Leigh ElderEat for keeps A couple of weeks ago I made a presentation to a group of young people attending a leadership course at The Summerhill A1 Youth Academy up in the Papamoa Hills. Having completed an overnight camp either in a tent or in... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor This week's column is written as a bunch of tweets (social media mini blogs made up of 140 characters) to squeeze as much action into one column as possible. Here we go: A Wellington institute presented how Tauranga... Read More

Independent viewsBy Brendan Horan A media article on Monday heralded a $10 million building spurge to remediate the demand for new houses. But its not so joyous, however, for the increasing numbers of local residents who cannot afford to be entering... Read More

Mary Parker 'Adversity introduces a person to themselves.” - Anonymous We can choose to be a victim when we are challenged by life's problems, or we can look at what we're contributing to the problem that keeps it in play. Problems will... Read More

Ian McLeanGreen SceneSpokesperson for the Green Party Tauranga may want to be two fundamentally different cities. First, is the retirement village that is gentle, genteel, safe, welcoming and supportive. It will likely have policies to deliver... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Elected members recently visited the Port of Tauranga. After a briefing of the Port's operations and their future projects, elected members boarded a bus and were driven around the Port on both sides... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz If I had to choose just one group of nutrients with the greatest impact on heart health, it would be the wider vitamin E family. This is where things get a bit technical but bear with me. There are two... Read More

David MortimoreCommunity Sport Team LeaderSport Bay of Plenty During the next few months, across the Bay of Plenty, local councils' annual plans will be open for submissions. A core part of this process is public consultation, whereby every year... Read More

David MortimoreCommunity Sport Team LeaderSport Bay of Plenty During the next few months, across the Bay of Plenty, local councils' annual plans will be open for submissions. A core part of this process is public consultation, whereby every year... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The opportunity to dress up in the Western Bay are few and far between - but this Saturday is the chance to dust of the glad rags and dress up to the nines, with the premier day of... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The latest global average temperatures of the troposphere - those observed from NOAA satellites - are computed by the University of Alabama at Huntsville, in the United States. The chart shows since 1979, when reliable... Read More

Governance Matterswith Peter McKinlay Sounds easy, but this is a really tricky question. Most council spending is on infrastructure - water, sewerage and roads. It's big ticket stuff. Scale and expertise matter. So, should we have fewer and bigger... Read More