Ruth StanleyCommunity ManagerNetball Waikato Bay of Plenty After extensive research and consultation, the new Netball NZ Junior Programme is ready to be rolled out across the Bay of Plenty. This exciting programme aims to provide a quality, nationally-consistent... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Arriving at Blake Park around mid-afternoon last Saturday and walking a short distance to the Baywide cricket action brought a smile to the face of Sideline Sid. The reason for the... Read More

Brent TrailManaging DirectorSurveying Services Ltd Following the settlement of an appeal to the Environment Court, it is now much tougher to subdivide a lifestyle block. In an interesting turn of events, the Waikato District Council was forced... Read More

Wendy MacphailEmployment Law Services As a rule, conduct by an employee out of work hours does not justify disciplinary action unless there is a material connection between the conduct and damage to the employer.Scenarios where an employee's off-duty... Read More

Bill WebbFeed SolutionsOutlook The quality of an excellent maize silage crop can be significantly reduced if it is not stacked, covered and cared for correctly.Too often we see crops which have taken time, attention and money to grow damaged by... Read More

Gerard CaseyEBOP Chamber of Commerce CEO Over the last four days Ohope Beach has been inundated with mostly lean tanned and fit looking bodies. No this blog is not about being jealous or ashamed of seeing such fit people all in one place. It... Read More

Brett PetersenKiwi Fertiliser and Golden Bay Dolomite We, at Kiwi Fertiliser have no problem at all growing clover - whether it is red or white. Nor do we need GE to do so. There is ample evidence that GE produces inferior food worldwide, causing... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. It is very common for areas such as Tauranga to have had different... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Today I yearn for one of those beautiful still days we've been lacking. As recently, the typical day has often meant dealing with some sort of pesky, drying, and annoying... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz The big news this week would have been Mr Cunliffe saying he would 'make” the Rena owners clean up their mess.Unfortunately Mr Cunliffe hasn't done his homework. Rena is not the business of aspiring... Read More

NewshoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz I was minding my own business, stalking the retractable garden hose to ambush it mid-way through its evil habit of retracting, when a strange noise was heard emanating from the compost bin.Now ordinarily, the... Read More

Josh HoskinSmart Money jhoskin@goldridge.co.nz Retirement brings about so many interesting opportunities. Not only do you have to work out where you are going to spend that retirement fund you have put together, but you also have to come up with... Read More