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 Check out Papamoa Hills Regional ParkPosted on 11th May 2012 09:39 | By Anonymous Author 
Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz
On a glorious day last week, on my way home from a meeting, I took a detour and visited the Papamoa Hills Regional Park – one of two properties owned by Bay of Plenty Regional Council which provide recreation and open space opportunities to the Bay of Plenty community, while protecting...Read The Full Story... Brand BOPPosted on 11th May 2012 09:37 | By Anonymous Author 
Paula ThompsonBOP Regional Councillorwww.envbop.govt.nz
The reform of local government will get underway later this year with some legislative change and work being done on how to get local government working better.
Let’s not forget that many of the cost drivers for local government have been beyond the control of local government and...Read The Full Story... A bit patchy or mixedPosted on 11th May 2012 09:37 | By Anonymous Author 
Biting Back in the Baywith Pinky Green
Western Bay of Plenty recreational fishing the last week and weekend was in general a bit patchy or mixed.
Beach fishers catches were down. Early last week our Papamoa veteran kontiki operator however brought in 11 snapper, and...Read The Full Story... Global annual temperatures: 1880-2012Posted on 11th May 2012 09:36 | By Anonymous Author 
Weather Eyewith John Maunder
Global annual temperatures for various areas including global (land-ocean), global (meteorological stations), three latitude bands, and hemispheric, are prepared by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies of NASA.
The global temperature graph shows little change in global temperatures since 2000....Read The Full Story... Strong Dutch links in Bay cricketPosted on 10th May 2012 10:34 | By Anonymous Author 
Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz
The Bay of Plenty links with Dutch cricket took another step forward in the last few days when a young Dutch player, who has spent the recent summer playing for Greerton, was called into the Dutch National side.
Sebastiaan Braat came to New Zealand last October, as part of Dutch Cricket...Read The Full Story... Fabulous feijoasPosted on 10th May 2012 08:29 | By Anonymous Author 
Daz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz
Feijoas are everywhere at the moment and they have attracted lots of attention from food producers, sweet makers, even beer has been given the feijoa makeover.
This popular fruit, which can be used in sweet and savoury dishes, originates from Brazil. The strong, complex nature...Read The Full Story... Time running out for Hauraki subdivisionsPosted on 10th May 2012 08:26 | By Anonymous Author 
Brent TrailManaging DirectorSurveying Services Ltd
It has now been eighteen months since Hauraki District Council publically notified their Proposed District Plan and we are still largely working under the old rules.
This is good news for those wanting to subdivide or carry out any development conceived prior to this notification, or when...Read The Full Story... Do you want fries with that?Posted on 9th May 2012 16:15 | By Anonymous Author 
Clever dogs and crazy peoplewith Wendy Graydon The Dog Trainer
In all the years that I have trained dogs, I have noticed that a dog’s diet has a strong correlation to their ability to concentrate and learn new behaviours’ in training as well as hold that information easily until the next training session.
A bad diet does affect your...Read The Full Story... Gardening guide for MayPosted on 9th May 2012 08:58 | By Anonymous Author 
Gardening GuruBy Peter Wayman of Palmers Bethlehem
May already, the last month of autumn, and it is only six weeks to the shortest day of the year.
That means it is time to plant the garlic and shallots. You can do this any time during May, June and July and even into August for later crops, but tradition says for garlic, plant on the shortest...Read The Full Story... Stop the blame gamePosted on 9th May 2012 08:57 | By Anonymous Author 
Financewith Don Fraser Fraser Farm Finance
“Be responsible for your actions’’ is another of my simple messages and related to last month’s philosophy called “A rural handshake no longer means enough”.
We often think that things are covered or presume somebody else has taken responsibility for our detail.
A...Read The Full Story... Go wide for good fishingPosted on 9th May 2012 08:54 | By Anonymous Author
Biting Back in the Baywith Pinky Green
Last weekend Western Bay anglers had difficulty finding fish in the inshore fishery, but out wide fish remained plentiful.
At Papamoa Beach last weekend kontiki fishers and surfcasters found very few fish. Our veteran kontiki fisher during the week brought in a few snapper, but at the weekend managed only...Read The Full Story... Those Nice GirlsPosted on 8th May 2012 15:56 | By Anonymous Author 
Pete MorrisArt blogger www.sunlive.co.nz
Congratulations to Lynette Fisher and Don Banks on the opening of their 'Nice Girls' Exhibition at Tauranga's Gallery 59 last Friday evening.
The exhibition was enthusiastically received by all those in attendance. Artists and art lovers from Tauranga and further afield were treated to an exhibition...Read The Full Story... Joints (Part 2)Posted on 8th May 2012 11:42 | By Anonymous Author 
John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz
Last month we identified the main types of joints and discussed osteoarthritis, the most common degenerative joint disease.
Today we look at rheumatoid arthritis and gout, which are two common but very different joint diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) belongs to a large group of autoimmune diseases...Read The Full Story... Planning and benchmarkingPosted on 8th May 2012 11:41 | By Anonymous Author 
Josh HoskinSmart Money jhoskin@goldridge.co.nz
If you don’t have a goal you can’t achieve anything.
Goals have got to be measureable and progress towards or away from your goals needs to be noticed. Your adviser should help you set these goals and hopefully help you monitor your performance towards the goals, just like a teacher or...Read The Full Story... Farm forestry still a good investmentPosted on 8th May 2012 09:23 | By Anonymous Author 
Tree Talkwith Peter HaringtonWoodmetrics Regional Manager
The Woodmetrics team will be at Mystery Creek in June, as we are every year, catching up with old clients and talking to people about their forest harvesting needs.
The Mystery Creek Fieldays are a great opportunity to see a lot of farmers in one place at one time.
This year will we again...Read The Full Story... Are your pets properly protected?Posted on 7th May 2012 09:44 | By Anonymous Author 
Vet's VoiceKathleen Linpus www.vetcaretauranga.co.nz
Vaccinations are recommended by veterinarians to help prevent various infectious diseases.
We can vaccinate dogs against parvovirus, distemper, hepatitis, kennel cough and leptospirosis. For cats, we have vaccines for the various components of feline respiratory disease (cat flu or snuffles),...Read The Full Story... Wild meat sauce a taste sensationPosted on 7th May 2012 09:43 | By Anonymous Author 
Gourmet Guideby Jo Blennerhassett of The Good Food Trading Co.
Glasseye Creek Wild Meat Sauce is more than just a sauce. It is that secret wee something that can add oomph to a casserole, a lasagne or spaghetti bolognaise. Roast meat gravy or even a Bloody Mary cocktail!
It is a great marinade in its own right, great as a dipping sauce, and even...Read The Full Story... Skinned RabbitPosted on 4th May 2012 12:23 | By Anonymous Author 
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz
This week I rocked up to the Sin Centre, ripped my clothes off and a dude in a white coat was all over me, like a rash. Now already I can hear you saying that I would be a prime candidate for the Sin Centre. However it turns out, that was a typing error.
I actually went to the Skin Centre, on Cameron...Read The Full Story... More good money after bad?Posted on 4th May 2012 12:16 | By Anonymous Author 
Cr Bill FaulknerFaulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz
Tauranga’s so-called heritage in the form of the Historic Village and The Cargo Shed are set to cost ratepayers plenty into the future.
Council decided to basically maintain the status quo at the village with the option of a different form of administration, such as a Trust to run it. Unfortunately...Read The Full Story... |
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