Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Is that the sound of bulldozers I hear on the horizon? No, it's the sound of bull dust! Construction of the four-lane Tauranga Northern Link was due to... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz These days, many things are not what they seem and things have changed. What once would have been considered very odd, is now commonplace. Even compared to 18 years ago, when... 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

Kristin Dunne Tourism Bay of Plenty We love the fact that the Bay of Plenty is an eye-catching region experienced by many all year round. But imagine if we could sustainably enhance not only this memorable experience, but... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz If you continue to throw enough money at something you usually get the desired results. About 25 years ago, the Victoria Racing Club came up with a vision... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites in the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph shows details of the average daily... Read More

Janne GuitarGirl Spotlight On… For the last six years, The LMM network has been sponsored by Shirley Howe, who has worked tirelessly since the 1980s. She's written and produced her own original songs and, with the help of... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It's that time again, when Auntie Roger pulls out her pearls of wisdom and strings them delicately around the nape of our readers' dilemmas. If you have a burning question that... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The graph below shows the range of Tauranga's October rainfalls, from an extreme high of 357 mm in 1916 to a low of only 7 mm in 1984. The second wettest October was 1928, when 269 mm was recorded;... Read More

Jane Le Guay Health Team Leader Sport Bay of Plenty At the moment you don't have to look too hard to find a motivational snippet in the paper or online about the joys of spring and getting active and healthy. But how to we find... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz It was said that last Saturdays All Black romp against Japan in Yokohama was like a 'Festival” game, with plenty of running rugby and tossing the ball around... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Should a robot car automatically choose to run over an old fogey and spare the young? Take out a jaywalker and avoid the law-abiding pedestrian? Hit the fat kid with the ice cream... Read More