Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz What a great start to the year it has been. We have certainly hit the ground running. Recently, Nikki Kaye, Todd Muller and myself took part in a public meeting in Tauranga... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP At this time of the year, it is very hard to remember how cold Tauranga homes can be in winter. When I was a principal, I remember vividly some of the houses my young pupils lived in were so cold that you... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz In need of some R&R, Sideline Sid and Mrs Sid headed over the Kaimai Range to catch day two and three of the Black Caps verses Bangladesh cricket test at Seddon... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Global temperatures are compiled for various areas including global (land-ocean), global (meteorological stations), three latitude bands, and hemispheric, by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Warning: This column contains explicit descriptions of bodily functions, medical procedures and talk of poop. It may offend some readers. Reader discretion is advised. You have... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris In this final part of a series on decisions, I turn to changes in New Zealand's culture that future leaders will have to navigate. We inherited our basic... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP The Tax Working group's final report - Future of Tax - released last week has certainly provided plenty of food for thought and emails in my inbox. The main recommendation from the group, which has... Read More

Todd Talks By Todd Muller The Tax Working Group report last week has gone much further than just a capital gains tax - they have offered up a suite of up to eight new taxes that the government will look to use to surgically remove... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP In December, New Zealand joined 151 other countries which voted in favour of the United Nations Global Compact for Migration. There has been much public debate and some misguided perceptions... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Publicity is the name of the game if you wish to showcase grassroots sport to the public. The local water polo community were rewarded for beating the drums of... 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

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Freeloading campers have become the scourge of our public spaces. A few inconsiderate sods are ruining it for travellers and locals alike. Many of our most treasured public areas... Read More