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

MetService is forecasting a fine day with southwesterlies.

It's a two-layer clothing day with an expected high of 17 degrees, and an overnight low of 4 degrees. High tide is at 10.52am and low tide is at 4.59pm. Sunset is at 5.21pm.

What's on today?

Mount Mainstreet. Photo: Rosalie Liddle Crawford.

Head along to the market at Mount Mainstreet, Mount Maunganui to meet the team from the Tauranga Pest Trap Library. Borrow for up to three months some free traps for your backyard and obtain quality advice. Take care of pesky possumes, stoats and rats, and make your backyard predator free.

From 1pm - 4pm, entertain your children at the Winter Bounce Day at Welcome Bay Community Hall. Two Bouncy Castles will be set up for the kids to bounce, laugh and have fun while parents  sit down, relax and chat with friends.Table and chairs will be set up as well as a kids' table with chairs for eating, resting or to do some colouring in.Entry cost is $6 for unlimited bounce time.

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

.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?

Boules - Pétanque
Omanu Pétanque Keep active with a low impact sport. Play Wednesday and Sunday at 1.30pm Bayfair Reserve Russley Drive. Omanu Pétanque 027 425 6072

Falun Dafa Exercises
Move from chaos to calm on Sunday mornings, using this free to learn, mind/ body practice. For locations call/ Text Judy 021 0425 398https://en.falundafa.org

Golf Croquet
Tues, Thurs, Sun at Club Mt Maunganui, 45 Kawaka St. 8.30am for 9am start. Visitors & new players welcome. Ph. Nev 07 575 5121

Papamoa Country Music Club
Come along today for our music afternoon at Gordon Spratt Reserve commencing at 1.00pm. Afternoon tea provided and great music.

Trap Library Open Day
Come along to the Tauranga Pest Trap Library open day. Borrow some free traps and get quality advice. 9am-11am Mount Mainstreet Urban Market.