Blogs

Civil Defence: Amendments and Requirements

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP The recent earthquakes and seismic activity we have seen in New Zealand, and the devastation caused, really brings home the urgent need for implementation of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment... Read More

Mr Chump and the Cowdashians

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz We've been quite busy here at RR Headquarters. Along with dealing with a natural disaster, we've been clearing out the spare room and making up the sofa bed for Miley Cyrus and the other American celebrities... Read More

Flea and worm treatments important for pets

Vet Checks Inwith Joerg Thammfrom Mount Vet Hospital Regular flea and worm treatments are important for your pets, and you! So what is the best way to do this?? A mistake seen all too often is the "more is better" approach that some people take... Read More

Neo's journey back to puppyhood! (...thanks to Hip Denervation!!!)

Vet Checks Inwith Joerg Thammfrom Mount Vet Hospital Neo, the 50kg, 10-month-old, Bull Mastif X Great Dane has a heart as sweet as the look on his face! Rescued from the SPCA at five-months-old, poor Neo has always suffered from weakness in his... Read More

A weighty issue

Sport Bay of Plenty As a nation we are fixated on weight and it is no wonder with the eye popping obesity statistics and an undeniable increase in long-term chronic health conditions exacerbated by excess weight. It is a common misconception... Read More

Tauranga's boxing greats

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid was delighted to see SunLive share the success of local professional boxer Jonathan Taylor on Sunday morning. Taylor, who few gave any chance of lifting the NZPBA Super... Read More

The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is a standardized index based on the observed sea level pressure differences between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia. The SOI is a leading measure of the large-scale fluctuations in... Read More

Do you have an ‘itis’? – Part 2

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Recently, I spoke with a couple who had osteoarthritis in their hands, back and also had issues with muscle pain and ligament damage. I created a comprehensive nutritional programme and they've both experienced... Read More

Supporting small businesses to grow

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of our communities with 97 per cent of all New Zealand enterprises employing 20 or fewer people. National knows it is businesses that drive economic... Read More

Lessons on housing and immigration from the UK

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP The UK is having to get practical about the challenges to housing caused by unsustainable immigration. This blue government still refuses to admit both that we have a housing crisis, and that one of its major... Read More

Tsunami sirens: who knows best?

Straight from city councilwith councillor Steve Morris Four years ago, when I chaired the Papamoa Progressive Association, we tested two enhanced World War 2air-raid sirens to show Tauranga City Council how effective a loud but simple system could... Read More

Supermoons, pests and tasers

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz A supermoon is something Dotcom would do at the back window of a bus. Fortunately it turns out, we're not having that sort of mooning. It's the planetary sort. The supermoon on Tuesday will be closer... Read More