Team spirit will be high at this year’s AIMS Games as one Rip Rugby team won’t let one of their star players be left out!
Running from September 2-8, the 2023 Zespri AIMS Games in Tauranga will host more than 11,700 intermediate aged athletes.
Mount Maunganui Intermediate Year 8 student Jade Dudson-Koro was all geared up to play in the games with her Rip Rugby team when injury struck. “I was playing Tai Mitchell rugby six weeks ago and I tried to step someone and my knee just popped…
“I’d snapped my ACL and tore my meniscus,” says Jade.
Although Jade has been side-lined from sport for 12 months, her Rip Rugby teammates have kept her involved with trainings. Just last week, they took her up Mauao using the
Te Kaiwhakatere – TrailRider. “We’ve got a really good team spirit at Mount Intermediate and we just don’t throw people away,” says the team’s co-captain, Carter Horton. “Even though I can’t play, I’m still looking forward to AIMS,” says Jade. Read more on page 9.
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Like… what are we doing to the word “like“?
It’s been an extremely useful and versatile little word that has served the English language well for 200 years.
It deserves a little respect.
It’s a preposition, a conjunction – “I feel like I have been run over by a bus” – it’s a noun, an adverb, and adjective – “I shouted back in a like manner.”
A busy little work is “like.”
But now it’s being bastardised, mutilated, mangled.
And I wonder why?
Recently I was unwittingly drawn into a two day immersion course on how to drop the word ”like” into a sentence with eye-popping and exasperating regularity.
“Hi, like, welcome to, like, the intensely annoying, like, world of super uous “likes”.”
You, like, get the picture?
My “like” immersion course was held by a couple of young, expert “like” practitioners who stopped at my ga for a weekend. ey laced every sentence with the word “like” – whether it made sense, whether it added anything to the understanding, and regardless of whether it was necessary or not.
“I, like, woke up this morning and, like, I couldn’t, like, gure where I was. Like it was weird.”
e “like” assault started before my rst co ee. And I was so distracted by the spray of “likes” I would miss the thread of a conversation. I couldn’t give them answers to their questions or responses to their comments because I had been kidnapped by “likes”.
e ugliest use of “like” involved recounting conversations. “I was like, how are you? And he was like… OK!” What’s wrong with “I asked how he was?” and
“he replied he was OK!” It’s worked pretty well that way for a long time, hasn’t it?
So, in a very short time, the excessive and unnecessary use of “like” became a pet peeve. And this weekend host went from reasonably rational and hospitable to deeply agitated and distressed.
It did my head.
e idiomatic use of the ller word “like” is apparently a global phenomenon, and I, like a lot of people, quickly and wrongly blamed the young and female demographic. However, I am reminded lots of people speak this way. And ller words also have to include the ubiquitous “um” or “ah” – other words or sounds people employ to ll awkward empty spaces.
Young people, and some not so young people, use “like” to clutter up their speech and their sentences, often ino ensively and without thinking. It can be used for anything from lling dead air to deliberately lightening a statement.
“I think we owe, like $10,000”, or “I was out on my bike for, like three hours” or “they’re, like very upset”. Are “like” abusers aware they are actually doing it.
Perhaps I am being intolerant and judgy. As you get older it doesn’t take much. But there are two schools of thought at play here.
At best, dropping too many likes into a sentence sounds clumsy and unprofessional. At worst a bit uneducated, a bit dumb. However there are linguistic studies suggesting people who say “like” may actually be more intelligent than those who don’t.
Really?
Discourse llers such as “like” are a sign of more considered speech, and a smattering of “likes” helps those people navigate their thoughts. People who
use “like” are constantly redrafting their thoughts, so a “like” is a signal from a conscientious person with complex thoughts to process. And I thought it was just lazy speech. I might have to start using “like” a lot more myself.
It’s also interesting that the excessive use of “like” has been likened to another vocal feature… the upward in ection at the end of a sentence, ending every sentence like you’re asking a question.
I quizzed a sharp young colleague about “like” and he went straight on the defensive. “I don’t do it…” en a quizzical “… do I?” No, his ller is “um”. Reckons he had talkative parents and his “ums” were a cue for them to know he had more to say.
Why do we nd “um”, which is just another way of expressing doubt or uncertainty, or lling an awkward gap, perfectly acceptable, but not “like”.
Probably because I “um” and stutter and sputter myself. But I never “like”.
If “like” simply buys time while you gather your thoughts, then what’s wrong with silence. Nothing like a powerful, silent, pregnant pause to keep your audience focused.
What about “like” therapy; can we break the habit?
I am told slow the speech. You’re not giving yourself a chance to cull the “likes” when talking fast. Use new more appropriate llers – “for example”, or “nearly” or “about”.
Other suggestions include tapping your leg every time you say “like”. Apparently word-actions help us be more aware of how we speak. Or when you feel a “like” coming on, pause and take a breath.
I didn’t take anything away from my full immersion course apart from a full-blown case of onomatophobia – the fear of hearing a certain word. e only known antidote is a strong drink.
“….like, like…”
A Tauranga interior designer is calling for women to wrap support around other women by creating safe and comfortable space for in times of need.
Janah Kingi is embarking on a project with an allfemale crew to make over the bedrooms in Tauranga Women’s Refuge. Using her interior design business – Studio Janah, Janah’s goal is to create nurturing and empowering spaces for women seeking shelter.
“I was a child of a pretty unhealthy environment so I guess I know rst-hand how important it is to have a nice comforting space and then to recognise organisations that are so giving to support women in those circumstances,” says Janah.
A rm believer of women supporting women, Janah is seeking an all-female taskforce to donate their time and skills to this project.
“We can achieve incredible results together and particularly for these women who are taking such an involved brave step to start a better life for themselves and their children.”
Janah has her own background in the construction industry as a project manager and is
after female tradies in building and electrical.
“When I started in that industry it was extremely challenging. It was very male-dominated and we had to really pave our own way to be seen and heard. I think women bring an exceptional eye to detail, and they just bring a di erent perspective that is vital to the industry.”
Janah says women sheltering at Women’s Refuge are taking their rst steps from leaving an unhealthy environment. “To leave that and then go to a space where women know they’re supported and it’s nurturing – that’s such an incredible gift that I can give with my skillset.”
e makeover at Tauranga Women’s Refuge is still in the design and fundraising phase, says Janah.
“ e support has been incredible and sometimes there’s no words for such kindness from people – so this is something I know myself and the Women’s Refuge will be forever grateful for.”
If you or a woman you know has building, electrical or renovation skills and is keen to help out with this project, email: hello@studiojanah.co.nz
To help fund this project, visit: givealittle.co.nz/ cause/tauranga-womens-refuge
Not a sod has been turned. Not yet. And not a nail banged home. ere hasn’t been any marketing.
And it might be 18 months before the front doors are nally thrown open.
But already 23 needy people have indicated they want one of the 14 suites at the proposed Abbey eld - the a ordable, not-for-pro t supported housing model for older folk with modest or no money or assets - complex in Katikati.
“ at tells us people are desperate in Katikati,” says Abbey eld organising committee chairperson Carole Parker.
“We have met these people, we know there’s a need.”
Like one person, who told the Abbey eld team they had ‘no security and no warmth’ in the rural property they occupied.
“ ere’s no bedroom, no toilet inside the structure, no shower and no power to the shed.” ere are privacy issues and they didn’t want to
be identi ed. But their situation is desperate. irty-four per cent of Katikati is 65 plusdouble the national average.
“And about 60 per cent of those people rely on their pension as their sole income.”
Carole says $496 is not a lot and they struggle to a ord suitable accommodation – often ending up in rentals that are poor quality and expensive.
Another prospective Abbey eld resident told the Weekend Sun it’s really di cult nding one bedroom rentals. “It’s as challenging as a single person living on a pension and paying $410 rent, power and water and all the other usual expenses.”
Currently, a one-bedroom rental in Katikati costs $360 - a big chunk out of a pension - two bedrooms $470 and three bedrooms $650.
But in a large, leafy, tree lined open space behind a tall iron railing fence in Katikati’s Wills Road, there may be hope. e prime neighbourhood property in Katikati is earmarked for New Zealand’s 15th Abbey eld House.
“Abbey eld’s a bit like atting for older people,” says Carole. Each resident has their own large
room, en suite and front door.
And they share a lounge, dining room, laundry and gardens with like-minded older folk.
A house-keeper, the only employee in the operation, cooks two hot meals a day and maintains the shared area.
“It’s not a rest home. It’s where a housekeeper and volunteers ‘look out’ for residents rather than ‘look after’ them.”
e priority is for people with a modest income – perhaps their pension and just thirty or forty thousand dollars in the banks, or equivalent assets.
“Lots of people like that,” says Carole.
“ ey may have been on low wages all their life, family commitments prevented them from saving, separation, illness that’s drained funds.
“ rough no fault of their own, they have ended up with very little.”
Residents don’t have to buy their way into Abbey eld. “And their cost per week would amount to 80 per cent of their pension - that includes accommodation, food , power, water maintenance. Once they walk through the door it’s all covered.
“Except for the gin and tonic and chocolate.”
With the income from the residents, the Abbey eld complex will be self-sustaining –no going back to the public for more funding down the track.
It’s a proven model both here and overseas.
And residents stay until they can’t. “ e key is to be independent – you can be in a wheelchair or on a zimmer frame. But you need to be able to care for yourself.” When residents can’t cope there’ll be conversations and there would be a transition to more appropriate care.
e committee driving the Abbey eld proposal have purchased the land in Wills Road. It has also applied to the Government’s A ordable Housing Fund for a grant of up to $2 million, 50 per cent or more of the total cost, which would leave a relatively small and manageable shortfall.
“We have a robust fundraising and strategic plan and funds in the bank,” says Carole. And in Abbey eld’s latest fundraising drive, people are invited to buy a $5000 stake, literally and guratively.
ere are 11 stakes painted by well-known local artists. e stakes will carry the donors name and be placed in the Abbey eld Garden.
ere’s just 11 stakes and two have already sold. at shortfall will become just so much shorter, the Abbey eld reality so much closer, and 14 desperate people will have warm, supportive and comfortable home space.
As one resident at an established Abbey eld explained in a testimonial; “It changed my life.
“I have found my home.”
Would you like to assist with a life-changing project contact Carole Parker on: 027 457 9686 or email: abbey eldwbop.chair@gmail.com
She narrowly avoided being killed by a malfunctioning rocket, she awarded a raft of rst prizes to a young Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, performed on the BBC and counts singing at London’s Royal Albert Hall and being awarded a QSM amongst her life highlights.
Coreen Gray, QSM, recently sang and played piano at the rst ever Bay of Plenty Villages Music Festival at Bayswater Metlifecare Retirement Village on August 12-13.
And on Monday, August 21, she celebrated her 99th birthday.
“I don’t think much about my age, to be honest,” says Coreen. “I’m beginning to get arthritis, but it doesn’t worry me when I’m playing. I’ve been lucky with my health through my singing.
“I feel rather thankful in a way that I’ve been taught to breathe properly. I think it’s made a di erence.”
Coreen was born in Yorkshire, and
moved to Blackpool where she started playing piano around the age of ve.
“I don’t remember why my parents had a piano.
“But I started learning at a little private school. I was in Blackpool right through the war years. It was a busy place with around 95,000 Royal Air Force [personnel] billeted there.
“I did a lot of concert work for the forces.”
Coreen taught on the Channel Islands for 10 years, on the side performing on the BBC.
In 1961, enroute to New Zealand, the ship barely avoided disaster.
“I came on the Rangitane and we had an exciting trip out; one of the crew was knifed and thrown overboard and one evening we were watching a lm on deck when we saw water suddenly coming over the side but ignored it.
“We were told the next morning that we were lucky to be alive. A rocket from Cape Canaveral had fallen into the sea a couple of miles away.
“ at was a real experience!”
Coreen taught music at St Cuthbert’s College in Auckland and was an adjudicator at music competitions.
“I found myself at Te Awamutu and discovered a young lady named Kiri Te Kanawa. I think I awarded her three rst prizes that week. I was quite taken with her – even before she started to sing. When she walked onto the platform, I remember thinking: ‘this young lady knows what she’s doing’.”
Coreen joined the Oriana Singers in 1985, leading them until 1996, and was a member for 29 years.
“I was a vocalist and accompanist with the Tauranga Civic Choir for 12 years and now, of course, I’m well and truly retired. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my career in music and in 2020, I was awarded a QSM. I thought it was a scam when they rst told me I’d been nominated.
“I couldn’t believe it.”
Bayswater events coordinator Sam Martin says Coreen is a genuine inspiration.
“Everybody hopes they’re like Coreen when they reach that age,” says Sam. “She’s so vibrant and to be so switched on and so active in mind and body is incredible. She has a better social life than I do!”
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After starting the preseason in February with just three players, the Tauranga Whalers have made it all the way to the nals of the championship round of the BOP Rugby League 2023 season.
ey will be playing Te Puke-based Te Paamu, at Puketawhero Park in Rotorua on Saturday afternoon.
Whalers Seniors manager Jordan Taite says they had no
this
an under-17 team, and 12 junior teams ranging
senior teams last year, but have grown this year to three senior teams, with two full men’s squads and a women’s squad. ey also have an under-17 team, and 12 junior teams ranging from under-six year olds to under-11s.
“We have the biggest established juniors in the area.”
the area.”
Community
Playing out of the Arataki Community Centre, due to not having their own clubrooms, the teams train on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on Field three at Arataki Park.
kicko , so we left on the bus at 9.30am, got home around 6pm.
“Our captain and core group drive a good culture, and are the driving force of everything.”
team has been making a serious comeback, with Te Paamu last playing in the BOP competition back in 2000 when they won the Premiership.
So far, the men’s squad has played nine games since the season started at the end of June, winning seven and
So far, the men’s nine
at the end of June, losing two.
Making the nals for rugby league in BOP after starting with three players at trainings to three full senior teams is a noteworthy achievement and the squad is looking forward to going head to head with Te Paamu.
Also hungering to win the Championship Final, the Te Puke
e grand Championship Final on Saturday, September 2, will be held at Puketawhero Park in Rotorua with Te Paamu and Tauranga Whalers kicking o at 12.45pm.
e Premiership grand nal between Pikiao Warriors and Forestland Falcons kicks o at 2.30pm.
“We lost in one of our rounds to Te Paamu looking for redemption
“We lost in one of our by six points so on Saturday.” ere are ve
Tauranga teams in the Coastline Rugby League district –Tauranga Whalers, Te Paamu, Pāpāmoa, Otūmoetai and Bay Pirates with Pāpāmoa, Te Paamu and Tauranga Whalers playing in the BOP Rugby League rounds.
Being part of a team is to be part of a close-knit culture, with the squad, kids and supporters all going on the team bus to the away games.
“It’s really family-based,” says Jordan. ‘We won our semi- nal against Tūrangi Dam Busters on Saturday [August 26] with a 16-30 win, playing at Mangakino. It was a 12.45pm
Mount Maunganui
Intermediate’s Rip Rugby team will leave no player behind for this year’s Zespri AIMS Games.
Kicking o this Saturday, September 2, nearly 12,000 intermediate-aged athletes will ood Tauranga for the games. However, some young competitors have had their sporting hopes dashed just ahead of getting their game face on for this annual event. In her nal year of AIMS Games, Year 8 Mount Maunganui
Intermediate student Jade DudsonKoro su ered a sportsperson’s worst nightmare after injuring herself last
month, being forced to pull out of the competition.
“I was playing Tai Mitchell rugby six weeks ago and I tried to step someone and my knee just popped,” says Jade. “I screamed when it happened… I was referred to a specialist and he said I’d snapped my ACL and tore my meniscus. I just cried.”
Her Mount Maunagnui
Intermediate Rip Rugby team have refused to leave Jade out of trainings leading up to the games, however. “Jade is one of our best players and we had to pull in a new player, which was a bit niggly,” says co-captain Milla Cudby.
“We've decided as a team that we
With the annual Zespri AIMS Games for 2023 on from September 2-8, residents should expect some delays as the event typically brings more than 20,000 athletes and supporters to the city.
A free park and ride service is being provided by Tauranga City Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council to help relieve congestion and encourage uptake in more sustainable transport. e service will travel from
really want to keep her involved so she's going to come help us with warmups and just stay with us as part of our team.” Last week the team got Tauranga City Council’s Te Kaiwhakatere – TrailRider to take Jade up Mauao for some team bonding and tness.
“Te Kaiwhakatere – TrailRider is a great way to access some of the more hard-to-reach spots and we’d love to see more people using it,” says Tauranga City Council inclusive cities advisor, Tan Phuangdokmai. “Te Kaiwhakatere – TrailRider is available to everyone in our community who have permanent or temporary access needs such as sports injuries, limited mobility or a disability.”
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Find out more about the park and ride service at: www.nzaimsgames.co.nz/buses.
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From not being into sport at school, to competing against world class athletes – Hayley Little has come a long way in her Olympic journey.
e Special Olympics World Games were held back in June in Berlin, Germany, hosting 7000 athletes from about 170 countries from around the
globe, competing in 24 sports.
Among them was Tauranga’s Hayley Little, who discovered the Special Olympic world in 2020 after wanting
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to get her mind o Covid-19 lockdowns. “I thought let’s try Special Olympics and I thought I had to be someone that I’m not, that I had to be di erent and I went there and I found that I could be myself and from then on I really liked it,” says Hayley. She says she eventually found her niche in track and long jump.
Hayley has hydrocephalus – or extra uid on the brain.
“I never thought I’d go to somewhere like Berlin or World games or that kind of thing, and at school sport wasn’t really a thing of mine and now I just love running in the athletics and long jump.”
Ahead of the World Games in June, Hayley competed in the Freemasons New Zealand National Summer Games 2022, placing second 1500m and third in long jump. When it came to competing at Berlin, and on international turf, Hayley says there was a hiccup.
“I got disquali ed from my 800m track event because I put my foot out of the line and I came into the lane too early.” Without this technicality
disquali cation Hayley would’ve placed third in the world for her event. Nonetheless, Hayley says she’s grateful to participate and also beat her personal best by a whole 28 seconds. In her 400m track event she placed fth and had another PB!
Unluckily, the keen long jumper couldn’t put her training to the test at the World Games as Australia and New Zealand athletes were pulled from competing. “ ere were too many countries doing it so they pulled us out at the last minute… I was a bit gutted
when they said I couldn’t do the long jump because I’d been training for so long but it is what it is.”
Either way, Hayley is grateful to have had the experience.
“I’ll always remember this for the rest of my life because it’s just like watching the Olympics on TV except its real life.
“It was just amazing.
“I’ve learnt so much in the last few years just how strong and brave people are you know –not just me. e Special Olympics gives me so much con dence.
“I love to advocate for people not just with hydrocephalus but any disability and say: “You’ve got this! Every day is a challenge but let’s embrace it and do life!””
For now, athletics starts back up this month and Hayley will be out hitting the track.
“I’ll be training but not as hard as I was… just getting t until athletics starts back up again and we’ll see what that brings because you never know what’s going to happen.”
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There’s so much to do at Mount Maunganui.
Voters who haven’t received an enrolment update pack in the mail need to act now to make sure they are enrolled and ready to vote in the October election.
More than 3.4 million personalised enrolment packs have been sent to voters to check they are correctly enrolled.
“If you haven’t received an enrolment update pack it means you’re not enrolled or need to update your details,” says the Electoral Commission’s deputy
operations Anusha Guler.
“Every year thousands of voters are removed from the electoral roll because they’ve changed address but haven’t updated their details with the Electoral Commission. To avoid this, you need to make sure you’re enrolled at the right address if you’ve moved house.”
Enrolling, or updating details, is easy and only takes ve minutes online at vote.nz using a NZ driver licence, NZ passport or RealMe veri ed identity. People can also call: 0800 36 76 56 to ask for an enrolment form to be sent to them.
People correctly enrolled by September 10 will be sent an EasyVote card, which will make voting faster.
“Spread the word in your family and make sure everyone is enrolled so they can have their say this October,” says Anusha.
To be eligible to enrol and vote, you must be 18 or older, a NZ citizen or permanent resident, and have lived in NZ continuously for 12 months or more at some time in your life.
Voting starts on Monday, October 2, and closes at 7pm on Election Day, Saturday, October 14.
hope
action is the focus of a remembrance concert being hosted by Grief Support Services on Sunday, September 10, and held for anyone impacted by loss to suicide.
“ is is a precious time for all to come together to share stories of hope and courage through grief and loss and to honour the memories of those we carry with us,” says Grief Support Services’ suicide bereavement support coordinator Amy Colonna.
e Grief Support Remembrance
Concert will feature speakers and musical performances at Tauranga Yacht Club.
“Grieving loss to suicide can be an isolating and traumatic journey.
“Comfort can often be found in connection with others who relate.
“We o er this event with the hope to create a space for people to be heard, to feel seen and understood and connect new support networks
with others who may have also lost a loved one to suicide.”
e Memorial Service has been an annual event on the calendar for Grief Support Services and the date aligns with World Suicide Prevention Day.
Amy says there will be a selection of resources available regarding how to support others in mental distress and suicide prevention, as well as how to look after ourselves when grieving traumatic loss.
“We hope the speakers and any music and poetry that will be performed on the day will o er comfort, inspiration, and healing to our community.”
e remembrance concert will take place from 10am to 12pm on Sunday, September 10, at Tauranga Yacht Club, Sulphur Point, Tauranga. No charge – donations welcome. For more information, contact Amy Colonna on: amy@griefsupport.org.nz or visit the website: www.griefsupport.org.nz/ remembrance
Two of the BOP’s up-and-coming star basketballers have scored university scholarships to play overseas.
Briarley Rogers and Hineaupounamu ‘Missy’ Nuku ew out last week. Both have come through the Tauranga City Basketball Association Representative Age-Group Programme and both have represented New Zealand in age-group basketball.
Briarley, 22, has been playing for Weatherford College in Texas for the last three years while working towards a degree in criminal justice. She’ll now transfer to West Virginia to study at Wheeling University.
“I think that playing in the US, I’ve learned so much.
“It’s a di erent style of basketball. It’s more individual-based but now that I’ve played both, it’s easier to transition when I come home to New Zealand to play.”
Briarley says not only is there a di erent intensity at games in sports-mad Texas, but she’s learned about another culture. “It’s de nitely been eye-opening where I was in Texas. ere were genuine cowboys and the rodeos were interesting.”
It was built in a day under the heat of competition, now it will provide years of fun for tiny tots in Pāpāmoa.
New Zealand Certi ed Builders held their annual apprentice challenge in April to nd out the best apprentice carpenter in New Zealand.
is year’s Apprentice Challenge
Build tasked competitors to create a playhouse in eight hours, putting their carpentry skills to the test.
Four apprentices from Tauranga Districts competed, with Tauranga apprentice Jared Menzies placing second nationally. With winners crowned, three of the playhouses were sold with proceeds being donated to Kids Can Charity.
Pāpāmoa
Playcentre was the lucky recipient of the fourth playhouse built locally. NZCB’s central North Island territory manager Brad Mitchell says NZCB’s Tauranga Districts wanted to give the playcentre one of the playhouses
built as it is a community-run organisation. “Instead of giving it to a business that makes a pro t, they wanted to give it to someone they thought was more deserving of a free playhouse.”
Made from timber donated by ITM, the playhouse will make a welcome addition to Pāpāmoa Playcentre’s play area. “It’s very generous,” says Pāpāmoa Playcentre’s session support Sian Kelly. “We’re a not-for-pro t organisation so any little bit of help we can get is amazing. Anything like this is amazing for the kids. ey’re here every morning playing so it’s another area for them to explore!”
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Missy, 19, admits to some nerves ahead of her journey to Edmonton, Canada, to study towards a business degree at Lakeland University.
“It has been a dream of mine for a while.
“I’m excited for something di erent and to play a di erent kind of basketball. I don’t have any experience overseas. All I know is this little town so this is an amazing opportunity to see what basketball can do for me.”
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With the tragic loss of a life on the rail crossing on the Golf Rd roundabout, there are questions that have not been answered.
I think the one big question that has not been answered is where the actual accident took place, was a short cut been taken? Why was an 11-yearold being allowed to make this very dangerous trip across this area of the roundabout and the rail tracks without supervision? Were headphones or any other distractions being used for this transit?
I am not sticking up for anyone, but it is all okay to get loud now about the crossing, but it has been there from the beginning of railway in the Mount and total care must be taken, trains can’t stop. ere needs to be total education of the dangers of this route. It’s been proven that you can do everything, but accidents still can happen if total care is not taken, humans are always taking risks. No mention has been made of the driver of the train, a total tragedy all round, but let’s have all the facts. I have seen high wire fencing recently been installed by Kiwi Rail near the crossing to stop people crossing the tracks, so things have been taking place here.
Emotional solutions do not solve a problem. e railway is a very important infrastructure for the Bay of Plenty, we all need to respect it.
Peter Clark, Pāpāmoa.
‘Misinformation’ the media and ‘thought police’ cry, without providing any evidence that those they accuse of misinformation are in fact spreading falsehoods. Nowadays, simply to have a di erent opinion, even a scienti cally substantiated one, labels you a domestic terrorist.
We desperately need independent media in this country and the immediate restoration of rights, instead of made up rules and made up crimes, such as ‘misinformation’. If something someone says is false, say so. Address the issue, don’t slander the person. Give the other person the right of reply and if necessary, agree to disagree.
e danger to democracy is not free speech and people who disagree with you, but the notion that people should not be able to speak freely and disagree with you.
Apart from the endeavour to destroy rights involving a massive waste of resources that could be going into actually caring about people, what the ‘thought police’ seem oblivious of is that ultimately who they are hurting is themselves; at some point they themselves will fall foul of the dictatorship regime they are at pains to engineer.
Our forebears fought for freedom and rights so we could have freedom. We honour them in standing for our freedom.
Carolyn Stock, Otūmoetai.What with all the language letters in e Sun this month, I thought I’d best be not too hasty. But I think we can safely start by stating unequivocally that New Zealand English is already full of Maori words, so that shouldn’t bother us – ‘Tauranga’ for one, is Maori for resting place of the Mataatua canoe for this particular spot, if you want to know, anchorage, shing spot, and so on.
Whakatane is the place where the daughter of the chief of Mataatua canoe took command when all the men were ashore exploring, leaving the women and children on-board the canoe and a storm sprang up. “Kia whakatane au i ahau,” the chief’s daughter said – “I’ll act the man, I’'ll take command” and ordered the other women to grab the paddles and get the canoe out of trouble. And others...
Secondly, English is full of borrowings from other languages, and sometimes it’s even been changed by those borrowings; the two largest being the Old Norse, which changed Old English rather dramatically after King Alfred the
Great made the invading DanishNorwegian army surrender and set them up in a little subordinate kingdom the Danelaw. And the next being the Norman Conquest, which imported thousands of good Old Norman French words into English. Old Norse doubled up on some common words, so we have word-pairs like Shirt-Skirt, Ship-Ski , where the ‘Sh’ words are Old English and the ‘Sk’ words are Old Norse. Norman French doubled up on other common words, so the common English villager ate cow and sheep, while his Norman lord and lady ate beef and mutton. Plus there are words like Chutney and pyjama, which we picked up from the East India Company and the British Empire of India... some friends say that English doesn’t so much borrow words from other languages as mug other languages and ri e their pockets for loose words...
All in all, just a storm in a teacup. How many people knew the story behind the name ‘Whakatane’?
I’ve found it fascinates Australians and others.
Wesley Parish, Bellevue.
SPCA’s Pets of the Year calendar competition has now wrapped up, and more than 130 photoready pets will feature in the 2024 calendar.
e competition put the voting power in the hands of the public, with a peer-to-peer fundraising approach which saw people getting behind the pets they know and love. Every dollar raised from the competition and the sales of the
calendars goes directly towards helping the abused, neglected and abandoned animals in our care across the country.
Calendars are available for preorder on the SPCA website.
ey cost $24.99 + shipping, and all proceeds go towards helping the SPCA rescue, rehabilitate and rehome thousands of animals every year.
Calendars can be pre-ordered at: fundraising-store.spca.nz
Calling all dog lovers! Get ready for a wag-tastic weekend of fun and learning over October 7-8 at Dogs Day Out, presented by Healthy Pets New Zealand.
e weekend kicks o with the Paws & Learn Seminars. Professor Nick Cave is speaking on raw feeding; Dr Jess Beer on post-Covid behavioural challenges; and Michelle Le Long of PD Insurance on pet insurance. Everyone is welcome but pre-registration is essential.
e following day is the Dogs Day Out carnival at the Tauranga racecourse where the
whole family, including dogs, are welcome.
From agility courses to scenting and herding skills, watch in awe as amazing canines perform incredible tricks and jumps.
Your own pup will have a blast showcasing their skills and talent in the family fun events from waggiest tail, look-alikes, best ‘smile’, spottiest dog, a red carpet dress-up ‘dogwalk’ with lots of great prizes on o er. ere will also be a variety of stalls o ering high-quality dog accessories, nutritious treats, innovative pet care products, veterinary advice, and much more.
By attending the Dogs' Day
Out, you are supporting Healthy Pets NZ charity's mission to improve the diagnostics and veterinary care to Kiwi pets through research right here in New Zealand.
For more information, visit www.healthypets.org.nz
e Paws & Learn seminars will be held on October 7 from 6.30pm at Waikato Uni Tauranga Campus Lecture Hall, Durham St and costs $25 per person.
Dogs Day Out will be held on October 8 from 9am-2pm at the Tauranga Racecourse, Cameron Rd. Entry is a old coin donation at the gate, dogs come for free but must be on a lead.
Bobby, a six-month-old Sta y Cross, was scared and nervous when he came to us but this sweet boy has really come out of his shell. He’s been with his foster mum and his report card is one of the best we've seen. He’s so well behaved, a gentle & sweet natured boy who's very easy-going. He's just adorable. Bobby will make you giggle as he shows o . He is a real snuggler and will do anything for a snuggle. Bobby is learning lots of new tricks like walking nicely on a lead, 'sit', 'wait', 'come' Bobby is crate trained too. He loves playing with other dogs and meeting new people. Come and visit Bobby as he would love to be part of your family! Ref: 583582.
Diabetes is a condition where the body’s main source of energy – glucose, although present, cannot be utilised appropriately by the body.
Signs can include excessive thirst, increased urination, your pets’ eyes might become cloudy,
frequent or long-term infections of the skin and/or urinary system, body condition loss - despite a good or even increased appetite.
To diagnose diabetes your veterinarian will perform a
simple blood test to con rm immediate glucose level readings. Followed by sending a blood sample away to measure Fructosamine level – con rming a long-standing hyperglycaemia. Once diabetes is con rmed, treatment options may include Insulin and/or dietary changes.
Your pet will need injections at home following a meal either once or twice daily depending
Keeping your furry friend safe and secure
Pet owners up and down the country have been making claims for hundreds of thousands of dollars due to dogs and cats swallowing shhooks, Nerf gun pellets and delicious-for-humans-but-toxicto-dogs raisins.
So, Southern Cross Pet Insurance is calling for pet owners to make their homes safe and secure for furry friends, in much the same way parents do for their young children.
Pet-proo ng your home is essential to prevent accidents and keep your pet healthy and happy. is includes anything from locking away poisonous substances, which for pets can include every day human foods, to preventing access to sharp objects, electrical cords, and more. e process also gives you peace of mind knowing your home is a safe and secure environment for your furry friend, whether you’re at home or not.
“Last year Southern Cross Pet Insurance saw more than 800 claims, totalling more than $850,000, resulting from pet’s ingestion of a foreign object, or in other words, getting their paws on something they shouldn’t,” says former vet nurse and now sales manager at Southern Cross Pet Insurance Kerri Murray.
"By identifying and addressing potential hazards and risks, you can create a safe and secure environment for your pet to thrive in."
Secure hazardous items: Store items such as cleaning
supplies, medications, and chemicals in a locked cabinet or out of your pet's reach.
Cover electrical cords: Cover or hide electrical cords to prevent your pet from chewing on them and risking electrocution.
Stash the human food: While many New Zealanders are aware chocolate is toxic to pets, a survey by Southern Cross Pet Insurance showed 40 per cent of New Zealanders do not know that raisins, currants and sultanas are also unsafe.
Likewise, 30 per cent are unaware walnuts and macadamias are unsafe, and more than 50 per cent have no idea avocados represent a threat.
Keep rubbish secured: Keep rubbish secured with a lid to prevent your pet from eating spoiled or toxic foods (as mentioned above). It will also prevent your pets from getting into rubbish that could choke or poison your pet!
Check for choking hazards: Remove small objects that your pet could swallow and choke on, including toys, jewellery, and rubber bands. Ensure that these items are put out of reach, that includes the bench hoppers who try pick up any last crumb left on the kitchen bench.
Protect your furniture: Cover sharp edges and corners on furniture to prevent injury to your pet. A safe trick to stop puppies chewing on wooden furniture is to dab clove oil, which you can get from any pharmacy, on potentially a ected parts of chairs and tables. It will discourage them and makes for a nicely fragranced house for a while!
Ongoing, regular repeat assessments are vital for the successful long-term
treatment of diabetes.
If you are concerned about your pet please contact your veterinarian.
now open!
Clients are often surprised that our furry friends can be diagnosed with diabetes!
"Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. is will miraculously transform your whole life." Eckhart Tolle
We hear a lot these days about mindfulness… and the quote above is a good de nition of what mindfulness is about. I read once that our brain is like a computer and our self-talk is the data we
input. As you know, if you phrase an internet search a certain way, you will get exactly what you request, even if it wasn’t exactly what you wanted.
So it is with our lives… if we expect things to be di cult, that is what we will get and if we plan for things to be interesting and exciting our mind searches for ways to bring this about.
What are you putting into your mind today that is of no bene t to you, and how can you change your thinking to give you back more control?
Would you like to learn more about coaching… to explore more of your potential and to deal with stress or con ict… phone Mary Parker, e Fast Track Coach, on: 021 258 2145, or visit my website: www. thefasttrackcoach.co.nz
e fascia is a connective tissue that covers, supports and connects muscle, bone, nerves, organs and blood vessels.
It can also be subcutaneous, connecting just below the skin surface.
When the fascia is well organised and healthy it provides higher immunity and uid ow to provide better health.
However, if the skin is in trauma, infected or in amed then fascia loses its elasticity and becomes rigid. is results in dehydration and as the fascia dries and becomes sti . Wrinkles of the skin can be a result of sti ened fascia due to repetitive fascial movement. If you want to address volume loss, we must release the fascia to restore ow because being well hydrated is crucial for skin youthfulness.
Our goal for a myofascial facial treatment is to release and loosen the facial fascia so it can move more freely and with uidity. To be free from adhesions, improve lymphatic ow and blood circulation, you need a greater transportation of oxygen to ush toxins and decrease swelling. e end result is to achieve a beautiful glow with a restored production of collagen and elastin that helps our skin to be rmer, plumper and smoother. Do you want more volume, form, contours and symmetry back in your face? Wouldn’t we all love this extra little help as we age ever so gracefully! Contact us now to book this exciting treatment.
Digital smile design in dentistry is a transformative approach that combines technology and artistry to create beautiful smiles for patients.
Traditionally, smile makeovers relied heavily on the dentist's skill and patient's imagination, often resulting in miscommunications and dissatisfaction. Digital smile design changes this by using cutting-edge software to design and visualize the desired outcome before any procedures begin. Here's how it works:
• Digital Imaging: High-quality images of the patient's face, teeth, and smile are captured using digital cameras and scanners. ese images serve as the foundation for the design process.
• Customisation: Using specialised software, dentists manipulate various
aspects of the smile, such as tooth shape, size, color, and alignment, until the patient's ideal smile is achieved on-screen.
• Treatment planning: e software generates a treatment plan based on the digital design. is plan outlines the steps necessary to achieve the desired results, whether it involves teeth whitening, veneers, crowns, or orthodontic work.
• Previewing the smile: Patients can see a realistic preview of their new smile on a computer screen. Adjustments can be made until both patient and dentist are satis ed.
• Precision and predictability: Once the design is nalised, the digital data can be used to create physical restorations with remarkable precision.
• Patient involvement: Digital smile design actively involves patients in the decision-making process, empowering them to take ownership of their oral health and cosmetic choices.
• Enhanced communication: Dentists can share the digital design with dental labs and specialists involved in the treatment, ensuring everyone is on the same page and working towards the same goal.
To book an appointment, call us on 07 578 3243 or visit our website corsondental.co.nz
Our mitochondria are our cell engines that take the energy from food and change this into the energy our bodies need.
At the end of the line is the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) to provide the energy that makes our bodies work.
Free radicals, especially nitrogen radicals like peroxynitrite, can damage delicate cell structures causing less energy to be made.
Some diseases can damage mitochondria. Studies show conditions like chronic fatigue and Covid 19 can reduce CoQ10 production resulting in less energy than in healthy people. e result is always tiredness, but other symptoms are determined by the type of disease. For example, research
shows post-Covid fatigue is likely the result of impaired mitochondria caused by reduction in Co enzyme Q10.
e rst step to improve energy is to add Co Enzyme Q10.
Be aware that most of the CoQ10 on the market is lowcost semi-synthetic material. I prefer naturally fermented CoQ10. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as good cheap CoQ10.
e most important component of nutritional therapy for fatigue and in ammatory problems is adding a range of nutrients and co factors. ese include CoQ10 but also broad-spectrum trace minerals, vitamins, especially
Internationally acclaimed nutritional biochemist Dr Libby Weaver is bringing her brand-new live event, ‘Bouncing Back’, to Tauranga on Monday, September 11.
e event is for anyone who is feeling sick and tired of feeling… well, sick and tired and Dr Libby will be sharing her expert advice to help you feel better when you don’t know how.
“Life's challenges can leave us feeling worn down and unwell, impacting both our physical health and emotional wellbeing,” says Dr Libby.
“I see far too many people struggling with fatigue, niggling or recurring health issues, and a general sense of lethargy. I want to help people understand some of the common contributors of why they feel so lousy, and what they can do to regain their vitality and embrace life with a renewed enthusiasm.”
See Dr Libby speak in Tauranga for the
vitamin D, and antioxidants especially those from grape seeds and blackcurrant.
ese help to increase energy output, support agging energy processes and reduce free radical damage to delicate energy systems. We then add a full B vitamin complex as these are needed in most of the steps to make energy.
A combination of a good diet and these bene cial supplements can make a real di erence in life quality for those with low energy. Most people feel a real di erence within one to two months. For more information give me a call or email john@abundant.co.nz.
You can read back issues 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
rst time in four years at Bethlehem College on September 11 from 7-9pm.
Tickets are available at: www.drlibby.com
e Weekend Sun has one double pass to see Dr Libby on September 11 for one lucky reader who can tell us what her brand new live event is called. Enter online at: www.sunlive.co.nz under the ‘Competitions’ section. Entries must be received by Tuesday, September 5.
I blame the Beatles.
Why not? Half of them are dead and the other half are too rich to care.
Or maybe we should blame Bob Dylan.
I don't know quite where responsibility lies but at some point in the early 1960s people who sang songs, be they bands with those new-fangled electric guitars or dharma bums breaking from the traditional con nes of folk music to explore a newly creative world of pop music, decided they should write their own material.
It seems obvious now, but this was not always the way. Until that decade demarcation ruled: there were people who wrote songs and people who sang those songs. Witness New York's Tin Pan Alley and Brill Building, songwriting factories for decades, whose practitioners stretched from Irving Berlin to Carole King.
But those pesky mop-tops and that smart-assed American got stuck into songwriting, and it turned out they were really good at it.
is sort of behaviour spread pretty quickly. Everyone noticed in 1963 when e Beatles had consecutive hits with 'Please Please Me’, ‘From Me To You’, ‘She Loves You’, and ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’. ere was clearly a buck to be made, and if four scru y kids from Liverpool could do it...
Mick 'n' Keith
at's what started Mick and Keith, in a rival London band. As Mr Richards recalls: “So what Andrew Oldham [their manager] did was lock us up in the kitchen for a night and say: “Don't come out without a song.” We sat around and
came up with 'As Tears Go By'.” is is of course Keith's story so may have little bearing on reality, but it turned out they were really good at it too.
at's how it's been ever since: a performer is now generally expected to be a songwriter too. ere are so many technically great singers, and great musicians in great bands, that what has become valued is not so much – or not only – the performance, but the initial act of creation. Fair enough. When you think of artists you like, it's usually because you like the songs. Which brings me to Cybele Chapman.
developed an extraordinary passion and dedication to music. Fast forward, and in August last year she was invited to perform with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, a collaboration featuring her song 'Burning Up Tears'.
500 Songs
Cybele just turned 14. A month ago she released her rst album, 'Lesson Learned', and noted on Facebook: “ is has almost taken two years to make! e goal was to have it out at 13 years old! ere are 12 songs on the album to listen to. I chose 12 songs because 12 is my lucky number!”. It's on Spotify. It was during the rst Covid lockdown when Cybele took up guitar and
She has now, with in uences ranging from Taylor Swift and Avril Lavigne to Miley Cyrus and Tate McRae, written around 500 songs, a simply ridiculous number to have written by her age. Or any age really. On the strength of the 12 songs on 'Lesson Learned' there's something very special going on here. Tim Julian at Colour eld Studio has been key to recording and arranging the album and plays almost everything (drums, percussion, bass, keyboards, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin) and, refreshingly, Cybele actually looks and sounds like a 13-year old: She sings well, though her voice is clearly a work in progress. And the songs! ey have catchy hooks a-plenty, an innate feel for lyrical rhythm, and variety in style and structure. ings can only get better as she discovers a more individual lyrical voice, but there's nothing wrong with the words here, across everything from rock belters to the more laid-back swing of 'Stop inking About Her'. ere's the odd disturbing moment when the maturity of Cybele's lyrics - these are relationship songsclashes with the youth of her voice but, really, the only apt reaction is amazement. She's launching the album at e Jam Factory on September 16, 7pm with Tim playing bass along with Kurt Somervell (guitar) and drummer Steve Mills, and probably members of her school band Sunkissd. Tickets are $5.
something outside of the box so I’m hopeful that we get a good audience and people who are curious.”
Mixing classical music with theatre, Chalium thinks the arts in New Zealand are changing. “I’m happy with that and I’m happy with change.”
e Tempest by Purcell will be held at St Peter's Anglican Church, Mt Maunganui at 7.30pm on Saturday, September 9. For ticket information, see the advert on this page.
Classical music and theatre will beautifully intertwine on stage for a unique experience of ‘ e Tempest’ by 17th century English composer Henry Purcell. Scholars Baroque Aotearoa and NZBarok will bring Purcell’s musical imagining of Shakespeare’s comedy, e Tempest, to life this month. Audiences will experience the stunning choral sounds upon Purcell’s striking orchestral score inspired by the fantastical world and characters of e Tempest. However, unlike traditional Scholars Baroque Aotearoa performances, actors will step into this dramatic and ethereal
soundscape.
“It’s quite a multifaceted sort of performance with not just choral and instrumental music, but also acting and scenes from the play which I think is really cool and something really di erent,” says musical director Chalium Poppy.
is hybrid style performance will include actors from director Harry Oram’s Apex Performing Arts Academy who will inject dialogue and characters into the evening’s events.
“ ere’s actually still a strong appetite in New Zealand for Shakespeare’s plays –not just for his plays but for his characters who are very human in the things they experience.
“ is is our rst attempt at doing
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Saturday 2 September
Association Croquet
Sat, Mon, Wed at Club Mt Maunganui, 45
Kawaka St. 9.15am for 9.30am start. Visitors & new players welcome. Ph Jacqui 07 574 9293
Boules - Pétanque
TaurangaBOP Club Tawa St. Social + competitive play. Boules available. New players welcome.
Ph Ray 027 756 3565 for times, further details
Cat Show
Sir Tristram Lounge Tauranga Racecourse 10am-3pm
120+ cats on show $3 adult $2 gold card $1 children.
Ph 07 549 0958
Katikati Bowling Club
8 Park Rd 1.45pm
Katikati Toy Library
Family-focused facility offering 600+ toys to loan to children zero-10. Tues 6.30-8pm Weds 2.30-4pm Sat 9am-10am. Located behind the Christian Centre, Henry Rd, Katikati
Live Music
2nd Sept Lucky Strike. 9th Sept Mike Garner & Robbie Laven. 16th Sept Jazz Night with Jeff Baker & Friends. 23rd Sept Lucky Strike. 30th Sept Fiona Cosgrove. The Barrel Room, 26 Wharf St. www.barrelroom.co.nz
Motorhome Caravan & Leisure Show
22nd & 24th September, Mystery Creek Hamilton 9am-5pm. Online & gate sales available. https://nzmotorhomeshow.co.nz/hamilton/ Otumoetai Tennis Club
Adult tennis. Start time 1.30 pm. Bellevue Park, Windsor Road (adjacent to swimming pool). New players & visitors welcome. Ph Victor 027 577 1818 a/hrs
Riverlight Suicide Loss Support
Providing hope and inspiration to those coping with the suicide of a loved one. Held in Katikati 9:30am-11:30am. Contact Karin riverlight62@gmail.com or 021 103 7404 St Stephen’s Jigsaw Library
Every Saturday 10am-12noon. Hire for 2 weeks a variety of 600 puzzles. Please wear masks. Cnr Brookfield & Highmore Trc.
Tauranga Farmers Market
7.45am-12noon at Tauranga Primary School cnr Cameron Rd & 5th Avenue. Rain, hail or shine. Direct from the Producers. Support local Tauranga Social Dance Club
Sequence Dance tonight at 7pm Wesley Methodist Church Hall, 100/13th Ave. Good music & programme by Gordon. Please support us. Ph Jan 576 3455
Tauranga RSA Club Night
Saturday & Friday from 4pm Member’s draw, raffles, etc.
All welcome 07 578 9654
Village Radio Museum
Community Radio broadcasting nostalgic music & Community Notices seven days on 1368 KHz AM Band. Radio Museum open from 10am. Request line 571 3710
Accordion Music Group
Every 3rd Sunday of the month, Welcome Bay Hall, 1-4pm, $4.00pp afternoon tea supplied, everyone welcome to an afternoon of Evergreen music. Ph Joy 027 285 3093
Brain-Watkins House Museum
Brain-Watkins House Museum (Est. 1881) on the corner of Elizabeth St and Cameron Rd is open from 2pm-4pm. $5 adult, children free.
Falun Dafa Exercises
From the dawn of time comes this qigong, perfect for today’s social landscape. See details here: https://en.falundafa. org/falun-dafa-global-contacts.html?v=bks04#Oceania or call/text Judy on 021 0425 398. All welcome
Farmers Market - Mount Mainstreet
Every Sunday 9am-1pm rain or shine! Te Papa o Nga Manu Porotakataka (Phoenix Park). www.mountmainstreet.nz
Home Distillation Group
Meet monthly on Sundays 1.30pm. For members wishing to learn the art of distilling at home. Places very limited. Ph Dennis 027 733 4041
Love Tennis
Come to Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club on 10/9/23 for Love Tennis. 10am-4pm Free entry. Fun tennis for all ages and abilities plus sausage sizzler
Miniatures Club Tauranga
“Making it Small” September Meeting scheduled for 3 Sept 10am-4pm at Tauranga Arts and Crafts Centre, 177 Elizabeth St, Tauranga. Ph Jan 021 214 192
Papamoa Lions Club Market
2nd & 4th Sunday. Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Wayne 027 974 5699
Psychic Cafe Spiritual Meet
Greerton Community Hall. Every 1st and 3rd Sunday. Doors open 6.30pm, starts 7.00pm. Onetime entry $20, then everything FREE. Psychics, Healers, Refreshments. www.psychiccafe.nz
Remembrance Concert for Suicide
September 10th @10am to midday at Tauranga Yacht Club, Sulphur Point. For those affected or bereaved by suicide. www.griefsupport.org.nz/remembrance of 07 578 4480
Monday 4 September
500 Card Group
Every Monday (except public holidays) from 9.3011.30am, held at Age Concern, 177A Fraser St, Tauranga, $2 donation, light refreshment provided - all welcome!
Active Seniors
Exercise classes for seniors to improve strength and balance and fall prevention. 11am at Bethlehem Hall. Ph Diana 021 047 6155 Love to see you there Chess at Mount Maunganui
Mount RSA Chess Club 544 Maunganui Rd, Mondays (excl public holidays). Early program 6.30-7pm Late program 7pm onwards. Casual Chess allowed. Search “Western BoP Chess”
Creative Fibre Tauranga
Knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting & dying. Every Mon 9.30am & every 2nd & 4th Thurs 6.30pm. 177 Elizabeth Street. Enjoy learning new crafts. Ph Rosanne 027 575 2175 Greerton Garden Club
Greerton Garden Club meets 2nd Monday each Month at St. James Hall Pooles Rd, Greerton, at 1pm. Visitors Welcome. Ph 07 562 8855
Harmony-A-Plenty Men’s Barbershop
We are a group of men who enjoy singing together, Monday nights, 7-9pm.Interested? Please phone Frank 576 3032 or David 576 0578
Katikati Bowling Club
Mixed 2 x 4 x2. Reporting time 9.15am
Keep On Your Feet Omokoroa 11am-12pm,Settlers Hall, 334 Omokoroa Rd. Strength & balance classes for older adults. All levels of fitness welcome. Ph Sharnie 021 111 8617
Mahjong
Every Monday 12-30-4.00pm. Visitors and beginners welcome (Free teaching available). Tauranga South Mahjong. Ph Jill 027 4769 440 / 543 0390
Matua Table Tennis
Matua Hall $4.00 per session. Reasonable playing ability is needed. Monday 12.30-3pm, Tuesday 12.30-3pm, Friday 9am-11.30am
Olympic Style Shooting 7-00pm-8pm(please be early) for beginners at Tauranga
Target Rifle Club’s indoor range at 165 Elizabeth St (opposite Tyremaster). Coaching and gear provided
Senior Net Technology Classess
Every Mon, Tues, Wed & Thrs. Get the most from your Smart phone or TV, Tablet iPod, or laptop. Held at Historic Village. Ph 07 577 1912 or email, or www.taurangaseniornet.co.nz
Street Machines & Customs
46th Anniversary Bash, 16th Sept, Chadwick Rd, Greerton. 10am-2pm
Tauranga Stamp Club
Solution 1849
Wesley Methodist Church, 100 Thirteenth Ave. 10am
on the 2nd and 7.30pm on the 4th Monday of the month. All welcome. Ph Tony 07 549 5015 or Jill 07 578 0930
Tuesday 5 September
500 Cards
Join a friendly group for a game of 500. Mount Community Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd. 12.30-4pm.
Afternoon tea provided.
Inquiries Ph 027 658 6848
Badminton Shuttlecocks & Hens badminton at Memorial Hall, 11th Ave. Every Tues 9.30am-11am & Fri 9.30am-11.30am.
New players welcome. Ph Lorraine 0274 086 211
Bayfair Petanque Club
Join us for social petanque at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive every Tues & Thurs 12.45-2.30pm. New players are welcome. Ph Simon 021 158 0129 for information
Boules - Pétanque
TaurangaBOP Club Tawa St. Social + competitive play. Boules available. New players welcome. Ph Ray 027 756 3565 - for times, further details
Golf Croquet
Tues, Thurs, Sun at Club Mt
Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 8.30am for 9am start. Visitors & new players welcome. Ph Nev 07 575 5121
Inachord Women Singers
Join us for singing and fun. 7pm
Bethlehem Community Church 183
Moffat Rd. Musical Director Andrew Braid. Pippa 0274 730 185, Julie 021
0252 6805
Keep On Your Feet
Katikati Catholic Church Hall, 89 Beach Rd. 10.15-11.15am. Strength & balance classes for older adults, all levels of fitness welcome. Ph Sharnie 021 111 8617
Pool Club
8 Ball Pool Club at the Tauranga RSA
Tues evenings 6.45pm. All welcome
07 578 9654
Otumoetai Tennis Club
Adult tennis. Start time 9am Tues & Thurs. Bellevue Park, Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players and visitors welcome.
Ph Peter 021 542 172
Otumoetai Walking Group
Meet at 9am at Kulim Park.
Ph Danny 576 6480
Recycled Teenagers Gentle Exercise St. Mary’s Church cnr Girven & Marlin
9-10.30am. Suitable for joint replacements,arthritics, Recovery from accident or illness.
Strength coordination & balance.
Jennifer 027 206 0776 or 571 1411
SeniorNet Intro/Upskill Android
Phones
Learn more about using technology with Intro to Android Phones. 9-11am and Upskill Android Phones 11.301.30 pm Building 70 Historic village
https://taurangaseniornet.co.nz/
Ph 07 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
SeniorNet Using your Computer
Using your Computer - Join us to learn more about using technology
2-4pm Building 70 Historic village
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Ph 07 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
Tauranga Acoustics Club
Tauranga RSA Tues evenings 7pm. All welcome 07 578 9654
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club
Greerton RSA 7pm. Friendly gettogether, all instruments, all levels of ability. Come in & enjoy some live music. Grant 578 6448
Tauranga SeniorNet Club
Learn how to use your computer, smartphone, smart TV or iPad from someone your own age! Registration or for more info contact via Email: tauranga@seniornet.nz or Ph 07 577 1912
Tauranga Scrabble Club
Join us for social and competitive Scrabble. Senior Citizens Club, 170 Thirteenth Ave from 9.20am. $3 cover charge. Ph Barbara 544 8372
U3A Beachside General Meeting
Papamoa Community Centre Tohoro Room, Tues 5th Sept at 7pm. Guest speaker Morag Hughson who will discuss Genealogy .Entry $5
10 Pin Bowling 1pm @ 10 Pin Tauranga,135 13th Ave. Mixed group play for fun but keep the score. Very occasionally competitive. Ph Glenda 021 2578 678
Age Concern Walking Group
Meet at 10am 6th Sept – Greerton
Rugby field off Oropi Rd.
13th Sept – Briscoes Capel St.
20th Sept – Sylvania Dr, off Leavers Rd. 27th Sept – Lake
View Bus Stop, The Lakes
Avenues Friendship Club
First Wed of each month at 9.30am. Tauranga Citizens Club 170/13th Ave.
Visitors very welcome. Ph for details
027 4061 846
Beginner Belly Dance
Every Wed at Otumoetai Saint Columba Church Hall at 6.30pm.
Explore Middle Eastern music and Dance. Call/text Raffa: 021 124 5982 arabianspicebd@gmail.com
Body+Soul 50+ Fun Fitness
Exercise for better health, strength and balance. Great music, make new friends. First class free.
9.15am Bethlehem hall across from Woolworths. Ph Dianne 0274 314 326
Cards Cribbage
Our friendly Cribbage group meet every Wed 12.30pm for 1pm start at Greerton RSA, Cameron Rd. New members very welcome. Contact Jill 021 160 6143
Community Bible Study
Join us for CBS bible study The Books of Romans. Wed 7-9pm C3, 252 Otumoetai Rd. Call 021 225 5981
Fernland Spa Gentle Exercise
Suitable for joint replacements, arthritics & recovery from accident or injury. Good for strength, coordination & balance. Warm mineral water no chlorine. Jennifer 027 206 0776
Healing Rooms Prayer
Experience Gods healing touch, whether physical, emotional, spiritual.
1-3pm Every Wed. All welcome. No charge. Central Baptist Lounge. 640 Cameron Rd. www.healingrooms.co.nz
027 640 1263
Housie
Housie at the Tauranga RSA Fridays from 12.30pm All welcome.
Ph 07 578 9654
Indoor Bowls Gate Pa
Every Weds, Greerton Community Hall. Margaret Email: mdlevick@ kinect.co.nz or Ph 07 544 4299
Katikati Bowling Club
8 Park Rd. Mixed Roll-ups
12.45-3pm
Marching for Leisure
A non-competitive activity for mature ladies. Fun, fitness and friendship. For Tauranga team practices and contact details please call Elaine Corbett 021 208 8898
Quiz Night
Quiz Night at the Tauranga RSA Wed evenings 7pm. All welcome 07 578 9654
SeniorNet Using your Computer
Using your Computer. Join us to learn more about using technology 12.30-2.30pm Building 70 Historic village https://taurangaseniornet.co.nz/
Ph 07 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
Tauranga Embroiderers Guild
Meets every Wed at Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Rd 10am-2.30pm and 7-9pm. Beginners very welcome. Contact Yvonne Horsfall Ph 07 572 0927 or 027 478 4519
Tauranga Midweek Tramping Group
To be confirmed. Bethlehem.
Moderate. Ian 021 0305810
Tauranga South Garden Club
First Wed of the month at Central Baptist Church hall, cnr Cameron Rd and 13th Ave. 1pm Visitors welcome, Ph Carmen 027 378 2348
Thursday 7 September
500 Cards
Join a friendly group for a game of 500. Mount Community Hall, 345 Maunganui Rd. 12.30 to 4pm. Afternoon tea provided. Inquiries Ph 027 658 6848
Bayfair Petanque Club
Join us for social petanque at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive every Tues & Thurs 12.45-2.30pm. New players are welcome. Ph Simon 021 158 0129 for information
Boules - Pétanque
TaurangaBOP Club Tawa
St. Social + competitive play. Boules available. New players welcome. Ph Ray 027 756 3565 for times, further details
Commerce Club Tauranga
Club Night at the Tauranga RSA Thurs 4pm-7pm. All welcome
07 578 9654
Enjoy Travel?
Be home-hosted and meet Arizona Club, USA in February 2024. Friendship Force meets for coffee first Thurs monthly. Ph Dianne 027 249 9859, Jonathan 572 2091
Flexercise with Fitness League
Exercise, movement, dance, focusing on posture, balance, stretching, strengthening & flexibility, for all ages and abilities, 10am, Central Baptist Church, corner Cameron, 13th Ave, Tauranga Pam 021 117 7170 Katikati Bowling Club
8 Park Rd Rummikub 1-4pm, $3 entry
Otumoetai Tennis Club
Adult tennis. Start time 9.00 am Tues & Thurs. Bellevue Park, Windsor Rd (adjacent to swimming pool). New players and visitors welcome. Ph Peter 021 542 172
SeniorNet Picture Editing
Join us to learn more about using technology. Picture editing 10-12pm. Create a photo book 1-4pm Building 70 Historic village https:// taurangaseniornet.co.nz/
Ph 07 577 1912
Serenata Singers
Come along and sing with our small friendly group.
10am-11.30am, Methodist Church Hall, 2 Oroua St, Te Puke. Ph Anne 027 850 3776
Badminton
Shuttlecocks & Hens badminton at Memorial Hall, 11th Ave. Every Tues 9.30am-11am & Fri 9.30am-11.30am. New players welcome. Ph Lorraine 0274 086 211 Family History
Interested in tracing your family history or understanding DNA results? We can help. Papamoa Library 10-12pm last Friday of each month.
Ph Jenny 524 5243
Housie
Housie at the Tauranga
RSA Fridays from 12.30pm
All welcome 07 578 9654
Katikati Bowling Club
Mixed roll up. Reporting time
1.45pm. Visitors welcome. Coaching available. Social activities commence at 4pm
Papamoa Seniors Indoor Bowls
Enjoyable afternoon with other Seniors whilst playing Indoor Bowls at Papamoa Sports Centre. Names in by 11.45am, prizes $5 entrance
Senior Net Club Day
Join us to learn more about using technology 1-3pm Building 70 Historic village https:// taurangaseniornet.co.nz/ Ph 07 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
SeniorNet Open/Registration Day
Sept 22nd 10am-2pm. Meet the tutors and discuss courses Learning Centre, Building number 70, Historic Village, 17th Ave. Ph 07 577 1912 or www.taurangaseniornet.co.nz
Tga VisionFriendship
Coffee Group 2nd Friday of each month (unless public holiday) 10-12 midday. Visitors and members welcome Ph Sue 021 543 544 for venue and information
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e team carry a range
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curtain maker
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gardening
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livestock
AC PETFOODS collect injured & unwanted cows & horses. Ph 0800
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Yes, election time is getting nearer and those wanting your vote are saying:
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An ancient song writer put it this way: ‘Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings who cannot save.’ A modern version of Psalm 146 could be ‘Do not put your trust in politicians… who cannot save.’ is shouldn’t put you o from exercising your right to vote, but it might help you be realistic in your expectations.
e song continues and tells you that there is one who can be trusted that there is blessing when your ‘hope is in the Lord your God.’ Choose Him!
May God bless you and keep you as you nd hope in Him.
Rev Ian Pittendreigh
It is important to remember that you are voting for a human being, and for a party made up of humans, who by their very nature are imperfect. At some point they will let you down or disappoint you in some way.
Your desire may be to see a more compassionate and caring society, systems that are more just and fair and you want to trust in the integrity of those you vote for.
