Blogs
08:57am Fri 24 Jul, 2015
Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Last Tuesday, Tauranga City Council held a rebranded Community Connections meeting at Papamoa Library and Community Centre. To date, attendances have been poor - usually more staff than community present.... Read More
08:53am Fri 24 Jul, 2015
Todd TalksBy Todd Muller One of the things you quickly look forward to as a new MP is parliamentary recess, when you are not required to be in Wellington for a couple of weeks and can spend time in your electorate, and even occasionally get to... Read More
09:42am Wed 22 Jul, 2015
Melanie ShortMarketing ManagerSport Bay of Plenty There are so many of us who lend a hand at our chosen sport, we are happy to help out mainly due to the connection with the sport through our kids or because we still play….and as we look... Read More
09:40am Wed 22 Jul, 2015
Melanie ShortMarketing ManagerSport Bay of Plenty There are so many of us who lend a hand at our chosen sport, we are happy to help out mainly due to the connection with the sport through our kids or because we still play….and as we look... Read More
07:42am Wed 22 Jul, 2015
Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While channel surfing on Sky on Saturday morning, I came upon one of the most poignant moments in sport that I have seen in a long time. With day two of the British Open Golf from St... Read More
11:57am Mon 20 Jul, 2015
Weather Eyewith John Maunder A new model of the Sun's interior is producing predictions of its behaviour with unprecedented accuracy; predictions with interesting consequences for Earth. Professor Valentina Zharkova of Northumbria University presented... Read More
11:12am Fri 17 Jul, 2015
Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP The large number of foreign investors buying up New Zealand properties is creating an entire generation of Kiwis unable to buy their own home - ever. With so many Kiwis being pushed into the rental market, rent... Read More
09:52am Fri 17 Jul, 2015
Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Yes, that's right - residents' debt will decrease even though Tauranga City Council's debt is increasing. Council is investing in infrastructure so more housing can be built. New property owners repay us for... Read More
09:49am Fri 17 Jul, 2015
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. Every day, in the name of beauty, many of us unwittingly put a cocktail of chemicals... Read More
09:44am Fri 17 Jul, 2015
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz This week we have a planetary theme orbiting your favourite Sun column. Because there's a probe venturing closer to Pluto than ever before and the astronomical community is over the moon about it. Not... Read More
09:35am Fri 17 Jul, 2015
Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor There's been a lot of talk lately on rejuvenating Tauranga's CBD, but very little attention to it when councillors deliberated on their Long Term Plan. I did submit on this, and am adamant that a vibrant... Read More
09:31am Fri 17 Jul, 2015
Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Last week the Government released the six-monthly snapshot of how we are tracking against our Better Public Services targets. In 2012 the Prime Minister announced 10 challenging targets for the public... Read More