The Weekend Sun - 18 November 2022

Serving up tennis

Tauranga – get set to see the swinging of racquets, hear the screeches behind the powerful shots and witness the balls slamming competition on-court at Gordon Spratt Reserve next month. e Eves Open is on from December 18-24 at Venture Developments WBOP Tennis Centre in Gordon Spratt

Reserve, Pāpāmoa, o ering a professional event for men and women with o cial ATP and WTA world ranking points, and total prize pool of US$40,000.

“We’re so excited to partner with Eves to bring the World Tennis Tour to Pāpāmoa this December,” says Tennis NZ chief executive

Julie Paterson. “ e community support so far has been phenomenal – and I have no doubt our Kiwi players will thrive o a big home crowd courtside. International sport in one of NZ’s iconic beachside holiday spots, just before Christmas – what’s not to love!” e tennis fever is already building, with

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some of Pāpāmoa’s youngest residents, such as Jett Pokaia, Millen Gibson, and Harrison Sands (pictured) getting the rst serve of the event’s hype, with two primary schools enjoying a visit from Tennis NZ and Eves, and receiving thousands of dollars’ worth of new tennis gear.

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page 4. Photo: Scott Yeoman.

Pie in the Sky for lunch?

I am having delicious thoughts… screaming 2.2 litre, twin turbocharged V6 engines, turning at 12,000rpm.

I can see it, smell it – 386km/hr and the air thick with high octane fuel and burning rubber.

Even for this fossil who potters around in a Honda CRV and doesn’t know the engagement rules on a roundabout, let alone a racetrack, I am... well, aroused, in the most Presbyterian of ways of course. All this happening at the bottom of Cameron Rd.

Imagine – our very own Indianapolis 500, our very own Brickyard.

Now that would beat ‘yarn bombing’, cherry blossoms, and op shops any day. It’d transform the sleepy enclave into a destination of choice, a haven, for addled petrolheads. Masses of them.

rowing ideas

I’m just throwing the idea out there for Commissioners Anne, Bill, Stephen and Shadrach – they seem like an enterprising make-stu -happen bunch, so I am sure these bunnies will at least nibble around the edges of my fantasy.

e Commissioners are currently looking at the future of Tauranga Racecourse – a vast 85-hectare crownowned-but-Tauranga-administered open space used by the horsey set just 12 times a year. e rest of the time it’s largely idle. And because idle time is the devil’s workshop, let’s be devilish.

After exhaustive research, I have some ideas for Tauranga Racecourse – some practical, some pie-in-the-sky. But hey! Let’s not close our minds.

1) Build decent cambers into either end of the track, dig up the grass, lay it in blacktop, construct a pit stop and garages in the in eld for 33 of the

gruntiest cars ever seen this side of the Kaimai Range and eureka! It’s: “Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines...” – the Greerton 500. Except it would have to be the Greerton 804.672 of course because we work in kilometres. Do you want 14 snorting, sweating and pooping horses jostling for a couple of minutes? Or 33 tortured, high-performance cars, faster than F1, bumper-to-bumper for three hours?

2) Rotary hoe the in eld, turn it into a market garden – all that greenness and goodness and wellbeing. With my local Countdown selling one-quarter of a

would make the Rotorua International Stadium and Hamilton’s FMG rugby park super uous. All the fog and sulphur dwellers would then ock to Greerton to see good sport. Forget the cutesy, budget-conscious Domain proposal and go Christchurch big – a $386 million mega deal. at’s only $2329.11 for every man, woman, child, small dog, sheep and feral goat in town.

6) Tauranga does under-whelming very well – so perhaps an art centre experience of Whangarei’s Hundertwasser proportions? And a Te Papa-style museum to recognise our rich cultural history that’s been consigned to cardboard boxes in a warehouse in industrial Mount Maunganui.

7) A free-range chook farm, a free-range doggie park or both.

8) A Park and Ride hub – commuters from all parts could park up and ride those empty yellow buses down Links Ave into town without a $150 ne for it being held prisoner as a bus-lane.

cabbage for $3.59, there’s money to be made. More altruistically – imagine what good work Good Neighbour could do with all the goodwill grown in that good space.

3) A traveller encampment – a go-to space for all the itinerants, free-loading freedom campers, and self-entitled camper-vanners. Most peculiar behaviour that – like Galapagos turtles carrying their homes around on their backs. Isn’t that why God gave us motels? Get them all into the Greerton Traveller Encampment and make them pay. Lots!

4) A tent village for the homeless, disadvantaged and vulnerable. It would beat sleeping in shop doorways.

5) Let’s build a kick-butt stadium that

9) Perhaps the Commission might consider my own personal state of mind when deciding the racecourse’s future. My cortisol levels are all to hell. I’m stressed, depressed and anxious because I’m not getting enough green space. And only greenspace will x it. Bad things could happen if it doesn’t – like increased blood sugar levels, weight gain, supressed immune system, digestive problems, heart disease, and premature mortality.

row open the in eld so I, and the similarly a icted, can go there, sit cross-legged and chant mantras until the cortisol eases.

I wish you well with your deliberations Commissioners, and trust I just may have lifted your sights.

hunter@thesun.co.nz

Where’s the ‘B’ in CBD?

People are reporting more vacancies in buildings across Tauranga’s CBD. Piccadilly Arcade chair Dave Bridgens is one CBD dweller who has noticed more vacant buildings in the last few months –and he’s not alone.

Social media users have taken to TikTok to discuss the issue too, with one video garnering more than 133,000 views in ve days.

“No seriously, what happened to Tauranga?” a post on the video platform reads, which shows multiple buildings for lease in the city’s Central Business District.

“Why pay $10 parking when you can pay nothing to go to Bayfair or e Lakes,” one user comments. Dave says Tauranga City Council’s “latest works and actions certainly haven’t helped the situation”.

“ ere are a large number of parks being taken up for redevelopment, and there is a continued mess caused in Elizabeth St and Devonport Rd in regards to the Farmers redevelopment,” says Dave.

“Cabbages & Kings is a [vacancy] which has just come up. e situation certainly isn’t getting any better. In regards to council making parking paid, that doesn’t help – and the demolition of the old Westpac building for more parks has been going on for well over 12 months.

“I know some council people will argue

employees use the current free parking spaces, and although that is true, they must understand that employees working in the CBD are also customers to businesses in the CBD. is is often forgotten.”

Dave adds although he thinks the issue is going to take “some time” to resolve, he does see “a light at the end of the tunnel” with Elizabeth St apartments opening, along with the new council building.

“But this could all take another 18 months to two years to happen.”

On immediate xes for the CBD, Dave says the council could “reduce fees in the parking buildings” and reduce rates in the CBD, which he says are “very high” at present.

According to Tauranga City Council, the occupancy rate in Tauranga’s CBD has seen a 1.4 per cent decrease since 2019.

TCC general manager of city development and partnerships Gareth Wallis says “a number of historical issues” have led the city centre to being what it is today.

“ is includes the need to strengthen or redevelop buildings after they were classed as earthquake-prone, an increase in the presence of large-scale suburban shopping centres, the onset of Covid-19, and indecision by previous councils about progressing with long-held plans for the city centre.”

Taylor Rice

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Piccadilly Arcade chair

Dave Bridgens has noticed more vacant buildings in the CBD during the past few months.

Photo: Taylor Rice.

New Year celebrations

Five community New Year’s Eve celebrations are taking place across Tauranga on Saturday, December 31.

e family-friendly events will be held at Greerton, Tauranga City Centre, Pāpāmoa, Mount Maunganui and Matua from 6pm to 9.30pm.

ey’ll feature food trucks, local musicians, roving entertainment and more – with most celebrations nishing with reworks displays at 9.30pm.

A reworks display will kick-o at 9.30pm to mark the end of the community celebrations at all events except Greerton, where a laser light show will happen.

Fireworks will go o again at midnight across the city to welcome in 2023. People are encouraged to watch these from their homes –they should be seen from a backyard or deck.

Blackcaps at Bay Oval

Wellington Firebirds rising star Finn Allen is primed to face India for the rst time after being con rmed in both Blackcaps squads for the incoming tour, starting in Wellington on Friday.

e tour begins with a three-game T20 International series at Wellington on November 18, then Tauranga’s Bay Oval this Sunday, November 20, and Napier on November 22.

Cycleway link

A cycle connection between Wairoa Bridge and Bethlehem will go ahead to complete the missing link in the Ōmokoroa to Tauranga cycleway. e last 800m of cycleway will reduce immediate safety risk to cyclists who currently share this narrow section of road along SH2. e connection will form part of the 19km Ōmokoroa to Tauranga cycleway, with the path extending under the bridge and up the other side of SH2.

At the top of the hill a new signalised crossing will be installed across SH2 to Carmichael Road, connecting through to the network of cycle paths at Gordon Carmichael Reserve and into the city.

Cocaine haul

Police have arrested seven people and seized up to $38 million worth of drugs in a major operation targeting the importation of cocaine into New Zealand.

Operation Depot has been a one-monthlong joint investigation into a local drug syndicate, which is alleged to have imported at least 190kg of cocaine into the country.

e investigation, run by NZ Police’s National Organised Crime Group and New Zealand Customs, focused on disrupting this illegal activity.

National Organised Crime Group’s detective inspector Paul Newman says this seizure is a signi cant nd for both agencies.

Buzzing about tennis!

Tennis fever is building in Pāpāmoa as the coastal community prepares to host an ITF World Tennis Tour event this summer. And it’s some of the youngest residents in town who get rst serve.

Two lucky local primary schools have had a visit from Tennis New Zealand and Eves Real Estate and were gifted thousands of dollars’ worth of brand new tennis gear.

Enthusiastic young groms at Te Ākau ki Pāpāmoa School and Tahatai Coast School took o their jandals for 45 minutes and hit the court for free introductory skills sessions with top coach Peter Blow.

“It’s just good fun, everyone has fun, and that’s the key to tennis at this age –we learn through play,” says Peter.

Attractive

e kids were rapt with the new Wilson tennis racquets, balls, and nets donated by Eves and Tennis NZ and they raced around the court in a blur of colour and noise, only stopping when Peter introduced a new activity. “If the kids see tennis as fun and we just play games, then it’s really attractive... for parents and kids as well.”

Peter is Pāpāmoa Tennis Club’s head coach and a high performance coach at Tennis Western Bay of Plenty.

He says the tennis community is “absolutely buzzing” about the Eves

Open – World Tennis Tour: Tauranga, which will be held in Pāpāmoa before Christmas.

Pro event

“I think we’re going to see massive numbers of the public come to watch.

“Some of the pros will work with kids in the neighbourhood too and maybe create some interest through that avenue, so we should be able to see good numbers coming through the clubs, kids that haven’t had any exposure to tennis as well. So it’s a win-win.”

e Eves Open is December 18-24 at Venture Developments WBOP Tennis Centre in Gordon Spratt Reserve, Pāpāmoa.

It is a professional event for men and women with o cial ATP and WTA world ranking points, and total prize pool of US$40,000.

“We’re so excited to partner with Eves to bring the World Tennis Tour to Pāpāmoa this December,” says Tennis NZ chief executive Julie Paterson. “ e community support so far has been phenomenal and I have no doubt our Kiwi players will thrive o a big home crowd courtside. International sport in one of NZ’s iconic beachside holiday spots, just before Christmas – what’s not to love!”

Pave the way

Eves sponsorship and events manager Vicki Semple says free coaching sessions and new equipment will hopefully

pave the way for a few young locals to fall in love with tennis just in time for summer. “We are all about supporting events and sport in our region and the Eves Open is an exciting opportunity for our community to host high quality international tennis.

“ is is exactly the kind of sporting event that can capture the imagination of a future star.”

Tahatai Coast School sports administrator Sally Cooney-Acker’s students had a lot of fun learning ball and racket skills and improving their tennis.“We are incredibly grateful for the donation of new tennis gear for our tamariki. It will be put to good use to get more children playing and having a go at tennis.”

More tennis

Te Ākau ki Pāpāmoa School kaiako Jo Weldon says the new equipment will enable more tennis skills to be taught in school sessions. “Students are eager to learn new skills and be outside while doing so and they are going to be very excited to use the new equipment to do this.”

e Eves Open – World Tennis Tour: Tauranga is December 18-24 at Venture Developments WBOP Tennis Centre, Gordon Spratt Reserve, Pāpāmoa.

Play begins 11am daily, with spectator entry free. e event is also supported by TECT and Tauranga City Council.

Tauranga Woodcrafters’ annual show is on today and this weekend as part of the 2022 Bay of Plenty Garden & Arts Festival now on.

e show – at the Mount Sports Centre on the corner of Hull Rd and Maunganui Rd – is open 10am4pm daily, o ering trade stalls, member exhibits and member sales stands and refreshments. e Tauranga Miniature Club will be special guests.

Find out more at:

www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz/garden-and-art-trail/ tauranga-woodcrafters-annual-expo/

Te Ākau ki Pāpāmoa School pupils received free tennis skills sessions ahead of e Eves Open – World Tennis Tour. Photo: Scott Yeoman.

Changing attitudes

Shane Henare rides a big rowdy beast.

“A Harley Davidson Fat Boy – loud pipes save lives,” he says.

at maybe arguable, but what isn’t arguable is the commitment of Shane and his four ‘Super Maori Fella’ cousins – Roger, Jack, Mervyn and Mahu – to the White Ribbon cause.

“Family violence is as bad in Tauranga as it is around the country,” says Shane. “Families struggle and the abuse starts. It has to stop.”

e statistics back him – an average 14 women a year are killed by partners or ex-partners. Each year more than 3500 men are convicted of assaults on women. In one year alone, police recorded 118,910 family violence incidents – one every ve minutes. It’s epidemic.

White Ribbon Day is when we wear a white ribbon to show we do not condone family violence. To spread that message Shane and the four ‘Super Maori Fellas’ will climb on their big rowdy beasts and head to the Fraser Cove shopping centre. “From 11am next Saturday, November 26, we’ll hold a sausage sizzle, hand out white ribbons and talk family violence,” says Jack Paki, a SMF. So big, tough guys who ride big powerful motor bikes talking healthy masculine

attitudes, respectful relationships and solutions to the hideous social scourge that is family violence.

“ ere might be 10 of us bikers there,” says Jack.

“ ere might be 100. But the message will be the same. It’s got to stop.”

And they’ll speak from personal experience.

“I was bought up in a violent home,” says Shane.

“My mother was abused by my father, and that’s also violence against children.”

e ‘SMFs’ have also invited a local motorbike gang to be part of their event. “It’s a new one I guess,” says Jack. “But they have got to be looked upon as trying to correct a wrong, leading the way in combating family violence. If they have a positive message and want to be seen doing something positive, why the hell not?”

e ‘SMF’ initiative is being launched in support of the Tauranga Women’s Refuge. Other events to mark White Ribbon in Tauranga include a Mauao summit morning service at 7am November 25 at the Monica Cantwell memorial.

Tauranga’s annual White Ribbon fundraiser dinner and auction for the refuge is on ursday, November 24, at Tauranga Club in Devonport Towers. Tickets are limited to 150 and selling fast!

Get your tickets to the dinner on Eventbrite.

Hunter Wells

Jack Paki and Shane Henare are ready to drive home the White Ribbon messsage. Photo: John Borren.

Their blood runs green

‘Poppa’ has spent a chunk of his life serving others, running search and rescue, saving lives. So it’s ironic there’s no-one, or nothing, to save his life.

“Pretty much in a nutshell really,” sighs ‘Poppa’ aka John Barton – the brains and e ort behind Tauranga Youth Search and Rescue.

“It’s a broken heart,” explains John. “A very broken heart.” He’s had numerous coronaries since 2013, open heart surgery in 2016, and he’s on borrowed time. “After a major heart attack a few months ago, they sent me home from hospital because they can’t do anything for me.”

Philosophical

“Make the best of what you’ve got and the time you’ve got,” they told Poppa, because it’s not long. e man who’s been hunting, shooting, searching and rescuing all his life, can’t even walk to his letterbox and back these days. But he’s philosophical. “ at’s the hand that’s been dealt me.”

John’s dicky heart nearly broke a young heart. “I was devastated I might be losing him,” says Tylah Wardrope. John is Tylah’s grandfather, her Poppa. “He’s my hero, my idol. We do everything together.” In a touching tribute, she even wrote a song to express her feelings and gratitude to the man.

‘Poppa’ reciprocates with a story of pride. “ e weekend Tylah turned 14 she spent on a solo camp – Friday night, all day Saturday, Saturday night, in

Granddaughter Tylah Wardrope with her Poppa, John Barton. Photos: John Borren.

John’s YSAR legacy to live on in Tylah

“In 2007 I was at an exercise in the Kaimai Range and saw a whole lot of little people in orange hi-vis vests being winched aboard an Iroqois helicopter. ey were just kids.” It was the Hamilton YSAR; he thought: ‘Wow, fantastic’.

“I’d been at a search and rescue conference and all you could see was grey heads, bald heads and near-deads.” He recognised the need for young heads to replace the old hands.

John and some colleagues seized on the Hamilton model and pestered for a Tauranga YSAR. Soon he was holding weekly classroom-based search and rescue study at Otumoetai College, then monthly camps to put theory into practice.

Of course, it was only time before John’s right-hand girl, a shy-butgifted 14-year-old piano and guitar player and songwriter called Tylah, joined YSAR.

if my name was John; I said ‘yup’.”

John was jammed in the back of the helicopter and own out. “ at day I had my rst chopper ride, my rst ride in a police car and my rst ride in an ambulance.” ere was also the thrill of being found and reunited with family. e experience served him well in his own work with search and rescue.

“Now I love the bush too,” says Tylah. “And I’m very grateful and

proud because Poppa has guided me to where I am today.” Tylah wrote her song for John as he lay dangerously ill in hospital after major heart surgery.

Legacy

“So many lives to save, so many lives to touch,” the song goes. “You are who I want to be, so hold my hand and tell me you’re still here.”

John’s legacy is in good hands.

the bush on the Kaimai Range, all on her own.” Tylah’s friends apparently all cheered and yahooed her back to camp on Sunday afternoon.

Veins of green

Poppa likes that story because his veins ow green – he loves the bush, the outdoors, and now Tylah shares the love. John’s chatting with e Sun as a simple gesture acknowledging a life well spent and enjoyed, and a life of achievement and success with search and rescue. Now John’s mantle has been passed to Tylah. “I was very shy but YSAR helped me over that – got me doing stu I never thought I was capable of doing.”

Tauranga Youth Search and Rescue – or YSAR as they say – its learning to survive, thrive and save lives in the bush, it’s junior LandSAR, junior search and rescue. It’s John Barton’s baby.

Fell in love

“I went with Poppa on a camp and fell in love with it. en I was in YSAR getting over my shyness, doing stu I never thought I was capable of doing, stu the average teenager never gets to do.” Tylah was there in 2016 when Poppa went to Wellington to pick up the Youth Group of the Year Award. “ at was the pinnacle,” says John.

So he retired.

“

e health was also failing and I was limited in what I could do or achieve.”

John’s rst experience with search and rescue was on the receiving end. e man who’d later manage, coach and mentor in search and rescue, got lost in the Kaimanawas for two days.

A tad embarrassing.

“I was sitting outside a hut when a helicopter dropped o some searchers to look for me. ey

Hunter Wells

Tauranga YSAR founder John Barton.

Tauranga’s 95.8 e Breeze ‘Stu the Bus’ runs from November 25 to December 10.

Tis time to stuff the bus!

It’s time to stu the bus for local charities. With Christmas around the corner, local radio station Tauranga’s 95.8 e Breeze is kicking o the yuletide season with 12 locations across the city for people to come and meet the team with foodstu s and presents.

“We will be travelling the Bay in a Uzabus collecting non-perishable food items and presents that will be gifted to local charities,” says Tauranga’s 95.8 e Breeze promotion manager Kelsey Harrap.

“By the end of the campaign, the bus is so full you can’t even walk in it!”

Kelsey says the bus is being wrapped on November 21 and will be out and about from November 25.

“We would love everyone to be involved.” After the bus has been packed full, the food and

presents will be distributed to Shakti, Tauranga Women’s Refuge, Homes of Hope, Te Manutora, Greerton Primary School, Merivale Primary School, Little Heroes Project, Arataki Community Centre, Merivale Community Centre and Tauranga Moana Night Shelter.

e bus will visit Mount Intermediate and Pak’nSave Cameron Rd on the morning of November 25. e following day RV Mega in Hewletts Rd will be visited, and on November 29 the bus will head to Payless Lifestyle on Cameron Rd.

From December 4-10 expect to see the bus at a new stop each day, including Papamoa, Te Puke, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bethlehem and Tauriko with the nal stop being Christmas in the Park at Soper Reserve on December 10.

Stu the Bus is being sponsored by RV Mega, Toi Ohomai, Payless Lifestyle, Smiths City, Pak’nSave, Uzabus, Zespri, PMG, Signature Homes and Moon Civil and Drainage.

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Wander around a historic wonder

Exploring a historic garden while on the Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Trail this weekend is also a great opportunity to use the Historic Tauranga Nga Tapuwae ki Te Papa | Footprints on Te Papa map and guide.

e Elms | Te Papa, at 15 Mission St, is listed on the New Zealand Heritage List/ Rārangi Kōrero as a Category 1 and 2 historic place.

Te Papa Mission Station is where the Tauranga sheet of the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 and where o cers dined who were about to engage in the 1864 Battle of Gate Pā | Pukehinahina. Kauri from Whitianga was used to build the Mission House, a superb example of late-Georgian architecture. Costing £300 it was completed in 1847.

Within the grounds is NZ’s oldest free-standing library. Established in 1839, the library has a Category 1 historic place listing.

During the 1818-1842 Musket Wars, threats were frequent, with a trapdoor in the oor opening to an underground hiding space.

Garden of Signi cance

In 2018 the NZ Gardens Trust registered e Elms garden as a ‘Garden of Signi cance’ with a vestar rating. One of the oldest NZ European gardens south of the Bay of Islands, it was created by the Church

Missionary Society, along with e Treaty House gardens at Waitangi. is historic 2.5 acre garden includes extensive and established collections of English trees, palm trees, NZ natives, heritage roses, heritage food plants and trees.

e third location featured on the Footprints on Te Papa map that’s based at e Elms | Te Papa is the Elms Pavilion constructed in 2020.

Bicultural

Honouring Ngāi Tamarāwaho of Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāti Tapu of Ngāi Te Rangi as holders of the site’s mana whenua, designers and artists entwined the strands of many stories of Māori and Pākehā who occupied the site, to create this bicultural garden and pavilion.

Guided tours are available daily without pre-booking, with admission $7.50-$15. Group visits must prebook by phoning: 07 577 9772.

On November 19-20 those with Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival passes gain free entry to explore the grounds at e Elms | Te Papa.

e Sun is publishing a series of stories based on some locations in the Historic Tauranga Nga Tapuwae ki Te Papa | Footprints on Te Papa map and guide. It’s available from Tourism Bay of Plenty, SunMedia, Tauranga City Library, e Elms | Te Papa and Tauranga i-Site. See more locations at: www.footprintsontepapa.nz

Your rates helped us to fund 870,000 natives to be planted

Calling the pollution hotline helps protect the environment

Obeying the maritime rules keeps everyone safe on the water

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Rose Solly and Rosie Burr looking at the Footprints on Te Papa map in the garden at e Elms | Te Papa.

Photo: John Borren.

Parking strategy part of a much wider issue

City centre parking has been a hot issue of late, which comes as no surprise. At the start of December, the two-hour free on-street parking trial – introduced as a Covid recovery measure mid-2020 – will end. is will be replaced by a $1 per hour charge for the rst two hours and $5 per hour for any additional time.

One reason for this change is many on-street parking spaces in the city centre are being used for all-day parking by people working in the area, making it di cult for shoppers and other shortterm users to nd a park when they need it.

ere are wider issues at stake, however. Meeting the Government’s climate change carbon emissions targets – which basically requires us to achieve carbon-zero status by 2050 – will be very challenging and we need people to start thinking now about how they can contribute to that e ort.

Transport emissions are by far the biggest part of Tauranga’s carbon footprint, which re ects the fact we’re one of the most car-dependent cities in New Zealand.

ink about alternatives

By ensuring parking charges will actually cover the cost of providing that service, we’re really looking to encourage people to think about alternatives to using their cars.

Employers can play an important role by helping sta to use more sustainable ways of getting to and from work. Electric bikes, cycles, scooters, walking, car-pooling and public transport are possible options – and, the more people who use alternative transport modes, the more sense it makes to invest in infrastructure to

support even greater use of those alternatives. e approach taken by the ‘Wednesday Challenge’ can also contribute to an important change in our transport thinking, but in reality it needs to be a ‘weekday challenge’ to really make an impact.

We’ve received a petition from CBD workers worried about access to and the cost of parking. We understand their concerns, but employers need to step up here and look at ways of helping sta adapt to the new parking reality, which essentially means not clogging up available on-street parking and actually meeting the true cost of the parking service.

e solution

We know there’s a capacity issue, which will be partially addressed by planned parking development in the CBD, but that will take time and come at a cost to users.

Meanwhile, we also have to grapple with short-term capacity reductions due construction projects and the planned conversion of e Strand carpark to a family-oriented waterfront park. We’ll put considerable thought into shortterm measures to deal with parking demands, but the solution lies in sustainable, long-term thinking and the time to start that is now.

Tackle Christmas blues head on

ose nding themselves facing the Christmas season in a new or changed family dynamic due to divorce, separation, or widowhood, can gain some help this Tuesday, November 22.

‘Surviving the Holidays’ is a two-hour course designed speci cally to o er support and strategies to those making this transition. Held at C3 City Church, Otumoetai on Tuesday,

Take

November 22, from 7pm, participants will spend time with others navigating similar journeys. Supper and reading materials will be supplied.

Facilitator Kathryn Michel, who runs the evening with Errol Saul, says: “ e evening will help prepare participants for the emotions around the season, and also how to survive the many social events that may arise”.

To register for the course, visit: www.citychurch.nz

Larissa Allen updates Buzzworthy

Tauranga’s Larissa Allen, who is ghting a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer, has been documenting her cancer journey in the hope it helps others.

e outgoing 31-year-old has metaplastic cancer, found in under one per cent of all breast cancer cases.

“It’s a really rare and aggressive form of breast cancer that they don’t have enough research on and so they don’t really know how to treat it. I know I’m Grade 3 which means fast,

aggressive growing.” Larissa rst appeared on a Buzzworthy podcast about ve weeks ago to tell her story – now she’s recorded a second Buzzworthy podcast to update her followers on her brave journey.

To watch the podcast, visit: www.buzzworthy.co.nz or scan the QR code on this page.

A friend has set up a Givealittle page to support Larissa at: givealittle.co.nz/ cause/people-of-nz-and-beyond-letswrap-our-arms-around

Scan this QR code to watch the podcast update on Larissa Allen.

classroom to the great outdoors

Kathryn Michel and Errol Saul can provide some helpful advice about navigating the festive season. Photo: Merle Cave.

Larissa Allen.

German brand Opel has hit the New Zealand market – and what a treat they are to drive.

Most Electric Vehicles on the market tend to be large, which gives the mid-sized Opel MOKKA-e, which I test drove, a signi cant competitive advantage. It is quiet, comfortable and o ers a great space to travel in. e silent ride is paired with a great quality sound system, making driving this EV impressively fun.

Two-tone paint with black roof and bonnet along with red highlights on the wheels and roo ine create a fresh and modern visual experience. e interior is also a major winner with two screens; one 12-inch digital instrument cluster, and one 10-inch touchscreen with navigation and smartphone connectivity. e driving position is very comfortable with great seats, good visibility and a sense of being cocooned from the outside.

Safety features

MOKKA-e has simple, easy-use switches, saving drivers from sur ng through long touchscreen menus. A suite of safety features are of course standard. Adaptive Cruise

Control works superbly in stop-start tra c with the MOKKA-e automatically following the car in front when it moves forward or slows down. When paired with Lane Positioning Assist, your commute to work can be silent and e ortless! It also comes with Blind Spot Monitoring, has 360 degrees of safety sensors and a bird’s eye view camera when reversing.

If that’s not enough, the MOKKA-e’s IntelliLux headlights radically improve night-time visibility. Consisting of 168 LED lights that are able to shut o individually, the maximum amount of road remains illuminated with the clarity of powerful high beams, while ensuring other drivers aren’t dazzled.

From time to time, the Opel MOKKA-e will need to be charged. e vehicle’s high performance 50kWh battery means it can be charged to about 80 per cent in 30 minutes; and a full charge has an impressive range of 363kms (WLTP).

e handling is excellent, which when combined with the MOKKA-e’s smoothness on the road, results in stress-free travel. Performance is electrifying with 260Nm

of instantaneous torque and 100kW of power. If you haven’t driven an EV before, you’ll be amazed at what “instantaneous torque” feels like.

Amazing value

e Opel MOKKA-e is an excellent car for anyone who is looking to take the plunge into what the future holds with electric cars. You can pick one up for $69,990+ORC and it currently quali es for a government rebate of $8625, bringing your net spend down to $61,365+ORC. at’s amazing value for money for a cutting-edge, fully-electric, German car.

Backed by a ve-year/100,000km warranty with ve-year Roadside Assist plus an eight-year/160,000km battery warranty, MOKKA-e o ers absolute stress-free motoring.

For a look at the future, visit Opel Tauranga at 326 Cameron Rd (alongside Honda). ey are hosting a testdrive day on Saturday, November 19, between 9am-4pm, or call in at your convenience. Phone Opel Tauranga on: 07 578 9083.

Taylor Rice

German car brand Opel has hit the New Zealand market. Photos: John Borren.

Patrol goes electric

Papamoa Community Patrol is saving fuel and keeping their neighbourhood safe with their new electric vehicle.

e Papamoa Community Patrol was delighted when Ebbett Tauranga gave them a fully sponsored electric vehicle at the end of July.

Patrol leader Debbie Youngman says the new electrically-powered car has lifted a huge burden for them.

“ is year we had budgeted $9000 just for fuel alone and immediately

that’s $9000 that we don’t have to fundraise for, nd sponsors for or donations for.”

No fuel worry

With the hefty prices of petrol, the patrol team was going to struggle.

“If we couldn’t get the $9000, we were going to have to cut down our patrolling,” says Debbie. “We patrol around 2200km a month so that’s why our petrol bill is so expensive.”

Debbie says on average the volunteer team does more than 260

hours of patrolling per month.

“We have a day, a dusk, and a night patrol or sometimes we will also have a late night/ early morning patrol…so by not having to worry about fuel now we will be able to continue to keep our neighbourhood safe.”

Hearing their concerns, Julian Clements, dealer principal at Ebbett Tauranga, o ered the Papamoa patrol team an electric vehicle to support their community e orts. “We were just like: ‘Wow really?’” says Debbie. “We never thought we’d be in a position to be o ered an EV at all.”

Plug in

Not being able to look out for their neighbourhood is no longer

a concern for the patrol team. “It’s so much better in the EV and we just feel that we’re better servicing the community in an electric vehicle rather than in a fuel vehicle,” says Debbie. With an EV charger based at the Papamoa Police Station that is TECTfunded, each shift simply plugs in the vehicle – no longer having to juggle petrol station fuel ups.

Quiet service

As a quiet vehicle on the road, this has improved the patrol team’s communication too.

“When you’re sitting there with your engine running beside someone who is trying to tell you something really important it’s quite di cult – so this vehicle is just silent,” says Debbie. “We

were always very conscious about the noise that we were possibly making travelling around some of the smaller streets in Papamoa and now we don’t need to worry about creating the noise.”

Second EV goal

Looking ahead, the patrol will work towards purchasing a second EV. “Papamoa is growing so much that we’re going to need a second vehicle in the not-too-distant future. We’ll be asking local businesses and the Papamoa community to help us.

“Although we currently have a sponsored vehicle we still need to raise operational funds so we’re always fundraising and looking for sponsorship and donations to keep us on the road.”

Georgia Minkhorst

Frans Smit and Debbie Youngman with the new electric vehicle for the Papamoa Community Patrol.

Photo: John Borren.

Discover contemporary apartment living, at The Bayview.

Entertaining friends and family is a dream, thanks to the open plan layout of this modern two bedroom apartment. The designer kitchen and enclosable balcony elevate both special occasions and everyday living.

The north facing aspect and garden views make for breezy summers, while the heat pump will keep you feeling cosy in those chillier winter months.

Essential features include the master ensuite and separate guest bathroom, while the additional bedroom is perfect for hosting overnight guests.

Each apartment at The Bayview comes with access to our premium onsite facilities; including a gym, bowling green, workshop, as well as the stylish café and bar.

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5 – 6pm

Main Stage

10 – 10.30am

Main Stage

Te Moana Society Tauranga Cook Islands Cultural Group Traditional music and dance.

10.30 – 11.30am

Speakers’ Corner

Furoshiki Demonstration. Learn traditional Furoshiki wrapping, sustainable gift-wrapping.

10.45 – 11.45am

Main Stage

Trevor Braunias & Jill Leighton Jazz standards from a brilliant duo that play and sing with charisma and style.

11 – 11.30am

Speakers’ Corner

Geo Canham & Fiona Lavin Waiariki Park Region – A greener, healthier, wilder, more resilient region, learn more...

12 – 12.30pm

Main Stage

W Dance Company Enchanting contemporary dance performance expressing the unpredicatable nature of rain.

12 – 12.30pm

Speakers’ Corner

Marion Murphy Decoupage Artist. Learn about decoupage –A three dimensional collage ancient art form using glass.

Main Stage

band playing rock and reggae oriented originals with covers in the mix.

1 – 1.30pm

Speakers’ Corner

Carole Long Otanewainuku Forest & A Wildlife Haven – Home to the NL brown Kiwi and over 300 indigenous plants...

2 – 3pm

Main Stage

Wearable Arts Make Art Not Waste – Envirohub’s annual sustainable art challenge.

3.15 – 4.15pm

Main Stage

Catie & Ellie Catie is joined by exceptionally talented Ellie to create a duo that is fun and soulful.

4.15 – 4.30pm

Wearable Arts Awards Winner Announcement

4.45 – 6pm

Main Stage

Main Stage

Kokomo Unplugged The acoustic version of the kiwi blues and roots group Kokomo, pleasing New Zealand crowds for years.

10 – 10.40am

Main Stage

Catie The passionate and well crafted lyrics of this up and coming singer/ songwriter / guitarist will leave you inspired.

Speakers’ Corner 10.30 – 11am

Topsy Steele Landscape Architect The world of landscape architecture, a seat that could’ve collapsed a railway and more.

10.45 – 11.15am

Main Stage

W Dance Company Enchanting contemporary dance performance expressing the unpredicatable nature of rain.

11.30am – 12.30pm

Main Stage

Unit 51 A young up and coming Tauranga-based band playing rock and reggae oriented originals with covers in the mix.

12.45 – 1.45pm

and landscape architect Topsy Steele. ere’s a Furoshiki demonstration, and a talk by Geo Canham and Fiona Lavin on the Waiariki Park project. BOP Floral Art will provide demonstrations, creating tin can planters, Scandinavian Christmas trees and dried ower wreaths. e Wearable Arts Awards, e Weekend Sun Emerging Artist, and the Hansa

Chipper ra e draw winners will be announced from the main stage.

e BOP Garden & Art Festival is November 17-20. Purchase tickets at Palmers Bethlehem, Decor Garden World, Paci ca Home and Garden Store, I-site Tauranga, Te Puke Florists, Katikati Information Centre or: www.gardenandartfestival.co.nz Rosalie Liddle Crawford

e festival hub main stage at Tauranga Racecourse will be pumping this weekend, rain or shine, with 12 acts booked to perform at Bloom in the Bay.

e broad sweep of musical styles will have wide appeal, from young up-and-coming Tauranga-based band Unit 51 playing rock and reggae-oriented originals, through to brilliant duo Trevor Braunias and Jill Leighton bringing much-loved jazz. Not to be missed!

Other acts not to be missed are Wildlanes, Kokomo, Lucky Strike, Catie & Ellie, Te Moana Society, W Dance Company, singer/songwriter Catie, Lucky Strike, Afrolites and Kokomo Unplugged – the acoustic version of the iconic Tauranga

Kiwi blues and roots band.

With entry only $5, or free for Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival pass holders and under 14s, Bloom in the Bay is the ‘go-to’ place this weekend until 6pm each day except Sunday when it closes at 3pm.

Relax and chill out at e Tiny House Art Village, with cabins from Freedom Cabins NZ, trade stalls, bar and food trucks. Most of the site is covered, with performances able to be enjoyed from the grandstands if it rains.

e Kids’ Area has garden activities for children to paint rocks, learn about worm farms, beehives, and plants.

Bloom in the Bay is an excellent stopover while on the BOP Garden & Art Festival’s Garden & Art Trail, which features 74 garden and art stops between Katikati and Paengaroa.

Parking is easy, with entry to

Construction of a shared pathway along the Pāpāmoa Coastal Reserve begins next autumn, with the community encouraged to rst share feedback on its nal design.

Tauranga City Council senior project manager Ana Hancock says council now wants to check in with the community to make sure it’s on the right track before work on stage one begins next year. As well as making walking and cycling safer, the pathway will create a reserve space for people to enjoy help protect Te Ākau ki Pāpāmoa (Pāpāmoa dunes) and feature signage to share stories and history of mana whenua.

e 4km long pathway will be built in two

the festival hub leading through the BOP Floral Art Area, followed by the Festival Gallery, e Weekend Sun Emerging Artist nalists, the Cook Island Tivaevae Wall Art, Tauranga Society of Artists, Tauranga Cake Decorators Guild and on to the Bloom Plaza where trade stalls, a speaker’s corner and the Bloom Café await.

Speakers and demos

Speakers include photographer Kim Westerskov, ‘Bug Man’ Ruud Kleinpaste, Luke Judd from Predator Free BOP, decoupage artist Marion Murphy, horticulture tutor Emma Cole, home waste solutions expert Leo Murray, Carole Long speaking on NZ dotterels, Shontelle from SweetPea & Jasmine demonstrating making Christmas wreaths and posies,

Rock, jazz, reggae and blues at festival Have your say on shared pathway

stages. Work on stage one is expected to begin next autumn. Stretching from Pāpāmoa Domain to Parton Rd, this stage will include new public toilets near Parton Rd, pedestrian crossing points on Pāpāmoa Beach Rd, signage, and seating areas.

Stage two, from Parton Rd to Taylor Reserve, is subject to funding and expected to be built in the next few years.

“ e $2.3 million pathway will make the most of what is currently an underutilised reserve space, increase amenities for Pāpāmoa residents, while also reducing the dust and tyre tracks created by nonformalised parking areas,” says Ana.

People can share their feedback at: www.tauranga.govt.nz/Papamoapathway

Wildlanes.

Calling all artists

Artists are invited to dive into the popular Incubator Creative Hub’s annual group show, which runs from November 26-December 18. e entry fee for this year’s exhibition – which is titled ‘114’ – is $14, with the artist receiving $100 per sale. Artworks or sculptures that sell for $114 must be 300x 300mm. Registrations for the show closes November 21. For more information, visit: www.theincubator.co.nz

Special guest at NAC reunion

A training aircraft used by the National Airways Corporation, with a history dating back to 1929, was a special guest at the NAC’s reunion held at Classic Flyers at Mount Maunganui early this month.

e aircraft was purchased by a New Zealander, S.G. (Stan) White, in 1934, and left his hands in 1942 when it was sold to Union Airways. It was more than 70 years later in 2012, after the aircraft changed multiple hands, when Stan’s daughter, Jan Chisum and husband Jerry Chisum of Bridge Pa, Hawke’s Bay, purchased the aircraft her father ew from England after 43 stops during the course of several months.

According to Classic Flyers archivist Peter Layne, the aircraft is the only DH60 Moth still on the NZ aircraft register. “It’s really special to have it here for the reunion. It has such a great history.”

Amazing moment

Jan and Jerry said at the event they felt “blessed” to bring the aircraft to the special occasion. Jan still remembers when Mr Middleton, who was then owner of the plane, said he was thinking of selling the aircraft. “I said to him: ‘I thought you’d never

say that’. It was an amazing moment,” says Jan. e aircraft came rst into Kiwi hands when it was purchased in 1934 by Jan’s father, who was a ying o cer serving in the RAF, from Hon Mrs Venetia Montagu who used it in 1933 for a tour of China.

Flying home

Due to complete his short service commission, Stan intended to y as far as Australia on his way home. He left England on September 18, 1934, and arrived in Sydney November 1. e aircraft was shipped across the Tasman and arrived in NZ on November 12, 1934. Union Airways purchased the plane on December 1, 1942, when the Royal NZ Air Force no longer had a use for the aircraft type. Union Airways named the Moth ‘Huia’ and used it for communication ights and pilot training.

When Union Airways was nationalised on April 1, 1947, the aircraft became the property of the NAC, and they soon had no use for it. It was sold to A. B Baker of Hamilton, who named it ‘Any Damn ing’. e aircraft was then sold to multiple owners in Wairoa, then to Palmerston North, by G.K. Reader, who sold it to H.L. Middleton of Pukekohe for restoration in 1972. On July 2, 2012, it was sold to Jan Chisum.

Tauranga outdoor water restrictions are in place

TheTauranga water supply is drawn from spring-fed streams. Despite recent rain the Tautau stream hasn’t fully recovered after years of dry summers.We all need to be mindful about how we use our share. It’s simply a matter of balance - as a rapidly growing city we mustn’t consume water faster than the streams can replenish themselves.

Taylor Rice

e only DH60 Moth plane. All Photos: Taylor Rice.

e 43 stops Jan’s father, S. G. (Stan) White, made on his way to Sydney.

Have your say on safe speeds

To ensure our transport system protects and helps us to get to the places and people important to us, the way we manage speeds has changed.

As part of our transition to the new approach, we’re developing an interim State Highway Speed Management Plan.

Our plan includes proposed new speed limits on sections of state highways, safe speeds around schools and marae, and other speed related activities.

Shine some joy in your community

Dust o those colourful lights, gures and shapes – and get into the festive spirit by entering Sun Media’s Christmas Lights Drive this year!

With December nearly upon us, Sun Media is inviting Western Bay of Plenty residents from Waihi, Katikati right through Tauranga City to Papamoa and Te Puke to get their Christmas lights up and get involved.

“We’d love people from all over the Western BOP and here in the city – from Bethlehem, Brook eld, Otumoetai, Bureta, Bellevue, Matua, Avenues, Judea, Cherrywood, Greerton, Pyes Pa, Tauriko, e Lakes, Gate Pa, Merivale, Oropi, Welcome Bay, Hairini, Ohauiti, Mount Maunganui, Maungatapu, Matapihi, Arataki, Omanu – everywhere – to get their lights up and get involved,” says e Weekend Sun editor Merle Cave.

A property decked in bells and lights for the Christmas Lights Drive.

Join us!

“We’ve had a tough few years, and with Covid-19 still here but not limiting us as much we really want this to be a Christmas to remember for all of our readership communities – especially youngsters who really delight in seeing colourful displays of Santa and Co after dark.

“Most households have some festive or coloured lights on hand, or stu ed away in the closet or garage, that they could dig out and put up a bit early – so please join us in bringing some joy to Western Bay of Plenty residents!

“People love viewing the lights with their families, young and old!”

Households can register for the Sun Media’s Christmas Lights Drive by sending in their property’s address, their name, and phone number to Sun Media.

Entries can be made by phoning: 07 578 0030, emailing: o ce@thesun.co.nz with ‘Christmas

Entries close December 7 – with the Christmas Lights Drive listings published in e Weekend Sun on Friday, December 9.

Winning household

e winning household entry – chosen by a Sun Media sta er – will receive a huge Christmas hamper worth $250 lled with a selection of Christmas goodies before December 25. So register now! Spread some joy – and some might come your way too!

Find out what’s proposed for your region and give your feedback online at www.nzta.govt.nz/ISMP

Consultation closes on 12 December 2022

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Lights Drive’ in the subject line, or send a message via the SunLive Instagram page.

News from Bay of Plenty Regional Council November 2022

Celebrating our volunteer heroes

A series of care group events to connect and acknowledge volunteers for their contribution to environmental initiatives around Tauranga Moana have shone a light on some of our unsung heroes. The gatherings were an opportunity for volunteers to see what other groups are doing, with the idea of crosspollinating networks and gaining inspiration from each other. The groups involved included Friends of The Blade who carry out pest animal control in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest. They demonstrated how their various traps work, with attendees invited to

Choose a healthy, safe swim spot this summer

Did you know we regularly monitor the water quality of local swim spots? Over the warmer months (October through to March), our technicians are out testing more than 70 coastal, river and lake recreation sites around the rohe every week.

The samples we collect are tested in our lab for faecal contamination (E. coli or Enterococci bacteria) and/or for toxin-forming algae (cyanobacteria), and all monitoring information is supplied to LAWA and Toi Te Ora Public Health.

Together, we’re using this data to keep you informed about the safety and suitability of local swim spots. Check your local swimming spot online www.boprc.govt.nz/safe-swimming-areas

Rangitāiki River walkway to close

check trap and cable lines around the Pā Kererū walking track. Maketū Ōngātoro Wetland Society shared details on their biodiversity restoration projects and took visitors to see their Pukehina dune restoration site and inanga/whitebait spawning habitat project. The Western Bay Wildlife Trust hosted a Moturiki Island working bee to improve seabird and shorebird habitats around the island while presenting on their work to restore kororā (little blue penguin), oi (grey-faced petrel) and tūturiwhatu (dotterel) habitats. And finally, Johnson Reserve Care Group presented their native revegetation, planting and pest plant control operations from an urban reserve perspective.

If you’ve ever considered volunteering but are yet to get involved, reach out to any of the above groups today.

FRESHWATER PESTS!

Wipe out Woolly nightshade

We’re running a promotion this summer to encourage people to help control Woolly nightshade in specific areas of the rohe.

Woolly nightshade is an aggressive and fast-growing pest plant. Seedlings that establish in summer can start producing seeds by autumn. Dust from its leaves can irritate the skin, eyes, nose and while its berries can be poisonous to mammals, birds can safely eat the berries and then spread the seeds to new locations.

Check, clean, dry, certify

If you’re planning on heading out on the Rotorua Te Arawa lakes this summer, you need to ensure that your vessel (boat, jetski, kayak) and trailer are free from freshwater pest weeds and fish before you hit the water. And if you are using one of the o cial boat ramps you must fill in one of the self-certification forms that can be found in boxes located at all of the popular boat ramps. Biosecurity O cers from Te Arawa Lakes Trust (TALT) will be regularly checking that everyone is following the rules and helping protect the lakes and waterways that we all love.

If you have Woolly nightshade on your property – check out our website if you want more information on what it looks like – then get in touch and let’s work together to make the Bay of Plenty Woolly nightshade-free. We can give advice on how to control it, provide a practical demonstration and / or supply you with a control pack to get started.

Call our Customer Services team on 0800 884 880 or fill in an enquiry form online at www.boprc.govt.nz/contact-us and quote ‘woolly wipeout’.

Construction to upgrade the Rangitāiki River floodwalls in Edgecumbe township is scheduled to begin soon. While construction is underway (from late November / early December 2022 through to April / May 2023), the Rangitāiki River walkway will be closed and a detour will be in place along the College Road footpath. Edgecumbe residents may also experience low-level construction noise, which we will be monitoring to assess the impacts. We’ll keep in touch with the community about progress and the walkway’s reopening. Keep updated with this project through our website: www.boprc.govt.nz/rangitaiki-floodwalls

Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Toi Moana works to ensure our region’s environment and its people thrive.

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

BETWEEN WATERWAYS

A Night Before Christmas returns!

With tickets to the show being completely free, the event has attracted well over 10,000 people in the past, having been run since 1996.

Tauranga’s longstanding community Christmas concert, ‘A Night Before Christmas’, is making its triumphant return this year after two years of cancellations from Covid-19.

Held in the beautiful park-like elds of Bethlehem College, the event will ring in the festive season on Saturday, December 17.

With the event last taking place in 2019, the much-anticipated return will be a large-scale celebration for the community to nally come together again and kick o the Christmas holidays on a high.

e event will once again serve up a fantastic lineup of music, dance, Kapa Haka and a spectacular reworks display. Acts have just been announced, and include past favourites, Late

80’s Mercedes, as well as local singer-songwriter, Georgia Lines, who is currently ying high in the charts. e young, up-and-coming band, Albert Street, who were the 2020 Waikato regional Smokefreerockquest winners, will also perform, as well as local dance studio, KJ Studios, kapa haka groups, TYRA and Ayla Wesley. e hugely popular Christmas Carols segment will once again be provided by the Bethlehem Baptist Church band. A Night Before Christmas will continue its legacy of being a free community concert for thousands of families in the region. Attendees will need to book their free tickets online in advance, and can show their ticket on their phone or printed out at entry. e free tickets are available now, by visiting www.anbc.co.nz

Event organisers say attendees should be quick to secure their free tickets, as gauging by crowds at past events, all available spaces will be snapped up early.

Funding for local creatives

Satellite Sessions received funding in a previous Creative Communities Scheme funding round.

Tauranga creatives with a great artistic idea for a project are invited to apply for funds in the latest round of the Creative Communities Scheme.

is scheme is o ered jointly by Creative New Zealand and Tauranga City Council and promotes community involvement, diversity and young people participating in the arts.

“ e council has recently taken the application process in-house with the intention of making clearer connections between the various funding programmes we o er to the community,” says Tauranga City Council arts and culture manager James Wilson.

“ e questions are very much as before but you now apply through an online portal, where you will also nd links to useful information about funding priorities.” e portal allows applicants to save their application as a draft, so they don’t have to write all of it in one go.

No limit

Creative NZ spends more than $3.2 million annually supporting about 1800 projects through the Creative Communities Scheme. ere is no limit to how much people can apply for – however the majority of grants are $2000-$4000 plus GST. A total of $56,000 plus GST is available in the

Zinefest also received funding in a previous CCS funding round.

October 2022 round for the local community, for projects taking place between November 21, 2022 and May 31, 2023.

e number of projects supported varies depending on the round, but as a guide Tauranga receives an average of 45-50 applications per round, with an approval rate of about 35 per cent. e average value of approved grants in the previous two rounds was $3076.

Projects and ideas

“We’re really looking forward to hearing about creative projects and ideas,” says James, “Please don’t hesitate to get in touch directly if you have any questions about the funding process. And don’t forget you can also talk to Annie Hill at Creative Bay of Plenty for advice on funding and the Creative Communities Scheme in particular.”

e deadline for this round is midnight Sunday, November 20. e next round of funding will open in February 2023 for events that take place from March 2023 onwards.

Access the portal at: www.tauranga.govt.nz/community/grants-andfunding/creative-communities-fund

For more information, email creativecommunities@tauranga.govt.nz or Annie Hill at: anniecreativebop.org.nz

Love this goofball Ludo

Meet Ludo, a one-year-old male Sharpei-cross.

Ludo wasn’t in great shape when he came into our care. However since his arrival he’s spent time gaining weight, experiencing SPCA spa treatments and hanging out with our team in reception.

Fast-forward to today and he’s a happy, health big boy looking for his forever home.

Ludo has so much love to share;

he’s very generous with a ection and slobbery kisses.

Ludo gets on well with other dogs, he can take or leave cats and is very gentle with children.

He’s described by our team and volunteers at the shelter as a real goofball. He loves to entertain.

Ludo enjoys his walks but is equally happy just chilling with someone by his side.

Please call the Tauranga centre on: 07 5780245. Ref: 54351.

Happy Harmony

Harmony is an amazing wee girl full of life and love.

She’s getting better each day with toilet training and is very good with crate training at night.

She has a quiet, gentle nature and plays hard as all puppies do! She doesn’t seem to mind cats and is not shy with strangers. Her fosters don’t have small children but she loves to be

picked up and cuddled by their teenage daughters. Harmony will make an excellent pet for a family that loves adventures. To nd out more, message the RRR Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RRRCanine

Rosalie Liddle Crawford

A triumph for women!

Everyone I know is still buzzing with excitement about this fantastic game of rugby and about the amazing women who make up our national team. It was a triumph for women and for women’s sport. I heard an interview with Ruby Tui before the game, she was recalling how people said a few years ago that the team shouldn’t play at Eden Park because they would never ll it and that a stadium for 5000 people was more appropriate. Oh how wrong those people were!

Privileged to attend

I was privileged to attend the game along with the Minister for Sport and Recreation Grant Robertson. It’s no secret that Grant is a life-long lover of sport. He saw New Zealand women with the potential to lead in sport and chased the three women’s World Cup events, which New Zealand won the rights to host – the rugby, cricket and football.

In 2018 Grant and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern launched the Strategy for Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation, to deliver on the Government’s top sports priorities of increasing support for women athletes and improving their

rates and quality of participation in sport. As Minister for Women, I wholeheartedly support this fantastic initiative.

Congratulations to all Congratulations to everyone involved in Saturday night’s win – the team, their families and supporters, coaches, the tournament’s organising committee, the 200-plus former Black Ferns who helped pave the way, and the NZ public for their wonderful support.

It was absolutely awesome!

Filled with pride for the Black Ferns

Last Saturday night I had a function so I missed most of the Women’s Rugby World Cup Final.

As I drove home, everywhere I saw TVs on showing the rugby. I pulled into our quiet street and suddenly there was an enormous roar from houses everywhere.

Ayesha Leti-I’iga scored to pull NZ ahead. Nine minutes to go, I watched the last few minutes tick by with my heart in my mouth and I have to admit tears owed freely as our Black Ferns celebrated a quite remarkable win.

What a moment, poi-twirling and crowd-singing and NZ were world

champions – again.

ere’s so many heroes of this tournament, from players, support sta , whanau and coaches but I do want to acknowledge Papamoa’s Sarah Hirini. She is an absolute legend – so focused, so determined and so humble.

Sarah, your community stands with you, lled with pride at your stunning achievement.

New Zealand’s largest green living and sustainable lifestyle show

e Go Green Expo is dedicated to supporting green businesses across New Zealand and is your one-stop ‘shop’ for everything you need to live a sustainable life.

With the Go Green Expo hitting Tauranga’s shores for the rst time on November 19-20 at TrustPower Arena, Baypark, we’re excited to give you the knowledge to transform your way of life, in favour of the environment and you!

Diverse range

With more than 100 brands, you will nd a diverse range of companies covering categories from eco home and living to household products, health and beauty, organic products, food and beverages, ethical investments, electric bikes and cars and more. e friendly exhibitors are

always ready to answer any questions you may have about taking on new ways of living more eco-consciously.

Learn something new with an amazing array of free seminars and product demonstrations o ered daily to give you that extra bit of knowledge and con dence boost to living a sustainable lifestyle.

Free morning yoga sessions daily allow you to start your day o the right way, welcoming of all abilities.

Expo deals

Don’t miss out on our fantastic goodie bags lled with an amazing range of products from exhibitors – these goodie bags are sought-after and sell-out quickly, so come along early Saturday or Sunday morning to get your hands on one of these. With plenty of activities for kids, exclusive expo deals, prizes, giveaways and more – this expo is not to be missed!

Well what can I say that hasn’t already been said about the mighty New Zealand Black Ferns winning the Women’s Rugby World Cup last weekend?

Ministers Kiri Allan, Minister for Sport and Recreation Grant Robertson and Jan Tinetti at Saturday night’s Womens Rugby World Cup Final.

e expo on November 19-20 in Tauranga will be a one-stop shop to live sustainably.

The problem with parking in town is… Can they cut down trees?

e noise of chainsaws has been heard all over Tauranga to devastating e ect.

In particular, two lovely mature healthy copper beach trees were assassinated on Devonport Rd, just down from 7th Ave. I am told that they were causing shade on one of the ats! I bet now they won’t be able to open the blinds when sunny as they will fry and I hope they do.

longer! Plus I saw them pulling out all the da odil bulbs. Sad. Do people not have to seek permission to cut down healthy beautiful trees, when we are wanting more planted for the carbon thing?

Enid Birtwistle, Avenues.

Tauranga City Council responds: We know it can be disappointing when large trees are removed.

Most cities have two main centres where you can shop with all the big name stores etc. We have ve or six.

Secondly, the council thinks that everyone who works in Tauranga lives in Tauranga – and will bus to their jobs. No sorry – Tauranga is regional hub for the Western BOP, so people drive into Tauranga to work from their homes – which are located across the Western BOP. You won’t get a bus timetable to suit everyone-from-out-of-town’s employment timetable.

Lastly, there’s a mismatch between Tauranga

City Council managing carparking in the city and the Bay of Plenty Regional council running the region’s buses. Both buses and carparking need to be under the same authority to create synergies and opportunities for travelers. As we know the two councils working together on something could take donkey’s years to get through the two bureaucracies.

J Jones, Apata.

***TCC was o ered a right of reply to this letter, but declined.

A blanket fireworks ban is

Another year, more re ghters risking their lives to save people and property. More native bush and farmland burnt with dead wildlife and stock. Terri ed pets lost, run over, and sleep-deprived workers. To quote the late, great ‘Roger Rabbits’: “Along with whaling, bull ghting and slavery, Guy Fawkes needs retiring to the history les.

“NZ Government needs a rocket for not banning this years ago. e

e other tree that a orded solace near the Trinity church on Devonport Rd has also gone the way of all things, the church says “come here for solace” , which the tree provided in the heat. No

However trees on private land are the property of the private land owner. Council has no jurisdiction over them unless they are a notable or protected tree, protected through the Resource Management Act.

Life’s journey

Life’s journey is not a walk on a highwire tightrope

Each of us is allowed mistakes

well overdue!

same government that has harped on about climate change and concern for health and safety, has sanctioned the environmental vandalism and animal torture that drags on for weeks and months.”

He was so right, sorely missed.

If you have money to burn, I’m sure Foodbank, Rescue Helicopter and Surf Lifesaving etc. would love some of it. I call that getting a real bang for my buck. B Williams, Greerton.

Each of us is allowed hope

Our greatest assets walk beside us. ey are family and friends ey will help us over the hills

And round the tricky bends

In life’s journey there are many traps hidden in the grass

Put there by advertisers who

Just want your brass.

Surround yourself with friends And keep your needs few And life will be good to you Ken Jones, Katikati.

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Next Sunday, November 27, we enter the rst of four weeks of Advent – a season of re ective preparation as we remember the coming of Jesus Christ into the world as baby Jesus who was born in Bethlehem, commonly known as the Nativity of Christ at Christmas.

Advent, which in Latin means ‘coming’, is also connected with the expected return of Christ at His second coming.

In His rst coming, Jesus came as the Su ering

Servant – “for God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life...He is the atoning sacri ce for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world” (John 3:16, 1 John 2:2).

is atoning work of Jesus on our behalf was accomplished on the Cross, the clearest way God has shown us that He loves us. “ is is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacri ce for our sins” (1 John 4:10).

At His second coming, Jesus will return as the conquering King. His second coming is spoken of in greatest detail in Revelation 19:11-16, which ends with these words: “On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS”.

Dear reader, take time this Advent season to think about the real Jesus and what He means to you. Is He your King, Lord, and Saviour?

Richard Roodt, Redeemer Church Tauranga.

Aged 101 and telling it how it is

Tauranga 101-year-old Dennis Gillard is as sharp as he is straight up – believing the youth of today’s generation are less fortunate than back in his day – yet he wouldn’t mind having a spin in an electric car!

Born on August 31, 1921, in Essex, England, Dennis moved to New Zealand in 1923 when his parents emigrated here. He’s lived most of his life in Auckland, where he raised his four children Christine, Michael, Jenny and Pauline with his late wife, Joy Gillard – who he was married to for 60 years.

“To stay in a marriage you need ear mu s and to shut this up,” says Dennis, pointing to his mouth with a laugh.

Love your job

A smart man in his marriage, Dennis believes loving your job is the key to a long life too. “In my way of thinking – if you’ve got job satisfaction –boy you’ve got it made, because it was a pleasure to go to work.” He spent most of his career working as a sheet metal worker creating products. “It was a great job…you had to be very innovative. Nothing would be worse than having a job you didn’t like.”

Based on how switched on he is for 101, it wasn’t surprising to discover Dennis still drives.

“I get around in my car. I’ve got a Mazda3,” says Dennis. He does have his eyes set on electric vehicles, however. “I’d like to have an electric car and the thing that I really would like to have had is an Ebike.”

Too much!

Dennis thinks there’s too much available for today’s younger generation, however – no matter how impressive the toys are. “I wouldn’t like to be your age,” says Dennis. “I can only compare my youth to yours – there’s so much available.” As someone belonging to Generation Z, it was refreshing to be told how it is by someone more than seven decades my senior. “I think you’re unfortunate… the trouble is today it’s all about money.”

If you can a ord to buy a house in this economic day and age, Dennis says: “You’ve got to have the latest this, the latest that…the pressure is on those things rather than enjoying yourself”.

“In my years all we had was a bloody pushbike and we used to do all sorts of things on pushbikes.

“We didn’t have half of what you guys have, but we had a happy life.”

Be happy

And if he wasn’t on his bike, Dennis would be in a boat. “We were always in boats in Auckland… we’d go down at night and spear ounder… we

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were just always in boats – we had a pretty good trot.”

In place of boating and biking, Dennis took up bowling at age 81 and is still part of Bowls Matua. “ e fellowship of bowls has been very good.” Dennis says every ursday the bowls crew take him and two of his bowling buddies to e Raft café. “ ose are the sorts of things that lift you along.

“I’ve been very fortunate with my life…the big thing is to be happy.”

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e stylish villas are designed with easy living in mind, providing the ability to lock and leave for daytrips or getaways. Located close to cycle tracks, the beautiful east coast beaches, the stunning Kaimai Hills and several shopping meccas, residents are spoilt for choice for nearby adventures.

For those wanting to stay closer to home, e Vines village is built around the distinctive Clubhouse. Previously the iconic Mills Reef winery; this stunning

art deco space houses Café 143, a hairdressing salon, wellness space, theatre, library, indoor pool and spa, snooker room, and a gymnasium. While the outdoor bowls green awaits any eager participant.

Our homes are our havens away from the world outside and the communities surrounding them should be safe and connected. e Vines is gated with a 24-hour emergency call service and help is on hand for those odd jobs in your villa or garden.

ey have a selection of resale villas available as well as brand-new two-bedroom villas for sale. All these high-quality, contemporary homes are built with stylish, easy living in mind.

With all of this considered, this chapter of life may be your most exciting yet. Call Tony Stack on: 021 328 767 to book a personalised tour of the facilities today.

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Dennis Gillard served in World War II as ground crew in the Air Force. Photo: Georgia Minkhorst.

Georgia Minkhorst

New head for Presbyterian Support North

Currently CEO of HBH Senior Living, Bonnie will succeed Denise Cosgrove, who recently took up the role of CEO of e Selwyn Foundation.

Bonnie’s career spans more than 20 years in social service organisations including PSN, Age Concern,

PSM chair David Hansen says “Bonnie brings the experience, values and personal qualities required to lead our organisation through the next phase of ful lling our Mission and mahi: to enable positive change in our communities”. Bonnie takes up her new role on January 31, 2023.

Nurturing butterflies, nurturing friendship

Friendship can often get us through the toughest of times. At Summerset, the village lifestyle brings people together as a community and nurtures various relationships and interests.

For ve Rototuna residents, an unusual project kept the good times and companionship going through the Covid-19 lockdowns of 2021. ey made it their mission to bring more colour into the world during a time when it was in hibernation.

Lockdown proved to be the perfect time to breed butter ies, and it evolved into a boisterous competition for these friends.

One of the group is Jan, who says: “It was mid-January when a few of us became aware that our lovely friend Anne was nurturing caterpillars with the aim of morphing into monarch butter ies”.

“Noting our interest, Anne suggested we each have a plant. “And so, we became naturalists and champions of the monarch butter y! Pseudo-mothers

Think a new outlook on life.

to monarchs – if we’d only known what a rollercoaster of rearing this would be!

“Our daily reports brought camaraderie, a sense of humour, and a little lighthearted competition as we shared the antics of our unusual o spring.”

At the end of this butter y life cycle, through storms, lockdowns and foster parents, Anne was a clear winner with eight surviving creatures – and, the group had a grand total of 22 beautiful butter ies all together.

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Bonnie Robinson is the new chief executive of Presbyterian Support Northern, one of New Zealand’s largest charitable social, health and disability services providers.

Alzheimers Auckland and the Ministry of Social Development. In addition, Bonnie has served on a range of boards and is president of the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services.

Anne Virtue, Aven Pecor, Jan Jones, Lynette Patrick and Pat Simpson.

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Dementia – facing an invisible disability

e rst words in the 2017-2025 World Health Organisation Global Action Plan on dementia are: “Dementia is a major cause of disability and dependency among older adults worldwide”.

ese are powerful words, yet we treat those with the disability called dementia di erently to others with disabilities.

For the disability of dementia, there are no requirements that ensure appropriate access to services, buildings and jobs.

Dementia is an invisible disability that goes unrecognised and unsupported, but invisible does not mean imaginary.

We can inadvertently create ‘excess disability’ which is loss of abilities or skills not caused by dementia.

A common way this can happen is when those

supporting the person with dementia take over doing things that the person could still do for themselves.

For example, we might start to butter the person’s toast in an attempt to be helpful and speed things up, even though the person is still capable of doing this (albeit slowly).

is can result in the person losing that skill as they’re no longer using those memory pathways. ere is no physiological reason for the loss, it is caused by lack

of practice. is is an excess disability.

In a similar manner, we can de-skill people

by talking for them, making choices for them or not being clear in what we say.

Much can be done to upskill those supporting people with dementia to

Don’t let dementia stop growingyouand flourishing

ensure those with dementia are not disabled any further.

Ruth omas, lead specialist care manager, EnlivenPlus.

Phone: 07 547 4349.

Much can be done to upskill those supporting people with dementia.

A dementia diagnosis won’t stop us keeping your dreams alive.

A programme tailored to your personal objectives, we enable those living with dementia to remain engaged, happy, healthy and connected to their family, whānau, friends and community.

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Make time to selfie those serial numbers!

With the festive season approaching, life is starting to get busy – but if you can achieve one thing before Christmas let it be recording serial numbers of all your valuable goods.

NZ Police are encouraging people across Aotearoa to record their serial numbers of their high-value items – so they can locate the rightful owners of stolen goods and return them.

Record numbers

“We routinely come across property, such as electronics, chainsaws, powertools and bicycles... that we suspect have been obtained in questionable circumstances,” says Detective Sergeant Carl Newton.

“However, we cannot con rm this due to no stolen property hits when queried in our system.

“Unfortunately, that leaves us with either having to leave the items at an address or being unable to con rm they are stolen and returning them to the person they were uplifted from,” says Carl.

As a result, Police are urging people to record the serial numbers of their electronic devices, electric tools and bicycles.

“Christmas is fast-approaching and with the impending purchase of the new drill for the family DIY person, and ear buds for your children, now is a great opportunity to record those serial numbers,” says Carl.

Improving recovery chances

“Without serial numbers being known, stolen items cannot be easily identi ed and returned to their rightful owner, should Police happen to locate them.”

Get your security needs sorted!

When you’re not on site, you need a watchful eye to make sure your property is safe.

Eye Spy Security provides construction site alarms, access control, CCTV and intruder alarm systems. “Construction site security has traditionally been an issue for companies but in the last couple of years it’s been next level,” says Paul Hodson from Eye Spy Security.

Paul says they can have your site covered quickly and e ciently. “Depending on what’s required and what they’re trying protect – whether it’s the whole site or just their Portacom – quite often we’re in and out in hours, not days.

Wireless

“We have a wireless video alarm with both external and internal detectors. Both variants are wireless and have inbuilt cameras, which show exactly what caused the detector to be activated. “ ey’re all wireless so when one project nishes, the systems move quickly and easily to your next site.” Paul says they tend to run their alarm system silently. “At the end of the day the perpetrators don’t know that we know they’re there, and whilst we can’t guarantee police response – 99 per cent

of the time police actually respond to it because of the live video, treating the activation as a crime in progress. He says they have well exceeded 300 arrests for sites that Eye Spy Security is in.

Ensuring nothing disappears

“It’s all about getting someone there and ensuring nothing disappears, and trying to apprehend the intruder.” For more information on Eye Spy Security’s solutions, see their advert on this page.

Simply recording serial numbers and keeping this record in a safe place for providing to Police if needed, greatly improves the chance of positively identifying your precious items if they’re stolen.

“It’s as easy as taking a sel e of serial numbers with your phone,” says Carl.

“Let’s make the trading of stolen property harder and kick o a trend to Sel e that Serial!”

If your items are stolen or you know of someone who has stolen items, please contact Police via 105.

Or visit: www.police.govt.nz/use-105

An Eye Spy Security-protected construction site.

Georgia Minkhorst

Hemp – an extremely nutritious food product

Hemp is one of the oldest domesticated plants known to man, used as far back as 10,000 BC. Today, it is recognised as a superstar in the elds of sustainability, wellbeing, and nutrition.

Hemp is often confused with

marijuana, and although both come from the same cannabis species, hemp contains negligible amounts of psychoactive properties (THC) and will not get you high.

Instead, hemp seed is an extremely nutritious food product; rich in bre, proteins, vitamins and amino acids and providing a multitude of health bene ts.

Protein from hemp seeds is more digestible than meat, whole eggs, dairy, or any other high protein food or supplement. Hemp contains Edestin and Albumin, considered “high-quality storage proteins”. ese provide a signi cant amount of all the necessary essential amino acids, including Branched-Chain Amino Acids, known for building and maintaining muscle.

Hemp seeds are also rich in both soluble and insoluble bre, promoting good gut health by slowing the digestion process, feeding the good bacteria in your gut, preventing sugar spikes, and regulating cholesterol levels. It also keeps you feeling fuller for longer.

e presence of essential fatty acids Omega 3 and Omega 6 help control many internal health processes. Unlike other sources of these essential fatty acids, hemp seed oil provides an ideal 3:1 ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3, which helps the body utilise these nutrients,

boost metabolism, support immunity, healthy joints, and heart health.

Hemp New Zealand Ltd is the only producer of NZ grown, spray-free hemp products in the BOP area.

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Should I take co enzyme Q10? (Part 2)

We generally make all the Co enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) we need. Some, however, should take extra as a supplement. CoQ10 is made in your liver from the same enzymes that make cholesterol. is is why drugs that reduce cholesterol can signi cantly reduce circulating CoQ10.

I recently spoke to a client who had experienced a lot of muscle pain and sti ness while on statins. After just a month on high grade CoQ10 (CoQsol) the pain had completely gone and they are now able to tolerate the medication without side e ects.

I generally nd it takes one-two months to restore muscle function and energy.

Muscle issues from statin use is one of the most common reasons from muscle and tendon pain and weakness.

It is a shame that many su er needlessly because in most cases it’s quickly resolved with a high quality CoQ10 without having to stop the medication.

What makes CoQ10 unique is its ability to accept and donate electrons. is enables CoQ10 to move hydrogen electrons within your cell mitochondria to make the energy your body requires. Inadequate CoQ10 levels reduce energy output and this is felt as tiredness and often as muscle weakness.I regularly prescribe CoQ10 for those with health issues known to reduce energy; especially those with autoimmune or neurodegenerative problems.

While CoQ10 is not a cure it can help to lift general energy and wellbeing.

In most cases I will add CoQ10 as the patented CoQsol or my specialised MTQ10 formula for those needing extra CoQ10 plus a lift in energy. MTQ10 combines CoQ10 with a B complex plus other energy co-factors.

Most people feel a real di erence within one-two months. For more information, give me a call or email: john@abundant.co.nz

Or read my newsletter at: www.abundant.co.nz

John Arts is a quali ed nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559.

To read more, go to: www.sunlive.co.nz

Curcumin, N-acetylcysteine and Resveratrol.

The importance of skin serum or concentrate

Serums and concentrates are the oftenoverlooked heroes in any skincare regime. Cleansers keep the skin free from impurities, moisturisers soften and hydrate the skin,

but it is serums and concentrates that provide a feast of active ingredients that help improve your skin over time. Applied after cleansing and before moisturising, a serum or concentrate is formulated to penetrate and work at a deeper level of the skin.

Each of our skincare ranges at Jamele has a great selection of serums or concentrates. We call the Janesce concentrates, ‘medicine for the skin’ as they work to correct targeted skin conditions.

Environ has a range of serums to support your skincare to see real results. e new Environ Serience Night Serum is formulated to protect skin from the ageing impacts of stress.

With Dermaviduals we can customise a bespoke serum suited to your individual skin needs.

It’s also important to be aware of chemicals found in SPF sunscreens. You might have been encouraged to wear an SPF50 sunscreen every day. However, SPF chemicals can penetrate through skin into the bloodstream.

On days when you’re not planning to get much sun use Janesce Skincare Lotion, which has a natural approach to sun protection. On days when you will get more sun, use an SPF30 sunscreen. It

The sunburn season is here…

A tan is the skin’s reaction to Ultraviolet light exposure. UV radiation causes DNA damage in skin cells; this leads to skin protecting itself by tanning. It also causes accelerated ageing of skin with thinning and wrinkling of damaged skin.

broad brim hats while outdoors. Tightly-woven, thick, or dark-coloured fabrics are ideal.

Fair-skinned people with signi cant previous sun exposure should get regular skinchecks. Please be safe in the sun!

lters just one per cent less UV rays than an SPF50 but contains a lot less chemicals.

Environ RAD sunscreen is an SPF15 with a physical, rather than chemical, block and o ers good protection.

Factors that increase sunburn risk include altitude and re ection from snow – about 90 per cent, sand – about 15 to 30 per cent, and water – ve to 20 per cent. ere is evidence wet skin is more susceptible to burning than dry skin. Redness shows three-six hours after exposure, reaches a peak at 12-24 hours, and usually subsides at 72 hours. Treatments can help to relieve discomfort. Stay out of the sun until redness and pain resolve. Nonsteroidal anti-in ammatory drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen – by mouth or ointment applied to burnt skin – can help. Take these medications as soon as you notice pain.

Pain-relievers

For mild sunburns, pain-relievers include cool compresses, aloe-based lotions, lotions or sprays with a local anesthetic. However, these don’t reduce long-term sunburn risks such as skin cancer. People with severe sunburn can have heat stroke, when your body temperature is extremely high. is can cause fever, headache, confusion, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision and fainting. If you have any of these symptoms, seek medical advice.

Sunburn prevention includes sun avoidance, wearing protective clothing and liberal use of broad spectrum sunscreens. Wear long sleeves and

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Oblique artistic strategies

Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno got me thinking about art this week. Eno’s been around the block and is a smart chap.

I don’t know if a potted history is in order here or not. I am slowly beginning to lose track of how well-known people are. So what about Brian Eno? Is he famous? Does anyone remember him? Does anyone even know who he is? Are these rhetorical questions in any way helpful?

Right. Potted history. Described by ‘ e Guardian’ as “Rock’s most celebrated blue-sky thinker”, Eno started by playing synth with Roxy Music. He’s a musician, composer, artist, writer and record producer.

He followed Roxy with earlyseventies solo pop albums before embracing minimalist sounds on a series of records for which he coined the term “ambient”.

As a producer he’s had a huge impact on albums by Talking Heads, U2, Grace Jones, Laurie Anderson, Coldplay, Devo, James, Ultravox, while his collaborations with David Bowie (primarily e Berlin Trilogy of ‘Low’, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Lodger’) remain groundbreaking. He’s done all sorts of stu with David Byrne, mostplayed here at the moment being ‘Everything at Happens Will Happen Today’, their collaborative album from 2008.

He also creates lm soundtracks –‘ e Lovely Bones’, ‘Moulin Rouge’, ‘Starship Troupers’, ‘Jojo Rabbit’ – and art installations (at places including the outside of the Sydney Opera House and the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank). He

continues to release albums apace and of course is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. ere’s much more...

Deck of cards

Perhaps my favourite “Eno-thing” comes from the mid-1970s, when he co-developed ‘Oblique Strategies’, a deck of cards featuring aphorisms intended to spur creative thinking. e idea is that if you’re stuck you take a card, sorta like a Creative’s I-Ching. Some examples: ‘Use an old idea’; ‘Emphasise repetitions’; ‘State the problem in words as clearly as possible’; ‘Honour thy error as a hidden intention’; ‘What would your closest friend do?’.

History over. Eno’s just released a new album, ‘FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE’

and, excitingly, it’s a vocal album for the rst time in decades. His most recent release was 2020’s beautiful instrumental ‘Mixing Colours’ collaboration with brother Roger. If anything this harks back to his ‘Another Green World’ albeit less rhythmic, mixing ambient soundscapes with ethereal vocals on songs about technological decay, natural resilience and the threat of civilisation’s collapse.

For a man who once famously mixed his singing so low that no one can now decipher the words of the song (Eno says he’s forgotten them), he has a damn ne way with a lyric. e opening track is possibly the only song in music’s entire canon to use the word “nematodes”: “Who gives a thought about the nematodes / ere isn’t time these days / For microscopic worms / Or for unstudied germs / Of no commercial worth”.

e Incubator

To accompany the album he’s been talking about art, saying fascinating things. I like this idea about the function of art: “Culture – art, if you like – has an important set of functions in preparing us for the future. If you read a book like ‘1984’ you’re surrendering to a world with certain values and attributes and seeing what it feels like. en, when you see something a bit like that starting to exist, you have a way of understanding it and how that might feel.”

Okay. ere’s a bunch of art that Eno would be most happy to champion coming up next weekend in Tauranga.

Saturday, November 26 is an open day down at e Historic Village that they are calling ‘Hatch’. at’s when e Incubator, the astoundingly successful arts collective which has revitalised the village in so many ways, celebrates its ninth anniversary.

ey’re doing it in style with launch of nine new spaces and the opening of six new exhibitions.

ey’ll also be launching their annual batch of community Christmas trees.

ere’ll be street food, demos, live music and all sorts of cool stu . It runs from 10am-3pm.

Congratulations to Simone Anderson and her team at e Incubator. And happy ninth birthday – you guys rock!

OF PLENTY ACTORS

SHOWCASE

By Winston Watusi

Brian Eno, then and now.

Magic for kids who need it

Amazed and excited gasps are heard in the crowd, as a rabbit mysteriously appears from the magician’s hat – which was empty only moments before!

e Lions Club’s World Festival of Magic has been touring New Zealand for more than 30 years – and this Tuesday, November 22, it’s hitting Tauranga.

e charity show is for disadvantaged and less fortunate children and their families. e organisations getting a slice of magic this year are: DEBRA NZ, a charity that supports individuals and families a ected by epidermolysis bullosa, START – Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust, and Hearing Dogs NZ – a charity that specially trains dogs for deaf and hearing impaired. “ ey come along and have a wonderful show for free and go home full of magic,” says Ken Evans from Lions Club of Tauranga City Sunrise. e show will feature acts performed by professional international and Kiwi magicians. ere will be illusionary stunts, laughs and magic

in the air. Ken says kids love seeing the wondrous magic. “It’s all new to them and something many of them have never seen before.”

Ken says local business sponsors donate more than $40,000 collectively to make the charity show happen. “I just want to give a special mention to the wonderful businesses that front up every year and contribute to this – they’re just amazing people, they really are.” e show had to be via

The power of the Hallelujah

Hallelujah! Celebrate this New Zealand Christmas with a stunning live performance of Handel’s ‘Messiah’.

e dramatic music is full of vivid ‘painting’ and encompasses the range of human emotion, ‘the hopes and fears of all the years’ particularly relevant with recent global events. You will hear the work presented with all the energy and lightness Handel intended in a dynamic collaboration between Scholars Baroque Aotearoa Chamber Choir and NZ Barok Orchestra as if it were conducted by himself!

King George II was so moved by Messiah’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ that he rose to his feet upon hearing it. For nearly three centuries crowds continue to gather to hear the sheer beauty of the music, standing to acknowledge the power of the Hallelujah!

Be moved, delighted and inspired by this seventh

annual performance of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ in our glorious coastal city.

Scholars Baroque Aotearoa Chamber Choir and NZ Barok Orchestra will perform Handel’s Messiah on Saturday, December 3, at St Mary Immaculate Church in Tauranga at 7.30pm.

Tickets: $35 adult, $30 senior, $15 student with ID are available at i-Site (103 e Strand), www.iticket.co.nz, by phone: 0508 484 253 or as cash-only door sales until sold out.

Zoom for the past two years due to Covid19. Now, the magic can be enjoyed in one room, face-to-face and Tauranga City Sunrise Lions couldn’t be happier to provide this annual gift. “We all need a bit of magic in our lives, don’t we?” e show is 4pm-7pm Tuesday, November 22 at Bethlehem College. For tickets, email: wfomnz@gmail.com Georgia Minkhorst

e Weekend Sun has two double passes to experience Handel’s Messiah on December 3 for two lucky readers who can tell us the name of the chorus that traditionally calls for the audience to stand?

Enter online at: www.sunlive.co.nz under the competition section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, November 22.

Scholars Baroque Aotearoa performing at the Fauré Requiem concert in September. Photo: Cynthia Qui.

World Festival of Magic performers with Tauranga City Sunrise Lions Club members from 2019’s show.

Photo: supplied.

High-quality, local manufacturing

Trident Equipment & Canvas are the champions of keeping their customers covered with the highest quality canvas and PVC materials.

Specialising in the fabrication of canvas and PVC products, Trident Equipment & Canvas has been operating out of Mount Maunganui for the past 30 years and prides itself on being family owned and a local manufacturer.

“We do everything from spa pool covers, boat covers, clears for boats, truck curtains and tarpaulins to the

Trident Equipment & Canvas’ premises at 21 Maru St, Mount Maunganui.

upholstery of boat and car seats,” says Trident Equipment & Canvas’ owner Paul Donaghy. “We have a new website to make it more customer friendly and tell people more about our products.”

For more information, visit: www.tridentequipment.co.nz or instore at 21 Maru St, Mount Maunganui, or call: 0800 471 000.

Call in to have a chat to Paul and the team about your requirements.

Vehicle Retrieved from Mathers Road stream

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, Waihī on 08 November 2022 We are seeking information in regards to owner. Please contact Pollution Prevention at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council on 0800 884 880 or email info@ boprc.govt.nz If the owner of the vehicle does not come forward within 10 working days of this publication, the vehicle will be disposed of for scrap.

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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

HANDYMAN, decks, fencing repairs, painting, water blasting, lawns, and odd jobs. Free quotes Ph Rossco 027 270 3313

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

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

travel & tours

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Bene ts exclusive to No 8 Tours & receive our complimentary beautiful 55 page colour catalogue. We specialise in unique itineraries, taking you to fabulous destinations meeting interesting people. These include Extended Tours, Day Trips and Shows with a FREE Door to Door Service.

11th-17th Jan 2023 East to West. 26th-30th Jan 2023 Wairarapa Historic Homes. 4th-11th Feb 2023 Summer on Chatham Island. 16th-19th Feb 2023 Art Deco Festival.

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 Plenty Flora – Thursday 24th Nov – 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. Restaurant open every Friday from 5pm & Sunday from 4.30pm, kids under 12 years dine free with every paying adult. Tauranga Fish & Dive Club, 60 Cross Rd, Sulphur Point. Ph 571 8450