Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch We are fed so much spin, so often that it's hard to untangle sometimes. Take the 'resignation' of Dr Ashley Bloomfield this week - Director General of Health and chief executive of the Ministry... Read More

The opening stanza of the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup at the Bay Oval set the scene for an amazing month of the best women's players in the world showcasing their talents to a huge international television audience. While Covid pandemic regulations... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of March have been recorded in Tauranga for 124 years since 1898 - except for 1904, 1908 and 1909. This graph below shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 504 mm in 1979,... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus All of us have wished, sometime, for a time machine. It would come in handy for many a situation: the brief instant you realise you have just fallen out of a tree; the moment after you fail that breathalyser... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch When Will Smith charged up onto the stage at the Oscars this week and slapped Chris Rock in the face, it seemed appropriate. The slap was on behalf of his wife who had just been insulted in front... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP When it comes to the health and wellbeing of our communities it's our local organisations who really understand their needs, what's working and what needs tweaking. It's so important to have our government... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP It's been a great opportunity having my colleague Simeon Brown visit the Bay of Plenty this week. As Opposition Transport Spokesman, he's found it as concerning as I do to see... Read More

When Sideline Sid flicked over to the TAB Trackside Chanel recently to catch the finish of a race in which he had a small investment, he was reminded how technology has changed horse racing. Moments after two horses went over the line locked together,... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder https://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you One example of what is contained in the above website are the charts of Arctic and Antarctic air temperatures from January 2000 to February 2022. Each... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Ukraine's heroic president Zelenskyy has won worldwide acclaim for his staunch defence of his country. Turning down an offer of safe passage out of the war zone from the USA... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Let's start this week with some birthday wishes. It happens that one of the Bay's more famous residents, the very fabulous Richard O'Brien, is celebrating his 80th birthday today, on March 25. All together... Read More

Democracy HQ A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Last week, you may have read the Rogers Rabbits editorial 'On the edge of extinction' in The Weekend Sun, March 18 edition, page 2. Rogers writes about Nanaia Mahuta taking... Read More