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

Winston Watusi Music Plus OK! Orange is here and with it music and we are absolutely indubitably rolling again. Some starts immediately, some will arrive after a predictable lag while bands and musicians rebook gigs. The most affected... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch There's been a lot swirling around in my head lately and I'm sure others will have had the same problem. There are the two big events going on - pandemic and war - but like all good humans, I tune... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One A few weeks ago Priority One launched the Young Innovator Awards for 2022. In its 12th year, YiA! is an innovation programme for intermediate and secondary school students to work on an... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz April has produced some never-to-be-forgotten milestones for four Western Bay of Plenty cricket players. In the month where cricket gear has been stowed away for... 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

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz We are constantly amused and bemused over the modern world's obsession to warn everyone of everything. It seems peoplekind have recently lost the ability to think for themselves.... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus We live in a divided country; it's sad to see and I don't know what can be done to solve the problem. I'm not talking about Covid here. Enough about that. We're not divided about Covid, except in a few... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP As the date for the Tauranga by-election was announced last week, it made me reflect on the past four-and-a-half years I have spent as a locally-based List MP here in Tauranga. One of the best decisions my... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP The current Labour government operates a policy to reduce the numbers of people in prison. It has succeeded in this, but not through a reduction in crime. From conversations I've... Read More

Four Tauranga Boxing Club fighters are in their final phases of preparation for the postponed 2021 Boxing New Zealand National Championships. The championships are to be held in Wanganui from April 20 to April 23. Defending Women's 69kg champion Arianne... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder For further Infomation about a wide range of weather/climate matters see my new book "Fifteen shades of climate... the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect". The extract below on "Central... Read More