Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz Freedom of speech is a fundamental right that has been preserved in New Zealand and liberal democracies worldwide. Sadly, this could be about to change, with Labour proposing... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One Last week Te Tuinga Whānau launched a pathway to reduce homelessness in Tauranga. The campaign goes by the catchphrase ‘Tauranga - a safe anchorage for all', which captures some... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus You'll have to give me a little leeway with this column; it's hard to find the right tone just before deadline when you hear a friend has died. Especially when he was the person that did the ringing round... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Jack Lovelock's 1936 Olympic Gold Medal in the 1500m, laid down the legacy for Nick Willis in his attempt to earn further glory in the glamour event on the track... 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 following... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One Recently, local private equity firm Oriens Capital announced they had raised capital for their second fund. This involved them reaching their initial raise of $80m, although the fund is... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP My family has been touched by the many messages of good wishes we received prior to Michelle's back surgery last week. The operation was successful but she cannot do very much... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP We're past halfway in the year now, and temperatures here in Tauranga have certainly dropped. At this time of the year people always mention to me how grateful they are for the government's Winter Energy... Read More

Commision News & Views with Commission Chair Anne Tolley After a month of intensive community engagement, more than 2000 face-to-face conversations, 34 community meetings, close to 1800 submissions and around 50 hours of oral... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I've been thinking this week about community; a couple of events on July 24 show again that it's happening and growing all around us. First of all though, I must mention an upcoming Bob Dylan concert,... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Little did Sideline Sid know that when he called a 16-year-old David Nyika into the ring at the 2011 Boxing New Zealand National Championships, that a decade later,... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 122 years. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga Harbour,... Read More