Todd TalksBy Todd Muller We all know in our hearts, the importance of our children. Most of our young are well loved, but too many are vulnerable to harm and hurt. We are determined to ensure young children in the care of the state are well looked... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor A former councillor recently said the current councillors have had a dream run, benefiting from the population boom and lower interest rates. So, are the councillors lucky? People are flocking to Tauranga, not... Read More

Careers with Hartwith Jay Hart If you're using the same version of your CV for each job application you submit, you are decreasing your chances of getting that interview. It's easy to think that because your curriculum vitae (CV) is a reflection... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP It's time this Government stopped spinning disaster as success. New Zealand First has been saying from the beginning; our state houses should not be sold off. Government, not business - especially not foreign... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz With the arrival of cooler morning temperatures, the cricket season is quickly fading away to be replaced with the current Western Bay of Plenty club rugby season. In the opening games... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of March have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 - except for 1904, 1908 and 1909. This graph below shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 504 mm in 1979, to a low of 5 mm in 1943. The... Read More

Peter BlakewayFood writer Animal fat has so often been the enemy of the good diet, yet as is often the case it isn't the product itself that's bad just the way we use it. The Inuit peoples of Alaska have a diet of almost total animal fat, yet have... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Tauranga's confident and strong economy is the envy of many other regions. Most of our economic spike is associated with the construction boom. In the past, this has led to boom, bust cycles. We recently reviewed... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Time and space: this column is a waste of bothWe have some exciting science news for you this week, and remember you read it here first. Unless you are a Time Traveller, in which case you probably know... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Last Thursday I spoke at the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce Business Leaders' Luncheon with Mayor Stuart Crosby and Priority One chair Brett Hewlett. One of the topics of interest was infrastructure and... Read More

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor What a wonderful city we have in Tauranga - yet it could still be so much more. I've lived here for 29 years; and watched what was a village, turn into a modern city. In the 1980s computers had arrived,... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP It has officially stopped being a secret that this Government is obsessed with all things American. I just wish they were as committed to the value of our Kiwi culture. The Government is now encouraging the... Read More