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”....

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP Under the current status quo, Aotearoa’s networks of drinking water, wastewater and storm water are facing a crisis. Contaminated water causes some 100,000 sporadic illnesses every year. Rural...

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz The government’s decision to extend stringent restrictions in Auckland and level two restrictions elsewhere without additional urgent support has sadly already seen many...

Winston Watusi Music Plus And here we are again; it’s musical Groundhog Day. We’re in on-again/off-again territory and I can’t help thinking the single most useful thing for the Bay right now would be a comprehensive...

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.  Racing...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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"....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of August have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908 and 1909. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga...

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP  We’ve stamped out Covid before, and by sticking together and sticking to the rules, we can do it again. Together, we are stronger than the virus. The simplest thing New Zealanders can do...

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP I don’t know about you, but I was strangely excited with the ‘freedom’ afforded to me with Level 3. Even though I have a nice little coffee machine at home it...