Todd TalksBy Todd Muller As many of you will have seen, on March 8 we celebrated International Women's Day. While this is a great opportunity for our community not only to celebrate our wives, mothers and sisters, and to discuss the issues facing... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP New Zealanders respect a brave politician, who's willing to make a tough - or even unpopular - call for the greater good. What Kiwis think of someone who is trying to pretend to do so, remains to be seen. The... Read More

Lisa Te PaaGRx Advisor (Tauranga)Sport Bay of Plenty Green Prescription is a support programme for adults who are currently inactive and are unsure how to make lifestyle changes. The goal is to help start them on a journey to improved health and... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A soggy Sunday afternoon finish wrapped up the Bay of Plenty Cricket representative season, where the Bay team retained the two big trophies that they play for each cricket year. Seven... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of February have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 (except for 1904, 1908, and 1909). The graph of February rainfalls in Tauranga shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 343 mm in 1936... Read More

Claire's CuisineWith Sun Media's Claire Rogers www.sunlive.co.nz Our current family in-house joke when we are on our way to Wharf Street Eatery, is where else can you call out 'Oi” in a restaurant and get instant service with a smile and... Read More

Phil Phishy 'Out of my cold dead hand” A statement made by the actor Chalton Heston in May of 2000 at a National Rifle Association rally in America. Obviously expressing strongly his desire to carry arms and live within his constitutional... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz If, like many Kiwis, you take a multi-type supplement then you should carefully read the mineral content on the label. Minerals are critical for the health and development of every cell in our body. Minerals... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP More revelations from the Ministry of Thin Air. This must be this blue government's most valuable department, as it appears to be the first port of call for answering tricky or uncomfortable questions. This... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Some science-type bods are getting a bit excited because they believe mankind may be on the brink of merging with machines.Transhumanism, they call it. Not to be confused with trannie-humans. The theory... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Every year tourists flock to Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty. We wave at them as they come and go on cruise ships, we share our Mauao walking tracks with them and we encourage them to enjoy our beaches... Read More

Straight from city councilA personal view,by Councillor Steve Morris You may ask why doesn't Tauranga have a museum or some of the other feel-good things a modern city has? The answer is simple - infrastructure. Building a city out of a small town... Read More