Winston Watusi Music Plus October this year is a tricky time for promoters and bands: the Rugby World Cup messes everything up. It's not as though every single person in the country obsessively watches rugby. But a lot do. And... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Most New Zealanders would be surprised to hear that English is not actually an official language of New Zealand. The languages that currently hold this title are Te Reo Maori and New Zealand... Read More

Todd Talks By Todd Muller There have been multiple outbreaks of measles across the country and it has been confirmed New Zealand has now exported two cases to the United States. Already there have been 59 confirmed cases of measles... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga Boxing Club head coach Chris Walker further enhanced his credentials as one of the best amateur boxing coaches in the country, after the 2019 Boxing New... 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

Winston Watusi Music Plus It's October already, a month for female singer-songwriters to wend their way to Tauranga. There has been a huge rise of female singer-songwriters in recent years, the most obvious in terms of international... Read More

Janne GuitarGirl Spotlight On… A super celebration of all things to do with guitars. Electric or acoustic, whether you play, listen,jam or just admire. Join us on October 10 at the Black Sheep Bar & Grill, just off the main... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Kiwis and pies go hand in hand. In fact you could put an actual kiwi in a pie and get away with it because pies are more Kiwi than kiwis. There is nothing more quintessentially Kiwi than a pie. And... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP Did you know the coalition Government just celebrated two years since the election? That's two years of meaningful progress to build a New Zealand where people who have been struggling for too long can have... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz Most people have a story about loopy regulations. Something that makes absolutely no sense, but a bureaucrat in Wellington thought it sounded great. If you're lucky they... Read More

Todd Talks By Todd Muller Last Monday night I attended the Save our Underpass Public Meeting to listen and share in the outrage within our community at NZTA's plan to cancel the pedestrian and cycle underpass as part of the Baypark... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP So many of us struggle with mental health or addiction issues - no matter who we are and where we come from - and when help is not available, that distress can turn into crisis. If you are going though... Read More