Todd TalksBy Todd Muller At a conference in 1992 I met Dyfrig Ellis, a passionate Welshman and teacher, who has become a dear friend over the years. He's a school teacher in an all Welsh-speaking school. Dyfrig is a passionate advocate for the... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Taurang City Council has adopted the 2016/2017 Annual Plan setting average rates increase at 2.2 per cent for next year. This council has experienced the lowest interest rates on borrowings that I can ever... Read More

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor Tauranga City councillors seem to think hiding capital asset decisions and ownership - for example, the proposed rebuild of the city centre - in Council Controlled Organisations is the way to fund... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Last Saturday's race meeting at the Gate Pa course in Tauranga was a testament to the course manager who presented a track that completed a full card of racing, on a day which only... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The latest global average temperatures of the troposphere - those observed from US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellites - are computed by the University of Alabama at Huntsville in the United States. ... Read More

Dr Anna Rolleston The Cardiac Clinic We're so engrained in the habits of our usual lives we're unable to see how anything can be changed. Life becomes a conveyer belt that we get onto each morning and we are propelled around the same circuit, day... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Greetings Sunners and congratulations to all you readers, we have 100 per cent attendance from you all to have reached the shortest day of the year, which if you had been paying attention, was on Tuesday.This... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz In 2009, a University of California study analysed the data of more than 130,000 people hospitalised in the USA, who were admitted with heart attacks. Surprisingly they found about 75 per cent had normal... Read More

Culinary Conversationswith Peter BlakewayFood writer, caterer and private chef Have you ever wondered where the frozen prawns in the supermarket come from? Maybe you've even checked the country of origin and will inevitably have found they are... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz I attended the Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower awards on Wednesday evening. After a day of competitive events, the winner was announced at a gala dinner at Mills Reef Winery. Congratulations to all of... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Council is seeking your feedback and ideas on resolving issues with our current building in the CBD. I will consider all submissions and options including building something to house staff outside of the... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Dear next Mayor of Tauranga.Congratulations, you're the Mayor of New Zealand's fifth largest city. The city's growth will create many opportunities for the region, and will no doubt cause you to grow many grey... Read More