Legal Brief with Alan Tate of Harris Tate www.harristate.co.nz Around 19,000 New Zealanders receive a residential care subsidy to pay for the cost of their rest home or private hospital care. The cost of this care is usually around $950 per week.To... Read More

Dr Anna Rolleston The Cardiac Clinic Sometimes I wonder how we got ourselves into the situation we are in. Forty per cent of us die from heart disease or related disorders and over half of us are either overweight or obese. I started to make a... Read More

Daz Switalla Flavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz My organic supplier told me the other day that Thai red rice would be eight weeks away. It was on a slow boat from Thailand which hadn't even left yet. Okay then, what about... Read More

Andrew Nimick Point Concept twitter.com/andrewnim You may or may not have noticed that there has been a recent appearance on the market of Android tablets. Many PC manufacturers have released one or more tablets running Android Honeycombe, though... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz Recently, socialite Ariana Huffington sold her Huffington Post website to AOL for US$315 million. Huffington founded the site from her Los Angeles home in 2005. This... Read More

Ady Breeds Dog's Breakfast www.sunlive.co.nz This old Proclaimers song was what the boss was trying to sing while we were trudging back to transportation on the weekend. When we started off, me and uncle could see our reflection in the ute tailgate.... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz Council's major task, starting next week, is to put together another 10 year plan, which in reality is only relevant for the next three years. But legislation from central government decrees 10... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz There's something very fishy going on with the promised tunnel at Hairini, presumably between the city council and NZTA, the national roading people. The worst kept secret in town is that a sneaky deal... Read More

Ian McLean Green candidate for Tauranga There is no question that our Resource Management Act (RMA) is a world leader. Why? It was the first such attempt to amalgamate environmental management into one act. At the time, it replaced all or part... Read More

Te Ururoa Flavell MP for Waiariki www.waiariki.maori.nz I recently attended one of the Maori Party policy wananga, where more than 50 rangatahi came together to offer advice on the upcoming policies and present the issues that are facing young... Read More

Brian Anderson The Western Front www.sunlive.co.nz A Future Focus roadshow is coming to Katikati, Maketu and Waihi Beach in the next few months. The community partnership committee of the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has decided on a... Read More

Jane Nees BOP Regional Councillor www.janenees.co.nz I recently attended the annual conference of Local Government New Zealand. This is a good opportunity to catch-up with what is happening around the country on the local government front. Not... Read More