Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP Last week in the House, we were finally able to abolish zero hour contracts. After a great sigh of relief, we resume the fight for casual loading in order to provide employers with the incentive to offer employees... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While many look on golf as boring, the finish to the New Zealand Open played at Queenstown over the weekend had high drama aplenty on the last hole. The rare Sky television coverage... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder This is the 150th issue of WeatherEye Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. It's very common for... Read More

Careers with Hartwith Jay Hart More than one in five New Zealanders drop out of University in their first year. So, how can you make sure you're one of the three (and a bit) who graduates? New Study Habits For most of us, the work ethic we employed... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz I often say I have the best job in the world. I get to help the courageous people who've been prepared to make often considerable changes in order to maintain, regain or just improve their health. It's... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz This week the Rabbit performed a spectacular flip-flop on the flag. I know, I declared early in the process that we should retain Old Jack and the triple stars that are actually four.That was before... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor I've received many emails from people in the community concerned regarding proposed changes to Government legislation for fresh water. Elected members were recently sent the booklet 'Next steps for fresh... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor There's been a lot of talk in the community on whether council should fix or replace its mouldy office buildings. Elected members are considering lots of different ideas and approaches, by a range of developers,... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Happy New Year to you all. Is it getting too late to say that? While the holidays seem like a distant memory now, it was great to spend some quality time with the family and Natalie's parents during the... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Six months preparation, a wheelbarrow full of predictions of success followed by another crushing loss in the first game of the season - yes the New Zealand Warriors NRL season has... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of February have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 (except for 1904, 1908, and 1909). The graph of February rainfalls in Tauranga shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 343 mm in 1936... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz The cells called Mitochondria are our internal engines that take the energy from food and finally change this into the form of energy our bodies need. At the end of the line is the production of our bodies'... Read More