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Let’s protect our beaches

Ian McLeanGreen SceneSpokesperson for the Green Party The Green Party is determined to protect our beaches, permanently. How? We watched Petrobras and Anadarko come, explore, find nothing and go. Each time, brave souls went to sea to carry the... Read More

What is a regional sports trust?

Melanie Short, Marketing and Sponsorship ManagerSport Bay of Plenty Sport Bay of Plenty can't be described in a one-minute elevator speech as the work that's undertaken by the organisation is diverse and wide-reaching throughout the region. In... Read More

What is a regional sports trust?

Melanie Short, Marketing and Sponsorship ManagerSport Bay of Plenty Sport Bay of Plenty can't be described in a one-minute elevator speech as the work that's undertaken by the organisation is diverse and wide-reaching throughout the region. In... Read More

Ditching the Ockers for Kiwi rugby

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz With our 10-week break on the Sunshine Coast coming to an end, we've arrive back in the Western Bay of Plenty. While catching up with family and friends and enjoying a very mild Queensland... Read More

Climate change – have things changed?

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Among the many climate science meetings I've attended, the most significant - at least in terms of climate change is concerned - is my involvement in the UN-sponsored International Conference in Villach, Austria, in... Read More

Climate change – have things changed?

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Among the many climate science meetings I've attended, the most significant - at least in terms of climate change is concerned - is my involvement in the UN-sponsored International Conference in Villach, Austria, in... Read More

Climate change – have things changed?

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Among the many climate science meetings I've attended, the most significant - at least in terms of climate change is concerned - is my involvement in the UN-sponsored International Conference in Villach, Austria, in... Read More

Bag up those broccoli bargains

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Sometimes your body tells you things - and somehow you know just what you need. Recently I craved fresh greens, and couldn't resist the bargain at the greengrocers with broccoli... Read More

Bag up those broccoli bargains

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Sometimes your body tells you things - and somehow you know just what you need. Recently I craved fresh greens, and couldn't resist the bargain at the greengrocers with broccoli... Read More

Bag up those broccoli bargains

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Sometimes your body tells you things - and somehow you know just what you need. Recently I craved fresh greens, and couldn't resist the bargain at the greengrocers with broccoli... Read More

Why the chicken crossed the road

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Finally we have the answer to the most puzzling riddle: Why did the chicken cross the road?Because the Auckland City zoned it homeless. A proposal is in front of the jafa council to require poultry... Read More

Why the chicken crossed the road

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Finally we have the answer to the most puzzling riddle: Why did the chicken cross the road?Because the Auckland City zoned it homeless. A proposal is in front of the jafa council to require poultry... Read More