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

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio, launched the Pacific Business Village in Tauranga last Friday. This was created by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples using a $16.2 million multi-year... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Wage data released by Statistics New Zealand this week shows that costs facing households continue to rise faster than wages, deepening the cost of living crisis we're all living. Latest... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus If April, as T.S. Elliot proclaimed, really is the cruellest month then let's be thankful it's over and move straight on to New Zealand Music Month. Of course every month is NZ Music Month here at the... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch When it comes to things that take a long time, it's important to look out for the defining moments along the way. Defining moments are often trumpeted as a great success - a good news story in a... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A SunLive rugby league story over the weekend grabbed Sideline Sid's attention, whereby the Coastline District Rugby League is making a tough decision to merge... Read More