Ian McLean Green candidate for Tauranga It is one thing to throw out the family jewels - as this government proposes to do with profit-making enterprises such as energy companies. It is something else again to throw out the family itself. Currently... Read More

Brian Anderson The Western Front www.sunlive.co.nz Lifestyle is a word that means many different things to many different people. Whatever it is, Priority One has identified our lifestyle as the most significant reason for Katikati being recognised... Read More

Jane Nees BOP Regional Councillor www.janenees.co.nz The Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Tauranga Bay Hopper buses carried more than 1.6 million passengers during the past year, beating last year's previous record by almost 250,000 passengers.... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sidline Sid was a mixture of exhilaration and exhaustion on Sunday evening after the Steamers' third game in eight days. Oh what a start by the boys in blue and gold to the 2011... Read More

Mary Parker Coaching the Attitude coachingtheattitude The road to the heart is the ear. -Voltaire When a friend comes to you to unburden him or herself of some problem, do you listen with love and patience? That's the very best gift you can give.... Read More

Philip Holland Financial Independence financialindependence We have noticed a huge increase in claims during the last year. Many of these claims are straight forward, but from time-to-time, we get one we have to really fight to get paid. The following... Read More

Carol Stovold Quality Kids qualitykidz.co.nz There is a growing concern from parents, educators and teachers from portions of the Early Childhood education sector, that a recent report - initiated by the Minister of Education - could result in... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz A few weeks ago we looked at the autoimmune disease Polymyalgia and today look at the other major autoimmune myalgia-fibromyalgia (FM). By comparison, FM is a much more complex disease and while nutritional... Read More

Legal Brief with Alan Tate of Harris Tate www.harristate.co.nz Around 19,000 New Zealanders receive a residential care subsidy to pay for the cost of their rest home or private hospital care. The cost of this care is usually around $950 per week.To... Read More

Dr Anna Rolleston The Cardiac Clinic Sometimes I wonder how we got ourselves into the situation we are in. Forty per cent of us die from heart disease or related disorders and over half of us are either overweight or obese. I started to make a... Read More

Daz Switalla Flavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz My organic supplier told me the other day that Thai red rice would be eight weeks away. It was on a slow boat from Thailand which hadn't even left yet. Okay then, what about... Read More

Andrew Nimick Point Concept twitter.com/andrewnim You may or may not have noticed that there has been a recent appearance on the market of Android tablets. Many PC manufacturers have released one or more tablets running Android Honeycombe, though... Read More