Winston Watusi Music Plus That's what Paul Revere is reputed to have shouted on his famous 1775 midnight ride to warn sleeping Massachusetts colonists of the advancing British army. It didn't happen. Well, the ride did, but the... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch I wasn't going to mention the rugby but I figure, it's been almost a week now, we should be well through the stages of grief by now. My grieving started about two minutes before full time. This... Read More

Janne GuitarGirl Spotlight On… 80's cover band Max Headroom take their name from the character played by Matt Frewer. Put together by Tim Julian of the Colour Field Recording Studio, the band has been around for a number... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP An issue that has raised major concern for many Tauranga residents is the removal of the Bayfair underpass. I am a Mount resident and live just down the road from Bayfair. I was shocked, along... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP The Tauriko commercial block was previously the solution to the rapid growth of Tauranga, but it has now nearly reached full capacity. The development of the Rangiuru Industrial Park is the... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Calls for a new councillor to resign, vandalism, and council staff on strike for higher pay; the new council's first week had it all. Newly elected councillor... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP Every day in New Zealand around 66 people are diagnosed with cancer, a lot of us are affected by this disease. Locally we have great support services including the Breast Cancer Support Services. Helen and... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz With the Melbourne Cup just a week away, Sideline Sid thought he would have a little one question quiz to get local punters in a horse racing frame of mind - How... 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 Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Yep, we're starting this week with an eminently true bit of French. For those less familiar with Gallic language it translates as: 'the more... Read More

Janne GuitarGirl Spotlight On… Following on from his recent music video 'Arresting A Dream', local artist Anthony Coulter continues to write more songs. The 'piano man' has lived in Tauranga since 2000, and... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Ah, what a peaceful country we live in. Everyone co-exists in harmony in our glorious democracy. We are free to say whatever we want, whenever we want. We honour our promises and tolerate other... Read More