Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz Council has been hearing submissions to its proposed annual plan this week. Surprisingly submissions are down by roughly two thirds over past years. Maybe it's because it's post election year,... Read More

Carol Stovold Quality Kidz qualitykidz.co.nz By Carol Stovold, managing director, Quality Kidz and president of NZ Home-based Early Childhood Education Association Around the home and section, some dangers are obvious - others are just as dangerous,... Read More

Simon Bridges National MP simonbridges.co.nz America At the present time I'm in the United States of America learning about the US foreign policy process. The programme I am attending is put on by the US Government and it was a great honour to... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Talulah - Belle Lautrec Nunes is a professional full-time artist and part-time art teacher. She has a diploma of art and creativity and her paintings are exhibited in numerous galleries throughout the... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz At almost 21, (which is four years off 25, which is half way to 50, which is half way off a 100), I feel like I'm blundering through life wondering when I'll become a... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Newsflash: Investigators uncover Lord Lucan, Amelia Earhart and Elvis The long-missing persons were located this week when it was realised that Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted man, lived for... Read More

Dawn Kiddie Great grub in a minute www.sunlive.co.nz This beautiful spicy rub and yoghurt dip is from Annabel Langbein's latest book ‘The Free Range Cook' - another must have in your cookbook collection. I have served this with lamb and on... Read More

Carol Stovold Quality Kidz qualitykidz.co.nz Each child has their own unique ways of doing things, in their own time; and feeding independently is no different. The important thing to remember is there is no specific age that they need to be accomplished... Read More

Barbara Reid of Maison Monique maisonmonique.co.nz Welcome to the month of May where a mixed bag of weather can be expected and one is never quite sure just what to wear. The lifestyle of living in the Bay of Plenty requires a wardrobe which contains... Read More

Philip Holland Financial Independence financialindependence New regulations coming into force soon will require some advisers to disclose what commission they may receive. So are commissions that bad? To cover the first point...Authorised Financial... Read More

Virginia Iovine-Turner Cucina Amore www.cucinaamore.co.nz It would be Sunday afternoon, we would have just finished a bowl of pasta and then out comes Mamma's Chicken Drum Sticks with a fresh green salad. You know in your mind you couldn't; you... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Last week we looked at helping overweight people improve their overall health while they start the process of losing weight. This week, we look at those at the opposite end of the spectrum; to those... Read More