Weather Eye with John Maunder A sunspot is a relatively dark, sharply defined region on the solar disc - marked by an umbra (dark area) which is 2000 degrees Celsius cooler than the effective photosphere temperature. The average...... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz What do you give a seventy something year old, for his birthday - a ticket to the Broncos verses Warriors NRL premiership match at Suncorp stadium in Brisbane last...... Read More

Active Voice with Rachel Garden Keep on Your Feet Project Leader Twelve months in to the Sport Bay of Plenty’s Keep on your Feet seniors’ initiative and the results speak for themselves: Over 940 people aged over...... Read More

Vanessa Dodunski from Enable Me When you celebrate a birthday that has a zero at the end of it, people reassure you it’s the new 30! Be it 40, 50 or 60 – they’re all the new 30. But according to Hannah McQueen...... Read More

Kristin Dunne Tourism Bay of Plenty Cruising through Tauranga Harbour and soaking up the breathtaking views towards our majestic Mauao and Pilot Bay on a clear summer’s day is a known highlight for cruise passengers. For...... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Readers may recall that a few weeks ago The Sun received letters asking for wise and sage advice. More letters have been flowing in ever since (though none yet written on the...... Read More

Todd Muller National MP   On July 1, the government’s Regional Fuel Tax came into effect after Labour put the House into urgency so they could rush it through. The law was passed to allow an additional fuel tax in...... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris The night Winston Peters announced he’d selected Jacinda Ardern to be the least experienced Prime Minister in New Zealand history, he called capitalism...... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP Can I ask another favour of you wonderful people here in Tauranga? We had such a great response to our #KnitforJacinda campaign, with the knitted items collected going to babies and children living in the Salvation...... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP It is important to understand that decisions made by those before us can have a ripple effect - the outcome of which can be felt for a long time. Our current housing crisis is one of those situations. The...... Read More

Earth is a ball with Isla Ganley Young Journalist   Keep up to date with daily diary cam reports from NZ representatives, Isla Ganley and Jonty Burggraaf, as they took part in Football for Friendship in Moscow in the lead...... Read More

Earth is a ball with Isla Ganley Young Journalist   Keep up to date with daily diary cam reports from NZ representatives, Isla Ganley and Jonty Burggraaf, as they took part in Football for Friendship in Moscow in the lead...... Read More

Earth is a ball with Isla Ganley Young Journalist   Keep up to date with daily diary cam reports from NZ representatives, Isla Ganley and Jonty Burggraaf, as they took part in Football for Friendship in Moscow in the lead...... Read More

Earth is a ball with Isla Ganley Young Journalist   Keep up to date with daily diary cam reports from NZ representatives, Isla Ganley and Jonty Burggraaf, as they took part in Football for Friendship in Moscow in the lead...... Read More

Active Voice with Buddy Meyer WBOP Primary School Sport Director “Sportmanship is behaviour and attitudes that show respect for the rules of a game and for the other players” Collins English Dictionary. As term two...... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz It was only a matter of time before the Sunshine Coast joined the other major Queensland major cities in hosting a national sporting competition franchise. The...... Read More

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

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP You’ll have seen in the recent Budget that New Zealand is doing well. Everyone deserves credit for that, especially the millions of hard-working Kiwis who get up each morning determined to help...... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Next to housing, immigration is one of the biggest issues New Zealand faces these days. Immigration is important for our community, for our economy and for our country’s growth. When...... Read More