Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch  Kiwis and pies go hand in hand. In fact you could put an actual kiwi in a pie and get away with it because pies are more Kiwi  than kiwis. There is nothing more quintessentially...

Jan Tinetti Labour MP Did you know the coalition Government just celebrated two years since the election? That’s two years of meaningful progress to build a New Zealand where people who have been struggling for too long can...

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz Most people have a story about loopy regulations. Something that makes absolutely no sense, but a bureaucrat in Wellington thought it sounded great. If you’re lucky...

Todd Talks By Todd Muller Last Monday night I attended the Save our Underpass Public Meeting to listen and share in the outrage within our community at NZTA’s plan to cancel the pedestrian and cycle underpass as part of the...

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP So many of us struggle with mental health or addiction issues – no matter who we are and where we come from – and when help is not available, that distress can turn into crisis. If you are...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP No area of government affects our day-to-day lives more than at the local level. Local authorities are responsible for making decisions which ensure quality of life for all of its citizens. ...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid is occasionally referred to by family and friends as a master of useless information. Being a keen amateur historian and a having enquiring mind, combine,...

Weather Eye with John Maunder Among the many climate science meetings I have attended, the most significant, at least in term of climate change is concerned, was my involvement in the UN sponsored International Conference held in...

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch In 1995 we were all witnessing Nelson Mandela holding the Rugby World Cup aloft. In 2007 we were “robbed” by the ref and France kicked us where it hurt, yet again, in another failed...

Winston Watusi Music Plus So much music, so little time... There really is so much on that I'm looking for a way to present something other than what amounts to a seven hundred word listicle. But no politics this week. Two...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Last week, the Coalition Government announced a new temporary work visa process that will actively prioritise Kiwis and the regions. Looking for labour abroad should never be treated as the...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Nothing gets Sideline Sid steamed up more than a sensational headline that bears no relationship to the following story - especially when this grey-headed sports...

Weather Eye with John Maunder The NASA solar physics website, and other websites such as the Royal Observatory of Belgium, include information on sunspot numbers, spotless days, the ‘Maunder Minimum' and sunspot cycle...

Winston Watusi Music Plus It’s time for Part Two of The Great 2019 Mayoral Music Survey. The first four respondents featured last week (see www.sunlive.co.nz). They were: Kelvin Clout, John Robson, Tenby Powell and Andrew...

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch The problem with local body elections is that you haven’t got the foggiest idea who any of the candidates are but you really feel like you are supposed to vote. At least in the general elections...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP I am very pleased with the result of lasts week’s 2019 AIMS Games. It was amazing to see more than 11,500 young athletes descend on Tauranga to participate in such a positive and lively...

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz I can always tell when our community is angry. I get calls and emails from people letting me know their concerns. This is happening at the moment as people living in the...

Tamati Coffey Labour MP The days of New Zealanders recognising Guy Fawkes on November 5, completely unaware that Parihaka shares the same date, are numbered. I was in Wellington, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled a New...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid is counting down the days to the highest profile sporting event ever held in the Western Bay of Plenty. Once considered a sporting backwater, the Western...