Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz It's been heavy going at city hall this week with full council meetings overlapping three year/Ten Year Plan discussions and debate. All the big spend-ups by yesteryear councils, no matter how... Read More

Jane Nees BOP Regional Councillor www.janenees.co.nz I'm a great believer in the philosophy of 'working together, we can all achieve so much more”. We are starting to see the fruits of this in and around the Tauranga Harbour. There are... Read More

The Wild SideBy Brian Rogers The target: Pests, rabbit, pheasantThe weapon: Escort 20g semi auto shotgunThe sidekick: German shorthaired pointerThe vehicle: Mitsubishi Triton GLS 4WD ute The Wild Side team responded to an SOS call this week; a... Read More

Virginia Iovine-Turner Cucina Amore www.cucinaamore.co.nz The demos this week included passing on some tips and sharing a few recipes from my trip to Italy. I thought I would take myself out of my Italian kitchen and make my favourite slice. I... Read More

Carol Stovold Quality Kids qualitykidz.co.nz As a country our statistics around vulnerable children are appalling - given that every hour, two children in New Zealand are physically, sexually or emotionally abused. This despite the hundreds of... Read More

Mary Parker Coaching the Attitude coachingtheattitude Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing -Arnold H. Glasow When we have been told we have done something exceedingly well, we find we are willing to go the extra mile. It allows us to hear... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid had a bad weekend with his sporting predictions. The Steamers failed to fire against Hawke's Bay, David Tua got beat, and his bets at the TAB saw his selected horses run... Read More

Legal Brief with Alan Tate of Harris Tate www.harristate.co.nz The next meeting of the Bay of Plenty branch of the Franchise Association will see a presentation by Ian Robertson - the national franchise manager of the well known Paper Plus Group. Ian... Read More

A lot of New Zealanders are feeling ripped off at the moment and it's not hard to understand why. In these hard economic times it just adds insult to injury when it seems we're paying unnecessarily inflated prices for things like milk and All Black jerseys.... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga is a new city. It is growing fast and there is the possibility that we may be seeing the emergence of an art precinct in our CBD. In the Wharf Street area we have Tauranga Art Gallery, Creative... Read More

Dr Michael Morris Animal welfare writer nzchas.canterbury In most cases, conservationists and animal advocates are very much on the same page, both being opposed to the mindset of increased production at all costs, with its disastrous consequences... Read More

Philip Holland Financial Independence financialindependence Do you have a bucket list? If so - fantastic! If not - I am sure you have some sort of 'list' hiding away in your brain of things you want to do. My 'bucket list' is always growing. Having... Read More