Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Attending a Bay of Plenty Steamers game is a bit like a lucky dip - you never know what you are going to get. Sunday's Mitre 10 Cup encounter at the Tauranga...

Weather Eye with John Maunder The graph below shows details of the average daily maximum temperatures, called ‘afternoon', for Tauranga for July from 1913-2019. The temperature for July 2019 was 15.8 degrees Celsius. It's...

Winston Watusi Music Plus There are two sides to Tauranga. It often seems – possibly with good reason – that we're locked in the musical mainstream, an unthreatening mixture of jazz, blues, folk and cover bands,...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP The sale of New Zealand’s valuable assets in recent years has proved to be short-sighted and fundamentally flawed. The sales have created a raft of issues, which the Coalition Government...

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz All of us have loved ones and friends who have been affected by cancer. Cancer is the biggest cause of death in New Zealand. Recently I announced National’s plan for...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz There are few tougher sports than professional boxing, where two men enter the ring for a monetary reward. Personally, I have a problem with the professional game,...

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of July have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The graph for the period 1898-2019 shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high...

Winston Watusi Music Plus Time to celebrate, boogie-lovers - Jan Preston is coming to town! Or should I say, Jan Preston is coming back to town, since the woman they call Australia's Queen of Boogie Piano has a long and strong...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP In October last year the Government banned the sale of homes to foreign buyers. In the first few months, the sale of New Zealand properties to foreign owners fell through the floor, down 81...

Jan Tinetti Labour MP The Government announced recently a major overhaul of disabilities funding which will see family members, including parents and spouses, paid up to $25.50 an hour to look after family members. With around...

Todd Talks By Todd Muller We all know someone who has gone through the cancer journey. The thousands that turn out to some of the Bay’s cancer fundraising events show just how much this disease impacts our lives. The Papamoa...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Every so often in sport, a group of rising stars will come together in a team before going on to perform with distinction on the big stage. The 2005 Bay of Plenty...

Weather Eye with John Maunder Each month Professor Ole Humlum of the The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), in Norway publishes on the web his very comprehensive web site updating a large number of charts and related analyses...

Winston Watusi Music Plus Walking along Devonport Road is a sad experience these days. Perhaps it was a couple of weeks since I'd been in town but a few days ago when I strolled up the once bustling street it felt like a frowzy...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP New Zealand has become one of the most sought-after countries in the world for immigrants. Is it because of our small population? Our stunning outdoor environment? Our non-corrupt, egalitarian...

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz I visited a top performing car yard in Mt Maunganui recently. There were hundreds of cars on the lot. Many of these would incur a price increase of up to $6350 if the Government’s...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Dreams do sometimes come true - just ask the army of Te Puna Rugby Club supporters who were at Maramatanga Park on Saturday, as their boys lifted the Baywide Premier...

Weather Eye with John Maunder Global temperatures are compiled for various areas including global (land-ocean), global (meteorological stations), three latitude bands, and hemispheric, by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP With its eyes firmly focused on generating a more productive economy and supporting innovation, the Government has fine-tuned its Research and Development tax credit scheme, to allow loss-making...