Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites in the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph shows details of the average daily... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus This week it looks like a case of déjà vu all over again. Shows once cancelled are returning apace. It's happening so much that when I started writing this week I was seriously having... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Bay Oval has received the highest accolade that can be given to an international cricket venue in the Southern Hemisphere, in hosting a Boxing Day test match.... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of September have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909. The graph below shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 274 mm in... Read More

Alisha Evans www.sunlive.co.nz Ian Evans reflects on his 28 days in managed isolation on either side of the ditch. Photo: John Borren. A month in a hotel doesn't sound too bad but when your worst fear is realised and... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus This year has been a bit of a write-off from many perspectives. But since we've now managed to crawl through till October, allow me to preview a couple of things coming up during the month. The first... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Last month, TCC decided to introduce a kerbside rubbish, recycling and food waste collection for all residents at a cost of $230 per ratepayer but is there... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Mitre 10 Rugby has received plenty of attention on Sideline Sid's Sky Sport viewing, in his countdown to chasing the live action on the local cricket scene which... 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 temperatures... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I often come across stories I'd like to share that have no musical component. That's why this column is called 'Music Plus”; a certain amount of tangential leeway is allowed. Movies, books,... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris There's something remarkably similar about most Council election signs; they're 50 shades of blue. Sure, there might be the odd orange sign standing out from... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch There has been a lot of talk about Maori seats lately so we have decided to look at what this means exactly. Firstly, it's important to note that we are not talking about an intricately carved... Read More