Blogs
08:53am Fri 12 Sep, 2014
Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Councillors are currently gathering information to inform our decisions on the draft Long Term Plan in November. These decisions will be made in a series of public meetings. This week I've asked councillor Bev... Read More
08:52am Fri 12 Sep, 2014
Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor The opening ceremony of the AIMS Games at the ASB Arena this week was a reminder of the organisation, passion, commitment and dedication required to bring an outstanding event to Tauranga. Vicky Semple,... Read More
10:04am Thu 11 Sep, 2014
Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Catching the last moments of T Ball, at the softball facilities at the Carlton Street Reserve last Saturday got me thinking about changes in youngsters being introduced to sport in... Read More
12:20pm Tue 09 Sep, 2014
Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of August 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 274mm in 2010 to a low of only 17mm... Read More
12:38pm Mon 08 Sep, 2014
Insider's Guide to the Festivalwith Liz French The Garden Trail is the backbone of every festival and while there may be a myriad of other events at the festival without our gardeners we have no festival. The gardeners who share their private domains... Read More
12:36pm Mon 08 Sep, 2014
Insider's Guide to the Festivalwith Liz French The Garden Trail is the backbone of every festival and while there may be a myriad of other events at the festival without our gardeners we have no festival. The gardeners who share their private domains... Read More
12:35pm Mon 08 Sep, 2014
Insider's Guide to the Festivalwith Liz French The Garden Trail is the backbone of every festival and while there may be a myriad of other events at the festival without our gardeners we have no festival. The gardeners who share their private domains... Read More
09:55am Sun 07 Sep, 2014
Insider's Guide to the Festivalwith Liz French The Garden Trail is the backbone of every festival. And while there may be a myriad of other events at this year's New Zealand Garden and Art Festival, without our gardeners we have no festival. The... Read More
11:07am Fri 05 Sep, 2014
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz This week The Weekend Sun laments the striking down of Rogers Rabbits by a dose of myxomatosis or rabbit flu. The good news is, we have his cousin as guest columnist, Jim Bunny, recently escaped from... Read More
11:06am Fri 05 Sep, 2014
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz This week The Weekend Sun laments the striking down of Rogers Rabbits by a dose of myxomatosis or rabbit flu. The good news is, we have his cousin as guest columnist, Jim Bunny, recently escaped from... Read More
11:04am Fri 05 Sep, 2014
Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Thanks for your feedback on my previous column. Part Two on ensuring council is as efficient as a business will be written in future weeks. In the meantime, I've asked councillor Steve Morris to share his views... Read More
10:59am Fri 05 Sep, 2014
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz This week The Weekend Sun laments the striking down of Rogers Rabbits by a dose of myxomatosis or rabbit flu. The good news is, we have his cousin as guest columnist, Jim Bunny, recently escaped from... Read More