Claire Rogers All about wine sunlive.co.nz This Mahi 2008 Sauvignon Blanc rates right up there with me. I am not a huge Sauvignon Blanc fan, but this very stylish Sauvignon has me converted.The lovely combination of fruit characters, a small amount... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits sunlive.co.nz It's been a funny old week. But then here at RR headquarters, most weeks are fairly peculiar.The election weirdness has gone, thank goodness. A mixed bag of results, but we won't go there for fear of boring... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner sunlive.co.nz The local government election silly season drew to a close with no clear change or mandate for any alteration in council's planned direction for the coming three-year term. With Greg Brownless retiring... Read More

Diesel Rogers Dining with Diesel sunlive.co.nz There's only one thing better than a kid to play with. That's several kids to play with.I got lucky this week down at The Strand. While the election process was unfolding there were a few sectors... Read More

Dawn Kiddie sunlive.co.nz This is a quick easy healthy salad to prepare. Prawns are a light meal option and very well priced as you can buy a bag of fresh frozen prawns that you could use over four meals from $10 a bag.Mount New World always has... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian sunlive.co.nz While Sidline Sid has been an avid watcher of the television coverage of the 19th Commonwealth Games, he wonders if the four yearly event has reached its use-by date. While the Games will... Read More

Andrew Templer Action Bay of Plenty Indoor Sports Stadium actionindoorsports.com Just one week since the junior provincial national championships in Wellington and the planning begins for the netball nationals at the same venue in March 2011. The... Read More

Graeme Butler Butler's Swim with Dolphins www.swimwithdolphins.co.nz October is whale time in the Bay. Gemini Galaxsea's first October trip encountered two pygmy blues just South of Tuhua (Mayor) Island. Blazing Shadz reported a pod of Orca and... Read More

Andrew Nimick Point Concept twitter.com/andrewnim Working on assumptions has always been a mistake. Due the advent of the Kindle (with its many copy cats) and smart phones like the iPhone, many pundits are busy declaring the death of the printed... Read More

Rosalie Crawford Webhealth www.webhealth.co.nz I used to think being a fully complete and healthy person meant never needing to ask for help, that doing so was a sign of weakness. In this superhuman state of mind, I missed the important aspect... Read More

Carol Stovold Quality Kidz www.qualitykidz.co.nz Tauranga As I mentioned last week, our brain is a most amazing machine. It is like an enormous computer but nothing man has invented can do as much as a brain can in as fast a time. Let me share... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Our diets are at close to deficiency levels in a number of nutrients and low levels of these essential nutrients greatly contribute to the poor health of our nation. New Zealand's medical waiting rooms... Read More