Weather Eye with John Maunder The 'Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots - 'storms' on the sun - became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus This week let's have a look at next week. Live music continues apace. I've picked out three very different gigs of interest, one leaning Celtic, an international rock show, and a heaping helping... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Confessions are very important - they clear the air and help us move forward. So, in order to help solve the country's problems, I feel it's important to 'fess up to my sins. Firstly, I've had... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Another week, another shambles from this government. We've seen terrible housing statistics, failures at our border, horticulturalists struggling to get their fruit picked and major... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One Readers will no doubt have seen the government announcement a couple of weeks ago on steps to address New Zealand's runaway housing market. This included methods to curb investors alongside... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP On March 30, 2021, New Zealand received some confirmation that what we are doing for women is working. The World Economic Forum released its 2021 Global Gender Gap Report, analysing the gender equality gap... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The start of the Bay of Plenty senior rugby season last weekend got Sideline Sid thinking what the local rugby scene looked like a century ago. Past papers provided... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of March have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 - except for 1904, 1908 and 1909. This graph below shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 504 mm in 1979, to a low of... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus With Bay Dreams, One Love and more, Tauranga is getting a name as a festival city; but there's something unique about the Jazz Festival. It may be that it originated here, but that's not the only... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good. And there we have it - our travel bubble with Australia is complete... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP Happy Easter and what a fabulous weekend it's been here in Tauranga Moana. Following the government's recently announced Housing Package, just last week in the Bay of Plenty, we saw local Community... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz A couple of weekends back, I had the pleasure of an afternoon at the races at the Tauranga Racecourse. I'm not a racing man but I've been going to this event, the Japan Trophy... Read More