Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid and Mrs Sid have found themselves deep in enemy territory on their annual R&R, away in the far north of our beautiful country.  It was only after arriving in the top... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The graph below shows details of the average daily maximum temperatures, called ‘afternoon', for Tauranga for July from 1913-2017. The temperature for July 2017 was 14.4 degrees Celsius, which was the second... Read More

Active Voicewith Dave ClarkCoaching & Development Team Leader As parents in today's society, it's easy to get immersed in the sporting world. From ferrying your children to their next training, or coaching their team, to heading off... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Magnesium is one of the most commonly prescribed supplements by natural health practitioners. The nutritional medicine textbook ‘Integrative Medicine' (Rakel 2012) is a well-respected reference... Read More

Straight from city councilA personal view,by Councillor Steve Morris There were a few headlines bandied about in the media last week that may have caused concern among residents of Tauranga's elder housing. So, let's be clear. Tauranga... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz   What a week in the news. There's scandal, accusations, admissions, sadness and drama. Metiria's fallen on the sword. Jacinda's riding high in the saddle. Glenn Campbell's fallen... Read More

Active Voicewith Zane JensenSport BOP Community Sport Advisor From texting and social media, to meeting with a colleague or first introductions, we're regularly communicating (and in more ways than ever). But it's important to remember... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of July have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The graph for the period 1898-2017 shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 348 mm in 1951,... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Baywide rugby season came to a conclusion last Saturday with the last three of the six Bay of Plenty Rugby Union club titles decided. Arataki took out the Premier Two crown after... Read More

Straight from city councilA personal view,by Councillor Steve Morris Councillors have a natural instinct to want to please their constituents. Call it a survival instinct, but some decisions will make you unpopular whatever the outcome. A recent... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz   The whanau was driving along State Sloway 2 this week, thinking of all you lovely folk at Omokoroa and wondering ‘Why are you all going to town at the same time?' When it dawned,... Read More

Active Voicewith Stephanie KellySport BOP Regional Facilities Advisor   In May 2017 the six local authorities who make up the Bay of Plenty region endorsed the Bay of Plenty Spaces and Places Strategy, a high level strategic framework for... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Watching a young David Tua defeating Kali Meehan in the opening round of the Heavyweight final at the New Zealand championships in 1989, captured on video, got this sports fan thinking... Read More

Weather Eyewith 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 of data from international... Read More

Claire's CuisineWith Sun Media's Claire Rogers www.sunlive.co.nz Competition is certainly heating up for the entry dishes for the Ora King Salmon Awards. A big thanks to Debbie and the team at The Rabbit Hole for the invite to not only... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Just when you thought Neotropical Ichthyology couldn't get any more scintillating, along comes a new fish species you'll be ecstatic to learn about. Neotropical Ichthyology is the catchy... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Last week we saw that damage and death of the specialised cells that maintain cartilage is the real driver behind osteoarthritis. An excellent study (Carlo and Loeser, 2003, Arthritis Rheumatology) investigated... Read More

Spotlight on...with Janne GuitarGirl   I first met Mark Schaumann when the Mauao Choir, led by Emily Macklow, performed at the Brew Bar when I was hosting an open mic night with my good friend and bass player, Stephen Calvert, who also sings... Read More

Straight from city councilA personal view,by Councillor Steve Morris   I'll never forget the time I was bailed up next to a fellow university student; he was grinning like a shot possum as he told me about his new-found wealth. He had... Read More