Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Nearly half a billion dollars in operating and capital spending next year was debated in the Council chamber last week. After hearing and considering your... Read More

Five Minutes with the Mayor A monthly column by Tauranga Mayor Tenby Powell Last week's Tauranga City Council 2020/21 annual plan deliberations showed just how much can be achieved when everyone is working together for a common... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus If you thought things in the world were weird before now then just hang on for what's next. This is not the best time to be making predictions but it does strike me that the more we in New Zealand... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Many New Zealand sports fans are familiar with the deeds of boxers 'Torpedo' Billy Murphy and Bob Fitzsimmons, who brought early sporting glory to the country... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little overall trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from milder/warmer temperatures... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While New Zealand is a tiny nation tucked away at the bottom of the world, three of the most recognisable faces in world sport stopped off in New Zealand to showcase... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus The floodgates have opened, the damn has broken, the cows are coming home to roost. Yes, it is again all on in the live music scene. Bands are frantically booking gigs, venues are filling up, and once... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch So, clearly the deputy prime minister of the Cook Islands jumped the gun announcing travel will shortly be possible for New Zealanders seeking to escape the winter blues. I had no sooner ironed... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 108 years, including at the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph shows details of the average... Read More

Rosalie's Writings with Rosalie Liddle Crawford I was climbing up a ladder to see if I had an attic the other day, mainly to check if there was insulation. Immediately I realised I had a problem. There was no attic. So, then,... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus One more week and one more small sign that we're returning to normal. Concerts in the Gallery at the Te Puna Quarry Park are kicking off again this Sunday (July 12). This show, like many others there,... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Everyone has an opinion on what should happen with the thousands of people trying to get back into the country so I feel like I should try and summarise some of these ideas. The first school of... Read More