Weather Eyewith John Maunder During November 2013, Tauranga had its warmest November ( average afternoon temperature of 22.3 degrees Celsius), since records began in 1913. Since then the November temperatures have been 20.5 degrees Celsius in 2014,... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Auckland has to grow by 1.5 Hamilton's during the next 30 years to accommodate its expected population growth. That's 11,000 hectares of new zoned land! On Monday we visited Auckland Council to see how they're... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Following last week's revelations that the PC Brigade, spearheaded by the Race Relations Commissioner, is attempting to undermine use of the term 'Christmas' in case it upsets someone, we've had a massive... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP Tauranga Eastern Link users are being charged a premium to use the road when they pay by cash or debit card. If a TEL user does not have access to a computer or the internet, they must pay $3.20 at a selected... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Long time resident and highly respected photographer Alf Rendell, in conjunction with local Historian Fiona Kean, have produced a new book 'Rendell's Tauranga - Historic Tauranga from Above'. This beautiful... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz Bay of Plenty Harbourmaster Peter Buell recently asked in a media release for boaties to steer well clear of large vessels entering Tauranga Harbour, to not cross ahead of them unless it's clear... Read More

Gwyn BrownTauranga Dive Approximately 30 per cent of New Zealand's land is protected to some degree as either a reserve, partially protected DOC land, or fully protected no go areas. As a comparison only 7 per cent of our coastal waters enjoy... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz This weekend I will be travelling to Paris to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference to join Trade and Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser. Prime Minister John Key has already been... Read More

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor I'm not a climate change denier, and I embrace the 'Bluegreen vision' of making good environmental decisions based on good science, and not political rhetoric. Sea level rise in Tauranga is not a given... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The graph shows the range of November rainfalls from 1898 to 2015 in Tauranga, from an extreme high of 285 mm in 1916 to a low of only 12 mm in 2009. The second wettest November was 1967, when 240 mm was recorded;... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Cricket has lost some of its allure for Sideline Sid in recent weeks, both at the local grassroots level and on the international stage. Western Bay club cricket has been rained off... Read More

Tales from the Fitness Campwith Dan Sheridan Week seven, and my shins aren't speaking to me. They're in pain, you see, but that hasn't stopped me running, skipping and lifting weights on them and generally demanding more than they can offer right... Read More