Mary ParkerCoaching the Attitude coachingtheattitude 'Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind” Henry James. Without kindness there is rudeness…discourtesy... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor My friend lives in a tiny, uninsulated cottage in central Hamilton and pays about $200 rent for his room. I'm amazed I pay a lot less rent for an apartment close to NZ's most iconic beach - Mount Maunganui. As... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Fellow Tauranga City councillor Kelvin Clout chaired our first City delivery committee (used to be called Projects and Monitoring committee) last week. In the public forum, we heard from Ian McLean and... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Last week, Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy announced the latest primary sector figures show primary sector exports this year look set to rise by nearly $5 billion more than originally forecast. Log... Read More

Independent viewsBy Brendan Horan Have you noticed how often National keeps measuring, without moving into action, on the environment including rivers lakes and streams? I'm referring to the Environment Reporting Bill, which has been introduced... Read More

Julie AdamsonSecondary School Events DirectorSport Bay of Plenty Each year the New Zealand Secondary School Sport Council collects and collates a census which details sport involvement rates at secondary schools all around the country. In January,... Read More

Julie AdamsonSecondary School Events DirectorSport Bay of Plenty Each year the New Zealand Secondary School Sport Council collects and collates a census which details sport involvement rates at secondary schools all around the country. In January,... Read More

Art Beatwith Rosalie Crawford For those like me, who doodle 3D visual cubes from a simple square with a pencil on paper while chatting on the phone, what local artists Jamie Harkins and Constanza Tagini Nightingale are doing takes this to a whole... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Tauranga Boys' College first 11 received a rare treat on Saturday, when Black Cap Trent Boult turned out for his club side Otumoetai Cadets, against Tauranga Boys' at Nicholson... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Global temperatures are compiled for various areas, including global (land-ocean), global (meteorological stations), three latitude bands, and hemispheric, by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies of NASA. A graph... Read More

Art Beatwith Rosalie Crawford While hunting for some live jazz music playing regularly in Tauranga, I discovered U4RIA are now performing weekly at the Raft in Chapel St. In trying to describe their music, I came across their own 'About Us' which... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz The summer weather has defiantly arrived and the sun seems to be at its hottest, ripening fruit and vegetables ready for harvest. As I mentioned last week, sometimes there... Read More