Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris In this final part of a series on decisions, I turn to changes in New Zealand's culture that future leaders will have to navigate. We inherited our basic... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP The Tax Working group's final report - Future of Tax - released last week has certainly provided plenty of food for thought and emails in my inbox. The main recommendation from the group, which has... Read More

Todd Talks By Todd Muller The Tax Working Group report last week has gone much further than just a capital gains tax - they have offered up a suite of up to eight new taxes that the government will look to use to surgically remove... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP In December, New Zealand joined 151 other countries which voted in favour of the United Nations Global Compact for Migration. There has been much public debate and some misguided perceptions... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Publicity is the name of the game if you wish to showcase grassroots sport to the public. The local water polo community were rewarded for beating the drums of... 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

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Freeloading campers have become the scourge of our public spaces. A few inconsiderate sods are ruining it for travellers and locals alike. Many of our most treasured public areas... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP At the end of last year, Tauranga city leaders were asked about their wishes for our beautiful city for 2019. I stated that my wish is for people to show kindness to each other, and that we continue to work... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP New Zealand First has long advocated looking for alternative methods of predator control. Monday's announcement, made by Minster Jones, of a $19.5 million PGF investment to develop alternative,... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris In the third part of this series about decisions that have changed our city, choices that are before us now and decisions future leaders will have to contend... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz My inbox is full of complaints about the recent changes to the bus network. They range from frustration to desperation and concern over children being left at bus stops,... Read More

Kristin Dunne Tourism Bay of Plenty Let's be honest, the Bay of Plenty can be enjoyed year-round. Sunshine and surf mixed with world-class events, cruise ships and festivals might be our summer staples, but there is more than... Read More