at Arataki Community Centre 9.15-11.45. New members welcome. Fran 021 136 8173 Coffee & Connect 10am-12pm at Welcome Bay Community Centre, 242 Welcome Bay Rd. Chat and have a smell of happiness in a cup of coffee. Feeling lonely? Come along make new connections Free Library 1-3pm. Open to all. Free books, free refreshments. Join games: Scrabble, Quiddler, Skip-Bo. Take home books, jig-saw puzzles. 33 Maitland St. Greerton Senior Centre. Librarian 543 0355 Greerton Indoor bowling Club Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, Maitland St, Greerton. Championship Fours 7pm start. Phone Keith 577 1116 Justice of the Peace Arataki Community Centre 10am-Noon. Bethlehem Community Church 10am-Noon. Katikati Resource Centre 10am-Noon. Greerton Library 2pm-4pm. Mount Maunganui Library 11.30am-1.30pm. Court House, McLean St 1-3pm Katikati Lions Garage Sale Saturday 27th 9am- noon at containers behind Caltex, Main Rd. Furniture, tools, electrical, household goods, books, paintings and much more. Ph David 027 549 0168 Katikati Senior Citizens Club Meets at Katikati Memorial Hall 12.45 game of social bowls chat cuppa. details Ph Chris 549 0958 Health unwellness 10-2 at the Historic Village. Call Melody 022 692 5868 Tuesdays 7-8pm Fridays 1-2pm. Ph 0210 236 3236 Country Music Club the 2nd Sunday at 1pm each Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. & 3rd Tuesday at 7pm; 2nd & 4th Friday at 10am. 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500 Cards Play 500 at our friendly club, 1pm at St Thomas More Church, Gloucester Rd Mt Maunganui. $4. Refreshments and prizes. Barbara 027 216 9066 or Bob 0274 786 282 Adults Ballet Plus Lots of dance styles covered 12.30pm at St Peters Church Beach Rd Katikati ‘Dance like no one’s watching’ Ph Gaye 027 274 8753 / 07 577 1753 Age Concern Walking Group Meet at 10am. Sulvania Drive off Levers Rd. Ph Renee 07 576 6699 Association Croquet Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 9.15 am for 9.30am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph. Jacqui 07 574 9293 Avenues Friendship Club Meets 1st Wednesday of every month at 9.30 pm. Tauranga Citizens Club 13th Ave. Guest Speakers, Visitors welcome, Ph 027 406 1846 Cards Cribbage 12.30 for 1pm start at RSA Greerton. Friendly club. New members very welcome. Ph Jill 021 160 6143 Creative Connections Offers those who are experiencing grief and loss a no-pressure space to be in the company of others. 9:3011:00am. Gold coin donation. Ph 578-4480 Fernland Spa gentle exercise Suitable for joint replacements, weight loss, arthritics & recovery from accident or illness. Great for strength, coordination and balance.Warm mineral water no chlorine. Jennifer 571 1411 Free Celeste Dance Class At Papamoa Library CC. 4.30-6.30 incl Adult Hip Hop, please contact 021 0841 0697 dancer.amanda11@ gmail.com. wixsite.com/celeste/celeste-dance-1https://celestemusicdance. Healing Rooms Prayer Experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. The Sanctuary, 159 Durham St. 1-3pm. All welcome. No charge. www. healingrooms.co.nz 027 640 1263

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THE WEEKEND SUN & balance classes for older adults, all levels of fitness welcome. Ph. Sharnie 021 111 8617 Lunch & Games Afternoon 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month. Games, Fish & Chips. Come along and join the fun 12-3pm, St Johns Anglican Church, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. Ph 576 9923 Mount Morning Badminton 9.30-12pm Mt Sports Centre, Blake Park. Social, all ages, racquets available, beginners welcome, $5 per day. Ph Margaret 575 9792 Olympic Style Shooting Tauranga Target Rifle Club has been locked out of its range by the Legion of Frontiersmen during sublease negotiations. Contact Alan 021 251 2843 for details Otumoetai Tennis Club Adult tennis. 9am Tues &Thurs. Bellevue Park Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players and visitors welcome. Ph Peter 021 542 172 Otumoetai Walking Group Meet at 9am at Kulim Park. Ph Danny 576 6480 Papamoa Sunshine Probus Club Meetings held 2nd Tuesday of every month starting at 11.30am at the Gordon Spratt Reserve Clubrooms Papamoa. Contacts Colleen Lambourne 210 235 2736 or Paula Neilson 021 117 0802 Preschool Music and Movement St Peter’s Hall, Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui Tuesdays @ 10am & St Mary’s Hall, Marlin St, Bayfair Thursdays @10am. Morning tea provided Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise St. Mary’s Church Hall cnr Girven & Marlin 9-10.30am. Suitable for joint replacements, arthritics,recovery from accidents & illness. Strength, coordination and balance Jennifer 571 1411 Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club, St Johns Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd Otumoetai, Tues 7-9.30pm except 2nd Tues month 3.30-6pm Lesley 929 7295 Scrabble Love words and strategy? Come join us each week. Tauranga Citz Club, 9:20am. Don’t need to join Citz Club. Jo Ann 07 578 3606 TaiChi Internal Arts Beginner Classes. Tues & Thurs 9.30am at Te Puke Memorial Hall. Wednesdays 9.30am at St Georges Church Hall, Gate Pa. Thurs 9.30am at Te Puna Memorial Hall. $6. David 027 222 2824 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club Greerton RSA 7pm. Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability. Come in & enjoy some live music. Grant 578 6448 Tauranga Model Railway Club Meetings on Tuesday mornings 9.30 and Thursday evenings 7.30 at club rooms corner of Cross Rds and Mirrielees Rd Sulphur Point. Mike Oldfield 021 939 233 Tauranga Toastmasters Meets 7:30pm at the Coastguard headquarters 72 Keith Allen Drive. Paul 0274 828 779 Te Puke Pipe Band Meets weekly 6-8pm at Te Puke Baptist Church, Station Rd, Te Puke. Learner pipers and drummers welcome. Free tuition provided Ph Jo 021 052 6728 Te Puna Playcentre Fun play sessions for parents/ caregivers & children 0-5yo. Open Tuesday from 9-1pm during term. 225 Te Puna Rd. Ph 07 552 5153 te.puna@playcentre.org.nz

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OPERATIVE TAURANGA CITY PLAN –WITHDRAWAL OF PART OF PLAN CHANGE 27 – FLOODING FROM INTENSE RAINFALL Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga, Telephone 07 577 7000 www.tauranga.govt.nz

(c) Commercial Zone and City Centre Zone provisions amended to: i) Introduce on-site amenity and urban design provisions for residential activities; ii) Introduce height maps to enable greater height in identified commercial centres to give effect to Policy 3(c) and 3(d) in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development.

OPERATIVE TAURANGA CITY PLAN – PLAN CHANGE 33

The proposed plan change covers the following: Plan Change 33 – Enable Housing Supply (a) Incorporate current Suburban Residential, Wairakei Residential and Large Lot zones into new Medium Density Residential Zone consistent with the National Planning Standards to: i) Enable the Medium Density Residential Standards as a permitted activity; ii) Enable four or more dwellings as a restricted discretionary activity, non-notified.

•Proposed27.Plan Change 33 will include equivalent impervious surface area rules.

Tauranga City Council is notifying proposed Plan Change 33 (Enabling Housing Supply) to the Operative Tauranga City Plan to implement the Intensification Planning Instrument required under the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021.

•The geographic extent of where the medium density residential standards must be applied, as required by the Amendment Act, is much wider than what was proposed in •PolicyPPC26.3(a) in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD) requires changes to the rule framework within the City Centre Zone which were not considered in PPC26.

•Proposed Plan Change 33 – Enabling Housing Supply requires significant changes to the structure and content of Chapter 14 – Residential Zones in the City Plan, which consequentially affects the impervious surface area rules included in Proposed Plan Change

•Customerlocations: Service Centre, 21 Devonport Road, Tauranga •Tauranga City Council website: www.tauranga.govt.nz/plan-changes

iii) Enable greater development capacity in the city centre to give effect to Policy 3(a) in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development.

Bag 12022, Tauranga, Telephone

•Withdrawal of the impervious surface area rules will not affect or vary any other part of Proposed Plan Change 27. Enquiries on this matter can be made to Janine Speedy, Team Leader: City Planning, Tauranga City Council on 07 577 7000.

Pursuant to Clause 8D of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991, Tauranga City Council hereby gives notice that it has resolved to withdraw Proposed Plan Change 26 - Housing Choice to the Operative Tauranga City Plan.

•Changes to Policy 3(d) in the NPS-UD require significant changes to enable height and density around commercial centres which were not considered in PPC26.

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•Tauranga libraries (Central, Greerton, Papamoa and Mount Maunganui) Anyone, or their organisation may make a submission on the proposed plan change by sending a written submission no later than 5.00pm on 23 September 2022 either via the online submission form on Council’s website, via email to city.plan@tauranga.govt.nz or via post addressed to: Manager: City Planning and Growth Tauranga City Council Freepost Authority Number 370 Private Bag 12022 Tauranga Submissions3143should be in the format of Form 5 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regulations 2003. Submission forms are available from Customer Service Centre, libraries and the Council website. Following the closing date for submissions, public notification will be given of the availability to view a summary of all submissions and where both the summary and full submissions can be inspected. Further submissions in support of, or in opposition to any submission received will then be able to be made. The Council will then arrange the hearing of all submissions received and will publicly notify the dates, times and places of the hearing.

Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga, Telephone 07 577 7000 www.tauranga.govt.nz

Pursuant to Clause 8D of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991, Tauranga City Council hereby gives notice that it has resolved to withdraw parts of Proposed Plan Change 27 - Flooding from Intense Rainfall to the Operative Tauranga City Plan. The part of Plan Change 27 being withdrawn relates to the proposed impervious surface rules included in Chapter 14 – Residential Zones being Rules 14B.3.7(b), 14B.3.8(b), 14B.6(a)(x) and (b)(vii), 14B.6.1.9, 14D.4.2.9(d) and 14D.4.2.14(w).

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The reasons for the withdrawal of the impervious surface rule from Proposed Plan Change 27 – Flooding from Intense Rainfall are:

The plan change being withdrawn relates to the residential intensification of existing urban areas. Its purpose was to enable greater housing choice and residential density in the Suburban Residential and City Living zones. The reasons for the withdrawal of Proposed Plan Change 26 – Housing Choice (PPC26)

•Theare: Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (Amendment Act) directs tier 1 councils, including Tauranga, to publicly notify an Intensification Planning Instrument by 20 August 2022.

OPERATIVE TAURANGA CITY PLAN –WITHDRAWAL OF PLAN CHANGE 26 - HOUSING CHOICE

(b) Rezone Te Papa Peninsula and areas adjacent to commercial centres identified to meet Policy 3 in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development to High Density Residential Zone and combine with the current High Density Residential Zone consistent with the National Planning Standards to: i) Enable the Medium Density Residential Standards as a permitted activity; ii) Introduce height maps to enable greater height adjacent to identified commercial centres to give effect to Policy 3(c) and 3(d) in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development; iii) Enable four or more storeys as a restricted discretionary activity, non-notified.

•Withdrawal enables the relevant parts of PPC26 to be incorporated and re-notified through Proposed Plan Change 33 – Enabling Housing Supply. Enquiries on this matter can be made to Janine Speedy, Team Leader: City Planning, Tauranga City Council on 07 577 7000.

(d) Supporting amendments to: i) Chapter 3 – Definitions ii) Chapter 4 – General Rules iii) Chapter 12 – Subdivision, Services and Infrastructure (e) Rezone parts of Smiths Farm from Rural Residential to Medium Density Residential Zone.

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