Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A sizzling 11-under final round on Sunday, gave Auckland golf professional Tae Koh the 85th edition of the New Zealand PGA championship, played at Te Puke Golf Club...

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 Sometimes I'm a bit torn about what to put in this column. There are generally two directions things can go. Firstly, and the most tempting, is I can have a bit of a rant about something. That is,...

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP Last week as we commemorated Anzac Day and remembered the sacrifice given to our nation by those who served in the two great wars and other conflicts around the globe, we find ourselves still in the...

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Part of being an effective electorate MP is staying connected with constituents and key stakeholders. As well as holding monthly drop-in clinics for constituents to share their...

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch There are a few burning issues  facing humanity at the moment but the biggest conflagration locally is the roll out of wheelie bins and other receptacles by the Tauranga City Council. Curiously...

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One A couple of weeks ago the New Zealand Productivity Commission released a report about our country’s economic productivity and how we could improve it.  The commission, chaired...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Last weekend saw the running of a thoroughbred race, which attracted crowds in the thousands during the 1940 through to the 1970’s, with a number of great...

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...

Annemarie Quill. Connie Richards is at a girls’ lunch in the Mount. It’s Saturday, a long weekend and over a few gin cocktails, the girls start discussing their latest ‘must-have’ purchases, sharing tips on great finds. Thirty-eight-year-old...

Winston Watusi Music Plus Anzac Day, or at least the public holiday for it, coincides with the Oscars. It has not been a good year for awards shows. Nights of glitz and glamour aren't the same without the glitz and glamour....

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Like a clap of thunder and a bolt of lightning out of a blue sky, the Government is changing our  health system. Amongst other things, Health Minister Andrew Little is promising to “treat...

Democracy HQ A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris If you’re feeling disappointed by decisions to increase rates by 20 per cent, frustrated at how your money is being spent on a $14.2m increase in Council staff salaries...

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz This weekend we remember our Anzacs - those who’ve served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, and the contribution and suffering they’ve...

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Fifty years ago, jackpot fever swept the country as thousands of punters thronged race courses throughout the country in their search for the mythical pot of gold. The...

Weather Eye with John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots – ‘storms' on the sun – became almost zero. The period is named after...

Winston Watusi Music Plus This week let's have a look at next week. Live music continues apace. I've picked out three very different gigs of interest, one leaning Celtic, an international rock show, and a heaping helping...

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Confessions are very important – they clear the air and help us  move forward. So, in order to help solve the country’s problems, I feel it’s important to ‘fess up to...

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Another week, another shambles from this government. We’ve seen terrible housing statistics, failures at our border, horticulturalists struggling to get their fruit picked...