Vet Checks Inwith Joerg Thammfrom Mount Vet Hospital What is poison and what to do! There are a lot of different chemicals, drugs and plants that are toxic to our pets, here is a list of some of the most common ones: Rodenticides (rat/mouse bait):... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The start of summer later this week welcomes the start of a festival of cricket at the Bay Oval at Mount Maunganui. In just over a decade, the Blake Park ground has gone from a wasteland... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder A sunspot is a relatively dark, sharply defined region on the solar disc - marked by an umbra (dark area) which is 2000 degrees Celsius cooler than the effective photosphere temperature. The average diameter of a sunspot... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz New Zealand is continuing to make great strides towards building a stronger, more prosperous country - a country where we can have a great lifestyle and earn a good income that compares well with the... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP New Zealand First is pro-immigration. Yes, you read that correctly. But immigration to New Zealand is not a right. Rich or poor, black or white, Asian or American, we should be limiting our visas to a sustainable... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Without inflammation we would not be able to fight infections nor heal from injury. The process of inflammation involves the immune system directing chemicals and cells to heal damaged or infected tissue.... Read More

Straight from city councilwith councillor Steve Morris The Remuneration Authority in Wellington sets the pay of your mayor at $149,814 and city councillors at $70,949 for what they term a 'near full-time” role. Committee chairs receive an... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz This week on RR we are bringing you a crapload of science. That is the collective name for lots of sciences. Today there will be some highly-scientific terms used, as I was a prolific attender of Miss... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Having been a spectator at plenty of top-level sport over the years, the atmosphere and action remains just as intense as watching the All Blacks play the Springboks in 1956 - but the... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little overall trend from the average temperatures during the 30-year period from 1981-2010 in the tropospheric... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller After years in the private sector, politics has certainly proved to be an interesting career choice. While the formality and bureaucratic pace of Parliament can at times be frustrating, there is no greater feeling than... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Inflammation can be the cause of disease or it can be as a consequence. If your health problem has the suffix 'itis' then inflammation is central to the problem. Some 'itis' diseases, like osteoarthritis,... Read More