Health Basicswith Diana Bomfordof Action Nutrition When I first heard people raving about organic foods, I assumed the benefits were based around spray-free produce (fruit and vegetables) and that this was the limit of their health giving properties.... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While the competitors in the National Surf Lifesaving championships, which start in Gisborne on Thursday, will travel and stay in modern vehicles and accommodation - this wasn't always... Read More

Pete MorrisArt blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga artist Keith Lewis is 'Random Guy'. Keith started his working career in the New Zealand Army and later saw active service as a peace-keeper in Bosnia. He has always been interested in art and... Read More

Shane Laidlaw Eves Realty The market is definitely on the move! February saw a massive 55% increase in the total sales for the Mount, Papamoa and Tauranga markets. Anybody contemplating selling should now jump in - the time is right! Looking... Read More

Daz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Don't know what it is about the sensual characters of a peach? Maybe because I am an old punk rocker whose favourite band was The Stranglers, whose lyrics 'walking on the beaches... Read More

Captivating childrenby Anna Rutten from Kidiwise Early Learning Centre Do you remember the joys of running around as a child, barefoot, without a care in the world? Barefoot children are a wonderful sight. There are a huge number of experiences... Read More

The Good Lifewith Sue Edmonds The other week the view from my kitchen window changed. The tall and rotting stump of a white poplar down the paddock was no longer vertical, but horizontal. I assume a cow had done some heavy leaning, but the rot... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz I started working with potent antioxidants more than 15 years ago. These include nature's most potent antioxidant OPC, which is extracted from the purple pigments on red wine grape seeds. We soon started... Read More

Laura's screening with Laura Weaser Anonymous. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Out now on DVD. What if one of the greatest literary figures of our time was nothing more than an illiterate idiot who was merely a mouthpiece of a well-known Earl? That... Read More

Shaping Upwith Vickey Macintoshof Tauranga Healthy Inspirations You can't live forever, but with exercise, you can minimise the limitations of ageing far into your senior years. One of the fears of ageing is being unable to perform simple physical... Read More

Brent TrailManaging DirectorSurveying Services Ltd It is business as usual for those wanting to subdivide in the Waikato District. The proposed change, restricting subdivision, has been appealed by several parties. This means that we can use the... Read More

Tree Talkwith Peter HaringtonWoodmetrics Regional Manager The ongoing debate during the last few months about the sale of the Crafar farms has raised a lot of issues regarding foreign ownership of New Zealand productive land, and perhaps especially... Read More