Tamati Coffey Labour List MP Did you know that through employment programmes launched under Jacinda Ardern's leadership like, Mana in Mahi, He Poutama Rangatahi, Māori Trades and Training, and Flexi-wage, we've seen more than 10,000... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Apologies in advance for bringing Covid into the discussion once again but you literally can't do anything right now without the ‘C' word looming large. Just ask moteliers and restauranteurs... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The opening game of the 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, on Friday, March 4 2022 at the Bay Oval, will bring back a multitude of memories for many Kiwi older... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder In a worldwide media release on February 13, CNN reported that "There's no silver bullet to the climate crisis, but nuclear fusion may be the closest thing to it. In the quest for a near-limitless,... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Yay! Phase Two! Things are moving at last...I know it's strange to welcome an outbreak of disease, but if something is inevitably going to happen and there are restrictions in place until it finishes happening,... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP History was made this week with the passing of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill. I'm so pleased to be on the side of compassion as we ban conversion ‘therapy', and I'm delighted... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch A lot of people have been trying to make sense of the protests outside Parliament these past two weeks but there's really no need to reinvent the wheel. Most human behaviour can be explained in... Read More

Democracy HQ A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris In the middle of a pandemic, one organisation has managed not just to survive, but grow. It increased its revenue so much that it has been able to afford a 30 per cent... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP New Zealanders' pay packets are being eaten away more and more each year under this Government. Inflation is nearly six per cent. Petrol is up to $3 per litre in the Bay of Plenty. Fruit... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid has become a keen observer of Singapore horse racing, with a miniscule share in a horse that has lined up on the Kanji track on a number of occasions... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 124 years. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga Harbour,... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch It's 5.30am and I'm peering through windows and checking to see if the door is unlocked. After casing the front of the building and the side, I hit the jackpot at the back - a window is ajar! Like... Read More