Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz There are few more picturesque cricket grounds in the country than the Tauranga Domain number two field. With plenty of trees providing spectators with shade and... 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

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP After rising on September 6 for the 2020 election campaign, Parliament will resume next week, when all MPs will be sworn in to the 53rd Parliament. The opening of Parliament is... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris 'If you were an American, who would you vote for?” asked my nine-year-old daughter. I gave her the same answer I gave when this question was... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Well, we have had a weird week of news this week. Let's start off with our new tourism minister, Stuart Nash, who is planning to ban the hiring-out of non-self-contained vans. I'm pretty... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus The Tauranga launch for Janne Izett's debut album is next weekend. It's been a long journey... You might have come across Janne in this paper. For a couple of years she wrote... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid and Mrs Sid are away in the South Island for some much needed R&R after the stresses of the last six months. The durable duo have spent a few days... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Global temperatures are compiled for various areas including global (land-ocean), global (meteorological stations), three latitude bands, and hemispheric, by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch The rain has stopped, and the sun is out so it's a good time to have a serious discussion about the future. And I'm talking about climate change. The best scientists in the land have declared... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus November must have been designated Album Release Month by the musical powers that be. Sean Bodley and Anthony Coulter and the two Jans - Jan Preston and Janne Izett - all have new releases... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Modern technology is a marvellous thing with all the bells and whistles of today making life much more accessible. We have come a long way since the early days... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP As I and my Parliamentary colleagues transition from the 52nd to the 53rd Parliament, the past week saw major announcements from the Prime Minister who has continued to reiterate that as a government... Read More