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Posted at 8:41am Saturday 17th Mar, 2012 | By Barry Leabourn
 The business end of the season has arrived in the time honoured Williams Cup, with the top four qualifiers squaring off in the Baywide semi-finals today.
The Baywide trophy dates backs eighty years, when the Rotorua City Cricket Club first annexed the Williams Cup in the 1932/1933 season. For a number of decades the Williams Cup was a challenge trophy...
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Posted at 8:31am Friday 26th Aug, 2011
 As the only real beachfront complex in Papamoa – Papamoa Beach Top 10 Holiday Resort provides everything that makes for a fantastic New Zealand beach holiday.
Winter or summer, you can sleep on the beach and wake up to the sound of the waves.
Papamoa is the perfect location for swimming, surfing, fishing and strolling along miles of white sandy...
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Posted at 12:00am Friday 11th Jun, 2010
.jpg) Mic Macs (M –violence-sexual references) 1hr 45mins
The new comedy from Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of Amelie, following the sad exploits of Bazil (Danny Boon).
Bazil, an orphan whose father was killed by a landmine, is shot in the head while working near a street shootout. He survives, but doctors decide to leave the bullet inside his...
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Posted at 12:00am Friday 11th Jun, 2010
.jpg) Gail Hewlett launched her biography of Hilda Hewlett, entitled Old Bird - The Irrepressible Mrs Hewlett, at Classic Flyers on Sunday.
Hilda was born in 1864, the daughter of the vicar of an impoverished parish in South London.
She went on to make her mark on the...
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Posted at 12:00am Friday 11th Jun, 2010
 I picked up this great recipe book the other day from Mount New World - Animal Free Recipe Book written by Angel Selenie. Reviewed by Claire Rogers.
With over 100 tasty, easy and practical recipes to make, you will be guaranteed to never be hungry or go short of meal ideas. The recipes are very healthy and based around a variety of nutritional ingredients....
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Posted at 12:00am Friday 11th Jun, 2010
.jpg) Bird in Hand, indeed a very appropriate wine this evening, given that I am about to leave for home to figure out how to cook my goose, literally (bird in hand)! Reviewed by Claire Rogers.
This limited release wine is named after the 1879 Bird in Hand goldmine in the Adelaide Hills’ town of Woodside, South Australia where the Nugent family winery...
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Posted at 12:00am Friday 04th Jun, 2010
Congratulations to the winner of the SunLive Wither Hills Pinot Noir Competition
Frank Stuart
Papamoa
Congratulations to the winner of the SunLive Rialto The Last Station Competition
Mary Avis
Omokoroa, Tauranga
Chris Bishell
Mount Maunganui
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Posted at 12:00am Friday 04th Jun, 2010
.jpg) Picking up where Coco Avant Chanel left off, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky focuses on the period when Chanel (here played by Anna Mouglalis) became Stravinsky’s (Mads Mikkelsen) artistic benefactor.
This film offers a darker second chapter to the designer’s long biography. In 1920 she befriended the great revolutionary composer and his...
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Posted at 12:00am Friday 04th Jun, 2010
 I have to thank Bel Mondo for this week’s review products, or should I?
Due to the fact it was a week of mostly cold rainy days, I just could not resist cutting into the Parmigiano Recciano and having a wee try. Reviewed by Claire Rogers
This resulted in another try just to make sure it was as good as the first bite. By the time I took it home...
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Posted at 12:00am Friday 04th Jun, 2010
 Think aromas of Christmas cake, cloves, orange peel, and spice, then sit down and enjoy a glass of this gorgeous multi-award winning Muscat. Reviewed by Claire Rogers
Campbell’s Rutherglen Muscats are considered the world’s richest wines. The classification is the foundation of the style, displaying fresh fruit aromas with a rich luscious...
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