NewshoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz Hey Sunny peeps, thanks for of your 'playthings' photos that arrived in recent weeks. This week is a classic idea involving old socks. I know from experience that any rough games involving socks usually lead... Read More

Cr Bill FaulknerFaulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz At a Tauranga City Council workshop, elected members discussed a long overdue review of seed funding to attract events to our city. No decisions are made at workshops and the informal format allows... Read More

Joseph GordonThe Phoenix The greatest part of August for me is that it's whitebait season. Whether you're waiting for the wriggly little critters to swim across the whiteboard, as the sun's rising over another glorious day in our Bay of Plenty,... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Earlier this year I was approached by someone with a multiple of health problems including psoriasis, which has improved remarkably during a four-month period. Her doctor is surprised at her skin improvements;... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Another Green World has quietly celebrated its second birthday. As you do on such occasions, I looked back and mentally took stock. If only I listened to that annoying little... Read More

Wendy MacphailEmployment Law Services The Government has announced its plan to improve workplace health and safety systems. The Government's key goal is to reduce the rate of fatalities and serious injuries in the workplace by at least 25 per cent... Read More

Mike ChapmanNZKGI Chief Executive In recent weeks there have been three significant biosecurity risks. Kiwifruit plants grown from illegally imported seeds found and destroyed in an Auckland suburb. Tomatoes and capsicums from Queensland now being... Read More

Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance I recently read a book called 'The Practice of Happiness' by John Kehoe, kindly given to me by my secretary. Farming with all its complexities, can bring a lot of stress and unhappiness. A culture of hard... Read More

Bill WebbFeed SolutionsOutlook Some farmers could have avoided the anguish of not having supplementary feed during last summer's drought, if they had committed early on to buy feed from growers. To some degree, the feed shortages were created by... Read More

Vet's Viewwith Ravensdown VetGavin Goble BVSc MRCVS Vitamin B12 is a very important vitamin for ruminants (for example, sheep and cattle) and is involved in digestion and maintaining appetite. In these animals, vitamin B12 is manufactured in the... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While Sideline Sid and Mrs Sids' trip to the US of A is winding down with the last few days in Hawaii, the old fellow had time on the plane to Honolulu, to reflect on his impressions... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz A law passed in parliament this week means your lives will change forever. The age of innocence is over; the hope of a simple life in New Zealand plucked from our grasp with the passing of a bill that... Read More