Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Part of being an effective electorate MP is staying connected with constituents and key stakeholders. As well as holding monthly drop-in clinics for constituents to share their... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch There are a few burning issues facing humanity at the moment but the biggest conflagration locally is the roll out of wheelie bins and other receptacles by the Tauranga City Council. Curiously... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One A couple of weeks ago the New Zealand Productivity Commission released a report about our country's economic productivity and how we could improve it. The commission, chaired by Dr Ganesh... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Last weekend saw the running of a thoroughbred race, which attracted crowds in the thousands during the 1940 through to the 1970's, with a number of great champions... 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 milder/warmer... Read More

Annemarie Quill. Connie Richards is at a girls' lunch in the Mount. It's Saturday, a long weekend and over a few gin cocktails, the girls start discussing their latest ‘must-have' purchases, sharing tips on great finds. Thirty-eight-year-old Connie,... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Anzac Day, or at least the public holiday for it, coincides with the Oscars. It has not been a good year for awards shows. Nights of glitz and glamour aren't the same without the glitz and glamour.... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Like a clap of thunder and a bolt of lightning out of a blue sky, the Government is changing our health system. Amongst other things, Health Minister Andrew Little is promising to 'treat people... Read More

Democracy HQ A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris If you're feeling disappointed by decisions to increase rates by 20 per cent, frustrated at how your money is being spent on a $14.2m increase in Council staff salaries... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz This weekend we remember our Anzacs - those who've served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, and the contribution and suffering they've endured for... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Fifty years ago, jackpot fever swept the country as thousands of punters thronged race courses throughout the country in their search for the mythical pot of gold. The... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots - ‘storms' on the sun - became almost zero. The period is named after the solar... Read More