The Weekend Sun - 11 November 2022

Tauranga City Brass Band’s Annabelle Stewart (pictured) and her fellow band members are ending 2022 on a high note, with their upcoming ‘Last night of the Proms’ concert on this Saturday, November

12, at Graham Young Youth eatre, Tauranga Boys’ College on Cameron Rd. Here they will entertain music-lovers with a line-up of popular British Prom hits while sharing the stage with Tauranga Civic Choir

in a special sort of collaboration. But the concert is not the band’s only achievement this year. Hosting the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Brass Band Contest last month – Tauranga won

the C Grade and got promoted to the B grade from the New Zealand Brass Band Association, with many of its soloists winning awards too. Read more on page 12.

Photo: John Borren.

Post ‘dry July’ hangover

ey beckoned me every time I opened the fridge.

“Pick me Daddy, pick me!!”

“Drink me Daddy, drink me!!

Four Steinlager Classic stubbies and a 500ml bottle of Te Puna classic apple cider – all chilled and frosted to a nicety – playing on my frailties, begging to be qua ed. Why wouldn’t you?

But I stayed strong for two months of self-imposed abstinence – one month for Dry July and another month out of sheer bloody mindedness and selfrighteousness. With all the zeal of a religious convertee, I bored people with “the truth” on the psychoactive drugs in alcohol, stories of my indomitable spirit, how much money I had saved and my newfound health. Interesting, because I loathe smugness, but the very thing I loathe in other people, I was doing myself. Please accept this as an allencompassing, unequivocal apology. I will buy you a drink sometime.

Now, two months later, Lions Breweries have resumed full sponsorship of the top shelf of my fridge. “Pshh, hiss, zz” –another top is popped and my recycling bin is at capacity again. All is good.

But down the track, my “big dry” has given me cause, and others I hope, to seriously re ect again, because even when I wasn’t indulging, alcohol was still manipulating. I was subconsciously adjusting life to avoid engaging with alcohol. I didn’t go out – no socialising meant I wasn’t exposing my weaknesses. I would have dinner earlier so I was eating broccoli when usually I might be having a wine or beer, or two, or three. I avoided the ‘local’ and suggestions that “you can still drop in for a ginger ale and a chat”. Yeah – right!! I mean you don’t go to church without praying.

Pointless exercise

I have a friend who, during ‘Sober October’, ordered an iced water at a restaurant. Instead he was o ered a non-alcoholic NOgroni cocktail as opposed to the real thing – a Negroni of gin, vermouth rosso and Campari, and

of course, stirred not shaken. “Same taste but none of the famous re,” he lamented. It was a pointless exercise. ere are no compromises when dealing with our most dangerous drug – legal or illegal. It’s black or white, yes or no, you’re in or out.

en two things signi cant things happened recently – Jacinda took a big stick to the booze barons, curbing alcohol marketing and sponsorship. It’s also handing power back to the people, the communities which will have more control over the sale of booze in their own backyards. Cheers to that – laudable!

into the evening. It was ingrained, it was the culture. It was also a good source of stories. Alcohol loosened lips. Why don’t you have a small dry sherry while I continue reminiscing?

I once worked with an Australian cameraman who would equate the travel time to a job to quantities of alcohol.

“ at’s a three-stubby run mate” or “that’s a ve-stubby run” – and he wasn’t joking. Not behaviour that would be indulged these days – journalists are a much smarter, more salubrious, cool and healthier lot. I adore them. Times have changed for the better.

But alcohol still had its place. I worked with an old hack who had a brief and unfortunate encounter with Walter James Bolton, the farmer convicted of poisoning his wife and the last man executed in New Zealand. e journo was on assignment at Mount Eden prison to witness rsthand Bolton plummet through the gallows trapdoor enroute to perdition.

And then at my WOF – the annual medical – the blood pressure was down, as was the heart rate and the cholesterol, and my weight. Cheers Dry July. And the GP proposed an interesting concept. “Save it for the weekend,” he suggested. “No alcohol during the week, then have two, perhaps three on a Saturday night.” Two or three? Wow, let’s cut loose, party time! No doubt wise counsel, but would it happen?

I did my cadetship as a cub reporter on the whi of printer’s ink, cigarette smoke and beer.

By about 3pm each day after the late edition of the newspaper went to bed, the entire editorial department cut a path to a nook called the ‘Wig and Pen’.

Times have changed ere, with local cops and lawyers they would light up, drink up and tell lies

Once Bolton was pronounced dead, prison sta forti ed the journo with three or four state-sponsored whiskeys and sent him back to the newspaper o ce to write up his account of an execution executed. Journos often report death, they don’t often witness it, so the journo required further forti cation mid-afternoon.

Much later my wife would regularly remind me that because I had opened a bottle of wine, I didn’t have to drink it all. A joke with a message. Now I am thinking of heeding her advice, in fact not drinking at all. Two months sans alcohol taught me a few things about myself – I just felt so much better, I liked who I was, what I was and where I was. So, cheers! Salud! Prost! Cin cin!

Postscript

I had a lovely message from Mick Rogers – Dad of Brian. “ ank you for your touching tribute to Brian in ‘My Time with Brian’. I’ve read it many times over and appreciate it more each time. I hope Jim Bunny nds carrots in the garden for many a year.” We share your grief Mick.

hunter@thesun.co.nz

Roadworks hurt businesses

Maunganui Rd shop owners are frustrated that council-contracted roadworks have turned their street into a one-way thoroughfare – and one business owner believes she is owed compensation for the nancial hurt the work has caused.

Currently Maunganui Rd stores a ected only get tra c heading south from the Mount, with no right-turn available, and there is no parking.

Busy Bee Dairy owner Ekta Jamwal says her Maunganui Rd shop has seen a massive drop in revenue since the roadworks began. “My overall sales have dropped 85 per cent from what they were before the roadworks.”

Ekta also believes the roadworks have gone on longer than Tauranga City Council initially indicated. “ e contractors were supposed to nish their work in front of my shop after three weeks but that was extended to ve weeks.

“I’ve had to put all my suppliers’ accounts on hold because I cannot make the payments to them. I’m sitting with stock and there’s been no help from the council.”

Noti cation of the roadworks was given to Ekta the last week of September. “Only the [contractor] Fulton Hogan guys have communicated with me but the dates for completion keep changing – they’re never on time. e guy next door, the sh and chip shop owner, he’s taken a month-

long holiday.” Ekta says: “I’ve invested all my savings into this shop and when we had a meeting with the council people and Fulton Hogan and I requested they give us compensation for what has happened, they said they are not liable to give us any compensation”.

Vikram Chhabra – owner of Park Mini Mart opposite McDonald’s on Maunganui Rd – has also struggled with the roadworks. “ ey’ve been delayed by so many months, and we’ve had numerous consultations as well as having sent many emails regarding this. e plans which unfolded have been very disruptive to our businesses by taking o the right-turn into our street and removing our parking area.”

TCC director of transport Brendan Bisley says in the case of Maunganui Rd, business owners were provided with opportunities to input into how work was structured and how tra c was managed – with the aim of maximising access to businesses and parking. “ e start of the work was postponed as a result of this feedback and more recently, the schedule and construction method were adapted which is delivering faster progress.”

In regard to compensation, Brendan says TCC follows criteria in the Public Works Act 1981 to ensure council’s approach is consistent and fair to all business owners. “In this case we will not be compensating business owners as the work being carried out is considered reasonable according to the criteria set out in the PWA.” Simon L.Herbst

Ekta Jamwal blames roadworks for her dairy’s sales dropping 85 per cent.

Photo: John Borren.

Home values decline

e latest QV House Price Index shows the average home decreased in value by 3.9 per cent during the three months to the end of October – an improvement on the 5.4 per cent quarterly reduction reported at the end of September – with the national average now sitting at $951,040.

at gure is 5.1 per cent lower than the same time last year and now 9.7 per cent lower than at the start of this calendar year.

Tauranga’s average rate of home value decline has slowed this quarter but it remains quicker than the national average.

e city’s average home value dropped 5.8 per cent to $1,068,458 in the three months to the end of October 2022.

Southern pipeline

A new advisory group will ensure the Matapihi community has direct input into the future performance of the Southern Pipeline. e pipeline carries wastewater from the city across the Tauranga Harbour to the Te Maunga treatment plant.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Ngāti Tapu, Ngāi Tūkairangi and Tauranga City Council on future operation of the pipeline, which will be overseen by the newly-established Southern Pipeline Advisory Group.

A major wastewater spill from the pipeline in 2021 contaminated the harbour and local odour discharges have a ected the nearby Te Kura O Matapihi.

Food bills keep rising

ere’s little chance grocery price in ation will ease o in the short-term, according to an index measuring costs of supplying supermarkets Cost increases from grocery suppliers to the Foodstu s co-operatives continued to accelerate last month, as the largest number of items in ve years increased in cost.

e Infometrics-Foodstu s New Zealand Grocery Supplier Cost Index showed a 10 per cent a year rise in October.

Produce, butchery, and seafood supplier costs were up by more than 10 per cent during the last year, with frozen foods close behind at 9.8 per cent a year, according the index.

Gone to the dogs

It’s going to be a barking good summer of dog walks and events for the Western Bay canine community.

Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s everpopular Wander Dogs Summer Series is kicking o this month. But with some pawsome new features.

On Saturday, November 19, Te Puna Quarry Park will host the rst walk of the series as council celebrates some super special gems around the district right through to February 2023.

e team is also excited that the much-loved Doggy Day Out will be making a comeback –Saturday, February 25 – at Ōmokoroa Domain after a hiatus last summer due to Covid.

Two hundy to battle lung cancer

To help a work colleague continue her cancer treatment, and to raise awareness of lung cancer, Chris Edwards will be fundraising through a battle of his own.

Covering 200km this weekend via mountain bike, hike and kayak, his plan is to traverse the whole Western Bay of Plenty and Hauraki districts within 48 hours.

“A workmate of mine, Alice Taylor, is battling with adenocarcenoma (lung cancer). It’s rare and aggressive and unfortunately cannot be cured.

More time for Alice

“Her cancer is being treated with a type of chemotherapy, which is so far doing a great job of giving Alice more time to make memories with her family. Unfortunately her next chemotherapy type is unfunded in New Zealand.”

Alice, a pelvic health physiotherapist at Body in Motion, was diagnosed with lung cancer late-2021.

Chris, who completed a double marathon fundraiser for the NZ Cancer Foundation ve years ago, hopes to raise a few thousand through his ‘Two hundy for Taylor’ e ort.

Starting today, November 11, Chris will leave from the shores of Lake Rotoiti heading to Tauranga, the Kaimai Range, Waihi and nally to ames via the Hauraki Rail Trail. Covering the 200km under his own steam, he plans to go o -road as much as possible.

“ e exact route I take to get there is dependent on weather with river crossing. e rst part will be biking, then kayaking, hiking, and nally a bike to the nish line.”

His colleagues at Body in Motion are “on the run” this November for Lung Cancer Awareness Month, raising funds for Alice’s ongoing treatment to keep

the lung cancer at bay for as long as possible. Alice refers to her supporters as her ‘wolfpack’, entering the Mount City to Surf run herself.

“People often ask me how I am since my cancer diagnosis one year ago, and I still haven't gured out an easy way to answer this. e easiest answer is: “I’m doing okay, which is de nitely true, I am,” writes Alice on her Givealittle page.

Grateful

“ e targeted chemotherapy treatment I’m on is working to keep the cancer at bay... “for now”... but in reality I still have advanced lung cancer and it remains incurable. At this stage the treatment I would go onto next isn’t funded by Pharmac here in NZ, which is why I continue to fundraise and why I’m so grateful for all of your generous donations and support.”

Donate at Givealittle - search for ‘Two Hundy for Taylor’.

Rosalie Liddle Crawford

Chris Edwards.

Photo: John Borren

Councillors now set to do the mahi

A season of change has kicked o at Western Bay of Plenty District Council with the new council holding its inaugural meeting this week.

On Monday, new Mayor James Denyer and 11 councillors were sworn into their roles after a pōwhiri where mana whenua Ngai Tamarawaho welcomed them to Barkes Corner.

Denyer said it was an “honour and privilege” to be elected mayor and he acknowledged and congratulated the councillors.

New councillors Andy Wichers, Richard Crawford, Tracey Coxhead, and Rodney Joyce join returning councillors John Scrimgeour, Grant Dally, Anne Henry, Allan Sole, Murray Grainger, Margaret Murray-Benge and Don waites.

James also paid tribute to outgoing councillors, Monique Gray, Kevin Marsh, Mark Dean and retiring mayor Garry Webber.

Big shoes to ll

Denyer, a previous Katikati Waihi Beach councillor, said he has “big shoes to ll” and that Webber had left a “ ne legacy” for the district. He said the elections had been “particularly di cult...against a backdrop of a number of

devise national issues”. “Signi cant resilience has been required of us all on the campaign trail. But now the campaigning is over and our work as team begins. is triennium will be de ned by change. Change because I am a new mayor, change because we shall have major legislative reforms to deal with. I intend to lead council in terms of navigating these changes to get the best outcomes for all of us.”

What is right

Addressing his councillors, Denyer said: “We shall be required on occasion to make di cult and courageous decisions and we must not be misled into making the easy or expedient choice. But know this, making such decisions is much easier when you know what you are doing what is right”.

“I wish my mayoralty to be marked by collaboration, communication, and delivery.”

He named John Scrimgeour as deputy mayor. “Having John continue as deputy mayor provides really important continuity during a period of signi cant change for our district. John is well connected and brings a wealth of experience to the role. e district’s 20 Community Board members were also sworn in. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air.

Ōtūmoetai cycleways and improved bus services ‘a balancing act’

Safer and easier travel options for people living on the Ōtūmoetai Peninsula are a step closer, with Tauranga City Council this week endorsing the emerging preferred option for a cycleway and improvements to public transport infrastructure.

e decision is the rst stage in the Accessible Streets for Ōtūmoetai Peninsula project, which aims to support a shift from private vehicles to more energy-e cient, low-cost and active modes of transport such as walking, cycling and public transport Ōtūmoetai, Matua, Brook eld, Bellevue and Judea. A concept design for the cycle

and bus routes will be developed in the next few months, with the community able to provide further feedback before the design is considered by council in April 2023.

TCC director of transport Brendan Bisley says Tauranga’s ongoing growth means it is important to build infrastructure to provide safe travel for walking and cycling, and public transport facilities that support better journeys and more reliable travel times.

e project has an estimated cost of $64.9 million.

See more at: www.tauranga.govt. nz/accessiblestreets-otumoetai

Western Bay of Plenty District councillors Anne Henry, Murray Grainger, Richard Crawford, Rodney Joyce, Mayor James Denyer, John Scrimgeour, Don waites, Margaret Murray-Benge, Allan Sole, Grant Dally, Andy Wichers, Tracey Coxhead.

Teeing off for mates

Bay of Plenty construction workers will tee o for their mates in Greerton this Saturday to raise awareness and funds for their industry’s workers mental health.

e social golf challenge at Renner Park Golf Course is a fundraiser for MATES in Construction New Zealand – a suicide prevention charity that seeks to support those in the construction industry.

According to MATES, suicide does not discriminate – with the NZ construction industry losing nearly one person to suicide each week – 98 per cent of which are men. “It’s just pretty wellknown in the construction industry that there’s a lot of stresses out there and a lot of them come down to nancial,” says fundraiser co-ordinator Kat Chantler.

e Civil Contractors NZ Bay of Plenty Branch

has become more involved with the charity and the positive work they do.

“MATES do free courses to help companies’ sta with their mental health,” says Kat. “We have witnessed the impact their presentations have had on people and the way this has in uenced behaviour onsite, where mental health discussions have become more open and people are taking the time to genuinely check in on each other.”

MATES has trained 130 sta at e GIB/ Winstone Wallboard plant under construction at Tauriko. Richie Hepi and Sale Leilua from MATES will get amongst the golf. “ ey’ll be there to talk about their courses, to encourage more companies to get involved and just if any of the guys are struggling – they’ve got an ear there to listen.” e event is $20 entry at Renner Park Golf course, 168 Oropi Rd, November 12. Pop in between 8am-4pm. All welcome! Georgia Minkhorst

Sir Howard Morrison Centre, Fenton

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and adjudicated by: Richard Greager - New Zealand Cheryl Barker - Australia

Phil Enyon will tee o on Saturday to raise funds for MATES in Construction NZ. Photo: John Borren.

A trip down memory lane

Sta and children at Brook eld Kindergarten are eager to hear stories from former students at the facility’s 50th birthday celebrations this Saturday.

It’s holding an open day and inviting people who’ve attended in the past to bring their photos and memories. “We’ll have speeches and a cake with a sausage sizzle, outdoor games and face painting,” says head teacher Kerry Neas. “We’re really excited to look through old photos and chat about the history of the kindergarten.”

Brook eld Kindergarten opened in 1972 and was immediately popular.

“It had a waiting list of over 100,” says Kerry. “It was very much needed and wanted in the community and it has always been communityfocused.

“ e place that we have in Brook eld is an inclusive and diverse community with di erent

cultures and ages. Just like a family, I just love it.”

While that remains a strong focus, the facility itself has moved with the times. “ e environment that the children play in has changed through the years,” says Kerry. “We’re now much more conscious of sustainability. It’s a more natural playground with trees and vege gardens. It’s been a lovely journey to go through.”

Kathy Gri ths and her family had just moved into the area when she put her then two-year-old into Brook eld Kindy in 1979.

“We didn’t know anyone but the sta and other parents at the kindy were so friendly and welcoming,” says Kathy. “I remember they had budgies that the kids loved. My son spent hours playing with trucks and digging in the sand pit. It’s nice to know other parents are getting the support with their kids that we did.”

Brook eld Kindergarten’s 50th birthday celebration Open Day is 10am-midday Saturday, November 12.

Council cadetship to kickstart careers

Four local young people have been given a career step up with a new cadetship programme.

Tauranga City Council, in partnership with Ministry of Social Development, has launched the pilot cadetship programme, Piki Ake (to ascend), to help reduce local youth unemployment and improve social and economic wellbeing in our communities.

e 12-month programme will initially see four unemployed young

people jump into an entry-level role at council on a xed term basis, gaining valuable skills and experience to help shape positive life and career choices.

TCC learning and development programme manager Sonia ApplebyMaine says the programme is a win-win for everyone involved. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for these young people to kickstart their career while working locally.” e four Piki Ake cadets started their roles October 31.

Debbie Griffiths

Jay Pita and son Beau are ready to celebrate 50 years of Brook eld Kindergarten.

Photo: John Borren.

HOW TO MASTER THE ART OF CHOOSING THE BEST SUNGLASSES

Type of LENS

When it comes to sunglasses, some lenses are better suited to certain environments than others. Here’s a quick guide to help you decide which is right for you:

•Prescription lenses are available for virtually any lens prescription. They are great if you need vision correction and want to see clearly and comfortably all day long.

•Gradient lenses are tinted darker at the top. These are great for driving as the top half shields the sun and the bottom half makes it easy to see your dashboard.

•Double gradient lenses are darker at the top and bottom, with a lighter tint in the middle. These are useful on the beach, as they protect your eyes from sunlight reflecting o the water and sand.

•Photochromic lenses adjust to the amount of UV light. The downside is they tend to go dark even on cloudy days as they react to the UV.

•Coloured lenses impact colour perception and can be great for certain sports. They provide heightened contrast and sharper focus in overcast or low light conditions.

•Polarised lenses cut reflected glare and let you see into water, so they’re useful for water-based activities and sports. They’re also great for driving as they can cut reflected glare from roads.

•Mirror coated lenses are highly reflective and reduce the amount of light entering the eye. These are helpful for exceptionally bright conditions.

Oval

Basically all frames will suit you! Look for a style that is as wide as the broadest part of your face and avoid frames with a small width.

Round

Rectangular, square and narrow shapes will give the illusion of a longer face. Try to avoid small, round and oversized shapes.

Square

To elongate your face and soften the jawline, opt for round or oval frames with soft curves. Avoid thin, angular and square frames that’ll draw attention to your chin.

Heart

Bottom-heavy frames will help add width to the lower face and balance your face shape, while rimless frames will let your natural face shape shine.

Triangle

To minimise the width at the top of the face, try frames that are wider at the bottom, light colours and materials, and rimless frame styles.

Oblong

Wide aviator style and square frames are for you! They’ll make your face appear shorter and wider. So will decorative details and contrasting temples.

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Diamond To highlight the eyes and soften the cheekbones, try frames that have detailing or distinctive brow lines –think upswept frames like the cat-eye.

Tauranga man takes on the world’s strongest

Tauranga’s Rich Farrell, also known as ‘ e Madness’, will represent New Zealand with his mighty strength at the O cial Strongman Games in Florida on November 11-13.

Flying from New Zealand on Tuesday, Rich is now in the US ready to compete alongside the strongest men and women from more than 30 countries.

Unlike regular weightlifting, the O cial Strongman Games include shows of strength such as lifting atlas stones and car walks. “It’s lifting big massive stones, pulling trucks and lifting big heavy objects, sandbags and throwing stu around,” says Rich. “Everyone that does strongman is a

bit of a character and puts on a performance for the crowd.”

Bigger is better

Before starting his strongman journey, Rich was 80kg. Now he’s clocking more than 120kg. “It doesn’t really matter what size you are…but mostly if you want to get good, you’ve got to get big.”

He rst started strength-training 10 years ago after breaking his ankles from falling o a roof. “ en I found strongman about ve years ago and I gave that a go and was like I’m hooked on that.”

And he’s literally been going from strength to strength with his competing. “I went to Oceania’s

Strongest 2022 in August and I won that, which got me the invite to the world champs – so yeah going up and up.”

“I’ve just been training ve days a week probably for 10 or 12 hours.” Rich had also been training for NZ Strongest Man but had an accident before the competition and tried to push through it. “I just got dehydrated and exhausted and I ended up in hospital, so I had to withdraw from that one. I’m just trying to get back on track and I’m hoping I’ve done enough to recoup from that last mistake.”

Big Z

Rich says his strongman inspiration is Big Z

Lithuania who has multiple wins as the World’s Strongest Man. “It’s funny because ve years ago I went to a seminar to see Big Z speak and teach us how to do some lifts...and then ve years later I’m up competing with him on the world stage.”

Biggest crowd

Alongside his strongman idol, and other international champs – Florida’s crowd will be the biggest Rich has competed before. “When there’s heaps of people screaming at you it

gives you like another ve-10 per cent strength and you can lift stu you usually couldn’t lift at training just from getting amped up from the crowd,” says Rich. “I love it when they scream my name.”

To support Rich with his strongman dreams, visit: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/o cialstrongman-games

To watch the O cial Strongman Games via livestream, visit: https://www.strongman.games/worldnal Georgia Minkhorst

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With a massive crowd in Florida, Rich Farrell hopes the buzz will give him extra strength.

Photo: supplied.

Shapes of summer on waterfront

Summer has arrived in Tauranga with a curated collection of light sculptures and installations illuminating e Strand, creating a perfect backdrop for a night out to enjoy the Tauranga waterfront.

Award-winning light artist Angus Muir has created ‘Shapes of Summer’, a vibrant playground of light installations which run the length of e Strand Reserve, from Wharf St to Dive Crescent.

This year’s works include ‘Bloom’, by Harris Keenan, a larger than life set of neon flowers; ‘Flamboyance’,

a flock of digital flamingos; and ‘Trilogy’, by the South Island Light Orchestra, a towering set of interactive light tubes that respond to touch, creating a unique soundscape for the waterfront.

Shapes of Summer includes several interactive installations, plus works that include sound and movement.

e collection provides plenty of opportunities for capturing sel es and family holiday photos.

Shapes of Summer is free and open to everyone, from dusk until late, every night until February 6, 2023.

The stories behind the names

He’s a handsome man. Beautiful perhaps. And there’s the wistful ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ gaze from the depths of the ke yeh, the traditional Arab headscarf.

It’s a look that has lost none of its intensity and mystique in the 79 years since it was taken. “He signed up and went to war. At the time it was an okay thing to do, a great adventure,” says Mary Mollard of Papamoa. e man in the photograph is her uncle, her Dad’s brother. “He didn’t come home. But that’s all I knew of him. at’s all that was ever discussed.”

Private omas Bridger Wharepapa would have broken hearts as a young man. He de nitely shattered some – those of his whanau around Matapihi – when his life was snu ed out in a bloody World War II battle dubbed the ‘Western Stalingrad’ at the Italian town of Ortona in 1943.

Rightful thing to do

“Now I can’t help but have tears for him,” says Mary. “And with all my heart, I shall remember him, and all the others who made the sacri ce.”

Private Wharepapa’s body lies in a Canadian War Cemetery near coastal Ortona, Italy, where he “died from his wounds”. e epitaph is succinct, sad and reveals little of the man – just his service number, rank, name, NZ Infantry, the date he died, December 13, 1943, and his age, 25. Now, 79 years later, his spirit is returning home.

Private Wharepapa’s name has been added to the Roll of Honour plaque on the Papamoa War Memorial. “It is the rightful thing to do,” says Mick O’Carroll of the NZ Fallen Heroes Trust. “He is part of who we are, where we come from.”

Proud Mary Mollard is there for the plaque unveiling, on Armistice Day, when the guns on the Western Front fell silent after four years of utter destruction and bloodshed. She has more tears to shed. “I now tell my mokopuna about him and the war; ‘this is what happened, and we should make sure it never, ever happens again’.”

Last year at a commemoration service, Mary recognised a name on the plaque and wondered if her Uncle Bridger might deserve to be up there too. “How blessed would we be?” Much blessed, it seems, because her e orts ensured Private B.Wharepapa was etched into the Papamoa plaque, and our memories, for all time.

e names of two other ‘brothers in arms’ have also been added to the memorial, and in being there just may have exorcised some demons from our military history.

Sergeant Honiana N. Te Kani – better known

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Private omas Bridger Wharepapa.

as Jack – and Private David J.R.Mikaere –both Matapihi lads – upheld New Zealand’s commitment to ANZUS by serving in Vietnam.

More understanding

“Adding their names to our memorial and telling their stories means we add a little bit more understanding of the fabric of our community,” says Buddy Mikaere, rst cousin of Private David J.R.Mikaere.

Jack and David survived the guerrilla tactics of ‘Charlie’, the Communist Viet Cong, but they didn’t survive the opprobrium of the anti-war protesters back home.

Out of fatigues, David ran a couple of burger bars in Mount Maunganui; Jack did the accounts. But the festering political divisiveness of the war drove them away again. “ ey felt unwelcome in the country they served,” says Buddy. So they went to Perth, where several army mates had settled. “It’s shameful how the Vietnam

vets were treated. And the fact Agent Orange was manufactured right here in NZ also rankles.” It took the Crown 33 years to formally welcome the NZ Vietnam vets home, and apologise for not doing so sooner. en, maybe, they succumbed to friendly re. “While out on active patrol Jack and David, they were exposed to Agent Orange,” says Buddy. Agent Orange, the hideously toxic defoliant used by the US to strip the Vietcong of their jungle hiding.

In 1975, both Jack and David died of Leukaemia.

But now the lads of Matapihi have been o cially memorialised, honoured. ey have come home and past wrongs may have been put right. Hunter

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Private David J.R.Mikaere.

Sergeant Honiana N. Te Kani –better known as Jack.

e Papamoa War Memorial cenotaph.

Creating Christmas from trash

Keep the kids busy and get creative with this year’s Katikati Upcycle Christmas Tree Competition.

Empty out the recycle bin, scour the backyard and dig out those knick-knacks hiding in the back of the wardrobe and see what kind of Christmas tree you can create. e best judged tree will win a prize of

$100, and people’s choice will win $50. Create your upcycled Christmas tree and drop it o at e Arts Junction in Katikati before Monday, November 14 for your chance to win.

All entries must be collected December 26-30. For more information, email: info@katchkatikati.co.nz or phone: 07 549 5250.

A promising concert

An afternoon of thrilling music unfurling from instruments played by award-winning local musicians is on this Saturday, via Tauranga City Brass Band’s ‘Last night of the Proms’ concert.

Band member Annabelle Stewart, who plays the ugelhorn, is encouraging those interested in attending to book tickets now. “It will be a big concert with Tauranga Civic Choir joining us for a few numbers, playing the best BBC Prom music that will keep the audience hooked till the end!

“Last time it was a sell-out! With pre-sales doing well this year, it looks on track to be another sellout,” says Annabelle, who with 25 fellow brass band members, is ending 2022 on a high. e band hosted the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Brass Band Contest last month – after two years of cancellations – with Tauranga winning the C Grade and being promoted to the B grade from the NZ Brass Band Association, and many of its soloists winning awards.

“As the only brass band in Tauranga, with many playing opportunities throughout the community, our band is a big part of the framework of the musical community here,” says Annabelle.

“ is Saturday’s concert will be a great show –many people know of the BBC British Proms – it’s a wonderful concert with great music....and it’s a great opportunity for us to connect with the Tauranga Civic Choir. ey’ll have a full choir of 30 singers on-stage with our band.”

e concert’s programme has band, soloist and duet performances. e stage is dressed, the band wear full uniform – and a festive, lively approach overtakes the second half, with a surprise during the last song.

Annabelle says young and old will enjoy it. “ e concert is a great way for people to see the band and/or decide on a learning an instrument.”

‘Last night of the Proms’ is at Graham Young Youth eatre, Tauranga Boys’ College, from 4pm Saturday, November 12. Tickets are adults $25, seniors $20 and students $15 at: https://events. humanitix.com/last-night-of-the-proms

Nothing

beats that first sip of coffee in the morning, except knowing he’s safe.

Merle Cave

Band members Lesley Warner-Bird, Annabelle Stewart and Graeme omas in action. Photo: John Borren.

More than 800 Western Bay of Plenty school kids entered Tauranga Airport’s colouring competition aimed at raising awareness for Gumboot Friday – a mental health initiative that gives young Kiwis free counselling. ere were 11 winners all up for the Gumboot Friday colouring competition – six of which headed to the airport on Gumboot Friday, November 4, to receive their prizes from the airport team. “We just thought it was a really good cause,” says safety manager Pam Walters. “We do a lot for the adults so we thought it’d be a really good chance to do something for the kids and get the primary schools involved.” e colouring competition was judged in three groups – ve-six-year-olds, seven-eight-year-olds and nine-11-year-olds. Tasked with the di cult job of judging was Black Caps fast bowler Neil Wagner. “He said it was really hard and that it was

one of the hardest things he’s ever done,” says Pam. Receiving donations throughout the week, the airport raised more than $500 to support Gumboot Friday. “We’ll de nitely do it again next year and get some more airport community involved,” says Pam.

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e Gumboot Friday airport team and six of the colouring connoisseurs. All Photos: Georgia Minkhorst.

Anzu Akagi from Mount Maunganui Primary School came rst for the ve to six-year-old category.

Georgia Minkhorst

e Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association is asking all Kiwis to take part in a minute’s silence at 11am today – November 11 – to mark Remembrance Day.

RNZRSA national president, Sir Wayne Shelford says Remembrance Day should hold more importance for New Zealanders.

“Every Remembrance Day, nations throughout the Commonwealth fall silent at 11am as a mark of respect to those who made the ultimate sacri ce in service of their country.

“Over the years Remembrance Day has lost visibility in NZ and here at

the RNZRSA we want to change that.” Wayne says many RSAs hold commemorations on November 11. “We’d love to see more New Zealanders getting involved. But we know that people are busy, they work, they attend school; there are so many demands on their time.

“We want to remind people that you can honour service and sacri ce this Remembrance Day by just taking a minute.

“Wherever they are, whatever they are doing, when the clock hits 11am they can observe a minute’s silence and remember the fallen.”

Learning to adapt

Business adaption to climate change is a topic that is top of mind currently.

A few weeks ago, our government announced that New Zealand farmers would pay for emissions from 2025, we also have the UN climate change conference COP27 underway in Egypt.

Adaptation to climate change, and in particular reduction of emissions, is a challenging issue for a country like New Zealand. e foundations of our economy are agriculturally based and the methane and carbon emissions from this sector are signi cant; unfortunately, those emissions are not easy to reduce without creating side-e ects that will cause problems. e dairy industry is important for our country and accounts for about one-quarter of export earnings.

Big gains not easy

Emissions from the wider business sector are far-ranging, and to date the areas that have come most into focus are industrial process heat –factories using heat to create products usually by using natural gas – transport and waste. While many businesses can make some degree of positive change, big gains are not easy to come by – there are very few emissions free alternatives to heat something to 400 degrees or to transport 30 tonnes of product from Auckland to Wellington. Technologies are in development but realistically these are several years away from deployment. ere is also the di cult question of how much pain our country wants to take in this area given our relatively small contribution to global emissions. Reducing emissions carries nancial and productivity trade-o s. While we want to reduce emissions, we also need to feed a large amount of people, keep businesses pro table enough to trade and to improve living standards. e direction of change is clear but how we

transition e ectively to a low emission environment, without causing other issues, is the question. is is where government’s focus should lie.

Not a choice

Regardless of if you agree with man-made climate change or a particular government policy, I don’t think emissions reduction will be a choice for NZ anyway. We are an exporting nation and the customers for those exports will demand low emission products in the future. A good example of that is in the UK, where Tesco has committed to be carbon neutral by 2035 and net zero by 2050. e EU has also proposed a levy on imported carbon-intensive products. If Kiwi exporters want to trade, they will need to be clean, and for that we will need to act fast.

Opportunity

ere is opportunity in this change of course; if we can take a leadership position around emissions reduction, we should be able to command a premium for our products internationally, and we are already in a great position with some of our horticultural products. I believe there is also a big opportunity for NZ in alternative proteins; locally this may take the form of food grown in the marine environment (algae, seaweed, shell sh etc), where we have all of the ingredients for success.

While that may not be a big industry now, look for it to expand rapidly over the next decade.

For more information on transport emissions, alternative fuel options and Electric Vehicles within our region, we are hosting an EV showcase event with Farmer Autovillage, Mount Maunganui this ursday, November 17 at 5pm. e event is open to business and the public.

For more information and to register, visit: www.priorityone.co.nz/event/drivingourfuture

Welcome Bay Kindergarten, one of not-forpro t Inspired Kindergartens’ early learning centres, is asking the community to donate quality children’s books and puzzles to sell at its upcoming Open Day that will double as the facility’s 30-year celebration.

“Our kindergarten has been operating for 30 years this month, so we’re combining our anniversary celebrations with a fundraiser by creating an Open Day on Saturday, December 3 from 10am-2pm with cake cutting at 11am,” says Andrea Neal, a key event organiser and president of the Welcome Bay Kindergarten Committee.

Welcome Bay Kindergarten opened in 1992 after a labour of love by the Welcome Bay community. Sta , friends and family of the kindergarten teamed up 30 years ago to lend a hand –constructing the building together.

Several generations

Today, the kindergarten has six teachers and is licensed for 40 children. Andrea says many of the team and families who originally built Welcome Bay Kindergarten still live in the area “and many have had several generations through

the kindergarten”. “ e Open Day provides an opportunity for the community to return to the kindergarten. To reminisce over what was, and what has changed over the past three decades.

Raising funds

“We’re inviting families to pop in to see what the kindergarten is like, meet the teachers as well as connect with current families attending.”

e Open Day has a kids’ book and puzzle sale, sausage sizzle, vege/ ower seedlings and baking sale, and face painting. Funds raised will go to upgrading the sandpit area. “Built around 18 years ago our much-loved sand pit area is in need of an upgrade.”

e kindergarten is gratefully accepting donated children’s books and puzzles for the event. “If you’re having a spring clean or pre-Christmas clear-out, we’d love to receive your quality unwanted kids’ goods.”

Donations can be dropped at the kindergarten, 15 Portland St, Welcome Bay, from Monday to Friday. Or, at Beca on Harrington St, Downtown Tauranga, until November 18. “I’m happy to pick up large donations within Tauranga, the Mount and Papamoa,” says Andrea.For a large pickup, call: 07 544 1959.

Dust

e International Youth Silent Film Festival New Zealand National Awards Ceremony starts 7pm Wednesday, November 16. Music composed speci cally for the festival’s

three-minute silent lms will be played live on Baycourt’s ‘Mighty Wurlitzer’ theatre organ by the festival’s o cial composer, Nathan Avakian. is year, NZ lmmaker Dylan Pritchard, 19, won the IYSFF Global Award, competing with lmmakers from across the USA, Europe, Australia and UAE, after winning second place in the IYSFF NZ National Awards Final 2021.

o your suits and ball gowns, and head on to the red carpet at Baycourt’s Addison eatre for a spectacular night of cinema celebrating 2022’s top 10 Kiwi lms and lmmakers.

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Adel Pond, Welcome Bay Kindergarten Committee president Andrea Neal and McKenzie Riley-Clark cannot wait for the upcoming Open Day. Photo: John Borren.

Okay with Opal and Kronk

ese two are a friendly pair of bunnies who are very inquisitive and love to play.

ey enjoy human company and will hop up to see what you’re up to and if you have any treats. ey are real foodies so take care when giving treats – they always want more!

Kronk is

more outgoing, rst to investigate and explore new things. Opal is never too far behind and loves to climb high and low in their enclosure. ese rabbits are friendly and use litter trays well –so will suit indoor and outdoor living, or a mix of both.

New turf of opportunity

friendly and use litter trays well –

Please call the Tauranga centre on: 07 578 0245. Reference number: 555488.

Feelings of excitement and relief are among the Bowls Matua club members, having nally opened their new arti cial greens after a three-year project journey.

Bowls Matua o cially opened their state-of-theart synthetic greens on Friday, November 4. Costing more than $500,000, the project to install the new greens began in 2019 and has had its fair share of twists and turns. “We’ve had one thing after the other,” says club president Derek Vincent. ere were some unexpected hitches, from Covid delays to a contractor getting injured and needing to return to Australia. “ e biggest challenge also was keeping the money valid. e funders were getting agitated so we had to give some back then reapply for it so that’s why it was so frustrating,” says board member Cli Osborne.

Better bowling e club predicts they’ll be $30,000 better o each year with the new greens. “ e basic reasoning behind going arti cial from grass is that they’re hellish expensive to maintain,” says Derek. “You’ve got a greenskeeper and that’s about $50,000 a year, you’ve got all the various sprays so you’re looking very close to $100,000 a year, and we just couldn’t continue to substantiate that.”

Happy with future savings and the project madness behind them, the club celebrated the

greens opening with speeches, a barbecue and – of course – bowls. Dennis Gillard, aged 101, and 90-year-old Pat Gillon were the rst club members to grace the greens.

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“We’re now in a position where we can hold some pretty darn big tournaments,” says Derek. “I think we would be the only club in the Bay to have three greens, so the Bay centre will like to come here because they can get a hell of a lot of people on here.”

Bowls Matua thanks sponsors and funders that supported the project, and most importantly the club itself. “I can’t stress enough without our members taking their debentures we just wouldn’t have got there and the comradery in this club is just incredible,” says Derek. “We’re a fellowship... it’s the friendliest club in Tauranga,” says Cli . Georgia Minkhorst

e club had a lovely warm day for the opening of their new greens on November 4. All photos: Georgia Minkhorst.

Cli Osborne, Brian Bluck, Derek Vincent and Ross Dean have all been dedicated to the greens project for three years.

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A fantastic recess week

I enjoyed a fantastic recess week getting around Tauranga and meeting many members of our community.

Firstly, we had three days at the Tauranga Home Show. e engagement was fantastic, and it was so good to meet so many of you there. Following the hugely attended Home Show, there was Tauranga Croquet Club’s 100th anniversary.

e Otumoetai Social Supermarket opening is a great community achievement to help ease cost of living pressures. I had an exciting tour of St John Ambulance and a visit of Pelco NZ; a privately owned and operated Māori family pelagic shing company employing more than 100 people.

e Port of Tauranga Rescue Centre opening at Omanu was fantastic and is another great step forward for our local community. But perhaps

the week’s highlight was the senior academic prizegiving for Tauranga Boys’ and Tauranga Girls’ colleges; it was amazing to see the maturity, passion and intelligence of these young people and tomorrow’s future stars. I’m sure they’ll do incredibly well.

On the weekend I took my family to Pasi ka in the Bay, an energising community event and the kids absolutely loved it. Sunday morning was the Tauranga City to Surf. is was a great run, and the legs are still sore. e Polish community celebrated 150 years of immigration to NZ, and I was honoured to be invited as a guest.

I also had a wonderful Sunday evening with my daughter at Annakut Mahotsav, celebrating the Yogi Divine Society here in Tauranga.

I’m now back in Wellington but missing Tauranga already.

Giving families a boost!

Childcare is a huge family cost. Our newest policy reverses a freeze on the income threshold for childcare eligibility that National put in place in 2010. ese changes kick in from April 1, 2023. Two, 40-hour-per-week working parents on $26 an hour with two kids under ve will now be eligible for $252 per week – up from nothing! Working for Families and the Best Start payment boosts also give thousands of parents more choice.

Last week we accompanied our Prime Minister to witness the historic signing of Te Manawataki o Te Papa Trust Deed between the council and manawhenua - Ngai Tamarawaho, Ngati Tapu and Te Materawaho. It was a privilege to be present alongside our PM to recognise this special agreement.

Next we attended Bay of Plenty Youth Development Trust – Tauranga Boxing Academy,

to hear about how the Government’s He Poutama Rangatahi fund is helping our youth to achieve their potential and gain employment. e PM had great chats, answered tough questions and had one young man tell her: ‘When people believe in you, you start to believe in yourself’.

Finally the PM opened the Port of Tauranga Rescue Centre, a real asset for our community. I’m pleased our government was able to invest nearly $3 million into this through the Covid Response and Recovery Fund.

Minister Stuart Nash then attended the Tauranga Waikato University Campus, announcing support for a $1.4million expansion project for scienti c diving business Deep Dive Division. Good to see the Government’s Regional Strategic Partnership investing in BOP’s skilled marine workforce.

Pup-ular calendars back for 2023

Forget the re ghters – this year’s calendar has gone to the dogs. e police dogs to be speci c. is year’s calendar – featuring some of the country’s greatest canine crime ghters and wannabe police pups – features 43 daring dogs, including one Tauranga pooch. Tauranga patrol dog Chip is poised and ready for action, as captured by Senior Constable Jane Dunn.

National coordinator police dogs Inspector

Todd Southall says the 2023 Police Dog Trust calendar is another stunner, re ecting the talents, creativity and patience of our ‘pupperazzi’. is year’s calendar will have a limited print run, so get in quick.

Calendars are $20 each through e Cop Shop online.

Shipping is $5-$9 for up to nine calendars, or free on online orders of more than $200.

Police dog ‘Chip’ with Constable Scott Higby.

Don’t disregard a child’s fever! Exactly right!

We live just around the corner from Grace Hospital, which is a private hospital. Recently, my two-year-old son had a temperature of 41 degrees Celsius. It all happened so suddenly he became unresponsive and convulsing in my arms. I knew time may have been a factor and the tra c was heavy at this time. After su ering from anaphylactic shock in the past I knew the seriousness of time factors and getting to the hospital even though I didn’t know what was wrong with him.

factors and getting to the hospital even though I didn’t know what

I made the decision to pull into Grace Hospital and ran in through the

an

and checked his blood sugar. Shortly after to back at home with us now, a little tired but with a normal temperature.

doors with my child. ey put him on oxygen straight away and administered paracetamol, put an intravenous line in and checked his blood sugar. Shortly after he became alert and his little cry never sounded so joyful to my ears. Once he was stable they had us on an ambulance to Tauranga hospital and he is back at home with us now, a little tired but with a normal temperature.

I want to urge parents to

I want to urge parents to not disregard a child’s fever –things can go south really quickly and if it wasn’t for Grace

Hospital’s prompt response and actions I don’t know what could have happened. I really would like to applaud and thank Grace Hospital, being a private hospital, for their willingness to help a desperate father who came running into their doors. I said: ‘Send me the bill, I’m happy to pay’. eir reply was: ‘Oh no no no don’t you worry about that, we were glad we could help’. ere’s always bad news these days and I would love for our story to be published and Grace Hospital to be acknowledged. eir response and management of the situation was like a Formula 1 car rolling into the pit; they knew exactly how to handle things.

Jesse Shaw, Pyes Pa.

Re: Russell Lowe’s letter ‘No great thinking here people’ ( e Weekend Sun letters pages, October 21. He is exactly right, and no real intelligence was employed in this instance, common sense would have been required.

I noticed three letters published criticising the Tauranga City Council recently in the Letters section of e Weekend Sun were met with “a decline to comment”. I always thought the council employee wages where funded by the ratepayer –so we should demand an answer, not just hope for one. If these employees of ours can’t be bothered answering important questions, I suggest you get out and do something useful like picking up rubbish from our highways.

David Hill, Omokoroa.

So where do I park my car?

Jim Bunny’s column last week ( e Weekend Sun, November 4), talked all about the trouble of taking public transport – and public reluctance to take up the task.

I’d like to make an observation – us ruralites don’t have as much access to public transport and citydwellers, in my opinion at least.

I live in Whakamarama and drive into Greerton six days a week for work – typically on my own –and I would love to be able to catch a bus.

But, things come unstuck when it comes to getting to a bus stop. I can’t walk to one, and there’s nobody to drive me to one consistently. What I need is somewhere to park my car all day, really.

So why are there no ‘park and ride’ facilities like there are in Auckland? I lived rurally when I was studying in Auckland and used the Albany park and ride at least four days a week to park my car and catch the bus into town.

We seem to be spending a lot of time and e ort encouraging people to get on buses without really looking at some of the reasons people can’t take the buses.

Food for thought?

F McGrath, Whakamarama.

I agree with David Hardie (‘Global warming or not…’ Letters pages, e Weekend Sun, October 21) that sea levels don’t appear to be rising. I have been thinking along the same lines insofar as ice oating on the sea will not increase the levels. Some, however is on land, but I can’t see that changing things to any degree. No, the real problem is that the changes in temperature are playing havoc with our weather. Strong winds push waves up higher and in di erent directions, causing erosion in some areas but dumping sand further along beaches. Unpleasant for people living by the beach but bearable for everyone else. Construction of groynes will alleviate some of that but who will pay for it?

Hon Jan Tinetti

I was surprised to read the letter by David Hardie (‘Global warming or not…’ Letters pages, e Weekend Sun, October 21) that there will be e ectively no sea level rise due to melting ice and that “we are presently experiencing the lowest temperatures for 100 years. A statement like that should be taken with a pinch of salt as for 1) it gives no data to back it up. And 2) is he referring to NZ or does he mean global averages?

Climate change is an extremely complex science best left to those with Phds who work in the area and not those armchair critics that listen to certain presenters on talkback radio!

I am glad to see e Sun published a letter from

Peter Otway to counter David Hardie’s letter.

Leave climate change to the experts! The real problem is….

For those still sitting on the fence and don’t know who to trust, why not just check the NASA website who despite their previous paymaster Trump’s stand on climate change have a wealth of information on the subject and tellingly also publish statements from many of America’s leading science agencies from geology to biology, who all state that man’s emissions are warming the planet.

Likewise the UK’s Royal Society that represents science also makes similar statements that there is now overwhelming evidence that man’s emmissions are warming the planet.

David Max eld, Ohauiti.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

From our survey of participants, here’s just a few of the comments we’ve received about what people enjoy most about the Challenge.

“It’s changed my habits, I feel better about not contributing to pollution and congestion, and I save money!”

“It’s fun. The prizes!”

“Saving money and making a real difference and inspiring others to do it at work.”

“Increases awareness of alternative transport options, good for the city, and good for my fitness.”

“How we’re talking more to each other, sharing our wins and travels - a better sense of connectedness. So cool!”

“Simply knowing I’m making a difference, albeit a small one. And sharing/educating others about positive changes they can make too.”

“The competition, the fitness, saving money by not having to pay for parking and petrol, the beautiful ride from Matua to city centre along the waterfront, the good feeling from each ride (Riders’ High).”

Come join our Totara Street Twilight Bike Ride

We’re celebrating the opening of the Totara Street separated cycleway with a twilight ride from 7.00pm on Wednesday 23rd November. Dress your bike up with lights and come join us at Coronation Park for a fun ride into the city centre. Find out more info on our Facebook events page.

Dan Russell, Welcome Bay.

Get moving for Movember!

A Tauranga woman has organised a series of fun, active events to be held at venues around Tauranga City on November 20 to raise funds for Movember and BOP Youth Development Trust.

Anna Veale created ‘Move for Life’ – a one-day event packed with activities incorporating movement, fun and community from 7.15am to 6pm – to support the work these charities do around mental health.

“ ere is a strong correlation between movement and optimal mental wellbeing,” says Anna.

Make a di erence

During 10 hours on November 20people can sign up for one class, one event or the entire day, says Anna, who will exercise her way around Tauranga and nish with a celebratory community event after 5pm at Otumoetai Football Club with food, drinks, music, games and stalls.

A trained mindset coach and owner of

Fresh Coaching, where she specialises in men’s mental and physical health, Anna believes personal connection and movement positively impact us overall.

“By bringing two main components of mental wellbeing together – developing that sense of community and moving our bodies in a positive way – we can make a di erence. And we can raise money for two fabulous charities along the way!”

Movember, with its annual campaign to raise awareness and funds

to support men’s physical and mental health was a natural t for what Anna does in her practice daily. Since 2003, Movember has funded more than 1250 men’s health projects around the world, challenging the status quo, shaking up men’s health research and transforming the way health services reach and support men.

Range of activities

Anna chose BOPYDT as she believes their work with BOP rangatahi is important in helping youth deal with strong emotions and life in general. Move for Life o ers a range of exercise options including Pilates, yoga, netball, group running, a bootcamp, and a series of ve-a-side football games.

To sign up to events, visit: www.eventbrite.com and search: ‘Move For Life with Anna’ ose unable participate can make donations by clicking the ‘tickets’ button.

Movember your way

Yo bros, are you going to grow your mo this Movember?

Movember is an annual event that typically involves growing moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide.

If you’re not keen on growing out your facial hair – or you’re not able to (ladies), you can still be a part of Movember 2022.

Aside from growing stubble – or a bushy beard – participants can Move for Movember, Host a Mo-Ment or Mo Your Own Way.

If growing hair isn’t your thing, you can sign up to run or walk 60km this November – 60km for the 60 men the world loses to suicide worldwide each hour.

Or you can Host a Mo-Ment – do something fun with a group of people, either digitally or in real life, and foster a conversation about men’s health.

If you’re just wanting to donate, you can sign up online for a one-o donation or a recurring payment. So what are you waiting for? Grow your mo, host a mo-ment or get mo-ving this Movember.

e Movember website has a huge range of resources and advice available at: nz.movember.com

Catherine Sylvester

Venture outdoors every day of the week!

Are

Get Outdoors Week starts this Saturday, November 12, and Western

Bay of Plenty District Council is challenging you to harness the enthusiasm of Get Outdoors Week and go outside every day of the week.

Not sure where to go?

Take inspiration from the Western Bay of Plenty District Council.

Every day during the week council’s Instagram and Facebook accounts will feature one of the council’s top ve spots to enjoy a packed lunch. ese spots are all close to carparks, have at terrain, and provide easy access to nature, coinciding with the theme of Get Outdoors Week – accessibility for all ages and abilities.

Don’t forget your camera. Get Outdoors Week organisers are running daily photo competitions with some great prizes to be won each day by tagging #GOWEEKNZ.

Get the daily theme and competition details at: getoutdoorsweek.co.nz/dailyprizes

Accessibility

WBOPDC reserves and facilities manager Peter Watson says the theme for Get Outdoors Week in

2022 is accessibility, highlighting activities for all ages and abilities. “Getting outdoors doesn’t mean you need to go out and buy all the gear or drive somewhere remote. Being outdoors in your local park is every bit as good, and much more achievable.

“No matter your level of tness or mobility, there’s something for you. We have many kilometres of walking and cycling trails and 222 reserves with 30 playgrounds – all for you to use, and no doubt there’s one in a community near you.

“It’s part of our commitment to you to provide safe places where everyone can get the bene ts of connecting with nature and community.”

Wander Dogs

Another easy way to get out, is to join council sta at their rst Wander Dogs event at Te Puna Quarry Park, on Saturday November 19.

“ is year our Wander Dog walks also include free dog training talks to get your four-legged friends on their best behaviour.”

Come along to learn a thing or two and grab a free doggy bag with treats for your bestie. e talk begins 9am, and the walk starts 10am. Get the details online at: westernbay.govt.nz/wanderdogs e talk will take place around the Te Puna Quarry Park carpark/ lower grass lawns, which is wheelchair accessible. e walk around the park is not suitable for wheelchairs.

Get Outdoors Week runs from November 12-20. More information is at: getoutdoorsweek.co.nz

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Gear up to guard against Legionnaires’ disease

Western Bay of Plenty gardeners are urged to guard against Legionnaires’ disease this gardening season.

National public health service medical o cer of health Dr David Sinclair says case numbers in New Zealand often spike in September, October and November in spring’s gardening season. Legionnaires’ disease or Legionellosis is an uncommon but dangerous

‘gardener’s’ pneumonia, according to Te Whatu Ora Health NZ.

David says there are various types, but one of the main strains is often caused by bacteria found in compost and potting mixes. “Legionnaires’ disease can be fatal, but it’s also very easy for gardeners to protect themselves against it. By following a few simple precautions you can reduce your risk when handling compost and potting mix.

“Most importantly, dig out a welltting facemask to wear, put on gloves, damp down soil and wash your hands when you’re

done.” Public health have seen an uptick in springtime Legionnaires’ disease noti cations.

Auckland case numbers for all types of Legionnaires’ disease in 2022 are the highest they’ve been in ve years. Nationally there have been more than 140 cases in to date.

Typically, 60 per cent of Legionnaires’ disease cases each year are the Longbeachae type, linked to bacteria found in compost and potting mix.

“ e disease is uncommon but it can be really severe, so it’s important to take it seriously.

“ e risk is higher for older people, as well as those who smoke, have lung conditions or a weakened immune system.

“As it can’t be spread from person to person, it’s quite simple to keep yourself safe.”

‘Flowers will make anybody’s day’

Share the gift of joy and love with your friends and family by giving them beautiful fresh owers and potted gifts from Lily’s Flower Crazy.

Lily’s Flower Crazy is a boutique orist and gift store, which has been in the Bay of Plenty for 25 years and is now owned and operated by husband and wife, David and Lily Charlton. “We are the largest orist in Tauranga and have the largest range of fresh cut owers and readymade bouquets,” say the couple.

eir oristry specialises in bouquets, fresh cut owers, indoor potted plants, arti cial owers and gifts. “We can just about get any ower at all,” says David. “We deal with approximately six large ower wholesalers and we get fresh owers in four times a week.”

Lily’s Flower Crazy also specialises and cater owers for corporate businesses, funerals and weddings. “Flower’s will make anybody’s day,” says David. “ ey will make anybody happy whether they’ve had a bad day or bad time – owers are always the gift of joy, the gift of love.”

Lily and David are thrilled to have Trish from Sunny Bay Florist recently join their team. “She’s made a huge di erence because she has 30 years of oristry knowledge in Tauranga,” says David and Lily. e team is also in the process of extending the shop and adding co ee to the mix. “ ere’s going to be a mini garden centre and somewhere people can actually relax and chill out,” says David.

Located at 1 Sharyn Place, Brook eld, Lily’s Flower Crazy is open Monday-Saturday 8.30am6pm and deliver anywhere within the North Island.

David Charlton, Lily Charlton and Trish Rowe.

Photo: John Borren.

Georgia Minkhorst

A special month to dig into the garden

November is such a special month in the garden when, literally, everything in the garden is lovely.

And in the garden centres too. Coming up soon is the Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival – and there’s no better way to see what does well in our area. Grab a ticket and a friend or two and enjoy!

Look out for the large- owered climbing hybrid clematis, possibly twining through a contrasting climbing rose where it will enjoy the rich soil and touch of lime that

you’ve provided. ere are two di erent family groups of this range of clematis, so note the pruning details on the tag and prune accordingly.

For summer, colour petunias and their near cousins, calibrachoas, must be near the top of the list. ere are some fabulous new cultivars to give zing to your pots and hanging baskets.

Calibrachoas look like small- owered petunias; they come in show-stopping colours, don’t need deadheading and love the sun. ey seem to do better in pots

and baskets than in the ground but will need some liquid fertiliser every two weeks or so to keep on keeping on. Don’t overwater, wait until the soil surface feels dry. I end this column with a little praise for white annuals to give sparkle to your garden. Small groups of white impatiens, stocks, cosmos, petunias, lobelia and allysim will give your garden a lift – especially during those long evenings we’re all looking forward to.

Keep everything in its place

Whether it’s a walk-in wardrobe or a hallway closet – without the right set of shelves, or an appropriate-length hanging rod, these organised areas can become a nightmare.

In the business for more than 20 years, Di Sherer from Wardrobe World knows what it’s like and how important it is to have a storage space designed for your speci cations and storage requirements.

Custom-made

“Everything we do is custom-made, from full consultation, measuring, manufacturing to installation,” says Di. “We sit down with our clients and discuss their needs and wants – be it for their wardrobe, pantry or linen cupboard and sliding doors.”

Wardrobe World o ers a range of options to suit all budgets, from high-end Melrobe and Eurobe

systems – complete with woodgrain shelves and drawers – to the Classic and SuperSlide wire closet systems, made using American-made Ventilated Wireframe Closetmaid Products which come with a 25-year warranty.

Simplify your life

“ ese are great products that will simplify your life,” says Di. “You walk into a wardrobe and everything is in its place. ey are easy to keep tidy, durable, and will double your hanging area, so you can get twice as much into your space than your usual shelf and rail.”

Wardrobe World has a showroom at 62 Courtney Rd, Fraser Cove, and services the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel region. Pop in to view their layout options, or give Di a call to arrange a oneon-one consultation at your own home.

Plant sale at the quarry

Western Bay of Plenty green ngers wanting to add more to their gardens and homes this spring will delight in this Sunday’s plant sale at Te Puna Quarry Park.

e pop-up plant sale – this Sunday, November 13 – will have

garden plants, garden stu , house plants – and a hint of Christmas. e sale will be held outside if ne, and inside the gallery if wet. Entry is free, stalls will take cash purchases. ere will be co ee, ice cream and sausages too.

For more information, see: www.quarrypark.org.nz

Wardrobe World’s Di Sherer and Christine MacGibbon. Photo: John Borren.

Bob Dylan’s philosophy of song

Bob Dylan has written another book; it’s one every songwriter will want to read.

Let’s take time o this week from the local. Why not? ings continue apace and a week won’t hurt.

I could mention Sean Bodley has launched another single, ‘Asylum’, in all digital places or that the Acoustic Music Club is holding a spring concert at McLaren Falls Park this Sunday, November 13, lunchtime, but how about for one week we pause? And instead take a glance at what Uncle Bob’s been doing.

Dylan is now 81. He released his rst album in 1962 and his most recent, ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ in 2020. It debuted at No.1 on the Billboard charts, which marked the seventh decade he’s had a top 40 album, the rst person to do that.

His current European tour wrapped last week, during which he played 29 dates in 42 days; his third such tour this year. at’s a helluva work rate for an 81-year-old. What’s equally

extraordinary is that of the 17 songs played nightly – the concerts lasted roughly two hours without intermission – nine were from the latest album, meaning he plays the entire thing except the 16-minute ‘single’ (which of course also topped the Billboard charts). Dylan rmly refuses to be a nostalgia act.

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Meanwhile, the Frost Art Museum in Miami is exhibiting more than 180 of Dylan’s paintings, drawings and sculptures, an exhibition called ‘Retrospectrum’ which premiered at the Modern Art Museum in Shanghai, becoming the most visited exhibition there in 2019.

Dylan’s works have showed at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Denmark, the Palazzo Reale in Milan, and throughout the world. e 26-by-15-foot iron archway he built for MGM’s National Harbour Casino in Maryland reportedly cost US$250,000.

Bob Dylan’s book e Philosophy of Modern Song.

Leaving aside the more-than-100 collectable one-hour radio shows and his award-winning bourbon – Heaven’s Door, sadly not available in NZ – we get to the new book, Dylan’s third. By comparison, according to the website Come Writers And Critics, which keeps a list of “documents related to Bob Dylan printed on paper”, by the end of 2021 there were 829 books about him in English and 723 in 36 other languages (from 175 in German to one each in Bulgarian and Vietnamese).

Books

Dylan’s rst book, a rather free-form curio, ‘Tarantula’, was published in 1971. An autobiography, ‘Chronicles Volume 1’, arrived in 2004, which is remarkable both for the quality of writing and the way it freely mixes fact and ction. ere are no such veracity problems with the new book however. It’s all opinion. It is called ‘ e

Philosophy Of Modern Song’. In it Dylan picks 66 songs – actually 65 songs and one poem –and writes about each of them. Most of them twice. It is available as a book, an ebook and an audiobook, which Bob reads, along with Je Bridges, Helen Mirren and more.

Intriguing

twice. It is available as a audiobook, which Bob really

And it is every bit as intriguing, perceptive, poetic, ba ing and infuriating as you’d expect. Dylan doesn’t really do things the regular way. e songs run from ‘Mack e Knife’ to ‘London’s Calling’, from Stephen Foster’s to Johnny Cash’s. ere are songs by crooners (Perry Como, Sinatra), blues tunes (‘Big Boss Man’, ‘Key To e Highway’), country songs, pop songs, punk songs, an altogether eccentric A-Z that sets ‘Blue Moon’ alongside ‘My Generation’, ‘Volare’ with ‘Midnight Rider’.

Rare experience

Foster’s

Most songs have two separate commentaries. One is sort of factual, fascinating pieces ranging from discussions of copyright to Dylan’s spot-on analysis. His insight into songwriters such as Elvis Costello are razor sharp. On Costello’s ‘Pump It Up’: “It’s relentless, as all of his songs from this period are. Trouble is, he exhausted people. Too much in his songs for anybody to actually land on”.

e other commentary is Bob “ri ng”, as he puts himself inside the actual song and, again, you see both his unique vision and fertile imagination. is is his craft and he is a serious student. ese songs are hugely personal to him and seeing them through Dylan’s eyes o ers a rare and special experience.

For the musical lovers out there

Due to popular demand, a second show is now on sale for e World of Musicals in Tauranga at Baycourt Community & Art Centre on Monday, November 21. A second show, a 4pm matinee, is now on sale for the New Zealand premiere of e World of Musicals in Tauranga with the 7.30pm show now sold out. is show will showcase all the hit songs in one show!

Following a sell-out national tour in Australia, e World of Musicals in concert is thrilled to be debuting in New Zealand for the rst time this Christmas season. is highly-anticipated show features a world class ensemble of multi-talented international performing artists who exquisitely perform classic hits, fused with emotive ballads, big-screen anthems and iconic show tunes.

From the best of ‘ e Phantom of the Opera’ and ‘Les Miserables’ to ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Sister Act 2’ and many more, e World of Musicals delivers a stirring musical concert theatre experience that will leave you spellbound –from the opening song to the nal medley of classics.

e World of Musicals concert is a show tailored for the entire family, so get ready to be enthralled and sing along to all your favourite and much-loved musical songs in one unforgettable evening.

Milly Stevens and Kevin Olohan performing ‘Where Eagles Fly’ on-stage. Photo: supplied.

All USA Day parks up!

Entry is $5 for an adult and just $10 for the whole family.

“ is event provides great family entertainment for both young and old,” says Bay of Plenty Mustang Owners Club president Bruce Lewis. It includes a wide range of cars and light commercial vehicles from veteran to the latest and greatest on o er in New Zealand, as well as the added attraction of Classic Flyers aircraft and memorabilia.

As hosts, Bay of Plenty Mustang Owners Club will display Mustangs ranging from the classic early Mustangs through to the later Boss, and Shelby models with a couple of rare Californian Special and Roush cars.

In addition to the wide-ranging display of all things transport, there will be supporting stallholders with memorabilia, clothing, co ee, and of course a great selection of food.

than three Mustangs, including a recently acquired very nice convertible, having purchased it from yet another lady owner.

“Another has two Shelby variant cars, one being the only 1968 Shelby GT500 KR Convertible in New Zealand – the envy of many an ardent Mustang-owning fanatic.

“If a funday Sunday tickles your fancy, come and enjoy All USA Day, Sunday, November 13.”

Classical music lovers are in for Competition.

Stefenie is a passionate musician who enjoys playing in a variety of settings, including as a soloist and as an ensemble member.

“Our community orchestra loves playing with up-and-coming soloists and we’re always amazed at the talent,” says Symphonia Committee member Maggie Gething.

“We’re hope many young people will come along to the concert to see what can be achieved with practice and dedication!”

e concert marks 75 years since the orchestra’s inaugural recital (as the Tauranga Orchestral Society); and the 10th anniversary of Justus Rozemond’s appointment as music director.

Celebrating Greatness is on Sunday, November 20, from 4pm at Holy Trinity Church, Devonport Rd,

Tickets can be purchased at: www. event nda.co.nz or i-SITEs for $15 plus booking fee per adult, or at the door on the night for $20 per adult.

Under 18s can attend for free.

celebrate greatness!

Sharlene Rowling and one of her Shelby cars. Photo: supplied.

Stefenie Pickston.

Saturday 12th Nov

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

Art and Craft Expo

A variety of paintings and crafts for sale at Pacific Coast Village, 210 Maranui St, Papamoa. 9am-2.30pm

Art Craft Plant Fair

Greenwood Park Metlifecare Village. 10 Welcome Bay Rd. Hairini, Tauranga 10am3pm. Unique gifts - paintings, craft work, plants- ideal for Christmas shopping. Bring cash. Cafe will be open

Art in the Park

Original art for sale. Weather permitting. 9am-4pm. Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui. Tauranga Society of Artists Association Croquet Sat, Mon & Wed at Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 9.15am for 9.30am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Jacqui 07 574 9293

Bay Singles Social Group

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

Boules - Petanque

Tauranga/BOP Club. Social and competitive play. Boules available. Every Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday. New players welcome. Ph Ray 027 756 3565

Justice of the Peace

The Crossing Shopping Mall 2 Taurikura Drive 10am-Noon

Katikati Bowling Club

8 Park Rd 1.45pm

Katikati Moggies Market

War Memorial Hall, Main Rd 9am-12pm Inhouse cafe, arts/crafts, 2nd hand clothing and household items, jewellery, candles, plus plenty more. Come n see! Email: moggiesmarket21@gmail.com

Katikati Toy Library

Family-focused facility offering 600+ toys to loan to children zero-10. Tues 6.30-8pm Weds 2.30-4pm Sat 9am-10am. Located behind the Christian Centre, Henry Rd, Katikati

LOL Laughter Wellness

Spring into Spring and laugh away the Winter blues with us every Saturday. 10.00-10.45am Arataki Community Centre, ambuk Way. Koha. Email lollaughterwellness@gmail.com www. lollaughterwellness.weebly.com

Mount Music

Welcome to our music afternoon today at Mount Citizens hall 345 Maunganui Rd 1-4pm. Afternoon tea provided. Sing or listen

Otumoetai School Student Art

The Peoples Gallery at The Historic Village welcomes the Intermediate Art Academy Students Annual Pop Up Exhibition. 12th Nov-20th Nov 10am-3pm (Weekdays),10am-2pm(Weekends). info@ theincubator.co.nz Ph 07 571 3232

‘Our

Family’ EP Concert

AJSCeleste Live Music & Live Dance. Celebrating all cultures as equals. Arataki Community Centre 6pm. Koha of $5pp, $10 per family

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. Located behind church at Highmore Terrace, Brookfield Taijiquan and Qigong

Sat & Wed 9:00 am. Free Taiji / Qigong group. Kulim Park on beach by big rock. All welcome. Ph Petro 021 751 665

Tauranga Farmers Market

7.45am-12noon at Tauranga Primary School cnr Cameron Rd & 5th Avenue. 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

Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club

Adult tennis every Saturday starting at 1pm. New players and visitors most welcome. Phone Kay for further info 027 480 8042

Teeing off for Mates

Join us at Renner Golf 8am-4pm for this fundraiser. $20 for three balls. Win 18x $500 prizes packs.

Supporting Mates in Construction charity

Te Puke Scottish Society Dance

Saturday, 19th November, 7-10.30pm, Memorial Hall, Jellicoe St, Te Puke. Theme: Black & White, great music, air conditioned hall, light supper, raf es, $7 entry. Contact Valerie 573 7093

The Vines Market Day 26 Nov. Come and join in the fun of The Vines Village first market day! Hand made arts and crafts 10am-2pm. Clubhouse Foyer 143 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem

Under-the-Stars

Free Community Meal

Every Thursday 11:30am1pm. Every Saturday 4:306pm. Sit down and takeaway offered for homeless, hungry, and families needing a meal. Showers open 1 hour before meals. 45 Cliff Rd.

Village Radio Museum

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

Sunday 13th Nov

Accordian Music Group

Sunday 20th November, third Sunday monthly 1-4pm, Welcome Bay Hall, $4 - includes afternoon tea, new players and visitors welcome. Joy 027 285 3093

Art Craft Plant Fair

Greenwood Park Metlifecare Village. 10 Welcome Bay Rd. Hairini, Tauranga 10am-3pm. Unique giftspaintings, craft work, plants- ideal for Christmas shopping. Bring cash. Cafe will be open

Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet

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

Golden Oldies Rugby

Are you 35yrs plus, enjoy socialising, and want something to do on Sunday arvos? Then Golden Oldies rugby is for you. If this sounds like you; please ‘phone Tauranga Old Stars 027 282 8821 or email taurangaoldstars@gmail.com for more info

Golf Croquet Sun, Tues, & Thurs at Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 8.30am for 9am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Nev 07 575 5121

Inachord Singers Concert Inachord in concert at Katikati, with guest artist John Darke, 3.30pm. St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Mulgan St. Door sales $10, cash only

Miniatures Club Tauranga “Making it Small” Meetings 2nd Sunday each month Feb-Nov 10am4pm. Arts and Crafts Centre 177 Elizabeth St Tauranga. Contact Jan 07 542 0998

Music Group Sunday Sessions Play an instrument? Love to sing? Come along & join in! 1st & 3rd Sundays of every month. 4:30pm-5:30pm, Mt Maunganui. $15 per/person Ph: 027 475 1023

Papamoa Lions Club Market 2nd & 4th Sunday. Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699

Pickleball Outdoors Pickleball at the Matua Courts, 110 Levers Rd 1-4pm. Join our friendly group and play in the sunshine. Paddles provided. Bob 027 478 6282

543 3101

Radio Controlled Model Yachts Sundays & Thursdays 1:00-3:30pm, at Pond behind 22 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Radio Controlled Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Tauranga Country Music Club Meets on the 2nd Sunday at 1pm each month at the Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St. behind Pak ‘n Save. All welcome.

Members a plate please Te Puna Quarry Park Pop-up’ Plant Sale -10am-1pm. Plants, garden stuff, house plants, coffee, ice cream, sausages. Pay cash or online

Wanganui Girls’ College OGA Tauranga Branch end-of-year luncheon 11.30am. Omanu Golf Club Matapihi Rd Mt.Maunganui. Contact Pauline 548 2110

Monday 14th Nov

500 Card Group

Every Monday (except public holidays) from 9.3011.30am, held at Age Concern, 177A Fraser St, Tauranga, $2 donation, light refreshment provided - all welcome!

Active Seniors Exercise Class Mon & Thurs. Intermediate class 9:30 Low Impact 10:45 at City Church Hall Otumoetai Rd. Strength balance and fun set to music $6 per class Phone 021 047 6155

Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting 10am. Central Baptist Church. Corner 13th ave/ Cameron Rd Sorry no Pets .All Welcome Ph 0800 229 6757

Association Croquet Sat, Mon & Wed at Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 9.15am for 9.30am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Jacqui 07 574 9293

Chess Mount Maunganui Mt Maunganui RSA Chess Club, 544 Maunganui Rd. Mondays (excl. public holidays) 7pm onwards. Info: search “Western BOP Chess” online Free Conversational English Classes 9.30-11.30am during school terms. Holy Trinity Church, 3rd Ave. Come and learn to improve your English and meet new friends. Inquiries: 021 060 0101

Justice of the Peace Arataki Community Centre 10am-Noon. Court House. McLean St

Katikati Art Group

Gallery of local artist’s work open Mon-Fri except Tuesday. Gallery on side of Katikati Memorial Hall. Tutoring on Thursdays. New members welcome. Annual exhibition. Contact Val 027 494 6689

HORIZONS

SuicideLoss SupportGroup

Katikati

Bowling Club Mixed 2 x 4 x2.

Reporting time 9.15am

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 Senior Citizens Club Cards 500 Mon & Thurs Indoor Bowls Tues, Wed, & Sat 14 Norris St. 12.45 pm for 1 pm Start. Entry $3 includes afternoon tea info Carol 022 639 2411

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

Tauranga Vision Friendship Club

Mixed Club for retirees. Monthly meetings. Speakers social activities Citizens Club fourth Monday month 10am Inquiries welcome Phone Bryan 027 813 4526

Te Puke 500 cards

Te Puke Bridge Club, 4 Queen St, Mondays 7pm start cost $5 new members welcome phone Mike 027 495 5284 or Lou 07 573 8184

Tuesday 15th Nov

Active Seniors Exercise Class Seniors exercise class with a focus on strength, balance and fun set to music $6 per class. Greerton Hall 10:00am all welcome. Contact Diana 021 047 6155

Alcoholics Annonymous

St George’s Anglician Church Cnrs of Cameron Rd & 1 Church St Tauranga Closed hui Alkies only. 0800 229 6757

Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting 7.30pm. St Peters Anglican Church. 15 Victoria St Mt Maunganui All Welcome Ph 0800 229 6757

Altrusa Ladies Service Group Come and join a bunch of women for community projects and social events. Meet 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. Phone Sandra 027 483 8454 or visit www.altrusa.org.nz

Body+Soul fitness for 50+ Fun, great music for better health, strength and balance. 9.15am Senior Citizens hall Norris St. First class free. Phone Dianne 027 431 4326

Boules - Petanque

Tauranga/BOP Club. Social and competitive play. Boules available. Every Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday. New players welcome. Ph Ray 027 756 3565

Bureta Garden Circle

Meets 4th Tues of the month St Johns Church Hall, Bureta, 1pm 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

Exercise with Dance

Come and join Us!! We have fun doing exercise and dance routines. St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd 9.30-10.30am Contact Gloria 021 139 2448

Golf Croquet

Papamoa 2ndTuesdayof eachmonth 10am-11:30am PapamoaFamily Services 35eHartford AvenuePapamoa

Tauranga 3rdTuesdayof eachmonth 6pm-7:30pm GriefSupport Services 147ChadwickRd Greerton

Wewarmlyinviteyouto oursafespacetofind andofferhopeandmake connectionswithothers whounderstandgrief afteralosstosuicide.

AmyColonna 02109039568 amy@griefsupport.org.nz www.griefsupport.org.nz

Keep On Your Feet Omokoroa 11am-12pm, Settlers Hall, 334 Omokoroa Rd. Strength & balance classes for older adults. All levels of fitness welcome. Contact Sharnie 021 111 8617

Pickleball Outdoors Pickleball at the Mount Sports Centre, Maunganui Rd 9.15am to 12.15am. Join in the fun! Paddles, balls and tea and coffee provided. $5. Bob 027 478 6282

Sun, Tues, & Thurs at Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 8.30am for 9am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Nev 07 575 5121

Greerton Walking Group

Meet outside Greerton library every week at 9am for gentle, local walking with a friendly group, followed by visit to a cafe. Contact Mike. 021 180 7429

Horizons Suicide Loss Support

6pm-7:30pm, Grief Support Services, 147 Chadwick Rd. A safe place to be with others who understand grief after loss to suicide. Amy 021 0903 9568, amy@griefsupport.org.nz. www.griefsupport.org.nz

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

Justice of the Peace Court House. McLean St10amNoon. Mount Maunganui Library 11am-1pm. Saint Columba Church 502 Otumoetai Rd 10am-Noon

Quakers Tauranga Explore your spiritual journey amongst supportive Friends. All welcome. Mostly silent meeting for worship, contemplation, sharing, discussion.10am corner Elizabeth/ Cameron Rds. Ph 07

Keep On Your Feet

Katikati Catholic Church Hall, 89 Beach Rd. 10.15-11.15am, 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, and do it! All ages. www.letslearn.co.nz or Ph 07 544 9557

Olympic Style Shooting

Shooting at the 165 Elizabeth St range at 6.45pm. Come and try our sport. All gear and coaching provided. Contact Alan 021 251 2843

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

Tuesday 10am @ St Peter’s, 15 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui. Thursday 10am @ St Mary’s cnr Marlin St and Girven Rd, Bayfair. Morning tea provided.

Tauranga Acoustic Music Club

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

Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club Men’s tennis every Tuesday 9am. New players welcome. Contact Lyn 021 638 541. Midweek ladies 9am Wednesday. New players welcome. All abilities, social & friendly. Contact Jackie 021 1881182

Tauranga Morning Badminton Club

Tues & Thurs 9.15am-11.45am

Beginners to B grade All ages welcome Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre Casual $6 Student $4 March through to end of November Contact Sarah 0274 166 323

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 Te Puke Baptist Church, Station Rd Te Puke. Learner Pipers and Drummers welcome. Free tuition provided. Ph Jo 021 052 6728

Yoga for All

Welcome Bay Community Centre, 6-7.30pm. Traditional, relaxing Yoga class. Beginners welcome. $15 for one or $110 for nine classes. Bring a mat. Info: Bhajan 07 929 7484

Wednesday 16th Nov

10 Pin Bowling

1pm at 10 Pin Tauranga, 135 13th Ave. Mixed group play for fun but keep the score. Very occasionally competitive. Phone Glenda 021 257 8678

500 Cards Mt Maunganui

500 cards 1pm St Thomas More Church Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. $4 includes refreshments. Prizes. Join our friendly group Bob 027 478 6282 or Barbara 572 4962

Active Senior Exercise Class Senior exercise class with a focus on strength, balance and fun set to music. Matua Hall Levers Rd at 9:30. Phone Diana 021 047 6155

Age Concern Walking Group

Meet at 10am. 16th Kulim Park off Kulim Ave. 23rd Memorial Park off 7th Ave. 30th Ohope / Whakatane bus trip. Ph Renee 07 576 6699

Association Croquet

Sat, Mon & Wed at Club

Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 9.15am for 9.30am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Jacqui 07 574 9293

Beginner Social Dance Group

Commencing Wed, 27 Oct, 6-7pm, Welcome Bay School Hall, Welcome Bay Rd. Ballroom & Latin, Rock&Roll. Just come along on the night. Ph Sonia 027 322 1786

Healing Rooms Prayer

Central Baptist Lounge. 640

Cameron Rd. Experience God’s healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual. 1-3pm. All welcome. No charge. www. healingrooms.co.nz 027 640 1263

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 Art Group Gallery of local artist’s work open Mon-Fri except Tuesday. Gallery on side of Katikati Memorial Hall. Tutoring on Thursdays. New members welcome. Annual exhibition. Contact Val 027 494 6689

Katikati Bowling Club 8 Park Rd. Mixed Roll-ups 12.45-3pm

Marching For Leisure

A non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, Fitness and Friendship. For Tauranga team’s practice and contact details phone Marlene Marx 027 342 0698

Pickleball day and night Pickleball at Baypark 10am to midday and at Tauranga Boys College 7-9pm. Join the fun! Paddles provided for newcomers. Bob 027 478 6282

RSA Tauranga - Activities

Housie - from 12.30pm. Cribbage - from 12.30pm. Quiz Night - from 7pm

Singles Coffee Club 65+ Mix & mingle with a group of friends who meet every Wednesday 10am at different Cafes. Gayle ph.027 439 3267 or E: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz

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 Lawn Tennis Club Men’s tennis every Tuesday 9am. New players welcome. Contact Lyn 021 638 541. Midweek ladies 9am Wednesday. New players welcome. All abilities, social & friendly. Contact Jackie 021 1881182

Tauranga MidWeek Tramping Group

Mokaihaha track (Mamuku Forest). Grade moderate. Debbie 027 358 3863

Tauranga RSA Quiz Night 7pm start. 1237 Cameron Rd. Teams of up to 8. $3 p/person. Bar/snack food available. Ph 578 9654

Women’s Social Bridge Club We welcome new players to join us at the Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Avenue every Wednesday 1pm. $3 Val 577 6827

Thursday 17th Nov

Bay City Rockers

Social Rock’nRoll Dancing plus other popular dances at the Senior Citizens Hall Norris St. 7-9.30pm. $3 entry including Supper. Ph Gavin 027 643 6222

Book Club

Book Club, meets every 1st Thursday of the month. St Johns Anglican Church, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai. 1-3pm

Boules - Petanque

Tauranga/BOP Club. Social and competitive play. Boules available. Every Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday. New players welcome. Ph Ray 027 756 3565

Enjoy Travel?

Be home-hosted in Winnipeg, Canada August 2023, and host the Boston USA Club in February. Visit frienshipforce.org or phone Dianne 027 249 9859, Jonathan 572 2091

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 Art Group

Gallery of local artist’s work open Mon-Fri except Tuesday. Gallery on side of Katikati Memorial

Hall. Tutoring on Thursdays. New members welcome. Annual exhibition. Contact Val 027 494 6689

Katikati Bowling Club

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

Keynotes Women’s

Barbershop Chorus

Do you love to sing?

Come join us, 7pm, Wesley Hall, 100 13th Ave. Enjoy 4-part harmony, fun, friendship. Ph Bernice 576 4848 Facebook

Keynotes Inc.

Kickstart Toastmasters

Build your confidence as a speaker and overcome nerves in a fun, friendly club environment. Starts 7am sharp. 148 Durham St, CBD. Ph: 022 390 2216

Preschool Music and Movement

Tuesday 10am @ St Peter’s, 15 Victoria Rd, Mt Maunganui. Thursday 10am @ St Mary’s cnr Marlin St and Girven Rd, Bayfair. Morning tea provided

Pickleball Waihi Beach

Playing 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, 9:30-11:30am at Waihi Beach Community Centre. Paddles provided. Ph Doreen 022 687 1586

Radio Controlled Model Yachts Sundays & Thursdays 1:003:30pm, at Pond behind 22 Montego Drive Papamoa, sailing Electron Radio Controlled Yachts for fun. Adult beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419

Serenata Singers

Ladies and Gents Join our friendly welcoming group. 10-11.30am Methodist Church Hall, 2 Oroua St, Te Puke. Ph Anne 572 3130

Tauranga Film Society

Showing “Bait” (UK 2019) at Rialto Cinema. 3-film sampler membership $30. Join any time: Full season membership $90. Email: neale@blaymires.nz for start time Tauranga Woodcrafters 2022 Exhibition

Come & have a go at wood turning, carving, scrollsaw hobbies. Mount Sports Centre (Cnr Maunganui & Hull Rds) 1-4pm. $5 entry.

Under-the-Stars Free Community Meal

Every Thursday 11:30am-1pm. Every Saturday 4:30-6pm. Sit down and takeaway offered for homeless, hungry, and families needing a meal. Showers open 1 hour before meals. 45 Cliff Rd.

Women’s Book Club

We welcome you to join our reading group. We meet at the Lyceum rooms,1pm, 68 1st Avenue, first Thursday each month. Jean 021 821 540

Friday 18th Nov

Alcoholics Anonymous

Open Meeting 10am. Central Baptist Church. Corner 13th ave/ Cameron Rd Sorry no Pets .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

Family History Group

Last Friday of the month. Need help with research. Group volunteers. Papamoa Library 10-12noon. Ph Jenny 07 542 5243

Foodee Night Market

Come down to Taumata School every Friday 5.30-8pm and be part of an amazing community more info @ foodee.co.nz

Golf Croquet Sun, Tues, & Thurs at Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 8.30am for 9am start. New players & visitors welcome. Ph Nev 07 575 5121

Justice of the Peace

Arataki Community Centre Monday 10am-Noon. Friday 10am-Noon. Bethlehem Community Church Friday 10am-Noon. Katikati Resource Centre Friday 10am-Noon. Greerton Library Friday 2pm4pm. Mount Maunganui Library 11.30am-1.30pm. Court House. McLean St 1-3pm

Katikati Art Group

Gallery of local artist’s work open Mon-Fri except Tuesday. Gallery on side of Katikati Memorial Hall. Tutoring on Thursdays. New members welcome. Annual exhibition. Contact Val 027 494 6689

Katikati Bowling Club Mixed roll up. Reporting time 1.45pm. Visitors welcome. Coaching available. Social activities commence at 4pm.

Kowhai Rebus Club Bethlehem Meetings 1st Friday every month at Citizens Club. Interesting speakers, outings and coffee mornings. Enquiries to President Tony. 021 949 226

Papamoa Seniors Indoor Bowls Enjoyable afternoon with other Seniors whilst playing Indoor Bowls at Papamoa Sports Centre. Names in by Noon , prizes $5 entrance

Pickleball Day and Night Pickleball 9.15am to midday Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre and 7-9pm Tauranga Boys College. Join in the fun! Paddles provided for newcomers. Bob 027 478 6282

Tauranga Woodcrafters 2022 Exhibition

Woodcraft show, sales, trade stands - Mount Sports Centre (Cnr Maunganui & Hull Rds) 10am4pm. $5 entry. Turning, Carving, Marquetry, Painting Women’s Rummikub Group

We welcome new players to join us at the Lyceum rooms 68 1st Avenue 2nd to 5th Friday every month. $3 Cecilia 021 0238 3905

Math Mouse Design o ers a mechanical engineering design service utilising 3D CAD software coupled with more than 30 years of engineering design and development experience in elds from industrial machines through medical devices to aerospace equipment.

Designing and developing new products can be a daunting and expensive process, according to Math Mouse’s Grant Wilson.

“ is can be made even more expensive if design or drawing errors are discovered during the manufacturing stage.

“ e 3D CAD assembly can also be especially useful in the early design stages as the customer is able to see exactly what the design will entail and will not need to try and visualise their product from a 2D sketch or verbal description.”

Grant says his team “are here to help you with your development process

If your home su ers from leaky pipes, either your bathroom is in need of repair or you need to change your shower pressure. ankfully, Kev’s Plumbing are experts you can call on right here in the Bay.

Owner-operator Colin Fine – who is nicknamed Kev – has 35 years’ worth of experience.

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

“I do total shower replacements from start to nish, with no other trades involved,” he says.

“Most shower replacements only take two days.”

As well as the total replacement of leaking pipes, he also does hot water cylinder conversions, so you never have to put up with a low-pressure shower ever again.

“I specialise in re-piping houses that have leaky water pipes in walls,”

says Kev, “and a lot of people like their shower pressure increased”.

“ at is something I do a lot.”

When you call Kev about a job, he’s the man who shows up. “I will travel Bay of Plenty-wide for work.”

Colin Fine, aka Kev.

funeral services

public notices

Discrete changes to the Māori Trustee Act 1953are being explored which would enable the Māori Trustee to broaden the support services it provides to Māori. It is important that we hear from Māori, Māori landowners and trustees.

to tpk.nz/korero-mai to learn more and to have your say Feedback is due by 5pm Wednesday 30 November 2022. E kimi whakahoki kōrero ana mō ngā panonitanga nahenahe ki te mahi, ki te tautoko hoki a te Kaitiaki Māori E whiriwhiri ana i ētehi panonitanga nahenahe ki te Ture Māori Trustee 1953 e āhei ai te Kaitiaki Māori ki te whakawhānui i āna ratonga tautoko mō te Māori. He mea hirahira kia rongo mātou i te Māori, i ngā whaipānga Māori me ngā tarahati. Haere ki tpk.nz/korero-mai mō ētehi mōhiohioanō me tō āheinga ki te whakahoki kōrero. Mehomai ēnei kōrero i mua i te 5pm, Rāapa 30 oWhiringa-ārangi 2022.

bible digest

I will listen to what God the LORD says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants— but let them not turn to folly. (Psalm 85:8)

curriculum vitae

CVs THAT STAND OUT. A C.V. For You can help you look great on paper. Targeted or generic cover letters also available. Samples to view on facebook www.facebook. com/acvforyou or Ph/text 021 27 27 912

gardening

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

health & beauty

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

naturaltherapiesnz.com and www. naturalpetremediesstore.com

house rental

MATURE LADY wants 2-3 bedroom. Nice area, garage, with outdoor space and garden. Up to $600pw. Ph 022 200 7627

livestock

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

lost & found

FOUND KITTENS & PUPPIES various places, colours and sex. Ph SPCA 07 578 0245

Found Older Kitten, Smoky Grey, Male, Te Puke. Ref 559418

Found Cat, Black, Female, Gate Pa Tauranga. Ref 558803

Found Cat, Torbi, Female, Papamoa. Ref 559248

Found Cat, Black & White, Male, Welcome Bay Ref 558911

sale notice

DEAR JASON COLLIER. Take notice that European Auto Tech (2015) Ltd intends to sell your 2007 Audi A8, registration NSK 47 (lapsed 23/09/2022) by public auction if the outstanding amount owed is not paid by 18-11-2022. The sale is being conducted under Section 3 of the Wages Protection and Contractor’s Leins Act Repeal Act 1987, on the grounds that European Autotech (2015) Ltd charges for the authorised work performed on your vehicle accounting to $1963.99 remain unpaid and have so remained for the two months and upwards since the work was completed. Dated this day 07-11-2022

situation vacant

POWERTOOL SERVICEMAN. We require a serviceman for the repair of powertools. Training can be o ered. Flexible hours also. Ph Machinery & Powertools Centre 021 909 419.

trades & services

BRYCE DECORATING interior and exterior painting, wallpapering. Have your powdercoated windows faded? Can be cleaned and restored like new! Plastic car bumpers faded? Can be restored too! Quality work. Showroom nish. Ph Wayne 021 162 7052

BUILDER AVAILABLE repair maintenance, decks, pergolas, fences, all housing work. Ph Roger 022 121 3356

ROOF REPAIRS Free quotes for all maintenance of leaking roofs, gutter cleaning & repairs. Chimney maintenance & repairs. Registered roofer, 30yrs exp. Ph Peter 542 4291 or 027 436 7740

TREE, SHRUB and hedges trimming, topping, rubbish, palm pruning or removal, satisfaction guaranteed free quote. Ph Steve Hockly 027 498 1857

travel & tours

NO 8 TOURS New Zealand’s Senior Travel Club- Not sure what you want or to give for Christmas? GIVE the gift of an experience. Gift Vouchers now available. Choose from one of the unique Extended Tours, Day Trips, Shows which includes Free Door to Door service.

BOOK NOW:Ph. No8 Tours team on 579 3981 Or Email admin@ no8tours.co.nz Or visit www. no8tours.co.nz to view and book all our tours.

ZEALANDIER TOURS Tauranga Garden Festival– Saturday 19th Nov – Follow the trail with us from Katikati to Te Puke exploring a mix of urban and rolling country gardens with a range of food stalls and co ee trucks to keep you fed and watered. Ph 572 4118 to book your seat

ZEALANDIER TOURS Plenty Flora – Thursday 24th Nov – Plenty Flora – Come and see the power of nature with these beautiful Gerbera owers and enjoy a premium High Tea as well. Ph 572 4118 to book your seat

venues

WEDDINGS, PARTIES, MEETINGS, etc. The perfect venue. With stunning Harbour views, fully licensed bar & kitchen onsite.

Churches Active In Our Community

Tolerance in faith

I think interfaith is the nicest thing in the world. People have di erences and di erent preferences in every other aspect of human life.

Most of our di erences – in our choices of car, profession, food, place of residence, dress, entertainment, and so much more – are tolerated hardly without thought. And of the di erences, which are most commonly not tolerated, di erence of faith – the most heartfelt thing to humans – is probably top on the list. Yet there is absolutely no rational reason for this intolerance, or

intolerance of any di erence, for that matter – unless criminal and hurting others of course.

When humans can completely reverse this intolerance and turn it into the complete opposite – such as welcoming, interest, warmth, acceptance, loving friendship – I think that is victorious and liberating. And it is also just so plain normal and proper.

It’s such a lovely thing to experience that although we have di erences in that area – we have faith in the divine in common. at’s the important, redeeming, reconciling thing.

la tyb Messianic Family bethel.org.nz 021 768 043 SABBATH 10AM OTUMOETAI PRIMARY ALL WELCOME SHALOM info@bethel.org.nz Joel & Sharon van Ameringen

la tyb Messianic Family bethel.org.nz 021 768 043

Tauranga

Study

Worship

Joel & Sharon van Ameringen 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 ONLY MountSDA@gmail.com With: We look forward to seeing you! S2214cbMount Churches

Bhadra Dasi, Gaudiya/ Hare Krishna Community.

Feedback sought on discrete changes to the function and support provided by the Māori Trustee

Kathy Sleep Funeral Director