Weather Eyewith John Maunder What causes the climate to change as well as understanding the methods for detecting changes in the climate are on-going research activities. The following is a brief summary of the methods scientists and others, such... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Anzac Day got Sideline Sid thinking about the role that sport played during hostilities over the last one hundred years of armed conflict. While sport was very much reduced in New... Read More

Are you ready?with Leigh Elder Last week's TV One 'Sunday' programme was focused on taking a look at obesity and what we should be doing about it. And guess what, surprise, surprise, the fast food industry was the number one target again. Well,... Read More

Dive Right Inwith Gwyn Brownfrom Tauranga Dive Rogers Rabbits' column this week failed to make it past the Sun's censorship committee and he has been banished from page 2 until such time as the column is amended to comply with standards of common... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller I was asked by the Mount RSA on Saturday to open Fox Hole - their new, family-orientated café. It was a special occasion that gave me pause to reflect on the value RSA members give to their community. As a nation... Read More

Careers with Hartwith Jay Hart If you've made it to the interview, your CV and cover letter show you've got what it takes for the job advertised. Unfortunately, so does everyone else they're interviewing. So who gets the job? The interview is really... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Let's consider a scenario where Tauranga City Council chooses to build its office building in vacant greenfield land, such as Papamoa or Tauriko. For me, it would signal the beginning of the end of Tauranga's... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz Both mayors from Tauranga City and Western Bay of Plenty District have now announced this current term will be their last. Under their leadership there has been a very strong collaborative way... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP During a television interview this last Sunday, the Health Minister stated a tax on sugar would not change people's behaviour. The Minister's statement is surprising given the 400 per cent tax on tobacco the... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Tauranga City Council is seeking submissions on its Draft Local Elections Policy. Display of election signage has been increased from four weeks to six weeks to be consistent with the City Plan. The timeframe... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Following on from last week's column, where I ranked Ron Jarden as one of the finest All Blacks to play rugby for our country - this week Sideline Sid gives his thoughts on one of the... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The NASA Solar Physics website (and other web sites such as the Royal Observatory of Belgium) includes information on the sun, sunspot numbers, the 'Maunder Minimum', and sunspot cycle predictions. The sunspot index... Read More