John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Today's column is the final for 2011. I want to thank all those who read this column for your interest and very positive feedback. I especially enjoy talking with those brave enough to phone me with... Read More

Gourmet Guide by Jo Blennerhassett of The Good Food Trading Co. Janus Bakkerij began as a family business that dates back many generations to the days when the Janus family lived in Holland. Joe's grandfather, Joe senior, owned the bakery and was... Read More

Philip Holland Financial Independence financialindependence Don't get caught with a bad insurance product. There are so many options now available to consumers to choose from; flash TV adverts with celebrities, door to door sales people and large... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Before moving to New Zealand artist Dilip Datta was living in London and working as a civil engineer. In 2009 he was offered a job in New Zealand and decided to emigrate. Dilip started drawing in pencil... Read More

Daz Switalla Flavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Let's face it, the whole world economy is in a nose dive and for many, this will be a lean Christmas. The green economy, however, is one thing that continues with some growth... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It never ceases to amaze RR researchers how time flies getting ready for Christmas. As astute reader Greg pointed out this week: 'It's not as if we didn't know. It's like this every year. We've known... Read More

Claire Rogers Cool products and foodie things www.sunlive.co.nz Pantry moths: It doesn't matter how clean and organised your pantry is, you can guarantee at some stage you will have an outbreak of these insects. You can be sure it will be when... Read More

News Hound Ady & Flo Being 16 weeks old has its advantages and a few of them showed up the other evening when Ady was looking after me, yeah right. Dog sitting is the same as a dog sleepover, one does not involve sleeping and the other has nothing... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz At full council last week elected members grappled with a most unusual dilemma - what to do with $2.7 million surplus money, your money. Staff told us the surplus arose from better than expected... Read More

Claire Rogers All about wine www.sunlive.co.nz Mt Difficulty wines feature quite frequently in my wine rack, (but not for very long). I do really enjoy the Pinot Noir produced by Mt Difficulty, which really did put the winery on the map. Central... Read More

Ian McLean Green candidate for Tauranga It seems Treasury forecasts made in October, used by National to promise balanced budgets by 2015, were overly optimistic. Tax revenue will be lower than forecast and the deficit will be higher. That means... Read More

Jane Nees BOP Regional Councillor www.janenees.co.nz Dear Santa, This year's been a hard one, but we've tried to be good. We were given the Rena and we've done what we could. Progress was made on lakes, harbours and streams, but floods damaged... Read More