Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP The recent outbreaks in Australia have been a timely reminder that when it comes to Covid, we're not out of the woods yet. One of my daughters lives in Melbourne and they're in lockdown number five.... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus A few weeks back I wrote of APRA's annual Silver Scroll songwriting awards. Specifically I wrote that the Australasian Performing Right Association have stripped 2016's winner, Thomas Oliver, of his award... Read More

Stephen Selwood Sustainability and climate change initiatives weren't the headline features of Tauranga City Council's 2021-31 Long Term Plan, but if you look a bit deeper, many of our planned investments are designed to have significant... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Four new-age sports will debut at the Tokyo Olympics, with the introduction surfing, sport climbing, skateboarding and BMX freestyle, joining the more the more traditional... 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

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP If you like the thought of celebrating a public holiday that you won't find anywhere else in the world, keep reading! Our government is delivering on a pre-election commitment, where New Zealand will... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz Freedom of speech is a fundamental right that has been preserved in New Zealand and liberal democracies worldwide. Sadly, this could be about to change, with Labour proposing... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One Last week Te Tuinga Whānau launched a pathway to reduce homelessness in Tauranga. The campaign goes by the catchphrase 'Tauranga - a safe anchorage for all', which captures some of our... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus You'll have to give me a little leeway with this column; it's hard to find the right tone just before deadline when you hear a friend has died. Especially when he was the person that did the ringing round... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Jack Lovelock's 1936 Olympic Gold Medal in the 1500m, laid down the legacy for Nick Willis in his attempt to earn further glory in the glamour event on the track... 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

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One Recently, local private equity firm Oriens Capital announced they had raised capital for their second fund. This involved them reaching their initial raise of $80m, although the fund is... Read More