Todd Talks With Todd Muller National MP While I was often unwell as a child, missing out on a lot of school and sports, I was fortunate to learn the joy of books. I loved being able to summon the world to my sick bed,... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Fifty odd years ago, when I first got involved in sports administration as a volunteer, the major communication tool was a paper newsletter sent out to the membership... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Easter is over. The Jazz Fest is done. But there's always more music around the corner... First of all though, hats off to the organisers of the Jazz Festival. What a splendid event, fully fitting of a... Read More

Jim Bunny Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz I blame Magda Sayeg. 'Who?” asked the Doe. Magda. She started it all. Magda, the high priestess of yarn bombing. And all the time there's the infernal racket of... Read More

From the Garden with Margaret Wilson from Pacifica Garden Centre With daylight saving now behind us, hopefully we'll still get some of the lovely Indian summer days to make up for the dismal ‘real' summer that nature delivered. This... Read More

Talking Politics With Sam Uffindell Tauranga City MP I hope you all had a fantastic Easter and took the chance to spend time with family and friends. I also hope you enjoyed the sun, got a few odd jobs done, ate lots of chocolate... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP A number of changes came in at the start of this month to lift incomes and to provide extra support to workers and families. These measures won't fix everything but they will help to ease some pressure -... Read More

Talking Politics With Sam Uffindell Tauranga City MP We need to get moving with Tauranga's new courthouse development. It's crucial that we get on with it so we can deliver better justice outcomes and contribute to the uplift... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of March have been recorded in Tauranga for 125 years since 1898 - except for 1904, 1908 and 1909. This graph below shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 504 mm in 1979,... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Next Saturdays dawn (15 April 2023), will kick-start a season of celebration for the Mount Maunganui Sports Club. Mount Maunganui Rugby Club, who were the founding... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Yes! It's Easter! The Jazz Festival is here. Having written about it at length in the past weeks there seems no need to go over things again, except to say - get out and enjoy it. Sixty years is a pretty... Read More

Jim Bunny Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz What have tomato juice and lemon meringue pie in common? Not much. Except in this case, like revenge, they were both served up cold - and they hadn't been ordered. And... Read More