Tamati Coffey Labour MP I want to thank everyone who has contacted me in support of my Improving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill. With my partner Tim and I having experienced New Zealand's outdated surrogacy laws first-hand, it... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch You know how some people are pretty easy to buy presents for and others are harder than the Da Vinci Code? I'm hoping you do, because frankly, you wouldn't want to be one of my relatives. I'm a... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The last seven days have produced two big Bay of Plenty Cricket milestones, with a Western Bay of Plenty team winning the ND Senior Secondary tournament and a local... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder In the bleak mid-winter, Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone, Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter, Long ago. These words, from... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Rick Bryant, whose funeral was on Wednesday, was in two of my all-time favourite Kiwi bands. His death wasn't as widely reported as I would have expected for a man who spent 50 years making great music... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Learning to live with your neighbours isn't always easy but some people seem to find it harder than others. Our feature on page six and seven today is a good example of this. Hundreds of people... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP My last column of this year is dedicated to saying thank you and I have a lot to be thankful for! Schools, teaching and children have been central to my whole career so I'm very thankful to the Government... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Forestry is one of New Zealand's most valuable economic assets, yet we are missing out on the untapped potential that it could offer our economy. As a nation, we are using an old trade... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris At time of writing it's Monday evening and I've just returned from delivering flowers to the port gates with my eldest child. Ovation of the Seas is all lit... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Last weekend was a couch potatoes heaven with multiple live sport action broadcast on Sky, with two international events staged in this country, keeping Sideline... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Each month Professor Ole Humlum of the The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), in Norway publishes on the web his very comprehensive web site updating a large number of charts and related analyses... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus It is rather stating the bleedin' obvious to point out that it gets busy at this time of year. So busy that last time I missed out mentioning a fantastic show happening this weekend at The Jam Factory.... Read More