The Weekend Sun 24 March 2016

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Theyre mens toys, models. But thats where small ends and big thrills start.Because some of the 80 model power boats registered for the Radio

Controlled Power Boat New Zealand Nationals this weekend are capable of reaching speeds of 140km/h on the water.

Thats serious speed, says Bay of Plenty Model Power Boat Club president Steve Trott. Hell be running his twin 15cc engine hydroplane.

The event winner will earn bragging rights. They will have the privilege of displaying NZ1 on their boat, so for one year the world knows they are the best model boater around. Read more on page 5. Photo: Bruce Barnard.

See inside for more Easter weekend events, including the annual Rotary Book Fair and Grower Directs annual Giant Egg Hunt. But remember the true meaning of Easter this weekend, see church pages 36-37.

Model boats to fly at Tauriko

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Thursday 24 March 2016

New Zealands Quietest Heat Pumps

Poor cuzzy, the Easter Bunny. Hes copping it from all sides this week. As if the guy isnt

busy enough in the build-up to Easterhes warding off a series of dastardly threats

against him, starting with the anti-sugar campaigners breathing down his neck.

Imagine the impact on the Easter egg business if theres a walloping tax on Easter gut-rot. How are the nearly-obese supposed to reach their ultimate goal of morbidly obese, if bureaucracy keep throwing these sorts of hurdles in their way?

Then from left of fi eld, comes a new rabbit killing virus. According to SunLive, the Bays most-

Maelstrom to myxomatosis threatens embattled bunny followed news organisation, the virus RHDV1-K5, is a Korean strain of the lethal calicivirus already present in New Zealand that causes Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease. The New Zealand Rabbit Coordination Group is working with Landcare Research to seek approval to introduce K5 into New Zealand to help control rabbit damage, which costs the agricultural industry tens of millions in control and lost production each year.

Then on top of the sugar ban and the deadly virus, the intrepid bunny is faced with a gnarly storm, if the MetService forecast is correct. Heavy rain means potential for fl ooding, slips and hazardous driving conditions. If you were clever wee bunnies, youd be staying home and dry this Easter.

The fourth sign that not all is well with the Easter Bunnys outlook is a gruesome discovery on the road outside the Sun offi ce this week: A

pair of rabbit earrings that have been run over.

Not good karma, having the likeness of the Bunny as roadkill in the week before Easter.

(If you are missing these danglers from your rabbit ears, give Julie a call at the Sun, 07 578 0030).

Theres always danger lurking in the sea, from risk of tsunami. Not just for EB,

but all of us. Fortunately, the Easter Bunny and the rest of

us can fi nd out how to mitigate this risk, by checking out the advice on page 20. The friendly folk at the council have some helpful tips on preparing for such a disaster.

Next comes the risk of trampling... from the marauding children intent on hunting Easter eggs at Grower Direct. We suggest EB checks out

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

The rabbit faked itFinally, the greatest threat to Mr Bunny is not

so much life-threatening, but a challenge to his credibility. Some doubters claim hes not real, that he helped fake the moon landings, contributed to erosion and global warming, staged 911 hijackings and is generally not to be trusted.

We have a message for you non-believers. May you sail off the edge of the world. Which, we

all know, is fl at.And if you do set sail for the edge of the earth,

make sure your boat is named something really spectacular, such as Boaty McBoatface. In a story this week, proving that fact can always be stranger than fi ction, The British public bless em, have voted the best name for a 200 million ship

is Boaty McBoatface, if the Daily Telegraph can be believed. The National Environment Research Council thought it would be a nice idea to ask online, for people to name the Royal Research Ship. Massively in front of the restBoaty McBoatface.

James Hand, who put the suggestion, described it as an absolutely brilliant name.

Others included RRS David Attenborough, RRS Pingu and RRS Boat Marley and the Whalers. The poll is just a suggestion, so there is no guarantee the boat name will stick.

If You Love MexicoMeanwhile, it completely

unrelated news, Olivia Newton Johns missing boyfriend, AWOL for 11 years, has apparently been found secretly living in Mexico with a new lover.

A magazine is claiming Patrick McDermott, who vanished on a fi shing trip a decade ago, has told a German woman Youre the One That I Want and made a new life with her. Amidst claims he faked his own death; a massive investigation to fi nd him and a book written on the case, it appears McDermott just wanted to be left alone and start anewClearly he didnt listen very carefully to Hopelessly Devoted to You, particularly the line But now theres nowhere to hide, since you pushed my love aside

Righto sailors, have a great Easter, avoid the tempest. Stay safe and enjoy our amazing fl at world, no matter what your beliefs and cultures.

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3The Weekend Sun Thursday 24 March 2016

Sometimes, the hard questions have to be asked

of the Hahunga boys in Papamoa.

For example, Hamish, Elthan, Dominic, how many minutes, or hours as the case may, did you really spend on your computer last week? And Dad Josh might also ask them: Are you sure it was only that much? And they may answer: Okay no, there was also this and that.

No blaming or shaming here. Its all in the interests of research

and for the greater good.This is a family documenting

their engagement with technology minute-by-minute, day-by-day for a whole year so data can analyse and so others may benefi t.

A lot of it is about giving back really because there are many people who have the skills and there also lots of people with fears their children might be accessing stuff that they know absolutely nothing about, says Mum

Delwynne. The Hahunga family is one technologically shrewd and knowledgeable family.

Yes, fortunately we are reasonably savvy, says Josh.

They also have a history of project management and are community-oriented.

So we fi tted and should be able to add value.

They fi tted into something called The Parent Project.

Its a Vodafone initiative and will address issues like keeping families safe online, kids spending too much time on devices and upskilling on parental controls and tools. So Vodafone can produce those tools, it invited the Hahungas and three other families nationwide to provide some real world experiences.

Vodafones in the thick of the corporate environment so its probably not aware of whats happening out there, says Delwynne. Parents want to hear from the experts, says Vodafones Liz Wilson. But they also want to

hear from other parents.In turn, Vodafone will share

those experiences through articles, videos and guides to help Kiwi families make sense of the digital world. They will offer templates for parents to sit down and talk to their kids, for setting expectations and also guidelines for how long kids are allowed to be online.

To get there Vodafone is working with the Hahungas complementing what is actually already happening in their home.

Theyre advising on how to better manage daily digital life, track screen-time, set up and use parental controls, age-guides and one-on-one sessions with a coach to discuss the familys digital needs. They are doing this out of corporate responsibility because there is so much fear out there, says Josh. Fortunately, the Hahungas dont have that issue but its still out there.

To read the full story go to www.theweekendsun.co.nz; Search for Monitoring a digital world.

Hunter Wells

Digital issues facing familiesThe Hahunga family spend lots of time on their PCs, tablets, phones and laptops and are strong

advocates for stopping cyber bullying.

4 The Weekend SunThursday 24 March 2016

A move to change the name of the new Greerton Library to

Greerton Village Library failed when it came before Tauranga City

councillors this week.Greerton Mainstreet wanted the name

change, but the councillors voted in support of the staff recommendation, which opposes the village proponent mainly because the Greerton Village name originates in marketing programme by Greerton Mainstreet and in more than 20 years it hasnt gained widespread traction.

In December 2015 at the Greerton community connections meeting, only four of about 40 people were in favour of a library name-change.

Since its introduction as a marketing tool in 1993 only Greerton Village School

has taken up the name. Also, the Greerton Library serves a wider

area than Greerton Village, and there may be translation issues.

The existing name Greerton Library/Te Ao Marama Ki Tutarawananga was discussed and approved by TCCs Tangata Whenua committee before design of the new library started.

Library staff say the current names, both Maori and English, were chosen carefully. The Maori name means a place of learning. Tutarawananga was a centre of learning with an infl uence and importance which spread far beyond its local area.

Greerton Library is also a centre of learning. In this case life-long learning and leisure, and its infl uence, spreads beyond its immediate location.

Their view is that its important the original names of the library are kept to

be inclusive of the wider community.If the name is changed to Greerton

Village Library, it would be prudent to advise the Tangata Whenua committee, say council staff, even though the existing Maori name is not a direct transliteration of the words Greerton Library.

Pressure is also being applied on the timing. A quick decision from council is called for, before the signage of the new library is completed.

And, if the Library changes its name to incorporate the word village, then theres the possibility the renaming could to spread to other council buildings like the Greerton (Village) Hall.

This would have cost implications, say TCC staff. Especially if Greerton Mainstreet ever moves its marketing strategy away from the village concept.

Tauranga City councillors this week unanimously voted in support of a proposal to sell part of the Historic Village land to enable Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust to build a community hub.

Councillors are supporting the proposal because it solves a lot of drainage issues at the village, it will bring new life to the village, help with its debt, improve the greenspace, and with the addition of a covered stage, be an asset for future events.

Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby says TECT didnt need to build its hub at the village,

it could have chosen land anywhere else in the city, but chose the Historic Village site because of the community connections there already. He jokingly asked TECT chairman Bill Holland if there were any other TECT projects for which the council could sell it land. The numbers made public are that TECT will buy 4790m2 at an agreed value of $250m2.

The sale price is $1,197,500.TECT is undertaking the creation of a safe

building platform on which the community hub will be constructed, including

undertaking drainage investigations and works, and relocating existing buildings.

TECT will also reinstate and improve the green space which adjoins the land where the community hub is to be built.

Tauranga City Council completes the subdivision, issues the new titles and TECT obtains the resource consents to develop the land.

The safe building platform will cost $151,780, green space improvements $235,842, reinstatement costs $335,160 and the total costs will amount to $722,982.

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Superyacht spotted in Tauranga The US-built superyacht

Evviva replete with its own helicopter has been spotted in Tauranga Harbour.

The $32.8 million, 50-metre motor yacht may be riding out Thursdays storm at anchor in Tauranga Harbour because there is nowhere else to put it, says Bridge Marina manager Tony Arnold.

Bay dominate lifesaving champsMount Maunganui has emerged victorious at

Surf Lifesavings biggest annual event, the Eastern Bay Energy Trust New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Championship.

The Tauranga-based team, Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service, came home ahead of second-place getters Papamoa Surf Lifesaving Club despite the slightly shortened event, while Piha took third at four-day extravaganza in the Bay of Plenty.

Man hit by truck likely to survivePolice say a man who was hit by a truck on

Friday is likely to survive his injuries.The man suffered serious injuries after being

knocked down by a truck on Takitimu Drive.The 39-year-old man was struck by a logging

truck at 4.44am on Friday. Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager Senior Sergeant Ian Campion says alcohol is believed to be a factor.

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There must be something very satisfying in creating a radio controlled model power boat from scratch,

but an even bigger satisfaction seeing it fl y across the water at a maximum of

140km per hour.

The fi nishing touches are being put on about 80 model power boats registered for the Radio Controlled Power Boat New Zealand Nationals at Lake Taurikura, in the

industrial area of The Lakes, on March 26-27.

Bay of Plenty Model Power Boat Club president Steve Trott says depending on the type of craft and size of the motor, the boats

can reach speeds of more than 100km per hour.

When you get into the big guns where weve got the best of the best, who

have invested heavily in the machines they use, then theyre capable of 140km. Thats not messing around thats real speed.Hosted by BOP

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time, the

national event includes a range of boat classes divided into hull types and motor sizes. Its going to be pretty busy, says Steve, who will also be racing this weekend.

Its what we would describe as overall sprint racing; its a race over fi ve laps, its pretty cut throat, intense and exciting to watch.

Bay club members will have their eyes on the Thunder Down Under Trophy, a regional club trophy for the best performing club at a national event.

Weve held that for three years in a row now, so were gunning to keep it on our shelf, says Steve.

The regatta culminates in the Presidents Cup for the years best performing competitors of every association event held nationwide.

I think weve got BOP members leading the way there. That could go two or three different ways at this stage, so again we really hoping that somebody from the

Bay can pull that off as well.Thats probably the

most prestigious award you can win, it basically gives you

the right to display NZ1 on your boat for the

next 12 months and shows youre the best around.But the club isnt all about the

seriousness of racing, its about fun too. Theres a range of guys who want to achieve different things from it; there are some guys who simply enjoy building the boat to start with and then weve got the guys who just enjoy going out and having a bit of a roar around.

The public is invited to the national event at Lake Taurikura on March 26-27 from 9am-4pm.

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It was as baffl ing as it was frustrating as botch-ups with

the mail can be.

In this case a letter arrived at a Bethlehem address. The number was right, the fi rst letter of the street was

right, in this case the letter B. But thats where right ended and

confusion started.So our reader scrawls: Return to

sender or Not at this address and feeds it, as recommended, straight back in the postal network. In other words, he posts it again. No longer his

When the mail doesnt get through problem, he thought.

Our reader doesnt want to be identifi ed. I am a bit concerned about security. Fair enough.

But he did take up the issue with NZ Post. I complained, he says and he got all the right reassurances like looking into it, sorry and wont happen again.

But then our reader gets another letter to the right number but B for Beaumaris Boulevard and not B for Bethlehem Heights.

Again, the letter goes back in the post and our correspondent goes back to NZ Post.

Cant the postie read? Beaumaris cant possibly be confused with Bethlehem. I was told it wasnt a postie problem, it was a sorting problem. And the sortings done somewhere in Auckland. It was all done automatically.

And so, understands our correspondent, the postie is belting along on his bicycle and only looking at the numbers because the letters are already sorted. He says NZ Post told him it shouldnt be happening, that someone in the sorting offi ce wasnt doing their job properly and that a trace would be put in place. It worked. But only for a while. To complicate matters, hes now received fi ve misdirected letters reposted to his address in Bethlehem Heights.

Its all marked not Beaumaris Boulevard. Again right number but wrong street, although again both streets beginning with the letter B. It appears to be a neighbourhood-wide problem.

The worry is that someone could be receiving our mail and not passing it on. It could be confi dential stuff, personal stuff

that you dont want to share with the neighbourhood.

Other neighbours have since reported similar experiences.

Thank you, said NZ Post.Thank you to The Weekend Sun

reader for doing the right thing and contacting their customer services team to alert them to the problem. Our postal team does its best to deliver mail to the right address but sometimes mistakes happen and we apologise.

NZ Post is taking the matter

seriously and is monitoring local deliveries. But the postal service has some advice. People who receive mail that isnt intended for them should mark it Return to sender and post it again.

It also has a warning. Its an offence under the Postal Services Act 1998 for a person to open any mail not addressed to them.

While NZ Post is monitoring its deliveries, The Weekend Sun will be watching developments.

Hunter Wells

Return to sender - yet again.

Theres a fantastic video on YouTube showing the Historic Village in its glory days in the early 1990s.

The efforts of those volunteers was extraordinary.

Since then though, the village has been through an economic recession, changing focus from successive councils, turnover of

tenants, and less volunteers able to help out.

Located at the heart of Taurangas avenues, next to the citys busy

hospital, a life-line has been thrown to the village.

The council this week agreed for the Tauranga Electricity Consumers Trust to buy part of the village to build its new community hub for community organisations.

Many community groups and not-for-profi ts already call the Historic Village home.

Attracting more people to Taurangas Historic Village Attracting more people to Taurangas Historic Village

7 Thursday 24 March 2016The Weekend Sun

About 10,000 people are expected to gather for the fi fth annual free Easter in the Park tomorrow.

Pastor of Mosaic Joel Milgate says this years event is being taken to another level.

We want to show our community that we care and to be a part of making someones Good Friday a great Friday.

This year Easter in the Park is

running on Good Friday from 10am-1pm at Coronation Park, Mount Maunganui.

There will be bouncy castles and slides, the chairoplane, mechanical bull and surfboard, live music from local artists, face painting, crafts for kids, espresso coffee from top notch baristas, bacon and egg sammies, fruit salads, candy fl oss, hot cross buns and more!

If penguins could talk, the estimated 800 Little Blue penguins living on Mauao

must shriek with excitement every time a cruise ship

glides past their home into Tauranga Harbour.

Yippee, here comes another few thousand dollars to keep our homes safe lads, theyd say.

And the cruise ship passengers are happy to help.

Tourism Bay of Plenty chief executive Rhys Arrowsmith says the Cruise iPort has this year received donations from cruise ship passengers wanting a stamp memento of their visit.

Through this, passengers and Tourism BOP have been able to support Mauao Area Wildlife Trust in caring for the penguins

and grey-faced petrel colonies.Its great to be able to help

give back and fund this, as so many cruise passengers enjoy walking up and around Mauao each season, says Rhys.

Mauao Area Wildlife Trusts pest control funding expires in April, so Rhys says the $2,400 donation is perfect timing to help the trust continue to maintain and bait the current lines and add new ones.

Mauao Area Wildlife Trusts Julia Graham says donations are important in helping care for the penguins and petrels.

Theres not a lot of places for them to go. Its important that we look after them.

Julia says pest control is an ongoing expense, and a big one.

It takes a lot of money, time and equipment. Its great to

be able to continue

caring for our penguins and

petrels for another year. Its very timely.

All birds on Mauao are micro-chipped or wear identifi cation bands, but not all are named.

The Weekend Sun and Mauao Area Wildlife Trust are running a competition for the best female and male penguin name. Send your suggestions to [email protected].

The winner will be announced at the end of March.

To donate, visit Mauao Area Wildlife Trust on Facebook, or www.mauaowildlife.org

Easter in the Park returns FridayPassengers help the penguins

Zoe Hunter

and grey-faced petrel colonies.Its great to be able to help

around Mauao each season,

Mauao Area Wildlife Trusts pest control funding expires in

be able to continue

caring for our penguins and

petrels for another year. Its very timely.

Mauao Area Wildlife Trusts Julia Graham in a penguins burrow around Mauao base

track. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

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About 50 full boxes and three carloads later, Marion Morris now has a lot fewer books in her home.

Marion has donated the full boxes of books, as well as some jigsaw puzzles and other bits and pieces, to the Rotary Clubs Book Fair at the Seeka coolstore, Harvard Way, on March 26-28.

Her late husband Keith was an avid collector and reader, and Marion says most of his large collection slowly came home with him from the Rotarys Book Fair year after year.

The decision to move the books eight years after Keiths death came from Marions daughter, Lynne Cudby. Marion moved house this year, and says she had left Keiths library the way it was until the move because the books were all set up in his library.

Lynne thought it would be a good gesture to donate the books back to the Rotary, and their whole

family agreed. There was

no hesitation in thinking that it was

a good idea, says Marion. Thats where

wed like them to go, and Im sure Keith would have

thought the same.Marion says Keith didnt just get

pleasure from reading and collecting the books, but much more.

He got pleasure out of going and getting them and picking them and sorting them, and

that was a little hobby thing for him.The Tauranga Rotary club will be selling Keiths

books, as well as a whole lot more, at its 29th annual Easter book.

The sale is at the Seeka coolstore on March 26-28 from 9am-4.30pm.

To read the full story, go to www.theweekendsun.co.nz; Search for Turning a new page.Marion Morris. Photo: Bruce Barnard. Cayla-Fay Saunders

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Sponsored by New Zealand Transport Agency, WestLink Bay of Plenty and Downer, the 26th Tauranga Ulysses Club Charity Easter Egg and Toy Run returns on April 3, with people encouraged to donate gifts to the children at Tauranga Hospital.

Tauranga Ulysses Club president Marius Swanepoel says people can purchase a special Toy Run badge as well as educational toys, Easter eggs, puzzles, or childrens games from Papamoa Plaza for the riders to donate to children in the hospital.

The money that we gather from the badges that we sell goes to TrustPower TECT Rescue Helicopter and St John Ambulance. Departing from Papamoa Plaza at 11am on Easter Sunday, riders will continue up Papamoa Beach Rd onto Oceanbeach Rd, down Golf

Rd, Hewletts Rd and onto the expressway en-route to Tauranga Hospital.

In the past people were able to come and see the motorbikes when we went to Maungatapu underneath the bridges, but now we dont go that way anymore, says Marius.

This year people can see the motorbikes on the expressway over bridges and along the side of the road.

If its a good day were expecting about 300 riders. We got such a good response from last year.

Marius will be one of the expected 300 riders taking part in the event and says the nicest thing about the experience is the spectators.

Hopefully, this year well get more people being aware of the ride and what route were going to take because thats what its

all about. Were riding with a lot of motorbikes, but its also the people who come and look at the motorbikes. We dont mind if children want to climb and sit on the bikes.

Its basically for the public.The Toy Run coincides with

the free Trustpower TECT Rescue Open Day at the Ian Pain Memorial Hangar at Tauranga Hospital.

People will be able to get up close and personal with the Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter and crew.

Therell be face painting and possibly a Police dog display and truck rides, as well as the annual sausage sizzle.

St John Ambulance, Surf Lifesaving NZ and Coastguard crews will be there too.

The open day on April 3 from 10am-2pm.

A bunny in leathersThe Easter bunny will don leathers

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Growing as an educational learning space for the local

schools, the new Good Neighbour garden in Welcome Bay will see regular visits from

Welcome Bay Primary and Selwyn Ridge.

The children will have an opportunity to put into practice what they are learning by developing the garden space further, says Garden

co-ordinator at Welcome Bay Andrea Green. Andrea says these opportunities include the chance for children to plant lavender hedges and fruit trees, enjoy a sensory garden and a potting shed will help them grow seedlings in winter.

And there are still garden spaces for the public to rent.

The available plots are good value at $12.50 a month, says Good Neighbour Trust manager Campbell Hill.

The beds are 4.5m x 1.5m, irrigated, fi lled with quality growing materials and all ready to start your autumn planting.

The Cooney Lees Morgan City Explorer Challenge is set to launch in April and will showcase the beauty, variety and opportunity of Taurangas numerous cycle and walkways.

Walk and cycle challenge in BayWith a focus on participation, the challenge is also

intended to stimulate friendly inter-workplace rivalry and ultimately contribute to a more fun and vibrant CBD.

The challenge is an initiative of Sport Bay of Plentys Play in the Bay programme and encourages businesses to form teams of three and accumulate points by completing as many of the 14 local cycle and walkways as they can, either individually or as a team.

The event runs from Monday, April 4, until Friday, April 29, and also features two lunchtime challenges one involving fun activities and team-building games and the other a scavenger hunt where teams can earn vital bonus points and bragging rights.

With Cooney Lees Morgan the proud supporter of the City Explorer Challenge, practice manager Chris Mayes says the event is a great fi t for the Tauranga law fi rm.

Weve seen fi rst-hand how regular physical activity increases morale, improves motivation, and promotes the mental sharpness that clients love, says Chris.

Prizes from Ride Bikes, Podium Podiatry and Footwear, and Robert Harris, are up for grabs for overall points, most teams from one workplace and best team photo on Facebook as well as additional mini challenges issued throughout the month.

Register online at www.sportbop.co.nz/cityexplorer by 5pm, March 31.

All teams receive a recording sheet, challenge guidelines and a booklet outlining the 14 cycle and walkways.

For more information, see www.sportbop.co.nz/cityexplorer or contact Dahl Gurdit-Singh at [email protected] or call 07 578 0017 extn 841.

The garden has regular workshops, grows on organic principles and, with an interest in food security and sustainability, will also include seed collecting.

And there is always room for even more growth, says Campbell.

Our next venture for the community garden is to develop an outdoor food shelter for food preparation and outdoor cooking,

which will include a gas fi red hangi, a pizza oven and barbecue area. Good Neighbour is also working towards planting a small orchard and designing a sensory garden.

Tauranga Deputy Mayor Kelvin Clout offi cially opened the Welcome Bay Good Neighbour Community Garden at a ceremony on March 17, with bouncy castles

for the children by Super Slides, as well as food and refreshments sponsored by Good Neighbour Food Rescue, Welcome Bay Lions, Welcome Bay Community Centre and Lighthouse Church.

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Surf Life Saving New Zealand will be sending two teams to compete at the Lifesaving World Championships dubbed Rescue 2016 in The Netherlands this September, with a New Zealand Open Team called the Black Fins) and a New Zealand Youth Team named Junior Black Fins.

The New Zealand Open, Development and Youth Squads were named this month at the conclusion of the 2016 Eastern Bay Energy Trust New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships in Ohope.

The New Zealand Open Team, which will be fi ghting to retain their back-to-back World Championship title, will be chosen from athletes in the Open Squad between April 28-May 1 after training camps.

Many people are not aware that gifts to Inland Revenue

Department-approved charities qualify for a 33.3 per cent tax credit, up to the level of their

personal income. If you make that donation before March 31, you can claim the tax credit straight away when you fi le your tax return. Acorn Foundations operations manager Margot McCool says now is a great time to make your annual donation to charities that you like to

support. For most people a $100 donation

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$67, so some people are even choosing to donate the tax credit as well.

The Acorn Foundation continues to go from strength to strength, with Acorn managing distributions to a range of different organisations according to their donors wishes.

Acorn now has more than $15million invested, and expects to distribute about $700,000 later this year, in accordance with donors wishes. Not all of Acorns donors are stipulating which charities to support though, as they recognise that the needs of the region will change over time.

Our Vital Signs research project identifi ed people in the Western Bay are currently most concerned about the affordability of housing and the increasing inequality of income across our region. Acorn is working very hard to support organisations that are addressing these issues and will continue to support those organisations that are making a positive difference, says Margot.

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Papamoa Rotary Club is once again running The Powerco Charity Golf Tournament on Anzac Day afternoon, at the Mount Maunganui Golf Club.

Kiwican and Papamoa Rotary Charitable Trust will be the recipients of this years tournament proceeds.

At the tournament last year a $23,500 all-terrain vehicle was presented to the Papamoa surf Lifesaving Club so they could better patrol the eastern reaches of Papamoa Beach.

In 2014, $5000 was given to the

Bay of Plenty Rescue Helicopter to be used locally for the helicopter pilots, and $4000 was given to the Starship Foundation to be used to get BOP patients to Starship Childrens Health hospital.

In 2013, $4375 was given to St John Ambulance locally for two new sophisticated stretchers, and $4250 was given to the local Canteen group for resources.

Also, $2000 has been given to the Mount Manganui Golf Club for junior golf coaching and coloured fl agpole markers.

By day she is the schoolyard envoy, a peacemaker. Sabbath Kerr wanders St Thomas More

Catholic School in Mount Maunganui defusing

arguments and other trouble.

She is an appointed peer mediator. Then after-school the diplomat cuts loose. This 10-year-old will be at

the gym grappling. And probably with grown-ups.Shes into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu a

martial art combat sport and self defence system that focuses

on grappling and especially ground fi ghting.Shes good at it and getting

better, says Mum Kelly Kerr. After a succession of silver medals at previous tournaments, Sabbath fi nally won gold at last weeks No Gi tournament.Thats where competitors wear a

rash shirt rather than the traditional

kimono type gi robes. Theres nothing to grab onto, says

Kelly. You have to use sheer weight, strength and skill.

Sabbath shares her passion with her father Forrest, himself a gold medal winner. If theyre not at the park training, then theyre grappling in the lounge, says Kelly. Add to that three formal gym sessions a week.

And this is all preparation because this is a young girl with determination and ambition.

She wants to be the world champion in her age and weight range, says her Mum. But shell have to be in it for the long haul because she wont get a crack at a world title for another six years when shes hits 16.

And when Sabbath isnt grappling, shes out fi shing and hunting with her dad. Shes always off on adventures, says her mother.

And despite her passion for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Sabbath is apparently a very kind nature young girl.

She would never use her hands in anger, says her mum.

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By day she is the schoolyard envoy, a peacemaker. Sabbath Kerr wanders St Thomas More

Catholic School in Mount Maunganui defusing

arguments and other trouble.

She is an appointed peer mediator. Then after-school the diplomat cuts loose. This 10-year-old will be at

the gym grappling. And probably with grown-ups.Shes into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu a

martial art combat sport and self defence system that focuses

on grappling and especially ground fi ghting.Shes good at it and getting

better, says Mum Kelly Kerr. After a succession of silver medals at previous tournaments, Sabbath fi nally won gold at last weeks No Gi tournament.Thats where competitors wear a

rash shirt rather than the traditional Hunter Wells

Gold at last

winner Sabbath

Kerr.

Champ in the making

Mount Maunganuis Cody Cooper got the job done in Taupo at the weekend racing past competition to retain his MX1 title at the fourth and fi nal round of New Zealands Motocross Championships.

The 32-year-old brilliantly fended off stern challenges from two Australian riders both former Grand Prix stars in Europe and a slew of very fast fellow Kiwis at the Digger McEwen Motorcycle Park facility on Sunday.

Cooper, who races Honda, started the day just three points in front of Gold Coast rider Todd Waters, racing Suzuki, and fi ve ahead of Kyogles Dean Ferris, for Yamaha the two Australians who threatened to end his three-year reign as NZs No1

motocross racer. Fourth best in the points at the start of Sunday was Queenstowns Scott Columb, racing Kawasaki, with Taupos Brad Groombridge, for Suzuki, rounding out the top fi ve.

When Ferris won the fi rst of three MX1 races on Sunday, the dynamics changed remarkably. Ferris had

gone from third, and fi ve points adrift of Cooper, to second and just two points behind.

But when Cooper won race two from Ferris, with Waters again fi nishing third, the Kiwi hero had snatched back the initiative

and restored his advantage to fi ve points.It gave me the fi ve-point buffer I needed, says Cody.

It was a battle though.Dean [Ferris] passed me in that

race and I had to fi ght back.

Cooper defends three-year MX1 reign

Mount Maunganuis Cody Cooper, from Honda Racing

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Rena reserve strongly recommended

As predicted in earlier columns, the Rena is staying right

where she is. Despite the appeal

lodged against the decision, she isnt going anywhere. Its A: too expensive to remove the rest of her, B: too dangerous to remove the rest of her, and C: further removal will cause more damage to Astrolabe than leaving her there, although the reef would recover from this in time.

Tactical changeIts time for some of us to change

tact and think about making a purse out of the whole sorry sows ear saga. Tauranga Dive members have dived the wreck site, twice, and there are two things to note.

One, Astrolabe is teaming with life. There are mass schools of fi sh, the likes of which havent been seen in the Bay for a long time.

The wreck is doing what all wrecks do; supporting the ecosystem, providing a habitat and sheltering marine life. After four-plus years of having a breather from fi shing, both commercial and recreational, as well as divers, the reef is balancing itself out again and the results are simply breathtaking.

The second thing to note is it will soon be open to the public, and within four months or less from that date, Astrolabe will be pillaged utterly and put back to what in comparison will be a barren wasteland.

Dr Roger Grace has written many submissions, conducted many surveys around NZ on marine eco-systems, and has written on and been consulted on about the Rena.

He states: The national goal in the Biodiversity Strategy 2000 (DOC 2000) is for 10 per cent of the territorial sea to be in Marine Protected Areas effective for protection of biodiversity. This policy should apply regionally as well as nationally.

And: Snapper stocks in the Bay of Plenty are at around 10 per cent of their pre-fi shed biomass, on the verge of the trigger-point to offi cially close the fi shery. The target biomass for sustainability is 40 per cent of the pre-

fi shed biomass.It is at this point I can hear the

recreational fi shers say: Rubbish, we are having the best fi shing ever.

Hmmm I wonder what is contributing to the sudden increase of full fi sh bins? I wonder why when you fi sh around the edges of the exclusion

zone, and that includes Okaparu and Motiti, you can catch your limit way quicker than usual? I wonder why it is that even the amateur recreational fi shers are having a great day out on the water? Why did a group of free divers come into the shop last weekend grinning from ear to ear about the mass of large Kingi swimming at Okaparu?

Its time to wake up and smell the proverbial fi sh fi llets. Yes, the Rena was a massive disaster, and yes there are still plastic beads on Motitis beaches. No one wanted to see that.

But we all have a massive opportunity here to have a nursing ground, where all the hard work has already been done, continue to grow and produce results for all of us.

Exclusion continuesPersonally, Im happy an appeal has

been lodged against the wreck staying, because it means the exclusion zone will continue for a bit longer. And hopefully, I am really, really hoping here that the groundswell for a Rahui to be put in place, a no take zone around the reef will become a reality.

It will be years of red tape for Astrolabe to become a fully protected marine reserve, but the fi rst step is to get some sort of protection started.

The hardest thing about establishing a no take area is for the fi rst four-fi ve years, no benefi t is seen while the reef recovers.

Weve already passed that stage; were already seeing the benefi ts. Going forward, Astrolabe could become the Poor Knights of the Bay. Its perfectly positioned to be a bread basket for recreational fi shers, divers, and tourists.

Change your thinking from what you are going to make out of Astrolabe when it opens, what you can take, what small gains for your pocket or your fridge to what it could produce in the very near future. Surely thats worth it?


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Threading together culturesThreading together culturesThreading together culturesSurrounded by a forest of CDs thats how art

organiser Wendy Pedersen explains what A Chorus of Many Threads will look like to visitors.

Umbrellas with CDs hanging beneath will grace the high ceiling of The Incubator as part of the public interactive art installation.

Volunteers have woven threads of wool or yarn onto old CDs, which will then be threaded underneath umbrellas.

Wendy, who is organising the project, says theres meaning behind every element of the installation.

The CDs are talking about different cultures, because on every CD you have information and music, and its

all about bringing the community together into one large installation, and at the same time using recycling.

The weaving will be individual, according to each persons creative persona, their creative vision.

Wendy says they aim to get spotlights up, which will create a rainbow effect when the light hits the refl ective back of the CDs.

Once its lit with spotlights it will pick up all the refl ection off the CDs, so the rainbow colours and the refl ections will be peeking out between in amongst weaving.

Wendy says the project has seen a massive response from the public, and she expects this to continue.

Wendy says even schools are getting involved. And weve got school groups, we had at least two or three people come in and take 60 or 70 CDs away for classes.

Wendy wants the project to receive 5000 decorated CDs but expects to gain about 2000 from around the Bay of Plenty.

With creative donations such as weaved piggies, sheep, and CDs adorned with rings and toys, Wendy says just about anything can be weaved onto the CDs.

Weve got CDs with childrens toys, beads, buttons, chain, paperclips, feathers, lace, someones put watches, jewelleryyou know, anything thats not too heavy.

The Incubator will have the CDs hung from the umbrellas from March 21-April 03.

This will be the best time to see the complete exhibition.

This is the third year The Incubator is running the public art installation in conjunction with Sustainable Backyards month.

Chorus of Many Threads taskforce members Jannine

Bishop and Wendy Pedersen.

Photo: Tracy Hardy.

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Passion in every stitchSewing is my passion. I cannot

imagine a life without it, says Taurangas Cherryl Marriott. She makes a living sewing and in the last decade or so she has regularly entered creations into the World of Wearable Art Competition. Last years entry was a World War I soldiers uniform with stitchings of battle maps incorporating memorabilia from the war life of her grandfathers brother, who fought and died in WWI at age 20.

The uniforms jacket is lined with 650 poppies representing the men from her

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In the late 19th Century Louis Pasteur the man who also brought us safe milk and beer explained the problem of bacteria and started the science of microbiology, groundbreaking stuff Im sure youll agree. The thing is the cooks of France had found the answer a few hundred years earlier; they just didnt bother to name it. Bacteria has always been the sworn enemy of the cook for the food spoilage it can cause. And when we go back to the times before refrigeration this problem was way worse.

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and while youre eating it just take a moment to refl ect on the history of our food.

Just remember if you make confi t of duck for a dinner party make more than you need, the spares will keep in a box covered with duck fat in the fridge for weeks and will be there for that surprise occasion.

Duck legs are widely available in the Bay with my favourite being Quack a Duck from Cambridge admittedly mostly because the name makes me smile but also because they are very good. Duck or goose fat is slightly harder to fi nd and usually comes in tins, try Nosh or Culinary Council. The rest of the ingredients will be in every supermarket, your pantry and garden.

See Peters recipe for confi t of duck with braised butter beans online at www.theweekendsun.co.nz

Peter Blakeway, food writer and

presenter, caterer and private chef

Ph 0508 KIWIFRESH(0508 549 437)

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Do you know how to survive a tsunami?You can survive if you plan ahead.Tauranga City Council is investing over $2M to build tsunami bridges and a new safe assembly area to make it easier for Papamoa residents to get to safety. Three more safe assembly areas are programmed for construction in Papamoa East by 2021.

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One of the latest tsunami evacuation maps. See more evacuation maps at www.tauranga.govt.nz/tsunami and www.bopcivildefence.govt.nz

1A tsunami may arrive 50 minutes after a major earthquake. Think long, strong, gone: if the earthquake lasts a long time or is strong enough to knock you off your feet, you need to be gone. Dont wait for an official warning.

2Get to a safe location or leave the evacuation zones completely. Evacuation maps are online at www.tauranga.govt.nz/tsunami or www.bopcivildefence.govt.nz Plan your route ahead of time. It may surprise you how close the safe areas are.

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

Where are the safe zones?There are areas within Papamoa where you can be safe from a worst-case tsunami. You dont have to get all the way to the Papamoa hills.

Gordon Spratt evacuation areaA new evacuation area that can take up to 3,600 people is being built at Gordon Spratt Reserve next to Papamoa College. The evacuation area is a purpose-built hill that will sit higher than the estimated flood level of a worst-case tsunami. Tauranga City Council is investing $1.3M to construct it, due for completion in May 2016.

Tsunami bridgesTwo tsunami bridges were built last year. Three new bridges will be built across the Wairakei Stream this year:

Between Blake Boulevard and Gordon Spratt Reserve Between Dalton Drive and Gordon Spratt Reserve Between Santorini Key and Montego Drive.

It will cost around $850,000 to complete all three bridges. They are not cheap because they need to be built to withstand the type of earthquake that could generate a tsunami.

We are also removing pedestrian staples from walkways along the coast so that mobility-impaired users can access the walkways more easily.

Follow the signsLook out for these evacuation signs that will be installed between Girven Road and Papamoa East over the next few weeks.

Walk, dont drive!If everyone tried to drive out of Papamoa at the same time, traffic modelling shows that it would take at least 6 hours to get everyone clear and thats on a calm day with no emergency. Thats why you need to plan to walk.

The good news is most safe areas can be reached on foot within 40 minutes.

If such a tsunami strikes, there will be no time for official warnings. After a major earthquake it would take about 50 minutes for a major tsunami to reach the coast, plus maybe another 30 minutes to completely flood the yellow zone (see the evacuation maps).

The further into the yellow zone you get, the shallower and slower moving the water will be. The evacuation area at Gordon Spratt Reserve is one of the safe areas within the yellow zone.

Long, strong, gone. If you know ahead of time to evacuate as soon as you can after the first earthquake you have a very good chance of surviving a devastating tsunami.

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Papamoa Progressives new chair The Papamoa Progressive Association

AGM went ahead on Monday, March 14, with Peter Otway giving a fascinating insight

into the constant scientifi c work on the Antarctic continent.

We also enjoyed a presentation from Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby, which outlined some of the highlights of his tenure.

The PPA committee has invested much time recently in devising a questionnaire for residents and ratepayers to offer feedback on What do you want for Papamoa?

These were issued at the meeting. The completed survey form is due back by March 31, when all replies will be collated and reported upon.

As it was our AGM, the election of offi cers was held. Wayne George was installed as chairman, replacing

David Hill, who has stepped down due to business reasons. Wayne thanked David for his commitment to the association during a number of years.

All other committee members were returned to their current positions and gifts were presented to David and our guest speakers for the evening.

PAPAMOAUNLIMITEDWith Wayne George of Papamoa Progressive Society

Antarctic continent.

PAPAMOAUNLIMITEDWith Wayne George of Papamoa Progressive Society

The Government has quietly put through regulations

requiring the SuperGold Card become part of a smart card by

July 1, 2016. The travel concession will be transferred onto a smart

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

of the travel concession onto regional councils and capped funding, despite the increasing number of people aged 65-plus.

The future for the travel concession is bleak under this

Government. They are bent on destroying a valuable part of the lives of our super annuitants.

It is necessary for all SuperGold cardholders to send this Government a message: Leave our Gold Card alone!

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Accounting Bethlehem director Bevan Spalding.

Small accounting firm with big experienceSmall accounting firm with big experienceHe says he uses his extensive range

of skills and experience to assist clients with managing their accounting needs, working together with business owners on growth strategies, providing restructuring advice, and promotes a proactive approach to dealing with Inland Revenue investigations.

Im happy to meet you at our offi ce or come to your business.

Meeting at your premises can be benefi cial in our understanding your business activities and systems, says Bevan.

Our enthusiasm for our work means you get a friendly team of professionals eager to use their expertise to help you succeed.

For more information, visit www.accountingbethlehem.co.nz

Small accounting firm with big experienceSmall accounting firm with big experienceSmall accounting firm with big experienceA small fi rm with big fi rm experience

thats how director Bevan Spalding explains Accounting Bethlehem.

Accounting Bethlehem is committed to forming close relationships with their clients, enabling them to understand unique situations and customise the assistance they provide to suit the circumstances.

Our commitment to excellence is evident in our hardworking team and the exceptional service we offer, says Bevan.

Located in Cherry Way, Bethlehem, Accounting Bethlehem strives to offer their services with a relaxed but professional approach.

Although Bevan is a chartered accountant, who has specialised in tax for more than 20 years, he also has extensive commercial knowledge and experience.

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their homemade goods to the customer, thats what Mums

Market aims to do.Vanessa Henderson-Jones says Mums

Market is all about mums supporting mums, helping to give each other a boost up to be able to stay at home, doing what we love, and earning some money.

She had the idea driving one day, thinking about how it could be hard to branch out in a small business. Once youve sold to your friends its hard to get further.

Vanessa posted on a local Facebook page about the idea for a market for mums and says the response was great.

The event was created with no date and within one week 800 people registered as interested. Within two weeks that number grew to 1500.

When I fi rst thought of the idea, I thought thered be fi ve or six mums I could invite to my house, and I quickly realised that wasnt ever going to happen.

Their fi rst market was held on March 16 at Bethlehem Hall.

Vanessa says the aim of her market is to promote mums and their businesses.

I know theres a lot of mums that do some amazing things and thats what I wanted to get out there.

All these people, local to you, can make

anything you want and theyre doing it to try and support themselves.

Debbie Allan is one of these mums. She runs a service called Supermum Support.

Supermum will come in and do whatever a mum would do, says Debbie. Its not just cleaning, its support. Its doing all those little extra bits and pieces that we do as mums that were sometimes too busy to do ourselves when weve got young children.

Debbie has three children, aged six, three and two years old, and says Supermum was an idea shed wanted to start when her youngest settled into kindergarten.

The reaction from mums who use her services is one of gratitude.

They think its absolutely fantastic, it takes away a lot of the stress of everyday things and just the peace of mind that someones going to come and do it; it takes a lot of the pressure off, says Debbie. Its great to see the difference in these womens lives as I go each

week. Siobhan Dennis will also be at the Mums Markets, selling classy ties for boys.

She says the market is a great way for her to sell the ties without the pressure of a store.

Im hop

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