Paula ThompsonBOP Regional Councillorwww.envbop.govt.nz 'To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very... Read More

Biting Back in the Baywith Pinky Green It has been rough and tough for recreational fishing in the Western Bay of Plenty much of the time recently. Very few have ventured out far but those who have have often been well rewarded. Russ Hawkins (Fat... Read More

Wendy Simisterof Wendy's Boutique With Fashion Week done and dusted I had to share our most amazing experience of the Trelise Cooper fashion show with you. Bright gold balloons as a back drop set a vibrant scene for Cooper. Followed by tribal... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz There are favourite flavours that go together, like bacon and eggs, chicken and corn, mushrooms and blue cheese. This week we are going to cover blue cheese, often referred... Read More

Dr Anna Rolleston The Cardiac Clinic Good health and lifestyle change is not about depriving yourself of the things you enjoy. Anna Rolleston and the team at The Cardiac Clinic have an innovative philosophy - and it includes being able to enjoy... Read More

American RoadtripTauranga residents Kay and Mike Travelling America on a Harley Davidson After a 12 hour endurance ride spanning 812kms in 40 degrees and umpteen bottles of Powerade we arrived in San Ontonio around 7pm. Exhausted and no accommodation... Read More

Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance On the back of rising food demand and falling or stagnant food supply, prices of food are rising to record levels. If you look at Egypt, Libya, Iran, Syria, the uprisings there were in part, caused by... Read More

Josh HoskinSmart Money jhoskin@goldridge.co.nz One of my favourite quotes from Jim Morrison in the American Prayer album is: 'Did you know freedom exists in a school book?” What Morrison is referring to is that freedom can have many guises... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga City is alive this week with thousands of youngsters, who have again descended on the city for the AIMS Games. In nine short years the AIMS Games has become one of the biggest... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Remember the children's song Dry Bones? The chorus starts with 'the toe bone connected to the heel bone”. Of course this was written as a spiritual rather than anatomical song but it makes a great... Read More

Vet's VoiceKathleen Linpus www.vetcaretauranga.co.nz If your pet gets lost, how do you find them? We have many lost animals brought in to our clinic, especially cats who can often end up stowing away in removal trucks, covered boats and tradesmen's... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of September have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The graph shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 274mm in 1973 to a low of only 16mm... Read More