Blogs
03:23pm Wed 07 Mar, 2012
Laura's screening with Laura Weaser Directed by Douglas McGrath. Out now on DVD and Blu-ray. Since feminist movements in the 1970s-1980s, there has been the age old question of: can a women juggle career and family, or does she have to decide between... Read More
11:31am Wed 07 Mar, 2012
Andrew Martin Global Outlook Blogger Warren Buffett, possibly the world's greatest investor once said: 'Indeed, if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favour by shooting Orville down”. Really,... Read More
11:08am Wed 07 Mar, 2012
Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz There was a heap of after match celebrating from the Bay of Plenty representative cricket side at the Bay Oval last Sunday after lifting aloft the Fergus Hickey Rosebowl in triumph. However,... Read More
08:51am Wed 07 Mar, 2012
John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz If you have a health problem that ends with 'itis' it is an inflammatory disease. The term arthritis describes various inflammatory joint diseases. More specifically, bursitis describes the inflammation... Read More
08:47am Wed 07 Mar, 2012
Gourmet Guideby Jo Blennerhassett of The Good Food Trading Co. Smooze is 100 per cent natural fruit ice cream. It comes in four delicious flavours: Coconut and pink guava, coconut and mango, plain coconut and coconut and pineapple - so there's... Read More
08:37am Wed 07 Mar, 2012
Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance We all probably differ on this, but I believe soil is the world's most valuable resource. Some time ago, David Bellamy gave us a wake-up call on just how important the soil is to our very existence. I... Read More
10:33am Tue 06 Mar, 2012
Pete MorrisArt blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Bay of Plenty artist Bryce Brown describes his latest body of work as semi-autobiographical, yet symbolic in ways that we can all relate to. Bryce says of the recent work: 'With life's ups and downs over... Read More
10:31am Tue 06 Mar, 2012
Soil matterswith Peter Burton Eco-logic Soil Improvement Ltd The recent feedback from Eco-Logic Soil Improvement dairy farm clients using DoloZest/CalciZest based soil fertility programmes, is that this season, if not the most productive to date,... Read More
09:09am Tue 06 Mar, 2012
From the labPeter Lesterof Quantum Laboratories Many years ago, I visited a family in Minnesota and found all their cooking was conducted using potassium salts as opposed to common sodium salts. The dear lady of the house asked me to comment,... Read More
08:19am Tue 06 Mar, 2012
2012 Olympicswith Ella NicholasCanoe slalom athlete '150 days and over 300 training sessions to go until you are racing at the Olympics Ella.” This is what my coach told me yesterday as I prepared for yet another training session. He also... Read More
11:29am Mon 05 Mar, 2012
Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz With Parliament in recess last week, it was a pleasure to attend a lot of great events in Tauranga. Among the occasions I went to was the installation of a new Vicar at St George's Gate Pa Church. I am... Read More
11:27am Mon 05 Mar, 2012
Vet's VoiceKathleen Linpus www.vetcaretauranga.co.nz Hyperthyroidism is the most common hormone imbalance in older cats. The thyroid gland is in the neck of the cat, and is not normally felt. In cats with hyperthyroidism, the gland enlarges and... Read More