A passion for open water distance swimming meant Tauranga psychiatrist Dr Bronwyn Copeland was always going to swim Lake Taupō at some stage in her life.
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Kerry Funnell likes to describe herself as an ‘all round frock tart’. Even on her tax return. To date, no one from the IRD has queried it, so she’s happy it describes her occupation accurately.
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Tahini Muesli Bars At this time of year, what we eat is fuelling more than our usual energy needs – it’s also helping our bodies stay warm in the cooler…
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Renowned American angel investor Bill Payne was in Tauranga recently, offering advice to would-be entrepreneurs, many of them women, who were potential applicants for angel funding.
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Rachel Brodie applies one question to almost every situation she encounters: “Does this make my life better?”
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focus writer Carol Garden is spending this winter in Tonga aboard a yacht. She tells us how her sailing life started and why she loves it.
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If you are aiming to eat less meat – or don’t eat meat at all – a nut roast is an easy way to provide plant-based protein on your plate.
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People-watching is one of Heather Jones’ favourite things to do. As a Fieldays security team member at Mystery Creek, one year she stood in the rain for 16 hours, and didn’t mind a bit.
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Not many people realised what it meant, when a small semi-rural service station on Oropi Road became branded as a Gull station.
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One of Tauranga’s tiniest cafes is now one of its most successful. During the last eight years the Dry Dock Café has tripled in size and increased its turnover 1000 per cent.
