Blogs

Choosing a financial adviser

Legal Brief with Alan Tate of Harris Tate www.harristate.co.nz Until recently, anyone could set up in business as a financial adviser or to sell investments or other financial products. That lack of regulation was a major cause of people, particularly... Read More

Feeding oneself

Carol Stovold Quality Kidz qualitykidz.co.nz Isn't it amazing how a baby can rapidly move from being completely helpless and reliant upon you to provide their sustenance, to beginning the process of feeding oneself in under a year. From purely... Read More

Time to jump ship?

Josh HoskinSmart Money jhoskin@goldridge.co.nz New Zealand's debt is spiraling out of control which means our youth should jump ship before it's too late. New Zealand borrowed $1 billion last week, but the United States is currently averaging weekly... Read More

Not so secret society

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz Let's lay a hoary old council 'chestnut' to rest once and for all. When things get quiet on the council controversy front, upon which certain media feed, the reporters revert to 'ye olde faithfuls'... Read More

The alphabet kids

Rosemary Murphy Developmental Learning developlearning.co.nz In a recent workshop for RTLBs I discussed all of the different diagnoses which are given to children today with learning or behaviours difficulties. We now have ADHD, ADD, GDD, PDD,... Read More

Become healthier while losing weight

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz I get to speak to many people who are overweight and feel trapped. They know too well the types of food they shouldn't eat and are bombarded with messages about the danger of being overweight and the... Read More

Paul Nicolai – surrealist experimenter

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz I am surprised to discover how many of our local artists and art lovers haven't yet been to visit the surrealist painter Paul Nicolai at the Ngongotaha Village studio he shares with partner photographer... Read More

Barracouta caught inside the harbour

Paul Hitchman The Bowentown Fishing Report www.sunlive.co.nz Autumn has been kind to us, nice and mild so far. The Bowentown bar has been very rough lately and no-one has ventured outside. Water temperatures have started to decrease to around the... Read More

What does it all mean?

Ady Breeds Eating with Ady www.sunlive.co.nz Easter has come and gone, along with one of our most revered days, all in the same weekend and now all the recrimination has started. Me, I have my views, but being a young bitch about town, my solitary... Read More

Creamy texture notes of tropical fruit

Claire Rogers All about wine www.sunlive.co.nz If you are looking for a great Chardonnay, then I can certainly recommend this lovely Corbans Cottage Block Hawke's Bay 2009 Chardonnay.This creamy, highly-textured Chardonnay has stone fruit and tropical... Read More

Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Times

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz One quiet night this week, when trying to figure out how to write a RR column incorporating the Royal Wedding and Mark Todd, the inevitable happened. I decided instead to write about the first thing... Read More

Spinning tales

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz Writing for children is a wonderful, though at times isolating, occupation. It's rewarding then to get the chance to meet with other writers and share experiences and... Read More