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Pāpāmoa PosMARCHt 2021 OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEWS FREE Bringing bird life to Pāpāmoa Story page 9 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 Record number of Ellen Irvine 07 220 9795 021 305 505 [email protected] million-dollar homes sold www.papamoapost.co.nz /PapamoaPost T CIRCULATION he number of million-dollar homes price in January 2021 was $925,000, com - expected when moving from December to 12,000 copies printed sold in Pāpāmoa Beach has reached pared with $775,000 a year earlier – an January. The December median sales price record levels. increase of 19.4 per cent. for Pāpāmoa Beach was slightly higher DEADLINE In 2019, 62 homes in the area sold for Despite most New Zealanders taking a than January at $935,000. Our news and advertising more than $1 million. This jumped to 172 summer holiday in January, the housing Tauranga City as a whole experienced a deadline is around the middle in 2020, an increase of 177 per cent. Three market was busier and more buoyant than record median high of $854,000 in January, of the month. If you’d like us to properties sold for more than $3 million we would usually see at this time of the while the Bay of Plenty average was design your ad, please give us last year. year, says the Real Estate Institute of New $769,000. as much notice as possible so From the There was also a significant increase in Zealand (REINZ). we can get it right. the median sales price of houses sold in While median prices nationally were Pāpāmoa Beach in January, compared with down marginally from December, house LAYOUT and DESIGN the previous FJanuuary.t Thue mr ediean s aeles d pruicesc heald utp iboettenr than normally editor’s desk Inhouse Design and Print offi[email protected] pr ovision in th e Moun t Maunganui W an d Pāpām oa ar ea PRINTING ho doesn’t love hearing the beautiful Horton Media song of the tui or the bellbird in their garden? Bringing back more native RATES birds is one of the goals of Predator Free Contact us for our Bay of Plenty, which is why we chose this competitive advertising rates. Taur anga and the B ay o f Plen ty ar e stunning image of a tui for this month’s We offer discounts to Maung anui College, as well as curr en tly Ne w Z ealand’s f ast est amendments to o ther enr olment cover. It was fascinating to hear volunteer regular advertisers. gr owing ar eas. A ne w primary school, T e zones in the ar ea; Emma speak at a recent Pāpāmoa Manaw a o Pāpāmoa School, is opening 2. Po tential fut ur e op tions f or Mount Residents and Ratepayers meeting about in 2022 due t o ongoing and pr oject ed DELIVERY Maung anui Intermed ia te, Mount how we can all help in this mission, by popula tion gr owth. This pr oject ed The publication will be delivered Maung anui College and Pāpāmoa popula tion gr owth will also incr ease simply placing one of the organisation’s rat College to accommoda te the pr ojected around the start of each month. studen t numbers a t Moun t Maunganui traps in our gardens. Read more on page 9. incr ease in intermed ia te and secondary In termedia te School, Moun t Maunganui aged s tudents. As property prices skyrocket, there’s also College, and Pāpāmoa C ollege, as w ell as a growing need among parts of our com - other primary schools in the ar ea. To g ather feedback we ar e hold ing community Follow Papamoa Post on mee tings. The inf orma tion w e ge t fr om munity to get food on the table. Thank you We ar e no w engaging with the Facebook and Instagram these mee tings wi ll be summarised into a to new Pāpāmoa resident Makaia Carr – communit y t o de termine ho w school surv ey to ensur e the entir e community has /PapamoaPost enr olmen t z ones ma y look in the who has become one of our area’s biggest the oppor tunity to par ticipa te. This wi ll help futur e, and ho w mor e in termedia te and cheerleaders – for her work with Kura Kai. de termine fut ur e enr olment z ones and ho w secondary school studen ts can best This new initiative helps feed families WE WANT YOUR LETTERS! intermed ia te and secondary school ing could be accommoda ted in the schooling We welcome letters to the editor for be bes t arr anged to mee t fut ur e needs. through freezers in schools (page 3). ne tw ork. We were inspired to meet resilient local Mor e in forma tion on this pr oces s can be publication. The opening o f Te Manaw a o Pāpāmoa found a t www .dandgconsulting.co.nz/ business owner Ian Holroyd, who has com - Email [email protected] . School wi ll requir e amendments to the taur ang a pletely pivoted his tourism business to stay Letters should not exceed 200 words, enr olment z ones o f o ther primary schools afloat while borders are closed (page 11). and may be edited, abridged, or rejected in the ar ea. Mount Maung anui College wi ll Public Meetings at the Editor's discretion. also be implementing an enr olment z one And it was a delight to meet Charlotte Tow - fr om 2022. The intr odu ction o f a z one Publ ic mee tings wi ll be held a t the nend, who has managed to create a thriving for Mount Maung anui College wi ll a ect follo wing times and loca tions : cookie business out of a passion (page 5). the enr olment scheme boundaries o f Monda y Mar ch 15th, 7 – 8pm, As we move into autumn, Pāpāmoa Foot - surr ound ing schools. Moun t Maunganui C ollege ball Club is gearing up for another big sea - Get In Touch! We ar e g athering feedback on tw o things in Got a story to share? son which looks set to be their biggest yet If it’s local and it’s news, we want to know about this pr ocess : Tuesda y Mar ch 16th, 7 – 8pm, Pāpāmoa C ollege (page 7). And the long awaited Pāpāmoa 1. The pr oposed enr olment z ones for Te it! We invite local clubs and organisations to get Surf Life Saving Club surf rescue base is in touch and contribute your stories. Manaw a o Pāpāmoa School and Mount Wednesda y Mar ch 1 7th, 7 – 8pm, Trustpo wer B aypark St adium anticipated to finally open its doors by the Are you a business owner who wants to end of March (page 13). advertise in this exciting new publication? We If one of your goals for the year is to live would love to hear from you. more sustainably, make sure you attend Email now: [email protected] . Golden Sands School’s fundraising event. Nicola Turner of Mainstream Green will speak about ‘living lightly’ – making a big difference with simple changes (page 10). Working The Coast For You Enjoy your read. Ellen Irvine The glo bal up hea val of 2 020 has caused t housands of exp at ki wis to fly home f or good. Wit h t he lo west number of listings seen in a long time, an exceptional price f or y our pr opert y has nev er been mor e ac hiev ab le! Call Team K ellyO t oda y! 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Kura Kai donates chest freezers to high schools and Hopefully these meals will give them and their whānau coordinates an army of volunteers to keep them topped up just one more reason to stay in school and focus on their with nutritious, hearty meals for kids to take home. education.” Social media influencer Makaia came up with the idea In just a few months Kura Kai has rapidly taken off, with during the Covid lockdown, when a Tauranga primary freezers now in 20 schools around the country, and more school PTA member asked her to put out a call for volun - than 1000 volunteers cooking thousands of meals dis - teers to cook meals for the school’s “compassion freezer” tributed through six regions.