Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris I'm excited to tell you about council-approved funding for tsunami/civil defence sirens in the Mount and Papamoa next year. Funding is available for between... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Among the many climate science meetings I've attended, the most significant - at least in terms of climate change is concerned - was my involvement in the UN-sponsored International Conference in... Read More

Earth is a ball with Isla Ganley Young Journalist Keep up to date with daily diary cam reports from NZ representatives, Isla Ganley and Jonty Burggraaf, as they take part in Football for Friendship in Moscow in the lead up... Read More

Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz You're welcome to sniff our ropey old relics We've solved the apparent problem of Tauranga not having a museum. We're opening our own. The Sun's new pop-up museum is nearly... Read More

Brad Haimona Active Families Advisor Sport Bay of Plenty Participation in sport and physical activity enhances not only physical wellbeing, but reduces incidences of some forms of depression and anxiety. There is strong evidence... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz With just five rounds of round robin play in the Baywide rugby competitions before the top four are found in each grade to fight out the playoffs - each of the next... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The average afternoon temperature in Tauranga in May 2018 was 18.1 degrees C. In contrast, May 2016 was equal with May 1916 as the warmest May on record, both recording 19.3 degrees. Temperatures... Read More

Earth is a ball with Isla Ganley Young Journalist Keep up to date with daily diary cam reports from NZ representatives, Isla Ganley and Jonty Burggraaf, as they take part in Football for Friendship in Moscow in the lead up... Read More

Todd Muller National MP Recently, the government announced their goal of reducing prison numbers by a third. Like many New Zealanders, I am not explicitly pro-incarceration - in fact, in many cases, I fall at the rehabilitation... Read More

Straight from city council A personal view, by Councillor Steve Morris The past few weeks have seen council hear submissions and make decisions on the $5 billion, ten-year budget. The recent by-election of Cr Robson has had... Read More

Clayton Mitchell New Zealand First MP Budget 2018, that was announced in mid-May, has many benefits for all New Zealanders. One of its main focusses is to better support hard working New Zealanders who struggle to support their... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Osteoarthritis is the most common cause of joint pain. The real driver behind cartilage loss is the health of specialised cells called chondrocytes. These amazing cells secrete and... Read More