Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz The news has been breaking all over the place this week. In fact, there's been so much breaking news that you could say it's broken beyond repair. The two largest pieces of news breaking were that:1.... Read More

News Hound Ady & Flo So here we are; the RWC is over and we collected a cup - very cool - the European invaders have stolen the Melbourne Cup again, the Rena is still out there and we have an election on the way. I thought as it has been a little... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz Elected members considered some interesting issues at full council last week. The proposed Waterfront Project Proposal of $20 million has been watered down to a more palatable $625,000. This... Read More

Brian Anderson The Western Front www.sunlive.co.nz The bastardisation of the word ‘community' in local government politics could be the reason for the current dislocation of our communities from our nominal leaders. After my reporting on... Read More

Jane Nees BOP Regional Councillor www.janenees.co.nz Many trees are felled to generate the agendas and reports that are produced by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and sent out to councillors. In the past, my reading has been measured in inches,... Read More

Andrew von Dadelszen Former Regional Councillor For the last couple of weeks I have been privileged to be working inside the Incident Command Centre for the Rena. I say privileged because it really is amazing to see so many people, from so many... Read More

Ian McLean Green candidate for Tauranga Another boat on our rocks and more of the same prevarication from our government. The Schelde Trader, an 8000 tonne general cargo vessel, hit the North rocks off Mauao last week. Why, given that the pilot... Read More

Daz Switalla Flavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Man has had a fascination with flames and grilling meat since prehistoric times. In many different cultures in the world, the flame, smoke and meat from barbecued food is often... Read More

Martial Musingsby Grant Buchanan of Mile High Karate and Youngforest Tai Chi So often in modern society we hear messages about entitlement and rights to what we deserve when really life is about what you can achieve off your own back or working... Read More

Rosemary Murphy Developmental Learning developlearning.co.nz There has been a surge of interest and research in recent years into the causes of learning difficulties in children with normal IQ. Perhaps the most exciting discovery for parents and... Read More

Debra Jager Home Instead Senior Care Q: My husband was diagnosed with dementia five years ago. What a journey. His life and mine has changed so much since the diagnosis. However, I think the hardest thing is when friends stop coming. How does one... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The first day of November brings not only Melbourne Cup day - but also a promise from Sidline Sid that he won't write about rugby again this year. Like most of the country he is... Read More