Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A century in time has dulled the memories of the rags to riches tale of a Western Bay of Plenty racehorse that mixed it with the best in the country. Surveyor,... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus So here we are on the long road back from winter; it'll be summer before you know it... Yep, last weekend marked the year's shortest day - June 22 - an auspicious sort of day if only for the thought that... Read More

Todd Talks By Todd Muller The great privilege of this job is the diversity of local people that you get to meet and listen to in any given day. Over recent times I have listened quietly to the stories of our primary school teachers.... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Tauranga City Council is not proposing to replace any street names. Close observers of the news last week would have seen that both media outlets in Tauranga... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz I get lots of feedback about traffic and how difficult it is to move around Tauranga. It is an unfortunate growing pain as infrastructure has fallen behind the growth of... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP In a country which prides itself on tolerance, it is disappointing to hear of cases where race and ethnicity are being used as an excuse to intimidate, bully, and in some cases, extort money... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP In the Wellbeing Budget, the Government is delivering on our plan to address the long term-challenges facing New Zealand. One of those challenges is family and sexual violence. New Zealand has one of... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A dramatic finish to the Black Caps Cricket World Cup match with the West Indies on Sunday morning had Kiwi cricket fans chewing their nails as the game went down... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little change in the overall trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from milder/warmer... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP One of the hallmarks of a first world country is a first-rate transport system. Sadly, for some time, New Zealand has been found wanting on this score. Both our freight and passenger transport... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour MP With Matariki near (and baby due any day), time is flying at the moment. It seems like a year ago, I was proudly leading a protest in Tauranga, calling for the protection of Māui's Dolphin. This was... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Last week, Council voted to start widening 15th Avenue, continue the upgrade of Domain Rd in Papamoa, and improvements in Arataki; all without guaranteed... Read More