Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz A terrible, terrible thing has befallen our country. Innocent lives have been lost. We stand with the people of Christchurch and those whose lives have been shattered, in denouncing...

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris At the time of writing, we’ve had 50 fellow Kiwis stolen from us in a cowardly terrorist attack. They’ll forever be our mums and dads, brothers...

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz Last weekend I had planned to attend the Multicultural Festival at Tauranga Historic Village, to celebrate our community’s diversity. Like many events around the country,...

Jan Tinetti Labour MP After the unspeakable terrorist attack in Christchurch, I have decided not to write a political column. It is not the right time. This is a time for unity across New Zealand, as the Prime Minister has said...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Parking will be at an absolute premium anywhere near the Mount Main Beach this weekend, when the Surf Lifesaving New Zealand National Championships come to town. Up...

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of February have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 (except for 1904, 1908, and 1909). The graph of February rainfalls in Tauranga shows the range of rainfalls from a high...

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It is pest time of the year, when we are bombarded with all kinds of annoying, stinging, blood-sucking, tax-grabbing critters. If you have survived the jellyfish, stingrays,...

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP There will be a lot of worried locals as a result of the government’s efforts to re-engineer our tax system - and we’re not talking about the wealthy. The Tax Working...

Tamati Coffey Labour MP Firstly, let me mihi to the outstanding efforts of Lee Lucas, Carlo Koppe and the team behind the Tauranga Moana Pride Picnic. While I was unable to be there, Labour wahine toa Louisa Wall, Angie Warren-Clark...

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris In this final part of a series on decisions, I turn to changes in New Zealand’s culture that future leaders will have to navigate. We inherited our...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP The research and development statistics released last week are great news for New Zealand. They showed that research and development spending across the country grew by $758 million to $3.9...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz If only objects could tell tales, what stories we would likely hear. Last week Sideline Sid had a piece of local sporting silverware that dates back nearly a century,...

Weather Eye with John Maunder A sunspot is a relatively dark, sharply defined region on the solar disc - marked by an umbra (dark area) which is 2000 degrees Celsius cooler than the effective photosphere temperature. The average...

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz We take a keen interest in the environment and spend a lot of  time monitoring temperatures, sea levels and other indicators of  global change. Okay, that could also...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Current discussions over the possibility of transferring land at Panepane Point back to local hapu has stirred up some controversy in the community, and not without reason. Panepane Point is...

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz What a great start to the year it has been. We have certainly hit the ground running. Recently, Nikki Kaye, Todd Muller and myself took part in a public meeting in Tauranga...

Jan Tinetti Labour MP At this time of the year, it is very hard to remember how cold Tauranga homes can be in winter. When I was a principal, I remember vividly some of the houses my young pupils lived in were so cold that you...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz In need of some R&R, Sideline Sid and Mrs Sid headed over the Kaimai Range to catch day two and three of the Black Caps verses Bangladesh cricket test at Seddon...

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...