Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz Every week we're hearing more and more reports of gang related violent incidents and Tauranga is no different. What we've seen in Tauranga lately is like LA style gang warfare.... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch We've heard a lot of stories about Coronavirus lately, or Covid-19 as its now affectionately called. Like most people, I take the 'it's-not-all-over-the-place-here-yet-and-hopefully-we'll-have-a-vaccine-before-it-is'... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Born in the shadows of WW2, Sideline Sid has been on the sideline of some amazing changes (some good - some bad) over the last seven and something decades. Sid... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 122 years. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga Harbour,... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch I guess it will all end when they run out of guns or gangsters. It doesn't pay to be too flippant about such things. But when gang wars start in peaceful suburbs and violence erupts in rural idylls,... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Reforming our firearm legislation has been a major point of discussion for all New Zealanders. Tragic events last year unveiled inadequacies in firearm licensing and management systems. New... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus There's been a lot of folk around town recently, and I mean that both ways. A bunch of tourists are still on the beaches and there have been frequent sightings of banjos, harps, fiddles and other accoutrements... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While we all look with awe when world sporting records are beaten and significant international marks overcome, they almost certainly will be broken one day in the... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph above shows details of the average... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Over the weekend, Simon Bridges announced that National would refuse to work with New Zealand First after the next election. I believe this is strategic error for Bridges and I agree with the... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Love is in the air: only a short time now and we can embrace the romantic charm of St Valentine's Day. Regular readers might be surprised at a jaded sceptic such as myself waxing enthusiastically about... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch There are a lot of problems to solve this week in our beautiful but tortured land. The Bay of Plenty has become just that lately - plenty of crime, plenty of rough sleepers and beggars and plenty... Read More