Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Happy New Year to you all. Is it getting too late to say that? While the holidays seem like a distant memory now, it was great to spend some quality time with the family and Natalie's parents during the... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Six months preparation, a wheelbarrow full of predictions of success followed by another crushing loss in the first game of the season - yes the New Zealand Warriors NRL season has... 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

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz The cells called Mitochondria are our internal engines that take the energy from food and finally change this into the form of energy our bodies need. At the end of the line is the production of our bodies'... Read More

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor Tauranga's CBD is a disgrace when compared with many other regional centres. I spent the last three weeks travelling throughout the South Island, and I'm not surprised our tourist visitors have topped... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz There's been plenty said already about the NZ flag project, to the point that most people are tired of hearing about it.It hasn't reached feverish levels of passion; Kiwis have failed to get highly... Read More

Peter GriffinPlanwise Financial Services Then now is a good time to review your insurances. 'But how much insurance should I get?” You may need to cover the debt or mortgage, enough for funeral costs, any other short-term debt you might have... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Who would've thought that an organisation in 2016, which owns $3 billion of assets and spends $185 million annually, has archaic computer systems that struggles to share information internally? Poor ICT systems... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor I attended an outstanding show at Baycourt recently. David Helfgott's event was brilliant and with tickets costing from $59 per person, I believe this was great value for money when compared to other entertainment... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller I spent most of 1997 travelling the world, or at least Asia and Eastern Europe. A year of many firsts, a year that changed me deeply, a year that really turned me into a passionate Kiwi. I found travelling made me more... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Just when the local cricket season is coming to the business end of the season, someone said to me that Super Rugby had kicked off last weekend. Sideline Sid was brought up on a diet... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The National Snow and Ice Data Centre, in Boulder, Colorado, has an extensive website on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice. (see http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_) Graphs of the extent of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern... Read More