Are you ready?with Leigh Elder Eat For Keeps (EFK) are working on a new project which could play a part in both raising awareness on one of the major issues surrounding obesity and diabetes, and help many kiwis learn how to make the right food... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP It's time for the Government to integrate a system of transportation that includes buses and rail. Continuing their current archaic planning that only considers widening roads during the next one to three decades... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz Our roads are a critical lifeline for our communities and our economy, but road accidents extract a terrible toll when things go wrong on the tarmac. Unfortunately, the road toll of crash fatalities... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Last week I showed how Tauranga City Council is planning to invest more than $4 billion in hard infrastructure projects during the next 30 years for more housing and employment areas. This just includes roads,... Read More

Peter BlakewayFood writer Some wonderful friends are in France at the moment and to be honest I'm madly jealous. A few years ago we took a trip to the Basque region of southern France and an abiding memory is watching our youngest son take on... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller Small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of our communities. A vast majority of enterprises in the Western Bay of Plenty employ 20 or fewer people. Small business owners put their capital on the line because... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz All fishermen are liars, except you and me, but I ain't so sure about you. So the old saying goes. Seems like nothing has changed, only we are now very sure about some fishers, with revelations that... Read More

Are you ready?with Leigh Elder We have branches of medicine that specialise in every body system. The advances in specialist medicine have seen huge advances and benefits for human health. There is, however, a downside. Sometimes we lose sight... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder There is an excellent website compiled and updated monthly by Dr Ole Humlum, who is a Danish professor of physical geography at the University of Oslo, and adjunct professor of physical geography at the University Centre... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz As a keen (but relatively slow) cyclist and walker, Sideline Sid often takes advantage of some of the myriad of walking tracks and cycle ways in our fair city. Early city fathers showed... Read More

Peter BlakewayFood writer Have you ever wondered where the frozen prawns in the supermarket come from? Maybe you've even checked the country of origin and will inevitably have found they are Australian or some other country in Asia. Why is that... Read More

Careers with Hartwith Jay Hart A great factor in the success, and sometimes failure, of every individual is whether or not that individual has been, or is, being mentored. A work-place mentor is someone you have identified as having significantly... Read More