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

Straight from city councilwith councillor Steve Morris Last week I shared the work we've done with tsunami evacuation routes during the last three years and my view - that we need to add loud sirens to the email and text alert system. Three days... Read More

Culinary Conversationswith Peter BlakewayFood writer, caterer and private chef As some of you know by now I've started as a tutor of culinary arts at Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology - yes I know, it's still the Bay of Plenty Poly to most of... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP The recent earthquakes and seismic activity we have seen in New Zealand, and the devastation caused, really brings home the urgent need for implementation of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz We've been quite busy here at RR Headquarters. Along with dealing with a natural disaster, we've been clearing out the spare room and making up the sofa bed for Miley Cyrus and the other American celebrities... Read More

Vet Checks Inwith Joerg Thammfrom Mount Vet Hospital Regular flea and worm treatments are important for your pets, and you! So what is the best way to do this?? A mistake seen all too often is the "more is better" approach that some people take... Read More

Vet Checks Inwith Joerg Thammfrom Mount Vet Hospital Neo, the 50kg, 10-month-old, Bull Mastif X Great Dane has a heart as sweet as the look on his face! Rescued from the SPCA at five-months-old, poor Neo has always suffered from weakness in his... Read More