Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Tauranga City Council staff are busy preparing the draft 2014/2015 Annual Plan, which is due to be adopted by elected members at a council meeting on March 14. The draft Annual Plan will then go out... Read More

Independent viewsBy Brendan Horan Tauranga MP Simon Bridges seems out of step with our community, yet instep with his party line. The Prime Minister John Key keeps his election promise but fails to solve the problem; and as expected a Route K announcement. It... Read More

Mike ChapmanNZKGI Chief Executive Once upon a time it was enough to provide quality product to consumers. The New Zealand kiwifruit industry has done this consistently and the result has been premium returns earned in our off-shore markets in excess... Read More

Melanie ShortMarketing ManagerSport Bay of Plenty The Tour de Bay Corporate Bike Challenge, in its second year running, has proven a big hit with businesses all around the Bay. Taking over from a similar Bikewise event held in previous years, Sport... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While Sideline Sid is an avid boxing fan, he's always had a passing interest in other gladiatorial sports, which have their roots in men being trained to fight in public shows in ancient... Read More

Vet's Viewwith Ravensdown VetGavin Goble BVSc MRCVS There is no doubt internal parasites, commonly referred to as 'worms', are a major cause of lost productivity in NZ agriculture. Costs, estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars per year, include... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz In this first in a series on heart health, we look at blood circulation within the heart itself. Coronary (heart) circulation starts with oxygen-rich blood from the aorta pumping into the left and right... Read More

Soil matterswith Peter Burton Eco-logic Soil Improvement Ltd The Government-appointed Commissioner for the Environment has again criticised the government's fresh water policies, saying they are inadequate for the maintenance of present water... Read More

Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance Having spent the last 50-odd years tearing around creating havoc with ideas, being inventive and lateral as I am, it is now time to reflect on what was/is really important and what was/is not. I guess... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of February have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 (except for 1904, 1908, and 1909). The graph of February rainfalls in Tauranga shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 343mm in 1936... Read More

NewshoundAdy & Flowww.sunlive.co.nz The boss says that since our boating magazine, 'Waterline', has launched online, we have to spend more time fishing and less time chasing our tails.So he bundled me onto the boat again, and we set off on the... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz The warm weather continues, even if officially we've reached the end of summer. The temperatures have seen me staying undercover during the hot parts of the day. The garden... Read More