Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris With our fellow Kiwis laid to rest and the national day of remembrance behind us, it's time to reflect on the road ahead for New Zealand. Not since the Second... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP The public has grown weary of the strategies which have been put forward in recent years to deal with Tauranga's rapidly growing traffic and urban development issues, but which have come to... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz By all accounts, last week's Surf Lifesaving New Zealand National Championships on the Mount Main Beach were a outstanding success, with the "Mounties" winning the... Read More

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. It's very common for areas such as Tauranga... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz A terrible, terrible thing has befallen our country. Innocent lives have been lost. We stand with the people of Christchurch and those whose lives have been shattered, in denouncing... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris At the time of writing, we've had 50 fellow Kiwis stolen from us in a cowardly terrorist attack. They'll forever be our mums and dads, brothers and sisters,... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz Last weekend I had planned to attend the Multicultural Festival at Tauranga Historic Village, to celebrate our community's diversity. Like many events around the country,... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP After the unspeakable terrorist attack in Christchurch, I have decided not to write a political column. It is not the right time. This is a time for unity across New Zealand, as the Prime Minister has said... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Parking will be at an absolute premium anywhere near the Mount Main Beach this weekend, when the Surf Lifesaving New Zealand National Championships come to town. Up... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of February have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 (except for 1904, 1908, and 1909). The graph of February rainfalls in Tauranga shows the range of rainfalls from a high... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It is pest time of the year, when we are bombarded with all kinds of annoying, stinging, blood-sucking, tax-grabbing critters. If you have survived the jellyfish, stingrays,... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP There will be a lot of worried locals as a result of the government's efforts to re-engineer our tax system - and we're not talking about the wealthy. The Tax Working Group claimed... Read More