Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz I am receiving lots of feedback from concerned people about the underpass that's being demolished underneath the Baypark to Bayfair Link. People are justifiably angry that... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Bay of Plenty Rugby should be pleased with the turnout of Western Bay of Plenty Rugby fans to their triple header at the Tauranga Domain on Saturday afternoon. Bay... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of August have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908 and 1909. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Some weeks this column wanders. And why not? It's called Music Plus and there's a lot of 'Plus” out there to add onto the Music. I am, however, acutely aware from the friendly, if often entertainingly... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch I've only just come back to this neck of the woods. Last time I lived here was in the 80s and Tauranga and The Mount were two quite separate places. I was a self-made 16-year-old who had enough... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Just like everyone else in Tauranga, I was frustrated last month when the NZ Transport Agency announced it would no longer build a new Maunganui Rd underpass as part of the Baypark to Bayfair... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP A robust and healthy society depends on strong support for our people and communities. The hundreds that turned out to support the removal of the Bayfair underpass last weekend... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz It was great sadness that Sideline Sid read about the passing of former Tauranga mayor Noel Pope on SunLive. Noel was a genuine good bloke, who could comfortably... 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

Winston Watusi Music Plus It's Film Festival time again! Yep, the Tauranga leg of the New Zealand International Film Festival kicked off last night with a little bit of French magic, La Belle Epoche, which sounds like it... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch There was a startling new discussion document released this week that had me and the cat scratching our heads a wee bit. Actually the cat was scratching his head because that's just what he does... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP Most people I talk to say it is the city's natural beauty, its beautiful beach, harbour and the surrounding hills. What I have noticed lately is the large amount of rubbish and litter I see, particularly on... Read More