Blogs

Zoo antics go ape, selfie killings and crash test dummy advice

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Following our health theme from last week, we're keeping our readers safe and well with some extraordinary life-saving tips. Last week we saved you from Macular Degeneration. This week we promise to... Read More

Global Temperatures 1880-2015

Weather Eyewith 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 of NASA. A graph... Read More

Baywide rugby competitions

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The promotion/relegation format of two Baywide rugby competitions have created several winner take all matches in Premier and Division One in the last qualifying rounds to be played... Read More

Free testing of your bodily functions

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz I'm quite concerned about my favourite readers and your potential loss of eyesight. Here at the Sun, we value our readers and want you to keep reading. Listeners are not a lot of use to a newspaper.... Read More

Planning for sea level rise

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz Scientists say there is no longer any doubt the Earth's climate is warming. New Zealand temperature records show an increase of about one degree Celsius during the last 100 years, with the last... Read More

Living with stress

Dr Anna Rolleston The Cardiac Clinic Some people easily identify with stress, can articulate the causes of it, and accept it as a part of living. Others, however, are somewhat oblivious to the phenomenon of stress at all. Stress can also be called... Read More

A gem for our community

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor Te Aranui Youth Trust is taking affirmative action to help our most vulnerable children. This trust works closely with our Police to help young at-risk children one at a time. These are children, who... Read More

Major events funding

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Elected members agreed to major events funding of $7.725m during 10 years in the 2015-2025 Long Term Plan to attract new events to Tauranga. Staff are requesting an extra $371,000 in the Annual Plan to... Read More

Life as the wife of an MP

Michelle's Musingswith Michelle Muller At least once a week I get asked 'what is it like being the wife of an MP”? As I sit to type this I have three robust, confident children engaging in the school morning routine. One is singing away as... Read More

Getting the Government’s finances in order

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Finance Minister Bill English has delivered the National-led Government's eighth Budget. In a pre-Budget speech, Minister English indicated that this year would have a strong focus on investing in our... Read More

Council’s last budget before the elections

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Our last budget before the elections was debated this week. I'll outline the decisions next week. The wide range of submissions from different parts of the city gave us a thumbs up in general, although there's... Read More

Serving up a Greek classic

Peter BlakewayFood writer This week I wanted to share a couple of recipes with you, one my own version of a Greek classic and the other its ancient Arab origin. Best of all, for me, is just how long this one has been around. Moussaka (the stress... Read More