Carol Stovold Quality Kids qualitykidz.co.nz As a country our statistics around vulnerable children are appalling - given that every hour, two children in New Zealand are physically, sexually or emotionally abused. This despite the hundreds of... Read More

Mary Parker Coaching the Attitude coachingtheattitude Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing -Arnold H. Glasow When we have been told we have done something exceedingly well, we find we are willing to go the extra mile. It allows us to hear... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid had a bad weekend with his sporting predictions. The Steamers failed to fire against Hawke's Bay, David Tua got beat, and his bets at the TAB saw his selected horses run... Read More

Legal Brief with Alan Tate of Harris Tate www.harristate.co.nz The next meeting of the Bay of Plenty branch of the Franchise Association will see a presentation by Ian Robertson - the national franchise manager of the well known Paper Plus Group. Ian... Read More

A lot of New Zealanders are feeling ripped off at the moment and it's not hard to understand why. In these hard economic times it just adds insult to injury when it seems we're paying unnecessarily inflated prices for things like milk and All Black jerseys.... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga is a new city. It is growing fast and there is the possibility that we may be seeing the emergence of an art precinct in our CBD. In the Wharf Street area we have Tauranga Art Gallery, Creative... Read More

Dr Michael Morris Animal welfare writer nzchas.canterbury In most cases, conservationists and animal advocates are very much on the same page, both being opposed to the mindset of increased production at all costs, with its disastrous consequences... Read More

Philip Holland Financial Independence financialindependence Do you have a bucket list? If so - fantastic! If not - I am sure you have some sort of ‘list' hiding away in your brain of things you want to do. My ‘bucket list' is always... Read More

Daz Switalla Flavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Last week I warned you should always try to use the whole packet of filo pastry in one go. This week, I'm giving you two Middle Eastern desserts that will help you use up the... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - refers to a group of degenerative lung and airway diseases which include emphysema, chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis. These are similar to asthma,... Read More

Ian McLean Green candidate for Tauranga We understand that Lepidopterans - butterflies and moths - go through a major structural reorganisation called metamorphosis. Young people similarly change dramatically as they metamorphose from small creatures... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz Graham Greene called Our Man in Havana an entertainment to differentiate it from his more serious works. Yet I much preferred his central character, a vacuum cleaner salesman... Read More