Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz It has been an amazing summer so far in the Bay. The sun has shone and the beaches and cafes have been heaving, but a couple of things have got my goat. The first is rubbish... Read More

Democracy HQ A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris The first rule in politics is don't tell lies. But that is precisely what some elected representatives around New Zealand are accusing Jacinda Ardern, Nanaia Mahuta and... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Meet the new year - same as the old year? ...And here we are on the other side. Welcome to 2022: brace yourself... If there's one thing I've learnt from the past couple of years it is that things move... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Cricket grabbed Sideline Sid's attention from the opening ball of the Ashes Boxing Day test across the ditch, along with all the continual New Zealand Cricket... 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

Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The average afternoon temperature in December... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch ‘Tis the night before Christmas and noisy as heck, the sun is still shining and we're out on the deck. Stockings are hung by the aircon with care - a sweaty Saint Nick will need the cool... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus A lot of writers are deadline junkies. Perhaps it is just the pleasure of procrastination, but it requires the impending rush of a deadline to unleash their creative energy, to get them writing. That's... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP The past year has hit Aotearoa hard and New Zealanders have thankfully risen to the challenge, because it could have been so much worse. Thanks to the mandate you gave us, this Labour government has... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Christmas 1976 brought Sideline Sid a present that he still delights in today, when he received the "DB Sporting Records of New Zealand" from under the family Christmas... 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

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch I'm not sure where the fear of heights came from. Since I was a child I've been scrambling around rocks and tramping in the mountains, hopping across swing bridges without thinking twice. We even... Read More