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Cycle of success Tauranga BMX Club members are flying high this month with the group crowned the country’s top club at the recent Cycling New Zealand Community Awards in Christchurch. But how did they do it? It’s a story of a false start, Cyclone Pam and 900 BMXers converging on the club’s new track in April 2014. To read the full story, see page 18. Photo by Cameron Avery.
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Catchiest songs in the world Damn you, Kokomo, for writing the catchiest song in the world.
We suspect the study could have been completed in much shorter time than a year, but the researchers likely struggled to accept the result, so kept repeating it in the forlorn hope that surely, adult human brains are more advanced than the Spice Girls. Unfortunately, it appears we aren’t. Hopefully, the release of ‘World’s Most Jealous Girl’ will knock Posh and Associates off their perch.
I was happy floating along in my silent, simple world, until your new song came into my head and won’t leave. Blast you for ‘World’s Most Jealous Girl’ which started a party in the cerebellum, and worse, the rhythmelodical subcortical, the part of the brain that triggers uncontrollable foot tapping and dad dance moves. Damn you for getting this song, involving some really catchy lyrics and a nifty tune Brain processes wedged into every waking hour… Why The scientists are interested in how our couldn’t you have just stuck brains process music, and why some pieces with making good music, stay in our memory for such a long time. But instead of really excellent they do have some serious goals in mind. music? “If we have a Please people, avoid the better underThe full list and the average time it took listeners to recognise the tune: standing of how misery I now find myself in. Don’t go to this link and the musical 1. Spice Girls - Wannabe: 2.29 seconds listen, or you also will be memory works, afflicted. http://www.kokomo. 2. Lou Bega - Mambo No 5: 2.48 seconds we are hopeful 3. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger: 2.62 seconds co.nz/listen--watch.html that we can move 4. Lady Gaga - Just Dance: 2.66 seconds The song is written with help 5. ABBA - SOS: 2.73 seconds into research from John Michaelz, recorded on people with 6. Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman: 2.73 seconds locally at Whakamarama and 7. Michael Jackson - Beat It: 2.80 seconds dementia,” says performed by frontman Derek 8. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: Dr Ashley Bur2.83 seconds Jacombs, who incidentally goyne. would make an excellent music 9. The Human League - Don’t You Want Me: Here at RR, 2.83 seconds columnist for the Sun, if it we reckon they 10. Aerosmith - I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing: wasn’t for the fact we already should see if 2.84 seconds have Winston Watusi. 11. Lady Gaga - Poker Face: 2.88 seconds
Song science
12. Hanson - MMMbop: 2.89 seconds 13. Elvis Presley - It’s Now Or Never: 2.91 seconds 14. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet: 2.94 seconds 15. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean: 2.97 seconds 16. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon: 2.99 seconds 17. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time: 2.99 seconds 18. Elvis Presley - Devil in Disguise: 3.01 seconds 19. Boney M - Rivers of Babylon: 3.03 seconds 20. Elton John - Candle in the Wind: 3.04 seconds
Coincidentally this week, our researchers became aware of a science project that has decided the catchiest songs of modern time. We will not be surprised if ‘World’s Most Jealous Girl’ ends up on that list in a year or so. The scientists have too much time on their hands and studied for a year to discover the songs which are most memorable and easily recognised. The geeks at the Science and Industry museum in Manchester, directed listeners to a website where they could play an online game called Hooked on Music, which contained clips from 1000 hit songs from the last 70 years – the top selling 40 tracks of each decade since the 1940s. The survey rated the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ top of the list, followed by Lou Bega’s ‘Mambo No 5’ and Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’.
people with failing memory can recall ‘Boys Light Up’ and whether there’s a correlation between those who light up and those who can’t remember. Another legendary tune absent from the list is the John Rowles classic ‘Share your Marijuana With Me’ which may ring a few bells with anyone suffering memory loss now.
Weather with you
Meanwhile, it has been good weather for staying indoors and listening to music. Some
of the weather thrashing the Bay in the last few weeks has included the full range of extremes. During the storms a couple of weeks ago, RR team noticed some interesting descriptions from officials. The helpful people at Civil Defence seemed to struggle with the terminology for the weather event that blew bits and pieces off homes in Mount Maunganui. People who lost roofs and those with debris scattered across their properties called it a ‘Mini tornado’. Some media called it a twister and the bloke whose fence was demolished called it a “bastard of a thing”. Other residents dispensed with the pedantic and just called it a proper “tornado”. Civil Defence however, in a release the next morning termed it ‘a patch of strong wind’. I say chaps, we think it was more than that! The English language has plenty of useful terms to describe this sort of event, I am surprised there wasn’t a more fitting description. The good folk at Baypark would probably take issue with the concept that the end of the stadium was bowled over by a ‘patchy wind’. One fellow said it was “M… F… howling maelstrom of fury” – henceforth to be known as a MFHMF, should you have reason to coin the phrase again. Later on the Friday as the clean-up progressed, CD had decided the event was a “windstorm” which we reckon is a tad more convincing that a Patch of Strong Wind but still fairly vague and understated.
Blowin’ in the wind
Still blowing in the wind, is the flag project. We’ve had plenty of feedback on this issue, with most of you still not convinced we need a new one. The guvmint doesn’t seem to be singing from the same song sheet as the rest of us. The RR concept of the transparent flag has gained a bit of support. Meanwhile, we are still waiting to hear a response on how much of the $26 million for the flag project, supposed to foster national pride, has been blown with foreign owned media; and how much has gone in the direction of loyal, patriotic New Zealand-owned media. For more RR, ‘like’ us on Facebook (Rogers Rabbits Blogger) and check out ‘Columns’ in SunLive.co.nz including the Transparent Flag and other archived pearls of wisdom. brian@thesun.co.nz
IMPORTANT STUFF: All material is copyright and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Sun Media makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all information and accepts no liability for errors or omissions or the subsequent use of information published. “Mambo No. 5” is a mambo and jive dance song originally recorded and composed by Cuban Dámaso Pérez Prado in 1949, according to Wikipedia. The song’s popularity was renewed by German artist Lou Bega’s sampling and vocal version of the original, released under the same name on Bega’s 1999 debut album A Little Bit of Mambo.
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Hammers, nails and sleep deprivation They say babies smile in their sleep because they’re listening to the whispering of angels. Not in Tauranga, certainly not in Otumoetai. They’re wide awake and bawling because an orchestra of nail guns, skill saws, power planes, concrete trucks and pumps strikes up ‘fortissimo’ at the same time the sun is coming up. And that can be distressing for a newborn and sleep-deprived mum. It’s also illegal but as one new mum points out no-one seems to give a damn.
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“I’ve spoken to the council, I’ve spoken to noise control and I’ve spoken to the builders. There seems to be a lack of willingness to enforce the rules.” There are no names in this story. The complainants, young parents, spoke to The Weekend Sun on the understanding of anonymity. They didn’t want to niggle the neighbours. We’ve given the builder the same courtesy. So it’s about the issue – noise pollution from building sites and abuse of noise controls that affect many of us. Last year there were 22 complaints made
to Tauranga City Council – one every 12 working days. This is not an isolated case. So what are the rules? It’s a national standard and it’s on the Tauranga City Council website. “...construction work can be undertaken seven days per week” as long as the following rule is adhered to. “Loud work noise (use of noisy machinery, hammering etc) Monday to Friday 7.30am to 8pm and Saturday 7.30am to 6pm.” So no loud work noise, no noisy machinery before 7.30 am and none after 8pm Monday to Friday. It’s quite clear. Work can continue outside those hours – however nothing louder than a paintbrush is permitted. But our Mum Jody says the men on the construction site next door are regularly on the job by 6.45am – three-quarters of an hour before it’s permissible.
Sleep deprived
Hardly a hanging offence – but if you’re a sleep-deprived new mum with a baby who has disrupted sleep patterns, then any shut eye is vital shut eye. “Ask any parent.” And last week when a concrete truck and pump truck emerged from the gloom at 6.45am Mum had one eye open and a fractious
10-week-old as she met with the site manager. “I reminded him about the 7.30am threshold.” He politely disagreed. “We can start at 7am” he said. Even if that was the case, why then asks new Mum, why was he starting at 6.45am? The concrete pumps fell silent but thundered back into life bang on 7am – a full 30 noisy minutes early.
Know the rules
“Seems to me if you are a builder you would know the rules so it comes down to blatantly disregarding what the rules are,” says Jody. Our complainant is absolutely right according to TCC. But spokesperson Darrienne Daubney doesn’t work with builders about their responsibilities. However, they advise builders to talk to residents in advance and maintain dialogue throughout the work. But meaningful dialogue wasn’t working in our case and our Mum called noise control at the TCC. Noise control told her the threshold was 7am even though it’s own website says 7.30am. No-one could explain the discrepancy. To read the full story, go to SunLive.co.nz and search ‘Building noise boils over’. By Hunter Wells
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Reprieve for hot house
Tauranga’s tropical plant house on Cliff Rd is here to stay – at least until a new Reserve Management Plan comes into play. City councillors made this decision in this week’s Long Term Plan deliberations. Mayor Stuart Crosby opened the debate by saying there is no Reserve Management Plan for the hot house, rose gardens and car parking area. The plant house, which was to receive no funding from the end of June 2016, will now remain until the plan process is complete.
Tower gets new lease of life
A new $65,000 tower will keep watch over Mount Maunganui Main Beach next summer after Tauranga City Council agreed to preserve community safety and help replace the current version. In this week’s Long Term Plan deliberations, councillors voted 10-1 in favour of granting $200,000 to Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service. This includes $65,000 for the tower and $135,000 to upgrade its emergency/first aid room in 2016. This comes after the club appealed to council for a 50 per cent contribution, revealing its 25-year-old tower is an unsafe working environment for lifeguards.
‘No appetite’ for museum
The latest attempts to push for Tauranga’s very own museum have been dashed, with Tauranga City Council declining to spend $40,000 on a survey gauging residents’ “appetite” for the bid. Councillors voted unanimously on the decision, as part of the Long Term Plan deliberations, in what would have been similar to the community survey in 2006. The decision means Tauranga Moana Museum Trust’s efforts to keep the project alive have taken a big hit. They were also seeking a $100,000 grant as part of efforts to keep the project alive.
Five killed during long weekend
The death of a Te Puke woman is one of five fatal crashes police attended during the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. Lisa Yieng, 36, was killed when she attempted a U-turn in front of a fully laden logging truck on State Highway 2. Her vehicle was T-boned by a truck around 7.30am on Saturday, May 30. Acting Senior Sergeant Scott Merritt says Lisa was the only person in the vehicle and died as a result of injuries she sustained. Lisa’s death followed two fatalities in Canterbury, a five-year-old Levin boy and a man killed in Northland.
SunLive comment of week
After Tauranga City councillors claimed there was “no appetite” among residents for a museum in Tauranga, Ratepayer commented:
“Only 49 per cent of residents want a museum? What planet are these councillors on? If half of Tauranga wants a museum, then build it. If a politician received 49 per cent in the polls, they would claim the people have spoken and declare it a landslide win!”
Dodd’s dogs to be let out
The Weekend Sun Tauranga author Lynley Dodd with the bronze Slinky Malinki. Photo by Tracy Hardy.
Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum, Bitzer Maloney all skinny and bony, Muffin McLay like a bundle of hay. These fictional characters have appeared in icing on a birthday cake in America and been the inspiration behind a nickname for a little boy in Australia. Tauranga author Lynley Dodds’ characters have been household favourites worldwide. They’re arguably the Bay of Plenty’s most famous faces. Now they’re cast in bronze and about to take residence on Tauranga’s Waterfront. “A little boy once asked me: ‘Would you be recognised in the street?’ I said: ‘No but Hairy Maclary would’,” says Lynley. “But I would never have thought my funny old characters would end up as public sculptures at all.” Children have turned the pages to Hairy Maclary and his friends from Donaldson’s Dairy – Scarface Claw, Slinky Malinki, Hercules Morse, Muffin McLay, Bottomley Potts, Schnitzel von Krumm, Bitzer Maloney and Zachary Quack – since the early 1980s. But Hairy Maclary almost come alive. “It happened by accident really,” says Lynley. “I’d done a sketch in my ideas book about this scruffy little dog and didn’t use it immediately.”
Lynley began writing a new book – but it “got canned” for the moment after a similar story was released overseas. “My publisher said: ‘Well, you better think of something else for the moment until we see what that one’s like’. So I rushed to my ideas book and out fell that bit of paper.” The rest of the fictional clan was dreamt up from there. “I sat one Sunday afternoon and it was the quickest development of a story I think I’d ever done,” says Lynley. “I had all of the names by the end of the afternoon. That was unusual, it’s not the way it normally happens.” Lynley says children have been “marvellously supportive” all over the world, with the children’s books being translated into
several languages including Japanese, Russian, Korean and Swedish. The sculpture project began five years ago, with numerous skype dates between designer Brigitte Wuest and Lynley scheduled on a regular basis. “It was huge fun seeing them develop,” says Lynley. “She’s so very clever and so good at getting them right. “Pieces of public art are always very interesting to people when they come to visit. The children will enjoy them if they know them from the books, it will be fun.” This week Lynley helped turn the first sod for the Hairy Maclary & Friends waterfront sculpture project. The sculptures will be ready for unveiling next month.
By Zoe Hunter
Deciding the city’s Long Term Plan Mayor Crosby opened this week’s deliberations on our Long Term Plan by saying this budget has been the most prudent he’s seen in a while. Our LTP sets out what Tauranga City Council will do during the next 10 years and how we’ll fund it. We received about 700 submissions. But only a small number of submissions were about our rates and debt. This reflects the feedback I’ve received that council is keeping the city progressing within a prudent budget. It sounds like people generally support for the direction we’re heading, baring
for a few tweaks here and there. We’re protecting what makes Tauranga special, while investing into projects that provide balance across the city. Our focus is on managing a growing city. This reflects a two per cent increase of your rates next year to service growth-related infrastructure. An example includes finding $300,000 each year to fund the depreciation of the Domain Rd roundabout under the Tauranga Eastern Link. It’s great the New Zealand Transport Agency gifted the roundabout to the city, but few ratepayers know they have to fund
the ongoing cost. Ongoing costs of projects play a critical role in the business cases we demand on new projects. We’re also aware of some ‘known unknown’ projects that are not factored into the LTP. These include council’s future office building, the slow build-up of sewerage sludge at the Te Maunga treatment ponds, and a potential third harbour crossing in the long term future.
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Library comes full circle Tauranga Libraries customer services team leader Joanna Thomas at Greerton Library’s temporary home. It’s slightly smaller than what they’re accustomed to, but Greerton Library’s temporary accommodation will do just the trick while its new $3.5million home takes shape. This week the library opened its temporary doors at 1334 Cameron Rd, between Greer’s and Tauranga Hearing Association, offering similar services to the current library services. This is ahead of the demolition and rebuilding process for the multi-million dollar 900m2 facility expected to open on the existing Greerton Rd site in April 2016. Council approved $3.45 million funding for a 900m2 building – double the size of the present library – in its Annual Plan for 2014/2015. The now-closed Greerton Library was built as a oneroom community library in 1975 and refurbished in 1997. In the last week library staff have been busy packing up and shifting the library to Cameron Rd ahead of the temporary library’s opening. Compared to the new 450m2 site, the temporary Cameron Rd location is only 350m2, forcing staff to carefully choose which books make it on to the shelves. Staff have moved 30,000 books with 10,000 put into storage. “About two-thirds of the books are on
the shelves, so customers are still pretty much getting everything that they had at the library,” says Tauranga Libraries customer services team leader Joanna Thomas. The move also sees the library come full circle after the first Greerton Branch Library opened in the exact same block of shops on March 11, 1964. And someone who remembers the original library well is Greerton Library collections team leader Diane Taggart. “I started working at Tauranga Public Library in the late 1960s and I’d take the bus from town to the Greerton branch on Cameron Rd once a fortnight to give the sole librarian there a chance to catch up on things.” And even then Greerton had a “lovely” sense of community, says Diane. “You could tell it was going to become a growth area, with lots of families coming to the area, and becoming regular library users. “It’s been great to see those families grow up over the years and to see people now bringing their own children into the library.” Demolition of the old library is due to begin mid-July, followed by construction of the new facility on the same site. The new library is to be completed in April 2016. By Luke Balvert
See free Gallipoli exhibition Te Puke residents have 10 days left to view a free exhibition in their town which focuses on Gallipoli and World War I. The exhibition ‘From Tauranga to the Trenches’ has moved to the Western Bay of Plenty town from Classic Flyers in Mount Maunganui and is on show in Te Puke until June 15. The exhibition is located between Te Puke War Memorial Hall and Bennetts Proactive on Jellicoe St and is open Monday to Friday from 9am-4pm and on Saturdays from 9am-noon.
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Family that fights together Isabellah McGregor admits to “punching her dad around” at home. But the pint-sized budoka from Papamoa explains it’s just point-scoring in a karate, fun kind of dad and daughter way. But father Joseph McGregor says if that’s the case, why does she leave bruises? Joshing aside this dad and daughter are a dynamic family duo – both have just been named in the New Zealand karate team for the Commonwealth Karate Championships in India from September 18-20. “I jumped through the roof. I’m hugely proud,” says Joe. His more grounded 11-year-old is “pretty pleased” with herself. However, her best friend Daisy “exploded” when she heard of Isabellah’s national honours. Dad, daughter and another Papamoa youngster 10-year-old Sam Crawford are the first from our seaside neighbourhood to represent NZ at karate and understood to be the first from the Bay of Plenty for 20 years. And a dad and daughter in the same national sporting team is a phenomenon in itself. At 37, dad – or Joe – is the self-confessed “old bastard” in the team and Isabellah is one of the youngest.
Karate is in their blood – Joe’s dad was a fighter and instructor, Joe was fighting before he pulled on his first school uniform at five and Isabella “was born fighting”. Dad says she’s strong and fast even though she’s small for her age. Small with a modest appreciation of her ability. “I think I’m quite good at karate because I train hard.” Training hard is a seven-hour weekly commitment for this disciplined youngster and will be stepped up as they approach the championships. “I’ll be fighting against the rest of the world – that’s scary, exciting and nerve-wracking,” says Isabellah. The question has to be asked. Are people frightened of a 10-year-old with hands that become a weapon? “No,” says Isabellah “but they know not to get on my bad side”. She chooses not to use her skills outside the ring. “Unless, it was a really bad situation,” she qualifies. “And it helps to know I can defend myself.” If you can help the McGregors, see givealittle. co.nz/cause/karatepapamoa or the Karate Papamoa Facebook page. To read the full story, go to SunLive.co.nz and search ‘Bay karate trio make world champs’.
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Tauranga rallies to give Vanuatu aid Items donated from the Tauranga community are being distributed in Vanuatu this week. Tauranga’s Courtney Tilby organised a container of valuable resources, such as rice, flour and clothing, when she got back from Pentecost in April. The former Bethlehem College student witnessed first-hand the devastation category 5 Cyclone Pam left in its wake as she was in the region when the cyclone tore through. When she returned to Tauranga in April, Courtney and her mum, Kerri Tilby-Price, set about getting a container together with items that would help the cyclone ravaged island. Courtney is overwhelmed by the amount of support the initiative received. “We aimed to provide essentials for five communities. This includes, clothing, food, building supplies, kitchen equipment and linen. “Overwhelmingly, we sent enough to support seven communities and seven schools. “The task of sending these supplies to Vanuatu has by no means been an easy ride, but it sure has been worth every second,” says Courtney. “The container has safely arrived in Port Villa and the distribution team is currently working on ensuring everything is given to the right families.” The container contents: 7 boxes of essential school supplies 350 sheets of roofing iron 212 boxes of food 157 blankets 267 hand tools 107 boxes of clothes and shoes 25 boxes of nails
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Bay of Plenty residents are being asked to dust off their old home film footage from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s to help shape a documentary series which will tell the story of a changing nation.
really like during those nostalgic years from the inside out – using Kiwis’ home colour footage, archived film footage and interviews with people involved in key events and everyday activities. “But, we can’t do it without you,” says Nicole. In particular, Bay residents are being asked for footage or information on two historic happenings. The first is the 1950 tragedy at North Rock, when the passenger launch Ranui capsized on a trip to Mayor Island, leaving only one survivor. “It may be that people knew someone on that boat – they may not have footage but they may be connected in some way and their recollection is one way of telling this story too.” The second is The Nambassa
Greenstone TV is making an exciting three-part series for Prime TV, to tell New Zealand’s history from the inside out – primarily through home film footage. Dubbed ‘Decades In Colour’, it will travel through the three unforgettable decades of change – revealing the big moments and reality of life for ordinary Kiwis. Greenstone TV researcher Nicole Wood says the landmark series will capture what life was
Festival held on a farm in the Waihi area in 1979. “It was kind of like the BOP’s Woodstock festival – there was music, stalls, food etc.” Nicole says ‘Decades In Colour’ will also show what the three decades were like for ordinary Kiwis. “It’s sort of like the Facebook of that time if you like – no footage will be too small or big to consider. “So if people think ‘Oh, I’ve got footage of grandma and grandad in the backyard and I was in the paddling pool – who would want to see that?’ “Well, we would actually.” If you have personal, colour home footage to offer, email decades@greenstonetv.com
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Blessed because she has three happy and healthy children, because she has clothes to dress them in. They’re clothes she’s either purchased brand new, secondhand or hand-me-downs from friends and family. But some Bay of Plenty families don’t have this luxury. Amy knows this. “I was aware a lot of people wouldn’t be in that same situation and they’d have to go and buy everything. “For some people it’s like: ‘Do I buy clothes for my children this week or do I buy food?’ It’s pretty tough.” It’s why she spends her spare time providing good quality clothing to families who can’t afford clothes. Started in 2012 and supported by Ngati Awa, Plunket and other organisations – The Clothing Project sources good quality second-hand clothes for newborn babies to children aged 12, which are packaged up and given to families in need. “We want everything to feel like it’s a gift, not just an afterthought,” says Amy. “The biggest part is to show these families that there’s people out there who actually love and care for them no matter what situations they’re going through – and providing clothing can help take some of that pressure off.” Amy’s idea is entered in the Energizer Power of Positive Energy Project, which will reward 10 Kiwis a $5000 grant to enable them to spread their positive energy. If Amy wins, funds will go to a documentary filmed by BOP-based freelance video producer Andy Galbraith. Contact The Clothing Project at info@ theclothingproject.co.nz To enter the Power of Positive Energy Project, visit facebook.com/EnergizerNZ Entries close June 12. By Zoe Hunter
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at the Aongatete Outdoor Education Centre carpark at the end of Wright Rd, about 10km south of Katikati off SH2. Tomorrow, volunteers staple ‘striker’ baits onto trees – as the better the rat kill, the fewer rats will nibble the strikers and the better the possum kill will be. To help, contact Basil Graeme on 07 576 5593, or Al Fleming on 021 988 295 or just turn up tomorrow.
The 2015 Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower of the year competition has a new venue – Mills Reef in Tauranga – where the region’s top young growers will go head-to-head for the title on June 24.
great networking opportunities and fantastic prizes up for grabs, says Lara Harrison of the organising committee. The winner receives $1500 and goes forward to represent the Bay of Plenty at the national final of the NZ Young Fruit Grower in August 2015 in Christchurch. The winner then competes against the NZ Young Vegetable Grower for the national title of Young Grower of the Year.
The competition is a way to get ahead in a fast-growing industry and there are some
Contestants compete in a series of theoretical and practical activities during the day and continue in the evening with a quiz and speech competition at the gala dinner – in front of horticultural participants, industry leaders and guest speaker and judge, Todd Muller – National MP for the Bay of Plenty. For more information, see www.nzkgi.org.nz/events
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But for a group of Core Four fitness enthusiasts it signifies the hardest challenge in the group’s four-year existence – both mentally and physically. From 6am tomorrow members will attempt to burpee broad jump from the base of Mauao to the top along the 4WD track – just more than 2km. A full body exercise, the burpee sees people drop into a squat position with their hands on the ground, kick their feet back, while keeping arms extended, immediately return their feet to the Core Four member Kim Hawke and founder Mike squat position, then jump up from the squat Minnell prepare to burpee broad jump 2km up Mauao. position. In this instance the burpee is followed by a stationary sandbags and lengthy sessions at The Gym Tauranga. two-footed distance jump, then repeated. “This time we thought we’d step it up and do someCore Four founder Mike Minnell says the challenge thing a bit different and a bit more extreme. We’re not only is about pushing yourself to the limit, but trying to look into it and see if anyone else has done keeping active as a fitness group year-round. this and we don’t think so, so it could be a first. And while they like to push the boundaries, this is “We’re probably going to have to do double the the “most extreme” challenge conjured up, concedes amount of burpees as we’re going uphill.” Mike. They’ve hosted the annual Burpee Mile at the About six people are signed up for the challenge, Tauranga Domain for the last three years and various but anyone is free to join in, whether taking part for a challenges, including running to Mauao’s tip with portion or offering vital encouragement for the others’ slog, says Mike. No completion timeframe has been estimated, though it’s not a race by any means, so it might pay not to burst out of the blocks too early on. “If your mate’s falling behind, you go back and support him rather than heading on in front. “You should be able to do it in an hour if you race. While you should be able to do it in two hours if it’s at a comfortable pace.” The group starts 6am tomorrow from the start of the 4WD drive track. By Luke Balvert
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Happy Birthday to the Tauranga Women’s Refuge It’s been a long and winding road for the Tauranga Women’s Refuge, which is celebrating its 35th birthday this month. There’s been struggles and hurdles, but manager Angela Warren-Clark says even just helping just one woman and her children escape domestic violence makes everything worthwhile. Now Angela is inviting the community to help the refuge celebrate the momentous milestone down at No. 1 The Stand on Saturday, June 20. “For us, it’s celebrating our longevity and the fact we’re still here,” says Angela. “We are here today because of the vision and moemoea [dreams] of those who have gone before us, who were tireless in their vision and passion to see families safe from violence.” Officially incorporated on June 17, 1980, the refuge started out as a handful of women offering their homes to other women and their children affected by domestic violence. Today the refuge has eight full-time staff, plus a
comprehensive assessment and crisis intervention services and programmes operating 24/7. The birthday party will be a ticketed event and features a 1980s dress-up theme. It will also feature live music, food, raffles, and special guests including the refuge’s founding members and Mayor Stuart Crosby. “I’d really like to thank the community for all its support, obviously over the last 35 years, and particularly in the time I’ve been managing the service since March 2013,” says Angela. “So come celebrate with us and enjoy a night of entertainment and reflection, but mainly fun.” The Tauranga Women’s Refuge celebrates its 35th birthday at No.1 The Strand on Saturday, June 20. Tickets cost $40 and are available by paying online to account 03-0435-0462837-01 with “Initial. Surname” and “35 BDAY” as reference. Or email manager@taurangawomensrefuge.co.nz or call 07 541 1912 for ticket number By David Tauranga and confirmation.
Each year the Seriously Good Food Show likes to do something different. This year it’s the Tri-Theatre. What is the Tri-Theatre? With seating for 300 people looking down onto the three stages, the Tri-Theatre is actually three theatres in one. Tauranga’s favourite celebrity chef and author Peter Blakeway is the MC for the five-daily main stage sessions beginning at quarter past the hour, every hour. The main stage area will host all the live action from the region’s top chefs, with a new format ‘double chef ’ per session programme this year. They include Trinity Wharf ’s Simon Green, Mount Bistro’s Stephen Barry, The Real Foodie’s Aidan Galloway and
Motu Kitchen’s Ian Kerry. There’s also Elizabeth Café’s Andrew Targett and Mills Reef ’s Atilla Kovac with Love Rosies’ Brent Beamish up against Spongedrop’s Danielle Cubis. Each side of the main stage is the taste stage on the right and the beverage stage on the left. “Programmed in for 10-15 minutes each side of the hour, these ‘bite-sized’ sessions will be your chance to sit, learn and talk with the winemakers and food producers – as well as tasting and commenting on their fine products,” says organiser Graeme Martin. With more than 130 companies on show on Saturday and Sunday, June 20-21, Graeme says this is your chance to taste what seriously good food is all about.
All-day tickets are $12 for adults, or $10 from 1pm onwards, with those 13 and under only $5. Show hours are 10am-5pm daily. The Weekend Sun has 10 double passes to The Seriously Good Food Show to give away to lucky readers who can tell us what dates the show is on. Enter online at www.sunlive. co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, June 10.
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The winter lowdown on firewood Winter is here – and it’s either cold or raining or both. But what firewood can warm up the home the best?
Independent non-profit organisation Consumer NZ has some suggestions. Only burn dry, well-seasoned wood. Green wood cools the fire, creating smoke that adds to air pollution. Softwoods and medium-density woods such as pine and macrocarpa dry in around six to 12 months but burn rapidly. This means regularly adding wood to keep a cosy blaze going. ‘Old man pine’ is from trees aged 30 yearsplus. It’s denser than ordinary pine and contains more resin, so it burns for
longer and puts out more heat. Macrocarpa tends to spark so isn’t suitable for open fires. Hardwoods such as gum and Manuka make a better fire as they have greater heat content and burn slowly. But freshly felled hardwoods can take up to 18 months to dry.
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How much firewood do I need for winter? It’s best to buy in larger quantities – many suppliers will provide free delivery to a local address but only for orders of at least two cubic metres. To keep a woodburner going most evenings and weekends through winter you’ll need at least 10 cubic metres of wood. And remember - get a dated receipt
with the supplier’s name and address, the type of wood, quantity delivered and price. Stack the firewood under cover or against a sheltering wall and leave enough gaps for drying air to pass through. Only burn dry, wellseasoned wood. Not sure if your wood is ready to burn? Firewood should have less than 25 per cent moisture. You can test it by throwing a small piece onto hot glowing coals. If it catches fire on the top and sides within one minute, it’s dry enough to burn well. If you’re buying wood to burn straight away, ask if it’s dry. Green, wet firewood will not be ‘fit for the purpose’ under the Consumer Guarantees Act – it won’t burn properly and will clog up the flue.
Moisture content
You can buy inexpensive moisture meters, which let you check the moisture content of firewood you are about to buy or burn. Woodburner or open fire? Modern woodburners are cleanerburning and more efficient than
open fires. An average woodburner is about 70 per cent efficient, which means it transfers around 70 per cent of the heat to the surroundings. With an open fire you’ll be lucky to get 20 per cent. If a woodburner is permitted in your area, it’s a pleasant way to reduce your electricity bill. Some models can be fitted with a wetback, to preheat water for the hot water cylinder, giving further savings.
Comparing prices
Comparing firewood prices from different suppliers can be a problem. While it’s not illegal to sell landscaping products or firewood by description, how much is in a sackful of this, a trailer-load of that, the back of a ute? Consumer NZ recommends buying bulk materials by a known volume – that is by the cubic metre. If you believe you’ve been sold short, complain. If you get nowhere, contact the Measurement and Product Safety Service of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, which has powers of prosecution.
Show your warmth by digging deep for Steptoe Katikati residents are being called upon pull out all of their old winter heating appliances among other unwanted household items to donate to this year’s Steptoe Garage Sale and Auction in July.
Set for July 25, Katikati Lions are now looking for donated items for the event. Last year rugs, mattresses, beds and bedding were a hit among other more exquisite and kooky items. Items have to be in working order, and residents can
call David Perry on 0274 858 638 to arrange pick-up. Or deliver them to a collection open day at the containers in the yard behind Katikati Caltex on Saturdays June 20 and 27 or July 4, 11 and 18 from 9am-noon.
Warm up with preloved clothing sale Do you need a few winter woollies to warm up? Why not try the preloved clothing bazaar happening at the Historic Village tomorrow from 9am-12 noon. Raising funds for the Turning Point Trust, the event will have quality designer and label garments for $5.
And if there’s more than two garments on coat hanger it’s still only $5. A huge range of stuff will be for sale, including everything from jackets to scarves. Follow the sign at front gate along footpath. Cash sales only. For more information, call Terry on 07 578 6934.
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Club basks in national honour Cover Story
Like all BMX clubs all Tauranga BMX Club wanted to do was host the most memorable BMXNZ National Championships, even after a false start. And it seems they have after being crowned the country’s top club. At the recent Cycling New Zealand Community Awards in Christchurch, the club scooped both the ‘Club of the Year’ and ‘Event of the Year’. The Club title is for successfully staging the 2014 BMXNZ National Championships while the Event crown relates to the championships being held in adverse weather. Tauranga BMX Club coach Ash Rawson is surprised, given the annual awards are historically road and track cycling dominated. “I went with no inkling of why I was going. They just told the club we needed a repre-
sentative there. But it was humbling to say the least, when we were awarded with BMX Event of the Year it put us in the same league as Crankworx, the massive internationally recognised mountain bike event.” More than 900 BMX riders converged on Tauranga last April for the national championships, hosted by the club for the first time. The club had 83 riders entered. The championships were compressed into two days after Cyclone Pam moved across the BOP leading up to Tauranga’s debut on the national stage, cancelling the opening day. This is why Ash pays tribute to the dedicated Nationals Committee of committed club members and parents, coordinated by Jillian Peck, who helped ensure the event stayed on track and become one of the most memorable. Even if Cyclone Pam gave things a helping hand. “Regardless of the adversities with the weather, the relatively new club track on Cambridge Rd held up well allowing the
club to host a slick, professional event.” Ash, a life member of more than 20 years, is thrilled for the club and its 130 riders to be basking in the national spotlight. And it’s even sweeter after a false start in 2011, when the club was scheduled to host the national championships only to have to bow out, unable to complete the track in time. “So 2011 was a little early, but it allowed us to get a superb international standard track.” By Luke Balvert
Sports psychologist talk helps Bay volleyballers Making your debut for your country in any sport can be a daunting task, but for a pair of Mount Maunganui teens they have the perfect tool to ease the nerves. Next month Mount Maunganui College volleyballers Samantha Mellow, 17, and Emerson Tod, 16 will wing their
then taking volleyball seriway with the NZ Junior ously from Year 9. Women’s Volleyball The pair, along team to contest with Tauranga the Thailand Age Girls’ College’s Group ChampiJessica Lawrence onships on July and Emma Mab10-23. bott, made the An exciting prosfinal 12 after a pect given they’ll series of training make their debuts camps following the alongside each other Volleyballers 2015 New Zealand after forming a close Samantha Mellow, 17, Secondary School bond at Omanu and Emerson Tod, 16. Volleyball. And Primary School,
to help their individual $4000 fundraising goals the two Year 12 students have organised top sports psychologist David Galbraith to speak at Mount Maunganui College next Tuesday, with tickets $25. To attend David’s talk from 6.30pm-8.30pm on Tuesday at Mt College Hall purchase a $25 ticket. Contact Jodi Tod on 021 053 0034 or Angela Mellow on 027 310 4640. By Luke Balvert
Get your skates on and get cheering for roller derby They’re a group of women not to be messed with – especially on roller skates. They’re a Mount Maunganui-based roller derby team and they’ve got a war to win this weekend.
On Saturday, the Mount Militia Derby Crew’s B Company is taking on Whakatane Roller Derby’s Black Pearls in the Neighbours at War bout at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre. Roller derby involves teams skating around a track – with two ‘jammer’ skaters from opposing teams trying to speed past the opposition’s crew of blockers.
Skater Becky Klein says this is the third bout against the Whakatane team. So far the scores are one-all, so all will be laid out on the line tomorrow. “We’re all pretty pumped and excited to get out there and play some derby.” The June 6 game is the Mount team’s first 2015 home game. Doors open 5.30pm, game starts 6pm. Tickets are adults $5and children under 12 cost $2.
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Polytechnic’s online engineering option In an effort to meet the demand for online study options, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is offering a select range of New Zealand Diploma in Engineering courses online with the next intake starting on July 20. Online learning allows students to balance work and life with flexible study schedules and the convenience of being able to study wherever you are – at home, work, or even in a café! Online students have the same access to our talented tutors, course materials and all the benefits that come with studying at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. The New Zealand Diploma in Engineering is a world recognised qualification that offers three streams: electrical, mechanical and civil. Bay of Plenty Polytechnic is one of the first institutions to deliver online learning for engineering students and intends to roll out further courses as the demand increases. Bay of Plenty Polytechnic engineering and electrotechnology group leader Mark Hendry believes the addition of online learning is a natural progression. “Students are continuously looking for more flexible study options to suit their lifestyle. “Some components of the courses, such as lab work, will require
Online study is now an option for engineering students. students to attend face-to-face classes – possibly onetwo per course, these will be a great opportunity to meet the tutors and fellow classmates,” says Mark. With engineering professionals on the New Zealand Skills Shortage list, graduates can expect plenty of job opportunities both in New Zealand and overseas. The next intake for the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering starts July 20. For more information, or to apply, call 0800 BOPPOLY or visit www.boppoly.ac.nz
Actively tackling obesity in the schoolyard In my last column I talked about the importance of regular snacks during the school day to optimise concentration. Today’s column takes a look at the “other side of the coin”. While the human body needs food for survival, we all know what happens if the amount of food consumed is not balanced with energy expended. In today’s society we face an increasing obesity problem. Schools alone can’t cure this problem, but schools are in a position to ensure students have opportunities to increase their physical activity and fitness.
The improved long-term health benefits of this are well documented. Tauranga has always been an area that values sport and exercise. Schools in the Bay are active participants in a wide variety of fitness activities, including organised sport. The well-subscribed AIMS Games, held in Tauranga for intermediate-age students, is testament to the importance schools place on physical activity. Alongside our belief in students taking regular snack breaks, ACG Tauranga has made a commitment to encourage students to be active. Our aim is to create an environ-
ment where students learn lifelong skills for healthy eating and active living. We include and encourage physical activity for all students by providing a variety of opportunities within and beyond the curriculum. Since the beginning of the year our students have experienced golf, cricket, kayaking, dance, swimming, indoor bowls, ball skills, cross-country running and water activities. One lunch hour per week is devoted to a compulsory physical activity, and through student requests we now have two lunchtime clubs: running and aerobics. As teachers, we observe that this physical exertion has a positive effect on learning – making for happy students and happy teachers!
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Help Te Puke’s Tai Mitchell team Te Puke is looking for sponsorships for its Tai Mitchell rugby team with the 2015 tournament being held in Whakatane on July 3-8.
Te Puke’s team has 23 boys with each required to raise $200, plus sponsorship is needed for coach Steve Miln, assistant coach Dean Heyblom and manager Vicki Hiini. For more information, contact Vicki Hiini on 027 498 3866.
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Face your financial reality to find success The team of experienced financial personal trainers at enableMe know it doesn’t take rocket science to see many low and high income earners are facing a myriad of financial challenges.
These can include debt management, saving for a first home, buying the next, and planning for travel or retirement. enableMe financial personal trainer Vanessa Dodunski says to overcome these challenges and turn them into accomplished goals is financial success. “Achieving financial success is some-
thing we all think about and for each of us that success is different,” says Vanessa. “It’s not based entirely on your income but more on achieving your short, medium and long term financial goals.” Undertaking this process also means facing up to financial reality, says Vanessa. “Financial reality is about taking a good look at yourself and those in your life and understanding not just where money comes from and is spent, but also your behaviour or psychology towards it. “Some people tend to be satisfied emotionally when shopping or buying. Some naturally save without conscious effort, and some seem to not care too much whether spending or saving – or they could be a combination of both.”
Vanessa says there’s a lot more detail behind each, but they all impact on how best to achieve your financial goals. “Reviewing your last three months’ bank statements is a good place to begin to understand where your money is spent and from that you’ll gain a good picture on your behaviour or psychology towards it. “Knowing both these points starts to give you control over your money rather than your money having control over you, and facing your financial reality becomes the first enableMe’s financial personal step to gaining your trainer Vanessa Dodunski. financial success.”
Tauranga - a great place for business growth It was pleasing to read last week in the ‘National Business Review’ a special report on Tauranga and the level of growth and development happening in the Bay of Plenty. Priority One, Tauranga’s economic development agency, says it’s helped 25 companies relocate to the area, and is currently talking to another 25. I think Tauranga is in a great place for businesses – it’s large enough to have the skill-base required for staffing, but it also has amazing lifestyle opportunities you can’t get in larger cities. The retail sector is stronger than most other regions, and the level of construction activity is looking good as well. Consumer and business confidence is high, and the Bay of Plenty currently has the highest net percentage of people who think they are better off financially than last year. While our region is often referred to as “the retirement capital of New Zealand”, the report noted new
figures show Tauranga is attracting a lot of young people and families. Perhaps most importantly, the latest figures from Statistics NZ show at 13 per cent, we have the highest levels of employment growth in New Zealand – well above the national average of four per cent. The BOP also had the highest increase in regional economic activity last year at 4.8 per cent, outpacing both Auckland and Canterbury. This is certainly the feeling I get when talking to constituents and businesses in Tauranga. That’s not to say we can’t do more, or that some people aren’t still doing it tough. We are always looking at what the Government can do to help support growth in the regions. The Bay of Plenty Regional Growth Study, which was launched in May, identifies the opportunities for economic growth in the wider Bay of Plenty. It notes the region is well placed to grow across a range of sectors; from horticulture and forestry to tourism and aquaculture. I’m looking forward to seeing these opportunities developed and realised during coming years.
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Council drives parking incentives Councillors voted 10-1 in favour of upgrading the trial parking scheme to permanent along with a raft of parking schemes in the CBD in Long Term Plan deliberations. This means weekday on-street parking charges will be tariffed between 9am-3pm and 9am-1pm on Saturdays. Charges will sit at $9 per day in the Spring St building, $7 per day in the Elizabeth St building, and an all-day charge of $5.50 for off-street parking. Council received 263 submissions on ‘City Centre Parking Pricing’ with 121 supporting the move to make ‘Free after Three' permanent. Some 70 in favour of option B, 71
throughout the day comes from registered as neutral, and one supgrowing pressure in the commercial ported both options. sector for secure and long-term The trial, in conjunction with parking for employees. Tauranga Mainstreet, has been He adds most running since last NZ cities run their July in an effort to parking meters attract more people from 8am-6pm. to the CBD. Martin says the But TCC strategic ‘early bird’ rate of planner Adele Had$7 at Elizabeth St field insists there’s has seen parkno evidence to ing numbers rise suggest the trial has considerably from proved beneficial. 35 per cent to “There’s been no being relatively change to people’s full, alongside parking behaviour Spring St. to take up that Refraining from price differential. ‘Free after Three’ in the ‘Free after “The $9 early bird Tauranga’s CBD has been Three' option in Spring St, and retained in council’s LTP. would save $3milthe $7 in Elizabeth lion in 10 years. But councillors St, has demonstrated people will Gail McIntosh says the jingle has change in the type of parking and a ring to it and council needs to price, but not to go on the street.” better publicise what the parking TCC transportation manager rates are within the city “to aid Martin Parkes says the need to this enticement”. retain fixed parking and prices
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Expansion plans for new tennis courts Before the nets have even gone up at the new Omokoroa Tennis Club, before the flash new LED lighting system has been turned on and the first ball whacked in anger, the group is looking to expand. When the club went to the Western Bay of Plenty District Council for assistance two years ago, the plan was for 50 or 60 members and two courts. But with the planned opening day of the new courts only three weeks away, the club has 100 members on the books. “One hundred players and two courts doesn’t compute,” says the club’s acting treasurer/membership secretary Steve Wall. The courts are still coming together. “The asphalt is due to go down, then the artificial surface and lights, while club members are doing the landscaping.” All going well with the work and the weather, the Omokoroa Tennis Club will open on Friday, June 26,” says Steve. There will be an official council opening and then a “bit of a bash”. The Omokoroa Tennis Club had humble beginnings. For many years the club met
on the courts at Omokoroa Point School between 9am and 11am on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. “Then two years ago we decided we needed somewhere to play tennis when we wanted.” And before the new $250,000 complex at Omokoroa Sports Ground is even opened, the club is making a case for another two courts. “With an online booking service for club members and being available to the wider public, we need more space, more courts already,” says Steve. And June 26 will be a
special day for Jimmy Carson. At 87, Jimmy is the club’s oldest member. There’s also a woman of 85, who’ll be turning out for the day.
Omokoroa Tennis Club’s steering committee at the site of the courts at the Western Ave ground before construction started.
The BOP - what a great place we live in It’s so easy to be critical, but let’s not forget that we live in the best city, in the best country in the world! Yes, I know our Green cousins criticise government agencies for promoting New Zealand as “100% Pure”, but that’s exactly how we are viewed from abroad – and visitors to our country do not go away disappointed. Let’s celebrate what we have – yes it can still be improved, but we are a long way ahead of most places
in the world. New Zealand is paradise, and Tauranga is a most special place within that paradise. Again, I should record my appreciation of what we’re achieving in the Western Bay of Plenty. I’m looking for much more effectiveness and efficiency in our city, district and regional councils, but I do
acknowledge the fact that the Bay of Plenty has the highest GDP growth of all regions in the last 12 months. The fact is we currently still sit below the New Zealand average in GDP per capita, and Tauranga – with its high retirement population – underperforms the rest of the Bay, so there is no room for complacency.
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Choosing the ultimate peninsula lifestyle What does your ultimate lifestyle look like? At Omokoroa Views, residents choose their lifestyle. They can be as busy, or as quiet as they like.
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Re-think on council buildings The option of levelling and redeveloping the entire Tauranga City Council administration block is on the table, according to reports received during the Long Term Plan deliberations this week. Issues with the buildings are bad enough to warrant “consideration of options other than remediation of existing buildings,” says the
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Oral probiotic reduces ear and throat infections Italian researchers have confirmed a certain oral probiotic species significantly reduces ear infections, throat infections and tonsillitis among children and adults with recurring infections. In the most recent study, published in March’s ‘Journal of Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy’, researchers studied 40 adults who had a history of frequent strep throat infections and/or tonsillitis. They were divided into two groups
of 20 adults. For 90 days, one group was given an oral probiotic containing Streptococcus salivarius K12, while the other group went untreated. While the control group saw no change, the oral probiotic group
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experienced an 80 per cent decrease in streptococcal pharyngeal infections, or strep throat and tonsillitis. Another study investigating throat infections and ear infections among children was published last November in the ‘International Journal of General Medicine’. This study included 82 children between the ages of four and five.
the 90-day treatment period and six-month follow-up. Those 41 youngsters had a 90 per cent reduction in throat infections. Among those with recurrent ear infections there was a 40 per cent reduction. Ironically, the patented Bacteriocin-Like Inhibitory Substance – or BLIS – a K12 strain of Streptococcus salivarius was isolated in New Zealand from a healthy child’s mouth. It has been propagated and infused into several commerciallyavailable lozenges and gums.
Have courage to tackle hip pain Hardly a day goes by without one of my clients reporting improvements in their health. There is one common denominator for all these people – they had the courage to try something different. I’ve been helping a client with longstanding hip pain. Her GP was unable to be absolutely sure of the cause of the pain. In the absence of a definite diagnosis, we treated it with anti-inflammatory nutrients and extra magnesium to relax muscle fibres and nerves. Within three months the problem had completely gone. She can now walk feely and sleep comfortably. Hip pain at night is one sign of hip bursitis. Often the affected hip will become sore even after 10 minutes lying on that side. This can make for a really disrupted sleep which was certainly the case here. We added a broad spectrum multi mineral/antioxidant/vitamin to ensure her cells had access to the vitamins and minerals they need for normal function. The botanical antioxidants like grape seed extract
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Of these 82 children, 65 had been recently diagnosed with a streptococcal infection of the ears, which is otitis media, and/or throat infections, known as strep throat and/or tonsillitis. The researchers gave 45 of the diagnosed children the same oral probiotic with Streptococcus salivarius K12. Forty-one children completed
have significant anti-inflammatory action. We included my triple action rapid absorption magnesium to relax the muscles and tendons in the hip joint. We then added my specific joint formula that combines high amounts of chondroitin with turmeric extract and glucosamine to help with joint function. These types of non-arthritic joint problems respond well to high levels of chondroitin and especially curcumin – the active antiinflammatory compound in turmeric. A tip with curcumin is to add or increase ground black pepper to your diet. This significantly improves curcumin absorption. We started with 1500mg of chondroitin and glucosamine and 200mg of a 95 per cent curcumin (turmeric) extract. Once the joint settled down, we reduced the doses to half this level. Her programme is now down to a minimal maintenance dose and she feels great. Give me a call if you need more information. To join my full weekly newsletter go to www.abundant.co.nz John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559. To read more go to www.sunlive.co.nz
intently it’s like a form of praise all its own. Somehow, I feel regarded (if not slightly brilliant).” I think one of the best ways of disclosing another’s riches to themselves is by listening in such a way – almost a form of praise. This type of listening becomes a
special form of encouragement, appreciation and affirmation given to the other. How well are you at listening in such a way to those around you? If you’d like to know more about coaching phone Mary Parker on 07 577 1200, or visit www.coachingtheattitude.co.nz
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Don’t underestimate asthma’s danger Kiwis are too cavalier in managing their asthma symptoms and could even be putting their children with asthma at risk of hospitalisation, according to Asthma NZ.
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world, with nearly 8000 people hospitalised each year and an estimated 65 deaths annually as a result of the condition. More than 500,000 New Zealanders are affected by the condition with one in seven New Zealand children taking medication for asthma, and one in nine adults. Asthma New Zealand executive director Linda Thompson says patients need to be aware of how dangerous asthma can be if it’s not managed appropriately. She says now is the time to focus on the condition and how Kiwis can better manage
asthma in their everyday lives. “When it comes to children, sometimes parents can underestimate the danger of asthma, and this needs to be addressed in order to keep kids out of hospital, and feeling happy and healthy despite living with the condition.” Adults also needed to be aware of the potential risks of not adequately managing their symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and chest tightness, and seek expert advice if their daily life was frequently restricted due to asthma, says Linda.
“While there is no cure for asthma, people can manage it successfully by understanding as much as possible about it, working with your practice nurse and doctor to manage the condition, and knowing about the best ways to take prescribed asthma medicine. “It’s also important to find out what your asthma triggers to avoid them wherever possible, monitor your asthma and seek a review by your doctor, or an education session from an asthma nurse at your local Asthma NZ society, if symptoms are getting worse.” Linda says parents need to be informed of how asthma medication works and regularly check their child’s symptoms to ensure they’re not getting worse and are being addressed effectively
Volunteers needed for NZ drug trials Independent clinical research company P3 Research is looking for volunteers to help in clinical trials for several studies. P3 Research would like to hear from people who are experiencing smoker’s lung (COPD), bronchiectasis, asthma, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis of knees or hips – or Type 2 diabetes. Every new medication prescribed and funded by Pharmac in New Zealand must undergo rigorous and time-consuming clinical testing. This testing is commissioned and paid for by the pharmaceutical company developing or planning to market the new drug. Typically, it takes many years
for drugs to finally reach the market after their initial discovery. P3 Research says New Zealand has an active and growing involvement in clinical trials. They help bring income to the country, provide jobs and satisfaction for health professionals and allow access to new drugs for participants often years before they would otherwise be available. Participants obtain close observation and supervision of their treatment by experienced medical personnel, at no cost to themselves – and with compensation for travel expenses and sometimes reimbursement for time given. The greatest advantage is the availability of new medications for those with conditions for which their current
The dangers of the paracetamol challenge Liver damage is just one of the health effects facing participants of a new craze that’s sweeping the social media. And health professionals in the Bay have labelled the ‘paracetamol challenge’ as extremely dangerous. The potentially lethal game is doing the rounds on social media in England and involves people swallowing as many tablets as possible. Bay of Plenty District Health medical director Dr Hugh Lees says paracetamol causes serious liver damage when taken in overdose. “You wouldn’t necessarily know that was happening until sometime
afterwards,” says Hugh. “There is usually a delay of days to weeks before that liver damage becomes apparent. “Developing liver failure would manifest itself in the patient starting to feel tired and weak and then could progress to them becoming jaundiced. “These are symptoms that are not always obvious to the individual or their family.” Hugh says if someone takes an overdose, themselves, their peers or a responsible person who becomes aware of it, should take them to the hospital or their GP immediately.
treatments are insufficient or not funded, such as diabetes. People who’d like to consider being involved in one of the numerous clinical trials currently undertaken or planned at P3 Research LTD, please contact them on 0800 786529 or email info@p3research.co.nz. For more information, visit www.p3research.co.nz
by the medication prescribed. “It’s essential that people with asthma, and those living with someone who has asthma, also stop smoking or don’t start smoking in the first place. “Cigarette smoke is a very common trigger for serious asthma episodes among adults and children alike.” For more information, visit www.asthma-nz.org.nz
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Male, elderly, healthy and...miserable! They keep telling me to enjoy getting old, to celebrate the fact I’m alive and healthy enough to enjoy it. Bollocks! It’s not about enjoying, it’s about enduring I’m 64 and now have to sit down to pull my socks on. I can see my toes, I just can’t reach them standing up. I’m only slightly comforted that a female friend, a
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yoga, pilates and jogging disciple with fewer miles on the clock, has to sit down to pull her knickers on. And when I go for one of my four-a-week 10km runs, I fall asleep afterwards. And when I traipse off to the loo once more in the dead of night my ‘dicky’ knees creak sufficiently to attract a noise abatement notice. They have certainly been known to wake people. They loosen up only after a cycle ride, which in turn sponsors another bout of torpor. There are other dead giveaways that I’m being consumed by age. For example, I listen to the national programme, I enjoy not having to go out on a Saturday night, I have developed an attachment to the neighbour’s cat and I can see vast expanses of scalp when I look in the mirror. I’ve also noticed festoons of hair from orifices that should not grow hair. And I’m terminally intolerant – loveable but intolerant. I also enjoy my own company. I have to because no-one else does. It’s all downhill from here. However, I’m constantly reminded to prolong the indignity. “Keep moving” they say “because if you don’t use it you’ll lose it”
– and lots of other jingoistic nonsense. Do I really want to be a nimble nonagenarian or a sprightly centenarian? Not really – but the alternative ain’t that attractive either. Now men my age, well slightly older than me, spend an average 10 hours a day sitting or lying, making this the most sedentary age group. But if I want to stay pain-free, reduce my risk of mental illness and be sociable and independent I have to stay mobile. And mobile can be anything that keeps my body moving – anything from walking to recreational sport – and 30 minutes worth over five days of each week. And on the other two days we should be strengthening muscles and bones – weight training, carrying heavy loads and heavy gardening. That doesn’t leave much time for bevvies down the Bureta Bar, wall-to-wall sports coverage on Sky or perusing FindSomeone for a life-long partner. By Jim Bunny
Let’s talk about men’s health in Tauranga When it comes to men’s health – the biggest barrier is talking about it, according to Unichem Faulkners Pharmacy manager Stuart MacDonald. That’s why he’s hosting a free informative evening focused on men’s health at 59 The Strand on June 10. The evening will cover issues including heart health, mental health, skincare, prostate health, erectile dysfunction
and pharmacy services available for men. Stuart says the aim of the event is to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of these common prob-
lems that can cause larger issues if they’re not addressed. “We want them to know it’s okay to talk about their health and letting them know they’re not alone. “It’s about raising the profile of men’s health and encouraging men to get checked.” The free men’s health event is at 59 The Strand on Wednesday, June 10, from 6pm. By Zoe Hunter
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BROTHER ALMOST DIED.” IT STARTED WITH A SORE THROAT
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Growing through the grief Parents are part of our lives forever. To children – this means mum and dad living in the same house, sleeping in the same bed and eating dinner at the same table. But for some families, this isn’t the case. Sometimes, mum and dad split up – and someone moves out. This can be very confusing for a child who’s spent their life with both parents to tuck them in at night, read bedtime stories and kiss them goodnight. Having no mum or dad
around can be a lot to deal with. It was a hard time for daughter of Tauranga mum Hayley. We’re only calling her by her first name. Hayley and the father of her fiveyear-old separated one year ago. Her girl wasn’t dealing with the separation very well. “She was quite unhappy and it got worse. She was always talking about us getting back together and crying a lot. I needed to do something to make my girl happy again.” And she did. Hayley signed up to Growing Through Grief ’s programme – Seasons. It’s a programme for children who’ve lost someone close to them through death, separation or other reasons. “My daughter loved it,” says Hayley. “She met some new friends and got to talk about how she felt.” She also got to draw, paint and crayon her feelings. “She did lots of drawings. From that we could see where the problem was – she was upset about her dad going.” Hayley wasn’t counting on Seasons to work. But it did. “She’s back to her old bubbly self. I think it was just having someone to talk
people. It was good because you got to talk about your past, how you feel and where to from here. “The best part was hearing everybody else has their story as well and that you’re not going through this on your own.” There was no advice given, no finger pointing, and no judging – just talking. What’s life like now for Hayley? “Life is great. Things are a lot happier and a lot better.” She highly recommends the course. Growing Through Grief Tauranga co-ordinator Naudeen Heerschap says the programme is based on extensive research and has been proven to really help children through a tough time. “Growing through Grief lets children know they are not alone and gives them a safe place to process their experiences.” Two programmes run every school term in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui. For more Growing Through Grief programmes details, call Growing through helps children know they’re not Grief on 07 213 0218 or Naualone and gives them a safe place to deen on 021 766 469. process their experiences. By Zoe Hunter
to who wasn’t family.” Seasons also offer an optional group for parents and caregivers that runs alongside the children’s programme. So Hayley got to talk about her feelings too. And just like her daughter – Hayley loved it too. “I met some amazing
The ‘perfect’ gift for an expectant mum During the weekend I attended a friend’s baby shower and as I shopped around for the cutest, yet most practical gift, I was left thinking: ‘What is the perfect gift for an expectant Mum?’ After a huge amount of googling and talking to other woman I realised I wasn’t the only one struggling. It appears baby gifts are difficult to find, even for the most sophisticated shopper. After all, every woman is different, things change with each baby born – while some new mums favour the next big thing for a baby gift, others still appreciate money-savers or old-fashioned keepsakes that will last generations. In my quest to suggest the perfect gift I’m unable
to deliver. However, I can suggest all gifts fall into four major groups and I guess it’s up to you to work out what group the expectant mummy requires and/or desires. Clothes, bibs, bottles, face wipes, nappies and hand-me-downs are practical gifts. The tools that help to get the job done. Costly additions to the household budget including nappies and baby wipes are money-saving gifts. Then there’s the gifts many of us like to buy because they’re so darn cute. They usually get the ‘ohhhs’ and ‘ahhhs’ at the party but aren’t always practical. Futuristic gifts. This is where you completely ignore the newborn stage and look for memorabilia options or cute dresses – the backyard jungle gym for the children aged two-plus. To join our conversations, pop over to Jemmas Homebased Childcare Facebook page.
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Frankie’s flying wildlife message A waxeye attacked by cats, a penguin mauled by a Liza says ARRC is working to obtain sufficient funddog and a morepork hit by a truck. These are true stoing so the books can be distributed to Bay of Plenty ries Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre Wildlife schools with suggested lesson plans and perhaps an Trust encounters regularly, which are being relayed in ARRC education officer, so children can be educated children’s books to educate youngsters about caring about human impact on wildlife. for wildlife. “Long-term we’re aiming to Illustrated by Stiaan Viljoen, ‘Frankie distribute these books and the Flypaper’ is the first of the nationally and eight-book series to be through comlaunched today. mercial channels ARRC founder Liza Schso we can share neider believes education this information is imperative for a sustainwith as many able, long-term solution people as possible for many of the issues the throughout New trust encounters where Zealand.” man impacts on nature. ARRC is look“One of ARRC’s aims is ing for sponsors to help educate children to help with about the importance of the education conservation, environmenproject and they ARRC Wildlife Trust manager Sue Mackey and founder tal sustainability, animal welcome interest Liza Schneider and manager Sue Mackey reading ‘Frankie from illustrawelfare and how these and the Flypaper’ to Livia Cooke, 2, and Alenie Cooke, 4. tors interested in themes link in together.”
Students proving their Asia-wise Can you see the Great Wall of China from space? Apparently you can’t. Some say the iconic wall is the only human-built structure that can be seen from space – others say you can’t easily see it from low
earth orbit with the unaided eye. Tauranga Girls’ College Year 9 student Abbie Mortimer answered ‘no’ in the Asia Wise competition. It was one of the questions she got right in the annual Australasian-wide competition that tests students on Asian geography, history, knowledge and skills. She received 98 per cent. A confusion with the Indian diet stopped the 13-year-old from achieving the perfect score. The question she missed was: “Which of the following statements about the diet of Indians is true? Hindus do not believe in eating pork. Muslims do Tauranga Girls College students Abbie not believe in eating beef ”. Mortimer, 13, and Amy Earles, 13. Abbie got them mixed
up. The answer? “All of the above is false.” Classmate Amy Earles also received 98 per cent in the secondary school’s competition. Just two per cent off a perfectly answered questionnaire – Abbie and Amy still received top scores. TGC teacher Murray Armstrong says the pair will undoubtedly have some of the top scores in Australasia. “The average result is 42 per cent. So that puts into context how difficult a lot of the students find it – to get 98 is quite phenomenal.” Murray says Tauranga Girls’ College prides itself on being an Asiawise school. “We’ve put a lot of emphasis on our Asia connection.” By Zoe Hunter
illustrating some of the upcoming books. Liza hopes to release the second book – ‘Wiremu the Waxeye’ – in the next few months. The books cost $12.50, with all funds going towards ARRC. They will be available from ARRC at 212 Fraser St or online at www.arrc.org.nz ‘Frankie and the Flypaper’ will also be available at the Village Markets at Historic Village today. By Zoe Hunter
Luna needs better luck
Luna is one of nine cats and kittens that recently came to ARRC because the owners were no longer able to look after them all. She’s six months old and an absolute smooch! She’s so super friendly and loving and just wants to have some company. Luna has been de-sexed, vaccinated, vet-checked, micro-chipped, de-flead and wormed. To help ARRC cover some of these vet costs it asks for $105 for her adoption. If you’d like to meet beautiful Luna, please contact ARRC on 07 579 9115. You can also check out ARRC’s TradeMe listings to see all kittens they have available for adoption.
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Kickstart winter with a good old stew The start of June marks the start of winter in New Zealand – and it often creates a hankering among many for a good ol’ stew.
Classic beef stew – drenched in a rich, meaty gravy and studded with carrots and shallots – is a winter family favourite. But most recipes involve tossing the meat with flour to thicken the gravy. This recipe uses almond flour; and if you avoid nuts, you could use gluten-free all-purpose flour instead. This recipe can be cooked either in a slow cooker or on the stove top. Time-saving tip: To shave several minutes off your preparation time, ask your butcher to do it for you. They have super-sharp knives and lots of practise. This recipe comes from ‘Gluten-Free Recipes in 30 minutes’ which is out now. The book is available from www.exislepublishing.co.nz and wherever good books are sold. RRP is $24.99.
Beef and Shallot Stew
Ingredients 900g beef stew meat, cubed Salt Freshly ground black pepper 2 Tbsp almond flour 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 8–10 garlic cloves 10 shallots, peeled, bulbs separated
1 cup sliced carrots 2 cups gluten-free beef broth 1 tsp dried thyme 1 tsp dried sage Method Season the beef with salt and pepper, then place it in a plastic bag. Add the almond flour, seal the bag shut, and shake it well to coat. Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat and add the beef and garlic cloves. Cook for three to four minutes, turning occasionally, until it’s lightly browned on all sides. If using a slow cooker, transfer the meat to the slow cooker – use one with a 5.5L capacity. Stir in the shallots, carrots, beef broth, thyme and sage. Cover and cook on low heat for six to eight hours or on high heat for four to five hours, until the meat and vegetables are tender. If cooking on the stove top, heat a 5.5L Dutch oven or large stockpot over medium heat. Add the meat, shallots, carrots, beef broth, thyme and sage, and bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the meat is very tender, about two hours. Serve hot.
Butchery stakes base on new block Fresh, quality meat is being served up at Bostock Butchery’s brand new location behind Farmlands in Te Puna. Owner Garth Bostock encourages customers to come in and see their new premises and extensive range of product. “There is something for everyone. Now you can preorder so it’s ready upon your arrival, or we can deliver to your door to make life a little easier.” Garth says the butchery produces just about everything on-site and they pack it themselves, so they know exactly what they’re selling from their factory shop. “I believe the product you buy should be properly
aged and ready for use. It’s not for you to take it home and have to age it yourself.” Garth says the butchery aims to provide clean, lean meat without preservatives or additives ready to eat. “All of our beef and lamb is raised in New Zealand on our beautiful grass – what I call real free range. “Our pigs are sourced in NZ, which are mostly from the South Island – and we sell the new Bostock free range whole organic chickens from
the Hawke’s Bay.” Their German master butcher has his own recipes and has improved their small goods recipes, says Garth. “For those of you who like a good German sausage, we have the Bratwurst thuringer which is to die for.” Among their delicious selection of quality meats, the butchery also offers a range of sausages that are gluten and preservative free. For quality, lean meats, visit Bostock Butchery owner the new Bostock Garth Bostock. Butchery today.
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Chef cooks up finalist vegetarian dish A Tauranga chef who believes vegetarians sometimes get a bad deal when they’re dining out, with many menus failing to offer a great deal of choice, is now in the running to win a national vegetarian dish challenge.
Tauranga chef Simon Green is a finalist in the New Zealand Vegetarian Dish Challenge 2015.
slowly in a vacuum Trinity Wharf's executive chef Simon bag, is very popuGreen has been named a finalist in lar right now so the New Zealand Vegetarian Dish I decided to take Challenge 2015, which celthat same cooking ebrates the very best of fresh technique but apply NZ grown vegetables. it to a potato. Simon a finalist in “The confit potato the Dinner category ended up rich and soft thanks to his dish of with beautiful herb flaconfit baby potato vours, combined with a deep and cauliflower fried dukkah crusted halloumi. mousse with What’s not to like about vegetarautumn baby ian food?” vegetables. In its fourth year, the NZ He says Vegetarian Dish Challenge vegetables are Simon Green’s finalist dish attracted more than 200 under-utilised and have of confit baby potato and entries. so much to offer with difcauliflower mousse with Three winners, announced ferent flavours, colours and autumn baby vegetables. in July, will each be awarded textures. a New Zealand Vegetarian “You can be just as creative Dish winner plate, a Samsung 1100w-semi with vegetable as with meat or fish-based commercial programmable microwave and meals and I like to let them shine rather an Air NZ mystery weekend voucher worth than just be a component on the plate to $1200. make up a meal.” Other finalists in Simon’s category Simon’s dish is available in Halo restauinclude Cole Falloon of Palliser Bay, Feathrant at Trinity Wharf throughout June and erston and Eugene Sokolovski of the Ribier is being matched with a vegan wine. Restaurant in Huapai. “Cooking meat sous vide style, cooking
Pesticides in baby food called into question A Safe Food Campaign petition asking the Government for zero tolerance on pesticide residues in baby food has failed to sway the Primary Production Committee. The committee decided on May 29 not to act on the peti-
tion despite similar directives in place in the European Union. The committee acknowledged the public interest to Kiwis and the concern felt about toxins in food, especially for parents of newborns and young children. However, they didn’t call for a more extensive baby food residue surveillance programme, as suggested by the Safe Food Campaign.
Safe Food Campaign co-convenor Alison White says every five to six years a mere eight samples of four kinds of baby food are analysed for pesticide residues “and this is absolutely inadequate”. And pesticides were found in more than 30 per cent of baby food samples in the last Total Diet Survey in 2009. Alison says New Zealand baby
food had 533 per cent more pesticide residues in contrast to the EU. “We want to make parents more aware of the dangers certain pesticide residues pose to babies and young children. “To this end, we’re running a campaign the week of June 15 to protect our children from toxic pesticides here in NZ.” For more information, see www.safefood.org.nz
Butchers sharpen their knives Young butchers nationwide are sharpening their knives in anticipation of the 2015 Alto Young Butcher and Competenz Butcher Apprentice of the Year. Seventy-three butchery protégées have entered five regional competition stages to vie to make the Grand Final on September 10 at Shed 10 in Auckland. The regional competitions see entrants have two hours to turn a beef rump, pork loin and a size 20 chicken into a display of value-added cuts.
Butchers will be judged on practical skills during the cutting test, communication ability in an interview and their knowledge of the trade in an exam. The top Alto Young Butcher and Competenz Butcher Apprentice from five regionals then move to the Grand Final, where finalists compete for an international butchery study tour. This year’s Grand Final includes the third annual Tri-Nations Butchers’ Challenge, where NZ’s national butchery team, The Pure South Sharp Blacks, will defend their twotime title against the United Kingdom and Australia.
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Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas Tauranga City councillor Matt Cowley’s column in The Weekend Sun on May 29 states it’s cowardly for people, namely former councillors, to make submissions requesting council cut staff numbers. Well I have steadfastly maintained for five years that council staff numbers need addressing. Councillor Cowley should identify and spell out who the former councillors are supporting my views as I’d be very interested to know. TCC’s annual wage bill is about $38 million or about 32 per cent of rating income. It should be 22 per cent and on this basis alone staff levels of about 550 should be reduced to 380. At $70,000 per head this saves $12 million per annum. In addition Council Controlled Organisations and CityCare have many hundreds more staff plus consultants. Undertake a robust totally independent audit of
Too much management
I was somewhat disappointed in Councillor Matt Cowley's column ‘ Are council’s staff numbers out of staff and systems; then put in place control’ in The Weekend Sun on May 29. He should a staff sinking lid policy. Although named the former councillors he was referring to this was partially and calling cowardly as they make, according to him, undertaken in 2011 public requests for council to cut council staff numbers with 40 redundanin order for ratepayers to save money. cies, the process was By not naming them, Councillor Cowley accuses all hijacked and staff numbers former councillors and surely that wasn’t his intention? ballooned out. Management is From experience it’s not always necessary for service top heavy with a 1:4 ratio when levels to reduce as staff numbers either stabilise or for should be 1:10. If that matter reduce as it is the way that things are carcouncillors and ried out that makes the difference and this is where I TCC administrafeel TCC currently fails. tion are unwilling or incapable of organising such It almost seems he has basically given up or is this just an audit, let me arrange this – I’m more than capable. the view of a former bureaucrat, who is more conThose that have the guts to speak out are not the cowards, cerned with protecting his role rather than the interests it is councillors who lack fortitude to address this aberration of ratepayers as a whole? thereby costing ratepayers millions of dollars. Turkeys don’t vote The forced merger of the Auckland councils was in for Christmas! R Paterson, Mt Maunganui. part driven by predicted significant staffing cost savEditor’s note: Read Cr Matt Cowley’s response to this letter on ings, as were several reviews of staffing numbers by the SunLive.co.nz under the ‘Letters to Ed’ tab. current and last CEO of TCC - all of which seem to have failed miserably. Resthome games: Linking the annual Rest It’s also very well, Cr Cowley, to say the council Home games to a children’s party in ‘A battle of the of 2013 has been brave enough to engage the comages’ (The Sun, May 29) was a demeaning and unformunity on which services could be decreased, should tunate choice of words in a report that was obviously staff numbers actually be reduced, but engagement meant to be positive. Where is the respect due to those and achieving meaningful outcomes are two entirely whose diligence in their working lives paved the way different matters. I wonder how many people think to the education and standard of living enjoyed by so the overall level of service has improved, as opposed many young people today? Moreover, marvelling at the to decline, as currently council staff numbers are still activity and sociability of the aged is now old hat; these escalating and maybe the real problem seems to be the attributes are the new norm for the modern senior number and the cost of too many middle and upper citizen. M Whitwell, Tauranga City. management positions within the council staff. Editor’s Note: No offence was intended in the article M Baker, Bethlehem. - the introduction was simply a novel way of describing Editor’s note: Read Cr Matt Cowley’s response to a neat annual event we have in our city. this letter on SunLive.co.nz under ‘Letters to Ed’ tab.
A personal experience with coeliac This is a reply to letters published in The Weekend Sun on May 29 from Fiona Boyle ‘A serious autoimmune disorder is what it is’ and Pip McKay ‘The right facts about coeliac’ about their response to my column concerning my daughter’s coeliac disease and accompanying leaky gut. Firstly, the inclusion of the coeliac logo was editorial design of the page – my column was about my personal experience. When it became clear my daughter had a major problem, the first thing she removed from her diet was gluten. I failed to mention this fact and that was a mistake. There’s no question gluten is the cause of coeliac. Prior to the discovery of gluten as the cause, various diets were tried. Those that were successful contained gelatin. It was found to be of great value as an adjunct in the treatment of coeliac disease, supplying muchneeded nutrition, controlling hydrochloric acid, it’s colloidal qualities blandly soothing, providing an abundant flow of gastric juice thus relieving nerve irritation. What is gelatin? Gelatin is flavourless, translucent and a processed form of the structural protein collagen. It is obtained from the connective tissue, bones and hides of animals. It varies greatly in quality, which
is why there has always been an inconsistency with research results. The better the quality the better the result. Gelatin contains nine of the 18 necessary amino acids – glycine 35 per cent , proline and hydroxyproline – 21 per cent, alanine – 11 per cent. Glycine is anti-inflammatory required by the liver for toxin elimination. Gelatin does not contain tryptophan found in muscle meat - an inflammatory. As far as the use of gelatin for coeliac I have only my own and my daughter’s experience to recount. So far it has certainly helped her. Whether it will get her well again, time will tell. It seemed to help many prior to 1950 – their stories are still available on the internet – all now in their eighties. They believe Gelatin was a major contributor to their complete healing. Finally, there’s an implication the sole reason for my column was to ‘flog’ product. Would I risk the life of my daughter and my grandson purely to ‘flog’ product? Here’s a woman with three growing sons and a high profile husband travelling most weeks - one of her son has a serious ailment. When the call went out I was relentless in my search for an answer. At this stage it appears to be gelatin. Perhaps, just perhaps, Grandma was right! Bruce Hart, Hardy’s Papamoa.
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Change with the times - or you’ll have to fold your tent The Tauranga CBD is in its death throes, which is patently obvious by the number of empty shops. A final nail in the coffin will be the new shopping centre in The Lakes area and Kmart opening in Bethlehem. Tauranga City Council - the cash cows - need to get their act to together and sort out the parking issues. The retailers and other businesses are ratepayers and TCC punishes them for that by overpricing parking and driving shoppers to other districts. Online shopping is another problem and the way round this could be for shopkeepers to stop whining about it and join in the game.
Why don’t the retailers and businesses get together and set up a let’s say a www.Devonport mall site? It is not so smart for everyone to have their own site. Each shop would have its own page on the site with all products and services offered including sales and deals and would start getting the benefits of online selling. There would then be less of a problem with people show rooming if better prices were offered on the site. The old coterminous ways of doing business are gone - everybody has got to change with the times or fold their tent. Alastair Bourne, Bethlehem.
An overgrown Galah? Or the people’s champion?
Contrary to Rogers’ Rabbits last week, I believe John Campbell is a brilliant, investigative reporter. His programme amused and informed us. He exposed corruption and injustices. He championed the poor. He helped us to help the needy and kept us informed as to how our money was used. A man of integrity with a kind heart, he doesn’t need Snickers bars, he is a hero of the people. He called politicians to account and asked for explanations. Nothing will convince me that cancelling the ‘Campbell Live’ programme is not political spite. The programme ratings did not warrant cancellation. V Dolden, Papamoa.
People blame the Government for all the ills that we face today, completely forgetting the fact they are there because the public voted them in. The MPs will always go with opinions of the mass - to do otherwise means they will be out of office. The question is what does the flag mean to you? It cannot be humanity, because some have many houses, while others have none and have little chance of doing so on less than a living wage. The Salvation Army is the only one of many church organisations leading the charge for change. Where are the others We have 250,000 children below the poverty line, which means building bigger and better prisons for the forgotten and neglected. About $150,000 for each prisoner per year - who pays that? Getting back to our flag, if we cannot claim to stand for humanity, the answer must be inhumane and proud of it. Ron Chamberlain, Otumoetai.
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E N T E R T A I N M E N T G U I D E The Weekend Sun’s ever popular guide to ‘What’s On’ in the Bay.
Friday 5 June
Kiss the Fish Experience “songs that
make you tingle”. At the 2014 theatre awards Kiss the Fish won Best Play, Best Composer & Best Supporting Actor. At Baycourt June 5-6 7.30pm. 577 7189 or baycourtboxoffice@tauranga.govt.nz
Saturday 6 June
Alcoholics Anonymous Women’s meet-
ing at St Andrews, Dee St 10-11am, children welcome. 0800 229 6757 Art in the Park Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui 8.30am - 5pm, weather permitting. Tauranga Society of Artists offer for sale a variety of art to suit all tastes. Bayfair Night Market Arts, crafts, jewellery, fresh produce, food stalls & more. Bayfair Shopping Centre, cnr Maunganui Rd & Girven Rd, Mt Maunganui 6-11pm. Free entry. 022 588 2282 or email: tauranganightmarket@hotmail.com “Beauty for Ashes” Seminar At the Community Church, 139 Hamurana Drive, Omokoroa 10am - 3pm. Door donation, bring & share lunch. Come Dance the Night Away Sequence & old time dancing. Note: change of venue. Baptist Church Hall cnr Cameron Rd/13th Ave 7.30pm. Great music & supper. Entry $7. Run by Tauranga Social Dance. Jan 544 4379 Diabetes Help Tauranga Network meeting at Kempton Park Village Pavilion, Paeroa Rd, Bethlehem 10am. Drop in clinic June 18 at Bongards Pharmacy, Greerton. Free counsellor & RN available to help anyone living with diabetes. 571 3422 Garage Sale June 13 at St Mary’s Church Hall, Bayfair 8.30am. Crockery & cutlery, electrical items, ornaments, handbags, beauty products, jewellery, books & more. 575 9945
Ha Derech/The Way Messianic Kehilat
Now at Hillier Centre, Bayfair Shabbat/ Saturday 10am. A one new man community & welcome all seekers of the truth. 544 7424 or 021 0226 3515
Let’s Dance Ballroom & Latin Dance Club Live dance tempo music. Second Sat
of month at Bethlehem Hall 7-10.30pm. Bruce 576 5598 Live Roller Derby Mount Militia Derby Crew vs Whakatane Roller Derby League at the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, cnr Devonport Rd/11th Ave. Doors open 5.30pm, game starts 6.30pm. $5 adults, $2 under 12’s, children under 2 yrs free. EFTPOS available at the door. Email: mountmilitia@hotmail.co.nz Papamoa Group Dogwalking Fortnightly group dog walk around waterways & beaches. Meet at Papamoa Plaza 9am. Tennille 021 030 6835 Preloved Clothing Bazaar Historic Village, 17th Ave 9am – 12pm. All garments $5, cash only. Proceeds to Turning Point Trust.
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Community events and occasions across the Bay. Pg 39
Stories, snippets, strangeness, and general entertainment. Pg 40
Sailing (IOM) International One Meter Radio Controlled Yachts - The fastest growing sailing class of today. Come for a sail & get hooked. Every Sat & Weds at Landing Drive, The Lakes 1-4pm. Pat 0274 731 765 Taichi Qigong Every Sat in Memorial Park between mini golf & playground 10am. Free to join in. Tauranga Farmers Market Fresh & artisian produced food. Tauranga Primary School cnr 5th Ave & Cameron Rd every Sat 7.45am - 12pm. Trixie 552 5278 or www.taurangafarmersmarket.co.nz Village Radio Community radio broadcasting from Tauranga Historic Village 1368 kHz AM. Music of 1920’s - 80’s weekends 9am - 5pm, weekdays 10am - 5pm. Specialty programmes. www.villageradio.co.nz or 571 3710
Quakers in Tauranga Mainly silent worship, hour long meeting followed by tea & talk. Every Sunday in hall behind Brain Watkins Historic House 10am. 544 0448
Weekend Activities for the Over 60’s
Walks, dinners, day trips & good times. Richard 578 3894 Welcome Bay Markets First Sat of month at Welcome Bay Hall car park 9am - 12pm. Stalls $5. 544 9774 or info. wbcc@xtra.co.nz Youth Leaders Breakfast 2015 June 13 at Elim Youth Café, 14 Christopher St (behind McD’s) 8-9.30am with special guest Yvonne Godfrey. 5 important things you need to know before you leave school. Free entry. Includes continental breakfast, waffles, coffee/hot chocolate. Presented by Summerhill Youth Academy. RSVP to Garth 027 828 8940 email: garth@summerhillacademy.co.nz
Sunday 7 June
Bay Bible Fellowship/Lord’s Day
Worship service, Welcome Bay Primary School Hall, 309 Welcome Bay Rd 10am. A new 3-part series called “Unforgettable Forgiveness” Part 1 - Forgiveness you didn’t expect. www.bbf.net.nz Bethlehem Lions Market 1st & 3rd Sun of month at Historic Village on 17th Ave 8am - 12pm. Bible Seminars Every Sun at Greerton Senior Citizen’s Hall, Maitland St, Greerton 1.45pm. Title: “Jesus returns to earth - a promise.” Interactive, Q&A. Refreshments provided. Vic 543 0504 Chamber Music Concert St Peters Anglican Church, Victoria Rd, Mount 2.30pm. Featuring Chalium Poppy, organ & Hiro Kobayashi, principal trumpet with Waikato Symphony Orchestra. Tickets at door, adults $20, children free. Czech & Slovak Club Tauranga School & kindy classes for children with Czech/ Slovak background every Sunday at Arataki Community Centre 10am-12pm except school holidays. New members welcome. www.facebook.com/csclubtauranga, email in-fo@csclubtauranga.nz
Petanque Tga/BOP Club
Every Sun & Thurs at Cliff Rd 12.45pm. Boules available, tuition given. 578 3606
Radio Controlled Model Power Boats
Racing at Lake Taurikura off Taurikura Drive in the industrial area of the Lakes Subdivision 10am. Follow the RC boat signs. Brian 548 1334 Radio Controlled Model Yachts Meet Sun & Thurs 1.30pm at pond behind 24 Montego Drive, Papamoa, to sail electron & similar 3ft long yachts for fun. Beginners welcome. Graham 572 5419 Six60 Concert At ASB Baypark Stadium & Arena 6pm with supporting acts Raiza Biza & Mt Eden. www.bayvenues.co.nz Tauranga Historical Society Meet in the Brain Watkins Hall, cnr Elizabeth St & Cameron Rd 2pm. Hear Diane Taggart on the changing face & place of Tauranga Libraries. Visitors welcome. 574 4965 Tauranga Organ & Keyboard Soc Meet at Carmel Country Estate Social Centre, 11 Hollister Lane, Ohauiti 1.30pm. Play or listen. Organ EL900 or Clavinova 405. Carole 572 2919 Underwater Hockey Every Sunday at Baywave. Gear & coaching available for beginners. New members welcome. Juniors (under 15) 5-6.15pm. Seniors (over 15) 6-7.40pm. Lance 027 287 4731 or lancepotaka@orcon.net.nz Your Voice & You This group will support you to find your voice, give you confidence when you speak or sing, & offer tools for everyday life. At The Gym, 19 Glencarron Pl, Bethlehem 10am - 12pm. Cost $20 - Students & beneficiaries free by donation. Bookings essential. Ingrid 09 810 8218 / 021 952 690 ingridward15@gmail.com
Monday 8 June
Achieve Toastmasters Making it on
Mondays. 1st, 3rd & 5th Mon at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Brookfield, Tga 7.30pm. Chrissy 543 9493 Badminton Tauranga Badminton Club every Mon & Weds at Bethlehem College Events Centre 7.30-9.30pm. All players welcome. Sue 021 194 4335 Badminton Junior Club Bethlehem College Events Centre every Mon 6-7.30pm. Racquets available. Sue 021 194 435 www.taurangabadmintonclub.co.nz Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club Meet every 2nd Mon of month at clubrooms in Cliff Rd. New members welcome. www. bayofplentyvintagecarclub.com Bay Salsa Presents beginner salsa lessons at Otumoetai Action Centre 6.45pm new intake every 4 weeks. $12 per class. www.baysalsa.co.nz Bethlehem Bowls Every Mon at Bethlehem Hall, Main highway 7.15pm. First 3 nights free. Young or old welcome. Wendy 578 2585 Body & Soul Fun Fitness For over 50’s, social events & guest speakers. Mon & Fri Greerton Hall Cameron Rd. Tues Wesley
Church Hall, 13th Ave. Weds City Church cnr Otumoetai Rd/Sherwood St. Thurs at Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall, Norris St behind Pak n Save. All classes 9.15-10.15am. First class free. For men & women. Dianne 576 5031 Qualified Instructor/Cardiac Care leader. Chess Mt Maunganui Mount RSA Chess Club every Mon at Mount RSA, 544 Maunganui Rd. Juniors 6.157.15pm during school term. Open club 6pm & 7.30pm onwards. Noel 579 5412 Citizens Advice Bureau Free, confidential info & advice about anything call in Mon - Fri at 38 Hamilton St, Tauranga 9am - 5pm or free-phone 0800 367 222 or 578 1592. Justice of Peace service every Mon 1-4pm, Weds & Thurs 9-11.30am & Weds CAB Service at Welcome Bay Community Centre 9.30am - 12.30pm. Migrant clinics Tues - Fri 1-4pm. No appointment necessary. Civic Choir Tauranga Every Monday at Wesley Church, 13th Ave, Tauranga 7.30pm. New members welcome. Heather 575 9092 Fitness League Safe effective, low impact fun exercise set to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed for women of all ages & abilities. First class free. Every Mon at Settlers Hall Omokoroa 9.30am & Tues St Johns Anglican Church Waihi 9.30am. Dorothy 549 3378 Free Antenatal Classes Te Ha Ora. Day & night classes. Kaupapa Maori - but open to all cultures. TeRina 552 4573 xt 706 or t.joseph@pirirakauhauora.org.nz Free Budget Course Learn how to budget, save & spend wisely. Held June 8, 15 & 22 at Holy Trinity Church, 3rd Ave, Tauranga 7pm. Supper provided. 578 7718 or email: cap@holytrinitytauranga.com
Junction Mental Health Peer Support And advocacy: coffee & chat
10am – 12pm. Junction 543 3010 Leisure Marching For exercise, fun & fellowship. Ladies 50+ required. No experience needed. Coreen 570 0172 Marlin Probus Club Meet 2nd Mon of month at Club Mt Maunganui, Kawaka St 9.45am. Liz 572 1794 Meditation Group Free classes Mon 10am & Weds 7.30pm. Find peace, spiritual awareness & the meaning of your life. David 576 9764 Omokoroa Playcentre Movie Night Dior & I at Rialto Cinema. Nibbles from 7pm, movie starts 8pm. Come dressed in your best. Spot prize for the most fashionable. For $20 tickets, 548 1343 or Stacey 021 0243 0368. https://www.facebook.com/ events/761992127251867/ Otumoetai Indoor Bowls Oropi visit – Oropi visit us, Matua Primary School Hall, Clivedene St, 7.15pm. Please bring a plate. New members welcome. Karen 576 0443 Papamoa Genealogy Branch NZSG meet in the Tohora Room, Papamoa Community Centre 9.30am - 2.30pm. Small door charge, tea/coffee provided.
GUIDE The Weekend Sun’s guide to who’s playing and where. Bring your own lunch. Daphne 575 4674
Papamoa Progressive Assn 2nd Mon
of month at Dune Room, Parton Rd, Gordon Spratt Reserve. Ken 574 2332 Recycled Teenagers Gentle exercise for 50’s forwards, & injury or illness rehabilitation. Mon & Weds at 14 Norris St, Tauranga Citizen’s Club behind Pak n Save. Tues at St Mary’s Church Hall cnr Girven Rd & Marlin St, all classes 9-10.30am. Classes taken by qualified instructor. First class free. Jennifer 571 1411 Tauranga Creative Fibre Every Mon at Arts Centre, Elizabeth St from 9.30am. Spinning, weaving, felting, knitting, crochet & more. Learn & share in a mutually supportive club. Also on Thurs evening twice a month. Joan 577 6781
Tauranga Rock n Roll Club Inc Beginner lessons for 6 weeks. Starts June 8 – 13th July 7pm at Tauranga RSA Cameron Rd, Greerton. Adults $45 - Child $30. Liz 578 9063 after 5pm.
Tauranga Senior Citizens Club Cards,
500 & Bridge Mon & Thurs. Indoor Bowls Tues, Weds & Sat at 14 Norris St, behind Pak n Save 1-4pm. Register by 12.45pm. $2 includes afternoon tea. New members welcome. Welcome Bay Art Group Meet every Mon at Lighthouse Church 9.30am 12pm. Bob 544 4499 YMCA - ALFS Active Lifestyles For Seniors. First class free. Open to both men & women. Mon: Matua Community Hall, Levers Rd 9am & 10.15am. Arataki Hall, Zambuk Way (off Grenada St) 9am. Tues: Papamoa Community Centre, Gra-vatt Rd 9am & 10.30am. Sit & Be Fit at Papamoa Community Centre 11.30am. Smooth Movers Weds Welcome Bay Hall, Welcome Bay Rd 9.15am. Sit & Be Fit Greenwood Park Village, Welcome Bay 11am. Thurs: Otumoetai Action Centre, Windsor Rd 9am. Bethlehem Hall, Bethlehem Rd 10.30am. Fri: Papamoa Community Centre, Gra-vatt Rd 9am & 10.15am. 578 9272 www.ymcatauranga. org.nz Zonta International Tauranga Meet 2nd Mon of month at Tauranga Club, Devonport Rd 5.30pm. Visitors & new members welcome. Gail 021 038 5105
Tuesday 9 June @ The Clothesline Pre-
loved quality clothing every Tues 10am - 2pm. Children’s $1, adults $2. Also prayer for healing on request. Face2Face Church, 36d MacDonald St, Mt Maunganui. ABC - Avenues Badminton Club Every Tues at Tauranga Intermediate School Sports Centre. Juniors 6-7.30pm (term time). Seniors (Adults) 7.30-9.30pm. Club racquets & coaching available. Delwyn 027 212 4720
Alcoholics Anonymous Mt Maunganui Open meeting every Tues 11 Victoria Road St Peters Hall 7.30pm. 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance.
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The Weekend Sun 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 Mt Maunganui Senior Citizens, 345 Maunganui Rd 1pm. 575 4650 Bethlehem Pottery Club Open Tues, Weds & Thurs 10am - 3pm, or when the flag is flying. Call in & meet the members & find out how to join. Email: bethlehempottery@gmail.com or Jane 552 0046 after 6pm. DadzKare A support group for separated fathers. Meet every Tues at 538 Fraser St 7.30pm. 928 4323 Darts At Club Mt Maunganui, Kaiwaka St 7pm. Everyone from 12-112 yrs welcome. Faye 0274 748 061 Depression Support Group Support for people with an experience of depression 1-2pm. 543 3010 for info or if you need a ride. Drawing/Painting Varied art programmes every Tues at 171a Elizabeth St West 7-9pm. Interested? 576 9592 Excel Toastmasters Meet every 2nd, 4th & 5th Tues of the month at Arataki Community Centre, Zambuk Way, Bayfair 6.15-8.30pm. Learn leadership & public speaking skills. Kaaren 572 5988 Fitness League Ladies 50 plus exercise with dance to music. Improve posture, energy, toned body, increased strength. Every Tues at St Columba Church, 502 Otumoetai Rd, Cherrywood 9.3010.30am. Gloria 573 4429 Future-Proof Building Trade Show For people involved in
building, design, electrical & plumbing industry. Come & hear fantastic speakers presenting issues topical to the industry & those working within it. Held at ASB Baypark, 81 Truman Lane 4-7pm. www.bayvenues.co.nz
Golden Kiwis Leisure Marching Team Meet every Tues at Blake Park netball courts, Mt Maunganui 10am. Fun, fellowship, exercise for ladies 55+. Coreen 570 0172 Greerton Village Community Music Morning For seniors – come along & join us in a morning of music. 1st Tues of month at Greerton Hall 10-11.30am. Guest artist. Entry $4, includes morning tea. Di/Charley 027 626 2496
Inachord Chorus Womens 4 Part Harmony Enjoy the challenge of singing &
performing varied repertoire. Every Tues at Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd 6.55pm. Cathy 579 2040 email: inachordchorus@gmail.com Israeli Dancing Beginners class every Tues at Gate Pa Primary School, Cameron Rd 7-8pm. All ages welcome, no partner required. Maria 544 1680 or 022 165 2114 Leisure Marching Team Seeking new members aged 30-50+ for friendly leisure marching. Practice Tues 6-8pm. Ph/txt Ardell 027 937 4248
Merge Social Connections
New residents recently moved to Tauranga welcome. 1st & 3rd Tues of month at Comida Tapas Bar, 59 The Strand, Tauranga 5-7pm for social get together & meet new friends. Email merge. tauranga@gmail.com Mount Morning Badminton Social, competitive, all ages, beginners welcome. Racquets available. Visitors $5 per session. Every Tues at Mount Sports Centre, Blake Park 9am - 12pm. Maxeen 575 0162 Neighbourhood Run Running all year round. Cheyne Rd 6am start. Free. Every Tues/Thurs/Fri. Svetlana 027 616 2124 Otumoetai Toastmasters Leadership skills, speaking skills. At Lyceum Club rooms, 68 1st Ave 7.15-9.30pm. Alan 544 5989 Petanque - Tga/BOP Club All welcome to try a new sport. Equip available, all coaching given. Club Mt Maunganui 12.45pm start. Neita 572 3768
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 month 3.30-6pm. Visitors welcome. Murray 576 3294 South City Bowling Club Progressive Rinks (Whittington Cup) Greerton Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Mary 541 0687
Spiritual Guidance & Bowen Therapy
Room 2 behind Wild Herbs Natural Health, 775 Cameron Rd, Tauranga. For appointment, Kerry 552 6768 or 021 607 797 Tauranga Acoustic Music Club Jam sessions. Sing, play or just listen & enjoy. Greerton RSA 7.30-10pm. Sheryl 552 5906
Tauranga Astronomical Society
Kepler telescope - most powerful planet hunter made, examines planets beyond our solar system that have the right environment for life. Fergusson Park Observatory 7.30pm.
Tauranga Morning Badminton Club
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 9am. 3 games $3. New players welcome. 544 8372 Tauranga Toastmasters Tga Lyceum Club 7.15-9.30pm. Confidence building, speaking skills, leadership skills. Alan 544 5989 Te Puke Lyceum Club Coffee morning 10.30am. committee meeting 12.30pm. 8 Palmer Place, Te Puke. Margaret 573 5355 Te Puke Senior Citizen’s Club Players & beginners invited to play indoor bowls, cards, 500 every Tues & Fri 12.45pm. $3 includes afternoon tea. Weds, bolivia cards 1pm. Jocelyn St, Te Puke. 573 7887
Wednesday 10 June
Age Concern Walking Group Meet at McFetchridge Road, off Ohauiti Rd 10am. All welcome. 578 2631 Badminton @ Mount Indoor Sports Centre Give badminton a go. Trial it for free & if you like to come every Weds 7-9pm. $8pp. Racquets available. Eve 021 906 481
Baywide Community Law Service
Drop in clinic every Weds at 63 Willow St 5-6.30pm. No appointment necessary. Free legal assistance. 571 6812. Every Tues morning at Te Puke Clinic. For appointment 573 5614. Every 2nd Thurs morning at Katikati Clinic. For appointment 549 0399 Cards Do you play cribbage or would like to learn the game? Every Weds at Tauranga RSA 1pm. New members welcome. Rona 578 7939
Fernlands Spa Water Exercise Classes Weds 10.45-11.45am. Held
rain or shine but not during school holidays. New participants planning to attend ph Jennifer 571 1411 Gate Pa Indoor Bowls Elliots Funeral Services Open Fours Tournament, Greerton Hall 7.30pm. Names in book. Plate for supper please. Kevin 543 4044 Gate Pa Tennis Club Social tennis for all levels. Make new friends while getting some exercise. No commitment or fee for first 3 attend-ances. Every Weds 9am - 12pm. Geoff 570 1168 or 021 474 807
Greerton Gold Leisure Marching Team Seeking ladies of all ages. Every
Weds meet at Moreland Fox Park 8-9.30am. No experience required. Marion 578 1108 Healing Rooms Experience God’s healing touch at Bethlehem Town Centre cnr shop behind PO/Bookstore every Weds 1-3pm. 021 110 0878 or at Papamoa Fashion Island, 42 Gravatt Rd, next to Esquires ever Weds 3-4pm. 022 120 5406. No appointment necessary, no charge. All ages welcome. www.healingrooms.co.nz Indoor Bowls at Ohauiti Every Weds at Ohauiti Settlers Hall 7.15-9.30pm. No experience necessary. All ages welcome. Glennis 544 4022 La Leche League Tauranga Supporting your breastfeeding goals – mothers & babies meet second Weds of month at Wesley Community Centre 10am – 12pm. Topics will revolve around Preparing to Breastfeed, First 6 weeks, Overcoming difficulties & Introducing solids. Joanna 577 6892 ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome BOP meeting upstairs 14B Hocking St, Mt Maunganui 10.30am. Speaker: Justine Laidlaw on nutrition/healing the gut. Tina 281 1480 or email: tina@mebop. org.nz Scottish Country Dancing Every Weds at Senior Citizens Hall, Maunganui Rd,
Mt Maunganui. Beginners class 6pm, regular class 7.30pm. Lynne 573 5055 Single Coffee Club 60+ Mixed company of singles 60+ that meet up once a week of coffee, enjoy socialising & meeting new friends. Email: mixandmingle@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 3267 Table Tennis Tauranga At Memorial Hall, QEYC every Weds 1-3pm & 7-9pm & every Fri 7-9pm. Bill 578 1662 www.sportsground.co.nz/tabletennistauranga Tauranga Embroider’s Guild Every Weds at Tauranga Rowing Club rooms, Memorial Park 10am - 2.30pm & 7-9pm. Juniors 4-5.30pm. Beginners & experienced stitchers welcome. Nancy 544 4778 Tauranga Floral Art Group Meet at Baptist Hall, cnr Cameron Rd & 13th Ave 12.30pm. New members & visitors welcome. 544 2828
Tauranga Mid-Week Tramping Group
Maungatautari with options. Tara Rd South enclosure. Grade mod, approx 5.5hrs. Bruce 543 1034 Tauranga RSA Texas Hold-em Poker Club New members welcome, will teach you how to play. Buy in $10. Every Weds 7.30pm. PJ 543 2279
Te Puke Spiritual & Healing Centre
Constables Gallery, Commerce Lane. Meditation development & learning. Guest speaker: Sheryl Webb-Carter. Doors open 7pm for 7.15pm start. $5. Kerry 552 6768 Toastmasters City Early Start The 6 F’s Club - Fast, focused, flexible, feedback, friendly & fun. Confidence & leadership building. Every Weds at Avgas Cafe, Classic Flyers 6.50-8.15am. 021 044 5654 LaniDTM@gmail.com or http://cityearlystart.toastmastersclubs.org
Thursday 11 June
Awesome Clothing Sale Good qual-
ity, all sizes & styles - men’s, women’s, children’s, shoes, sheets, duvets etc. $3 a bag, you pick. Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga 9.30-10.30am. Organised by Turning Point Trust 578 6934
Bay Salsa Presents Salsa on the Strand Intro class at La Mexica 8pm
followed by social dancing. Really social, no partner required. $2 entry free (members free). www.baysalsa.co.nz Club Mt Maunganui Social games club. Play indoor bowls, 500 & Bolivia every Thurs 12.45pm. John 575 2422
Community Bible Study International
At 14th Ave Gospel Centre 10am 12pm for a non denominational Bible Study on the Book of Mark. Jack/Betty 544 3809 Fitness League Safe, effective, low impact exercise to music using the Bagot Stack technique, designed to help with posture, balance & stamina, combination of exercise, movement & dance. All ages & abilities. Complementary 1st class. Thurs: Central Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave/Cameron Rd 9.30am. Weds: Katikati Memorial Hall 10am. Pam 549 4799 or 021 117 7170 More Than Craft Every Thurs at Greerton Bible Church Hall cnr Oropi/ Chadwick Rds 9.30-11.30am. 10 crafts with talented tutors. Welcome to view. June 544 0823
Mount Maunganui Creative Fibre
Every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre 9am - 1pm where we share, learn & enjoy spinning, weaving, crochet, knitting, felting & other creative crafts. New members welcome. Kris 579 9994
Orange City Square & Round Dance Club Tues Morning class 10am - 12pm.
Weds Plus, Thursday Club night & new dancers 7.30pm. Frontiersmen’s Hall. 543 1063 Papamoa Table Tennis Every Thurs at Papamoa College Gym 7-9pm. New members welcome. John 572 0129 Senior Tennis At Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain, for ages 35+ from 9-11.30am. $3 ball fee. New members welcome. Simplee Cre8tive Ladies craft group every Thurs at Arataki Community Centre, Bayfair 9am - 2.30pm. Bring your favourite craft or do a new one. Great company, casual, fun environment! Jenny 572 5396 Stage Challenge A high energy dance, drama & music extravaganza that aims to motivate & inspire students to lead positive pro-active lives without
the use of drugs, tobacco & alcohol. Held at Baycourt Theatre June 11 6.30pm & June 12 7pm. Adults $42, child $29. 577 7189 Sunshine Dance Group Learn sequence dancing at a friendly club. Meet every Thurs at Baptist Church Hall, cnr 13th Ave & Cameron Rd 7-8.30pm, followed by dancing till 10pm. $2pp, entrance includes supper. Jan 544 4379 Tai Chi Qigong Every Thurs at Ohauiti Settlers Hall 11am. Class takes approx 1hr. $1pp. Eric 577 1988 Social Tai Chi Practice Group Meet every Thurs at Methodist Church Hall, 13th Ave 9.30am. Lee 578 2342 Tennis Seniors WBOP Players 35+, Tauranga Lawn Tennis Club, Wharepai Domain 9am - 12pm. $3 ball fee. New members welcome. Lynda tswbop@gmail.com Tauranga Heart Support Group Low impact group exercise for those with or at risk of heart disease. Every Thurs at City Church, Otumoetai, & every Monday at St Enoch’s Church Hall, 16th Ave, both 9.30-10.30am. $4pp includes light refreshment. Hannah (Clinical Exercise Physiologist) 0508 227 342 Tauranga Model Railway Club Every Thurs 7.30pm. Ed 543 1108 www.taurangamodelrailwayclub.co.nz
Tauranga Rock n Roll Social Dancers
Have fun dancing to authentic rock & roll music every Thurs at Senior Citizens Hall, 14 Norris St (behind Pak n Save) 7.30-9.30pm. $3pp. Check out FB. Maria 576 7326
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The Mount Art Group Meet every Thurs at St Peters Church Hall, Victoria Rd, Mount 9am - 1pm. Merilynn 575 6777 Toastmasters - Kickstart Breakfast Club Speak confidently in a fun environment. Alimento Cafe 7am, guests welcome. Helen 571 6181 Young Parents Group (For ages 20 & under) every Thurs at Plunket, 471 Devonport Rd, Tauranga 12pm. Lunch provided. Text Rozi 027 924 6526
Friday 12 June
Alcoholics Anonymous Open meeting every
Fri at Hamner Clinic, 1235 Cameron Rd, Greerton (behind Bridgestone) 7.30pm. 0800 229 6757 for more meetings or assistance. Chess Tauranga Every Fri at Tauranga RSA, Greerton 6pm & 7pm onwards for the whole family. Werner 548 1111 http://www. westernbopchess.weebly.com/ Free Immigration Clinic Every Fri - legal advice & information on immigration issues. For appointment, Baywide Community Law 571 6812
ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support BOP EasiYoga upstairs 14B Hocking St, Mt
Maunganui June 19 11am - 12noon. Gentle exercises. Bring your own mat. Tina 281 1480 or email: tina@mebop.org.nz The Sociables 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 & event. Email sociables@outlook.co.nz
Email julie@thesun.co.nz or Fax 571 1116 or post to PO Box 240, Tauranga.
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The Weekend Sun
By Winston Watusi
Music is a powerful force
The Crown and Badger Drivers Bar Wednesday 10 – Tauranga Blues Friday 5 – Piston Broke Saturday 6 – Celcius. Jam 8pm – late. The Matua Greer’s Gastro Bar Sunday 7 – Twice yearly pool Sunday 7 – Nataalia Lunson comp starts 2pm. & Leith Milson, jazz & easy Wednesday 10 – A Taste of listening duo 5-8pm. Country night 7.30pm. Mount RSA Friday 5 – Ray Solomon 7.30pm. Welcome Bay Bar Friday 5 – Karaoke with Mama Sunday 7 – Tauranga Big Band Soul 8pm. 4.30pm.
Still the most pleasure I get from this column is writing about people making original music.
started writing his own music which Derek played on in the studio. Derek eventually came to live in New Zealand. He got a call one day to say Richie had bone cancer. When he got in touch Richie seemed okay, convinced he could beat it. Two months later Derek got a phone message telling him Richie had died on June 30, 2012. He left behind his wife and a very young daughter.
A song can change your life; a song can change the world. A song can make you smile in the car; a song can inspire a nation. Music is an powerful force and simply because we are at a blip in history where it is undervalued, exploited, given away for free or stolen doesn’t detract from the underlying recognition that we all have a musical soundtrack to our lives, unforgettable songs that take us back to particular moments, that conjure memories of loved ones, places or feelings. Music is a powerful force.
Derek says he hadn’t been home since Richie died so that day visited the grave and met his family before the show. It was an emotional time. The show next week is a chance to bring together as many people as possible who worked on the single: Cian O’Cinnseala from Nine Mile Stone, drummer James Bos, Colourfield Studio boss Tim Julian, Kokomo’s trumpeter Sonia Bullot, guitarist Brendan McCarthy, singer Liz Tambylin and a bunch of folk who sang in the backing chorus.
Most impressed
Musical friends
Next Friday, June 12, at Rosie O’Grady’s at the Mount, Derek Toner – half the songwriting pair behind Nine Mile Stone (née The Mellowdrops) – will be launching his new single ‘Roll Another One’ along with his band Tuner and a bunch of musical friends. Best thing to do while you’re reading this is to pop online and listen to it at soundcloud. com/derek-toner/roll-another-one. While it plays, I’ll give you some history. Derek moved to Australia from Ireland in 1999 with little more than a backpack and an acoustic guitar. He bumped into an old school friend then met the rest of his flatmates. One of them was Richie Yeats, and Derek, Richie and his best mate Ian started a group called the Good Wans. They had a great time playing at Irish parties in Sydney, anything from Guns N’ Roses to Neil Young. Then they all ended up back in Ireland, where Derek ran songwriter nights and Richie and Ian would often play. Richie also
Tuner playing at Rosie O’Gradys June 12. ‘Roll Another One’ has lyrics made up of memories or photographs people had of Richie; Derek launched the song in Ireland on April 17.
Group effort
“It was a huge group effort with many of Richie’s friends and family pitching in for the printing of CDs, booking the venue and arranging fundraising,” says Derek. “At the gig we had his wife, mother, father, brothers and sister whom I’d never met. We packed about 160 people into the upstairs of a bar and pulled 2300 Euros.” These profits were added to money raised by Richie’s family, who do an annual swim called the Golden Mile which last year raised 20,000 Euros.
Yasamin Al Tiay will be the opening act, there’ll be a short video about the song, followed by Derek and the Tuner band. Raffles will raise more money for cystic fibrosis research. Entry is $10, and CDs $5. The gig starts 8pm. And a quickie for this weekend. Americana duo Joseph & Maia are playing the final album release gig for their new one ‘Sorrento’ this Saturday, June 6 at Mount Brewing Co. Then they’re off to the UK. I’ve been most impressed with the album – sweeping soundscapes and intimate ballads, great Gillian Welch harmonies and good songs. Things kick off 7.30pm and cost is $10 online, or $15 on the door. All the information and some music can be found at josephandmaia.com The support group, an English duo currently resident in Waihi, Phil and Tilley, are also well worthwhile. And, back to next weekend: Don’t forget the great Don McGlashan is launching his new album alongside guitarist Tom Rodwell and drummer Chris O’Connor on Saturday, June 13 from 8pm At Tauranga Art Gallery. Tickets cost $37.50 at the Gallery or on Eventfinder. watusi@thesun.co.nz
Highlighting volunteer opportunities National Volunteer Week 2015 from June 21-27 is a fantastic chance to celebrate the invaluable knowledge, skill and time contributed by Aotearoa’s past and present volunteers. This year’s theme is ‘There is a place for you to volunteer’ or ‘he wahi mohou hei tuao’ which highlights the diversity of volunteer opportunities, volunteers themselves – and the impacts of volunteering. Throughout NVW, New Zealanders can acknowledge the critical impact all kinds of
volunteering have within communities. Volunteers should be appreciated, mobilised, motivated and encouraged during this week and indeed year-round. It’s important to celebrate volunteerism and the place it has in keeping our communities strong and healthy. Through this week we also want
to encourage those who have not yet found their place in the volunteer community to seek it out and be aware that contributions can be both big and small. Regardless of how much or how little skills, time and experience one has to offer, there will always be a place to volunteer. Volunteer Western Bay of Plenty invites you to visit one of
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Sir John Logan Campbell Residuary Estate GRANT APPLICATIONS
The Trustees of the Sir John Logan Campbell Residuary Estate invite applications for charitable grants from the income of the Estate. Generally charitable grants will be for purposes beneficial to the community or advancement of education. The overriding requirement being that the purpose is of “public benefit” for a wide section of the community within the provincial district of Auckland. Refer to grant guidelines for geographic area. Applications from individuals or for non-charitable purposes are not eligible. Applications can be submitted on-line from 1 June via the website below – closing date 15 September 2015. Please check the website for grant guidelines and application link.
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‘Te Ope Tuatahi’ - The First Contingent An exhibition exploring the role of Maori in World War I is on display at Art + Body Studio in Mount Maunganui.
Artist Tawhai Rickard with one of his artworks that features in his latest exhibition Te Ope Tuatahi on display at Mount Maunganui’s Art + Body Studio. Photo by Tawhai Rickard.
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Created by artist Tawhai Rickard, the mixed-medium exhibition ‘Te Ope Tuatahi’ will be shown at the Maunganui Rd studio until July 2. The exhibition’s title is taken from a song composed by Sir Apirana Ngata in 1916 to promote and stimulate the enlistment of Maori soldiers during WWI. “This body of work reflects the psychology of the Maori towards warfare, touching on the period of early contact with Britain and giving special focus toward the Great War of 1915-1919.” Te Ope Tuatahi looks at the two founding peoples of Aotearoa/ New Zealand during this early period and uses narratives, symbolism and old world aesthetics to speak to the viewer. Each work touches on areas like cultural appropriation, cultural unity and Maori loyalty to “God, King and Country”. “We don’t seem to know much about our own history,” says Tawhai. “I thought it appropriate to tell our story of WWI from a Maori point of view, seeing this year is the centennial.” Tawhai says he’s drawn influence from the folk art paintings found on one of his Whare Tipuna (ancestral house) ‘Hinetapora’ which is located about 2.5km East of the Ruatoria township. Having known these paintings since childhood, Tawhai connects with them on many levels. “I enjoy their spiritual, abstract, expressive nature and love the process of painting in this style because it simply unfolds before my eyes.” ‘Te Ope Tuatahi’ is on display at Art + Body Studio at 229B Maunganui Rd until July 2. Entry is free.
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of Fancy, an open section Ninja Knits and The Incubator where artists can go wild. are bringing wearable art for the Plus there’s two sections head to Tauranga this month – exclusively for younger and there’s plenty of time to get designers, Teenie Beanies involved. for 13-18-year-olds and Wendy Peterson from The IncuWeenie Beanies for ages 12 bator says Beanie Fest 2015 will be and under. an exhibition and competition of Participants have to June weird, wacky and wonderful head 26 to get entries in for the art – providing the opportunity for exhibition, which opens all knitters, hookers and artists to June 29. get imaginative and funky. This will be followed by Participants can turn their Jimi Colzato will be letting his inner a prizegiving on July 11 talents to creating headgear for knitter out at Beanie Fest 2015. with music, dancers, baked a range of categories including beans, bean bags, and jelly beans. Greenie Beanie to celebrate our natural world, Meanie For more details and entry forms, look for Beanie Beanie, a scary, gore, or horror-inspired beanie, Wild Fest 2015 on Facebook, email and Woolly animals, Funky Junky using 50 per cent wendytpedersen@gmail.com or call 021 179 4130. recycled or repurposed yarns and textiles, and Flight
Walk Papamoa hills at night for a good cause Pull the sneakers on and get the torches out for the Papamoa Hills Night Walk tonight and tomorrow. The fundraiser walk on June 6-7 raises funds for New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation and Breast Cancer Support
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Steel Magnolias’ giveaway Full of life and brimming with laughter is how Detour Theatre’s next production is being described. ‘Steel Magnolias’ live on-stage performance at Detour Theatre from June 17 to July 4 is a warm and witty tribute to the power of friendship. In a quaint Louisiana town, the local beauty parlour serves as the gathering
spot for a group of eccentric women to gossip and giggle and survive the hardships and splendours of life. ‘Steel Magnolias’ is alternately hilarious and touching and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the antic banter of its characters. The Weekend Sun has two double passes to the opening night of ‘Steel Magnolias’ to give away to lucky readers who can tell us where the event is held? Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, June 9.
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Women are encouraged to secure their seat at the Ladies Long Charity Lunch on July 3 to win the 1.2 carat diamond solitaire ring in 18 carat yellow and white gold on a diamond set band. All funds raised from the event will go towards Good Neighbour Charitable Trust and Te Aranui Youth Trust. Te Aranui Youth Trust operations manager Wendy Nicholls says there’s also the opportunity for women to spoil themselves with incredible auction items on the day. “You may like to take a few of your friends on the trip of a lifetime to Phuket, indulge in wine on the rolling hills of Tuscany – perhaps you’d prefer to stay local and support your child’s hockey team with a professional coaching session with Black Stick Gemma Flynn? Hammon Diamond Jeweller manager Alexandra Hammon“Bid on a private hunting trip in a jet boat Elliott, Te Aranui Youth Trust operations manager Wendy up the Ureweras for yourself or your partner Nicholls and Good Neighbour Food Rescue volunteer – or bid on a vasectomy from Bay Urology. coordinator Jackie Paine with the $15,000 diamond ring. There’s something for everybody.”
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The Story - Standing Tall & Falling Hard Craig Barrow
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How many Christians get to graduation? How did you enjoy the move from your original training into your real work-life? When I asked around, a surprisingly high percentage of people’s training had been on-the-job experience with an excellent mix of practical and theoretical learning. They had felt comfortable moving from the training phase into real work mode. For others it was more traumatic. For some it was three years of theoretical studies, and then a big jolt into a working situation where the job had to be learned from scratch. Pity the poor disciples. Ascension, May 14, was their graduation. They had had three years’ apprenticeship with Jesus, presumably a sublime teacher, but while the message of the Ascension is often about Jesus, from the disciples point of view it’s more like: ‘I’m out of here, down the track a bit you’ll get a powerful helper, but training’s over – and by-the-way, I want you to convert the whole world.’ It left me feeling some sympathy for the dis-
ciples as they grappled with that, but then I began to wonder – how many Christians actually get to graduation? Are we still in class, forever learners but never graduating? Are we stuck back at Easter Sunday – enjoying the glow of the Resurrection and the forgiveness of sins of Good Friday, but not having moved on from that wonderful start to the point of that new life? We are all glad the disciples graduated and accepted their task – after all the gospel has found its way here, to the ‘far ends of the earth’. But where are we on that journey from the last supper through to Pentecost? We all want to be life-long learners, but at some point we need to get engaged in the real work as Christians who have graduated. By Paul Williamson, Holy Trinity Tauranga
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Do something about issues with your house for sale Subsequent to last week’s rant, where lovely purchasers missed out on a lovely home owned by lovely vendors due to an unsatisfactory building report and a solicitor advising not to release the detail…
We should be unconditional sometime this week. Building inspections can unexpectedly – or occasionally inevitably – cause an agreement to fail. If there have been other condition boxes ticked and the process is moving along it can be a real blow to have the contract come to an unfortunate end and can often mean starting again to find another buyer. My advice – be proactive! Get a vendor’s building inspection, aimed to reveal any potential speed bumps, resolve those speed bumps and move forward. Make the report available to potential buyers and transfer the report legally over to them if they choose not to get their own inspection. I’m promoting this option as a win-win situation and will even refund the cost of the inspection when I sell your home. How’s that for proactive? Don’t wait for a prospective purchaser to pass on the news there are issues with your property – do something about it. By Shirley Wells, Crockford Real Estate
Buyers, who had missed out on the initial multiple offer, reached an agreed price, organised another building inspection and shared the results. There were indeed some issues with the 20-something-year-old property but certainly not enough to convince the purchasers to pull out of the contract, and within the negotiable terms of the vendors to put things right prior to settlement.
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