Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand has quietly seen a new initiative that will have long ranging improvements of racehorse preparation and winter racing surfaces.... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little overall trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from, at times, milder... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP While it's great to be out of lockdown, businesses in the Bay and throughout New Zealand will continue to struggle as long as our country's largest market, Auckland, remains isolated... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP On Tuesday, thousands of New Zealanders in Tauranga Moana and right across Aotearoa joined together to support Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2021. If this was you, good on you, and if it wasn't kei te pai... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Once again I write this while much of the city and the Bay remains silent, devoid of live music. It's been harder this time. The Delta variant has screwed over the few establishments that braved level... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Bay of Plenty Steamers will have a window of opportunity when they run out to face Hawke's Bay, at McLean Park in Napier on Sunday afternoon. Covid-19 disruptions... 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 following... Read More

Democracy HQ A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Tauranga ratepayers have invested heavily in three-waters infrastructure. Now, the government wants to buy $1.3 billion worth of your assets for just $48 million. Council... Read More

Commision News & Views with Commission Chair Anne Tolley One of the most frequent complaints Tauranga City Council commissioners receive is from people expressing dissatisfaction that the asphalt road surface in their quiet suburban... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz A couple of related issues this year have highlighted to me how lacking in common sense and ability the Labour government and our Labour appointed council are when it comes to... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I don't know anybody who is happy about the state of television at the moment. That's what I was going to write about this week, and I still intend to. But there's been a level change in the continuing... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The rise of Western Bay of Plenty women's cricket star Nensi Patel continues, after she was one of eight women to receive NZ Cricket Women's Development... Read More