Sideline Sid Sports correspondant & historian sunlive.co.nz While Sidline Sid has been an avid watcher of the television coverage of the 19th Commonwealth Games, he wonders if the four yearly event has reached its use-by date. While the Games will... Read More

Andrew Templer Action Bay of Plenty Indoor Sports Stadium actionindoorsports.com Just one week since the junior provincial national championships in Wellington and the planning begins for the netball nationals at the same venue in March 2011. The... Read More

Graeme Butler Butler's Swim with Dolphins www.swimwithdolphins.co.nz October is whale time in the Bay. Gemini Galaxsea's first October trip encountered two pygmy blues just South of Tuhua (Mayor) Island. Blazing Shadz reported a pod of Orca and... Read More

Andrew Nimick Point Concept twitter.com/andrewnim Working on assumptions has always been a mistake. Due the advent of the Kindle (with its many copy cats) and smart phones like the iPhone, many pundits are busy declaring the death of the printed... Read More

Rosalie Crawford Webhealth www.webhealth.co.nz I used to think being a fully complete and healthy person meant never needing to ask for help, that doing so was a sign of weakness. In this superhuman state of mind, I missed the important aspect... Read More

Carol Stovold Quality Kidz www.qualitykidz.co.nz Tauranga As I mentioned last week, our brain is a most amazing machine. It is like an enormous computer but nothing man has invented can do as much as a brain can in as fast a time. Let me share... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Our diets are at close to deficiency levels in a number of nutrients and low levels of these essential nutrients greatly contribute to the poor health of our nation. New Zealand's medical waiting rooms... Read More

Will Tatton Talking about design www.willtatton.co.nz Continuing on design thinking process Well I had a great day on the mountain in sunny spring conditions and a great ride out west on untracked snow… then called in to see the Lake Taupo... Read More

Pete Morris Art blogger www.sunlive.co.nz The busy team at Creative Tauranga are now working on the planning of the inaugural Creative Tauranga Art Fair 2011. This new event on the Tauranga arts calendar is scheduled for Saturday, March 19 - 2011. The... Read More

Claire Rogers All about wine www.sunlive.co.nz Aurum Pinot Noir is a very concentrated young wine with intense blackcurrant, boysenberry and plum fruit flavours.Tony Lawrence from Aurum winery, a boutique family wine estate in Central Otago is... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz We are coming under an increasing onslaught of annual ‘Day of Whatever' events.Readers of this column will already be well acquainted with ‘International Talk Like a Pirate Day'. The latest... Read More

Diesel Rogers Dining with Diesel www.sunlive.co.nz I guess we were all young once, but I don't remember having anywhere near the energy that little Rosie unleashed in our household this week. Agreeing to dog-sit a three-month-old lab cross pup... Read More