John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz The next generation of medicines will include those that target the body's healing processes to treat disease. The miracle will not be new drugs. The real miracle are our healing processes that, when... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Last Sunday was 17 years to the day, since David Tua challenged Lennox Lewis in Las Vegas, for the World Heavyweight championship. No New Zealand boxer has made more of an impression... Read More

Weather Eyewith 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 maximum temperatures... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Conspiracy theories start here It's been a wild start for the new government, with political shenanigans, drama in the house and potentially an assassination, with the Prime Minister's cat dying suddenly,... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller Last week the National Party announced our strong opposition team who will be keeping a watchful eye on the new government and, as and when required, holding them to account. I am thrilled to have been appointed National... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP NZ First has received an overwhelming amount of support following the announcement of the new government, with New Zealand First and Labour in coalition and the Green Party giving support by way of a supply... Read More

Straight from city councilA personal view,by Councillor Steve Morris It's 1963, and Keith Holyoake is Prime Minister. Tauranga town has a population of 22,000 and parking meters have been installed in the CBD. A young man puts a penny in a shiny... Read More

Spotlight on...with Janne GuitarGirl Born in Wellington, Steve Laffan had guitar lessons at the age of seven from 18-year-old blind tutor Miles Butcher after being inspired by Hank Marvin's 'Sasha' and Jeff Beck's 'Hi Ho Silver Lining'. He also... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Melbourne Cup has been done and dusted for another year, with a few punters throughout Australia and New Zealand celebrating their luck in picking the right horse in the big go,... Read More

Active Voicewith Jen RileyCommunity Strength & Balance Leader and with Laura WeaserSport BOP Communication Advisor Back in June, an email went around work asking who would be interested in doing the Tough Mudder, an 18 kilometre mud and obstacle... Read More

Spotlight on...with Janne GuitarGirl Music and art are strong influences in the Foote family. Paul, who grew up in Westport, remembers his mother singing on the local radio station on a Sunday night. He had classical piano lessons for ten years... Read More

Weather Eyewith 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; and the second driest... Read More