Blogs
11:43am Tue 30 Jan, 2018
Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz What a night at the Bay Oval on Sunday evening, when the Black Caps took on Pakistan in the ICC International Twenty20 series decider. The game had everything that is great about the... Read More
04:52pm Fri 26 Jan, 2018
Weather Eyewith John Maunder The 'Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots - 'storms' on the sun - became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851-1928),... Read More
03:40pm Fri 26 Jan, 2018
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz We've been concerned for quite some time about the health ailments affecting some of my age group. Particularly the lunatic fringe who read this column.Many of you are losing your minds and it's time... Read More
03:32pm Fri 26 Jan, 2018
Jan TinettiLabour MP Happy New Year! I'm sure many of us had a wonderful time over the festive break. Tauranga is certainly a beautiful place to experience the idyllic New Zealand summer of sun, surf and sand. Firstly I want to acknowledge the... Read More
03:30pm Fri 26 Jan, 2018
Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Are you going away this long weekend, and if so, will you be travelling over the Kaimai Range to Hamilton? As magnificent as the Kaimai Range is, the roads around this region have cost a lot of lives.... Read More
02:37pm Tue 23 Jan, 2018
Active Voicewith Laura WeaserSport BOP Communication Advisor Christmas was cancelled in 2017 - well, for me it was. With a wedding in February, a large get-together held at the start of December with my partner's relations and my family based in... Read More
11:55am Tue 23 Jan, 2018
Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz When Sideline Sid left home last Wednesday to catch the West Indies verses South Africa Under 19 Cricket World Cup encounter at the Bay Oval - he had no idea that he would witness an... Read More
10:52am Tue 23 Jan, 2018
Weather Eyewith John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The average afternoon temperature in December 2017 was 24.3... Read More
03:48pm Fri 19 Jan, 2018
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz There are many reasons why you should wear a shirt, people, and frankly I'm a little disappointed that we are even having this conversation.This has been a difficult time for me, as I've been forced... Read More
03:43pm Fri 19 Jan, 2018
Todd MullerNational MP As we begin 2018, I have a request to my counterpart, Minister James Shaw, to ensure the significant climate change discussions that await both parliament and communities all across New Zealand this year are anchored in... Read More
11:21am Wed 17 Jan, 2018
Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz What a spectacle at the Bay Oval on Sunday, where India played Australia in a Group B encounter in the 2018 ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup currently being played in New Zealand. In... Read More
09:56am Mon 15 Jan, 2018
Weather Eyewith 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. The graph below shows details of the average annual daily maximum... Read More