Music
06:01am Fri 11 Oct, 2019
October this year is a tricky time for promoters and bands: the Rugby World Cup messes everything up. It's not as though every single person in the country... Read More
06:01am Fri 04 Oct, 2019
It's October already, a month for female singer-songwriters to wend their way to Tauranga. There has been a huge rise of female singer-songwriters in recent... Read More
06:02am Fri 27 Sep, 2019
So much music, so little time... There really is so much on that I'm looking for a way to present something other than what amounts to a seven hundred word... Read More
06:01am Fri 20 Sep, 2019
It's time for Part Two of The Great 2019 Mayoral Music Survey. The first four respondents featured last week (see www.sunlive.co.nz). They were: Kelvin Clout, John... Read More
05:55am Fri 13 Sep, 2019
Politics. It's a funny old game, innit? We're counting down to another local election. Time for everyone to try and remember who to punish for messing up Tauranga's... Read More
05:59am Fri 06 Sep, 2019
Gigs. Next weekend. Damn, but there're a lot of them... Starting on Friday (September 13) we once again find ourselves at The Jam Factory. It is a popular spot... Read More
06:00am Fri 30 Aug, 2019
Some weeks this column wanders. And why not? It's called Music Plus and there's a lot of 'Plus” out there to add onto the Music. I am, however,... Read More
06:05am Fri 23 Aug, 2019
It's Film Festival time again! Yep, the Tauranga leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival kicked off last night with a little bit of French magic,... Read More
06:10am Fri 16 Aug, 2019
Songs can be deceptive; songs can mess up your mind. Because pretty much everything, however dark and dangerous, however sad and tragic, can sound good in a song.... Read More
08:19am Fri 09 Aug, 2019
There are two sides to Tauranga. It often seems - possibly with good reason - that we're locked in the musical mainstream, an unthreatening mixture of jazz,... Read More
06:01am Fri 02 Aug, 2019
Time to celebrate, boogie-lovers - Jan Preston is coming to town! Or should I say, Jan Preston is coming back to town, since the woman they call Australia's... Read More
05:59am Fri 26 Jul, 2019
Walking along Devonport Road is a sad experience these days. Perhaps it was a couple of weeks since I'd been in town but a few days ago when I strolled up... Read More
14-Jan 15:11
Safety concerns: Chicken & duck parfait recalled
14-Jan 14:30
Police warn riders: Gear up for safety first
14-Jan 13:08
Mount longboarder stuns greats in Gisborne
14-Jan 11:45
Edgecumbe solar project faces backlash
14-Jan 10:56
SH36 crash: Driver dies, passengers injured
14-Jan 09:51
Tauranga crash: Police appeal for dashcam footage
14-Jan 09:08
NCEA results: What to ask a student first
14-Jan 08:00
Support pours in after Whakatāne house fire
14-Jan 07:00
Tauranga drivers warned of months-long closure
14-Jan 06:00
Tauranga woman tackles The Goat in comeback race
14-Jan 05:51
SH36 open following serious crash
13-Jan 19:34
Serious two-car crash closes SH36
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