A long standing Bay of Plenty Cricket representative all-time record was broken at the Te Puke Domain over the weekend. Bay of Plenty (and Northern Districts) batsman Bharat Popli broke Bay Cricket legend Mike Wright's record of 3950 runs. The record... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of February have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 (except for 1904, 1908, and 1909). The graph of February rainfalls in Tauranga shows the range of rainfalls from a high... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus We're thinking of changing the name of The Watusi Country Club to Fortress Watusi. It does feel that way at times. Since last week's column Covid has arrived; as we were warned, the arrival has been swift. It... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP Since Labour came into government, one of our central goals has been to make New Zealand the best place in the world to be a child. We believe - as I know our community here in Tauranga does - that all our... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One A flurry of visits from Cabinet Ministers last week shone the light on our region's infrastructure challenges. These visits hopefully also give us an idea about how we can get more action... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP With daily Omicron cases now in the thousands, it's disappointing that we are still dealing with inefficiencies with the Ministry of Health's response to the pandemic. By now we... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch What a crazy week we are having. The writing was literally on the wall for the Wellington protests this week as Police sought to restore order to the centre of the country's democracy. Really,... Read More

During the mid 1950's to the mid 1960's, professional boxer Tuna Scanlan, ranked alongside such as All Blacks, Don Clarke, and Colin and Stan Meads, and cricket greats in Burt Sutcliffe and John R Reid, as national sporting heroes in New Zealand. Sideline... 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

Winston Watusi Music Plus Last week I included a quick glance at shows cancelled, postponed or confirmed; this week it's all about that. Two of the uncertain upcoming shows were at Totara Street and some clarity has since arrived.... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One It's been a slightly depressing start to 2022 with plenty of doom and gloom commentary on our economy, with Omicron and inflation dominating headlines. Some positivity is clearly required... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz Thank you to the many of you in the Tauranga electorate who filled out my survey, which canvassed your views on the important local issues here in the city. During the next... Read More