Democracy HQ A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris The new rates-funded bins will reduce recycling trips to the transfer station and save our family-of-four at least $100-per-year. However, there's zero satisfaction in... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch You can't catch Covid from a newspaper column, so I wasn't expecting to be immunised until July at the earliest, along with the rest of the herd. It happened quite accidentally. You see, Mrs Hutch... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP The mornings and evenings have been a wee bit chilly in Tauranga this week and so it's very timely that the Winter Energy Payment resumed last weekend on May 1, ensuring that around a million New Zealanders... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz I disagree with Tauranga having Commissioners run our Council. I don't believe it was principled or necessary and it basically means we've the Labour Party from Wellington in... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A sizzling 11-under final round on Sunday, gave Auckland golf professional Tae Koh the 85th edition of the New Zealand PGA championship, played at Te Puke Golf Club... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 122 years. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga Harbour,... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Sometimes I'm a bit torn about what to put in this column. There are generally two directions things can go. Firstly, and the most tempting, is I can have a bit of a rant about something. That is,... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP Last week as we commemorated Anzac Day and remembered the sacrifice given to our nation by those who served in the two great wars and other conflicts around the globe, we find ourselves still in the... Read More

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