Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Councils around the country are re-drafting their annual budgets following COVID-19. Tauranga City Council's new budget sees a $20m reduction in revenue... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Queen's Birthday award to former boxer Billy Graham, making him a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, recognised his decades long work in developing 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

Winston Watusi Music Plus Brighton, like many English cites, has a vibrant jazz scene; and there's a drummer from Tauranga right in the midst of it. Mainstay of the scene is a black Berklee-trained American from Philadelphia, Lawrence... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch First up, I'm going to indulge in a shameless shout-out to the crew here at The Weekend Sun who have picked up a few accolades at the recent NZ Community Newspaper Association Awards. Patting yourself... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP I write this at a time when there are no active cases of COVID-19 remaining in New Zealand, and we have just moved to Alert Level 1 - as normal as life can be in the time of a global pandemic. Stamping... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris 'The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic,” John F... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Over the last week I have had conversations with many business owners in the Bay of Plenty. They've shared their challenges and experiences, which has been helpful feedback for... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour MP 'Moemoea, Kimihia, Taea' is a beautiful mission statement for our region's young people. By investing over $400,000 into the Bay of Plenty Youth Development Trust's 'Imagine, Believe, Achieve' job training... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid can't wait for club rugby to kick off on Saturday, June 27, with the icing on the cake being the move to level one. This means local rugby fans... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The average afternoon temperature in Tauranga in May 2020 was 18.2 degrees C. Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including the current... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus We are living, and forgive me for stating the bleedin' obvious, in unusual times. While we ponder moving to Level One, much of the world is tearing itself apart. America is burning. There are few times... Read More