Todd Talks With Todd Muller National MP New Zealand's health system is in crisis, with a severe shortage of nurses and midwives contributing to ballooning wait lists, delays accessing treatment, and dangerously overcrowded... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Regular Friday morning coffee breaks at the Sulphur Point Marina provide a non-stop panorama from the shore, which looks directly down the harbour entrance. From... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Nearly June already, and it starts with a public holiday: a new public holiday. For the first time in my life we're celebrating King's Birthday Weekend. Hooray! All that coronation palaver was good for... Read More

Democracy HQ A personal view, by Steve Morris Inflation, or ‘Robflation' as I call it, is quietly eroding New Zealand's wealth. With a 32-year high inflation rate, our money's value has shrunk by seven per cent in just... Read More

Talking Politics With Sam Uffindell Tauranga City MP National will get the cost of living crisis under control. Under Labour we are seeing runaway inflation, skyrocketing interest rates, and Kiwis struggling to make ends meet.... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One While last week's Budget announcement was fairly underwhelming for new and interesting government policies, it was somewhat interesting on the economic front - with some relatively surprising... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP The Government last week released Budget 2023, which sets out more support for today and the next steps in our plan to build for tomorrow. I wanted to make sure you'd heard about a few key initiatives, including... Read More

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 the solar... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The cream of New Zealand's amateur boxers are in earnest preparation for the Boxing New Zealand National Championships to be held in Tauranga, from July 5 to... Read More

Green Goals with Josh Cole Green Party Today's Budget makes good progress on climate and inequality, but falls short of what's needed to fix both. There are some really important steps in this Budget that will make a difference... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus There's a new music video from Tauranga. But first, a gig. And not just any gig. An international act, here from Japan for the fourth time; they're wild. King Brothers, four high-energy Japanese punks,... Read More

Jim Bunny Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz No! Nuh! Nein! Should we rename Tauranga ‘NO-ranga'? Because ‘No' is the inevitable howl that goes up to anything that might signal change, that might make... Read More