Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira.

MetService is forecasting a mainly fine day ahead with cloud increasing this afternoon and a shower or two this evening. Northeasterlies should be developing around midday.

It's a one-layer clothing day with an expected high of 18 degrees, and an overnight low of 14 degrees. High tide is at 12.42pm and low tide is at 6.41pm. Sunset is at 5.08pm.

What's on today?

Tauranga's Robyn Grinter is one New Zealand's top budgerigar breeders. Photo: John Borren/SunLive.

The 2023 Tauranga Bird Show is being held today Saturday, May 27 from 1pm-5pm and Sunday, May 28, from 8.30am-1pm (last ticket sales midday), at Tauranga Racecourse 1383 Cameron Rd, Greerton. Entry is cash only – adults $5, kids $3, family $15. Cost $5 adult, $3 child, Pre-schoolers Free, Family $15. Cash only.

A pest trap. Photo: Supplied.

It's Tauranga Pest Trap Library open day for Tauranga residents. Do you need help making your backyard pest free? Spotted any stoats, ferrets, possums, hedgehogs, rats, feral cats? Come along to the Tauranga Pest Trap Library open day in the Envirohub Building, Glasgow St, Tauranga. Stop in and borrow - for up to 3 months - some free traps and quality advice. Polish off that pesky possum, stop that stoat dead, and rid yourself of those rats! Make your backyard predator free.

Open Whānau Day is being held from 10am - 3pm at Te Manu Toroa, Gate Pa. Photo: Supplied.

A fun family time while learning about all the well-being resources available in Merivale, Gate Pa and Greerton is the focus of an open day for whānau in Tauranga South today. From 10am to 3pm, the free open whānau day will feature a kidz zone, before school checks, wuick workout sessions, a Kaumātua area, Mirimiri sessions, Rongoā Māori, glu shots, childhood immunisations and vaccine boosters. The Open Whānau Day is being held from 10am - 3pm on Saturday May 27 at Te Manu Toroa, 11 Tebbs Lane, Gate Pa, Tauranga (off Courtney Road). For more information go to https://temanutoroa.org.nz/tmt-whanau-day-may-2023

Tauranga man John Mallard with his precious Lotus. Photo: John Borren.

Around a dozen Lotus Car Club enthusiasts, mainly from the Auckland region, will convoy down to park up in central Mount Maunganui around lunchtime Saturday.

The Incubator. Photo: Supplied.

At The Incubator Creative Hub at Tauranga Historic Village, there are many exhibitions, workshops and events happening daily. For more information click here.

For more events visit My Tauranga.

The Mission House at The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga. Photo: Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

The Elms | Te Papa Tauranga in Mission St is open from 10am - 4pm. Come and view the Mission House and gardens. For more information click here

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Tauranga Art Gallery in Willow St. Photo: Supplied.

Take a walk through Tauranga Art Gallery and view the many exhibitions on display there this week. The gallery, in Willow St, is open from 10am - 4pm.

Love public art? CITY ART WALK TAURANGA app is a free to download walking tour of 20 public artworks in Tauranga's city centre. For more information click here

Diana Bomford, Tony Fraser and Hugh Bomford at the Lion and Tusk Museum at Mount Maunganui. Photo: Daniel Hines.

Have you been to the Lion and Tusk Museum yet? It's open today from 10am - 3pm at Unit 4, 14 Portside Dr, Mount Maunganui. Come and see a massive display of Rhodesian military history records and exhibits of uniforms, medals and equipment. Opening hours are 10am – 3pm Thursday to Sunday. For more information click here

What else is on today?

A course in miracles
A teaching to experience inner peace and transform your thinking from fear to Love. Stuck in the past? Free Internet forgiveness workshop athttps://jenniferhadley.com/how-get-over-it Text 021 0274 2502

Art in the Park
Original art for sale. Weather permitting. 9am-4pm. Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui. Tauranga Society of Artists

Bay Singles Social Group
Join a bunch of over 50's young singles. Weekend dinners, pot-lucks, occasional outings. Have a go! Ph Delia 027 284 8762, Andrea 021 133 0313

Bird Show
Tauranga Racecourse, Cameron Rd. Show and Bird Sale with over 600 birds on display. Cost: $5 adult, $3 child, Pre-schoolers Free Family $15 CASH ONLY

Boules - Petanque
Tauranga BOP Club, Tawa St, Mt Maunganui. Social and competitive play. Boules available. Every Saturday 1pm, Tuesday 1pm, Thursday 11am. New players welcome. Ph Ray 027 756 3565

Free Weekly Community Meals
Every Thursday 11:30am to 1pm.Every Saturday 4:30pm to 6pm.45 Cliff Rd, Tauranga. Provided by Under the Stars, a registered charity. Showers/toiletries/clothing also available.Buzzycuts Barber onsite Thursday fortnightly.

St Stephen's Jigsaw Library
Every Saturday 10am-12noon. Hire for 2 weeks a variety of 600 puzzles. Please wear masks. Cnr Brookfield & Highmore Trc.

Taijiquan and Qigong
Sat & Wed 9am. Free Taiji and Qigong group. Kulim Park on beach by big rock. All welcome. Ph Petro 021 751 665

Tauranga Scottish Society Sequence
Dance 4th Sat monthly Wesley Church Hall 100 13th Ave 7pm $7 incl raffles and supper Come join us. All welcome. Ph Nola 576 5076

Tauranga Senior Citizens Club
Indoor Bowls. Tauranga Senior Citizens Hall 14 Norris Street Tauranga. (behind Pac'n'sav).12.45pm Start. First time free. Phone Carol 022 639 2411