Democracy HQ A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris When Māori Party president Che Wilson claimed Tauranga was mentioned as a 'hotspot” of white supremacy in a Department of Internal Affairs report, I noticed. As... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP We've just released this year's Budget, which sets out the next steps in our plan to build a secure future for New Zealand. This includes a 'cost of living' package, which will help ease the pressure... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch I love a good renovation project. There's two main 'reno' types - 'the buy it, fix it, flip it' kind and the other one, where you spruce up, and extend out with the intention of living in it afterwards. It's... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Last week Sideline Sid looked at the current state of play in the BOPRU Baywide rugby competition. In this edition we wind the clock back one hundred years, courtesy... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Since instrumental records became available in the 1850's, climatic values show a range from the highest temperature of 42.4 degrees C recorded in Rangiora on February 7, 1973, to the lowest temperature... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus It's still NZ Music Month, so this week is more of last week: local music, live and elsewhere... First of all, how about starting your day with a little Kiwi music fun? That's the idea behind a new version... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One Last week, Priority One launched the Tauranga CBD Blueprint. The Blueprint outlines major developments planned or underway for Tauranga's CBD this decade. The 20 developments outlined in... Read More

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