Winston Watusi Music Plus Everyone seems to be talking about drugs right now; or perhaps I just need some different friends... For starters, everyone still seems unhappy about the result of the marijuana referendum. Well, I say... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Deep in the depths of winter, Western Bay of Plenty cricket fans have a smile on their face as each sunrise brings the new cricket season a day closer. The first... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The average afternoon temperature in Tauranga in May 2021 was 19.1 degrees C, the third equal warmest on record. Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP Our elderly are some of the most vulnerable people in our community, and I find it heart-breaking to think that at a time in a person's life when they should have peace, safety and enjoyment, some of our... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz A couple of weeks back I spoke at outgoing Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns' leaving function. After 15 years at the helm, Mark leaves at the end of this month.... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus The French Film Festival is on right now, so let's go a little French this week. Only a little mind you. We don't want to accidentally slip in un peu Français and raise the ire of those who insist... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz There is plenty on the line as the Baywide premier rugby first round competition comes to a conclusion this Saturday. This season, 11 teams are chasing eight spots... 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

Winston Watusi Music Plus Snubbed! Yep, I've been hearing from people all week that Tauranga has been snubbed. Of course it was the Queen that started it. It often is. Those pesky royals. Ever since she ladled out all those gongs... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP I don't think there is a single person in this city who isn't shaking their head at last week's cancellation of the TNL to Omokoroa. Instead of getting underway in 2018, the incoming... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP Budget 2021 delivered a number of gains across all regions and sectors, and this week I want to focus on social welfare, housing and roads. We are lifting weekly main benefit rates by between $32 and... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sids pocket dictionary defines tradition as "a belief or custom handles down from one generation to another". For over a century, Queen's Birthday... Read More