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The ‘Art’ of snooker From playing a game of snooker on a whim in his youth, to being one of only two certified snooker coaches in all of New Zealand – Arthur King has certainly come a long way in the game of cue-wielding and potting balls.
“I’m a competitive bugger so I like to excel in whatever I try and do,” says the 79-yearold. Arthur picked up the game 57 years ago and had no clue what it was. “I’d just got married and my wife worked shift work. “My brother-in-law said: ‘Come and have a
game of snooker’ and I said: ‘What’s that?’ “And that was the beginning of it – and I haven’t stopped since.” Progressing through the years, Arthur began his journey to become a certified snooker coach. “If you’re interested in it
and you want to pass the information for it, you’re only happy to do it.” He’s coached young talent to the world snooker stage too, yet he helps anyone wanting to up their game. “As long as I see improvement, I’m happy.” Read more on page 18. Photo: John Borren.
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Beyond bloody mint sauce and gravy I’m shilly-shallying over Christmas dinner. I am thinking a showstopper perhaps – a highly spiced, marinated Indian-style leg of lamb – ‘Sabut Raan’ – spit roasted. And a whole bottle of red while you watch it cook. An ‘ex’, bless her, would tell me just because you took the top off a bottle of wine, you didn’t have to drink it all. She could make a bottle last a week. You could also have a glass while you decide who to on-gift all those crappy presents you just got. How many nosehair trimmers does a man need? A manual on tantric sex – really? If it’s that interesting Aunty, you read it and report back. Or the out-of-date joke calendar from Nana. When I pointed it out she just harrumphed and said: “Yeah, but the jokes are never out-of-date”. Or we might go down the seafood path.
squirm like a tentacle in its death throes.
‘Masisseoyo!’
And again, before we get too judgmental, the octopus in ‘san-nakji’ is technically dead because it’s decapitated before the tentacles are chopped into bite-size portions and served dripping with sesame oil, sesame seeds and ginger. ‘Masisseoyo!’ as they say in Busan and Seoul! Delicious!
Bones and feathers
It’s called balut – it’s a popular food sold by street vendors in the Philippines and Vietnam. It consists of a fertilised duck egg that has been incubated for about 18 days, which means there’s a partially developed embryo in the shell, and it’s boiled alive. It’s a slimy texture, similar to oysters, the brittle little bones crunch and the feathers brush your tongue. Lovely! I’m told it tastes like chicken broth with egg – surprisingly delicious, rich, flavoursome and a creamy texture. I’ll take their word. I like chicken broth, I love eggs – I draw a line at embryos. Balut won’t be on my Christmas table.
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Some ‘san-nakji’ – freshly severed, and still squirming, octopus tentacles. An exciting departure from that God awful adulteration, salt and pepper squid. San-nakji is a global gastronomic sensation – for all the wrong reasons, but it would be a hell of a conversation piece. San-nakji got some bad press when an 82-year-old South Korean bloke had a heart attack after choking on a piece of ‘live’ tentacle. Was he choking or was he retching, or gagging – or all three? I feel a movie coming on. ‘Revenge of the Squid’... And before we get all sniffy about strange foreign eating habits, let’s examine ourselves. When you are next slurping back a few Bluffies, remember they’re still alive when eaten immediately after being shucked. Because raw, dead oysters can carry dangerous bacteria – vibrio vulnificus – which can have you dancing with the dunny for a couple of hours. Or worse. But some experts say the oyster is probably dead once separated from the shell. Either way, it doesn’t wriggle and
shucked, they’re castrated. They’re sheep testicles. There’s a belief they boost your masculinity. I think I’d rather live as a compromised male. Mind you, a new friend from South America can’t understand all this food fuss. Because he started salivating as he talks about something called ‘Criadillas’. “My grandmother used to make it. Bulls’ testicles, all meat, beautiful!” Here’s another excerpt from the weird and wonderful world of international cuisine.
It’s never as it seems because there’s compelling evidence that the neuronpacked tentacles are still alive. They still respond to stimuli – they recoil from touch or suction-attach themselves to chopsticks. Some eaters sense a ‘tight pull’ as the tentacles suction to their mouth or throat. Which would account for the 82-year-old’s last, ghastly gastronomic experience. A defiant portion of san-nakji refusing to dislodge its sucker from his throat.Perhaps some karma going down there – or nature’s forces at work. You eat me alive and I choke the life out of you. We are not above some disgusting eating habits ourselves. Some Kiwis eat ‘mountain oysters’, more as a show of bravado I suspect. These oysters aren’t
The lamb please
Just one more – something called ‘svio’ from Iceland. Take a sheep’s head, once the sheep has finished with it, cut it in half, remove the brain, use your brulee micro gas torch to singe the wool, boil it for an hour or more and then slap it on the plate. Suddenly tentacles are sounding much more attractive. So is lamb, roasties, peas and gravy. Even a turkey drumstick. A footnote to the san-nakji experience. It was used as a successful alibi in the ‘octopus murder’ when a man was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly killing his girlfriend and blaming san-nakji. He was later acquitted.
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In Japan, Christmas time is the season for KFC. The tradition started in the 1970s after Japan’s first KFC opened and held a Christmas ‘party barrel’. Japan didn’t have many Christmas traditions then. This one caught on quickly and became incredibly popular. Source: www.trafalgar.com/real-word/popular-christmas-food
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More restrictions for Mount industrial area imposed
The Mount Maunganui industrial area was classified as a polluted air shed in 2019.
Stricter controls for future use of the Mount Maunganui industrial area have been put in place but heavy industry will remain. Mount Maunganui’s industrial area was classified as a polluted airshed in 2019. A Te Whatu Ora report from July said the poor air quality was creating significant health risks. Whareroa Marae on Taiaho Place has seen the industry grow up around it, and its residents believe industry is “slowly poisoning” them. In 2020 the marae took its concerns to Tauranga City Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council, calling for the managed retreat of heavy industry away from their whenua. An advisory group was set up and an investigation into the potential for managed retreat of heavy industry from Totara St, south of Hewletts Rd began. In March 2023, a TCC report revealed there was “no feasible pathway” for relocation because many of the industrial activities had existing user rights under the Resource Management Act. A further report, the Mount Industrial Planning Study, said options for restricting land use included requiring any new ‘heavy industrial activity’ to obtain land use consent. On Monday, TCC’s Strategy Risk and Finance Committee decided to not permit any new emitting industries within the Whareroa and Newton Rd and MacDonald St areas.
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It also looked to transition to lighter industry over the long term in these areas, as well as restricting housing and accommodation within current commercial zoned areas of the Mount Maunganui airshed. Commission chair Anne Tolley says one of the challenges is most businesses don’t want to move. She says there is an inherent conflict between the marae and industry. “We have an ancestral piece of land right in the heart of an industrial area and New Zealand's largest export port and that’s not going to change, but what’s been put there is a vision to try and manage that.” Changing the types of industry in the airshed could take decades, says Anne. Commissioner Stephen Selwood says resource consents and environmental monitoring would have a more immediate effect. TCC general manager strategy growth and governance Christine Jones said in a statement the council could only effect change for future users of the land. “The issues we are now seeing in the industrial area have been generations in the making.” Christine says to achieve the vision they will work with the regional council, mana whenua, businesses and other stakeholders. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air
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Missing man: Kidnapping charges
A 21-year-old man is facing kidnapping charges in relation to the disappearance of Tauranga man Harley Shrimpton. Police hold significant concerns for the wellbeing of Mr Shrimpton, who was reported missing by family members on November 17. Police have since been making extensive inquiries to locate him. The 28-year-old was last seen getting into a blue Toyota Prius in the McDonald’s carpark in Mount Maunganui on the afternoon of Friday, November 3. This car was unlawfully taken the day before, on November 2, from the Bellevue area in Tauranga and has since been recovered by Police. “Due to these circumstances, and a lack of other sightings, police believe Mr Shrimpton may have been the victim of foul play,” says Detective Inspector Lindsay Pilbrow.
Ōmanawa Falls summer open
Bay of Plenty residents and visitors alike will be able to enjoy the beauty of Te Rere o Ōmanawa/ Ōmanawa Falls this summer. There is no public access to the water’s edge. Swimming is not permitted for safety and cultural reasons, and community members are asked to respect that requirement and have a safe summer. However, people will now be able to learn about the area’s rich culture and history, take a walk, or find a quiet space to reflect at Ōmanawa Falls. During the past three years Ngāti Hangarau and Tauranga City Council have worked to realise a vision for this spectacular but hazardous site that allows visitors safe public access.
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Links Ave club sent to the dogs They’ve been training dogs at Links Avenue Reserve for more than 30 years. Now they’ll have to shift from their green space to make way for development of a concrete carpark. For Mount Maunganui Dog Club it’s perhaps not the impending loss of their club’s grounds that’s most upsetting, but the loss of trust for Tauranga City Council through the project’s dealings. Flygility coordinator Dave Swinyard says the club have to shift from the reserve next June when construction of a carpark – as part of Links Ave’s new football facility – begins. “They [TCC] assured us that the club would not be disadvantaged and that there was money within the project for the Links Avenue Reserve that would not only cover the club’s relocation, but that we would get improved facilities,” says Dave. However, Dave says this agenda is no longer being followed. “It now seems that allocated funds are no longer available, whether through mismanagement or poor planning, is not clear. There’s a bit of lost trust there with the way things have been going.” The Weekend Sun asked TCC what has happened to the promised funds to support the club’s relocation. “In the initial stages of the Links Ave development project we proactively engaged with the Mount Dog Club, and are currently providing support towards finding the club a new home,” says TCC spaces and places manager Alison Law. “Through these discussions, there was never a predetermined or set amount of funding earmarked specifically for the relocation,” says Alison.
Wrong reserve
Dave says council proposes the dog club relocates to Soper Reserve temporarily – yet he says this green space does not
Mount Maunganui Dog Club’s Dave Swinyard and Shelley Stewart at the Links Ave Reserve, which they will have to move from come June 2024. Photo: John Borren.
meet the club’s needs. “There’s no storage, there’s no lighting…we operate in the evenings. [Council] said they would look at the cost of lighting but again, this is one of the areas where they said maybe we’d like to fundraise to cover the costs.” Soper Reserve also has limited parking and is unfenced, says Dave. “Many of the dogs that we deal with are young and you train off-lead because that’s what we’re trying to achieve. Especially as it’s right next to a railway line. If a train comes past it’s going to spook the dogs, and they’re going to run.” The club suggested multiple green spaces to council that would be more suitable – all have been denied. Dave says a space at Gordan Spratt Reserve would best meet the needs of the club in the interim, however council won’t permit this. “Unfortunately, Gordon Spratt Reserve is already near capacity, with numerous clubs and codes operating from the reserve,” says Alison.
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Fatal hunting incident
An investigation is ongoing after a man was fatally shot while hunting in the Te Urewera Ranges, Rutuahuna, early last Friday morning, December 1. Police responded to the incident after a personal locator beacon was activated on the Te Urewera Ranges around 2am. Upon arrival the 63-year-old Rotorua man was located deceased and a scene examination was conducted. “Police are speaking with a man who is assisting with our enquiries, who is not thought to be known to the deceased,” says a police spokesperson. “No charges have been laid or arrests made at this stage of the investigation.” A post mortem examination was completed Monday and enquiries continue.
Workplace death in Tauranga
One person has died following a workplace death in Tauranga. In a statement released on Monday afternoon, police say one person died after an “incident on Upper Ohauiti Rd, Ohauiti”. “Emergency services responded to the incident where a quad bike has rolled around 9.20am,” says a police spokesperson. “Enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances of the incident. WorkSafe has been advised.”
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“The reserve is also being upgraded with construction work either underway or set to begin early in the New Year, so any additional activity on the reserve would impact its current users.”
Lack of greens
“The problem is there aren’t enough green spaces in the area to move us to, and ironically they’re changing our green space into a carpark,” says Dave. “At the first meeting we had with council, they said we would not be disadvantaged. “With what they are proposing at present, we will be disadvantaged.” Alison says council is committed to working through potential challenges and opportunities with the club to ensure their needs are met now and in future. “Part of this commitment includes covering reasonable relocation costs to meet their core requirements for ongoing operation.” Georgia Minkhorst *Read this story in full at: www. sunlive.co.nz
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Bay Central Shopping Centre’s carparking at Chapel St has a fixed Licence Plate Recognition camera.
You can play all day but you can’t park all day. Chipmunks Playland & Café customers at Chapel St shopping Centre have been receiving fines of up to $85 for exceeding the shopping centre’s carparking limits. It’s not Chipmunks dishing out these fines however. Chapel St Shopping Centre, or Bay Central Shopping Centre, is owned by Auckland-based company, Stride Property Services, which decides how the carparking at the centre works. Reaching out to the company, a spokesperson for the Bay Central Shopping Centre says: “Bay Central Shopping Centre is committed to ensuring fair access to parking spaces so more shoppers can visit local businesses within our premises”. “To achieve this, we have set 180-minute parking time limits on our premises, with designated 90-minute spaces available in front of Wet & Forget, Anytime Fitness and Briscoes.” One Chipmunks customer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was issued a parking fine after parking at the back of Chipmunks Playland & Café. They received the fine 10 days later with a fee of $65, and if not paid within 21 days the fine would be $85. “It was a teachers’ only day at school, so I’d organised with many other families from school to meet at Chipmunks for the day and to have a
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Stocked shelves and opened worlds The Christmas elves have been busy at work, stocking the shelves with wonderful treats and gifts, to bring a bit of jolliness to families in need.
The elves in question are Year 10 Ōtūmoetai College students who have been doing good in their corner of the community. They’ve teamed up with the Ōtūmoetai Social Supermarket – a non-for-profit organisation that supports families
facing financial hardship by way of subsidised grocery shopping. “It’s opened our world a bit more. “I mean I didn’t know this place actually existed before this project,” says 14-year-old student Catelyn Evans.
Year 10 Ōtūmoetai College students Catelyn Evans, Mia Picard and Dilsher Kaur with Christmas goodies ready to be stocked. Photos: Georgia Minkhorst.
Treats galore
Catelyn and her classmates have been helping to supply the supermarket with Christmas goodies from soft toys, Havaianas flip flops, stockings, chocolates and more.
“We all brainstormed different ways of what we could get into the supermarket. “So we tried stockings, I tried Christmas trees; we all tried something different and came up with different ideas and aspects of Christmas that we find quite important to us.” At the heart of their efforts is an impressive 1.8 metre tall Christmas tree-shaped advent calendar, filled with treats
donated by the school’s staff and students. “Each day shoppers can come in and they put their hand in [one of the boxes] and they get a little bag of goodies.”
Giving back
Year 10 Ōtūmoetai College student, Catelyn Evans stocking the shelves at Ōtūmoetai Social Supermarket.
Helping the social supermarket has a “community feel” to it, says Catelyn. “It’s
quite close to the school and close to a lot of students…if we give to the community, the
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Early works to begin near SH2 and Ōmokoroa intersection
The Christmas tree advent calendar the students created to fill with treats.
Vegetation removal and site clearing on State Highway 2 and Ōmokoroa Rd is underway in efforts to make a start to Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s much-anticipated intersection upgrade. The works will take place away from the intersection and will not impact traffic prior to the Christmas holiday period, according to WBOPDC transportation manager Jim Paterson. “The carpark near the intersection will stay open until early in the New Year. Once we have a better idea of
community gives back in a way.” Reflecting on the social action she and her peers have been undertaking, Catelyn adds: “I think you already know that the world isn’t fair”. “It’s just good to know that there are places who support people who are a little bit less fortunate.” Social Studies teacher Nick Page says: “It’s been a really engaging project for the students and one of the aims is to get them to see that even at their age they can do a lot of good in the hood, and make a difference in the world that they’re in”.
Lowering barriers
So what does the supermarket think of these young students
getting behind them? “It is so cool because Ōtūmoetai College is one of our referral agencies so it’s Year 10 Ōtūmoetai College students Jess actually a twoTorrey, Catelyn Evans and Priya Gamble. way thing,” says its family, neighbours, friends… connection and ideas manager even though throughout the Jackie Paine. “They’re giving year you show that you care for back, but they can refer their one another – you can really families through for shops as well. The classes who have come come together and support each other,” says Catelyn. to visit know it’s here now, so The class is running a hopefully when they see their fundraiser with a goal of neighbours or friends who need $1000 to continue filling the to be referred here – the barriers supermarket’s treat shelf! To are much lower. donate, visit: oss.org.nz “I think Christmas is a time to be close to one another whether Georgia Minkhorst
what further construction work will look like in the New Year, we’ll update the community again.” Jim says council hasn’t completed the final designs yet for the project “but while this is happening, our team out on the road can start clearing the space in preparation for construction”. For more information, see: www.westernbay.govt.nz/community/ about-the-western-bay/projects/ omokoroa-peninsula-projects/statehighway-2-intersection
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Make a child smile this Christmas... Mel Wallis of the Tauranga City Council Service Centre with some of the gifts generously donated by visitors to the library and service centre so far this month. Photo: supplied.
The Make a Child Smile campaign, a special collaboration between Mount Maunganui Lions and Te Ao Mārama Tauranga City Libraries, is seeking toy donations once again this December. This year’s list of families who are financially struggling is the longest yet. Each year, the Make a Child Smile campaign seeks toy donations which are given out at a special Christmas dinner for local families in need.
Families, identified with the help of Plunket, are invited to attend the dinner and each child is given a toy carefully selected for them. Now in its 11th year, the campaign has inspired thousands of gift donations from generous locals to those in need throughout our community. Unfortunately, the list of struggling families with children that the campaign receives each year, is a long one. “We’ve had some wonderful responses to past campaigns,” says Brenda Anderson of Mount Maunganui Lions, “but this year,
we really need the magic to happen”. This year’s cut off for donations is Monday, December 11, as the community dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, December 12 – so those who’d like to donate a present are asked to get to their local library quick smart. In saying that, Daniel and Brenda feel it’s always important to stress that late donations will never be turned away. Gift donations can be dropped off to any Te Ao Mārama Tauranga City Libraries location from now until Monday, December 11.
One week left to tell us what you think of our plan for investing in our city over the next 10 years. Share your thoughts by December 15. Go online or chat with us in person at one of our remaining community events. Saturday 9 December 10am to 2pm The Crossing, Tauriko Wednesday 13 December 7.30am to 9am 306 Cameron Road
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Fast, furious and fun girls’ cricket Charlotte and Ariana couldn’t name a famous cricketer. But 10-year-old Ivy gave it a go.
“I feel it could be someone with the last name ‘Williams’, or something.” Close enough. And she’s played a serious game of cricket. “In the
backyard with the family. I suck. “I’m good at batting but a hopeless bowler.” That’s okay too, because that famous cricketer, with a name like Williams, only bowls off-breaks occasionally. And like Ivy, he’s a much better batsman. Regardless, the Northern Districts
Cricket Association BOP development manager Erin Berry is delighted to see Ivy Groom and her Greenpark Primary School mates Charlotte Jump and Ariana A’Court at the girls’ cricket SuperSmash at Bay Oval.
Create excitement
cricket ball. And they got their chance on eight casual pitches set up on an international cricket wicket at Bay Oval last Friday. “The Black Caps play on this ground,” says Ivy. “That’s cool.” It would never happen at Lords nor the Oval. Neither would the tutus and other garish outfits at the girl’s SuperSmash festival. “They’re encouraged to have fun,” says Darren. “And it helps to dress up a bit different and go crazy.” Greenpark had three
“It was a festival to attract the next generation of women cricketers and fans,” says Erin. “We want to create some excitement around the game, provide lots of opportunities for girls to get excited about cricket in a fun, fast-paced inclusive environment.” Thirteen teams of eight; everyone bowled an over, a partnership faced two overs, no-one went out. Fast and furious. “Yes, there was a winner,” says Greenpark sport teacher Darren Leef. “But it didn’t matter. It was about hanging with your mates and having a good time.” And cricket was the catalyst. Many of the 100-plus girls were getting their first taste of cricket, had never bowled a cricket ball, never whacked a Ariana A’Court, Charlotte Jump and Ivy Groom back at school.. Photo: Merle Cave.
teams at SuperSmash. And if half of these girls, one-third perhaps, catch the cricket bug, the development manager will be tickled. “Hopefully they’ll have had a buzz, had fun with friends, got to run around and perhaps decide this game could be for them, create a bit of interest in what comes next.”
Skills on the Oval
Next comes ‘Skills on the Oval’ on Thursday, December 14 from 5pm-7pm. It’s an opportunity for young cricket fans to grow their passion for the game, leading up to NZ’s Domestic Twenty20 Super Smash campaign. It’s an evening jam-packed with skill games and challenges. It’s also a chance to meet Northern Brave players. Everyone is welcome. Then at Blake Park on Thursday, December 21, 9am3pm, there’s a SuperSmash Holiday Festival Day for Years 3-8. There will be short and fast festival-style team games, a fun-filled day of cricket for anyone who plays or wants to give it a go. It costs $15 for the day, which includes a free Northern Brave t-shirt. To register, go to: tinyurl.com/ SchoolsOutCricket2023 Hunter Wells Hunter Wells
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Programme 2023-2024 – and booklets are available to pick up from the local library. Via the booklets youngsters get to complete some awesome missions and do some summer reading, and can go into win a prize draw. The booklets will be available from Monday, December 11.
Help The Elms inspire the next generation! Do you have an interest in telling stories about Tauranga history? The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga is asking you to become one of the volunteer educators who love to share the stories of this historic place. The Elms manager Andrew Gregg says engaging with young people about Tauranga history is a role Elms volunteer educators do really well and find rewarding. “Every year more than 2000 students visit The Elms and experience a programme run by a handful of wonderful volunteers,” says Andrew. The Elms is an important place of first contact between tangata whenua and Pākehā in Tauranga so class visits are a relevant and an interesting way to help immerse students in New Zealand’s Histories Curriculum.
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Class visits are well supported by schools across the Bay of Plenty and their teachers. “We are fortunate to have teachers like Bev Corbett, who relate incredibly well to young people and can spark their interest about the history of the area,” says Andrew. “Bev has developed programmes that are exemplars for the heritage sector and have been adopted by museums in other regions.” Bev is humble about her role and passionate about
Volunteer educator Julie Green with a group of children from Tahatai School at The Elms. Photo: Robin Percy/The Elms.
opportunities for learning at The Elms. “I’ve always just been part of a team. The Elms is a unique site and ideal for student group visits,” says Bev. “There are buildings including Archdeacon Brown’s library dating from the 1840s and where a copy of the Treaty of Waitangi was kept. There are gardens of national significance, rare and unusual objects from The Elms Collection, and stories that keep students engaged.”
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Andrew says they need more volunteer educators who enjoy engaging with young people and want to share the history of this very special place to grow the popular education programme. “Volunteers are given training and our recently-refreshed
programme makes engaging with students and teachers stimulating for our guides.” There is also professional development for the volunteers provided by Tauranga City Council’s Heritage Collection programme specialist Megan Hoskin. Megan shares her knowledge and provides ideas and tips for teaching about the Elms in the context of the New Zealand Histories curriculum. “Volunteering is a wonderful way to keep your hand in teaching while enjoying the beautiful, peaceful atmosphere of the Elms as part of our heritage community,” says Megan. If you’re interested in becoming a volunteer, email: info@theelms.org.nz or phone 07 577 9772. Rosalie Liddle-Crawford
Slow approach to rehab work on No. 1 Rd Te Puke residents are asked to hold on a bit longer for works to permanently widen and rehabilitate one of its busiest roads to improve safety. No.1 Rd is too narrow in parts, which prompted
Western Bay of Plenty District Council to earlier approve partial reconstruction. WBOPDC senior transportation engineer Calum McLean says the upgrades are a priority, but so too is minimising disruptions. With the upcoming kiwifruit packing season in March 2024, it’s important orchardists and teams can do what they need to without interruptions. “For that reason, we will only undertake minor works during this period. Our crews and contractors will try to complete some works this summer, but we anticipate the bulk will be completed next spring and summer, once the kiwifruit season has been completed. “Before we can launch into this we’ll be firming up stormwater discharge plans too,” says Calum.
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Christmas greetings! It’s that time of year when so many of us are consumed by preChristmas tasks and responsibilities that ‘just have to get done’ before the holidays. If that’s where you’re currently sitting, you have my commiserations!
More importantly though, I’d like to wish all Weekend Sun readers a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. Looking back, 2023 has certainly had its challenges with both the cost-of-living crisis and higher mortgage interest rates impacting may people. Similar conditions look like prevailing through at least the first half of 2024, although there are encouraging signs inflation at least is being brought under control. And of course, Covid is still with us and may always be, in one of its ever-mutating forms. The pandemic’s impacts have
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And finally, we have an election to look forward to when the Commission’s tenure comes to an end in July 2024. certainly become less intrusive through this year though, as we’ve learned to live with and work around it. I trust that will continue and add my best wishes for a healthy 2024 to the season’s greetings above.
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From Tauranga City Council’s perspective, there are a couple of reminders I’d like to highlight. First is to consider making a submission to the council’s draft 2024-34 Long Term Plan. Submissions close December 15. While this is very much a ‘steady as she goes’ plan, we’d like as much feedback as possible on the options outlined, including the concept of using variable road pricing as an alternate way to fund our transport needs, ease congestion and enable faster journeys on our main highways.
Election July 2024
We definitely don’t want to go back to the dysfunctional governance that blighted recent elected councils, so if you think you could make a difference please consider putting yourself forward as a candidate. We have an information evening planned early next year – at the Holy Trinity Church, Devonport Rd, from 4pm-8pm Monday, February 19 – where a range of former councilllors, city partners and the Commissioners will talk about what a council role is like, how council works and the qualities of good governance. The Electoral Officer will also provide an overview of the nomination and election processes for those looking to stand. For further information, email: election24@tauranga.govt.nz
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help contribute to community wellbeing,” says Scott. Council worked closely with the Te Puke Community Board on the preferred council reserve site. Donovan Park has been chosen because it is close to town and other walking and cycle paths. The pop-up pump track can be moved from one site to another over time – it does not need to stay permanently at Donovan Park. The project is funded by the Transport Choices package, part of the Waka Kotahi Climate Emergency Response Fund programme. The track will be installed before Christmas, according to Scott.
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Arthur King has been a snooker coach for 35 years and still loves it. Photo: John Borren
Get in cue for world class coach There’s only two certified snooker coaches in New Zealand – and one lives right here in the Bay of Plenty. Arthur King has been a snooker coach for the last 35 years, sharing his extensive know-how to keen cue-wielding players around the country. The 79-year-old first started playing snooker 57 years, aged 22. “I’d just got married and my wife worked shift work. My brother-in-law said: ‘Come and have a game of snooker’ and I said: ‘What’s that?’ And that was the beginning of it – and I haven’t stopped since.”
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Arthur loved the game straight away. “Once you start playing the game and you like it, you get hooked, and you just keep playing. I’m a competitive bugger so I like to excel in whatever I try and do.” He admits he’s won a few tournaments. “My grandkids will say I have 135 trophies around my wall at home. They are mainly club tournaments, and a couple of national titles.” Naturally, Arthur progressed into coaching others on how to step up their snooker game. “As I got the knowledge, I wanted to pass it onto to people starting that didn’t
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So what’s Arthur’s coaching highlight? “Probably coaching the young fella Rogan Beedle through to win the NZ Under-21s. We took him to China [in 2012] to see him compete against the world players, which is another class again. I’ve coached kids from eight years old to men of 80, and as long as I see improvement I’m happy.” Nearly 80, Arthur has backed off a bit from competing but is still going strong with coaching. “I’ve had different people come to me and they don’t know what to do. I say: ‘If you’ve got the attitude I can show you how to achieve it’. There’s no point in me saying: ‘Oh no you can’t do it’ – you can! We can achieve anything in this world – all we’ve got to do is apply ourselves.” Georgia Minkhorst
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Spending holidays with a loved one with dementia The holiday season can be great fun and a change from the everyday routine – but it can be challenging for someone with dementia who may struggle to fit in with the hustle and bustle and changes in routine.
Having a plan will help the person cope with changes to their regular routine. Letting visitors know what the plan is, and how the person’s condition has changed since they last visited is crucial.
Spending time with larger groups of people can also be overwhelming – particularly if the person forgets the name of someone they know. Ask visitors to include the person in conversations after introducing themselves at the beginning of each conversation, even if they have seen the person recently. Have a quiet area or a room allocated for the person with dementia to use if things start to become overwhelming, and have some familiar and welcome distractions ready such as looking at photos, listening to music or playing a card game. If you can, try and stick to familiar routines
such as eating at the usual times, going for a walk or watching a TV programme as you usually would. Take the day as it comes and ask visitors to do the same.
If you’d like to have a chat about how we can help you, give me a call. Ruth Thomas, EnlivenPlus. Phone 07 547 4349. EnlivenPlus provides specialist dementia care from $60.
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If you’re at the stage in your life where driving is no longer an option, Age Concern New Zealand and Driving Miss Daisy have launched a new booklet that could help. Many older adults face changing from being active drivers to needing alternative transportation options. Age Concern recognises the importance of helping older people maintain their independence, social connections, and mobility at this time of transition, and, with support from Driving Miss Daisy, have produced the revised ‘Life Without a Car’ booklet. The booklet is designed to empower older people and their families with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about transportation, and mobility options.
“We are thrilled to partner with Driving Miss Daisy on this initiative,” says Age Concern NZ chief executive Karen Billings-Jensen. “By providing the information and resources older people need to stay mobile, connected and safe, we are making a meaningful difference in their lives.” “At Driving Miss Daisy, we are committeed to supporting people to maintain their independence and mobility,” says Driving Miss Daisy NZ general manager Andrew Kirkpatrick. “We believe that ‘Life Without a Car’ will be an invaluable tool for older people and their families, and we are proud to be part of this initiative.” To access the ‘Life Without a Car’ booklet, visit either organisation’s website.
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New Minister for Seniors welcomed by Age Concern
With the change of government comes a newly-elected Minster for Seniors – NZ First Party’s List MP Casey Costello – and Age Concern welcome her to the role. Age Concern NZ chief executive Karen Billings-Jensen says her organisation looks forward to collaborating with the new Minister and members of the 54th Parliament in addressing the evolving needs of our ageing population. “Our goal is to work with the Minister for Seniors to address five focus areas. “Housing and urban design; income and the cost of living; access to healthcare; loneliness and social connection; and elder abuse.”
Karen says Age Concern’s briefing to incoming Ministers highlights the risks associated with not addressing the following factors. More older adults are homeless or live in inadequate, unhealthy housing. A higher proportion of older individuals living in poverty, with limited access to essential services. Increased risk of earlier admission into rest-home care and the additional costs involved. Growth in unequal health outcomes for older people exacerbating existing disparities. And an increase in elder abuse and neglect leading to physical, emotional, and financial harm to older Kiwis.
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What to gift greenfingers for Christmas... With Christmas just around the corner, I will start with a plea to those with gardening gifts in mind – buy vouchers! Unless you know the garden and the gardener extremely well, it’s not a good idea to get carried away with some lovely plant from your local garden centre.
The recipient may love you for it, but so often a suitable place can’t be found and so it will get shoved in and left to struggle with too much or not enough sun – when one of the cardinal rules of gardening is ‘right plant, right place’. All keen gardeners love the freedom of choice of a voucher and the fun of being able to spend
someone else’s money! Of course, a few bags of compost or sheep pellets tied up with a big red bow would delight many of us but may lack a certain touch of glamour. As to what to plant at this time of the year, go into any garden centre and you’ll be spoilt for choice! But just remember that weather forecasts are warning us it will be either too
hot or too wet and certainly not the best time to be planting – so maybe spend that voucher on a coffee and something calorific to go with it. Or a pretty scarf or piece of jewellery that doesn’t need fussing over – and enjoy whatever weather is thrown at us this festive season. Have a safe and Merry Christmas – from me and mine to you and yours.
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Warning to keep weedkiller out of compost The Environmental Protection Authority is encouraging people to take more care to stop plants sprayed with weedkillers containing clopyralid from contaminating compost. The EPA recently issued an advisory notice to highlight the issues and prompt people selling and using these weedkillers to follow the rules. These include restrictions on disposing of sprayed plants and lawn clippings. Some clopyralid products can only be sold to and used by workplaces. Clopyralid is used to control weeds in sports turf, lawns, and on farms. If plants sprayed with the substance get into compost, the compost can harm some garden plants. EPA general manager engagement Paula Knaap says clopyralid breaks down slowly in sprayed plants. “It will affect compost that contains weeds sprayed with clopyralid and even manure from animals that have eaten vegetation contaminated by clopyralid. “It’s important for people to properly dispose of weeds or lawn clippings sprayed with clopyralid. ““Make sure they go to landfill, rather than in green waste collections or in compost. “Some plants grown in compost contaminated with clopyralid can become stunted or distorted.
“Beans, peas, tomatoes, lettuces, carrots and roses are most affected,” says Paula. Sports turf, garden, or mowing professionals should put weeds or grass clippings sprayed with clopyralid in landfill – not compost, mulch or council green waste. They should also tell clients to send weeds or grass clippings treated with clopyralid to landfill. Gardeners can ensure their compost doesn’t contain clopyralid if they buy compost certified as organic; ask their compost supplier if it’s been tested for clopyralid; or make their own compost and exclude weeds or lawn clippings sprayed with clopyralid. “If everyone in the clopyralid supply chain follows the rules, we can ensure compost is safe for gardeners to grow healthy plants,” says Paula. The EPA regulates products containing clopyralid under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act.
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Pete Marshall is ready to shift and lift your items – big or small.
Pete knows how to lift and shift it! Spring is near – so have you bought something that needs shifting or lifting into place in Tauranga?
If you’ve got something heavy or difficult you need brought into the Tauranga district – and lifted into place, up high or down in the ground – call Pete Marshall of SkyHooksNZ Tauranga 4X4 Minicranes. Pete, an owner-operator, can do lifting and shifting jobs on residential, commercial and industrial sites with his minicrane and tandem trailer. “From Tauranga Harbour Bridge right back to the Kaimai Range, to Paengaroa and Kauri Point north of Katikati – if your item’s final destination is within this zone, I can move it! “We can deal with anything that’s coming from any part of NZ, but the final destination has to
be within our Tauranga district zone.” Husband-and-wife team Pete and Lynda say their service is ideal for transporting items too hard for manpower and too small for larger cranes. “This makes us cost-effective for businesses and the public’s lifting, placement, pick-up and delivery jobs.” Pete is safety-accredited, has an engineering background and 20-plus years’ experience working on sites large and small, meaning his ‘moving’ skills extend to all types of places. Pete’s two-tonne crane has a 6.8m reach, can handle 500kg at full stretch, and 2000kg at the side – the tandem trailer carries 2600kg – and Pete’s shifted it all! Pete offers a free site visit and estimate – and promptly replies to enquiries – call him now on 021 848 919.
Don’t let a grinch steal your Christmas! Police are urging communities to be vigilant this summer – and not to let their homes become a target for opportunistic crime.
With weather warming up so can opportunistic crime, as people get out and about more and thieves’ eyes wander – to people’s properties and cars. “We know how stressful the lead-up to Christmas can be and we want to equip you with some tools to prevent your house from becoming a target,” says Sergeant Paul McRoberts. With Christmas shopping ramping up and increasing online purchases, ensure you have packages delivered to a secure location. “Get packages
delivered to a place where someone will be home to receive them, or to a work address. “If you do have deliveries made to your home, make sure you’re going to be home, or have a secure location where they can be left. “And be smart when disposing of packaging, so passers-by can’t see if you've been buying expensive items.” If you see any suspicious or illegal activity or are a victim to theft, try noting as much detail as possible and contact Police on 111 if it’s happening now or 105 if it’s after the fact. “Keep your items protected this summer and stay vigilant. “Don’t let a grinch steal your Christmas!”
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Great work, water watchers! Our peak water use has dropped 7%. Check out our Water Watchers plan and top tips for saving more water this summer.
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share. “We know people want their veggie gardens growing through summer, and we’ve got advice to help,” says Peter. One of Peter’s top tips is using mulch to protect plant roots during hot days. “Before the weather really heats up is the perfect time to put mulch in the garden. Mulch keeps soil cool, the moisture at plants’ roots, and weeds down – it’s a win-winwin,” says Peter. He also recommends gardeners ‘toughen up’ their plants by watering less often for longer. “Plants can become too waterdependent if they get light
watering often, as this encourages shallow roots. Give them a good drink at their roots once or twice a week in the evenings so the moisture can soak in. “Water can be reused for gardens too – put a bucket in the shower for non-edible plants or collect rainwater with buckets outside. “It’s the little changes we make that add up to a big water-saving difference and keep our streams in good shape. Check the Water Watchers Plan on the council website before turning the tap,” recommends Peter. See: tauranga.govt.nz/waterwatchers
Give George a garden wonderland! George is fun-loving two month old crossbreed male pup. He’s gorgeous with his teddy bear nose. George is a friendly, confident, happy boy looking for his forever family! He is looking for an active home where he can be a real part of the family. He would love to go on adventures to the beach and park then will snuggle up for cuddles at the day’s end. George is still a young puppy – so the SPCA recommends puppy classes to help him learn skills needed to be a model grown-up dog. This cutie loves to play and chase tennis balls. Can you give him a big garden to call his own? Come and meet George today! Phone the Tauranga SPCA on: 07 5780245. Ref no: 591203.
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Trees grow to feed the community Budding young gardeners got stuck in earlier this week, helping care for fruit trees that will feed the community’s belly for years to come.
Based in Arataki Park, the ‘Fruit Forest’ is an initiative spearheaded by charity organisations Kai Resilience and PiPS – short for People and Plants in Schools. “We started this four years ago with arborists from Tauranga City Council who have put these trees in, and so the whole idea of this it to take some community ownership,
create some signage for the trees and get the kids involved,” says PiPS’ Heidi Hughes. The Fruit Forest is a community asset open to anyone and everyone for free fruit, with a range of apple, plum, orange, satsuma, mandarin and pear trees. On Tuesday, December 5, TCC arborists were on-site, sharing knowledge with the Arataki School kids on identifying trees, caring for them and how to correctly mulch them so they grow better. “It’s best to start at a young age and to teach them the benefits of having
the trees in the community,” says TCC arborist Hemi Wallace. Arataki School student Jasmine Berry says: “I like to learn about trees because I like eating the fruit”. “I hope the students grow a passion towards trees and become our tree protectors for the future,” says Hemi. Amy Board, of Western Bay of Plenty Kai Resilience, says her charity works across WBOP to improve food resilience and local food systems. “I’m really passionate about fruit tree orchards in public
spaces because it’s educational, and it’s providing an opportunity for the public to eat fruit straight from the tree.” Next, students will make signs for the trees to educate the public and let them know what fruit is growing. “My hope is they’ll learn more about fruit trees be inspired to plant a tree or garden in their own backyard,” says Amy. WBOP Kai Resilience is on the lookout for more volunteers to care for the trees. Arataki students tending to weeds Get in touch and/or register, at: www.manakaimanaora.nz at the base of a plum tree.
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The Tauranga Astronomical Society is hosting a Christmas market fundraiser from 5pm-9pm on Tuesday, December 12, inside the Otūmoetai Sports & Recreation Club hall at Fergusson Park, which also houses the Tauranga Observatory. Come for a variety of market stalls including arts, crafts, gift cards, jewellery, candles, calendars, clothing, baby wear, garden art and much more! A sausage sizzle fundraiser plus the C4 Street Food and Espresso and El Cartel food trucks will be there. This fundraiser market helps the society contribute their share to the running costs of the building, as well as upgrading, replacing and buying new equipment for the observatory. President Dave Greig says they also host visits from schools and clubs; and they visit schools, kindergarten and retirement villages. “We also collaborate with STEM Wana Trust
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with displays at their events including this year’s STEM Fest and the ‘Meet an Astronaut’ event. “When the moon phase is ideal for viewing the craters on the moon, we often arrange family viewing nights on weekends and during school holidays. These events are always very popular.” The primary source of income for the society is through stall bookings at their Christmas market. “We will also have our own stall with TAS merchandise for sale – caps, beanies, T-shirts, hoodies and jackets.” Most market stalls will not have Eftpos, so bring cash. Entry to the market is free. For inquiries, phone: 028 432 8401. Please note that all stalls are booked already.
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What an understatement!
“We didn’t get it right”. This is the bland understatement put out by the city’s chief commissioner on the shambles that is the up-grade and so-called ‘beautification’ of Cameron Rd Stage 1. She used the word ‘scarred’, and expressed regret at the “huge disruption and distress”. May I say, Ms Tolley, that your words are meaningless PR drivel when the public, through forum after forum, have been shouting this for nigh on two years, and mostly received silence from you and your fellow Commissioners. It took a report to provoke an offer of some sort of mealy mouthed apology, to the retailers, and the general public, that all this disruption would eventually take us from the current hell of an orange-coned thoroughfare to some sort of future nirvana. An owner of a 30-year-old business summed it up succinctly when relocating the business said:
“We’ve had a gutsful!” Showing how out of touch this commissioner and her cohorts really are, we had the ultimate PR non-statement “we’ve got to learn from this experience”. I would hazard a guess that Ms Tolley’s ‘learning’ does not include any adverse impact on her remuneration going forward, and nor does it mirror the loss of income and customers that under-siege retailers have had to weather through all this, at times unnecessary, adversity. I think this shows Ms Tolley’s mea culpa is driven more by the fact this report was made public, and in fact constitutes more meaningless PR. Taking a leaf out of the playbook of the recentlyended six-year Labour Government, we are now going to have a “governance group” to tell the Commissioners what is patently obvious to everyone else. Maybe they should step out of their offices and take a walk down Cameron Rd, to see how the real world operates! Gary Kenny, Bethlehem.
A time of expecting and hope In the lead-up to Christmas my wife and I have the tradition of making lists of things we’d like for Christmas. This ensures we do not buy things that will eventually not be used or become white elephants. It also ensures we’re never quite sure what we are getting, which adds to the excitement.
what you are going to receive from God; how He will answer our prayers. Jesus made His own list in the garden but also asked that His Father’s will be done. It led to the death of His Son but through His resurrection we are living with a peace that surpasses all understanding knowing we share in the greatest gift of all, life everlasting. What are you trusting God for this Christmas? Go on! Make your list. But trust Him to answer in His perfect way. God bless.
Christmas is a time of expecting Rev Philipp Potgieter – St James and hope. It is a time of reflecting Union Church on how God has always been faithful to us and to His promises to us. Through His Son Jesus Christ, God continues have wished to include a bottle to answer prayers and of wine with their take-home supplies us with all we groceries will be deprived of need in this life. early organised shopping. Paul encourages There are no winners here. us in Philippians 4 Replace CHURCH UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Perhaps TCC members and CLOSED towith make our prayers representatives could change and known to St Andrews Church, Deewants St, Mt Maunganui their agenda and start working Bible Study 9:30am -God Worship Service 10:45am through prayer You are welcome to worship with for the people who pay them. and thanksgiving. He Also replace the words: us each Sabbath (Saturday) Rayna Stephens, Pāpāmoa remindsONLY us that God ONLINE SERVICES St Andrews Church, Dee St, Mt Maunganui MountSDA@gmail.com Beach. will answer our prayers Bible Study 9:30am • Worship Service 10:45am and this will give us With: We look forward to seeing you! Enquiries 021 277 1909 Editor’s note: TCC announced peace knowing that Tuesday it has hit pause on God’s will is perfect for We look forward to seeing you! adopting an updated Local us. It is like making a Alcohol Policy following several list but not knowing mtmaunganui.adventist.org.nz requests from people wanting to discuss the impacts of the changes. ST PAULS
of four Commissioners, three tangata whenua representatives. Five members must be physically present to form a quorum, and at least three commissioners and two externally-appointed members must be present and a nonvoting chairman of Tauranga Moana. This is interesting because Bruce Robertson is the only external appointee available. The result is that retail outlets are not only deprived of customary sales revenue they are to be asked to help police the law physically and at the checkout. Buyers who may
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It’s a free choice actually! ‘Letting off steam’ is fine
According to Stuff reporter Tova O’Brien – oh and Tukuroirangi Morgan, apparently speaking for Maori – this new government coalition is going to be responsible for many thousands of deaths because of the reversal of the smokefree laws. Really? And how many deaths are our past governments responsible for by not banning alcohol and drugs use? Has there ever been a law enforcing the use of all these drugs? The use of every detrimental substance is the free choice only of the person affected by the drugs, and the responsibility for the ill effects can therefore only be attributed to the person who decided to use the drug. No-one else is responsible for the free choice anyone makes. Gail Webster, Greerton.
I sometimes read about negative or challenging behaviour of younger people in our city. Readers may be interested to know there are many hundreds of teenagers who have been spending the past few weeks working on external examinations revision and sitting these examinations. Prior to sitting their papers many have sought help and advice from current and retired secondary school teachers who gladly give their time without payment. These students are the ones who eventually become our engineers, doctors, architects, lawyers, and so on. ‘Letting off steam’ after the final examination paper is fine provided no harm is done to persons, animals and property. Craig McFarlane, Pāpāmoa.
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70 Pooles Rd Phone (07) 541 2182 Cnr. Cameron Rd & Spring St www.stpeters.org.nz www.stjamestauranga.co.nz Phone 578 9608 Rev Enosa Auva’a Rev Philipp Potgieter 10.00am Family Service 10.30am Morning Worship Contemporary
ST ANDREWS EVANS RD COMMUNITY Cnr Macville Rd & Dee St Mt Maunganui Phone 575 9347 CHURCH, PAPAMOA 30 Evans Road Phone 574 6190 10.00am Family Service
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242 Dickson Road, Papamoa Rev Philipp Potgieter Ph 020 4010 7364 9.00am Morning Worship 10.00am Fellowship
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Readers may have noted in the Local Democracy report in The Weekend Sun (‘Liquor sale restrictions, page 3 November 24, 2023) that from February 12, 2024, they may not purchase alcohol from retailers until 10am. The Government sets the hours for the Sale and Supply of Alcohol as from 7am to 11pm. The Tauranga City Council Strategy Risk and Finance committee has taken upon itself to override the national law. There is only one sole voice on that Committee with this finance and risk experience. The remainder is made up
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Restaurant to host Christmas lunch for needy A Tauranga restaurant which has generously offered the community a Christmas feast in the past is cooking up goodwill again this year.
Indian restaurant Castle 91, located on Cameron Rd, is hosting its annual Christmas lunch to give back to the community this Sunday, December 10. “This will be our fourth year,” says Castle 91 manager Mike Dhillion.
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Mike says some people cannot afford to go out and do shopping for Christmas presents and everything – however they still want to have something for Christmas. “Some solo mums can’t afford any presents – this is just a little treat for them who can’t affords it. “Everyone wants to celebrate Christmas, but some people can’t do it.”
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The lunch will be held at Castle 91 restaurant, at 1339 Cameron Rd, Greerton, from noon-2pm. “Last time we had about 40 people turn up,” says Mike. “The first time we had only 10-15 – so the numbers are increasing. We can feed up to 80-90 people. We’ve got a big restaurant.” This year Mike says they will serve two or three dishes like butter chicken, veggie korma, rice, naan breads. “We have one vegetarian, one vegan option, and glutenfree options. We are very excited about it.” Mike recalls his favorite memory from a past gathering. “We had a customer who was homeless and jobless during Covid. He broke down because he was financially not well and mentally not well. He came to have this lunch and a couple of times we did one free lunch during Covid. We gave away two meals a day every day
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“We want everyone to tell their mates, their families and who they think need it. We want many people,” says Mike. “The little things can change the life of someone.” To get in touch with Castle 91 about the community lunch, phone: 07 571 8891 or email: castle91eatery@yahoo.com Ayla Yeoman
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Katikati’s Upcycled Christmas Tree Display is having an opening night outside the Arts Junction on the Main Rd, next Thursday, December 14, from 7pm-9pm. There will be live music, glow fairies and roving entertainers, craft stalls and snack vendors – plus the chance to get first glimpse of the trees in the upcycled competition. Santa’s Grotto inside the Arts Junction will be open. Find out more at: Katikati.org.nz
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for anyone who wanted it. Mike says the man ended up going back to his job, and after a few months came back to Castle 91 well dressed and happy. “He came to me like: ‘Hey bro, I came to you during the lunch when I couldn’t afford it, I’m coming to you because you sold me a free lunch at the time. “Now I have a job and I’m doing very well, so I’m buying dinner just to say thanks to you for that lunch’,” says Mike.
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Barry Elshaw wants past members of Bowls Tauranga South to know the club’s centenary celebration is coming up in February 2024. Photo: John Borren.
Tauranga South rolling towards centenary A bowling club in Tauranga – which first rolled a ball across the greens in 1924 – is about to celebrate 100 years of existence. Bowls Tauranga South is trying to let past members know that the club will host centenary celebrations on the weekend of February 9-11, 2024. Bowls Tauranga South committee member Barry Elshaw says everybody is welcome to the February event – but he especially wants to get word out to past members. “I hope once people see this article I’ll get some enquires from people who left the club 30 years ago who’d like to come.”
Back in 1924
At a meeting chaired by Mr Beale in 1924 a decision was made to form a combined bowls-tennis club on the corner of Devonport Rd and 10th Ave, says Barry. “Back in 1924, Tauranga had a population of 2500. “The estimated cost of establishing the grounds was 300 pounds and for a successful club to exist, 75 people were required to join. This obviously happened, and so the journey began.” In 1940, the club shifted to a new block in Tauranga South, says Barry. “Opening day for this new club on October 12, 1940, was attended by 250 players and visitors. At this time Tauranga had a population of 3900.”
Barry credits good leadership and loyal, supportive members for the ongoing success of Tauranga South Bowling Club, which is now located on Tutchen St. “During the past 10-15 years membership numbers declined – however in the last three or four years there’s been a turnaround and numbers are increasing monthly.” Barry, who has been involved in the club for about 19 years, says his favourite club memory is becoming a life member. “We’ve got about seven life members. We’re a very social club, and today have more than 250 members. We just want it to be a happy-go-lucky sort of place.”
Centenary programme
The club is in good spirits – looking ahead to celebrating its 100-year milestone in February. On Friday, February 9, 2024, the programme starts 3.30pm for visitors and club members’ social hours at the clubrooms. On Saturday, February 10, at noon everyone will be welcomed in for a 12.30pm lunch followed by a guest speaker. At 2pm is photos – and at 2.30pm bowls kick off. From 4pm is drinks followed by dinner and music at 5.30pm. Then on Sunday, February 11, at 10.30am there’s a sponsored brunch. From noon will be bowls followed by a 2pm closing ceremony with afternoon tea. “We’re proud of how we started and
how we’re doing,” says Barry. To attend any of the centenary events, there’s a $10 registration fee. To register, call: 07 578 6213 email: office@bowlstaurangasouth.co.nz or see: www.bowlstaurangasouth.co.nz/centenarycelebrations/news-and-programme-and-registration
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JACK DUSTY’S (Bureta) THE JAM FACTORY Sat 9th Robbie Barrie 2-5pm Fri 8th HANWHO + Dan Marks 7-9.30pm *cover charge Sat 9th One One One 7.30-10.30pm Sun 10th Jack Dusty’s Ukulele Players 2-2.40pm THE FREEPORT WITH CLEAVER & CO Sun 10th Blaze 3-6pm Fri 8th Sammie Campbell 5-8pm Mon 11th Jack Dusty’s Ukulele Players 6-7.30pm THE MATUA BAR Wed 13th Open Mic Night 7pm Fri 8th T.J.S Blues Band 6.30-9.30pm LATITUDE 37 Wed 13th Midweek Marmalade 6.30-9.30pm Fri 8th Sam Fisher 8.30pm THE RISING TIDE Sat 9th Caleb Cross 8.30pm Sat 9th Live Music 2.30–5.30pm Sun 10th Josh Pow 4-7pm MT MAUNGANUI RSA Sat 9th Country Show 7-10.30pm Sun 10th Helen Riley 4.30-7.30pm
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Grant Haua
– from Pukehinahina to Paris After touring Europe and Australia, and being praised in ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine, Grant Haua is home.
Those who know him know how much hard work and money went into that process. It culminated in being signed to prestigious French blues label Dixie Frog. With that has come exposure and praise in ‘Rolling Stone’, high-profile He told me he’s going fishing and after the last gigs in France and Germany, and four albums few years’ schedule it sounds like a helluva good in two years, his initial acoustic ‘Awa Blues’, two idea. His new album ‘Mana Blues’ has just been live albums, one recorded at the Historic Village released in New Zealand and things are now very church, and now the full electric outing with different for the singer, songwriter and guitarist. ‘Mana Blues’. Grant came up through the usual routes in It’s an album that simply blows me away – Tauranga, recording a first album with his band great songs, Moss at The Boatshed great singing, Studio 25 years ago. After great guitar that it was the usual: the playing, great band split up, he band and great joined or formed production. others, played Outstanding. covers, played Th ere are 10 originals, honed songs, and one his craft... of them is not Things started like the others. changing around The opener, 2010, with the ‘Pukehinahina’, return to New about the Battle Zealand of highof Pukehinahina flying drummer (Gate Pa), Michael Barker, not features French only percussionist label-mates for ENZO and more The Inspector but, notably, part Cluzo and is of Australia’s John fast and furious Butler Trio, which had and no doubt taken him round the heartfelt but world, from the biggest an outlier since festivals to America’s the rest of the ‘Tonight Show’. The cover of Grant Haua’s new album. Photo: supplied. album, recorded at The duo he and Grant Welcome Bay’s Colourfield Studio, is essentially a formed, Swamp Thing, brought Grant national attention as well as gigs in America, Australia, and dynamic Tauranga three-piece. all over. They worked like crazy and made four Musical confidence albums, and you could hear the development in ‘Billie Holiday’ and ‘Blame It On A Monday’ Grant’s songwriting and guitar style. immediately establish Grant’s Guitar Hero chops with some surprisingly sophisticated shredding. Going solo A Led Zeppelin-style take on Blind Willie Five years ago Grant split to play solo and follow Johnson’s ‘Time of Dying’ rocks. There are also the elusive dream of an international record deal. nods towards soul, things perhaps leaning in a Robert Cray direction with ‘Jealousy’, and two roaringtofunk outings, ‘Aches’ and '’Bad Mood’, How solve both of which climax in dynamite finales – a sign Sudoku! MEDIUM No.2216 of Grant’s musical confidence. Bass player Brian Franks brings the funk throughout while Fill the grid so thatdrummer Jeff Nilsson plays out of his skin and frequently amazes. Producer every row and every (with Grant) Tim Julian adds tasty and tasteful 3x3 square contains keyboards. It’s also notable the class that record the digits support 1 to 9 brings: the CD package is company generous and fashion photographs of Grant suggest aNo.2215 possible alternative future on the Paris Solution How to solve catwalks. recommended. 7 4 2 8 3 5 1 6 9 Unreservedly Sudoku! No.2216 4 2 8 5**************************************** 3 1 7 9 6 1 2 8 5 3 latest 9 6 Hear 7 4 Winston’s 5 9 Playlist: 5 8 1 3 2 6 7 4 9 Fill the grid so that https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PeemnQbFVn 2 8 6 4 1 5 3 3 5 1 every row and every 7 9C0ZbOFwzVqu?si=e849935f2b6f4f22
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