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U3A French Groups 1 and 2 braved the weather for a morning of Petanque at the Tauranga Bay of Plenty Petanque Club. Several members displayed great skill!
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My name is Dr Lisa Williams and I am part of a research team at the University of Auckland. I'm writing to you (and all the other U3A chapters) regarding an exciting new research project funded by the Auckland Medical Research Foundation that will collect the views and experiences of New Zealanders aged 70+ regarding Covid-19 and lockdown. I hope you'll pass this information on to your members - our website is: https://haveoursay.org.
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Hikers 2 explored the Rapurapu track, Western side of SH29 (Kaimai's )
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Hikers 2 visited the Waiwere falls on the western side of the Kaimais and we all made it to the top.
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Ready to go
Ready to go
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Bush walk
Bush walk
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Rocks in the stream
Rocks in the stream
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Boardwalk
Boardwalk
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There are a few steps to climb
There are a few steps to climb
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The falls
The falls
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Back in the bush
Back in the bush
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Where is the edge?
Where is the edge?
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Whow!
Whow!
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To start off the year, some of the Photography group went on a field trip to the Te Puna Quarry. After a morning tea, the members went off in different directions to take photos then some stayed on afterwards for a picnic lunch. Although overcast, the light was good for taking photos and these will be the set subject for the next meeting in March.
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After a short walk around Papamoa and the beach we all met for an enjoyable lunch at the Blue bayou restaurant
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On 28 November, Hikers 2 had an enjoyable hike up Rainbow Mouintain, near Rotorua.
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Noticeboard
Noticeboard
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Where to next?
Where to next?
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Lake
Lake
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Time for lunch
Time for lunch
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Have a coffee, you earned it!
Have a coffee, you earned it!
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After our last meeting of the year, members of Photography 1 had lunch at ‘The Atrium’ café.
During the year, members voted for their favourite photos in both the set subject and open section. The ‘Photo of the year’ with the most votes was Pam Henderson’s ‘On a wing and a prayer’ from the October meeting. Pam was presented with a calendar displaying her winning photo.
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The photographer with the most accumulated points over the whole year was a tie between Glenne Findon and Cliff Freer. All members received a small gift as a thank you for their participation in what has been a very full-on year.
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The diversity of New Zealand in 2019 is a major theme in the Tauranga Arts Festival programme, launched last night at Baycourt. Running from October 24 to November 3, the festival includes major home-grown talent, as well as performers from the United States, Germany, Scotland, Canada and Australia. Tauranga’s Arts Festival features including international circus-cabaret LIMBO (Fri 25 October and Saturday 26 October, 2pm/8pm), Kiwi drama-comedy Cellfish (Monday 28 Oct/Tuesday 29 Oct), John Wright and The Sou’Westers (Wednesday 30 Oct), acclaimed singer-songwriters Nadia Reid (Thursday 31 Oct) and Milly Tabak (Friday 1 Nov) and Pasifika-Kiwi play Wild Dogs Under my Skirt (Friday 1 Nov/Saturday 2 Nov), soon to transfer to New York. For families there’s Splash Test Dummies (Friday 25 October), Fringe Village and free central city exhibitions, as well as ‘A Call to Dance’ at Tauranga Art Gallery (free, but bookings essential). And don’t miss the exciting Speaker programme over the weekend of 2/3 November – Marilyn Waring, Richard O’Brien, Mary Holm, Emily Writes and Professor James Renwick.
Tauranga Arts Festival ends Sunday, November 3. Programme and tickets at taurangafestival.co.nz Student prices to many shows.
Head to https://www.taurangafestival.co.nz/ for tickets and more information.
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Report from July General Meeting
Guest Speaker: Bronwyn Groot, Manager Fraud Education, Commission for Financial Capability.
Bronwyn talked about the latest frauds and scams targeting New Zealanders of all ages, and how they are becoming increasingly sophisticated as they grow in number globally.
She distributed copies of her "The Little Black Book of Scams" and identified a number of useful websites:
The Commission for Financial Capability: CFFC ,
Scamwatch: Scamwatch
Financial Markets Authority: FMA
CERT NZ: Cert
Netsafe: Netsafe
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The new Apple Mac Users Group had its second meeting in Maungatapu on Tuesday 2nd July (10-12 noon).
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