Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Tradition took center stage at Riccarton Park racecourse last Saturday, with the staging of the 147th Grand National steeplechase. Hosted by the Canterbury Jockey... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The graph below shows details of the average daily maximum temperatures, called ‘afternoon', for Tauranga for July from 1913-2021. The temperature for July 2021 was 15.3 degrees C. It's... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz I've been talking to quite a number of people lately who work locally in healthcare. As MP for Tauranga, I'm concerned about what they tell me. The picture painted is one of... Read More

Stephen Selwood Tauranga's new kerbside collection service was designed to reduce the unnecessary waste we have been sending to landfill. Based on the waste volumes collected in the first four weeks, it looks like we are on our way... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP The government's efforts to secure the recovery has seen more Kiwis in jobs and higher wages, with unemployment falling to pre-Covid levels and more people in work. Since mid-July, the maximum duration... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus It's official - John Key has moved to town; no, not that one, the other one... I mentioned this a couple of weeks back and promised further information; consider this that call-back, albeit brief. Because... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Two weeks of what seemed like non-stop Olympic action, came to a sudden end for Sideline Sid, with the closing ceremony on Sunday night. With a time difference... 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 Last week saw the Canvas Careers Expo take place at Bay Park Arena. Canvas is a collaboration between Rotary of Tauranga and Priority One, and involves many local businesses and schools... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP Firstly, I join Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāti Pukenga in mourning the loss of Māori horticultural pioneer, Dr Kihi Ngatai OSM. Having attended his tangi myself, it was beautiful to see... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP I'm sure, like me, you have been enjoying the Olympics which, despite everything that gets thrown at it, seem quadrennially able to make us smile and feel proud to be Kiwis. I... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I had my first brush with cancel culture last week, and I can't say I'm a fan. It was a result of the column I wrote a fortnight back lambasting Recorded Music New Zealand for introducing a 'code of conduct”... Read More