Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A wide range of emotions will accompany a myriad of Western Bay youngsters who are participating in the annual Hawke's Bay Cricket junior representative cricket... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 124 years. The rainfall for Tauranga for 2022 was 1842 mm, the fourth highest on record (since 1898) . From... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The graph below shows the range of Tauranga's December rainfalls, from an extreme high of 447 mm in 1962 to a low of only 4 mm in 1930. The second wettest December was 2018, when 278 mm was recorded. The... Read More

Jim Bunny Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz 'You poor thing!” - he would get it all the time, all his life. That's because of a quirk of fate, a quirk of dates. He was born Christmas Day - the least popular day... Read More

Maddie Hughes FOOD BUZZ New season potatoes are here, showing their little faces at the farmers market - and I'm very happy about it! This is a super simple side dish with a simple grilled salmon fillet, or with some poached eggs... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP Thank you for being in touch with my team in 2022. It's been a big year, together we've achieved so much! Just a few highlights for me include reducing cost of living pressures, banning more single-use... Read More

Talking Politics With Sam Uffindell Tauranga City MP My wife Julia and I want to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and holiday period. We hope that wherever you go you have fun, spend time with loved ones, take some time... Read More

BETTER UNDERSTANDING DEMEMTIA with Ruth Thomas from EnlivenPlus A holiday visit makes me think one of my parents has dementia - what now? Visiting family and whānau is one of the joys of the holiday period, but it... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I've got a couple of books for you this week. It was either that or another column hunting round for suitable New Year's Eve entertainment. And since a bunch of fine journalistic types are already covering... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The news that Spark Sport was dumping its foray into the sport streaming market was the perfect holiday season gift for this forever sports fan. Spark Sport went... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder In the bleak mid-winter, Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone, Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter, Long ago. These words, from... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It's 16 years since this Rogers Rabbits was first published in The Weekend Sun and went viral around the world. Sadly, Brian Rogers passed away during 2022. In honour of him we... Read More