Brigid Buckley DairyNZ Developer - Sustainability The concept of increasing farm profitability by becoming skilled at harnessing nutrients and sending them out the gate in milk is not new. Assessing nutrient use and finding ways to become more... Read More

John Scrimgeour Federated Farmers BOP president The national council of Federated Farmers met in Wellington last month and farm leaders from around the country got a taste of the capital at election time. The Federation is in good heart, with... Read More

Tree Talk with Peter HaringtonWoodmetrics Regional Manager As our industry goes into one of its downturns, I get that feeling of deja vu all over again, as Murray Mexted once so famously said. All the signs are there again; a big slowdown in export... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz When I create a nutritional programme for someone, in most cases there is a main problem we are trying to address. This can be anything from general fatigue to something like a sore knee. It is always... Read More

Josh HoskinSmart Money jhoskin@goldridge.co.nz Locally, some commentators in the not so distant past have suggested the economy is so bad in New Zealand that Gen X and Y people should leave the country on mass (where too, I hear you ask). Baby... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid sat on the edge of his seat yesterday with work put on the back burner as the Black Caps grabbed a rare test victory over Australia. For mine, test cricket is what the... Read More

Simon Bridges National MP simonbridges.co.nz Thank you Tauranga for your support at the general election on November 26. It is a great privilege to be your local MP and to renew my contract with you for another three years. I pledge to be a strong... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Michael Sass, the internationally recognised and award winning artist, is now exhibiting at the newly re-launched Cargo Shed on Dive Crescent. It was great to happen upon a collection of his wonderful work... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz This week's Write Space by Jan Goldie. The nature of book publishing is changing. Pretty soon eBooks won't be known as electronic books, they'll just be called 'books'. But... Read More

Barbara Reid of Maison Monique maisonmonique.co.nz Welcome to December and the festive month's edition. It now appears summer is really on the way, strong winds have abated and daytime temperatures are rising. The time has come to organise what... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz I know you are all very tired of hearing about the secretly-recorded tea tapes. However, we feel compelled to jump on the bandwagon, or in this case, the teawagon. Only because we've been hounded by... Read More

News Hound Ady & Flo We were staying in the cabin in the bush when the boss said to me, 'let's go for a walk with Ruger”. Now I'm always keen for a walk although I hadn't been out with Ruger before. He's the tall skinny individual with the... Read More