Cr Bill FaulknerFaulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz No matter how many times it is said - don't always believe what you read - particularly the internet and especially newspapers, it always needs repeating. Except, of course, everything in The Weekend... Read More

Claire RogersAll about wine www.sunlive.co.nz The wine has been barrel-fermented with fruit sourced from a number of premium blocks, Patutahi, Ormond and Whitmore Estate vineyards in Gisborne. Each of these blocks adds to the character of the final... Read More

Ian McLeanSpokesperson for the Green Party Minister Nick Smith may be gone, but his dream of a streamlined local government (LG) has not. For 'streamlined” here, read 're-focussing on core services”. The analysis justifying this change... Read More

Brian AndersonThe Western Frontwww.sunlive.co.nz Trying to move a Council is a little like trying to beat up a marshmallow. It looks sweet, bends with your every advance but is totally unchanged at the end of the exercise. Councils, to be fair,... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz Politicians are elected to make decisions on behalf of the community. However, there are plenty of opportunities for the public to have their say if they feel the politicians have it wrong - particularly... Read More

Te Ururoa FlavellMP for Waiariki www.waiariki.maori.nz The Urewera 4 case file has been well documented so I do not intend to revisit those outcomes. But what is blatantly self-evident is that the events that took place back in October 2007, and... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews www.taurangawriters.org.nz This Friday, Otumoetai College Year 13 student Céline Murray, 17, will launch her book Seven to Seventeen at the Nautilus Restaurant. Céline is the youngest of... Read More

Andrew NimickPoint Concept twitter.com/andrewnim This Saturday is the second Bay Of Plenty Mashup competition at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Bongard campus on Cameron Road. We have 13 teams entered this year, which is a really good number from... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The retirement of David Tua in the last few days has brought Sideline Sid a real mixture of thoughts and emotions. I first laid eyes on David in 1988 at the (then) Otumoetai Trust Hotel,... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Today's column begins a series over the next few months which will look at health problems of our major body systems. The first system we look at is the one that looks back to us in the mirror each morning... Read More

Daz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Sometimes circumstances allow us to change things around yet use the same methods. Because I've had to make changes to the menu at Another Green World because of the unavailability... Read More

Laura's screening with Laura Weaser The Hunger Games. Directed by Gary Ross. Out now in cinemas. Considered as the new Twilight craze, and smashing box-office records, The Hunger Games sets the standard in teen fiction films by taking aim at... Read More