Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris At a time when residents and businesses are being told to pay unprecedented rates rises for 'essential” infrastructure, I can reveal the greatest beneficiary... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz For separated families and a tourism industry that is on its knees, the government's inaction and uncertainty on opening the trans-Tasman bubble is now unacceptable. The social... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One The last two weeks has seen a flurry of decisions from the newly-appointed commission at Tauranga City Council. They have taken action on a number of projects, most notably the Memorial... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP A year ago, New Zealand went into lockdown. We stayed home and saved lives, and now our economy has bounced back faster than expected. A lot has changed in the past 12 months, but government's top priorities... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Four Western Bay of Plenty club cricket teams will get the chance to play on an international cricket ground this week. On Thursday evening, the Bay of Plenty Cricket... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is a standardized index based on the observed sea level pressure differences between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia. The SOI is a leading measure of the large-scale... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch If anything turns criticism into praise and vice versa, it's the America's Cup. Weirdly, this strangest of events - the oldest sporting trophy in the world - lures out even the most disinterested... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP In addition to my regular monthly constituent clinics, I had three public meeting scheduled for March. Sadly, Covid level two rules prevented me from holding the Sulphur Point meeting,... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP This past week has been full of poignancy, as we observed the two year anniversary of the Christchurch terror attack on March 15, 2019, where 51 people lost their lives. Their names were all lovingly... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Normally I write about new music, but a bunch of old music has unexpectedly appeared this week... Before that though, a quick reminder that the National Jazz Festival is nearly upon us. In fact the first... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz One of the real pleasures of Sideline Sids lifetime involvement with sport, has been watching the development of youngsters from starting out in sport to becoming... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of February have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 (except for 1904, 1908, and 1909). The graph of February rainfalls in Tauranga shows the range of rainfalls from a high... Read More