Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP If the Government is insistent on railroading these flag referenda through, they should at least include the current New Zealand flag as one of the flag design choices from which to choose, during the first... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor We're all too familiar with expensive mistakes when Government (including council) launches new technology. The most infamous being Government's Novopay. But it's not just public agencies that get technology... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Last week Sideline Sid paid a return visit to the Tauranga BMX Club track at Cambridge Road. It is over four years since he went to see the then fledging track around the time of the... Read More

Jen Riley,WBOP Recreation Advisor,Sport Bay of Plenty Play in the Bay is kicking into gear for the last half of the year. August is Move It month in, followed by promotion of the Western Bay of Plenty Activity Directory in September, Outdoors Month... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The graph below shows details of the average daily maximum temperatures, called 'afternoon', for Tauranga for July from 1913-2015. The temperatures for July 2015 was 14.1 degrees Celsius C , the coolest since July 2004,... Read More

Beautiful Youby Suzanne Edmonds Each week, beauty enthusiast Suzanne Edmonds explores the best ways to take care of ourselves so that we love the skin we're in. Cold mornings, short days and bulky clothes, that hide a multitude of sins, may tempt... Read More

Scott SimpsonCoromandel MP It's really important that our children get the best start in life and that means ensuring they are able to go to the doctor any time of the day or night without parents worrying about the cost. July 1saw the start of... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz It was fantastic to have the Prime Minister in town this week to open the Tauranga Eastern Link. One of the Government's seven Roads of National Significance, this is the largest roading project the Bay... Read More

Are you ready?with Leigh Elder This week's question: 'What is about 1m-long, 10cm-wide, weighs less than a feather duster, can be used standing up, sitting or lying down, and provides you with a full body resistance workout?' It's a 'stretchy band'... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz As if the flagging flag debacle wasn't enough nonsense for one year, we now have some well-paid clowns suggesting we change the national anthem. This has to be a case of 'God Defend New Zealand'…... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz The Minister of Local Government, Hon Paula Bennett, gave a very clear message to the local government sector at its conference last week. She thinks we should call time on the debates about how... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz The Minister of Local Government, Hon Paula Bennett, gave a very clear message to the local government sector at its conference last week. She thinks we should call time on the debates about how... Read More