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

Kristin Dunne Tourism Bay of Plenty You can't mention the coastal Bay of Plenty without evoking thoughts of pristine beaches and crystal blue waters. From Mauao to Papamoa and all the way along the welcoming Bay of Plenty... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris Last week, a couple of colleagues and I visited Hamilton City Council to see how they manage their parking and transport network. They've gone against conventional... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Our logging export is one of the biggest industries in New Zealand. In fact, high stacks of logs can be seen from the roadside when driving down Hewlett's Road. Some 5.5 million tonnes of logs... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz Last week I announced Ben Sokimi, from Aquinas College, as the young leader who will represent the Tauranga electorate at Youth Parliament 2019. Ben is a confident, positive... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP It's important to feel safe in our communities and have faith in our criminal justice system, and we know there is work to do in this area. The government is supporting safer communities by recruiting 1800... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The adage that truth is stranger than fiction could well be applied to the Muhammad Ali visit to New Zealand in 1979. Muhammad Ali's visit to New Zealand was engineered... Read More