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

Winston Watusi Music Plus We may be fresh out of a long weekend but the music never stops. Well, I say that but it does seem that there is a little breathing space this weekend. So this time we'll be looking a couple of weeks... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Well it's November - men's health month which means confronting all of those difficult subjects with frankness, bravado and clever witticisms. You won't get any of that from me though. And there... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Five years ago, the Tauranga Eastern Link opened; boasting a 10km long, $600,000 cycleway between Paengaroa and Papamoa. However, the cycleway ended at a... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid is excited about a group of young Western Bay of Plenty representative cricket players, who could follow in the footsteps of current Bay of Plenty Black... 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 Whew - we've elected our leaders for the next three years. And, to be honest, I'm glad that's over. What a weird experience. It started the day before Election Day - which is also an election... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus It seems a long time since I've written about Bob Dylan. No doubt that has caused rejoicing amongst the many of you fine readers who harbour an irrational dislike of Dylan. He certainly inspires that... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris As Steven Joyce opened Tauranga's second harbour bridge, a plane towed a banner overhead reading 'Thank you Winston.” Peters wasn't invited to the... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Here we go again says Sideline Sid. The (latest) "Fight of the Century" is to take place in Auckland Spark Arena on December 11, with the event promoter in full... Read More

Tenby Powell Tauranga City Council Mayor I have to admit to being slightly bemused by some of the media commentary on the introduction of a council-led kerbside waste and recycling service from July 2021. What's not to like, after... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Global temperatures are compiled for various areas including global (land-ocean), global (meteorological stations), three latitude bands, and hemispheric, by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies... Read More