Around the Clubs It's a big week for surf life saving on our beaches this week with the Lion Foundation NZ Surf League on. Action starts with the under-14 and under-16 teams on Thursday and Friday, before the under-19 and open provincial sides... Read More

Simon Bridges National MP simonbridges.co.nz Last weekend was a magic one in the Bay, with some first class events that were as good as anything you could see anywhere. On Saturday night, my wife and I loved going to hear Creedence Clearwater... Read More

Shaping Upwith Vickey Macintosh of Tauranga Healthy Inspirations Does exercise really help you lose weight? We see slim fit people exercising and we draw the conclusion they got slim by exercising. Health authorities have been telling us that if... Read More

Martial Musings with Grant Buchanan of Mile HighKarate and Youngforest Tai Chi Having recently been promoted to the heady heights of sixth degree Black Belt, I have had many congratulations from my friends and students at achieving this high level... Read More

Vet's Voice Kathleen Linpus www.vetcaretauranga.co.nz Ultrasonography is being utilised more and more for veterinary patients. An ultrasound scan involves placing a probe on the skin of the patient, using the reflection of high-frequency sound... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz This week's Write Space by Jan Goldie. I recently found out about the death of my 93-year-old grandfather - on Facebook. His passing wasn't totally unexpected, but... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz We've had a great response from readers telling us their childhood myths. A lot of them are too rude or racist to publish. But we have a few for your reading pleasure. In the course of collating these,... Read More

News Hound Ady & Flo It's been a quiet week, due to the fact that the two-legger has been struck down with ‘Man Flu'. Really, he does make a lot of fuss over nothing. My nose is wet all the time, but you don't see me blubbering on about it... Read More

Andrew Martin Global Outlook Blogger Having travelled extensively in both a personal and business capacity I have been very fortunate to visit many other countries and cultures over the course of my life. Being an import to New Zealand myself (coming... Read More

Nicki Miller Bikewise Blog www.sportbop.co.nz Bike Wise month kicked off Wednesday with the MoreFM Go By Bike Day. Over 100 commuter cyclists cycled into Red Square between 6.45am-8.30am and received a free breakfast as part of the national celebration... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz At council last week elected members completed the first draft of the three year/Ten Year Plan that outlines this council's path forward. The bit that will be of most interest is next financial... Read More

Ian McLean 2011 Green candidate for Tauranga Cooperation is a basic human behaviour, essential to the survival of the earliest humans. Today, we see it all around us. Fonterra, NZ's largest listed company, is a cooperative, owned by members who... Read More