Sideline Sid - Sports blogger Sideline Sid is a local sport fanatic. Not only is he a classic rugby bloke but he has views, opinions and knowledge on all sports played in the Bay of Plenty. ... Read More

Dawn Kiddie - J.P, Marriage Celebrant & 'Foodie' Dawn hopes her passion and creative flare in the kitchen leads you to try these recipes - some new, some traditional... Read More

Luis Moresco - LIFE - Personal Fitness Trainer Luis' passion is to help people achieve their goals through hard work and determination. He has a degree... Read More

Ross Stanway - CEO Realty Services Click to view Bayleys property listings. For those of you that follow the commercial real estate market you would have seen... Read More

Dr Michael Morris - Animal welfare writer Dr Michael Morris has a PhD in zoology from the University of Auckland. He is presently teaching degree courses in environmental management at the Bay of... Read More

This week, after exhaustive research, we've uncovered a crisis in the retail sector. This may come as a shock to many, but it seems that the majority of us don't know which way to swipe. This crisis has been looming for millennia. Since the dawn of... Read More

Council does very little business in the ‘confidential' section of meetings. Anecdotally - the least in NZ. The reason is inter alia 'to protect the privacy of natural persons…” and company's too! At full council, elected members... Read More

From Australian director John Hillcoat and adapted from Cormac McCarthy's novel (No Country For Old Men) and adding in the fact that this one stars such tasty talent as Viggo Mortensen, Guy Pearce, Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron, we expect a real armrest-gripper.... Read More

Karen Worley - Group Marketing Manager Click to view Eves property listings. Increasing numbers of properties are now coming onto the market for sale. This... Read More

There's nothing quite like the freshness of the forest, the cooling breezes of a mountain range, the gentle babbling of a stream. Unfortunately, the only babbling I could hear was the boss telling me 'if you were any sort of dog, you'd get out there... Read More

Last week I was waxing lyrical about the proposed changes which will penalise councils for tardy processing of resource consents. I should have realised that any minor victory over bureaucracy is always invariably overshadowed by major counter offensives... Read More

Brian Berry - Financial Advisor Straight forward, quality financial advice - so you can get on with the fun stuff in life. Click ... Read More