Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP So by the time you are reading this we will have had this Government's second to last budget. Although I don't yet know the detail, significant debt funded cash has signalled... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Before Grant and Jacinda had even popped their cheese rolls in the oven on Budget Day, the Team of One here at Hutch headquarters was doing its own sums. As the shadow Finance Minister for the... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid can't wait for the wet and cold of winter. Fueling his longing is the business end of the BOPRU Baywide premier rugby competition. While the nine... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder For further information on a range of weather and climate matters see my recent book Fifteen shades of climate... the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect. Available from Amazon. The... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Something strange happened the other day - I met a fresh foreigner. In my spare time I run a small lawn mowing and landscaping business, and I was asked by a third party to provide an estimate... Read More

Todd McClay National MP for Rotorua With New Zealand's busiest port and the bustling kiwifruit industry the Bay of Plenty is a big contributor to the country's economy. In fact without the goods we export there would be fewer jobs... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One The Tauranga By-election brings a relatively rare chance for Tauranga to get a significant amount of political attention as parties aim to take Simon Bridges' vacant seat. The by-election... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus And we're off! Yes, New Zealand Music Month is up and running… So, as promised, I'll be looking at a few upcoming shows this week as it looks like next weekend is peak gigging time for the month. And... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP Around one million New Zealanders will now be warmer with less stress, thanks to the Winter Energy Payment resuming at the start of this month. Our Government introduced this payment to help seniors... Read More

Commission News & Views with Commission Chair Anne Tolley The responses to the recently-completed community consultation on Tauranga City Council's 2022/2023 Annual Plan and 2121-2031 Long-Term Plan amendment offer some revealing... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Racing Tauranga is quietly approaching a big milestone of 150 years of racing at the course in Gate Pa. This milestone will be marked in January 2024. Taking a... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The following data sets and comments are from the climate4you.com website developed by Professor Ole Humlum who is a Danish Professor Emeritus of Physical Geography at the University of Oslo, and Adjunct... Read More