It's been a big week at the burrow bureau, RR headquarters. We have simultaneously tried to fight winter, the recession and the cold and flu season. I realised the flu fight was lost when Claire came down with a nasty lurgy. That included laryngitis,... Read More

Exams. Where 3 months of lectures, notes and readings are somehow summed up within a three hour time period. No doubt employers are greatly reassured that their future employees entire educational knowledge could only take them three hours to communicate.... Read More

How many times over the years have we seen a Kiwi involved in an event somewhere overseas that grabs the International headlines. Last Saturday morning, the overseas sports headlines screamed of one the biggest ever cricket upsets, at the Twenty... Read More

It's raining everywhere as I write, except the one place it counts - Waiheke Island. This, according to the winemakers giving me their latest PR banter. They come, of course, from the most populated island in the Hauraki Gulf; Waiheke. Today Waiheke... Read More

Great to be part of the Sun bloggers, an opportunity to comment on what's happening on the local and national sporting scene. Not local, but absolutely fantastic that Roger Federer finally won a French Open. He now has 14 Grand Slam titles to match... Read More

Welcome to the first SunLive online sports beat. The weekly report will be online each Tuesday, with a 'hot off the press” look at what happened in Western Bay sport at the weekend - and a look ahead to the next weekend. We promise to be positive... Read More

People often ask me if there is a `best time' to buy property. My answer is simple - the `best time' is when you have the financial capacity to do so. A decision that is based on what is going on in your world is so much easier for you to make and stand... Read More

New formats are always coming and going. Sometimes the strong survive, sometimes market economics and the capricious whims of fate kill off the strong and the survivor is simply the last man standing. So it was with the video format in the mid-eighties,... Read More

There's always lots of announcements and 'exiting” events in the world of technology, particularly in the area of communications. But, in some respects the last few weeks have been more exiting than usual and for different reasons. The world... Read More

You might, or might not, be surprised to know that World Environment Day arrived in the sunny Bay on Friday 5th June. This international day of recognition has been up and running around the world for almost 40 years. It is one of the main ways... Read More

Is it just me or is the recession 'doom and gloom' starting to fade? A few months ago I wasnt really sure how the recession was going to impact on people's choice to continue their gym memberships. Just the other day a comment was made by an acquaintance... Read More

How does the prospect of a 17.5 per cent average rate increase grab you? That's what staff advised us was a remedy for our city's financial woes at the first day of deliberations after hearing submissions to the annual Ten Year Plan. This staff suggestion... Read More