Blogs

Passions in life

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz Are you allowed two passions in life? Well in my three score 10, my satisfaction has been in dancing and writing; hence my business name ‘DancWrite'. This week's... Read More

Gluten-free start to the day

Claire Rogers Cool products and foodie things www.sunlive.co.nz Finding a gluten-free breakfast cereal that doesn't taste like cardboard is not easy. I tracked down great muesli at The Good Food Trading Co this week though. The toasted muesli from... Read More

Grease – ‘squeaky clean’ show

Laura's screening with Laura Weaser GREASE (Tauranga Boys' an Girls' College) Directed: Andrew McKenzie STARRING: Tauranga Boy's and Girls' College The four leads of the combined colleges' production of Grease. I'm going to go out on a limb... Read More

How the golden goose was cooked

Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz The saga of the leaks and water temperature in the Mount Hot Salt Water Pools has culminated in their closure for 16-18 weeks according to Tauranga City Aquatics Ltd (TCAL) chairman Warren Banks.... Read More

Don’t take any of this sad story as gospel

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz As expected, we've had an outpouring of complaints from genuine sickness beneficiaries after last week's RR column, pointing out the absurdity of the boxing match between the Tongan ‘sick' person... Read More

Salad with flare

Dawn Kiddie fitness friendly fun food www.sunlive.co.nz This amazing salad is a creation of Lauraine Jacobs from her latest book the Confident Cook. I have adapted it slightly as I had some fresh beetroot and was just looking for an exciting new... Read More

The big boys get talking

Andrew Nimick Point Concept twitter.com/andrewnim Well June has been an interesting month so far. Pingar was the first ever New Zealand company to present at the ‘Launch Silicon Valley' event (shameless plug as I work for Pingar) and announced... Read More

Countdown on for annual high

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz There are few things in life that excite Sidline Sid more than the start of the Bay of Plenty Steamers NPC campaign each year. To be a true blue (and gold) Steamers fan is to experience... Read More

Teaching children to share

Carol Stovold Quality Kidz qualitykidz.co.nz Carol Stovold, managing director, Quality Kidz and president of NZ Home-based Early Childhood Education Association. Sharing as defined in Wikipedia is the process of dividing or distributing and the... Read More

Embracing a more balanced view

Mary Parker Coaching the Attitude coachingtheattitude Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. - Anne Frank, 1929-1945 Often, if one thing isn't working, we seem to notice there are many other things that are going wrong in our... Read More

Focus can make it become much brighter

Josh HoskinSmart Money [email protected] With the emotion of the world and its ever changing directions, people get themselves easily distracted. Financial planning at its purest is about using someone to stay focused on your goals - once... Read More

August art feast in Rotorua

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Ever since the very first show in 2003, Rotorua's Wearable Creationz has grown in quality and popularity. The show, hosted by the Rotorua Creative Art Trust, has become a spectacular world class event with... Read More