Angie Warren-ClarkLabour MP There's nothing like that first 4.30am alarm of the year to let you know that the official work year has begun again. Happy New Year! This week we're back in parliament, which also marks the government's first 100 days... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Welcome back to normality, Sunners, at least for those returned to school, work or whatever else fills your day. For those still on holiday or just about to leave, good on you! You worked hard all... Read More

Active Voicewith Michelle BarnsSport BOP Recreation Advisor I don't normally make a New Year's resolution, but for 2018 I have made a commitment to spend February behind bars. Handle bars. Every year at Sport Bay of Plenty the month of February... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz What a night at the Bay Oval on Sunday evening, when the Black Caps took on Pakistan in the ICC International Twenty20 series decider. The game had everything that is great about the... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The 'Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots - 'storms' on the sun - became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward Walter Maunder (1851-1928),... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz We've been concerned for quite some time about the health ailments affecting some of my age group. Particularly the lunatic fringe who read this column.Many of you are losing your minds and it's time... Read More

Jan TinettiLabour MP Happy New Year! I'm sure many of us had a wonderful time over the festive break. Tauranga is certainly a beautiful place to experience the idyllic New Zealand summer of sun, surf and sand. Firstly I want to acknowledge the... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Are you going away this long weekend, and if so, will you be travelling over the Kaimai Range to Hamilton? As magnificent as the Kaimai Range is, the roads around this region have cost a lot of lives.... Read More

Active Voicewith Laura WeaserSport BOP Communication Advisor Christmas was cancelled in 2017 - well, for me it was. With a wedding in February, a large get-together held at the start of December with my partner's relations and my family based in... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz When Sideline Sid left home last Wednesday to catch the West Indies verses South Africa Under 19 Cricket World Cup encounter at the Bay Oval - he had no idea that he would witness an... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The average afternoon temperature in December 2017 was 24.3... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz There are many reasons why you should wear a shirt, people, and frankly I'm a little disappointed that we are even having this conversation.This has been a difficult time for me, as I've been forced... Read More