John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz When identifying nutritional links with disease, we need to distinguish between problems caused by outright nutrient deficiencies and those caused by nutrient inadequacy. While true deficiency diseases... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz In this country we are surrounded by water and mussels cling to the rocks all along the coastline. This harvest from the sea is one of New Zealand's favourite affordable seafoods... Read More

Pete MorrisArt blogger www.sunlive.co.nz From time to time we are blessed with a new art gallery. In October our rapidly growing city will be enriched by the opening of the Lightwave Gallery at 31 Totara Street Mount Maunganui. The new gallery... Read More

News HoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz Flo and I are country girls at heart, but we spend a lot of our time together at the office while the bosses are pretending to work. But every day we get out to romp in the green, green grass. The days have... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz What are the chances? Not very good if you're a base jumper. One in sixty of them die, as a New Zealand bloke found out unfortunately. Maybe he thought he was number 59. Whatever the reason that possesses... Read More

First ImpressionsBy Brendan Horan Exports have always been our economic lifeblood but the flow is being interrupted by the high value of the New Zealand dollar. One of the heart's pumping chambers is the Port of Tauranga, which ships out more... Read More

Cr Bill FaulknerFaulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz Tsunamis are back on Council's radar screen this week as elected members were presented with a draft version of 'How to escape a tsunami” at a workshop. As the facts get sorted from the fiction,... Read More

Ian McLeanSpokesperson for the Green Party We are assured that SmartGrowth is delivering on its promise of creating a wonderful place to live. Included in that delivery are spiralling rates, polluted estuaries, few safe bicycle paths, empty buses,... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz It was good to read in Rogers Rabbits editorial last week that the Weekend Sun's approach to news is as accurate, fair, honest and credible, as they can manage. For this reason, I want to put... Read More

Brian AndersonThe Western Frontwww.sunlive.co.nz I have had a number of phone calls from irate residents angry over their rates bills, but a similar number are still calling over the stormwater issues. The rates were decided long ago, and the stormwater... Read More

Don MenziesManaging Director Travelcom Check out the preview version of the 2013 Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising and Cruise ships, the most comprehensive annual ranking of cruise ships. Hapag-Lloyd's Europa has retained its number-one spot for... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz It wasn't the dominant win by the Bay of Plenty Steamers against Auckland that really impressed Sideline Sid last Friday night - instead it was the crowd of nearly 7000 that turned... Read More