Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz At this time of year, Sidline Sid doesn't know whether he's coming or going, with the change from summer to winter sport. In the good old days when Sid played rugby, the week after... Read More

Andrew Nimick Point Concept twitter.com/andrewnim What a weekend it has been. Seems there were great activities going on everywhere. Luckily I chose to be part of an indoor one. As a judge at the first ever Bay of Plenty Mashup (possibly a world... Read More

Write Space Literary news, views and reviews http://taurangawriters.org.nz I have never been accused of being an intellectual, and this has never bothered me. To me there is a negative association with being someone who values rationality at... Read More

Claire Rogers All about wine www.sunlive.co.nz I enjoyed this wine and it is always so interesting talking about wine with Dan Shea from Mills Reef. I have put a couple of bottles away, so am particularly looking forward to trying it again in a... Read More

Virginia Iovine-Turner Cucina Amore www.cucinaamore.co.nz/ There is nothing quite like walking into a house with the aroma of fresh bread being baked. This has to be one of my favourite recipes to demonstrate. It is always sure to impress your... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz The Bay of Plenty has a chance to view, at first hand, the beauty of pastels when Tauranga hosts ‘Purely Pastel', the National Art Exhibition of Pastel Artists of NZ, to be held at Baycourt Exhibition... Read More

Jane Nees BOP Regional Councillor www.janenees.co.nz Tauranga Harbour periodically experiences severe blooms of sea lettuce, which reach nuisance proportions at times - especially where it is washed onto beaches. Sea lettuce grows both in the... Read More

Brian Anderson The Western Front www.sunlive.co.nz A few years ago, I had to guess the meaning of the word truculent in a School Certificate comprehension question. It was used to describe an old engine steaming sulkily, defiant and alone, in the... Read More

Andrew von Dadelszen Former Regional Councillor Five years ago, I, along with John Cronin, Philip Sherry and Athol Herbert were the pre-selection committee that shortlisted Bill Bayfield for the CEO role at the regional council. I had just read... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While Sidline Sid's holiday memories are starting to fade away, there is one night on the trip to Oz that will stay with him forever. Attendance at a boxing tournament staged by the... Read More

Dr Michael Morris Animal welfare writer nzchas.canterbury While the recent disasters in Christchurch and Japan have been terrible in terms of human costs, we need to remember that animals are suffering too. These victims, and their human guardians,... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Lis (Elisabeth) Eynon was born in New Plymouth in 1974. The youngest of five children, Lis was raised in a Christian family; her mother a piano teacher and her father a minister in the Baptist Church. Lis... Read More