Dancing group enjoying a well earned
coffee break!
Book
Lovers One - Will
meet on Wednesday .
Usual time - 1.30 p.m. at
There
are no vacancies in this group at the moment.
Convener - Jean Needham 543-4099
Book
Lovers Two: meeting
2nd Weds month 1.30pm venue rotating at members homes.
Next
Meeting
Book
Lovers Three: Will
meet on
Buildings and
Cities Group
Tauranga
U3A Creative Writers Have
between 7 and 10 regular members who share a love of the written word.
They meet twice a month, 2nd and fourth Monday mornings from
9.45, usually at the same home in Ocean Beach Road, Mt. Maunganui.
After a cuppa and chat the group reads aloud any set homework.
Writing exercises include
anything from spelling tests, spending 15 minutes writing in another style
(like Shakespeare or Charles Dickens or Sam Hunt!), or creating a monosyllabic
short story (a story with words of one syllable), and other brain food
tests. When time permits they read their own work
which may be commented on, and edited individually or collectively.
U3A Wordsmiths
Group
Our
group of imaginative writers meet in various homes on the first and third
Mondays of each month from 9.45 to 12 noon. Our activities include anything
to do with writing and words. We enjoy spelling and dictionary quizzes,
reading and critiquing each others work, discussing and learning from
the master wordsmiths, the most famous being William Shakespeare.
Each
of us has different styles and reasons for writing. Some have had work
published, some are honing their skills toward children's writing, and
others are planning to write their memoirs, or are meeting simply for
the pleasure of writing and enjoying each others company. Yes, personalities
are revealed, some closed cupboards are open and yes, we have a good laugh
at the more comical stories. There are some ladies, no names here, who
are a little risqué and one or two have shocked us with blood and guts
and horror.
Their main objective
is to encourage writing talents, enjoy social time together and to hone
writing skills.
Some members of
the Wordsmiths Group. Seated from left are Eleanor Doile, Sylvia Adams,
Doreen Salter, Angela Dold, Jillian Brown, Nancy Betts and Rae Dawson.
Photo by Janet Ormsby. This group promote the interest of the individual
to write in their own genre – children’s stories, autobiography,
plays, poetry, fantasy, whatever takes their imagination at the time.
For 2010, group convenor Angela, has planned to take the group out-and-about
to observe places or people then to write on what has been seen, felt,
or imagined. Or Angela may have an in-house program to practise good writing
or to learn points of grammar. This is a fun group who could squeeze in
another member or two. The Wordsmiths meet on the 1st and 3rd Mondays
at 9.30 for a cupper. Ph Angela 571-6767.
Currently there is a vacancy
as two members are on leave. If you are interested contact Groups Coordinator
Thelma Cane 574-6222, or Doreen Anderson, 576-3058.
This year the convenor
is: Angela Dold, Ph 571 6767.
Scrabble Group:
A few Scrabblers about
to get to grips <<...>> with the intricacies and anomalies
of the English language.
Jillian
Brown, Judy Kelly and Margaret Jones. The Scrabble group meet on the 1st
& 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 1.30pm. There is room for more
players at the tables. Ph Cyn Fielding 578-1533.
Horticulture & Gardening Group:
Thursday
1.30 p.m.
We have
vacancies.
Margaret
Richardson 576 5292
Mary Sanson
571 2509
Horticulture and Gardening Group
Some members of this group ended the
year at Yatton Park with a picnic lunch (in the wind) followed by
a stroll round the Park admiring the magnificent trees.
Mary Sanson
Local
History Group
Meets
first Thursday
of the month at 10 a.m. at Brain-Watkins House, 233 Cameron Road.
Vacancies.
Jack Ingram Phone/fax
544 3228.or
Mary Sanson
571 2509
Practical Art Groups
Practical Art Groups 1 and 2
Group1 meets on the 2nd and 4th Friday
of every month, except January, at the Tauranga Society of Artists’
rooms in Elizabeth Street West. We have a tutor once a month and on
the other sessions we follow our own inclinations or may decide on
a group activity. The Convener is Diana Bergersen, 543-0668
Group 2 meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday
of the month. The 1st Monday of the month is at the Tauranga Society
of Artists when we have a Tutor. The 3rd Monday of the month we meet
at different locations i.e. Art Gallery, Beach, Country, to put into
practice what we have learned from the Tutor. Convener Marilyn Coverdale
575 5236
Each Tutor is chosen to show a range
of different mediums of art. Both Groups are sociable, friendly and
helpful. Many of the group’s members are beginners. Some members
have been fortunate enough to have sold their creations. No one should
hesitate to join us if they want to fulfill a long held desire to
try their hand at creating artistic work on paper.
We have an exhibition planned at Creative
Tauranga in Willow Street on May 19th
Science Today:
Nature Study / Walking
group . Visit to Wingspan Rotorua.
The Aongatete Lodge trip is planned
for the 22nd and 23rd November 2010. The cost will be $15.00 per night
$10.00 to be paid as deposit when final numbers are known. We need
to book very early as it is a popular place. Facilities, as you know
are excellent and the plan is to do bush walks in the Kaimai’s.
The
Programme below for 2010 as it looks is complete,
but some changes could be made during the year.
Date
Location
Description, meeting place etc.
Car Donation
Reserve Date 26th May
McClaren Falls Park MT. L.
Autumn Colours. Early start to get the good light. Meet at Countdown,
Greerton 8.30am
$3.00
For the next three months local walks are planned but if weather is
bad we revert to house meetings with Natural History Videos or DVDs;
no reserve dates.
9th June
Puketoki Reserve or The Secret life of Ferns. M.T. if walking.
Meet at Countdown Bethlehem road for walk or 10 JamesHenry Ave if
weather is bad. 9.30 for walk, 9.45 if House meeting.
$4.00
14th July
Johnson Reserve Welcome Bay
Meet at the corner of James Cook Drive and Welcome Bay Road 9.30 for
walk, 9.45 House meeting
11th August
Papamoa Beach Reserve & Wairakei Reserve
Meet at Papamoa on Papamoa Beach Road opposite the shops and ajacent
to the Pine Trees or at 10 JamesHenry Ave at 9.20am. 9.30am for walk
9.45am for house meeting.
8th Sept
Kaharoa Kokako Trust Hamurana Springs and Okere Falls Track MT. L.
This is a repeat of last years brilliant day out we start very early
though to try and at least hear a Kokako. Meet at Countdown Greerton
at 7.30 or 10 James Henry Ave at 7.05am .
$10.00
13th October
Miranda for the arrival of the Godwits. MT. and L or Fish and Chips
at Miranda. High Tide11.21am
The Firth's 8.500 hectares of inter tidal flats support some 40,000
birds. Sixty different species have been recorded, 24 of them wading
birds. They include Godwits, the dramatic looking Eastern Curlew and
the tiny Red Necked Stint. Meet at Countdown Bethlehem at 9.30
$12.00
27th October
Kaituna Wetlands. MT.
Kaituna is a wonderful reminder of how things once were. Cabbage trees
and flaxes are flourishing, pukeko prowl through the raupo, numerous
ducks, shags and pied stilts forage for food in the waterways. Several
walking tracks and a wonderful viewing hide have been built so that
you get up close and personal with the wetland. That's something that
is quite hard to achieve given the damp nature of wetlands and the
often impenetrable vegetation. Information signs are also in place
to explain some of Kaituna's special places and faces. Meet at 10
JamesHenry Ave at 9.30am
$4.00
10th Nov
Maungatautari MT. L.
March this year 79 hihi (Stitchbirds) were released into Maungatautari’s
southern enclosure, following a century’s absence from the mountain,
and now regularly visit a series of specially built feeders close
to the walking tracks. 7.30 Greerton Countdown or 7.05 JamesHenry
Ave
$12.00
24th Nov
Aongatete
The Aongatete short walks are situated within the Kaimai Mamaku Forest
Park at the end of Wright Road, off SH 2 between Tauranga and Katikati.
There is a carpark before the gate to the Aongatete Outdoor Education
lodge and it is advisable to park here as the gate may be locked at
any time. Meet at Bethlehem Countdown 9.30am
$5.00
8th December
To be decided
Note MT = Morning Tea and L is Lunch
Tramping Group
The aim of the group is to provide fitness and fellowship
for all those who enjoy walking for pleasure in New Zealand’s
bush and park environment. We plan to use Regional parks, forests,
beaches lakes and areas of outstanding interest. We will undertake
moderate to more challenging tramps taking from 2 – 5 hours.Meeting
1st and 4th Thursday of each month.
Convener yet to be appointed, contacts
Keith McLeod 570 2638, Jim Taylor 543 0339,
Thelma Cane 574 6222
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ee is still recruiting new
members (males would be very welcome to help balance the current two men
to six women list!)
We are reducing our meetings
to ONE per month instead of the current two.
The next meeting will
be on Tuesday June 9th and the group will meet on the second Tuesday monthly
thereafter.
Jean Needham
Convener (543 4099)
Three is still recruiting
new members (males would be very welcome to help balance the current two
men to six women list!)
We are reducing our meetings
to ONE per month instead of the current two.
The next meeting will
be on Tuesday June 9th and the group will meet on the second Tuesday monthly
thereafter.
Jean Needham
Convener (543 4099)
Book Lovers:
Three is still recruiting new members (males would be very welcome
to help balance the current two men to six women list!)
We are reducing our meetings
to ONE per month instead of the current two.
The next meeting will
be on Tuesday June 9th and the group will meet on the second Tuesday monthly
thereafter.
Jean Needham
Convener (543 4099)
Book Lovers:
Three is still recruiting new members (males would be very welcome
to help balance the current two men to six women list!)
We are reducing our meetings
to ONE per month instead of the current two.
The next meeting will
be on Tuesday June 9th and the group will meet on the second Tuesday monthly
thereafter.
Jean Needham
Convener (543 4099)
Sequence dancing is a great exercise for mind and body.
Try
our happy friendly group; you should have fun, even
if you have never tried this style
of dancing before.
Dancing every Friday between 12-45pm to 2-45pm.
Venue is Grenada Park Monowai Street Arataki
Sequence dancing is a great exercise for mind and body.
Try
our happy friendly group; you should have fun, even
if you have never tried this style
of dancing before.
Dancing every Friday between 12-45pm to 2-45pm.
Venue is Grenada Park Monowai Street Arataki
Sequence dancing is a great exercise for mind and body.
Try
our happy friendly group; you should have fun, even
if you have never tried this style
of dancing before.
Dancing every Friday between 12-45pm to 2-45pm.
Venue is Grenada Park Monowai Street Arataki
(End
of Year Coffee.)
Sequence Dancing Dancing group
enjoying a well