Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz When newly contracted White Fern Nensi Patel plays her first game in the New Zealand uniform, it will signal the handing of the baton from the first Bay of Plenty... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Each month Professor Ole Humlum of the The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), in Norway publishes on his very comprehensive web site a large number of updated charts and related analyses of data... Read More

Better Understanding Dementia with Ruth Thomas EnlivenPlus Demented, mad, away with the fairies... I've heard it all in my 30 years supporting people with dementia. We've come a long way in that time, but not far enough. My... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP We've just announced more support to ease the pressure on households here in the Waiariki, with further action to make sure Kiwis are paying a fair price at the supermarket checkout. I know people are... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Please don't tell anyone but there is half a sheet of plasterboard propped up against the wall in the garage. I'm no plasterboard snob, this isn't GIB, it's a French substitute called ProRoc. In... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Okay. Through the downpour and drizzle, I think I see a jazz festival approaching... It's not long now till Matariki and, being the first time we've celebrated it as a holiday and - more specifically -... Read More

Green Goals with Josh Cole Green Party Over the last four years, the Greens in Government have laid the foundations for climate action in every part of Aotearoa. The Emissions Reduction Plan(ERP) is a landmark all-of-Government... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz "When the young ones amongst the crowd at Te Rapa on the 22 February 1972 have grey beards and the old ones are gone, the day that Lester Piggott and Sailing Home... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder May Rainfalls 1898-2022 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... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The 'Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots - 'storms' on the sun - became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One There are a couple of important consultations open at the moment across our city, where public input is valuable and where there is a strong economic viewpoint. Firstly, Tauranga City... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP I met our Queen in 1995 at a function at Government House when I was working for Prime Minister Jim Bolger. It happened organically, one moment I was chatting to a colleague have... Read More