Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A number of sports that have huge participation numbers worldwide fly under the radar in New Zealand, both in competitor numbers and media profile. Olympic style (amateur) wrestling... Read More

Annie SchenkelGreen Prescription (GRx) Project Coordinator, Sport Bay of Plenty The Diabetes Prevention Project (DPP) is coming to an end on June 30th. This pilot project aimed to assist people to prevent developing Type 2 Diabetes and was funded... Read More

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. It's very common for areas such as Tauranga to have experienced... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller The Bay is set to continue its surging growth and bring with it more jobs and better prospects for families in our region. A recent study released by Infometrics shows the Bay of Plenty grew by 3.2 per cent in the first... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Recent heavy rain in Dunedin and Wellington shows it's near impossible for any city in New Zealand to live free from flooding. A month's worth of rain fell within 24 hours in both cities this year. No city in... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz In local news, it's great to see TCC now backing the Omokoroa-Tauranga cycleway project. This column rallied in support of the bike track a few weeks ago and the reneging city council has U-turned,... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Elected members have completed deliberations on submissions made to the Long Term Plan. It's become clear we need to have a framework in place to assist in making decisions when it comes to funding requests... Read More

Beautiful Youby Suzanne Edmonds Each week, beauty enthusiast Suzanne Edmonds explores the best ways to take care of ourselves so that we love the skin we're in. Chilly temperatures, dry air and central heating can play havoc with your skin, but... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga Domain has been grabbing the headlines in the local news recently, with the return of the Steamers to the inner-city ground, to square off against arch-rivals Waikato on the... Read More

Lena Kairau and Buddy Meyer Active Families and Family Lifestyle Coach Advisors Sport Bay of Plenty Unfortunately the obesity statistics for children in New Zealand do not paint a positive picture. The latest data available from the 2012/13 Health... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of May have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 - except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909.The graph shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 634 mm in 2005 to a low of 13 mm in 2001.... Read More

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor It's so easy to be critical, but let's not forget that we live in the best city, in the best country in the world! Yes, I know our Green cousins criticise government agencies for promoting New Zealand... Read More