Blogs
09:30am Fri 12 Apr, 2019
Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP This month, thousands of businesses, workers and families across New Zealand are reaping the rewards of the work the Government was elected to deliver. On April 1, we implemented a raft of policies... Read More
11:35am Tue 09 Apr, 2019
Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Waking up to a chill in the air in recent days tells Sideline Sid that the cricket gear has been put away for the winter break, and that the local Baywide club rugby... Read More
09:39am Mon 08 Apr, 2019
Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph shows details of the average daily... Read More
06:15am Fri 05 Apr, 2019
Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz A very disturbing email arrived from my vet. He reckons that if my cat is in a mood, it could be mimicking its owner. This is troubling from several perspectives: Firstly,... Read More
06:10am Fri 05 Apr, 2019
Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP April marks the mid-point of the Parliamentary term, and this week is a big one for the coalition government as it delivers a raft of changes offering better support for workers, families and... Read More
06:10am Fri 05 Apr, 2019
Jan Tinetti Labour MP We often say that our young people are our future leaders, but I believe they are already leaders in our community. They recently organised the Strike 4 Climate Action. I attended the rally in Red Square and... Read More
06:10am Fri 05 Apr, 2019
Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz People from all over New Zealand are approaching me about Labour's proposed Capital Gains Tax, or CGT, and the other taxes recommended by the Tax Working Group. New Zealanders... Read More
06:10am Fri 05 Apr, 2019
Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris There's a sense of powerlessness and frustration that builds as we all leave home ten minutes earlier and arrive back ten minutes later than this time last... Read More
09:32am Wed 03 Apr, 2019
Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of March have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 - except for 1904, 1908 and 1909. This graph below shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 504 mm in 1979, to a low of... Read More
01:49pm Tue 02 Apr, 2019
Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sport is like life, in that it never goes in a straight line with the highs of expectation and achievement balanced with the thump of reality when things don't... Read More
10:27am Fri 29 Mar, 2019
Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz I really hope you can read fast. Because the End of the World is coming and I'd hate you to be half way through a Rabbits column when suddenly, whammo. The world ends, in a chaotic... Read More
10:20am Fri 29 Mar, 2019
Todd Talks By Todd Muller I have been reflecting deeply on the events of the past two weeks, as I'm sure we all have, and of the gravity of what has happened. There can be no doubt that our country has lost some of our innocence,... Read More









