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Pāpāmoa PoFEsBRUARtY 2021 OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEWS FREE New surf rescue base set to open Story page 3 THANK YOU PAPAMOA FOR MAKING US NUMBER ONE! NUMBER 1 RESTAURANT IN PAPAMOA ON TRIP ADVISOR AND GOOGLE REVIEWS Welcome to Great Spice Papamoa Expect the best Outdoor catering and home delivery available. We cater outside events for small or large groups. Call us for your next birthday, anniversary or other celebration! (Home delivery minimum spend $40) Great Spice Papamoa Plaza | 07 572 2377 | Great Spice Papamoa East | 4 Golden Sands Drive, Papamoa | 07 542 4666 or 07 542 4333 ORDER ONLINE at greatspice.co.nz, menulog.co.nz or ordermeal.co.nz Pāpāmoa Post NEWS & ADVERTISING New farmers market for Pāpāmoa Ellen Irvine 07 220 9795 P 021 305 505 [email protected] www.papamoapost.co.nz āpāmoa is getting its own farmers market selling locally shops and “speaker’s corner”. grown produce and artisan foods. The Sunday morning As well as fruit and vegetables, market organisers hope to /PapamoaPost market will run weekly in the carpark at ReDefined health, attract stalls selling other locally produced goods such as sour - movement and wellbeing centre on Ashley Place. dough bread and plants. CIRCULATION ReDefined founders Ben Jackson and Jimmy August saw the “Everything has to be sourced from the Bay of Plenty, within 12,000 copies printed need for a Pāpāmoa market offering locally grown, sustainable and 100km of this location,” explains Jimmy, who enjoyed similar style quality greens. The concept aligns with their wellbeing philoso - markets while living in Melbourne. DEADLINE phy, which includes connecting community and green nutrition. It is expected the market will begin in late February or early Our news and advertising The market will focus on sustainability and have recycling facili - March, and organisers are seeking applications from stallholders. deadline is around the middle ties on hand. Ben is also growing vegetables onsite, including tomatoes, of the month. If you’d like us to The social connection and sense of community offered by a pineapple basil, lettuce, beetroot, tomatoes, courgettes, chives and design your ad, please give us weekly farmers market is a key motivator, says Ben. “We have got spinach, as well as fruit trees and berries. as much notice as possible so a hub here, so why don’t we bring more people together to hang Anyone interested in becoming a stallholder can register their we can get it right. out? Seasonal food is a big thing – Mother Nature grows the right interest via the ‘community’ tab on the ReDefined website, where food at the right time of year.” there is a page for the farmers market. LAYOUT and DESIGN The aim is to create a fun atmosphere with live music and face Follow the ReDefined Facebook page for a confirmed market Inhouse Design and Print painting for children, and the opportunity for educational work - launch date when available. offi[email protected] PRINTING Horton Media RATES Contact us for our competitive advertising rates. We offer discounts to regular advertisers. DELIVERY The publication will be delivered around the start of each month. Follow Papamoa Post on Facebook and Instagram /PapamoaPost Jimmy August and Ben Jackson of ReDefined are starting a farmers market in Pāpāmoa. WE WANT YOUR LETTERS! We welcome letters to the editor for publication. Email [email protected] . From the editor’s desk Letters should not exceed 200 words, and may be edited, abridged, or rejected S at the Editor's discretion. ummertime is the best time in new primary school in Golden Sands, Pāpāmoa. We loved seeing the summer Suzanne Aubert Catholic School. Read more Get In Touch! holiday snaps sent in by readers for our about that on page 5. Got a story to share? photo competition. The winning photo, Meanwhile house prices are higher If it’s local and it’s news, we want to know about right, was a moment captured by Sarah than ever, and as our community grows, it! We invite local clubs and organisations to get Metcalfe of her daughter Evie heading to the new initiatives such as our own farmers in touch and contribute your stories. beach with her surfboard. It doesn’t get market (story this page) are welcomed. We Are you a business owner who wants to much more Pāpāmoa than that. Turn to loved meeting artist Jasmine Kroeze, whose advertise in this exciting new publication? We page 10 to see some of the other summer mural art is brightening up Tara Rd (page would love to hear from you. photos shared by readers. 12). Email now: [email protected] . Progress continues in Pāpāmoa after the Congratulations to the Pāpāmoa College summer break. It’s fantastic to see the new head students (page 13) – our future looks surf rescue base nearing completion after to be in fine hands with emerging leaders many years of work by those involved (page of such a high calibre. 3). Term OnNe wilel sewe the oYpeneinga of rthe R eEslleon Irvlinue tion – N ew H ome? Selling or Buying in 2 021? 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Adds Shaun: “The potential is massive Senior lifeguard Shaun Smith, who has for us as a club. Having the facility to attract been associated with the club since 1990, people will make a huge difference.” says the big question on the beach this The temporary facilities have worked summer has been “when is it opening?”, well over summer, where the focus has closely followed by questions about been on preventative work. “We have whether the building will offer café or bar had a few very minor rescues, things like facilities. The answer to that is that they kids getting swept out on their surfboards,” don’t yet know, says Shaun. Further says Shaun. “All I ask from kids is if you feel fundraising would be needed to fit out the like you are in a bit of difficulty on your Shaun Smith patrols from the temporary tower, with the new surf club in the building for such endeavours, as well as for boogie board, stay on it, and put your hand background. ongoing operational costs to run the large up.” building. Adds Robynne: “Don’t be afraid to ask for The opening of the building will be the help. We have done a lot of preventative culmination of around 12 years of planning work such as talking to people before they go into the water about the importance of having a leash on your boogie board, and if they’ve thought about fins, which can help you get to shore quicker if you get into trouble.” There has also been the welcome addi - tion of a new quadtruck, which can be used as a beach tower as well as a tray that can take a full-length stretcher. That came in The new surf rescue base is expected to be complete by mid February. handy when rescuing a beachgoer in Pāpā - moa East who broke his ankle. An additional beach patrol operated in Pāpāmoa East at Motiti Park over the peak summer months. Pāpāmoa Post February 2021 3 At Coastal Pet Vet we offer a comprehensive professional health care service for your pet, complemented with impeccable customer service. We want you to feel right at home with us. Come see why we’re different! Book online at www.CoastalPetVet.co.nz | 0508 PET VET | Excelsa Centre, 1 Golden Sands Drive, Papamoa 4 Pāpāmoa Post February 2021 Pāpāmoa Post New school ready Afor first learners round 80 students will have an extra Anthony says most students are from the special back-to-school experience this immediate area, in walking distance of the month when Pāpāmoa’s new Catholic school. school opens its doors for the first time. The school is named after French Suzanne Aubert Catholic School is situ - Catholic Sister Suzanne Aubert, who ated on the corner of The Boulevard and worked as a nurse and studied botany, Kamahi Cres, and will have its entrance on chemistry and medicine in Lyon before the newly opened up Montiicola Drive. The moving to New Zealand in 1860. Here she school will have its official opening on 3 studied the healing properties of local February and will open for learning on 4 native plants, and was renowned for her February. medical and surgical services. Principal Anthony Mills is thrilled to see Everything from the school’s colours to Deputy principal Shelley McKay, foundation pupil Sienna Mills, and her dad, principal the school come together after an intense its logo and uniform has been designed to Anthony Mills, are excited for Suzanne Aubert Catholic School to open.