Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz The time of the year has come when the sun starts to ripen passionfruit, as it competes with the grape vine to smother the chicken compound fence. This year again there's hardly... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It happened a couple of weeks ago but it's the story that just keeps coming. Until now I've resisted the urge to lay bare the details.Shame two Christchurch insurance office staff also didn't resist... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It happened a couple of weeks ago but it's the story that just keeps coming. Until now I've resisted the urge to lay bare the details.Shame two Christchurch insurance office staff also didn't resist... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It happened a couple of weeks ago but it's the story that just keeps coming. Until now I've resisted the urge to lay bare the details.Shame two Christchurch insurance office staff also didn't resist... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz At the end of January I announced $37 million of urban cycleway projects to be rolled out across the country, as part of a $100 million programme we announced in the lead up to the General Election. These... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz By the time you read this, submissions will have closed on the draft Regional Land Transport Plan prepared by the Bay of Plenty Land Transport Committee, of which I'm chair. This plan is a statutory... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Elected members continued Long Term Plan discussions and decisions this week. Decisions were made as to what projects and financials would go into our Long Term Plan. This is by no means set in concrete... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz By the time you read this, submissions will have closed on the draft Regional Land Transport Plan prepared by the Bay of Plenty Land Transport Committee, of which I'm chair. This plan is a statutory... 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. The graph above shows details of the average daily maximum... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz It's been hard work being a Greerton Cricket Club supporter over the years. While the club's first XI have always enjoyed their cricket with a rare passion, Bay of Plenty Cricket silverware... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The graph shows the range of Tauranga's January rainfalls from 1898-2015, varied from an extreme high of 532 mm in 1907 to a low of only 1 mm in 1928. The second wettest January was 2011, when 347 mm was recorded; and... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Summer's produces is what many look forward to this season - especially fruits and berries. And when I spot the colour and blush on blueberries I know it's that time of the... Read More