Blogs
11:16am Fri 16 Sep, 2016
Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Here in the Bay, we love getting outdoors and spending time with nature. From exploring native species in our beautiful forests to scaling mountain ranges in our world-famous national parks, getting outside... Read More
10:31am Wed 14 Sep, 2016
Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz This week's blog was written as Sideline Sid and Mrs Sid return home on the big bird over the big Tasman sea. Five weeks on the Sunshine Coast went like a flash and Sid can now look... Read More
11:38am Mon 12 Sep, 2016
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
10:27am Fri 09 Sep, 2016
John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz Last week we looked at research into the healing power of turmeric. The active ingredient curcumin is the actual brilliant yellow pigment. I find it fascinating that nature's most potent healing compounds... Read More
10:24am Fri 09 Sep, 2016
Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP Local Tauranga student Jake Hoffart spends his weekends baiting and catching possums - and turning a profit from it. Being one of countless Kiwis who spend their free time out in it, Jake understands full well... Read More
10:21am Fri 09 Sep, 2016
Todd TalksBy Todd Muller Aren't the AIMS Games extraordinary? More than 9000 intermediate children from across New Zealand,competing in over 20 sporting and performance activities, cheered on by increasingly weary but reliably supportive parents... Read More
09:46am Fri 09 Sep, 2016
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Sounds like we'll be getting aftershocks 'til the cows come home. They could carry on for two years, say scientists. The aftershocks, that is. Not the cows. The cows haven't turned up. An even bigger... Read More
07:00am Wed 07 Sep, 2016
Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Three weeks of rugby withdrawal symptoms came to a end last Saturday, when Sideline Sid got to catch the Sunshine Coast premier preliminary rugby union final, with a berth to the winner... Read More
10:37am Mon 05 Sep, 2016
Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of August have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898, except for 1904, 1907, 1908 and 1909. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga Harbour, from... Read More
10:48am Fri 02 Sep, 2016
Michelle's Musingswith Michelle Muller Cords, cords, cords and more cords. I am so fed up with cords! I feel like they are taking over our house like a noxious weed, slowly strangling me as they infest every part of my home. There's they cord for... Read More
10:07am Fri 02 Sep, 2016
John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz My motorcycle tour around Rajasthan in India last year was a feast for my senses, including of course my taste buds. Most curry recipes contain the brilliant yellow spice turmeric. It has also been a... Read More
09:51am Fri 02 Sep, 2016
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It's a strange world we live in. Every day there are stories that just leave us gobsmacked.Jack Sparrow is apprehended on The Strand while waving his sword at Hairy Maclary and crew. (SunLive).Then... Read More