Gourmet Guide by Jo Blennerhassett of The Good Food Trading Co. Guillaume Desmurs is a man with a passion. His kitchen is filled with the most delicious smells imaginable - garlic, fennel, slow-cooked pork with wine and prunes. He started L'Authentique... Read More

Dr Anna Rolleston The Cardiac Clinic Are you wanting to make a difference to your health in 2012 - a real difference? Are you wanting to achieve something that has perhaps been on your resolution list for a number of years? Lose weight, better... Read More

Laura's screening with Laura Weaser Friends With Benefits (Out now on DVD/Blu-ray). Directed by Will Gluck. WARNING: potential spoilers if you couldn't predict how this movie would go by watching the trailer. See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJS-wWqVAyk ... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz This week's Write Space by Karen Sole. Intent on slaying the dragon of writers' block, I search for inspiration in the Guardian online. My thoughts go to the Stephen... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Where did that week go? It seems like only yesterday you were sitting here, reading the zany ideas of the ten year olds, as to how they'd run the country. On reflection, I think their ideas are probably... Read More

News Hound Ady & Flo There's been plenty going on for this newshound to sniff out this week. However, this newhound's nose only sniffs as far as the boundary fence, since the boss installed a fancy new invisible fence that keeps me well contained. ... Read More

Jane Nees BOP Regional Councillor www.janenees.co.nz Work at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council is really getting back into gear. Council is making decisions on its draft Ten Year Plan so that it can go out for public consultation. This decision-making... Read More

Claire Rogers All about wine www.sunlive.co.nz It was great to try some different wines during the holiday period. The stand out wine for me was the Pepperjack Shiraz. It was first recommended to me when I was in a small bottle store is Aussie... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz Welcome to council 2012. It is back in full swing spending this week completing the draft 3/10 Year Plan to go out for your consultation. Financial inroads are being made into the first cut, but... Read More

Andrew von Dadelszen Former Regional Councillor In early December, (Sunlive December 2) I alerted readers to the probability of building a 'bricks and mortar' downtown university for Tauranga - and the huge environmentally friendly economic benefits... Read More

Ian McLean Green candidate for Tauranga There is a guy riding a penny-farthing bicycle from Bluff to North Cape at the moment. He is using roads that were built for cars, and paid for in part by vehicle drivers. He won't have third party insurance. If... Read More

Brian Anderson The Western Front www.sunlive.co.nz One of the main tasks for council is to deal with our sewage. This is hardly part of a job description considered by most councillors who are looking to be our leaders, but any council programme... Read More