Blogs
02:43pm Fri 10 Nov, 2017
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
02:42pm Fri 10 Nov, 2017
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
10:44am Wed 08 Nov, 2017
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
10:18am Tue 07 Nov, 2017
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
01:04pm Mon 06 Nov, 2017
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
01:02pm Mon 06 Nov, 2017
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
11:49am Mon 06 Nov, 2017
John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz People contact me for advice on a wide range of health issues, and the two most common causes of pain I deal with are joint pain from osteoarthritis and muscle problems, as side effects of commonly prescribed... Read More
04:23pm Fri 03 Nov, 2017
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz With Rogers currently sidelined for repairs, we thought we'd delve into the archives and revisit one of the classics. This beauty is from 2010. It seems there's a tonne of you out there in supermarket... Read More
04:16pm Fri 03 Nov, 2017
Straight from city councilA personal view,by Councillor Steve Morris I was honoured this week when a young Labour supporter suggested they should find a candidate to stand against me at the next election. I suggested they consider his mother; such... Read More
02:09pm Tue 31 Oct, 2017
Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Just a week out from 'The Race That Stops Two Nations', took Sideline Sid back 50 years to being on course at Flemington to watch the 1967 Melbourne Cup. The end of a six month working... Read More
10:00am Tue 31 Oct, 2017
Active Voicewith Erin KouwenhovenCommunity Sport Advisor (WBOP) Earlier this month, Sport Bay of Plenty helped run the first-ever New Zealand Teachers' Games in Mount Maunganui. New Zealand Secondary School Sports Council (NZSSSC) launched the... Read More
09:50am Tue 31 Oct, 2017
Weather Eyewith John Maunder Global temperatures are compiled for various areas including global (land-ocean), global (meteorological stations), three latitude bands, and hemispheric, by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies of NASA. The graph... Read More