Legal Brief with Alan Tate of Harris Tate www.harristate.co.nz The retirement commissioner has recently published some research into retirement villages and it makes interesting reading. About five per cent of New Zealanders aged 65 plus live in... Read More

Mary Parker Coaching the Attitude coachingtheattitude An easy task becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance. - Publius terence Another way of looking at this is to observe when you apply resistance to a task that needs to be done. The... Read More

Claire Rogers Cool products and foodie things www.sunlive.co.nz Glasseye Creek Wild Meat Sauce - it just sounds great before you even try it. It's a brilliant addition with beef, pork, venison, chicken, fish, lamb - in fact you can pretty much... Read More

Dr Anna Rolleston The Cardiac Clinic With September comes spring. If you have been feeling blue, a bit ill or have been hibernating during the last few months, pull your socks up, soak in a pool of warm summer sun and start making plans. Spring... Read More

Wendy Macphail Employment Law Services Conflict in the workplace is on the increase. It is unpleasant, affects productivity and thus profitability - it should be avoided. Further, conflict in the workplace may result in good staff resigning from... Read More

Philip Holland Financial Independence financialindependence I am extremely privileged to meet some very inspiring people - Molly, a six-year-old girl certainly fits into this category. I meet Molly at an industry conference in Australia. Not only... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz What do fat, cartilage, bone and blood have in common? Surprisingly they are all classified as connective tissue. The connective tissue that causes us the most grief is the cartilage in the discs of... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Rugby fever is mounting. So much fever that I hear some of you complaining about being sick of it already. That's the trouble with fevers. Anyway, we have some more rugby gossip this week for those... Read More

Ady Breeds Dog's Breakfast www.sunlive.co.nz They say patience is a virtue, but when they came up with this inane saying, a GSP was not included, either that or I was standing behind the door when the briefing was being held. So either I am not... Read More

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz There is a rare bit of good financial news for ratepayers this week. Finance controller Paul Davidson reported a rates surplus from last financial year of $2.7 million - less some carried forward... Read More

Brian Anderson The Western Front www.sunlive.co.nz Local Government New Zealand's release of council debt figures and ranking across the country was the start of the openness and transparency required from all councils before the next local body... Read More

Andrew von Dadelszen Former Regional Councillor Since 2008, we have all experienced some of the hardest financial times - second only to the Great Depression - and yet Port of Tauranga has just announced another stunning result. Year in, year... Read More