John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Last week we looked at research into the healing power of turmeric. The active ingredient curcumin is the actual brilliant yellow pigment. I find it fascinating that nature's most potent healing compounds... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP Local Tauranga student Jake Hoffart spends his weekends baiting and catching possums - and turning a profit from it. Being one of countless Kiwis who spend their free time out in it, Jake understands full well... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller Aren't the AIMS Games extraordinary? More than 9000 intermediate children from across New Zealand,competing in over 20 sporting and performance activities, cheered on by increasingly weary but reliably supportive parents... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Sounds like we'll be getting aftershocks 'til the cows come home. They could carry on for two years, say scientists. The aftershocks, that is. Not the cows. The cows haven't turned up. An even bigger... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Three weeks of rugby withdrawal symptoms came to a end last Saturday, when Sideline Sid got to catch the Sunshine Coast premier preliminary rugby union final, with a berth to the winner... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of August have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908 and 1909. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga Harbour, from... Read More

Michelle's Musingswith Michelle Muller Cords, cords, cords and more cords. I am so fed up with cords! I feel like they are taking over our house like a noxious weed, slowly strangling me as they infest every part of my home. There's they cord for... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz My motorcycle tour around Rajasthan in India last year was a feast for my senses, including of course my taste buds. Most curry recipes contain the brilliant yellow spice turmeric. It has also been a... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It's a strange world we live in. Every day there are stories that just leave us gobsmacked.Jack Sparrow is apprehended on The Strand while waving his sword at Hairy Maclary and crew. (SunLive).Then... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz One of the highlights of my job as a local MP is visiting schools. We have some great young minds and it is important that we nurture them to the best of their ability. I love visiting the schools we... Read More

Vet Checks Inwith Joerg Thammfrom Mount Vet Hospital Kenzie, the beautiful Great Dane was in one day for a routine gastropexy* and ovariohysterectomy (spay). On admitting Kenzie for the day, the nurse went over details with Kenzies family regarding... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The recent New Zealand First tribute to the passing of legendary New Zealand jockey Bob Skelton on SunLive, got me thinking about the kiwi hoops that had crossed the ditch to ride in... Read More