Carol Stovold Quality Kidz qualitykidz.co.nz Nothing is worse than having a bevy of bored children on your hands - and running out of ideas to keep them occupied. Here are a few more low cost suggestion to keep your children entertained in the... Read More

Mary Parker Coaching the Attitude coachingtheattitude A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of vinegar. - Abraham Lincoln How often we are tempted, when frustrated by something or someone, to express that frustration rather than looking... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz I think I have the best job in the world. Some of my time is spent buried in research material from which I formulate new products, or update existing products. Most of my time though is spent trying... Read More

Claire Rogers All about wine www.sunlive.co.nz Mahi makes great wines and this 2008 chardonnay from Twin Valleys Vineyard is certainly no exception. The single estate wine from Mahi, really does express the individual characteristics of the vineyard... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz We've had enormous feedback from you with ideas for a Tauranga slogan. So many in fact, that we've decided the slogan for Tauranga should be: 'Where everyone thinks up good slogans'. Some were really... Read More

Diesel Rogers Dining with Diesel www.sunlive.co.nz I have been lying awake at night trembling with fear about when technology would catch up with me.Not only do us street legal punks have to put up with devices implanted in us, there's potential... Read More

Jane Nees BOP Regional Councillor www.janenees.co.nz Recently there have been claims in the media that in some areas where mulching of mangroves has occurred in the Tauranga harbour and the mulch has not been mobilised and flushed out by the tide,... Read More

Dr Michael Morris Animal welfare writer nzchas.canterbury It is often assumed that there is a marked contrast between advocates of improved animal welfare, and those demanding animal rights. The former - exemplified by mainstream organisations... Read More

Dawn Kiddie Great grub in a minute www.sunlive.co.nz After a great Christmas and new year break, I thought I would start the year off with a nice summer dish that I made last week with the freshest of this season's vegetables and herbs. We have... Read More

Luis Moresco Life Personal Fitness www.sunlive.co.nz 1. Just do abdominal plate to stomach? No, the ideal is the unbeatable combination of abdominal and aerobic exercise. Removing fat and burning calories is done when abdominal, caloric expenditure... Read More

Brian Anderson The Western Front www.sunlive.co.nz An explosion. People screamed as the log rolled off the truck across the road, onto the footpath towards a group of five and six year-olds on a Pippins expedition. The children barely had time... Read More

Heart Matters National Heart Foundation heartfoundation.org.nz At 40 years old you expect to have a lot of living ahead of you; to see your family grow up, enjoy your grandchildren or perhaps do some travelling. Sadly, not everyone has the opportunity... Read More