Todd MullerNational MP As we begin 2018, I have a request to my counterpart, Minister James Shaw, to ensure the significant climate change discussions that await both parliament and communities all across New Zealand this year are anchored in... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz What a spectacle at the Bay Oval on Sunday, where India played Australia in a Group B encounter in the 2018 ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup currently being played in New Zealand. In... 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 below shows details of the average annual daily maximum... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz There's been no sight of him round the burrow. Not so much as a fuzzy ear or whisker ….not one fresh dropping. Wise rabbits are, at this time of the year, deep in the warren - sheltered... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz It's that time when you start to think about what you want to achieve over the coming year. Setting goals or resolutions are a good way to do this. As your elected representative I thought it wouldn't... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Christmas season always brings an extra joy to Sideline Sid with one of his favourite sporting events broadcast on Sky. There are few sporting events in the world that bond players,... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 118 years. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga Harbour, from November 1904... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz A week into the New Year and some of you are still struggling to come to terms with that fact it's Twenty Eighteen and no longer Twenty Seventeen. Really, people, you've had all year to get ready... Read More

Todd MullerNational MP Happy New Year and welcome to another year of my fortnightly The Weekend Sun column - a great tool for communicating with our community. I hope you all made the most of the time off work, saw some sun, and spent special... Read More

Animal Anecdotes with Nina Smith from Papamoa Village Vets Summer's a great time to live in the Bay, but it brings painful and preventable problems for pets. The 'grass seed season' is here! Seeds attach to fur and their arrowhead shape burrows... Read More

Skin Secrets with Sue Dewes from Tranquillo Beauty Warm sands, blue skies and the gentle roar of the waves - few experiences are as therapeutic as time spent at the beach or near the sea. The entire experience is a tonic for the body, mind and... Read More

Spotlight on...with Janne GuitarGirl Born in Invercargill and now Auckland-based, singer-songwriter Chris Barclay loves to 'shred' on his guitar and put on a show for the audience.Chris started off his musical journey as a drummer, but wanted to... Read More