Active Voice with Buddy Meyer WBOP Primary School Sport Director 'Sportmanship is behaviour and attitudes that show respect for the rules of a game and for the other players” Collins English Dictionary. As term two comes... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz It was only a matter of time before the Sunshine Coast joined the other major Queensland major cities in hosting a national sporting competition franchise. 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 at the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph shows details of the average... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP You'll have seen in the recent Budget that New Zealand is doing well. Everyone deserves credit for that, especially the millions of hard-working Kiwis who get up each morning determined to help their... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Next to housing, immigration is one of the biggest issues New Zealand faces these days. Immigration is important for our community, for our economy and for our country's growth. When immigration... Read More

Todd Muller National MP Businesses are worried about Labour's plans to wind back the clock on industrial relations and pit employers against employees, and quite rightly so. These planned reforms will mean fewer jobs for New... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz A good multi-style supplement is one of the best health investments you can make. A well formulated multi will ensure your body will have all the nutrients needed to stay healthy. I... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Inappropriate tunes in the worst possible places It's been another oddball week in the news. Just the way we like it. Medical and misadventures seemed to be top of the bizarre... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris As a councillor, you get to meet the most wonderful, community-minded people. From the locals who pick up rubbish along Pilot Bay every morning to the gentleman... Read More

Active Voice with Gareth Yates Sport BOP School Sport Team Leader How we can get more young people more active is a big focus for Sport Bay of Plenty. This focus has become all the more important with recent reports showing a... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Writing this on the balcony of their holiday apartment - which overlooks the top end of Bribie Island in Caloundra - continues the cinderella weather for Sideline... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The methodology use in adjusting the older sites to the current observing site is published in the 'NZ Meteorological Service Miscellaneous Publication' No 180 in 1984. It is considered that the homogeneous... Read More