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THE CAUSE OF OCEAN TIDES ON EARTH
The direct forces felt by Earth’s oceans due to the Moon’s gravitational field is extremely small, at about one nine millionth of the force they feel from Earth’s own gravitational field. Therefore our ocean tides are not caused by the simple lifting of the oceans due to the direct pull from the Moon.
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President's Message 16th March 2019
tu tahi tatou Christchurch – in our thoughts
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A Christmas Surprise.
by ©Angela E. Dold.
The tiny bells hanging on the kitchen door tinkled loudly as Sandra’s mum bustled in from outside. Sandra, her daughter, was baking.
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Writers' Inc was born out of Chris Parkes' Memoir Writing group from 2014. When Chris moved away from Tauranga some of us wanted to continue writing in a group and I took on the convenor's role. Since then one member has died and two others have left, having completed all they wanted to write.
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Photography Group 1 wound up a successful year with a Christmas lunch at the Kaimai Café. The group has very enthusiastic members, who are keen to learn more about photography and the editing of their photos.
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PHOTO ENHANCING 1.
Our group now have vacancies for two or three people to join us.
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Hikers 2 traversed the waikato River trail from Little Waihi reserve to Arapuni and then returned after a very enjoyable lunch at Rhubarb cafe
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Garden Ramblers 1 visited the extensive Color Worx nursery in September
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On the 24th October the Nature Study group visited the Redwoods in Rotorua.
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