Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz One of the great things about living on the East Coast is our proximity to the ocean and all the benefits that come with it. Although it has been a while since I've been... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP It might not be something we think about often, but infrastructure keeps our country going. We rely on our roads and rail network to get to work, take our family on holiday and stock our supermarkets.... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The first recorded cricket match was played in Nelson in March 1884 between the surveyors of the New Zealand Land Company and a Nelson side. In those long ago times,... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites in the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. It's very common for areas such as Tauranga... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus So that was January was it? A twelfth of the year gone already? Now we're on to February but, good news, public holidays just keep rolling in. We all took the beginning of this week off to celebrate... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP I have always enjoyed spending time in Tauranga's CBD and it was great to see so many people enjoying it as well over the Christmas break. The city is changing, it is transforming. Recently one of New Zealand's... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP We now live in a world rife with fake news and an unreliable, biased media. During this confusing time in history, it is incredibly important that our children are receiving a balanced and... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch It's great news that finally something is going to be done about State Highway 2 north of Tauranga. I say this with great sincerity and excitement for the simple reason; I don't live over there! Having... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While thoroughbred horse racing flies under the radar of the mainstream media for 51 weeks of the year, the Karaka Millions and the National Yearling Sales bring... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The graph below shows the range of Tauranga's December rainfalls, from an extreme high of 447 mm in 1962 to a low of only 4 mm in 1930. The second wettest December was 2018, when 278 mm was recorded The... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus It's always nice to welcome the year's first album launch. At least I assume it's the year's first. What with being January - the time of beaches, barbecues and cocktails - there may have... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Fire and Emergency sparked the ultimate civic response exercise over the weekend. Even its own staff were surprised by the alarms that rang out right along the east coast of the Bay of Plenty. It... Read More