Blogs

How to get the interview

Careers with Hartwith Jay Hart How will employers choose who to interview when they're considering somewhere between forty and hundreds of applicants for one job? The person whose cv matches the exact specifications of the job will always get interviewed.... Read More

Feeding our beaches

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz Our local beaches are about to get nourished with more sand. Last September, Tauranga City Council was granted a resource consent by the Bay of Plenty Regional Councilto use sand dredged from the... Read More

Mount Maunganui Cricket Club demolished

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Driving to the Bay Oval on Easter Friday, Sideline Sid did a double take as he drove into Blake Park. The Mount Maunganui Cricket Club building that had stood as a sentinel on the... Read More

Global Monthly Temperatures: January 1979 to February 2016

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Professor Ole Humlum, of the Institute of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway, maintains a very comprehensive climate web site and much of this WeatherEye is from his website. See http://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you_February_2016.pdf... Read More

Rena reserve strongly recommend

Dive Right Inwith Gwyn Brownfrom Tauranga Dive As predicted in earlier columns, the Rena is staying right where she is. Despite the appeal lodged against the decision, she isn't going anywhere. It's A: too expensive to remove the rest of her, B:... Read More

Maelstrom to myxomatosis threatens embattled bunny

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Poor cuzzy, the Easter Bunny. He's copping it from all sides this week. As if the guy isn't busy enough in the build-up to Easter…he's warding off a series of dastardly threats against him, starting... Read More

Getting moving again (part 2)

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Last week we discussed someone who had a painful knee, mostly from the inflammation associated with arthritis. She's gone from limited mobility and living on painkillers to almost no pain and significantly... Read More

Give the cook the credit

Peter BlakewayFood writer So here is my stand: What you choose to eat is the single most important decision you make every day and should be taken seriously. That said, it should be a fun and exciting part of your life and really doesn't have to... Read More

SuperGold Card under threat

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP During the Christmas holidays, the Government quietly put through regulations requiring the SuperGold Card become part of a smart card by July 1, 2016. Now cardholders won't need their card, because the concession... Read More

The Secret Your Teen's Not Keeping

Careers with Hartwith Jay Hart "I don't know" must be the most beloved teenage mantra. But, behind "I don't know" lurkes a secret. They really do know. And we know this, because right after they say "I don't know", we proceed to foolishly tell... Read More

Attracting more people to Tauranga’s Historic Village

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor There's a fantastic video on YouTube showing the Historic Village in it's glory days in the early 1990s. The efforts of those volunteers was extraordinary. Since then though, the village has been through an economic... Read More

Protected trees – your feedback welcome

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Elected members had a workshop recently on protected trees. Some elected members have received phone calls from ratepayers regarding issues over protected trees on their properties. The City Plan Review... Read More