Tauranga honey makers buzzing over crowd fave win

A boutique family-run Bay of Plenty honey maker has taken out the People’s Choice Award at the Apiculture New Zealand National Honey Competition in Rotorua. e win came as a complete surprise to Jody Mitchell from Kaimai Range Honey. “ ere were three other entries that I had thought were outstanding,” she says.

“Our Tawari honey takes a little time for all the avours to develop, so I imagined we wouldn’t get as many votes with people wandering along tasting all the honeys.” e conference hosted 700 delegates from the apiculture industry at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre on June 29-30 and all were invited to vote for their favourite honey in a blind taste test.

“Crowd favourite (People’s Choice) is a really neat one to win, actually,” says Jody. “It’s a genuine re ection of what people really like in the taste and feel of a honey.”

Tawari is a native tree that grows about 300 metres above sea level through the KaimaiMamaku Ranges and through to Gisborne.

“It’s a very speci c and unique honey.

“It’s very light, sweet and delicate tasting with a lingering nish of chocolate and almond notes,” says Jody.

“It’s completely luscious.

“Just a gorgeous honey that we only sell at the Tauranga Farmers Market.” e Supreme Award winner was Timarubased Jarved Allan from e Mānuka Collective, who took away the award for the third year in a row.

Head judge Maureen Conquer says the quality of honey improved again this year with very few points separating the top three entrants.

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Re: News article ‘Flight 441 nally makes it home’ e Weekend Sun, June 23.

“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.” ese are the opening words to one of the most well-known hymns of the ages. John Newton wrote it in 1772 in response to his experience of God’s grace.

John worked as a seaman and then nally a captain transporting slaves in England. One stormy night at sea when the ship was at risk, John called out to God for mercy. e ship was saved, and this experience prompted John to discover more about God.

Later he became an Anglican Minister, a renowned hymn writer and was no longer was an advocate for the slave trade. Along with William Wilberforce he actively worked towards abolishing it. is was achieved in 1807.

In later years when his memory dimmed, John said he could still remember two things: “ at I am a great sinner, and that Christ is a great Savior.” Such was the impact of God’s love and grace on John’s life.

Likewise, Jesus invites us to discover God’s grace for ourselves and to receive the new life he o ers and the cleansing that comes through knowing we are forgiven. We don’t have to understand how God’s grace works; we need only accept that it does just as John Newton did.

“Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.

“I once was lost, but now I'm found, was blind but now I see.”

May God’s amazing grace surround you all.

Sandra Warner, St Columba Presbyterian Church.

Classic Flyers’ “salvage” of wreckage from the 1963 DC-3 crash on the Kaimais is a classic case of not leaving well enough alone, and raises ethical issues. e crash site itself is a memorial to those who died and deserves to be respected, particularly since there is no guarantee that the Classic Flyers Museum and its “memorial” will still exist in another 60 years. I am surprised, if it was involved, that the Department of Conservation allowed this to happen. e episode recalls the collecting by enthusiasts, over many years, of machinery and other remains from Coromandel mine sites, only to have them rust away in someone’s backyard and end up as scrap metal, rather than being left where they originally were as an authentic reminder of the past. erefore we have ensured that a vast majority of the community who may have been connected in any way, have been contacted and their approval and any views sought over the past 18 months. is of course includes the landowners and the owners

John Coster, Kaimai.

Classic Flyers CEO Andrew Gormlie responds: e Bay of Plenty Classic Aircraft Trust understands public views may vary on this subject.

Respect for all and anyone a ected by the event – 60 years ago and currently – is paramount as preservers of local NZ Aviation History.

Re: Commission chair Anne Tolley’s column in e Weekend Sun June 23, 2023 edition. ere was a piece by Commissioner Tolley’s column. Unfortunately there was a deliberate misleading comment in the article which has no substantiated evidence. It was “ e preliminary business case for the stadium indicates it would generate up to $778 million in social and economic bene ts during its lifetime”. e answer is: it is Commissioner Stephen Sellwood quantifying the value of social interaction at all events in the stadium. He said as much in the council meeting. Mumbo jumbo!

I have read the preliminary business case and it does not say this anywhere in the documentation. In fact, it presents a cost/ bene t ratio of less than one.

In fairness, seeing TCC is now conducting an Online Community Survey on the Stadium, can you ask where this number can be found, what does it represent and report back to your readers.

Maybe also ask what is the value of the negative social and economic bene ts are –loss of greenspace, closing of all local area streets during any event, eviction of sports clubs and running track, no school sports days, removal of speedway which is one of the few family evening entertainments in Tauranga, parking congestion, tra c congestion, charge to everyone's rates annually.

Philip Brown, Tauranga City.

Tauranga City Council Chair Anne Tolley responds:

Mr Brown can nd the gures he claims don’t exist on page 172 of the Community Stadium Preliminary Business Case, but for simplicity’s sake they are included in the following table. is independently researched information is from the Market Economics - Economic impacts Assessment, which forms part of the economic case for the proposed stadium.

For those in the community who wish to consider the community stadium proposal with an open mind, it’s worth noting that the preliminary business case is still in planning and further work is underway to better understand its potential bene ts and costs and how the proposal of the wreckage. e response has been overwhelmingly supportive. In fact many have o ered donations to assist with the project. Our intention is to create a small memorial, by way of a piece of tangible evidence – the right hand engine – in a “quiet space” for those who might wish to be near and re ect on the event 60 years ago. would be funded. e preliminary business case predicts the construction and use of the proposed community stadium would bring many social and economic bene ts to Tauranga City and if it did proceed, it would be a multi-use venue designed to accommodate the community, clubs, local cultural events, festivals, professional sports and commercial concerts.

Speci cally, those who might have been directly a ected.

Experiencing the positive e ort that a large amount of people have gone to in this instance, we feel it is more respectful than just leaving it to rust at the site, inaccessible to those who might wish to understand the event and its earlier impact on our community. is seems “correct” to us as preservationists.

No decisions have been made and the Council is currently asking the community about its initial level of support for the proposal, on the understanding that we don’t yet have all the information we need. After considering this initial community feedback, as well as further information about the wider economic and social bene ts and possible funding options, the commissioners will decide whether to proceed any further, which could see the proposal included in the draft 2024-2034 Long Term Plan community consultation process later this year. Community consultation on the draft 2024-2034 Long Term Plan will take place in November/December, which would provide a further opportunity for everyone to share their views on the proposal, before any decision is made.

If the proposal has community support and a decision is made to proceed based on detailed analysis of the costs, bene ts and funding of the stadium, the Council would work with any organisations whose activities at Tauranga Domain would be a ected, to ensure that they were not disadvantaged.

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