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Maelstrom to myxomatosis threatens embattled bunny Poor cuzzy, the Easter Bunny. He’s copping it from all sides this week. As if the guy isn’t busy enough in the build-up to Easter… he’s warding off a series of dastardly threats against him, starting with the anti-sugar campaigners breathing down his neck. Imagine the impact on the Easter egg business if there’s a walloping tax on Easter gut-rot. How are the nearly-obese supposed to reach their ultimate goal of morbidly obese, if bureaucracy keep throwing these sorts of hurdles in their way? Then from left of field, comes a new rabbit killing virus. According to SunLive, the Bay’s most-

followed news organisation, the virus RHDV1-K5, is a Korean strain of the lethal calicivirus already present in New Zealand that causes Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease. The New Zealand Rabbit Coordination Group is working with Landcare Research to seek approval to introduce K5 into New Zealand to help control rabbit damage, which costs the agricultural industry tens of millions in control and lost production each year. Then on top of the sugar ban and the deadly virus, the intrepid bunny is faced with a gnarly storm, if the MetService forecast is correct. Heavy rain means potential for flooding, slips and hazardous driving conditions. If you were clever wee bunnies, you’d be staying home and dry this Easter. The fourth sign that not all is well with the Easter Bunny’s outlook is a gruesome discovery on the road outside the Sun office this week: A

the ad in this paper, to be forewarned. Also any intending marauders, see page 38.

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pair of rabbit earrings that have been run over. Not good karma, having the likeness of the Bunny as roadkill in the week before Easter. (If you are missing these danglers from your rabbit ears, give Julie a call at the Sun, 07 578 0030). There’s always danger lurking in the sea, from risk of tsunami. Not just for EB, but all of us. Fortunately, the Easter Bunny and the rest of us can find out how to mitigate this risk, by checking out the advice on page 20. The friendly folk at the council have some helpful tips on preparing for such a disaster. Next comes the risk of trampling... from the marauding children intent on hunting Easter eggs at Grower Direct. We suggest EB checks out

Finally, the greatest threat to Mr Bunny is not so much life-threatening, but a challenge to his credibility. Some doubters claim he’s not real, that he helped fake the moon landings, contributed to erosion and global warming, staged 911 hijackings and is generally not to be trusted. We have a message for you non-believers. May you sail off the edge of the world. Which, we all know, is flat. And if you do set sail for the edge of the earth, make sure your boat is named something really spectacular, such as ‘Boaty McBoatface’. In a story this week, proving that fact can always be stranger than fiction, The British public bless ’em, have voted the best name for a £200 million ship is ‘Boaty McBoatface’, if the ‘Daily Telegraph’ can be believed. The National Environment Research Council thought it would be a nice idea to ask online, for people to name the Royal Research Ship. Massively in front of the rest…Boaty McBoatface. James Hand, who put the suggestion, described it as “an absolutely brilliant name’. Others included RRS David Attenborough, RRS Pingu and RRS Boat Marley and the Whalers. The poll is just a suggestion, so there is no guarantee the boat name will stick.

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Meanwhile, it completely unrelated news, Olivia Newton John’s missing boyfriend, AWOL for 11 years, has apparently been found secretly living in Mexico with a new lover. A magazine is claiming Patrick McDermott, who vanished on a fishing trip a decade ago, has told a German woman “You’re the One That I Want” and made a new life with her. Amidst claims he faked his own death; a massive investigation to find him and a book written on the case, it appears McDermott just wanted to be left alone and start anew…Clearly he didn’t listen very carefully to “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” particularly the line “But now there’s nowhere to hide, since you pushed my love aside…” Righto sailors, have a great Easter, avoid the tempest. Stay safe and enjoy our amazing flat world, no matter what your beliefs and cultures. brian@thesun.co.nz Like ‘Rogers Rabbits blog’ on Facebook.

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Digital issues facing families The Hahunga family spend lots of time on their PCs, tablets, phones and laptops and are strong advocates for stopping cyber bullying. Delwynne. The Hahunga family hear from other parents.” Sometimes, the hard In turn, Vodafone will share is one technologically shrewd and questions have to be asked those experiences through articles, knowledgeable family. of the Hahunga boys videos and guides to help Kiwi “Yes, fortunately we are families make sense of the digital in Papamoa. reasonably savvy,” says Josh. world. They will offer templates They also have a history of For example, Hamish, Elthan, for parents to sit down and talk to project management and are Dominic, how many minutes, their kids, for setting expectations community-oriented. or hours as the case may, did you and also guidelines for how long “So we fi tted and should be able really spend on your computer kids are allowed to be online. to add value.” last week? And Dad Josh might To get there Vodafone is They ‘fi tted’ into something also ask them: “Are you sure it was working with the Hahungas – called The Parent Project. only that much?” And they may complementing what is actually It’s a Vodafone initiative and answer: “Okay no, there was also already happening in their home. will address issues like keeping this and that”. They’re advising on how to families safe online, kids spending No blaming or shaming here. better manage daily digital life, too much time on devices and It’s all in the interests of research track screen-time, set up and upskilling on parental controls and for the greater good. use parental controls, age-guides and tools. So Vodafone can This is a family documenting and one-on-one sessions with produce those tools, it invited the their engagement with technology a coach to discuss the family’s minute-by-minute, day-by-day for Hahungas and three other families digital needs. “They are doing this nationwide to provide some real a whole year so data can analyse – out of corporate responsibility world experiences. and so others may benefit. because there is so much fear out “Vodafone’s in the thick of the “A lot of it is about giving back there,” says Josh. Fortunately, the corporate environment so it’s really because there are many Hahungas don’t have that issue probably not aware of what’s people who have the skills and but it’s still out there. happening out there,” says there also lots of people with fears To read the full story go to www. Delwynne. “Parent’s want to hear their children might be accessing theweekendsun.co.nz; Search for from the experts,” says Vodafone’s stuff that they know absolutely ‘Monitoring a digital world’. Liz Wilson. “But they also want to nothing about,” says Mum Hunter Wells

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A move to change the name of the new Greerton Library to Greerton Village Library failed when it came before Tauranga City councillors this week. Greerton Mainstreet wanted the name change, but the councillors voted in support of the staff recommendation, which opposes the ‘village’ proponent mainly because the Greerton Village name originates in marketing programme by Greerton Mainstreet and in more than 20 years it hasn’t gained widespread traction. In December 2015 at the Greerton community connections meeting, only four of about 40 people were in favour of a library name-change. Since its introduction as a marketing tool in 1993 only Greerton Village School

Tauranga City councillors this week unanimously voted in support of a proposal to sell part of the Historic Village land to enable Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust to build a community hub. Councillors are supporting the proposal because it solves a lot of drainage issues at the village, it will bring new life to the village, help with its debt, improve the greenspace, and with the addition of a covered stage, be an asset for future events. Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby says TECT didn’t need to build its hub at the village,

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Some full throttle fun There must be something very satisfying in creating a radio controlled model power boat from scratch, but an even bigger satisfaction seeing it fly across the water at a maximum of 140km per hour. The finishing touches are being put on about 80 model power boats registered for the Radio Controlled Power Boat New Zealand Nationals at Lake Taurikura, in the

industrial area of The Lakes, on March 26-27. Bay of Plenty Model Power Boat Club president Steve Trott says depending on the type of craft and size of the motor, the boats can reach speeds of more than 100km per hour. “When you get into the big guns where we’ve got the best of the best, who have invested heavily in the machines they use, then they’re capable of 140km. That’s not messing around – that’s real speed.” Hosted by BOP Model Power Boat Club for the third time, the

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national event includes a range of boat classes divided into hull types and motor sizes. “It’s going to be pretty busy,” says Steve, who will also be racing this weekend. “It’s what we would describe as overall sprint racing; it’s a race over five laps, it’s pretty cut throat, intense and exciting to watch.” Bay club members will have their eyes on the Thunder Down Under Trophy, a regional club trophy for the best performing club at a national event. “We’ve held that for three years in a row now, so we’re gunning to keep it on our shelf,” says Steve. The regatta culminates in the President’s Cup for the year’s best performing competitors of every association event held nationwide. “I think we’ve got BOP members leading the way there. “That could go two or three different ways at this stage, so again we really hoping that somebody from the Bay can pull that off as well. “That’s probably the most prestigious award you can win, it basically gives you the right to display NZ1 on your boat for the next 12 months and shows you’re the best around.” But the club isn’t all about the seriousness of racing, it’s about fun too. “There’s a range of guys who want to achieve different things from it; there are some guys who simply enjoy building the boat to start with and then we’ve got the guys who just enjoy going out and having a bit of a roar around.” The public is invited to the national event at Lake Taurikura on March 26-27 from 9am-4pm.

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When the mail doesn’t get through It was as baffling as it was frustrating – as botch-ups with the mail can be. In this case a letter arrived at a Bethlehem address. The number was right, the first letter of the street was

right, in this case the letter B. But that’s where right ended and confusion started. So our reader scrawls: ‘Return to sender’ or ‘Not at this address’ and feeds it, as recommended, straight back in the postal network. In other words, he posts it again. No longer his

problem, he thought. Our reader doesn’t want to be identified. “I am a bit concerned about security.” Fair enough. But he did take up the issue with NZ Post. “I complained,” he says and he got all the right reassurances like “looking into it”, “sorry” and “won’t happen again.” But then our reader gets another letter to the right number but ‘B’ for Beaumaris Boulevard and not ‘B’ for Bethlehem Heights. Again, the letter goes back in the post and our correspondent goes back to NZ Post. Can’t the postie read? Beaumaris can’t possibly be confused with Bethlehem. “I was told it wasn’t a postie problem, it was a sorting problem.” And the sorting’s done somewhere in Auckland. It was all done automatically.” And so, understands our correspondent, the postie is belting along on his bicycle and only looking at the numbers because the letters are already sorted. He says NZ Post told him it shouldn’t be happening, that someone in the sorting office wasn’t doing their job properly and that a trace would be put in place. It worked. But only for a while. To complicate matters, he’s now received five misdirected letters reposted to his address in Bethlehem Heights. It’s all marked ‘not Beaumaris Boulevard’. Again right number but wrong street, although again both streets beginning with the letter ‘B’. It appears to be a neighbourhood-wide problem. “The worry is that someone could be receiving our mail and not passing it on. It could be confidential stuff, personal stuff

Return to sender yet again. that you don’t want to share with the neighbourhood.” Other neighbours have since reported similar experiences. “Thank you,” said NZ Post. Thank you to The Weekend Sun reader for doing the right thing and contacting their customer services team to alert them to the problem. “Our postal team does its best to deliver mail to the right address but sometimes mistakes happen and we apologise.” NZ Post is taking the matter

“seriously’ and is monitoring local deliveries’. But the postal service has some advice. People who receive mail that isn’t intended for them should mark it ‘Return to sender’ and post it again. It also has a warning. It’s an offence under the Postal Services Act 1998 for a person to open any mail not addressed to them. While NZ Post is monitoring its deliveries, The Weekend Sun will be watching developments. Hunter Wells

Attracting more people to Tauranga’s Historic Village There’s a fantastic video on YouTube showing the Historic Village in it’s glory days in the early 1990s. The efforts of those volunteers was extraordinary. Since then though, the village has been through an economic recession, changing focus from successive councils, turnover of

tenants, and less volunteers able to help out. Located at the heart of Tauranga’s avenues, next to the city’s busy

hospital, a life-line has been thrown to the village. The council this week agreed for the Tauranga Electricity Consumers Trust to buy part of the village to build its new community hub for community organisations. Many community groups and not-for-profits already call the Historic Village home.

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About 10,000 people are expected to gather for the fifth annual free Easter in the Park tomorrow. Pastor of Mosaic Joel Milgate says this year’s event is being taken to another level. “We want to show our community that we care and to be a part of making someone’s Good Friday a great Friday.” This year Easter in the Park is

running on Good Friday from 10am1pm at Coronation Park, Mount Maunganui. There will be bouncy castles and slides, ‘the chair‘o’plane’, mechanical bull and surfboard, live music from local artists, face painting, crafts for kids, espresso coffee from top notch baristas, bacon and egg sammies, fruit salads, candy floss, hot cross buns and more!

Mauao Area Wildlife Trust’s Julia Graham in a penguin’s burrow around Mauao base track. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

If penguins could talk, the estimated 800 Little Blue penguins living on Mauao must shriek with excitement every time a cruise ship glides past their home into Tauranga Harbour. “Yippee, here comes another few thousand dollars to keep our homes safe lads,” they’d say. And the cruise ship passengers are happy to help. Tourism Bay of Plenty chief executive Rhys Arrowsmith says the Cruise iPort has this year received donations from cruise ship passengers wanting a stamp memento of their visit. Through this, passengers and Tourism BOP have been able to support Mauao Area Wildlife Trust in caring for the penguins

and grey-faced petrel colonies. “It’s great to be able to help give back and fund this, as so many cruise passengers enjoy walking up and around Mauao each season,” says Rhys. Mauao Area Wildlife Trust’s pest control funding expires in April, so Rhys says the $2,400 donation is perfect timing to help the trust continue to maintain and bait the current lines and add new ones. Mauao Area Wildlife Trust’s Julia Graham says donations are important in helping care for the penguins and petrels. “There’s not a lot of places for them to go. It’s important that we look after them.” Julia says pest control is an ongoing expense, and a big one. “It takes a lot of money, time and equipment. It’s great to

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Marion has donated the full boxes of books, as well as some jigsaw puzzles and other bits and pieces, to the Rotary Club’s Book Fair at the Seeka coolstore, Harvard Way, on March 26-28. Her late husband Keith was an avid collector and reader, and Marion says most of his large collection slowly came home with him from the Rotary’s Book Fair year after year. The decision to move the books eight years after Keith’s death came from Marion’s daughter, Lynne Cudby. Marion moved house this year, and says she had left Keith’s library the way it was until the move because the books were all set up in his library. Lynne thought it would be a good gesture to donate the books back to the Rotary, and their whole family agreed. “There was no hesitation in thinking that it was a good idea,” says Marion. “That’s where we’d like them to go, and I’m sure Keith would have thought the same.” Marion says Keith didn’t just get pleasure from reading and collecting the books, but much more. “He got pleasure out of going and getting them and picking them and sorting them, and that was a little hobby thing for him.” The Tauranga Rotary club will be selling Keith’s books, as well as a whole lot more, at its 29th annual Easter book. The sale is at the Seeka coolstore on March 26-28 from 9am-4.30pm. To read the full story, go to www.theweekendsun.co.nz; Search for ‘Turning a new page’. Cayla-Fay Saunders

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A bunny in leathers The Easter bunny will don leathers for an annual motorcycle ride through the city.

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Tauranga Ulysses club members JT John Salisbury, Graeme Horne, Trev Rose, Lyn Isaac, and Leanna Bolton with Benny the Bunny. Photo: Tracy Hardy. all about. We’re riding with a lot Rd, Hewletts Rd and onto the Sponsored by New Zealand of motorbikes, but it’s also the expressway en-route to Transport Agency, WestLink people who come and look at the Tauranga Hospital. Bay of Plenty and Downer, the motorbikes. We don’t mind if “In the past people were able 26th Tauranga Ulysses Club children want to climb and sit on to come and see the motorbikes Charity Easter Egg and Toy Run the bikes. when we went to Maungatapu returns on April 3, with people “It’s basically for the public.” encouraged to donate gifts to the underneath the bridges, but now The Toy Run coincides with we don’t go that way anymore,” children at Tauranga Hospital. the free Trustpower TECT Tauranga Ulysses Club president says Marius. Rescue Open Day at the Ian Pain “This year people can see the Marius Swanepoel says people can Memorial Hangar at motorbikes on the expressway purchase a special Toy Run badge Tauranga Hospital. as well as educational toys, Easter over bridges and along the side of People will be able to get up the road. eggs, puzzles, or children’s games “If it’s a good day we’re expecting close and personal with the from Papamoa Plaza for the riders Trustpower TECT Rescue about 300 riders. We got such a to donate to children in Helicopter and crew. good response from last year.” the hospital. There’ll be face painting and Marius will be one of the “The money that we gather possibly a Police dog display and expected 300 riders taking part in from the badges that we sell the event and says the nicest thing truck rides, as well as the annual goes to TrustPower TECT sausage sizzle. about the experience is Rescue Helicopter and St John St John Ambulance, Surf the spectators. Ambulance.” Departing from Lifesaving NZ and Coastguard “Hopefully, this year we’ll get Papamoa Plaza at 11am on Easter crews will be there too. more people being aware of the Sunday, riders will continue The open day on April 3 from ride and what route we’re going up Papamoa Beach Rd onto Zoe Hunter 10am-2pm. to take because that’s what it’s Oceanbeach Rd, down Golf

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Welcome Bay garden plots ready for rent Growing as an educational learning space for the local schools, the new Good Neighbour garden in Welcome Bay will see regular visits from Welcome Bay Primary and Selwyn Ridge. “The children will have an opportunity to put into practice what they are learning by developing the garden space further,” says Garden

co-ordinator at Welcome Bay Andrea Green. Andrea says these opportunities include the chance for children to plant lavender hedges and fruit trees, enjoy a sensory garden – and a potting shed will help them grow seedlings in winter. And there are still garden spaces for the public to rent. The available plots are good value at $12.50 a month, says Good Neighbour Trust manager Campbell Hill. “The beds are 4.5m x 1.5m, irrigated, filled with quality growing materials and all ready to start your autumn planting.”

Tauranga Deputy Mayor Kelvin Clout officially opened the Welcome Bay Good Neighbour Community Garden this month. The garden has regular which will include a gas fired for the children by Super Slides, workshops, grows on organic hangi, a pizza oven and barbecue as well as food and refreshments principles and, with an interest in area.” Good Neighbour is also sponsored by Good Neighbour food security and sustainability, working towards planting a Food Rescue, Welcome Bay Lions, will also include seed collecting. small orchard and designing a Welcome Bay Community Centre And there is always room for even sensory garden. and Lighthouse Church. more growth, says Campbell. Tauranga Deputy Mayor Kelvin With garden plots still “Our next venture for the Clout officially opened the available, email Andrea Green at community garden is to develop Welcome Bay Good Neighbour gncommunitygardenwbay@gmail. an outdoor food shelter for food Community Garden at a ceremony com for more information on preparation and outdoor cooking, on March 17, with bouncy castles renting a garden. Cayla-Fay Saunders

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Many people are not aware that gifts to Inland Revenue Department-approved charities qualify for a 33.3 per cent tax credit, up to the level of their personal income.

If you make that donation before March 31, you can claim the tax credit straight away when you file your tax return. Acorn Foundation’s operations manager Margot McCool says now is a great time to make your annual donation to charities that you like to support. “For most people a $100 donation effectively only costs you

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$67, so some people are even choosing to donate the tax credit as well.” The Acorn Foundation continues to go from strength to strength, with Acorn managing distributions to a range of different organisations according to their donors’ wishes. Acorn now has more than $15million invested, and expects to distribute about $700,000 later this year, in accordance with donors’ wishes. Not all of Acorn’s donors are stipulating which charities to support though, as they recognise that the needs of the region will change over time. “Our Vital Signs research project identified people in the Western Bay are currently most concerned about the affordability of housing and the increasing inequality of income across our region. “Acorn is working very hard to support organisations that are addressing these issues and will continue to support those organisations that are making a positive difference,” says Margot. If you are interested in learning more about the Acorn Foundation, go to www.acornfoundation.org.nz For IRD-approved charities, see www.ird.govt.nz/non-profit/np-donee/

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Anzac Day golf tournament Papamoa Rotary Club is once again running The Powerco Charity Golf Tournament on Anzac Day afternoon, at the Mount Maunganui Golf Club. Kiwican and Papamoa Rotary Charitable Trust will be the recipients of this year’s tournament proceeds. At the tournament last year a $23,500 all-terrain vehicle was presented to the Papamoa surf Lifesaving Club so they could better patrol the eastern reaches of Papamoa Beach. In 2014, $5000 was given to the

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Bay of Plenty Rescue Helicopter to be used locally for the helicopter pilots, and $4000 was given to the Starship Foundation to be used to get BOP patients to Starship Children’s Health hospital. In 2013, $4375 was given to St John Ambulance locally for two new sophisticated stretchers, and $4250 was given to the local Canteen group for resources. Also, $2000 has been given to the Mount Manganui Golf Club for junior golf coaching and coloured flagpole markers.

By day she is the schoolyard envoy, a peacemaker. Sabbath Kerr wanders St Thomas More Catholic School in Mount Maunganui defusing arguments and other trouble.

Gold at last – winner Sabbath Kerr.

She is an appointed peer mediator. Then after-school the diplomat cuts loose. This 10-year-old will be at the gym grappling. And probably with grown-ups. She’s into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu – a martial art combat sport and self defence system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. “She’s good at it and getting better,” says Mum Kelly Kerr. After a succession of silver medals at previous tournaments, Sabbath finally won gold at last week’s No Gi tournament. That’s where competitors wear a rash shirt rather than the traditional

kimono type ‘gi’ robes. “There’s nothing to grab onto,” says Kelly. “You have to use sheer weight, strength and skill.” Sabbath shares her passion with her father Forrest, himself a gold medal winner. “If they’re not at the park training, then they’re grappling in the lounge,” says Kelly. Add to that three formal gym sessions a week. And this is all preparation because this is a young girl with determination and ambition. “She wants to be the world champion in her age and weight range,” says her Mum. But she’ll have to be in it for the long haul because she won’t get a crack at a world title for another six years when she’s hits 16. And when Sabbath isn’t grappling, she’s out fishing and hunting with her dad. “She’s always off on adventures,” says her mother. And despite her passion for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Sabbath is apparently a very kind nature young girl. “She would never use her hands in anger,” says her mum. Hunter Wells

Cooper defends three-year MX1 reign Mount Maunganui’s Cody Cooper “got the job done” in Taupo at the weekend – racing past competition to retain his MX1 title at the fourth and final round of New Zealand’s Motocross Championships. The 32-year-old brilliantly fended off stern challenges from two Australian riders – both former Grand Prix stars in Europe – and a slew of very fast fellow Kiwis at the Digger McEwen Motorcycle Park facility on Sunday. Cooper, who races Honda, started the day just three points in front of Gold Coast rider Todd Waters, racing Suzuki, and five ahead of Kyogle’s Dean Ferris, for Yamaha – the two Australians who threatened to end his three-year reign as NZ’s No1

Mount Maunganui’s Cody Cooper, from Honda Racing Team CRF450. Photo: Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com

motocross racer. Fourth best in the points at the start of Sunday was Queenstown’s Scott Columb, racing Kawasaki, with Taupo’s Brad Groombridge, for Suzuki, rounding out the top five. When Ferris won the first of three MX1 races on Sunday, the dynamics changed remarkably. Ferris had gone from third, and five points adrift of Cooper, to second and just two points behind. But when Cooper won race two from Ferris, with Waters again finishing third, the Kiwi hero had snatched back the initiative and restored his advantage to five points. “It gave me the five-point buffer I needed,” says Cody. “It was a battle though. “Dean [Ferris] passed me in that race and I had to fight back.”

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Despite the appeal lodged against the decision, she isn’t going anywhere. It’s A: too expensive to remove the rest of her, B: too dangerous to remove the rest of her, and C: further removal will cause more damage to Astrolabe than leaving her there, although the reef would recover from this in time.

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It’s time for some of us to change tact and think about making a purse out of the whole sorry sow’s ear saga. Tauranga Dive members have dived the wreck site, twice, and there are two things to note. One, Astrolabe is teaming with life. There are mass schools of fish, the likes of which haven’t been seen in the Bay for a long time. The wreck is doing what all wrecks do; supporting the ecosystem, providing a habitat and sheltering marine life. After four-plus years of having a breather from fishing, both commercial and recreational, as well as divers, the reef is balancing itself out again – and the results are simply breathtaking. The second thing to note is it will soon be open to the public, and within four months or less from that date, Astrolabe will be pillaged utterly and put back to what in comparison will be a barren wasteland. Dr Roger Grace has written many submissions, conducted many surveys around NZ on marine eco-systems, and has written on and been consulted on about the Rena. He states: “The national goal in the Biodiversity Strategy 2000 (DOC 2000) is for 10 per cent of the territorial sea to be in Marine Protected Areas effective for protection of biodiversity. This policy should apply regionally as well as nationally.” And: “Snapper stocks in the Bay of Plenty are at around 10 per cent of their pre-fished biomass, on the verge of the trigger-point to officially close the fishery. The target biomass for sustainability is 40 per cent of the pre-

fished biomass.” It is at this point I can hear the recreational fishers say: “Rubbish, we are having the best fishing ever”. Hmmm… I wonder what is contributing to the sudden increase of full fish bins? I wonder why when you fish around the edges of the exclusion zone, and that includes Okaparu and Motiti, you can catch your limit way quicker than usual? I wonder why it is that even the amateur recreational fishers are having a great day out on the water? Why did a group of free divers come into the shop last weekend grinning from ear to ear about the mass of large Kingi swimming at Okaparu? It’s time to wake up and smell the proverbial fish fillets. Yes, the Rena was a massive disaster, and yes there are still plastic beads on Motiti’s beaches. No one wanted to see that. But we all have a massive opportunity here to have a nursing ground, where all the hard work has already been done, continue to grow and produce results for all of us.

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Personally, I’m happy an appeal has been lodged against the wreck staying, because it means the exclusion zone will continue for a bit longer. And hopefully, I am really, really hoping here that the groundswell for a Rahui to be put in place, a ‘no take’ zone around the reef will become a reality. It will be years of red tape for Astrolabe to become a fully protected marine reserve, but the first step is to get some sort of protection started. The hardest thing about establishing a ‘no take’ area is for the first four-five years, no benefit is seen while the reef recovers. We’ve already passed that stage; we’re already seeing the benefits. Going forward, Astrolabe could become the Poor Knights of the Bay. It’s perfectly positioned to be a bread basket for recreational fishers, divers, and tourists. Change your thinking from what you are going to make out of Astrolabe when it opens, what you can take, what small gains for your pocket or your fridge – to what it could produce in the very near future. Surely that’s worth it?

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Threading together cultures “Surrounded by a forest of CDs” – that’s how art organiser Wendy Pedersen explains what ‘A Chorus of Many Threads’ will look like to visitors. Umbrellas with CDs hanging beneath will grace the high ceiling of The Incubator as part of the public interactive art installation. Volunteers have woven threads of wool or yarn onto old CDs, which will then be threaded underneath umbrellas. Wendy, who is organising the project, says there’s meaning behind every element of the installation. “The CDs are talking about different cultures, because on every CD you have information and music, and it’s

all about bringing the community together into one large installation, and at the same time using recycling. “The weaving will be individual, according to each person’s creative persona, their creative vision.” Wendy says they aim to get spotlights up, which will create a rainbow effect when the light hits the reflective back of the CDs. “Once it’s lit with spotlights it will pick up all the reflection off the CDs, so the rainbow colours and the reflections will be peeking out between in amongst weaving.” Wendy says the project has seen a “massive response” from the public, and she expects this to continue. Wendy says even schools are getting involved. “And we’ve got school groups, we had at least two or three people come in and take 60 or 70 CDs away for classes.”

Wendy wants the project to receive 5000 decorated CDs but expects to gain about 2000 from around the Bay of Plenty. With creative donations such as weaved ‘piggies’, sheep, and CDs adorned with rings and toys, Wendy says just about anything can be weaved onto the CDs. “We’ve got CDs with children’s toys, beads, buttons, chain, paperclips, feathers, lace, someone’s put watches, jewellery…you know, anything that’s not too heavy.” The Incubator will have the CD’s hung from the umbrellas from March 21-April 03. This will be the best time to see the complete exhibition. This is the third year The Incubator is running the public art installation in conjunction with Sustainable Backyards month. Cayla-Fay Saunders

Chorus of Many Threads taskforce members Jannine Bishop and Wendy Pedersen. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

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Give the cook the credit So here is my stand: What you choose to eat is the single most important decision you make every day and should be taken seriously.

That said, it should be a fun and exciting part of your life and really doesn’t have to be hard. There’s something wonderful about this dish, it’s not just that it tastes fantastic and looks great, but the fact it highlights the history of food and more importantly that cooks are the true scientists and heroes of the human race. A bold statement I know but, bear with me a while and I’ll explain. In the late 19th Century Louis Pasteur – the man who also brought us safe milk and beer –explained the problem of bacteria and started the science of microbiology, groundbreaking stuff I’m sure you’ll agree. The thing is the cooks of France had found the answer a few hundred years earlier; they just didn’t bother to name it. Bacteria has always been the sworn enemy of the cook for the food spoilage it can cause. And when we go back to the times before refrigeration this problem was way worse. The big question was how to make food last longer? The cooks realised there was something getting on to the food that made it spoil and boiling it for a set time would sterilise it. All good, but unfortunately when the air came back in contact with the food it was reinfected, so the simple cooks’ answer was to keep the food covered and only uncover at the time of eating. Job done and only a few hundred years before science caught up. I can only imagine how many unwanted relatives were sacrificed on the tastetesting altar to work this out. Thankfully, work it out they did and now we can enjoy this unbelievable taste. So follow the recipe

and while you’re eating it just take a moment to reflect on the history of our food. Just remember – if you make confit of duck for a dinner party make more than you need, the spares will keep in a box covered with duck fat in the fridge for weeks and will be there for that surprise occasion. Duck legs are widely available in the Bay with my favourite being Quack a Duck from Cambridge – admittedly mostly because the name makes me smile but also because they are very good. Duck or goose fat is slightly harder to find and usually comes in tins, try Nosh or Culinary Council. The rest of the ingredients will be in every supermarket, your pantry and garden. See Peter’s recipe for confit of duck with braised butter beans online at www.theweekendsun.co.nz

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Do you know how to survive a tsunami? You can survive if you plan ahead.

Tauranga City Council is investing over $2M to build tsunami bridges and a new safe assembly area to make it easier for Papamoa residents to get to safety. Three more safe assembly areas are programmed for construction in Papamoa East by 2021.

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Key survival facts 1

A tsunami may arrive 50 minutes after a major earthquake. Think “long, strong, gone”: if the earthquake lasts a long time or is strong enough to knock you off your feet, you need to be gone. Don’t wait for an official warning.

Get to a safe location or leave the evacuation zones completely. Evacuation maps are online at www.tauranga.govt.nz/tsunami or www.bopcivildefence.govt.nz Plan your route ahead of time. It may surprise you how close the safe areas are.

Evacuate on foot. Roads will block very quickly. Take your emergency pack – tsunami flooding can last for many hours.

“Long, strong, gone”. If you know ahead of time to evacuate as soon as you can after the first earthquake you have a very good chance of surviving a devastating tsunami. For more information visit: www.tauranga.govt.nz/tsunami www.bopcivildefence.govt.nz

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Walk, don’t drive! If everyone tried to drive out of Papamoa at the same time, traffic modelling shows that it would take at least 6 hours to get everyone clear… and that’s on a calm day with no emergency. That’s why you need to plan to walk. The good news is most safe areas can be reached on foot within 40 minutes. If such a tsunami strikes, there will be no time for official warnings. After a major earthquake it would take about 50 minutes for a major tsunami to reach the coast, plus maybe another 30 minutes to completely flood the yellow zone (see the evacuation maps). The further into the yellow zone you get, the shallower and slower moving the water will be. The evacuation area at Gordon Spratt Reserve is one of the safe areas within the yellow zone.

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The travel concession will be transferred onto a smart card that super annuitants have to buy. And it will no longer be interchangeable between regions. The Government also previously pushed the responsibility

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Papamoa Progressive’s new chair The Papamoa Progressive Association AGM went ahead on Monday, March 14, with Peter Otway giving a fascinating insight into the constant scientific work on the Antarctic continent.

We also enjoyed a PAPAMOA presentation from UNLIMITED Tauranga Mayor With Wayne George of Stuart Crosby, which Papamoa Progressive Society outlined some of the highlights of his tenure. The PPA committee has invested much time recently in devising a questionnaire for residents and ratepayers to offer feedback on ‘What do you want for Papamoa?’ These were issued at the meeting. The completed survey form is due back by March 31, when all replies will be collated and reported upon. As it was our AGM, the election of officers was held. Wayne George was installed as chairman, replacing David Hill, who has stepped down due to business reasons. Wayne thanked David for his commitment to the association during a number of years. All other committee members were returned to their current positions and gifts were presented to David and our guest speakers for the evening.

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Market giving mums a leg up A way for mums to bring their homemade goods to the customer, that’s what Mums’ Market aims to do. Vanessa Henderson-Jones says Mums’ Market “is all about mums supporting mums, helping to give each other a boost up to be able to stay at home, doing what we love, and earning some money”. She had the idea driving one day, thinking about how it could be hard to branch out in a small business. “Once you’ve sold to your friends it’s hard to get further.” Vanessa posted on a local Facebook page about the idea for a market for mums and says the response was great. The event was created with no date and within one week 800 people registered as interested. Within two weeks that number grew to 1500. “When I first thought of the idea, I thought there’d be five or six mums I could invite to my house, and I quickly realised that wasn’t ever going to happen.” Their first market was held on March 16 at Bethlehem Hall. Vanessa says the aim of her market is to promote mums and their businesses. “I know there’s a lot of mums that do some amazing things and that’s what I wanted to get out there. “All these people, local to you, can make

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Tips to help you conserve energy Energy conservation is a term used often by occupational therapists to help you learn how to not waste your energy, so you have the energy you need for the things you want to do. You need to prioritise. This means choosing the activities that are important to you, including leisure activities. It can be helpful to talk about this with family and friends. And planning is the best way to achieve balance in your day. Just spending a few minutes jotting down some ways to use less energy for your activities will help you decided how and when to attempt an activity. You can choose to sit down for some activities if that is helpful.

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For example, chopping vegetables, ironing, getting washed and dressed etc. Sitting down can conserve up to 25 per cent of your energy. Choosing a particular time of day for certain activities can change your energy levels. There is lots of equipment available to assist with energy conservation such as shower stools, kitchen trolleys, wheelchairs, perching stools, toilet frames, long handled sponges and jar openers to name a few. And pace yourself – this means mix it up a bit. Having a five-minute break between activities to do some gentle

stretches can give you more energy to complete the task. Doing a heavy activity followed by a light activity can also make a significant difference. Following these commonsense energy conservation tips can bring more enjoyment to your day, allow you to get more done, help you to feel more relaxed and in control, plus give you a better

Teams tackle mobility Tauranga is one of seven areas nationwide set to receive to new Local Mobility Action Teams, says Health Minister Jonathan Coleman.

Jonathan says the Government has invested $6 million in Budget 2015 to create community-based multi-disciplinary early intervention teams for the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions like arthritis. Meeting with providers of the first group of the Local Mobility Action Teams at a workshop in Wellington, Jonathan says first seven will be up and running in the next few months. “It was good to hear from the teams why they want to get involved in this initiative, and how they can make a real difference to patients.” The seven team projects were selected by the Ministry of Health from nearly 50 proposals. Once final contracting has been successfully completed, the first teams will be based in Northland, Counties Manukau, Tauranga, Hutt Valley/ MidCentral, Canterbury and South Canterbury. “There are many people with arthritis where early intervention in a community setting is appropriate,” says Jonathan. “These Mobility Action Teams will provide a range of services in the community such as

physiotherapy, exercise programmes, dietary advice, and selfmanagement support.” Jonathan says the approach draws professionals together from across the sector, including District Health Boards, physiotherapy practices and public/private collaborations. “This is also about delivering to local communities to meet their specific needs, so we expect to see a variety of solutions across the country.” The Ministry of Health is considering proposals for the next group of teams.

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Come and play at open day Katikati Playcentre is hosting its first ever Easter Egg Hunt and Open Day this weekend to offer local children a fun festive event while showcasing the facility to young families in the community.

On Easter Monday, March 28, the playcentre’s open day is from 10am2pm, offering a range of activities including an obstacle course, face painting and pony rides for children aged 0-6. Plus, an Easter Egg Hunt will happen at 11am with eggs hidden around the playcentre’s grounds. And there will be cake stall and drinks for purchase. Katikati Playcentre president Caroline Casey says the aim of open day is to show Katikati district’s young families what the playcentre can offer to parents and children alike. “Playcentre is family orientated and offers you the opportunity to learn through play. We encourage and

Analise Managh, Kobie Nugter, Jackson Stevens and Oliver Tasker check out the eggs for Easter Monday’s Open Day. support adults and children to work, play, learn and grow together. “We are bicultural and we value and affirm parents as the first and best educators of their children. It is a neat place to meet like-minded people.” Those interested in joining the playcentre or families in Katikati for Easter are invited to the Easter Monday open day from 10am-2pm at 6 Binnie Rd, Katikati. Entry is via gold donation. Enquiries to 07 549 0211 or email katiplaycentre@gmail.com Merle Foster

Are your children getting their vitamin N? This statement is, of course, from an article by Richard Louv, author of the book ‘Last Child in the Woods’. Richard’s concerns centre around the dramatic deterioration of knowledge children have about the local plants and animals in their neighbourhood. They may be able to describe dinosaurs or animals from the Amazon rainforest, but when it comes to the birds, insects and native species they have right outside their doors, their knowledge is less complete.

It seems this At The Village problem is we are fortunate VILLAGE linked to our to have our VOICE risk-averse discovery garden, With Claire Topping from The Village Childcare society where which provides the words ‘be wonderful careful’ have become a mantra. opportunities for children to learn Many children now have about nature, and a team limited opportunities to play, get of teachers passionate about physically active and take risks in nature education. natural or wild places. We believe the benefits of These play-spaces allow children nature-based classrooms go to invent their own games, learn well beyond The Village about and take responsibility for boundaries and contribute to a our environment, take risks, be development of knowledge and creative and explore. interest in science and care for It allows kids to be kids! the environment.

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Getting moving again (Part 2) Last week we discussed someone who had a painful knee, mostly from the inflammation associated with arthritis. She’s gone from limited mobility and living on painkillers to almost no pain and significantly improved mobility. Today we look at another person; someone with multiple problems including burning feet, joint pain and high blood pressure. He was on a long list of medications. Our goal was to reduce his cardiovascular risk by reducing blood pressure and cholesterol while supporting his nervous system and general circulation.

symptom of poorly functioning nerves and/or poor circulation. We added compounds that support nerve function while helping circulation. We now need to work to help bring down his cholesterol and blood sugar. With time I have no doubt these will improve. ABUNDANT Give me a call or email john@abundant.co.nz if you With John Arts need more information. Join my full weekly newsletter at www.abundant.co.nz

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We made significant changes to his diet using a daily bullet blend to add targeted foods like beetroot, raw greens and berries. Given the complexity of his problems we added several supplements to help leg circulation, reduce cholesterol and reduce blood pressure. In particular we targeted foods high in nitrates that dilate blood vessels thus reducing blood pressure. Of these beetroot – ideally raw in a blender – is the most important. Pomegranate juice, raw garlic and watermelon are also helpful.

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Learning more about health and wellbeing A Health & Wellbeing Expo on Saturday, April 2, at Katikati Memorial Hall will provide an opportunity for the

Chi, Zumba and Fitness League throughout the day on-stage in front of the Memorial Hall. “If you are keen to cook or taste your way through town, then check out the cooking workshops in the lounge,” says Diana.

public to access information and services from a wide range of organisations all focusing on aspects of positive health and wellbeing.

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With about 70 information stands at Big thanks More than 1000 people at the free event, there 2014’s Health & Wellbeing Expo in Katikati. “Katikati Community will be mini health Resource Centre likes checks, live demonstrations, for people of all ages and we are to give a huge thanks to all our cooking workshops and a confident that everyone will have sponsors and volunteers. kids’ zone with arts and free a great time. Their help in organising this face painting. “A group of quality participants event has been invaluable.” The public will be in to win will be featuring informational Diana says their last Health and door prizes throughout the day stands to make this year’s Wellbeing Expo in March 2014 and event mascots ‘Hairy Berry’ community health expo a was a huge success with more than and ‘GoldiRocks’ will be handing success,” says Diana. 1000 people attending during out fruit kindly donated by “They are providing samples five hours to see more than 70 Katikati Countdown. and health checks, including exhibitors – both not-for-profit Katikati Resource Centre event blood pressure, blood type and coordinator Diana Donker says community support groups and glucose levels.” the Health and Wellbeing Expo health professionals. will bring the community together Demonstrations The 2016 Health & Wellbeing to learn more about health, safety And there will be demonstrations Expo is 9am-2pm on April 2 at and an active lifestyle. ◆ of a wide variety of activities Katikati Memorial Hall. “The expo caters something like Urban Dance Company, Tai Entry is free.

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Do you empathise with others? Empathy is the capacity to understand what really understand another person until you consider another person is experiencing from within things from his point of view – until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it”. the other person’s frame of reference. For example, the capacity to place oneself in another’s position. If you have read Harper Lee’s classic novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ you may recall the line “You never

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So do we as humans have an innate capacity for empathy? Apparently so – although the news of the world often suggests otherwise! Apparently, we are naturally primed, according to the latest LOVE YOUR neuroscience research, for empathy. And 98 per cent of people have the ability to empathise wired into By Dr Anna Rolleston from The Cardiac Clinic their brains. The problem is we don’t often consciously empathise with others in our day-to-day lives. Imagine how much better your day would be if the people around you were able to empathise with what’s happening in your life right now?

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Wouldn’t that make your life just that little bit easier? There is a great saying: “Everyone is fighting a fight you know nothing about. Don’t judge”. Surely that’s having empathy too? So if it would make your life easier for people to empathise with you, why not make an effort to be empathetic toward others? Empathy is good for your health and for other people’s health too. It’s a basic human ability. “I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it,” says Maya Angelou.

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Let’s go hunting and fishing The Te Puna Take a Kid Hunting and Fishing competition is back this autumn and offers the perfect excuse for families to get outdoors and spend time together on April 1-3. Children and teenagers aged three to 15 can enter the competition, which co-organiser Nathan Exelby says it all about families making outdoor memories.

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“Te Puna Hunting and Fishing Club is a family club so we’re just trying to get kids, under the firearm licence age of 16, to get involved in the outdoors with their parents, grandparents and guardians – which in this day and age is lacking,” says Nathan. “It’s also a good chance to teach your children about water and firearm safety and maybe win some prizes in the competition.” The competition is on April 1-3 with two different categories for children to enter: those aged three-nine years old, and those 10-15. Children and teens can throw their rods and

lines in the water for eels, snapper, kahawai, trevally, Kingfish and baitfish. Or hunt for rabbits, possums, hares and magpies.

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The competition briefing is on Friday, April 1, from 6.30pm at Top Shot Bar. Nathan says a parent or guardian must attend the briefing with each child. “After this, children and families can start hunting and fishing until the weigh-in at 12.30pm-2.30pm on Sunday, April 3, with the prizegiving shortly after that.” Entry is $10 and there’s more than $4000 worth of cool prizes to be won. “There are spot prizes up for grabs – and the overall first prize is an inflatable boat sponsored by MasterTech Marine.” For more information, visit www.facebook. com/tepunahuntfishclub or phone Nathan on 027 305 2327. Merle Foster

Last year’s Te Puna Take a Kid Hunting and Fishing competition was a hit with families crowding the competition base at prizegiving. The Weekend Sun has two entry tickets to give away to lucky readers. Just tell us what the competition’s overall prize is? Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, March 30.

Fishing to fund school stationery Easter Sunday sees the return of the highly anticipated Otamarakau School PTA Surf Fishing Competition, which has been running for 18 years. The competition attracts more than 500 anglers who line the Pikowai beach near Pukehina attempting to catch the big one. Prizes this year include $4000 cash for the heaviest snapper, a $2000 prize package for the heaviest Kahawai, rods and reels and lots more, creating a bountiful prize pool. Prize categories include snapper, kahawai, trevally, ladies, and an all other species category.

There is also an awesome children’s section with great prizes for the top 10 young fisher-people. This year, for the first time, they are auctioning off a brand new Predator Kontiki for $1 reserve valued at more than $4500. Otamarakau School is a small country school and has 54 students with a PTA very active in their fundraising events and well-known for their fishing competition and motorbike rides. This year, through the competition proceeds, the PTA is providing free stationery for all students in the school. They also cover the costs of the technology fees for the Year 7-8 students, maths and literacy E-Learning tools as well as making significant contributions to school camps and a range of other extracurricular activities including sports. Fishing commences at 8am Easter Sunday and ends 2pm with weigh-in at 3pm. Everyone enjoys watching the weigh-in with 100150 fish usually weighed in. Prize-giving begins about 5pm at the competition headquarters of Otamarakau School. Tickets are only $25 per rod/handline available from Iceman – Whakatane, Matata Superfoods, Hunting & Fishing – Rotorua, Tauranga and Whakatane, BP – Pongakawa, Matata General Store, Gull – Paengaroa and from 6am onwards on the day at Otamarakau School Headquarters.

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Building sustainability into your new home You’re building your dream home – the wishlist is bulletpointed and running off the page. But does sustainability and understanding how your home will function as a whole feature anywhere? This month Phil Gregg opened his Ohauiti home to the public for a ‘Solar & Home Sustainability in Action’ event to give people a taste of how to build and run a family home in an environmentallyfriendly way. Phil’s peak power bill to run his five-bedroom home with two living areas and a big internal garage is about $75 during winter. “In summertime I might get to the stage where I’m getting credits,” says Phil, who lives with his two children, aged 10 and 12,

runs his Sustainability Options business from home and has up to eight people stay at different times. “At end of the day I’ve got

Phil Gregg’s peak power bill to run his five-bedroom Ohauiti home is about $75 during winter.

a nice warm, comfortable home – very open plan – and I have very negligible power bills. “But the idea is we’re trying to teach sustainability without giving up life. “It’s our choices as we go along and what do they mean to the big picture.” And long gone is the traditional conceptions that sustainability “meant living in a small building, grass hut as such – that we’re tree-huggers”. So what do you include in the build to ensure your home is sustainable? Firstly, are you creating a really good thermal envelope – a barrier between heated and unheated spaces – with insulation in the ceiling, under floors, walls and using double-glazed windows? “Forty per cent of our energy usage is on heating, a good

thermal envelope will not just reduce ongoing costs but improve comfort of the home and health of the occupants,” says Phil. The thermal envelope protects the

inside of the home from the outside climate. The better insulated your thermal envelope is, the warmer your home will be. Merle Foster

Custom houses to last generations Standard house plans with enormous flexibility, that’s what Generation Homes proudly offers its clients.

requirements for a house and to “make it a more family friendly and up-to-date home,” says Lyndon. The Lakes show home has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and two living areas, as well as a scullery off the main kitchen and a covered al fresco for summer entertaining. “It’s a pretty nice home.” Generation Homes builds throughout the Bay of Plenty, not just in The Lakes, Lyndon says. “We’re building in lots of different subdivisions throughout the Bay of Plenty. We’re in Papamoa, we’re about to start a new subdivision this year in Ohauiti called Three Creeks Estate, and involved in several developments in the Katikati area too including Fairview Estate.” With more than 160 sales last year, a Generation Homes regional manager Lyndon Marshall guaranteed build time and fixed price hands Aaron Cruden the keys to his new house. contracts, it’s no surprise Generation With 200 standard house plans, Generation Homes Homes is so prominent. “We build to a fixed timeframe – with the majority offers a wide range of variety as well as flexibility in of our houses built within 14 weeks including the design. “We can work with the buyer to find a landscaping, the driveway, the letterbox and even plan that suits their needs and who want their own your clothesline,” says Lyndon. input into what they are building, offering a range “That’s from the first peg going into the ground.” of variations,” says regional partner for the Bay of For more information on Generation Homes, visit Plenty Lyndon Marshall. www.generation.co.nz or email Lyndon at lyndonm@ Their Lakes show home, owned by Aaron Cruden, generation.co.nz was a standard house plan altered to fit Aaron’s

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It may be at home or at work, or even in a room that’s not as welcoming as it once felt. You may start experiencing unexplained illnesses at home or work colleagues and staff not performing as you would expect. You may notice needless arguments or a drop in sales or failure with technology. That thing that you can’t quite put your finger on is negative energy circulating in and around us. It can cause us to feel sad, unmotivated, angry or even unwell with no obvious reason or cause. These things can’t be fixed by a spreadsheet or restructuring or by buying new things to ‘spruce up’ the home. These are signs negative energy is disrupting the balance of life and that a home or workplace needs cleansing, says Penny Lucas of Distant Healings. Penny can eradicate negative energies that affect the body, mind and spirit and she’s worked successfully with many people to help turn their lives or business around. “Have you ever noticed houses that won’t sell?” Penny says this is most likely due

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Tauranga’s newest residential subdivision A most desirable place to call home and conveniently located in Pyes Pa, Tauranga, St Thomas Estate is designed for security and a strong sense of community. With a total of 65 sections available across a two-stage development, this boutique subdivision offers you the chance to build your dream home in a premium location, offering the very best of city and rural living. Within a short and easy commute to shopping, retail and commercial sectors, St Thomas Estate

St Thomas Estate developers Dave and Kathy Goodwin. provides easy access to key arterial roading everything you need network, whether you for a comfortable and are travelling east, west, quality lifestyle. north or south. Not to mention easy Developers Dave and access to Tauranga’s Kathy Goodwin have

called this land home for more than 34 years, developing and running an export kiwifruit orchard during that time. They have now decided it is time for a change and a series of new adventures, hence with the help of Harrison Grierson they’ve developed their land into St Thomas Estate. From the street layout, lot sizes and design features Dave and Kathy have created a subdivision to be proud of. “We want the future custodians of this land to enjoy the benefits of this special place as much as we have,” says Dave. You can express your

interest in a section online today at www.stthomasestate. co.nz Welcome to St Thomas Estate – your community, your home.

Lottery boosts Katikati community hub Conditions attached to a Lotteries grant for Katikati’s new community hub mean both the library and the hub will now be built as one project.

$2.3m library and service centre on its own – with a community hub added at a later date once funding became available. With the grant obtained for the hub, the council and the Katikati Community Board agreed to fund the remainder of the cost with $200,000 from the Katikati Town Centre Fund, $150,000 from the Katikati Community Roading fund, $216,000 from the Recreation and Leisure Reserve, plus the $350,000 grant, with the balance from a council loan. WBOPDC customer and community services Undertaking the group manager Kevin Jefferies and First Principles project as a single build Architects director Graham Price. rather than in two stages means there are The $350,000 grant for the 420m2 savings of $100,000-$150,000, says community hub was approved WBOPDC group manager customer in February on the condition the and community services community hub be built with the Kevin Jefferies. new library. The design will be finalised in June Western Bay of Plenty District Council originally planned to build the and the project will go out for tender

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Plan your curtains from your plans Embarking on a new build? The first thing to do once receiving your plans is think about window treatments, says Instyle by colourplus owner Jo Knell. This is because the all-important feature of your new asset is often sorely missed in the budget – and without careful consideration it won’t be given the attention or investment it deserves. Jo and her Instyle store at Mount Maunganui offer all the advice, help and budget knowledge you need – in advance – to make stylish choices on curtains, drapes and blinds. “I encourage people to come in early because we can quote off plans in a new build or renovation.” Instyle offers curtains, drapes, blinds, shutters, awnings, soft furnishings, wallpaper, Aalto paint, giftware and home décor. Coupled with Jo’s passion for colour and fabric, you’ll be spellbound by the options. “An early visit gives yourself flexibility to factor in costs and ample time to make crucial decisions that do justice to your new investment.” Jo’s lived in New Zealand for nine years and made drapes her business passion. Six years ago her and husband Rick Knell purchased the former paintshop and have transformed into the interior design oasis it is today. Instyle has an extensive range of fabrics from NZ’s leading fabric houses and supply market-leaders Luxaflex blinds, and offer colour consultation and full installation service.

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Instyle by colourplus owner Jo Knell. “We have a lot of samples to view. “And there’s no pressure – people can browse at their own leisure, have a coffee and there is help here if help is what they need.” Lastly, Jo says it’s vital to order windows treatments early, with Bay of Plenty’s hot property market pushing lead – or making – times out a little. “So please come and spend some time with us.” Merle Foster

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Land Information Minister Louise Upston says a new bill before Parliament will bring land transfer laws into the 21st Century, giving property owners better protection while making it easier to register property.

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The Land Transfer Bill – to replace the Land Transfer Act – was unanimously passed its first reading in Parliament this month. Louise says the existing Act is more than 60 years old, with provisions dating back more than a century “and doesn’t adequately reflect the realities of the 21st Century”.

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“The Land Transfer Bill will better protect property owners from the pitfalls they face today. “It includes new provisions to prevent mortgage fraud, to protect Maori freehold land, and to extend the Registrar-General’s powers to withhold personal information to protect someone’s personal safety,” says Louise. The Bill will also include some measures to take time and effort out of registering and transferring property. “The Land Transfer Act is focused on paperbased transactions – [which is] at odds with today’s electronic land title registration system – and its language is archaic, complex and difficult to understand.

Modernisation

“The new Bill will simplify and modernise the focus of the property transfer system, and make it easier for people to understand what they need to do and how to do it.” Louise says in doing so, it will make life that much easier – and safer – for those who own, or are buying, property in New Zealand. The bill still has to be referred to a Select Committee, have a second reading, be debated by the whole house, and have its third reading before a vote to either pass the bill or reject it.

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Thursday 24 March 2016

A gleaming home review

Federation Homes wants to be known for what they do, not what they say, says architectural manager Micheal Carswell – and their customer testimonials show this is true.

“They talked with us about each of our options and provided us with expert advice on how our ideas could work. The couple decided to pay a little extra and got to walk through the house in 3D before it was built. “This was awesome, it made it easier for us to visualise the space and make sure our plan was just what we wanted before we built it,” Abby and Tim say. After they paid their deposit, Federation Homes took care of everything agreed, all for a fixed price and it all came with a really good guarantee,

See how your home works as a whole This month, the Sustainable Backyards 2016 calendar included an event on Solar & Home Sustainability in Action.

feed the soul of a warm winter fire into the two front bedrooms. Thoughts now whirl about how much curtains will cost. And they do cost. But you can pick up second-hand ones that meet the brief. You can hit a sale at Spotlight and make your own. Or invest in some from a curtain retailer – because I’m assured the heating-trapping benefits cost will outweigh the cost.

Journalist Merle Foster wanted to know more – so Sustainability Options’ development manager Jo Wills visited her Katikati home to undertake a free assessment and give advice on how to make her house a more sustainable asset. In this second segment, Jo has Sustainability Options’ Prioritise your budget just told Merle her first item to development manager Jo Wills. Same goes with the heat transfer address is the aluminium windows kit – you can get DIY ones or pay with full-length blinds. for them to be installed. And you don’t have to do it I need curtains – full-length curtains made of a all at once. Prioritise one item – for me the curtains – thick material and backed with a lining. and spend a winter to see how they work out. Add the transfer kit next winter. Capture warmth But Jo says the main message is to get people Jo says the two layers create an air gap which is understanding how their home works as a whole. an insulator and also helps to prevent the warm Many little things round the home can be done air movement from inside the room, escaping out which will together with the large projects make through the windows. the home hum as an efficient power user and a Apparently, one-layer thermal curtains don’t have sustainable asset. the same effect, nor do blinds. I hope this has got you thinking ahead of Also, curtains should be hung slightly above the this winter. Merle Foster window frame and have a pelmet or a closed track to stop heat from escaping down behind the curtains. Hot air rises remember? And heat always looks for the quickest escape. We also have a Kent fire in the dining room. But our lounge is separated from the dining room by doors, walls and corners, and heat doesn’t turn corners very well so it will take a while to reach the lounge. But with curtains replacing the blinds in the lounge, natural passive heat coming in from the sun during the day will help to keep things toasty in winter. However, the fire can warm the dining room and kitchen – and by installing a heat transfer kit I can

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Thursday 24 March 2016

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Tax the lumps – and more So Britain has decided to tax soft drinks from 2018 and now there’s talk of doing the same here. The problem is you can’t just tax fizzy drinks - it would be a waste of time. If you’re going to start a crusade to wean people predominantly those in poorer socioeconomic areas - off sugar you have to treat all food and drink containing a certain amount of sugar the same. You only have to drive past each primary school and college at 3pm to see hoards of the kids attacking the dairy opposite to gorge in as much sugar-filled delights they can afford. And what do we expect? Sticking a dairy opposite nearly every school in the country is like placing a tin of golden syrup next to a line of ants and expecting them not to climb on in. So let’s just go one step

further. Put a tax on all the sugary delights that are bad for us and contain a certain quota of sugar - say lollies, fizzy etc - but also close down every dairy opposite a school. Or enforce a law to enable dairies to only sell healthy food. That way we’d probably see less fats kids wandering around. But a sugar tax on fizzy alone will not stop the gorging. K Morland, Katikati.

Fresh air and fried snow balls anyone? Jamie Oliver is again in the news, almost demanding our Government to put a sugar tax on fizzy drinks. What a joke. Fizzy drinks are not the biggest problem but they are the easiest target. This tax would be a waste of time if they didn’t also tax confectionery, chocolate, biscuits and cakes – in fact just about everything we buy from the supermarket. All are sugar-laden and with Easter approaching, supermarkets are drowning in chocolate. Why is it always someone else’s problem? It’s easy to blame others for our

own inadequacies. Obesity is not the responsibility of food manufacturers. Sure – they make it – we buy it. If some people are too stupid to see or care about what their sugar, salt and fat-laden diets are doing to them I doubt there is anything anyone could say or do to change their behaviour. Some of it is cultural, but most is plain laziness. I’m sure there are lots of people in society who can’t cook because they’ve never been taught how. That’s where Google comes in handy.

We have to take responsibility for ourselves and stop blaming others for our own lack of control and discipline in this matter. There is a diet called the Fresh Air & Fried Snow Balls diet and if house and rental prices, rates and power keep increasing that’s what a lot of us will be living on. S. Gussey, Omokoroa.

We just have to suck it up and get used to it In 1988, things changed forever. For those of you who can remember back that far, you may recall the 1987 sharemarket crash. I remember seeing empty house in Auckland for the very first time in my life, and was quite shocked. House prices plummeted 15 per cent or more and

everyone was looking at everyone else thinking ‘what’s going on here?’ It took more than three years to get back to ‘normal’ but that’s not the point of my story. It was then we started to import people from South East Asia and other parts by the thousands. I said to my wife at the time: ‘Do you how many of them there are?’ She just looked at me. Today more than one-third of our largest city is Asian, which is great if you like takeaways, or want to teach English to students, but it’s also a fundamental shift inside the Kiwi culture. Many will tell you they study hard, work hard and they keep out of trouble. And mostly that’s true. And you know what? It isn’t going to revert to what it was and never will. Wherever they speak English is high up their wishlist and you can’t blame. India and China are the two biggest countries on the planet, both with well over a billion people each. The sheer numbers are hard for us to get our heads around but it’s big, believe me. And the queue to get into New Zealand and other so-called Western countries is never-ending. So, how to survive and thrive in the 21st Century’s new world, knowing the old world, the one we ran, is fading and it’s the new world or bust, whether we like it or not? This question is being asked in many capital cities in Western cultures today. With plummeting birth rates, immigration is how we keep growing, and it’s certainly the case here in New Zealand. So, I suppose there’s nothing for it except to suck it up and get used to it. Or get out of it. That’s sometimes hard to accept when what we’ve created is the best there is to offer. How do we know that? Because they all want to come and live here. In the 21st Century New Zealand is a completely different brand than the 20th Century one. That’s life. So I’ve stopped being a racist and have accepted the fact this is the new normal and that’s the way it is. The 21st Century New Zealand is a mixing pot of all colours and cultures, just like the rest of the west. I know there is concern in certain quarters but there are many who just love it. It’s what the new in New Zealand stands for. Perhaps we need a new flag as well? G Martin, Otumoetai.

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Why? Because we can CBD emptiness and city carparking “Because we can” has become the reason why so many things are happening – bad things. There is no accountability for actions taken. The rule of law has is no longer respected or enforced. Globally, major powers are invading weaker nations because they do not comply with their wishes. No valid legal reasons are given or justified in international courts. People and property are being destroyed by drones. These people have never been charged, tried and found guilty. Their deaths and the destruction are justified because someone, somewhere, decided they were terrorists and ‘because we can’. There will be no repercussions. People are abducted off streets throughout the world and held without being charged by foreign powers. They are tortured because someone, somewhere, says “because we can”. There will be no repercussions. Nationally, our government was elected to run the country for the good of the people and to manage the states assets. They’ve sold off some and have run others into the ground. Solid Energy – once a prized asset worth hundreds of millions of dollars when considered for privatisation – is now an

embarrassing burden. What happened? It was grossly mismanaged and no one has been held responsible. Twenty-nine miners are entombed in the Pike River Mine and no one has been held responsible. The Education Departments computer payroll has cost tens of millions more than budgeted. The revamp of Ministry of Heath Wellington head office cost $18 million more than expected. Millions has been spent on a farm bribe in Saudi Arabia. Auckland City Council has spent more than $1billion on its computer system. No one takes responsibility. They did it “because we can”. There will be no repercussions. Socially, we cheat on benefits and taxes, carry out blatant robberies knowing the store holders cannot defend their stores, commit burglaries, carry out binding expensive referendums on trivia and ignore calls for a referendum on the TPPA. Family stability is under threat with fewer couples seeking the marriage commitment. Why? Because we can. There will be no repercussions. But there will be repercussions. God help us! P Dolden, Papamoa.

I usually avoid downtown but twice recently needed to go to the CBD. I was stunned by the emptiness, both times at 10am, Red Square was almost deserted. The All Blacks could have played a game of rugby there without disturbing anyone! My question is where are the downtown customers and how are the shops in the CBD coping? However, on Saturday evening I was in the downtown area and saw the large amount of diners along The Strand enjoying a very sociable time. So it appears Downtown Tauranga has become a huge restaurant with peak times 6pm to late! Like many, my aversion with the city centre, is the parking meter hassle. I

can shop in our satellite suburbs for free without having to watch the clock. I’m sure our city councillors are aware of a free parking trial taking place in the CBD in Hastings. It began last November and is apparently working a treat. I’m sure that would work here if only City Hall would consider it! Downtown needs to be more than a pleasant place to wine and dine in the evening! R Bishop, Pyes Pa.

Editor’s Note: Tauranga City Council is currently running it’s ‘free after 3’ parking deal, both for on and off-street and in parking buildings in Downtown Tauranga and at the Phoenix carpark at the Mount.

Killing the CBD New flag costs Re: ‘Parking: Crisis or no crisis’ on page 3 The Weekend Sun, March 11. Café Alfresco operator Malcolm George is upset about the effect of parking shortages on his business. This is deliberate council policy. I refer him to the Tauranga Transport Strategy 2012-2042 in the Tauranga City Plan encourages: “parking reduction factors” by encouraging no minimum level of parking provision by new city developments. This is to “disincentivise” private motor cars. This is transportation speak for “kill off the CBD.” Malcolm may wish to consider relocating to a suburban “big box” development that provides ample parking. Ross W Ogle, Tauranga City.

In response to PJ Donnell’s comments a few weeks ago - that we may as well just change the flag now, its cost us this much to date. No thought of the ‘further’ costs if it’s changed - hello? Do you not realise how many more millions this will cost? Not only to us but the whole world! All the documentation with our flag throughout the world. Let us have the last laugh at John Key leaving his mark - and vote to keep the flag and save the rest of this overspending when people are already going without in NZ. S Moore, Mount Maunganui.

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Celebrate the ultimate triumph Easter is the time for Christians to celebrate the ultimate triumph of life over death in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Many only see Christ as still on the cross, but the truth is he has risen from the dead and through this has released power – known as Holy Spirit – to every true believer. What an awesome privilege! When we received Jesus, all past, present and future sins were forgiven washed away by His blood and we were given a new covenant, will and testament. Knowing we are forgiven empowers us to

overcome our sinful nature and the consequences of sin. The more we understand how much God loves us, the easier it is to do right and walk free from condemnation and guilt. Yes, He also purchased health and healing of our bodies and mind – all we have to do is believe what The

Bible says is true and act on it. This event is so big the world acknowledges it by recognising where today’s date came from, with Before Christ and After Death. No other God has that privilege. Have a great celebration. Pastor Rod Collins, Living Word Church

Easter invites us to choose If the Easter story marks such an incredible victory over evil, why are we still in a battle? You don’t have to look far to recognise that evil is still rampant in our world and in our lives, yet the Easter message

is that Jesus defeated the powers of darkness. How does that add up? A chaplain to American forces in the Pacific during the latter stages of World War II, Harry Boer, wrote: “The Second Division saw much action, with great losses. Yet I never met an enlisted man or an officer who doubted for a moment the outcome of the war. Nor did I ever meet a marine who asked why, if victory was so sure, we couldn’t have it immediately. It was just a question of slogging through till the enemy gave up” (‘Where Is God When It Hurts?’ Philip Yancey). The powers of darkness have been defeated and there is no doubt as to the final outcome, but the mopping up still goes on. The Easter story invites us all to choose which side we are on in this battle, and the choice is as stark as choosing between light and darkness. This is one area where there is no middle ground. Good Friday looked like a defeat, but Easter Sunday guarantees victory and life. Your choice! Paul Grimmer, transitional senior pastor, Tauranga Central Baptist Church

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Opening the gates for believers your kingdom”. Jesus answered: “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:42,43). What an incredible display of the good news of the gospel! What priceless hope! All this man had was his sorrow and confidence that Jesus came to help those in need. Jesus’ love was greater than his evil. A life of mistakes was washed away in the instant of his repentance and faith. That day the angels came to bear his soul to paradise. Isn’t that wonderful? Jesus too can lead us into his everlasting Kingdom. Reverend Donald Hegan, St Columba Presbyterian

The week had started so well with a triumphal entry into Jerusalem. But days later, betrayal in a garden, a hastily convened trial followed by cruel abuse He was then hung on a cross to die alongside two criminals. Yet, contrary to all expectation, He rose victorious three days later. This was triumph, God’s vindication

of Jesus, opening wide the gates of heaven for all who believe in Him. Will we ever be worthy of such loving sacrifice? Will he ever stop loving us because we continue to sin? We can be assailed by doubts and anxieties that stalk our waking and sleeping. But remember the criminals crucified either side of Jesus. Both were suffering the consequences of their crimes. One in shame cried out: “Jesus, remember me when you come into

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A racy night with 6 Shooters Set aside Saturday night – because Baypark Speedway is bringing the Valvoline South Pacific 6 Shooter Championships to town for the first time. Event promoter Bernie Gillon says a wild night of wingless sprint car racing will see drivers go hell for leather around the track and surprise newbies to Speedway action. “If you haven’t been to Baypark Speedway when 6 Shooters are racing you won’t understand them – they are very, very fast. “They are as quick around Baypark as the Super Saloons – some are nailing lap times of just 16 or 17 seconds.” The night will also feature crowd favourites the Golden Oldie Stock Cars at Baypark for the second time this season, and Mini Stocks, Saloon cars and Super Saloons bringing action too. “The Golden Oldies are stock cars from 20 years ago, when stock cars were stock cars – the old boys

get out there, put on a good show and the cars sound awesome.” But the first ever 6 Shooter championship is set to dominate eyes and ears as the headline Easter racing act, with more than 20 cars coming from around the nation to clinch the title. “The 6 Shooters are the new wingless driver 1NZ sprint cars with Super Saloon local itz Baypark bl set is e V6 motors – Mark Osborn rday night. they are very Speedway this Satu affordable form of speedway Bernie says people are racing – and that class is growing welcome to arrive early, walk really, really well now,” says Bernie. the pits and meet drivers. Plus, there’s the kids’ zone with “We’ve got four really good young face painting, bouncy castle and drivers, which no doubt will be trampoline all secure and safe future NZ champions.” for children. But Bernie says the class also The Valvoline South Pacific 6 has plenty of older guys “having a Shooter Champs is on March mid-life crisis and always wanted 26. Gates open 5pm, racing to race”. “So we have a real mix of from 6.30pm. Details: www. people offering a healthy youthbayparkspeedway.co.nz/events versus- experience rivalry.”

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Easter fun and Autumn plants on offer Grower Direct’s annual Giant Egg Hunt is back on Easter Saturday – and while the kids can find sweet treats around the nursery, the big kids can stock up on their essential winter garden supplies. On March 26, Grower Direct will become a treasure trove, d ck Pateman an with 500 hidden eggs for Jacob Yates, Ja st year’s Giant children to seek out between la Joshua Yates at rower Direct. 10am-2pm at the free family G at t un Egg H event, with a sausage sizzle, and more than 10 different home-made chilli jams and chutneys to try. Owner Paul Nielsen says the event offers fun for all while encouraging people to get stuck into autumn gardening, with many having serious landscape projects on the agenda for the four-day weekend. “This is because the moisture and warmth allows plants, shrubs and trees to establish healthy roots prior to winter – ensuring the best possible start for spring.” Grower Direct’s home-grown edibles are hugely popular – and Paul invites customers to check out their range of microgreen ready-to-eat seedling bowls. “After a hot summer vegetable sales have kicked off

– so we’ve extended our seedling range and really cranked our production up,” says Paul. “And for residents who are not sure how to create the optimum garden, we offer a landscape design service which includes a visit to see what they want and all of the design-work involved,” says Paul. Everyone is invited to enjoy the Easter cheer at Grower Direct, starting 10am on Saturday, March 26.

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Hops for Easter – the beer kind With a focus on the curation of craft beer brands and a service standard that sets the trend in the hospitality industry, The Hop House’s beer is served by knowledgeable, passionate people. This Easter, The Hop House brings cool jazz and amazing craft beers from around the world to Mount Maunganui - an Easter jazz fest and international beer fest at the Hop House in Mt Maunganui Rd. Owner David Stanway says the Mount “has

missed out” in the last few years, but this year will be different. “For this weekend’s event, we’ll have all our taps turned over to a mixture of New Zealand’s best and some interesting beers form overseas as well,” says David. Beers from New York, San Diego, Hawaii, London and more will line up on tap beside NZ’s best from Liberty, Epic, Panhead and others accompanied with some really cool live jazz and hip hop. David says Taster beers will be about $5 for 150mL, with larger sizes available as well. Live music will kick off with Josh

Durning, a young talented guitarist, followed by The Trevor Braunias Trio, musical jazz guests Izzy Bones & The Salty Dogs, and more. “Added to the evening’s entertainment from 9pm we can now confirm Izzy Bones, HAJ, In the David Stanway is looking Goodroom, The forward to pulling the Dead Recipe and international beers. more,” David says. The evening’s music is described by David as “surf rock funk meets hip hop jazz”. The Hop House will be running this free event rain or shine on Saturday, March 26. The bar will open at 12pm as usual, and live jazz will play from 3pm till late. “Spread the word, grab some friends and come and enjoy the vibe,” says David. For more information, visit www.thehophouse.co.nz or check out their Facebook page www.facebook. com/thehophousenz Cayla-Fay Saunders

A challenge to inspire The challenge is set for youth throughout Tauranga City and the Western Bay of Plenty to put their Easter holiday to good use – and get serious about the environment. Easter is the perfect time for youth aged 12-24 to get their entry ready for the 2016 Enspire Challenge. It doesn’t take much – just a mobile phone and a passion for the environment. The Enspire Challenge gives young locals a chance to share their passion and concerns for the environment and to inspire the community to take good care of their future. Entrants can choose from three themes: profiling an environmental community group; protecting Tauranga harbour and waterways; and climate change and sustainability. Entries are open until April 1 and can be submitted at the Enspire BOP Facebook page. The winning video will be shown at TEDx Tauranga 2016. There are also Prezzy cards for the top three entrants. For more information, visit www.taurangacity.govt. nz/enspire Bay of Plenty Regional Council community engagement advisor Stephanie Macdonald is looking forward to seeing entries promoting a healthy Tauranga Harbour. “Clean water, a healthy harbour and thriving wildlife are essential ingredients for life, work and play in the Western Bay.” Western Bay of Plenty District council community development advisor Glenn Ayo says the team is excited to see local community groups being profiled.

COME TO THE DOWNTOWN CARNIVAL this Saturday and enjoy live jazz on The Strand, Red Square, Devonport Rd, Grey St, Willow St & Wharf St. Downtown Tauranga

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News, reviews and opinionated raving on the music scene. Pg43

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Avalanche City loves, loves, loves Tauranga It’s going to be a homecoming of sorts for Avalanche City’s Dave Baxter when he hits Tauranga in June.

Avalanche City – the musical moniker of singer/songwriter Dave Baxter – is performing an all-ages gig at Baycourt on June 9.

Avalanche City – the musical moniker of Dave – with special guest singer/songwriter Ciaran McMeekin, will be performing an all-ages gig at Baycourt’s Addison Theatre on June 9. “I actually grew up in Tauranga and funnily enough, I’ll be moving there to live in April so by the time I play Baycourt it’ll be a home gig for me,” says Dave. “I’m also really excited about performing at Baycourt, I love theatre gigs because it feels like you connect more with the audience for some reason.” The upcoming 10-stop Little Fire national tour is in support of Avalanche City’s latest single ‘Little Fire’ from the sophomore album ‘We Are for the Wild Places’ released in 2015. Dave’s will hit the road with a touring band, which changes from venue to venue, and he says for the Baycourt show he’ll be presenting Avalanche City as a trio. “It’s a bit of a challenge, but it’s definitely not a bad one. I really love touring solo but playing with a band is a hell of a lot of fun too and keeps the music fresh so it never becomes ‘same old, same old’. “I love playing ‘Inside Out’ from the latest album, there’s something really cool about the song and it always goes down really well with the crowd and feels fresh every time I play it live,” says Dave.

Avalanche City takes plays at Baycourt’s Addison Theatre on June 9. For information and tickets, see www.avalanchecity.com David Tauranga

Hollie Smith to perform at Totara St

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The one and only Hollie Smith will take to the stage at Totara St in the Mauao Performing Arts Centre on April 16. It’s part of a nine-stop national tour in celebration of the talented Kiwi songstress’ highly-anticipated third album ‘Water Or Gold’ which is set for release on April 1. The tour will showcase the new album which includes the latest single ‘Lead The Way’, plus Hollie’s heartfelt tribute to her good friend Helena McAlpine who died of breast cancer in 2015. Keen an eye out for an interview with Hollie Smith and ticket giveaway in The Weekend Sun this April. Hollie Smith performs at Totara St in the Mauao Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, April 16. For more information and tickets, visit: www.holliesmith.co.nz

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Kiwi singer/songwriter Hollie Smith will perform at Totara St in Mount Maunganui on April 16.

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Hunt for chocolate eggs at bird gardens If a hassle-free classic Easter egg hunt this weekend sounds appealing, the Katikati Bird Gardens’ 13th annual Great Easter Egg Hunt this Easter Sunday may be just the ticket. Hundreds of balls are hidden around the gardens for the children to find from midday onwards. With different coloured balls for different age groups, the children roam the gardens to find a ball which they return to the Easter Bunny to exchange for an Easter egg. Different coloured balls for different ages means it’s challenging for teens, who search around trees and bushes, while toddlers can find one quite easily on the grass. Gardens owner Scott Robinson says children are also invited to count the number of life-like sisal rabbits they spot to win another prize. “Those with the correct tally enter a draw to win a giant chocolate Bunny Egg,

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drawn at the end of the day.” Scott says the weather forecast is now looking fine for Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. “So as usual we aim to continue the hunt on the following day until all the eggs are given away. “It’s a fun family day and we invite families to bring a picnic if they wish to stay and enjoy the gardens and birdlife before winter sets in.” For people visiting for their first time, Scott says it’s a good idea to arrive early to avoid queuing at midday. “The café will be operating as normal serving espresso coffee, sandwiches, cold drinks, ice-cream and cakes.” Katikati Bird Gardens’ Easter egg hunt is on Easter Sunday from 12 noon. Doors open 10 and usual garden entry fees apply. Or tickets can be bought online from Eventfinder. The ‘Easter bunny’ will be on-site all day at Katikati Bird Gardens on Easter Sunday.

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Lyre of Tauranga to sing songs of war and peace

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Reasons to be cheerful – Part 32 We continue the occasional series wherein Winston expounds on things that currently make him happy. And this week he’s very happy.

Because it’s Easter. Hot cross buns, Easter eggs, chocolate bunnies, what’’s not to like? The Jazz Festival isn’t the only music around this weekend, or even the only jazz. Winston has some alternative suggestions. And a cocktail. Just because.

caught them live. If the music on record is any idea of the live show then I’m really looking forward to it. Add in beers from around the world and the fact this is a free event and you have a winner. And it’s going

Jazz and beer!

166) Jazz and beer! Perhaps you associate jazz with the refined sipping of something wine-like. Some prosecco on a sunny summer lawn perhaps. But time moves on and beer is the new bubbly. As sales of all other types of alcohol decline, the one drink that sells more monthly is craft beer. And it’s getting really flash. You can now find craft beers that cost $35 for a 750ml bottle. Yes, you can buy a bottle of champagne for that amount! On Easter Saturday, March 26, The Hop House in Mount Maunganui is hosting their own Jazz and International Beer Festival. Actually, it’s more of a general music fest than a jazz fest but jazz is certainly part of it. Things kick off at midday, but the music starts 3pm with acoustic guitar sensation Josh Durning, who has just returned from his second trip to the United States and is playing better than ever. Josh specialises in old-timey music – blues, ragtime, roots country – and is a fantastic player. At 5.30pm the Trevor Braunias Trio takes over and they really do play jazz. Trevor has for many years been one of the Bay’s finest guitar players – electric in this case – and his trio explore a vast range of mainstream jazz with taste and skill. To add extra spice a few visiting jazz musicians will most likely drop in to jam. Then at 9pm things switch to the unpredictable sounds of Izzy Bones and The Salty Dogs. This is Dylan Israel, son of singer John Michaelz, who plays a sort of ambient hip-hop with hints of reggae and a smattering of jazzy touches. He has a rich warm voice and writes interesting songs. There is a CD due out any time now which I’ve been listening to for the last week and really enjoying but I’ve never 54

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‘The Right Note’, is in Books-a-Plenty now. I’ll be interviewing him about it in the next couple of weeks. 169) An Easter cocktail! And why not? Something light and bubbly is just the go for Easter, a good antidote to all that chocolate you’ve been wolfing down. Try this: Dip the top of a champagne glass in lemon juice then sugar for a nice sweet rim. Add one tablespoon of Limoncello and half a teaspoon of lemon juice. Top it up with bubbly – anything will do, from a nice brut methode champenoise to a Lindauer or Prosecco. Enjoy, and have a good Easter! watusi@thesun.co.nz

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Friday 25 March

Jazz Festival Easter Weekend - Greerton Village. Brought to you by Greerton & Village Community Assn. 5714 6347 Need Free Diabetes Information For support or resources, visit Diabetes Drop-In Centre last Fri of month at WBOP PHO, 154 1st Ave West, Tauranga or ph 571 3422 for details of diabetes support groups in your area.

Saturday 26 March

29th Easter Book Sale Held March 26,

27 & 28 at Seeka Coolstore, Harvard Way, Mt Maunganui (opp Classic Flyers). Books, CD’s, DVD’s, records & jigsaw puzzles wanted. Presented by Rotary Club of Tauranga. Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meeting at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome. 0800 229 6757 Arataki Markets Every Saturday at Grenada St Park, off Girven Rd, Bayfair 9am - 1pm. Variety of quality foods. Pre-loved goods & more. Baypark Speedway Easter Spectacular – South Pacific 6 Shooter Champs (Round 8 of Sprintcar Champ of Champs) 6.30-10pm. www.asbbaypark.co.nz Calling all Children Come & meet the Easter Bunnies & learn the Easter Bunnie dance at Cherry Court, Katikati 11am. Downtown Carnival The Waterfront, the Strand March 26 & 27 12pm. Part of National Jazz Festival. Easter Dance Tonight Sequence & old time dancing, music & supper. Greerton Hall 7.30-11pm. Entry $7. Run by Tauranga Scottish Soc. Nola 576 5076 Greerton Hall Market 8am - 12pm. Crafts, plants, produce, bric-a-brac. Merv/Nancy 07 863 6697 Grower Direct Easter Egg Hunt Free sausage sizzle & chocolates at 52 Borrell Rd, Te Puna 10am - 2pm. Health & Wellbeing Expo April 2 at Memorial Hall, Katikati 9am – 2pm. Live demonstrations & health checks, entertainment & more. Free event. Katikati Bowling Club Mixed roll up. Sat 12.45-3pm. Mon 9.30am - 12pm. Weds 12.24-3pm. Fri 1.45-4pm, & social roll up 4.30-6pm. All welcome. google katikatibowls Katikati Tramping Club Old Reservoir Rd - Taumaharua, Paeroa. Moderate. Maggie 07 863 7736 Messianic Meetings Every Sat at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 10am. Seek to unite together in our walk to put truth into action on a daily basis. All ages welcome. 544 7424 or 0210 226 3515 Postcard Collectors Wanted Any collectors interested in forming a group to

meet monthly, share information, buy & sell postcards, attend fairs etc. Geoff 578 7088 or email beeforce@kinect.co.nz Radio Controlled Power Boats NZ Nationals March 26 & 27. Racing both days at Lake Taurikura off Taurikura Drive, industrial area of The Lakes 9am. Follow the RC Boat signs. Brian 548 1334 Tauranga Airsoft Club Inc Interested in Airsoft? Play games twice a month at TECT All Terrain Park. www.taurangaairsoftclub.co.nz Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1940’s - 90’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710

Sunday 27 March

Athenree Station And refreshment

rooms open Sundays 10am-3pm for famous Athenree Teas. Homestead open 12– 3pm 360 Athenree Road Athenree. Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day Easter service at Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. “Evidence of the Resurrection - Beyond any Doubt.” Tom Griffiths. www.bbf.net.nz Bible Seminars Every Sun at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St 1.45pm. Title: “Easter celebration What does the Bible say?” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504 BOP Linux Users Bimonthly Hands On Day. Bring your computer for help with Linux & Open Source software at Arts & Crafts Centre (back room) cnr Elizabeth St & Glasgow St 9.30am – 1pm. $2 door charge. 578 6024 www. boplug.co.nz City on its Feet Walking Group Every Sunday at the new shopping centre, 83 Pyes Pa Rd 9am. Medium & fast pace. Mike 543 4733 or email: mikemell@kinect. co.nz Croquet At Tauranga Domain Sun, Tues, Fri 12.45pm. Peter 571 0633 Easter Day Family Eucharist St George’s Anglican Church, 1 Church St, Gate Pa 9.30am. The service includes readings about the Easter story, hymns & activities for everyone to think about what Easter means for them. Free admission. Easter Sunday Church Service At Mosaic Church, 37 Newton St, Mount 9am, 11am & 6pm. mosaicchurch.org. nz/easter Fiddler on the Roof Free family movie on 10m wide screen at Katikati Christian Centre, 13 Henry Rd 7pm. Home Computer Club (Tga) Inc Computer enthusiasts meet to share knowledge & experience last Sun of month at Arts & Crafts Centre, Elizabeth St West 9.30am – 12.30pm approx.. $3 door charge. Visitors welcome. 544 2067 Katikati Bird Gardens Annual Great Easter Egg Hunt at Katikati Bird Gardens, 263 Walker Rd East, Katikati 12-4pm. Dozens of coloured balls are hidden around the 10 acre gardens which children set out to find & swap for a chocolate Easter Egg. Adults $9.50, children $5

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April 17 at 211 Ngatai Rd, Otumoetai 7pm. Tea/coffee after. Elizabeth 544 5633

Otamarakau School PTA Fishing Comp Easter Sunday March

27 8am start. $4,000 prize for heaviest snapper & loads more awesome prizes. Tickets $15 on sale now from Hunting & Fishing, Te Puke Sportsworld, Gull Paengaroa & BP Pongakawa or on the day at school headquarters. Email: sonyaandmikeb@gmail.com Petanque Tga/BOP Club Every Sun & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Also at Club Mt Maunganui 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 578 3606 Quakers in Tauranga Meet each Sunday in hall behind Brain Watkins House, cnr Elizabeth St/Cameron Rd 10am for an hour of mainly silent worship followed by tea/coffee & talk. 544 0448 www.quaker.org.nz Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun 1.30pm & Thurs 5.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun. Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Rifle Range Public Open Day Open to public on last Sun of the month. Range at end of Ngawaro Rd, at the TECT All Terrain Park 9am - 3pm. Some targets available to purchase, or bring your own. Must bring own ammo, shooting rests, ear muffs etc. Fire-arms license must be presented at registration area. $15pp (cash only). No cellphone coverage. www.deerstalkersbop.org.nz

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Walks, dinners & outings for over 50’s. Barbara 544 7461 Tauranga Writers And BOP Film Collective. Bringing your character to screen: scriptwriting workshop led by Anton Steel. Alzheimer Society House, 116 13th Ave April 3 10am – 4pm. Morning session $20 open to all. Afternoon TW & BOPFC only. Pre-booking essential: numbers limited. 576 9212 or email: taurangawritersnz@gmail.com

Monday 28 March

Badminton 2016 At Bethlehem College, Elder Lane, Bethlehem 7.30pm. All players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 Bethlehem Bowls Every Monday at Bethlehem Hall 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Wendy 578 2585 Bitz & Bobz Op Shop Mon - Fri at 82 2nd Ave 9am - 4pm & Sat 9am - 1pm. Volunteers & good quality saleable items greatly appreciated. 579 9039 BOP Tree Society AGM April 4 in the top Hostel, McLaren Falls Park 1.30pm. 544 4733 Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Early program 6-7.30pm during school term. Late program 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau For free, confidential information and advice about anything call in Monday-Friday 9am5pm 38 Hamilton Street, Tauranga or Freephone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. JP Service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds &

Thurs 9am-11.30am. Migrant Clinics Tues - Fri 1pm-4pm. – All welcome no appointment necessary. Civic Choir Tauranga Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tga 7.30pm. New members welcome. Heather 575 9092 www. taurangacivicchoir.org.nz Czech & Slovak Club Tauranga Easter for children at Matua Hall 10am. $2 entry fee for children over 2 years. Also, special birthday screening of digitally remastered movie “The Elementary School” at Capitol Cinema 4, Te Puke 8.35pm. Tickets $16 at http://www. csclubtauranga.nz/en/event/movieelementary-school-25th-anniversaryscreening/ Dancing@Te Puke Sequence dance group meet at St Pats Hall, Beatty Ave, Te Puke 6.30-8.30pm. For learners & improvers, waltz, foxtrot, tango, cha cha & more. Partners required. $3pp. Gordon 572 0060 or email: gordoncadman@gmail.com

Easter Egg Hunt Katikati Play Centre

Open day at 8 Binnie Rd, (off Park Rd) Katikati 10am - 2pm. Easter Egg Hunt (age 0-6yrs) starts 11am. Pony rides, face painting & more. Gold coin donation. 549 0211 Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Every Mon at Greerton Senior Citizens Hall, 39 Maitland St 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am. Dorothy 549 3378 Free Immigration Clinic Every Monday - legal advice & information on immigration & citizenship issues. For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812 Friends with Epilepsy For anyone with, or supporting someone with Epilepsy join us every Monday at Grindz Cafe, 50 1st Ave, Tauranga 1pm for a coffee & chat. Julie 021 556 470 or 570 1261

Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus

Every Mon at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 7pm. Wilf 571 5576 or www.harmonyaplenty.co.nz Man Up Group Every Mon at Tauranga Moana Trust, The Strand (by the waka) 7pm. Helping men to become better husbands, fathers & community members. Overcome addictions, anger, depression, suicide etc. Non profit, non confrontation, confidential & caring. Rod 021 467 107 Meditation Group Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764 Meditation & See What Unfolds Every Mon 7-9pm with Kevin Reed. Variety of meditation techniques & spiritual discussion. Kevin 578 7205 or www. psychiccafe.nz Mount Chess Club Every Mon at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd 1-4pm. The only place you can play standard length chess in Tauranga. $3 a session. Sets, boards, clocks &

refreshments provided. Bob/Viv 575 5845 or 0274 786 282 Nam Wah Pai Papamoa Training Mon & Thurs at Tahatai Coast School 6.157.15pm. New members welcome. Brian 021 241 7059 Omokoroa Indoor Bowling Club Meet at Settler’s Hall, Omokoroa Rd every Mon 1.30pm & Tues 7.30pm. $3 mat fee. New players free first 3 weeks. Anne 548 1636 Otumoetai Indoor Bowls No bowls – Easter Monday. Karen 576 0443 Papamoa Lions Club Market Gordon Spratt Reserve, Parton Rd, Papamoa. Gates open 7am for stall holder entry. Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds, 14 Norris St, Tauranga Senior Citizens Club, behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall, Girven Rd. All 9 - 10.30am. Classes taken by qualified instructor. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Silver Singers Choir Practice every Mon at St Stephens Church, Brookfield Tce 1-3pm. Tenors, bases & contraltos needed for our 35 voice choir. Pat 579 1036 St Columba Indoor Bowling Club Every Mon at St Columba Church Hall, Cherrywood 7.30-9.30pm. Annual subs $10. Paul 576 6324 Sustainable Backyards Month For full events www.envirohub.org.nz Tauranga Brass Practice every Mon at Community Hall, Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. All players welcome. Alex 0274 920 185 or 571 8720 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am. Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Shirley 577 0188 Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise class for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Mon at St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave & every Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai. Both 9.30-10.30am. $4pp. Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiol-ogist) 0508 227 342 Tauranga Judo Club Adult training every Mon & Thurs 6.30pm & Sat 10am. Children every Tues 6-7pm. Kevin 021 0794 368. Beginners classes adults every Fri 6.30pm Richard 021 160 5917. At Tga Clubrooms, Moreland Fox Park, Greerton. Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc Club night every Mon at Tauranga RSA, Cameron Rd, Greerton 8pm. Social evening of dancing. Members $3, nonmembers $5. Visitors welcome. Check Facebook. Trina 575 7461 a/hs Te Puna Indoor Bowling Club Every Mon at Te Puna Memorial Hall 7.15pm. Ian 579 3024 The Writing Project Support, encouragement, info for people working on a piece or wanting to. 4th Mon of month 7pm. Kaye 07 218 1411 or 022 034 0115 or kaye.mclaren@gmail.com

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Workshop for Migrants Employment Knowing your rights - ph to register 578 1592

Tuesday 29 March

ABC - Avenues Badminton Club

Every Tues at Tauranga Intermediate Sports Centre. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7.30-9.30pm. $7 per night casual. Student $5 per night casual. Club racquets & coaching available. Delwyn 027 212 4720 Altrusa Club Tauranga Women’s service group. Business meeting 2nd Tues evening. Social night 4th Tues each month. Interested? Julie 544 0277 Baby Classes Learn how to settle your baby in 3 months with former Karitane nurse Lyndsay Morgan. Every Tues at Arataki Community Centre 10am. 577 1355 Badminton (Social) Every Tues & Fri at Otumoetai Baptist Hall 9.30am - 12pm. Racquets available. Lorraine 579 3229 Balmoral Kilties Marching team. Ladies aged 30-60yrs welcome to join this awesome sport for fun, friendship & travel. Experience preferred, not essential. Anita 571 4096 or 021 0257 6094 Bayfair Petanque Club Tuition & boules available for learners & visitors. Every Tues & Thurs at Bayfair Reserve, Russley Drive 1pm. Margaret 572 3173 Cards 500 Every Tues & Thurs at Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45-4pm. 575 4650 Excel Toastmasters Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair. Every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of month 6.15-8.30pm. Learn public speaking & leadership skills. brooke_bop@ hotmail.com Falun Dafa Free exercises & meditation classes. Every Tues at Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui 7pm. Judy 021 0425 398 Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.30-10.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Sing & perform varied repertoire. Cathy 579 2040 Israeli Dancing Every Tues at Gate Pa Primary School Hall, Cameron Rd 7-8pm. Beginners dancing. All ages welcome. Maria 544 1680 or 022 165 2114

Junction Mental Health Peer Support And advocacy: coffee & chat at St

James’ Hall, Greerton 10am – 12pm. 543 3010 Leisure Marching Team Seeking new members aged 30-50+ for friendly leisure marching. Practice Tues 6-7.30pm. ph/txt Ardell 027 937 4248 LOL Laughter Wellness Enjoy a laughter pick me up session. Penguin Room, Arataki Community Centre, Mount 7.308.15pm. $3 door. Trish 022 036 6768 email: lollaughterwellness@ gmail.com

Matua Otumoetai City on its Feet

Every Tues at Kulim Park 9am. 576 7339 Mount Morning Badminton Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session. Maxeen 575 0162 Nam Wah Pai Kung Fu Chinese martial art training every Tues & Thurs at Tauranga Boys’ College 6-7.30pm. Brian 021 241 7059 Neighbourhood Run/Walk Tues, Thurs & Fri at Pyes Pa 6am start. Ask about free recovery shake. Svetlana 027 616 2124 New Social Book Club Tues 10.30am & Sat 1.30pm. No fees. For venue, Joy 021 0243 9129

Thursday 24 March 2016

Orange City Square & Round Dance

Tues, morning class 10am - 12pm. Weds combined A & Plus, Thurs club night & new dancers 7.30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall 543 1063 Overeaters Anonymous Have a problem with over or under eating? Overeaters Anonymous can help - meet Tues & Fri. 544 1213 or 022 0642 186 Petanque - Twilight Every Tues at Club Mt Maunganui 4-6pm. Equip available, all coaching given. 578 3606 Recreational Cycle Group Every Tues at Palmers, Ohauiti 9am. Pam/Andrew 544 3272. Every Weds at Sulphur Pt, near Nautilus, off Cross Rd 9am. Cam 552 4513. Every Sun at Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre, Parton Rd 9am. Heinz 574 1543 Saintly Shakers Music, fun, morning tea & play for preschoolers. Every Tues at St Peter’s Church Hall, 15 Victoria Rd, Mount & Every Thurs at St Mary’s Church Hall, cnr Girven Rd & Marlin St, Bayfair. (During term time). Both 10am start. Cost $3 per session. Sequence Dancing Tauranga Social & Leisure Club. St John’s Anglican Church Hall, 94 Bureta Rd, Otumoetai every Tues 7-9.30pm except second Tues of the month 3.30-6pm. Visitors welcome. John 578 9716 Sewing Connection Tauranga Meet 1st & 3rd Tues at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St 10am - 2pm. Sew, share ideas & improve techniques. Pam 021 276 5390 South City Indoor Bowls 9 Bowl Triples (Gee Cup) at Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Keith 577 1116 Tauranga City United Open training at Links Ave Tues & Thurs 6.30pm for senior female footballers wanting to play competitively. Players must be over 15 years old & available to play league games on Sundays. See our Team Facebook page:www.facebook. com/TCUSW1 . Tauranga Morning Badminton Every Tues & Thurs at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Memorial Park cnr 11th Ave/Devonport Rd 9-11.30am. Heather 574 0976 Tauranga Scrabble Club Every Tues at Tauranga Bridge Club, Ngatai Rd 8.50am. 3 games $3. 544 8372

Wednesday 30 March

Age Concern Walking Group Meet at Greerton Rugby Park off Oropi Rd 10am. All welcome. 578 2631 Baywide Community Law Service

Drop in clinic every Weds at 63 Willow St 5-6.30pm. No appointment necessary. Free legal help. 571 6812. Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic. For appointment 573 5614. Every 1st & 3rd Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. For appointment 549 0399 Bowls Indoor Every Weds & Fri Mount Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 12.45-4pm. Beginners welcome, 50yrs plus. 575 4650 Cards Do you play crib or would like to learn? Every Weds at Greerton RSA 1pm. Rona 578 7939 Club Mt Maunganui Indoor bowls starts 6.30pm. All welcome. Jim 572 1983 Dance Fitness Getaway fun for mums & others. Get your grove fix, disco, hip hop, Latin & more. Every Weds at Matua Hall 9.30-10.30am. Helen 022 882 0237

Fernland Spa Water Exercise Class

Every Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held rain or shine but not during school holidays. Classes taken by qualified instructor & lifeguard. New participants ph Jennifer 571 1411 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Ladies Singles & Garden Forest Marine Mens Singles (Ballinger Trophy). Markers required. At Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Kevin 543 4044 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre, cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore, open Wednesday’s 1-3pm. All inquiries 021 110 0878. And at Papamoa Healing

Rooms, Baptist Church, cnr Dickson & Longview Rds every Weds 2.303.30pm. No appointment necessary, no charge, all ages welcome. www. healingrooms.co.nz Leisure Marching Requires new ladies for non competitive marching. No experience required. Every Weds at Moreland Fox Park, Greerton 8-9.30am. Tricia 543 4581

Mount Maunganui Badminton Club

Every Weds 6.30pm. $8 to play. All skills welcome. Eve 021 906 481 Mountain Bike Group Meet at RideBikes, 393 Cameron Rd 6.15pm. Jen 578 0016 Otumoetai Care & Craft Every Weds during school term at St Columba Church Hall, Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9am - 12.30pm. Craft, entertainment, fun & games. 576 7783 or email: dawnron@kinnect.co.nz Papamoa Outdoor Bowls Roll-ups every Weds & Sun, Gordon Spratt Reserve 1pm. 574 8334 Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd. Step practice & formation revision 7pm, regular class 7.30pm. Lynne 573 5055 Seniors Dance Fitness Cha Cha, Charleston, Samba, Tango, Waltz & more. No partner required. At Matua Community Hall 10.30-11.15am. To register, Helen 022 882 0237 Tauranga Judo Club Arataki Peewees every Weds 4.30-5.30pm. Children 5.30-6.30pm at Arataki Community Centre. Kevin 021 0794 368

Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping

Demeter Rd towards Otawa & return. Grade mod, approx. 5.5hrs. Debbie 543 0949 Te Puke Repertory Presents Ladies Day April 6-9, 13-16 at Litt Park Theatre, Park Rd, Te Puke 8pm. Tickets on sale now at Te Puke PaperPlus. Admission $25, concession $20.

Thursday 31 March

Argentine Tango Social improvised dancing. Beginners classes starting soon, please express your interest. Phillip 027 309 1355 goldenaxistango@ yahoo.com Awesome Clothing Sale Good quality, all sizes & styles - men’s, women’s, children’s, shoes, sheets, duvets etc. Only $3 a bag. You pick. Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 9.3010.30am. Organised by Turning Point Trust 578 6934 Club Mt Maunganui Social games club. Play indoor bowls, 500, bolivia & 5 crowns every Thurs 12.45pm. Prizes & visits to other clubs. Gloria 575 0059 Community Bible Study International Every Thurs

at 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am - 12pm for a non denominational Bible Study on “Return to Jerusalem.” Jack/Betty 544 3809 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique. All ages & abilities. Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am. Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 Keynotes 4 Part Harmony Women’s chorus every Thurs at Wesley Church Hall, 13th Ave 6.45pm. For fun & health. Nora 544 2714 Law for Lunch Every Thurs at 63 Willow St 12.15-1pm. Baywide Community Law. Line Dancing Classes For beginners & newcomers every Thurs at Matua Hall, Levers Rd 1-1.45pm. Starts today. Pat 544 2574 or 021 027 12467 More Than Craft Every Thurs during term time at Greerton Bible Church cnr Chadwick Rd & Fraser St 9.3011.30am. 544 0823 Mount Art Group Every Thurs at St Peter’s Church Hall, Victoria Rd, Mount 9am - 1pm. Merilynn 575 6777

Mount Maunganui Squash Club Junior club night 4-5pm Karen 021 922 355, club night 6.30pm, including novices. Richie 021 606 257 Racquets provided, bring non marking shoes. Gold coin for non members. Mount/Papamoa Coffee & Chat

Held 1-2pm. Transport available if required. Junction Mental Health Peer Support & Advocacy 543 3010 Otumoetai Hockey Club 2016 seasons starts early April. Men’s & women’s teams cater for both social & competitive players. 576 5178 or 0274 520 600 Smith’s Sport Shoes Everyone’s Run Walk Thursday’s (Daylight Saving) Fergusson Park 3km & 5km waterfront course options. Entries from 5.15pm. Students $3, adults $5. Measured course, times recorded with results available next day www.taurangaramblers.co.nz. Mal-colm 027 292 4411 Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club. Every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp. Jan 544 4379 Tai Chi & Taoist Qigoing Every Thurs morning at Elizabeth St Community Centre. Warren 574 2464 or 0274 745 389 Tauranga Model Railway Club Every Thurs at Mirrielees Rd 7.30pm. Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35+, Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain 9am - 12pm. $3 ball fee. Lynda 575 0627 or tsw-bop@gmail.com Toastmasters Build your confidence, find your voice & open doors of opportunity in 2016. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 7-8.15am. 021 044 5654 or www. cityearlystart.co.nz Toastmasters - Kickstart Every Thurs at Alimento Cafe, First Ave, Tauranga 7am. Helen 571 6181 Ukulele Lessons For primary age children. Every Thurs at Otumoetai Baptist Chapel 3.30-4.30pm. Enquires Linkt Community Trust email: learn@lead.co.nz Young Parents Group Must be aged 20 or younger. Meet every Thurs during term time at 471 Devonport Rd (Plunket Rooms) 12noon. This week: Baby brain development with Debbie Adamson (Plunket). Transport available on a “first in” basis. Rozi 027 293 0353

Friday 1 April

Arataki Artists Group Every Fri at Arataki

Community Centre, Zambuk Way 9am 12pm. Occasional tuition with local artists. All levels welcome. Chrissy 572 0818 Climate Change Speakers Forum And movie – special screening of “Chasing Ice”, movie. Learn more about potential solutions to climate change, followed by a Q&A session. At Baycourt 7-9.30pm. Tickets through Ticketek $20.

Bi/Gay Men’s Support Group

Need a trusting person to talk to? Discretion assured. For meetings & locations ph/txt Alex 027 358 5934 Chess Tauranga At Tauranga RSA, Greerton 5-7pm, for the whole family. Longer if necessary for longer games. Werner 548 1111 http://www.westernbopchess.weebly. com/ Greerton Indoor Bowling Club Jack & Jill. Tauranga City Silver Band Hall, Yatton St. Names in by 7.15pm. Sally 571 8914 Orchid Show BOP Orchid Society Annual Show. Te Puke War Memorial Hall April 8 & 9 10am to 4pm both days. Plant & pot sales, specialty stalls & raffles. Te Puke Art Society paintings. Children receive an orchid plant to pot & take home. Adults $3 Children free.

Take a Kid Hunting & Fishing Competition April 1-3. Open to all kids 3-15yrs.

Over $4,000 worth of cool prizes. Held by Te Puna Hunting & Fishing Club. Tickets available at Top Shot Bar, 17a Minden Rd, Te Puna 552 6479 Tauranga College (Co-Ed 1946-1957) 70th reunion May 20-22. NB: past pupils of TDHS included. For details 576 6750 or email: gmware@enternet.co.nz Tauranga Lyceum Club Women’s friendship club. Catered lunch first Fri of month & dinner third Weds with varied & interesting speakers. Other activities include; painting, mah jong, music appreciation, bridge & book club. 68 1st Ave. Wendy 543 1146 Tauranga Musica Theatre Tony Award winning show Avenue Q at 17th Ave Theatre April 15-30. Tickets on sale at iticket. co.nz The Sociables A 30’s/40’s age group of males & females that meet up once a week to socialise by dining out or participating in local activities & events. 022 0120 376

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JOIN NO.8 FULLY ESCORTED TOURS – (1) April 26th 2 days Awhitu & Manukau Heads Lighthouse. (2) May 8th 5 days Rangitikei River Lodges. (3) June 23rd 2 days Grand Chateau. (4) August 20th 5 days Coastal Otago. (5) Sept 4th 4 days Trans-Alpine & Wild West Coast. (6) Sept 10th 4 days Farewell Spit & Takaka. (7) Sept 26th 14 days Tasmania. (8) Sept 29th 4 days World of Wearable Arts. (9) Nov 1st 2 days Andre Rieu. Book Now seats are limited - free Door to Door service & free colour catalogue: Ph: No 8 Tours team on 579 3981 or Email info@ no8tours.co.nz

HANDY MAN CAN-DU. Bathroom Renovations, Decks and stairs, pergolas, small plastering and painting jobs, water blasting. Free quotes. Ian The Fix it Man. 45 years tradesman. noknoi@clear.net.nz 021 670 770 INSECT SCREENS Measure. Make. Mend. Ph Rob at Magic Seal 543 4940 PAINTER/DECORATOR Interior and Exterior, quality workmanship friendly services. Over 20 years specialising in residential and more. Quality paint at trade prices. For your best advice in all areas. Ph Shane Mount/Tauranga Decorators 07 544 6495 or 021 575 3071 PAINTING & DECORATING Exterior & Interior Painting Gurus, Roof Painting, High quality workmanship, prompt service, fully insured, satisfaction guaranteed, get the A Team @ Fresh Coats Painting. Call 022 421 4261 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

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venues FOR WEDDINGS, FUNCTIONS OR MEETINGS+ check out No.1 The Strand, a beautiful historic setting. Email: kim@ no1thestrand.co.nz or www. no1thestrand.co.nz 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

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SPACE? Ideal as an extra bedroom or home office Three convenient sizes: standard 3.6m x 2.4m - $70pw large 4.2m x 2.4m - $85pw xtra-large 4.8m x 2.4m - $100pw Fully insulated with lockable ranchslider, large window, power, security lights, curtains, carpet, smoke alarm & even a small deck. Minimum 6 month rental period. Visit our display cabin at: 17 Plummers Point Road, WHAKAMARAMA or 159 Jellicoe Road, TE PUKE or call for a free brochure.

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