Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz One of the great things about living on the East Coast is our proximity to the ocean and all the benefits that come with it. Although it has been a while since I’ve...... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP It might not be something we think about often, but infrastructure keeps our country going. We rely on our roads and rail network to get to work, take our family on holiday and stock our supermarkets....... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The first recorded cricket match was played in Nelson in March 1884 between the surveyors of the New Zealand Land Company and a Nelson side. In those long ago times,...... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites in the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. It's very common for areas such as Tauranga...... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus  So that was January was it? A twelfth of the year gone already? Now we're on to February but, good news, public holidays just keep rolling in. We all took the beginning of this week off to celebrate...... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP I have always enjoyed spending time in Tauranga’s CBD and it was great to see so many people enjoying it as well over the Christmas break. The city is changing, it is transforming. Recently one of New...... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP We now live in a world rife with fake news and an unreliable, biased media. During this confusing time in history, it is incredibly important that our children are receiving a balanced and...... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch It’s great news that finally something is going to be done about State Highway 2 north  of Tauranga. I say this with great sincerity and excitement for the simple reason; I don’t...... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While thoroughbred horse racing flies under the radar of the mainstream media for 51 weeks of the year, the Karaka Millions and the National Yearling Sales bring...... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The graph below shows the range of Tauranga's December rainfalls, from an extreme high of 447 mm in 1962 to a low of only 4 mm in 1930. The second wettest December was 2018, when 278 mm was recorded The...... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus It's always nice to welcome the year's first album launch. At least I assume it's the year's first. What with being January - the time of beaches, barbecues and cocktails – there...... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Fire and Emergency sparked the ultimate civic response exercise over the weekend. Even its own staff were surprised by the alarms that rang out right along the east coast of the Bay of Plenty. It...... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP It’s that time of year when the holidays are over and we’re getting back to the reality of daily life. I hope that, like me, you have enjoyed some time off with your...... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz New Zealand’s economy has a lot going for it at the moment and should be booming. Our terms of trade are at historical highs, interest rates are low and the Government...... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP With the Christmas break behind us and that list of New Year’s resolutions posted to the fridge, it’s around this time that we start looking to the year ahead. Whenever I attend the Papamoa...... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Nine Kiwi boxers, including Western Bay of Plenty's Ariane Nicholson, are currently chasing an Olympic Dream. They are preparing in Thailand for the Asia/Oceania...... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The average afternoon temperature in December...... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus A whole bunch of people with acoustic instruments are heading towards Tauranga. It happens that way sometimes. Music here used to be very much a matter of famine or feast. Like those buses that eventually...... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour MP Nga mihi o te tau hou Pakeha! I’m kicking things off by stating as many benefits for Māori and Tauranga, delivered by this Government, as I can in 220 words! We launched Tauranga’s Housing...... Read More