Cr Bill Faulkner Faulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga City Council's credit rating has been raised from ‘A' to ‘A plus' by credit rating agency Standard and Poors (S&P).In accompanying notes, S&P say they have done this on 'strong... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Some readers may find content of this column disturbing.I know I did.You've dragged me away from an important task, to write this column.I was busy musing about where to hang the picture of the newly-wed... Read More

Diesel Rogers Dining with Diesel www.sunlive.co.nz I have been spending most of the last few days enjoying the lazy hazy days of summer, reclined gracefully on the dog couch. I've been wistfully dreaming of wonderful smells wafting from the barbecue... Read More

Legal Brief with Alan Tate of Harris Tate www.harristate.co.nz As baby boomers reach retirement age, many of them are looking to sell the businesses that they have built up over their working careers. What they are finding is that there is often... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Most people who contact me with health problems have a medical doctor as their primary health provider. The doctor will diagnose the problem often using a number of tests which can include physical examination,... Read More

Sunday morning dawned crisp with a definite tinge of white on the ground, the tents however, were toasty warm! Well that's what we're led to believe? Whist the NCOs who slept in bivouacs complained of a complete lack of feeling in the extremities. But... Read More

Dr David Wellington Greerton Chiropractic greertonchiropractic Here is an interesting article for those of us who suffer from Tinnitus, or ringing in your ears. It's thought up to 15 per cent of the population suffer from Tinnitus. Although there... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sidline Sid is genuinely excited by the return of the smash and bash action of Twenty20 cricket to Mount Maunganui in just over four weeks. Who can forget the three games last season... Read More

Catherine Delahunty Green MP www.greens.org.nz Traffic surveys by language students at Waikato University and the Concordia Business Institute have shown that in Tauranga, the car is still very much king. The vast majority of journeys we take are... Read More

Jaine Kirtley Bay Naturopath www.baynaturopath.co.nz Diabetes is so widespread that everyone knows someone who is affected or is likely to become affected. This week started with World Diabetes Day urging everyone to ‘promote action to prevent... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz You can choose any analogy you like: First attend to the basics; make sure the foundations are solid; do the important things first. However you want to express it, when it comes to health, there are... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz It is only in the past two years that Janice Giles has returned to the intense experience of producing art again. Art interests, as for many of us, were an indulgence to be squeezed between work, mortgages,... Read More