Wendy Macphail Employment Law Services When your employees exercise self discipline the need for managerial intervention or discipline imposed externally is minimised. Managers get more time to spend on more constructive tasks such as encouraging,... Read More

Jane Nees BOP Regional Councillor www.janenees.co.nz In times of change and when resources are short, innovation is the key to success. At the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, staff are being encouraged to think innovatively to find cost effective... Read More

Daz Switalla Flavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz A long while ago, before the advent of convenient prepared meals and sauces in jars and packets, there was something called cooking from scratch. Bakers use this term a lot... Read More

Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance During the days of easy credit, power shifted from the banker to the farmers. If your own bank said no to an 'out there' application, you only had to call up the bank with a different colour and they... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Rugby World Cup has well and truly arrived for Sideline Sid. Along with volunteer duty at the Rotorua International Stadium, back-to-back games on Sky on both Saturday and Sunday... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz The visual arts are alive and well in Tauranga. I'm continually amazed at what we have on show in and around the city as well as all the hard working creative talent we have living amongst us. Firstly... Read More

Laura's screening with Laura Weaser Review: Much Ado About Nothing (Detour Theatre)Directed by Devon WilliamsRunning until September 17 There is certainly much ado about something at Detour Theatre as their annual season of Shakespeare is underway... Read More

Andrew Nimick Point Concept twitter.com/andrewnim So the city councillors turned down iPads and laptops in favour of paper? Judging from the comments, it's all about age - well there may be something in that. But consider, while castigating the... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Sometimes in life we need to make major changes in order to achieve something. Our son has just taken up rowing and this has meant getting up early and sacrificing weekends and evenings. What is not... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz This week's Write Space by Lee Murray. I have the Great New Zealand Chick-lit Novel mouldering in a drawer at home. One publisher who returned it said it was 'well-written,... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz After celebrating a recent lifestyle milestone, it has come to my attention that I should be in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Maybe it won't happen or, perhaps I've been in a permanent crisis since... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz As a community we have a lot to thank ratepayers for even though the hapless individual ratepayer's only input is through the annual plan and the elected members. We also have a lot to thank TrustPower... Read More