Blogs

Oh to play again

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz In March, I started helping someone who loved golf but was restricted due to an old shoulder rotator cuff injury, coupled with a more recent shoulder bursitis. Most rotator cuff injuries are tendonitis... Read More

Business awards and the welfare system

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz I hope you enjoyed a good long weekend with friends and family, or you got to those jobs around the home you've been putting off. I took the opportunity to have a family weekend and spend some time with... Read More

The meaning of good growth

Ian McLeanSpokesperson for the Green Party There has been much reporting, and some celebration, of the 11 per cent of population growth during seven years in Tauranga, indicated by the recent release of Census figures. Clearly, growth is linked... Read More

Drama at City Hall

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz Auckland City has had a turbulent start to the new triennium, with revelations about Mayor Len Brown overshadowing the important task of building a new council. Then we have John Banks, a former... Read More

Where to for the Katikati Town Centre?

Brian AndersonThe Western Frontwww.sunlive.co.nz The news a couple of weeks ago that part of the $13 million Katikati Town Centre Plan was going ahead is not well-received by residents. The local newspapers included a mock-up of the northern... Read More

Taking a fresh approach

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Thrilling and humbling relief - these are a few of the emotions I have experienced since discovering the community elected me to Tauranga City Council. I'm thrilled to be working alongside Tauranga's best and... Read More

Dressing for your proportions continued…Three Top Tips

The Style CompanyPersonal Style Consultants Following on from our last style post, we thought we would educate and inspire you with our top three tips for 'dressing your body proportions'. You will know (from our last post), where you are proportionately... Read More

Temperatures in central England from 1650 to 2013

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Various people have been credited with the invention of the thermometer and Galileo Galilei seems to be the first in the early 1600s; with Robert Fludd in 1638 being the first to show a scale to the new invention. Thermometers,... Read More

Time to recognise Bay of Plenty’s sporting champions

Wayne WerderChief ExecutiveSport Bay of Plenty As summer rolls in, the traditional awards season has begun. For us at Sport Bay of Plenty, we once again have the pleasure of hosting the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic 2013 Bay of Plenty Sports Awards. These... Read More

Global cricket for new Bay Oval pavilion

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The nearly-completed construction of a new pavilion at the Bay Oval at Mount Maunganui's Blake Park is the first sign an international sporting event will hit the Western Bay of Plenty... Read More

Spies, pies, spines and whines

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz A few of you are still quite concerned about the Government's spies and the new potential they may have to monitor you. I can imagine this must be quite disconcerting - if you are a treacherous, treasonous... Read More

Think of the animals!

NewshoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz It's coming up to that crazy time of year again.Normally sane, intelligent people turn into stark raving mad pyromaniacs and celebrate the failed plot of a 400-year-old terrorist by blowing stuff up, burning... Read More