Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 122 years. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga Harbour,...

Winston Watusi Music Plus As the music scene returns to normal so does this column; this week we’ve got a blues gig and a new album. The album, My Red Guitar, is by Tauranga local  Ian Gilmour, recorded at Whakamarama’s...

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch The Green Party has come up with a great solution to something – I’m not sure what exactly – with its new tax policy. Basically if you don’t already earn $325 a week, you...

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris “I’ll be in Tauranga at 10 o’clock” I say. “You’re already in Tauranga,” comes the response from a Council colleague. “No,...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The saying that ‘the more that things change - the more that they stay the same' seems to have come true in this years Mitre 10 Cup. When the Mitre 10...

Weather Eye with John Maunder The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is a standardized index based on the observed sea level pressure differences between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia. The SOI is a leading measure of the large-scale...

Winston Watusi Music Plus Some weeks things simply don’t work out the way you planned. Following a column talking about local studios and the types of albums they produce, I planned to review a debut album from songwriter...

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch I have a bit of a love hate relationship with the internet. It has revolutionised the way we store and access information but it has its faults as well. You can attempt to cure your disease while...

Professor Jens Mueller Good Business  When you’re Paul the Plumber, are you a business? I love it when these creative artsy people design new logos for businesses – it makes even the smallest business look flash...

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris The statement by the Mayor last week that Tauranga City Council was ‘insolvent’ caught many by surprise, including Councillors and Council staff. ...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While Sideline Sid, along with the rest of the country, has had little to smile about in the last three months, the arrival of Super Rugby Aotearoa on the small...

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...

Winston Watusi Music Plus It's an odd feeling, but things seem to be returning to normal. And once again, as I follow foreign news from America, Britain, India, even little Singapore which started so well, all I can say is...

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch I might be paranoid but is anyone else worried about Muffin Mclay? All over the world people are tearing down symbols of colonialism and here we have an Old English Sheepdog hanging out on the waterfront,...

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP As some of you may know by now, I will not be seeking re-election at this year’s 2020 general elections. This means that this term will be my last as a List MP based in Tauranga. I did...

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Councils around the country are re-drafting their annual budgets following COVID-19. Tauranga City Council’s new budget sees a $20m reduction in revenue...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Queen’s Birthday award to former boxer Billy Graham, making him a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, recognised his decades long work in developing...

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 milder/warmer temperatures...

Winston Watusi Music Plus Brighton, like many English cites, has a vibrant jazz scene; and there’s a drummer from Tauranga right in the midst of it. Mainstay of the scene is a black Berklee-trained American from Philadelphia,...