Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz An international sport, in which New Zealand are the current world champions, is to showcase international competition at Mount Maunganui next week. The International Surf Rescue Challenge,... Read More

Active Voicewith Lena KairauSport BOP Active Families Advisor The summer holidays are a cool time of year that most whanau/families look forward to with excitement. It's a great time to relax, unwind, recuperate and switch off. However, that... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is a standardized index based on the observed sea level pressure differences between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia. The SOI is a leading measure of the large-scale fluctuations in... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz In just a few short weeks our new government and Prime Minister have made magnificent progress. Not only does our new PM Jacinda Ardern know the best way to manage our country, she's instructing our... Read More

Straight from city councilA personal view,by Councillor Steve Morris This week we budgeted $192m for transport upgrades in our draft 10-year plan. The most significant item is $51.4m towards four-lanes on 15th Avenue and Turret Road in four-to-10... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP For nine years we have had little or no investment into some of our regions, which is why New Zealand First has negotiated a Regional Economic Development Fund. Our regions have been marginalised and forgotten... Read More

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