Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Over the last week I have had conversations with many business owners in the Bay of Plenty. They've shared their challenges and experiences, which has been helpful feedback for... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour MP 'Moemoea, Kimihia, Taea' is a beautiful mission statement for our region's young people. By investing over $400,000 into the Bay of Plenty Youth Development Trust's 'Imagine, Believe, Achieve' job training... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid can't wait for club rugby to kick off on Saturday, June 27, with the icing on the cake being the move to level one. This means local rugby fans... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The average afternoon temperature in Tauranga in May 2020 was 18.2 degrees C. Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including the current... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus We are living, and forgive me for stating the bleedin' obvious, in unusual times. While we ponder moving to Level One, much of the world is tearing itself apart. America is burning. There are few times... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP I hope the Queen's Birthday Weekend gave all of us the opportunity to spend time with our families and visit our local tourist sites. New Zealand's tourism industry definitely needs all the... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP With around 27 per cent of Tauranga residents living with a disability, the announcement in Budget 2020 that there will be a massive increase in funding for disability support services will be very welcome... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch The events industry has taken a hammering over the past few months. Nothing to do and nowhere to do it. I can almost hear the impatient shuffling of our youths and bohemian types as they anxiously... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of May have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 - except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The graph shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 634 mm in 2005 to a... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz For more than a century, the Queen's Birthday holiday weekend was a pinnacle weekend for punters, with the staging of the Great Northern Hurdles and Steeplechase... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP After 2 weeks at Alert Level 2 this past week saw our cabinet once again review the alert status at Level 2 and the outcome saw two major announcements come out. The first was that although we remain... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus While many things seem almost normal again, the music scene is currently living in limbo. Actually, I think that's true of a lot of Tauranga; this slightly confusing winding down of levels has left... Read More