Jan Tinetti Labour MP I'm delighted to be the Minister for Women, leading work to support women and girls to thrive across New Zealand. Unfortunately, we know they've been particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and that's... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One The recent Covid-related shock to this area has fortunately passed without damage for most of the economy. We have seen that many local companies can work in some capacity under levels... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Like all MPs, my office is often asked to help rejected applicants who want to return home to New Zealand. We also hear from employers who can't retain international staff because... Read More

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