Winston Watusi Music Plus Today's paper arrives on the first day of October; three quarters of the year has passed. It always seems at around this point that the year has rushed by, and this year the feeling is particularly... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Eighteen months ago, it was impossible to imagine the pandemic that was to come which would turn the world upside down. No better illustration for sports fans of... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book 'Fifteen shades of climate... the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect”. The... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP Under the current status quo, Aotearoa's networks of drinking water, wastewater and storm water are facing a crisis. Contaminated water causes some 100,000 sporadic illnesses every year. Rural communities... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz The government's decision to extend stringent restrictions in Auckland and level two restrictions elsewhere without additional urgent support has sadly already seen many Kiwi... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus And here we are again; it's musical Groundhog Day. We're in on-again/off-again territory and I can't help thinking the single most useful thing for the Bay right now would be a comprehensive listing guide... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand has quietly seen a new initiative that will have long ranging improvements of racehorse preparation and winter racing surfaces.... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little overall trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from, at times, milder... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP While it's great to be out of lockdown, businesses in the Bay and throughout New Zealand will continue to struggle as long as our country's largest market, Auckland, remains isolated... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP On Tuesday, thousands of New Zealanders in Tauranga Moana and right across Aotearoa joined together to support Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2021. If this was you, good on you, and if it wasn't kei te pai... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Once again I write this while much of the city and the Bay remains silent, devoid of live music. It's been harder this time. The Delta variant has screwed over the few establishments that braved level... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Bay of Plenty Steamers will have a window of opportunity when they run out to face Hawke's Bay, at McLean Park in Napier on Sunday afternoon. Covid-19 disruptions... Read More