Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While Sideline Sid, along with the rest of the country, has had little to smile about in the last three months, the arrival of Super Rugby Aotearoa on the small... 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

Winston Watusi Music Plus It's an odd feeling, but things seem to be returning to normal. And once again, as I follow foreign news from America, Britain, India, even little Singapore which started so well, all I can say is... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch I might be paranoid but is anyone else worried about Muffin Mclay? All over the world people are tearing down symbols of colonialism and here we have an Old English Sheepdog hanging out on the waterfront,... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP As some of you may know by now, I will not be seeking re-election at this year's 2020 general elections. This means that this term will be my last as a List MP based in Tauranga. I did not... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Councils around the country are re-drafting their annual budgets following COVID-19. Tauranga City Council's new budget sees a $20m reduction in revenue... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Queen's Birthday award to former boxer Billy Graham, making him a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, recognised his decades long work in developing and... 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

Winston Watusi Music Plus Brighton, like many English cites, has a vibrant jazz scene; and there's a drummer from Tauranga right in the midst of it. Mainstay of the scene is a black Berklee-trained American from Philadelphia, Lawrence... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch First up, I'm going to indulge in a shameless shout-out to the crew here at The Weekend Sun who have picked up a few accolades at the recent NZ Community Newspaper Association Awards. Patting yourself... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP I write this at a time when there are no active cases of COVID-19 remaining in New Zealand, and we have just moved to Alert Level 1 - as normal as life can be in the time of a global pandemic. Stamping... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris 'The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic,” John F... Read More