Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz Three Waters (drinking water, wastewater and stormwater) are currently controlled by 67 democratically elected city and district councils across New Zealand. The Labour Government's... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Mount Maunganui premier cricket team will have a big target on their back when the new Baywide Cricket season kicks off on Saturday, October 16. The team, based... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of September have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The graph below shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 274 mm in... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP I'm delighted to be the Minister for Women, leading work to support women and girls to thrive across New Zealand. Unfortunately, we know they've been particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and that's... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One The recent Covid-related shock to this area has fortunately passed without damage for most of the economy. We have seen that many local companies can work in some capacity under levels... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Like all MPs, my office is often asked to help rejected applicants who want to return home to New Zealand. We also hear from employers who can't retain international staff because... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Today's paper arrives on the first day of October; three quarters of the year has passed. It always seems at around this point that the year has rushed by, and this year the feeling is particularly... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Eighteen months ago, it was impossible to imagine the pandemic that was to come which would turn the world upside down. No better illustration for sports fans of... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book 'Fifteen shades of climate... the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect”. The... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP Under the current status quo, Aotearoa's networks of drinking water, wastewater and storm water are facing a crisis. Contaminated water causes some 100,000 sporadic illnesses every year. Rural communities... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz The government's decision to extend stringent restrictions in Auckland and level two restrictions elsewhere without additional urgent support has sadly already seen many Kiwi... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus And here we are again; it's musical Groundhog Day. We're in on-again/off-again territory and I can't help thinking the single most useful thing for the Bay right now would be a comprehensive listing guide... Read More