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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. 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2 * Pāpāmoa Post * March 2021 Pāpāmoa Post Kura Kai offers the comfort of food P

āpāmoa’s Makaia Carr is helping feed thousands of “A teenager can say ‘my neighbour’s really struggling, I Kiwi families through a new charitable trust want to take a lasagne home for them’, or ‘my mum’s had empowering teenagers to help feed themselves and a really hard week’, so it’s their choice to help. their whānau. “I really want the freezers to be that hub of community. 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. In the Western Bay it cur - for families in need. rently operates in Te Puke High School, Otumoetai College Makaia loved the idea of giving families direct help and Mount Maunganui College, with plans to be in Pāpā - through a home-cooked meal, and was inspired to develop moa College by the end of term one. the concept for Kura Kai. “It’s simple and effective, and all Makaia moved to Pāpāmoa from Auckland in July, and the things that Kiwis love when they want to help people.” since then Pāpāmoa has become the hub of the Kura Kai Her work targets high schools because she says the teen network. Makaia coordinates the Bay of Plenty operation, years can often be a “fork in the road” when kids often cooking meals herself and collecting meals from others come under pressure to leave school to bring another and restocking the freezers. income into the household. Makaia has always had a pas - Each freezer is filled with an average of 200 meals each sion for supporting rangatahi (teenagers), in particular term. Volunteers pay for all their own ingredients and foil girls and Māori teens. trays to cook hearty meals in their own kitchen; these need “Helping teenagers, there can be that whakaama, that to freeze and defrost well and favourites include lasagne, Kura Kai founder Makaia Carr. shame. This way we can help empower them by giving macaroni cheese, casseroles, spaghetti bolognese and them a freezer of kai, to help someone in their whānau or chow mein. in the community. “The feedback we have received so far has been incred - ible,” says Makaia. “This support and relief has been well received by so many families throughout our kura Pāpāmoa is a big part of Makaia’s future plans. “My (school).” dream is to find a space here in Pāpāmoa where I can set At first it was all run from Give A Little donations. Then up a volunteer space, a Kura Kai kitchen where I can work in February Kura Kai received a $25,000 funding boost full time cooking meals. with a grant from Newman’s Own Foundation, thanks to “I envisage it to be a volunteer centre where people can support from the Kindness Collective Foundation, a regis - come and hang for the day and bring their kids, to cook for Kura Kai meals from one whānau to another. tered charity run by Sarah Page. With an additional the day and feel good about it. They can make a meal, $35,000 from a Government grant, Makaia is ready to take donate a meal, and take a meal home with them. That’s my Kura Kai to the next level: more freezers, more schools, goal, a hub kitchen.” and a website and marketing plan to recruit the volunteers To become a volunteer, contact Makaia through the Kura to cook the meals. Kai Facebook or Instagram page.

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āpāmoa Football Club is preparing for ation] and expect to be the largest by the green-light. (The council is currently 2024. Featuring wrap-around decks and a a season with record numbers of 2024,” says Maaka. under the control of the commissioners walkway to the tsunami hill, it will be “the players, and hoping for positive news To support this growth, the club has appointed by Local Government Minister premier facility for the foreseeable future”. on their plan for a new multi-code been working with other sports codes, Nanaia Mahuta). In the past year the club has updated its clubroom facility. Sport Bay of Plenty and Tauranga City “The majority of codes will use this facil - logo, re-kitting the entire club in new uni - Club president Maaka Nelson says the Council on developing plans for clubrooms ity, it’s a shared facility for all,” says Maaka. forms, as well as buying new equipment. club has experienced six per cent growth at Gordon Spratt Reserve, on the site of the “We think we will have an outcome in May This leaves it in a good position to focus year on year, and is expecting to achieve current gear shed and changing rooms. or June.” on the development of football pro - that or more this year. Detailed designs have been created and the Three design options for the multi-mil - grammes, a big part of which will be new “We are the third largest club in WaiBOP project needs to be written into Tauranga lion-dollar development have been com - director of football, Jarrod Young. [the Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Feder - City Council’s long-term plan to be given pleted, and Maaka hopes it will be built by The club’s premier team has won its last two seasons and is going for the “three- peat” – the first time a club would achieve this feat, says Maaka. Jarrod’s role is to help players reach and exceed their potential, both individually and as part of a team, through implement - ing key programmes. His playing and coaching experience includes holding an OFC/NZF C Licence. He is currently work - ing towards his B Licence and Junior Level 3 coaching badge. Along with his coaching experiences, Jar - rod has had more than 10 years of compet - itive football experience, playing for Hamilton Wanderers, Waitakere United, WaiBOP United and most notably Fencibles United, where he was appointed captain of Pāpāmoa Football Club president Maaka Nelson and new Director of Football Jarrod Young. the first team and gained promotion to Northern League division one with an undefeated season. Registrations are now open via the club’s website, papamoafootballclub.co.nz.

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A Charlotte thinks smart on cookies

hobby of baking cookies has rapidly turned into a months. of the best. Everything is perfectly aligned and centred. burgeoning boutique business for Charlotte “Between October and December I was either baking or Customer satisfaction is a biggie.” Townend, with her unique cookies in demand from decorating every minute of the day,” says Charlotte. “I had With five-year-old Myles now at school, Charlotte does Cape Reinga to Invercargill. never been so busy and I had only just got started. It’s kind her baking and decorating during baby Brielle’s two daily A former teacher, Charlotte was a stay-at-home-mum of gone crazy. I feel really lucky, I don’t know whether I’ve naps. The multi-tasking she mastered as a teacher is serv - looking after her new baby Brielle and son Myles last win - found a niche in the market or I just did as much as I did ing her well in her new endeavour: “There’s so much ter when she started baking cookies. and it took off. It’s been a real learning curve about what multi-tasking – the baking, the cutting, flavouring and Charlotte has always loved baking, and she quickly people want. packaging, replying to people, and juggling Brielle and developed a skill for special-occasion cookies decorated “Cookies are really understated. Everybody is about Myles with the intricacies of the business and social with fondant and royal icing. When she posted them on cakes, but cookies can do all that too, they are more indi - media.” social media she was surprised that friends wanted to buy vidualised and personalised. They are really special Get in touch with Charlotte at Daisy Chain Cookies on them. because they are hand-made and hand-crafted. I really Facebook and Instagram “I’ve never even thought about doing anything like this enjoy it.” before,” says Charlotte, who was previously an intermedi - As well as providing bespoke cookies for weddings, ate schoolteacher and lives in Golden Sands. She sought birthday parties and special occasions, Charlotte also pro - advice on setting up a business, and within a week her vides “DIY cookie boxes” with all the ingredients and home kitchen was registered as a commercial kitchen and instructions for people to get creative themselves. Daisy Chain Cookies was born. With the support of husband Kevin doing the paper - Just a few days later she had already gained hundreds work, Charlotte focuses on the creative side of the busi - of followers on Facebook and Instagram thanks to images ness. The key, she says, is constantly coming up with fresh of her original cookie designs, and she became inundated ideas, such as Mother’s Day cookie bouquets, and baby gift with orders in the pre-Christmas rush. Every cookie is boxes including cookies and items such as onesies. individually wrapped and heat-sealed in sustainable recy - Her point of difference, she says, is attention to detail: cled and recyclable packaging, with a shelf life of three “When people get product from me it’s top quality, the best

Some of the treats created by Daisy Chain Cookies. Charlotte Townend and her daughter Brielle.

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group of Pāpāmoa conservationists are rats but is safe for pets and children. “There on a mission to restore the song of native are no poisons; it’s a simple mechanical trap, birds in our beachside suburb and attract it’s as humane as it can be,” says Emma. more native wildlife – and you can help in just Volunteers who sign up for a free trap just a couple of minutes a week. need to commit to checking it around twice a They are part of a Predator Free New week, and logging any “kills” on the Predator Zealand initiative to protect our unique Free website. wildlife by slowing down the impact of intro - The goal is to ultimately have one trap for duced predators such as rats, possums, stoats every five houses in the area. “We don’t have and weasels on native birds, insects and as many people as we would like signed up; lizards. we really want to get to that critical [point] of Last year the Ministry of Conservation one in five backyard traps.” launched Predator Free 2050 - an ambitious The initiative has been operating in the Bay goal to rid New Zealand of the most damaging of Plenty for three years, with the support of introduced predators that threaten the coun - Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Tauranga City try’s natural taonga, economy and primary Council. Envirohub, Department of Conserva - sector. tion, and Western Bay of Plenty District Coun - Predator Free Bay of Plenty volunteer and cil. There are 5000 traps in 22 communities, Pāpāmoa East resident Emma Richardson with more than 8400 pests caught. spoke to the February Pāpāmoa Residents and The benefits of targeting predators are vast. Ratepayers Association (PRRA) meeting to “We want people who live here to be able to share the group’s mission and attract volun - reconnect with the outdoors and reconnect teers. with the community, having an impact on the Emma says Pāpāmoa residents can do their urban community as well as rural. To do bit to help achieve the Predator Free goal by something powerful for your community is joining Predator Free Bay of Plenty’s backyard quite cool,” says Emma. trapping programme targeting rats. The Nor - “There are so many knock-on effects – to way rat, which is found in Pāpāmoa, can have Predator Free Bay of Plenty hopes to attract more native birds like tui to tourism, to our economy in terms of agricul - 10 offspring every eight weeks. Just one rat Pāpāmoa gardens by reducing rats in the area. ture. Also, just the pure joy of hearing tui and can kill 50 native birds in its lifetime. bellbirds in our gardens.” Anyone can sign up to receive a backyard To get in touch with Predator Free Bay of trap: the trap is placed in a wooden box, built Plenty and get a backyard trap, go to predator - by volunteers, which means the trap can catch freebop.nz New a t E xcelsa C entre

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Pāpāmoa man whose business relied almost While the new ventures - and selling 16 vehicles - allow cruising between New Zealand and Australia. “As exclusively on overseas tourists has changed strategy have enabled Ian to keep going, he fears for the future of soon as the ships come back, it could be even bigger to survive by offering tours to seniors, as well as cycle the tourism industry if borders remain shut for much because all the ships will want to come here [Port of Tau - tours and food and wine tours. longer. ranga],” says Ian. “I really don’t know what will happen if Ian Holroyd’s business was turned upside down by the “The problem with the domestic market is it will never the cruise ships don’t come back, how long can I hold out global pandemic but with a strategic shift in focus he’s replace the international tourism. That’s the dilemma for for?” hoping to make it through until borders reopen. The tourism.” To book a tour, visit daytrippers.co.nz, hinterland - owner of Mount Classics and Shore Trips and Tours, 95 per He’s hopeful for a trans-Tasman bubble which would tours.co.nz, tasteofplenty.co.nz, mctours.co.nz. cent of Ian’s work centred on overseas tourists - mainly cruise passengers. Since starting his business in 2001 Ian has survived many threats to the tourism industry - 9/11, SARS, the Global Financial Crisis, and more recently the Whakaari/White Island tragedy. But when Covid hit, the work stopped overnight and Ian was left with a fleet of 40 vehicles and no passengers. “Covid has gone bang, and there’s nothing we can do to change it.” When lockdown hit, Ian’s drivers and vehicles helped a local supermarket cope with the overwhelming demand for home deliveries. When that ended, Ian worked out the next steps in his survival strategy. He bought Hinterland Tours, a business which runs fun multi-day tours around New Zealand for seniors and retirees. “It’s for people who still want to travel but want us to organise it,” says Ian, who is hands-on himself, driv - ing and fixing vehicles, and taking the tours. “That’s what I love, meeting interesting people.” Ian and his team used their time paid for by the Govern - ment wage subsidy to offer $40,000 worth of free day tours to senior citizens through retirement villages and clubs. It was an opportunity to showcase the types of trips they can offer. “We wanted to do our bit,” says Ian, who was pleased to be able to offer work to his drivers. Another shift in focus has seen Ian take advantage of the Ian Holroyd’s tourism business is pivoting to survive. upswing in interest in cycling and e-bikes, with the pur - chase of DayTrippers bike touring, which provides half- day and full-day cycling trips to explore the region. He’s also offering foodie tours through Taste of Plenty Tours. HO USE OF TRA VEL THE CR OSSING 2 T AURIK URA DRIVE, T AURANGA ...... THUR SD AY 25 MAR CH ...... 3 SESSIONS .

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ahatai Coast School started the new school year with four new classrooms, a new basketball court and a new playground, as well as a pōwhiri for new students, staff and whānau. Deputy principal Darren Scott says the modular roll growth class - rooms are a welcome addition due to the school’s expanding roll, and a wonderful new resource for learners and the school community. The classrooms and new basketball court were blessed by Ngākohu Pāpuni from Ngā Pōtiki. The basketball court is being well utilised by both the children at the school and the wider community. Its final fin - ishes will involve landscaping and fencing. The new assets come after the school’s new senior playground was completed at the end of last year. Designed to be a school and commu - nity asset, the playground includes a wide variety of activities includ - ing climbing, bars, and slide. The school’s student council played a role in the final design of the playground, which was funded by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), a community grant from TECT, and the New classrooms are a welcome addition. Tahatai Board of Trustees. Darren says it was great to hold the first pōwhiri for 2021; the pōwhiri are held every term to welcome new staff, students and their Awhānau. Great Kiwifruit Festival returns

fter a hugely successful event last year, include yummy food stalls with a want to put Te Puke on the map and cele - the business of the winning ‘horse’ will the Trevelyan's Great Kiwifruit stand from each class, cheesecake compe - brate our town in a unique and community receive the TPPS Great Kiwifruit Derby tro - Festival, presented by Te Puke Primary tition, bake stall, Nerf Gun Attack, fitness focussed way. The festival will provide phy. School, is back for a second time. and games zone, a free craft area and entertainment for all the family and will The school is seeking local businesses The family focussed gala day, on Saturday bouncy castle for the under-fives, as well have a good balance of free and low-cost to get involved, either as financial sponsors 20 March, will include the famous ‘Kiwifruit as onstage performances throughout the activities running throughout the day,” says or through donations of spot prizes. Con - Races’, stage performances and prize giving, day. Elle. tact Elle at [email protected]. catering for families at the school and the Fantastic spot prizes will be given out The main attraction will be the Kiwifruit The event’s main sponsors are wider community. throughout the day - one spot prize will Derby - just like a real horse race, kiwifruit Trevelyan’s, Gull Paengaroa Autohouse, All funds raised from the festival will go be given away after each race, but all will race down the track competing to Woodland Management Ltd, Pivothort, towards a new school multipurpose track, bets, winning or not, go into the draw for get into the grand final. Each kiwifruit will Dobson's Electrical and Barrett Homes. suitable for bikes, scooters and skate - the major spot prize drawn at the end of the be owned by a business or organisation Te Puke Primary School’s Great Kiwifruit boards. day. who will sponsor their ‘horse’. Bets will be Festival will be held on Saturday 20 March Organiser Elle Reid says the fun day will “As the world capital of the kiwifruit we takePn for alla the hepats anda grandm final and oat Tea Puke P rimLary Schaool. w

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he Bay’s best under-14 surf lifesaving Whakatāne (26) and Waihi Beach (6). building has been pushed back until mid to late athletes battled it out at Pāpāmoa Beach in The event included a mixed focus of traditional March. February at Pāpāmoa Surf Life Saving Club’s carnival events for younger age groups to extend Fit-out and access to equipment storage areas junior surf lifesaving carnival. their skills, and a slightly different format for the has started, but completion of the toilets and The Pāpāmoa club came out on top at the car - older age groups with a focus on team and rescue showers is delaying the building’s opening. Life - nival, with 246 points, followed by Mount Maun - events in preparation for the Oceans 2021 event. guards will continue to operate from the tempo - ganui (148), Omanu (116), Waihi Beach LS (33), Meanwhile the opening of the new club rary facilities in the meantime.

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he name of Pāpāmoa’s new primary locations in March, including on Tuesday posed enrolment zones for both the new accommodate the projected increase in school on Te Okuroa Drive will be Te 16 March from 7pm to 8pm at Pāpāmoa school and Mount Maunganui College, as intermediate and secondary aged students. Manawa o Pāpāmoa School. College, Monday 15 March from 7pm to well as amendments to other enrolment Information gathered from these com - Community engagement is being sought 8pm at Mount Maunganui College, and zones in the area. Feedback is also being munity meetings will be summarised into a around the school, which is due to open in Wednesday 17 March from 7pm to 8pm at sought on potential future options for survey to ensure the entire community has term one 2022. Trustpower Baypark Stadium. Mount Maunganui Intermediate, Mount the opportunity to participate. This will Public meetings will be held at three Feedback is being gathered on the pro - Maunganui College and Pāpāmoa College to help determine future enrolment zones. drift. hair and beauty It ’s our firs birthday! Thank you to all our clients, and we welcome new clients. Come and see Stephanie and the team for all your hair needs. Our team includes experienced colour specialists and a specialist barber. We use organic products and sustainable practices to nurture and care for you and your hair, without harming our planet. The Drift team: Kerry-Ann Glover, Heidi McCauley, Marista Schoeman and Stephanie Bonner. Cuts • Colouring • Men – full barber service • Appointments and walk-ins welcome Stephanie Bonner | Marista Schoeman | Heidi McCauley | Kerry-Ann Glover (barberess formerly of Kell’s)

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14 Pāpāmoa Post March 2021 Pāpāmoa Post Golfing for good P By Pāpāmoa Rotary Club gramme teaching young Kiwi kids the val - āpāmoa Rotary Club is running its ues and resilience they need to succeed; eighth annual fundraising golf RYDA Rotary Youth Driver Awareness edu - tournament this April. cating youth in our high schools on road A number of major sponsors have safety; and Pāpāmoa Surf Life Saving Club already come on board, with the collective to train and upskill their volunteers who goal of helping youth in the community. To keep our community safe in the water. date, the community has benefited from The success of this annual event on Sun - more than $100,000 in charitable dona - day 18 April depends on sponsorship and tions since the inception of Rotary’s Golf prizes from local businesses, all of which Day initiative in 2013. help to fundraise and contribute to their Pāpāmoa is a rapidly growing area, and charities of choice. Any prize offers valued the Rotary is working hard to address between $50 and $100 are much appreci - issues that are increasing with youth devel - ated, and can be emailed to Neil Walker at opment in our district. We have new [email protected]. Pāpāmoa Rotary Club will hold its fundraising golf tournament this April. schools opening this year and more to fol - Pāpāmoa Rotary club would like to low, plus an amazing expansion and thank all current sponsors for 2021. This growth at all the primary schools and the year’s major sponsor is Bluehaven Man - college. Funding is always in high demand. agement, the main developer of Pāpāmoa In the past primary schools have benefitted East. Other major contributors include Mt Homes Bay of Plenty, Livingstone Builders, The support of these businesses goes a from bike racks, helmets and playground Maunganui Golf Club, Bay Civil, Hynds, Barrett Homes, Mitre 10 Pāpāmoa, Pak n long way in helping drive change for Pāpā - equipment, and the Pāpāmoa Surf Life Sav - Boffa Miskell, Augusta/Centuria, Vivian Save Pāpāmoa, Online Contractors, Link moa’s youth. ing Club has been a major recipient of our Edgar Optometrist, Doherty Couplers, Hawkes Bay, Strada Funding, Geoff Mathis, If you are interested in joining funds. Guild and Spence, Fraser Clinic, Harwood Classic Developments, Seeka, Labour 4 You, Pāpāmoa Rotary, email Barb at ted - Supported charities this year include Homes, Bell Plumbing, Coombes Johnston Lysaght Consultants, Generation Homes [email protected] or call/text to 021 244 Graeme Dingle Foundation’s KiwSi Canu pro m- BMWm, Firset Prirncihple Airclhilte ctSs, Gokldeen dand Maainfdreighdt. le retur39n44. s P

āpāmoa’s free trail running event the Summerhill Skedaddle is back for its third year on Sunday 16 May. It’s a once-a-year opportunity to run on trails usually exclusive to mountain bikers on Summerhill Farm, which is owned by a private charitable trust for the purpose of recreation and education in the Pāpāmoa Hills. Pāpāmoa runner Lesley Park and a team of passionate trail runners started the event in 2019 to provide a fun and casual opportunity for peo - ple to explore Summerhill Farm, have fun, and try new trails. The volunteer-run event involves solo runners or teams of two on a mission to finish as many or as few laps as they want in a six-hour time period. The 5km skedaddle loop starts and finishes at the entrance of Sum - merhill, with the woolshed as the base. Participants bring their own food and drink, and while it is a self-catered event, there will be food and drinks available to buy. This year there are three entry options. ‘Random Skedaddlers’ can come along and run just one or as many laps as they like. The team event involves two in a team, and one member must be on the course at all times. Or for the keenest, the ‘six-hour solo skedaddler’ is an opportunity to “keep on trucking” for six hours and to see how many laps you can do, says Lesley. Every finisher, whether they’ve completed one lap or many, receives a medal and a beer for the over-18s. The event is free, but registration is limited to 500 participants on a ‘first in first served’ basis. Donations to Summerhill Farm will be grate - The action at a previous Skedaddle. fully received, with all money going towards the park. To enter, you need to register via the Google Documents link posted on the Summerhill Skedaddle Facebook page. The event is from 9am to 3pm on SundaTy 1h6 Maey. Bays’ Chill Tradies KEEP Y OUR POOL SP ARKLING Heat pumps Air Conditioning HVAC ALL SUMMER Mitsubishi Fujitsu Hitachi Gree LONG Summer specials Finance available! Installed YOUR L OC AL POOL WER X TE AM A RE TH E POOL EXPER TS Poolwerx Bay of Plenty come to you to discuss what options ar e right for your pool and budget. W e of fer from $1580 regular or casual servicing, a wide range of equipment options including Eco pumps, r obotic cleaners, Most Trusted Air Conditioning chlorinators, filters and so much mor e. Call u s t od ay!

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arliament has now resumed for the year, which means eing a “change champion” for others is what Stef Crowley does MPs are in Wellington Tuesdays to Thursdays. This is best. Long-time Pāpāmoa resident Stef, who is a where the admin of government happens with bills being body/mind/energy specialist, is passionate about helping lodged and legislation being passed. others achieve their potential and being “a person in your corner”. You may have noticed that Parliamentary journalists report That’s what she does for her clients, and she’s excited to hold an on a mixture of serious issues as well as topics that make you event this March that will help people “clear out the bad stuff” shake your head. from 2020 and beyond. A perplexing amount of energy has been spent on what “I’m all about giving people the tools to help themselves and male MPs wear around their necks and Mr Speaker has teach them how to do it to improve their own lives, clearing the decreed that ties are no longer compulsory. ‘bad stuff’ out of the way so they can reach their own potential,” It’s nice that our country has the freedom to worry about says Stef, who uses tools including reiki and massage. such minor issues, but I’m sure you would prefer that your “I’m seeing a lot of people who have still got ‘hangovers’ from government focussed on important matters like health and last year, from stuff that’s happened, general stress, or situational housing - so would the National Party. difficulties. They need help moving on from it.” And yet the government has put Parliament into urgency Moving on from a stuck “hamster wheel of thought” can help so they can ram through legislation that removes the ability people gain new perspective and see new opportunities, says Stef. of citizens to petition their councils on the matter of Māori Stef’s event ‘Enlight Night: Goodbye Past, Hello New You’ will wards. help people leave behind those issues from 2020. Stef will share Wouldn’t you think the recently announced RMA changes her insights helping people navigate the everyday world more eas - should take higher priority at a time when red tape is suffo - ily in an evening of audience healing. cating new housing developments? But no, the removal of a “It’s an evening of lightness, joy, and most of all, fun,” says Stef. democratic process by the Minister for Local Government has “It’s an opportunity to receive gentle and warm-hearted audience taken precedence in the Parliamentary calendar. clearing and shifting of 'stuff' from the past year, and far beyond Locally I have a busy schedule of meetings this month with that.” stakeholders, constituents and community groups. I will be People attending will not be required up on stage for one-on- holding a public meeting on March 3 at Sulphur Point for peo - one healing experiences -much positive change can happen for you ple to share their views and learn more about the Motiti Pro - right in your seat, says Stef. But there will be opportunity near the tection Area. end of the show to join Stef up front for those who would like to. Representatives from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Stef Crowley is holding an event this March. Enlight Night will be held on Thursday 25 March at 7.30pm, at will provide information, and attendees can sign the petition the Historic Village in Tauranga. that I’ll be presenting to Parliament requesting a halt to the Tickets are available from ticketfairy.com, or see the Facebook process until wider consultation has taken place. Visit page ‘Stef Crowley - Body/Mind/ Energy Specialist’ for more www.tCoddmullleer.co.anz/mnotiti_islnand fgor more informaExpresstion. details. RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL BeaBY uTHEty Conscientious, Confidential, Discreet, Thorough, Reliable & Eco-friendly

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here's been plenty of produce growing arranged community working bees with this has helped keep up the momentum for made available to us once progress is at the community garden. The kikuyu the local Corrections crew. They made a big the new year. made. grass has been losing the battle in start clearing and improving the landscape The ‘community shed' for Pāpāmoa is We have been asked to host a natural areas where our hardworking volunteer on their first visit. still on the radar. We’ve been in discussion building workshop. This will involve two Rex has been doing a fair amount of work. On Saturday March 13 at 10.30am we with the Repair Café in Tauranga, which is days of hands-on learning, making a pizza Thanks to all the people helping out. We will hold our annual meeting at the garden setting up systems that could be helpful for oven/ umu for the gardens, while learning only need a few more people to make it pergola, to coordinate plans for the rest of the people who have been interested some skills for DIY improvements using easier for all. 2021. in starting this up locally. We have also old-school natural methods. There have been a few great ideas com - We are grateful to Mitre 10 Pāpāmoa for received generous offers of tools, For more information, call 07 575 ing in, so we have followed up and the recenPapamoat donation of more Tideseedlings Chart– machin eMarchry, wood-lots a2021nd hardware to be 0407. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Papamoa 2:37 0.2 3:26 0.2 4:14 0.2 5:05 0.2 5:57 0.3 0:49 1.9 1:47 1.9 2:48 1.8 3:51 1.8 4:52 1.8 5:50 1.8 0:16 0.4 1:08 0.4 1:56 0.4 2:40 0.4 3:22 0.4 Tides 9:01 2.0 9:49 2.0 10:37 2.1 11:26 2.0 12:16 2.0 6:51 0.3 7:49 0.4 8:50 0.5 9:53 0.5 10:55 0.5 11:54 0.5 6:44 1.9 7:33 1.9 8:18 1.9 9:01 1.9 9:41 1.9 15:09 0.2 15:57 0.2 16:46 0.2 17:35 0.2 18:26 0.2 13:09 1.9 14:05 1.9 15:05 1.8 16:08 1.8 17:10 1.7 18:09 1.8 12:49 0.4 13:38 0.4 14:24 0.4 15:07 0.4 15:48 0.4 21:24 2.0 22:13 2.0 23:03 2.0 23:55 2.0 19:20 0.3 20:17 0.3 21:17 0.4 22:19 0.4 23:20 0.4 19:03 1.8 19:52 1.8 20:38 1.8 21:20 1.8 22:00 1.8

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*Not for navigational purposes Tide chart supplied by OceanFun Publishing, Ltd. www.ofu.co.nz NOTE: For Tauranga tides add 40 mins.

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Grey After-hours News in Brief Power campaign Fundraising film continues news A fundraiser screening of the film Gather with be held at Tivoli Cinema By Dorothy Seymour Pāpāmoa on Monday 15 March at 7pm. Gather, produced by Jason T Momoa, is a film and journalism project on Native American Food of Grey Power Papamoa Sovereignty. The documentary explores the destruction and appropria - he campaign for an after-hours accident tion of the Native America food system by chronicling those fighting for G and emergency healthcare in Pāpāmoa food sovereignty. All ticket sales will be donated to Luke Bourne and his ongoing journey since 2015 through terminal stage 4 Alveolar soft part continues. A year after resident Judy Justices of the peace Killalea presented her petition to Parliament’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Tickets are available from Eventbrite. See rey Power Pāpāmoa had a successful February Health Select Committee, the committee has the Facebook event page: ‘Gather Screening - a fundraiser for Luke meeting, with a good number of people released its report – recommending the House Bourne’ for details. attending. take note of it. Niesje Slatter from BNZ spoke clearly and suc - In its response to the petition, the committee Justices of the Peace (JPsM) ianr Pcāhp āmmaorak aerets now available from 5pm to cinctly explaining all the sneaky ways a scammer will says it is concerned that in areas of high popu - 6pm in the Patiki Room at the Pāpāmoa Community Centre. This is in try to get money from your bank account into theirs. lation growth such as Pāpāmoa, the existing addition to the existing session on Wednesdays from 10am to 12pm. Great deals are offered, unclaimed monies that could service coverage schedule “may fail to fully be yours for a modest fee; the cons are endless. As take into account the unmet need for services”. Niesje said, if it sounds too good to be true it most “In the case of Pāpāmoa, it appears the com - The Pāpāmoa Lions Club market is scheduled to be held on Sunday probably is. Billions of dollars have been stolen from munity may be using the hospital as the default March 14 and 28, at Gordon Spratt Reserve from 8am to midday. The New Zealanders. So be on the alert, never reveal your after-hours provider, potentially taking Little Big Markets is scheduled to be held on Saturday 20 March at Pāpā - password to anyone, and make sure your password resources away from more urgent cases. In this moa Pony Club from 9am to 2pm. The indoor Bay Artisans Market is isn’t something easily guessed. context, strengthening the capacity of after- scheduled to be held on Saturday 27 March from 10am to 2pm at Pāpā - This month we will hold a committee meeting, and hours facilities in the community may be a moa Community CentBrey -(elibleracrtyio bnusil dcianng)c realilne dor shine. Dinner in the the next general meeting will be April 9. more efficient alternative, thereby taking the Domain continues on Thursday nights at the Pāpāmoa Pony Club until Contact Dorothy on 574 7272. strain off hospital A & E departments.” 25 March. Fire siren The committee encouraged the DHB to con - tinue working with the PHO and the Pāpāmoa community to “fully quantify” the extent of the By-elections for the positions of Tauranga City Council Mayor, At Large silenced unmet need for urgent after-hours care, and Councillor and Otumoetai-Pyes Pa Councillor were cancelled following then to work together to develop solutions that the appointment of four commissioners to replace the council’s elected P will ensure these needs are met. members. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has appointed a Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller says he will commission consisting of Anne Tolley (chair), Bill Wasley, Stephen Sel - continue to push for after-hours facilities in wood and Shadrach RollesGtoanr dtoe unn wdearstatke e the council’s governance āpāmoa Volunteer Fire Brigade has reassured the Pāpāmoa. “This will be top of my agenda when responsibilities until the next local government elections in October community that its alert system is robust, I meet with the DHB chief executive.” 2022. The commissioners took up their roles on 9 February. following the silencing of the night siren. Todd is planning a public meeting in Pāpā - Volunteer firefighters have previously been alerted moa to discuss the issue. to call-outs in four ways: pagers, text messages, an Households can now sign up for Tauranga City Council’s new kerbside AMS notification to mobile phones, and the siren. As garden waste collections that will begin in July this year. Households that these four systems activate simultaneously in most Fire ban would like to sign up are able to choose between 4-weekly collections cases, it was decided that having the siren turned off ($60 for the 2021/22 rates year), or fortnightly collections ($95). Any overnight would not have a detrimental effect on the T household that signs up for the new optional service before 15 May will emergency response, fire chief Arron King explained ā ā receive the service from July, and the cost of the service will be added to on the brigade’s Facebook page. their 2021/22 property rates invoice. This is on top of the new rates The decision was made by the brigade manage - he Western Bay of Plenty, including charge of $230 to cover the cost of the new council rubbish, recycling and ment committee, with support of FENZ area manage - P p moa, is now in a limited fire season food scraps collections for all residential properties that also begin in ment. During the five-month trial period there were prohibiting the lighting of outdoor July. The new $230 rates charge includes GST and the current annual no delays experienced. fires. Gas and charcoal barbecues, hangi and charge of the glass reTcryuclsint go sfefrevricse h oef $lp37in.3g4 .h Tao nsidgn up for the optional The brigade has reassured the public that the siren umu are allowed; please follow the safety tips garden waste collections or find out more, visit is still operational and will sound in the “very on www.checkitsalright.nz. www.tauranga.govt.nz/gardenwaste or call 07 577 7000. unlikely” case that other alerting methods fail. Recent hot weather has dried out roadside The siren will continue to be used during the day vegetation and longer grasses. The public is as members working locally or outside at home may urged to be cautious using heavy machinery or Sorraya Dodunski has begun her tertiary studies this year armed with not be carrying their phones and pagers. The siren undertaking any activity that could cause a a Bay Of Plenty Education Trust scholarship worth $6000. also provides reassurance that the fire service spark. Residents are advised to keep machin - The former Pāpāmoa College student was recently awarded the BOP has been alerted to an incident, and a warning that ery like lawnmowers in a shed if it’s hot and Education Trust Science, Technology and Emerging Industries Scholar - the fire truck will soon be exiting the station, says windy, and to use them only at cooler times of ship. The $6000 will be paid to her during her years of study pursuing a Arron. the day. Bachelor of Science degree at Waikato University’s Tauranga campus. Support local At Pāpāmoa Post, supporting local is what we’ve always done. Our stories are written about locals, for locals, by locals. If you love this community too and want to share your business with our team of 28,000, get in touch. Support us in supporting our community.

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