Philip Holland Financial Independence financialindependence This is a question we often get asked and, in short, the answer is no. In many ways it comes back to the old theory, ‘you get what you pay for'. Whilst generally this is true, in... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Twenty20 cricket is set to take the Western Bay of Plenty by storm when the festive holiday crowds are at their peak in Mount Maunganui. With the Northern Knights having chosen the... Read More

Daz Switalla Flavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Last week I explained how the mint had taken over the strawberry patch, this week I wanted to mention the ever present silverbeet in the garden. It seems to have gone ballistic... Read More

Website tips with Michelle Whitmore of Zeald.com When it comes time to prepare the content for your website, the trick is to go back to the analysis you've done of the target audience and to work your way forward from there. If you've done this... Read More

Dr Michael Morris Animal welfare writer nzchas.canterbury During the election campaign, animal welfare issues tend to get neglected with politicians instead promising how they will make us all more prosperous - both by growing the economy and by... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Angela McKenzie was born in the Waikato town of Te Awamutu and spent her early years in the small rural community of Te Pahu, situated at the base of the Pirongia Mountains. At the age of 10, her family... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz The vast majority of multi type products are sold as ‘one a day' dose products. It sounds so tempting to ‘get everything you need' with a single dose. But here is the problem. It is not possible... Read More

Legal Brief with Alan Tate of Harris Tate www.harristate.co.nz The fourth seminar in the 2011 Age Concern Seminar Series is on Tuesday, November 29 from 10.30am to 12pm at Bureta Park Motor Inn. This seminar will cover a number of different topics,... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz You know that the country is short of real election issues to debate when mass hysteria breaks out over a cup of tea. You'd think the citizens would have more real topics to ponder than what the Johns... Read More

News Hound Ady & Flo Wednesday was graduation for my puppy class and my happy little classmates at Cherrywood. Despite me being absent the previous week (if a dog skips school, is he wagging?) I still managed to cram (the tucker that is) and pass.Puppy... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz This week's Write Space by Janice Giles. I used to be a JAFA. Well, just for a while. I grew up in Mount Maunganui, went overseas, and then, like so many others, washed... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz At projects and monitoring committee this week elected members received a petition from quad bike drivers (ATV) registered to drive on Papamoa Beach. These are mostly fishermen. The beach is... Read More