Ian McLeanSpokesperson for the Green Party It is time we stopped treating senior managers as treasures who need incomes far above the cost of living in New Zealand, and our workers as commodities who are paid barely enough to get by. Here is one... Read More

Wendy MacphailEmployment Law Services One of the most rewarding ways to increase your organisation's productivity is to increase your own happiness - and then the happiness of your employees. Ground-breaking research shows us happy people are more... Read More

Brent TrailManaging DirectorSurveying Services Ltd Now is the time to move quickly if you are considering a change to the farm boundaries before next season. During the years, the subdivision process has become more complex with the Resource Management... Read More

Mike ChapmanNZKGI Chief Executive Growers, their families, kiwifruit industry workers and the community have paid the price for the Psa-V incursion. Much of the suffering has not been visible to the public. The effects have also been uneven. Some... Read More

Bill WebbFeed SolutionsOutlook There's been less rainfall during the last two months than at this time last year. And that's a concern because when soil moisture reserves are down, things can deteriorate very quickly - just as they did in last... Read More

Vet's Viewwith Ravensdown VetGavin Goble BVSc MRCVS Flystrike is the most important ectoparasitic disease of sheep in New Zealand, causing severe pain and suffering, as well as significant economic losses. The Animal Welfare (Sheep and Beef Cattle)... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Bay of Plenty's cricket season has quickly hit its stride with the first Bay senior men's representative team of the season to be named this week. A huge season awaits the Bay of... Read More

Cherryl ThompsonDisability Sport AdvisorHalberg Disability Sport Foundation My role as disability sport advisor for the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation is to assist physically-disabled people to participate in sport and recreation. We achieve... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The below graph shows the range of Tauranga's October rainfalls, from an extreme high of 357 mm in 1916 to a low of only 7 mm in 1984. The second wettest October was 1928, when 269 mm was recorded; and the second... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It's that time of the year again when we again make effigies of some guy, tie him to a stake and set fire to him, while igniting vast amounts of gunpowder-fuelled fireworks.And that's only the protests... Read More

NewshoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz That's the end of the weather. Now for the week's Dog News.A spaniel from Welcome Bay, named Doug, was left unattended for a time in his backyard recently and completed a very nice hole in the lawn, near the... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor This is my first of a weekly blog for The Weekend Sun and Sunlive. These are my opinions and views based on the meetings, events and people I meet in my role as a Otumoetai/Pyes Pa Ward councillor for... Read More