Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris It was an ill-conceived plan that over promised but failed to deliver. Council's two-year folly trying to end rough sleeping and begging through an illegal... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid has a lifetime love of boxing since he first went to the gym as a 13-year-old. The smell of the weathered leather gloves and the tang of liniment,... 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

Winston Watusi Music Plus A new week, new gigs and a new shade of brown for what we once used to call the lawn here at The Watusi Country Club. These days it's more a swathe of dusty dirt populated only by the intermittent yellow... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch You may have noticed that quite a large chunk of the money you earn is snaffled before it even gets to the bank. I like a good bourbon analogy so this is a bit like what distillers call the Devil's... Read More

Inside City Council A personal view, by Councillor Andrew Hollis OK...where to start? When I campaigned I campaigned on low or even no rates increases. News last week suggests that Tauranga City cannot complete planned capital... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris The second instalment of your rates bill was due this Friday. To many, it comes as no surprise that the February 2020 invoice is higher than last year; 3.99... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Last Saturday morning, Sideline Sid decided to take his constitutional (walk) down at Fergusson Park. The picturesque Tauranga suburban oasis was a frenzy of activity... 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 As we all look at the skies awaiting rain, music continues to pour into Tauranga. I'm sure there's a pile of it that I miss. But I do try to keep up, mainly via a series of undercover Watusis spread through... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP Leaving teaching was one of the hardest decisions I have made but I don't regret it as I'm am very proud to be part of a Government which is achieving so many positive things in the education sector. There... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris In 2009, Whanganui National MP Chester Borrows introduced a bill to Parliament to allow Wanganui District Council to ban the wearing of gang patches in their... Read More