Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz For more than a century, the Queen's Birthday holiday weekend was a pinnacle weekend for punters, with the staging of the Great Northern Hurdles and Steeplechase... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP After 2 weeks at Alert Level 2 this past week saw our cabinet once again review the alert status at Level 2 and the outcome saw two major announcements come out. The first was that although we remain... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus While many things seem almost normal again, the music scene is currently living in limbo. Actually, I think that's true of a lot of Tauranga; this slightly confusing winding down of levels has left... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris If there's one thing the world could do without these days, it's politics without compromise. Our political culture is influenced by the battle between left... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP As we face the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on our economy, New Zealand First's flagship policy - the Provincial Growth Fund - will be crucial in rebuilding our regions. It was recently... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch There's a song from a guy called Afroman that I think would be the perfect theme for this year's election. Yes, there is a massive health crisis facing the world. Borders are shut, people are... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The return of greyhound racing at the start of May became the springboard for a remarkable feat by Palmerston North greyhound trainer Lisa Cole. On Friday, May... 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 The music scene at the moment reminds me of one of those David Attenborough documentaries. We've all seen them: gorgeous time-lapse photography takes us through the cycles of a waterless dessert, months... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch As one of the few white men who has broken the glass ceiling and attained a middle management position, I feel it is time to stand up and be counted on the matter of bigotry and intolerance. It... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The retirement of ND and Bay of Plenty Cricket legend Daniel Flynn flew under the radar for many cricket fans with the sudden closure of the 2019/20 cricket season... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is a standardized index based on the observed sea level pressure differences between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia. The SOI is a leading measure of the large-scale... Read More