Kristin Dunne Tourism Bay of Plenty We love the fact that the Bay of Plenty is an eye-catching region experienced by many all year round. But imagine if we could sustainably enhance not only this memorable experience, but...... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz If you continue to throw enough money at something you usually get the desired results. About 25 years ago, the Victoria Racing Club came up with a vision...... 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. The graph shows details of the average daily...... Read More

Janne GuitarGirl Spotlight On… For the last six years, The LMM network has been sponsored by Shirley Howe, who has worked tirelessly since the 1980s. She’s written and produced her own original songs and, with the...... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It’s that time again, when Auntie Roger pulls out her pearls of wisdom and strings them delicately around the nape of our readers’ dilemmas. If you have a burning...... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The graph below shows the range of Tauranga's October rainfalls, from an extreme high of 357 mm in 1916 to a low of only 7 mm in 1984. The second wettest October was 1928, when 269 mm was recorded;...... Read More

Jane Le Guay Health Team Leader Sport Bay of Plenty At the moment you don’t have to look too hard to find a motivational snippet in the paper or online about the joys of spring and getting active and healthy. But how to...... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz It was said that last Saturdays All Black romp against Japan in Yokohama was like a “Festival” game, with plenty of running rugby and tossing the ball...... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Should a robot car automatically choose to run over an old fogey and spare the young? Take out a jaywalker and avoid the law-abiding pedestrian? Hit the fat kid with the ice cream...... Read More

Kristin Dunne Tourism Bay of Plenty You can’t mention the coastal Bay of Plenty without evoking thoughts of pristine beaches and crystal blue waters. From Mauao to Papamoa and all the way along the welcoming Bay of...... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Last week, a couple of colleagues and I visited Hamilton City Council to see how they manage their parking and transport network. They’ve gone against...... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Our logging export is one of the biggest industries in New Zealand. In fact, high stacks of logs can be seen from the roadside when driving down Hewlett’s Road. Some 5.5 million tonnes...... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz  Last week I announced Ben Sokimi, from Aquinas College, as the young leader who will represent the Tauranga electorate at Youth Parliament 2019.  Ben is a confident,...... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP It’s important to feel safe in our communities and have faith in our criminal justice system, and we know there is work to do in this area. The government is supporting safer communities by recruiting...... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The adage that truth is stranger than fiction could well be applied to the Muhammad Ali visit to New Zealand in 1979. Muhammad Ali’s visit to New Zealand...... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Each month Professor Ole Humlum of the The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), in Norway publishes on the web his very comprehensive web site updating a large number of charts and related analyses...... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Birthdays are a great idea and we recommend you consider having one regularly, at least once a year. This has been topical in our  household recently, as a family member...... Read More

Todd Talks By Todd Muller It would be fair to say that the past few weeks have been a trying time for the New Zealand National Party. We have collectively been processing a highly complex and sensitive situation and the raw emotions...... Read More

Mary Parker The Fast Track Life Coach “Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow.” Swedish proverb. In the past, the number of times I’ve worried and worked myself up over a situation are too many to count. The...... Read More