Mary Parker Coaching the Attitude coachingtheattitude The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and him/herself. - Garth Brooks When you are singularly focused on yourself, you find yourself living in fear because... Read More

Barbara Reid of Maison Monique www.maisonmonique.co.nz Welcome to this edition of Fashion Focus for November 2010. Yes the warmer days are finally arriving and we are starting to feel the benefits of the sun. Our moods have lifted, our smiles have... Read More

Catherine Delahunty Green MP www.greens.org.nz The Greens and most experts agree that as the developing world plays catch-up and the developed world continues to strive for ever-higher living standards, we are moving to a place that exceeds our... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz I run a mile from anyone who tells me they have some sort of silver bullet for good health. There are no shortcuts. People with the best health statistics are those who have made a lifelong commitment... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Born in Auckland in 1971, Bryce has been painting and exhibiting since 1999. He is a full time artist and has had eight solo exhibitions to date. His work is in private and public collections in New Zealand,... Read More

Dr Michael Morris Animal welfare writer www.nzchas.canterbury.ac.nz A new draft code of welfare for broiler chickens has just come up for review, and submissions close on the 8 November. The draft Code goes into great detail about such factors... Read More

Diesel Rogers Dining with Diesel www.sunlive.co.nz The answer to evolution lies in a biscuit packet. How, you may ask, have I come to this conclusion? The story goes something like this. I was up in my bush hideaway with the bosses last weekend... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz The new council has begun its term with two informal discussions designed to lay out the way forward. First was a day retreat where items such as the 'Code of Conduct', 'Governance Structure',... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Living out in the wild west comes with its challenges.Most of you city slickers reading this won't really appreciate the trials and tribulations of those of us living on the frontiers. Life is so rough,... Read More

Will Tatton Talking about design www.willtatton.co.nz At the recent conference of architectural designers, along with technical learning about things such as large laminated plywood posts and beams, there were inspiring talks on how art, design,... Read More

Andrew Nimick Point Concept twitter.com/andrewnim First off, my apologies for not writing for most of a month. It has been a busy time at work and at home. There have been too many wonderful evenings to sit and just watch the sun go down. I seem... Read More

Simon Bridges National MP simonbridges.co.nz When Labour Weekend rolls by as it did last week, it always seems to me that the year speeds up. Certainly it has been busy for me as I've had my legs waxed (not pleasant!) for a great charity called... Read More