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

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of May have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 - except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The graph shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 634 mm in 2005 to a... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus The last two columns have been about gigs - it must be time for some controversy. Because something controversial happened last week and it seems to have received very little by way of media comment. One... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz In my final council commissioners series column, I want to talk about the growth in anti-social behaviour and crime in our city. I won't bore you with stats, and probably... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One As many readers will be aware, Tauranga City Council is currently consulting on its Long Term Plan. The LTP is a 10-year council planning document that outlines priorities, expenditure... Read More