Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Recent heavy rain in Dunedin and Wellington shows it's near impossible for any city in New Zealand to live free from flooding. A month's worth of rain fell within 24 hours in both cities this year. No city in... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz In local news, it's great to see TCC now backing the Omokoroa-Tauranga cycleway project. This column rallied in support of the bike track a few weeks ago and the reneging city council has U-turned,... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Elected members have completed deliberations on submissions made to the Long Term Plan. It's become clear we need to have a framework in place to assist in making decisions when it comes to funding requests... 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. Chilly temperatures, dry air and central heating can play havoc with your skin, but... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga Domain has been grabbing the headlines in the local news recently, with the return of the Steamers to the inner-city ground, to square off against arch-rivals Waikato on the... Read More

Lena Kairau and Buddy Meyer Active Families and Family Lifestyle Coach Advisors Sport Bay of Plenty Unfortunately the obesity statistics for children in New Zealand do not paint a positive picture. The latest data available from the 2012/13 Health... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of May have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 - except for 1904, 1907, 1908, and 1909.The graph shows the range of rainfalls from an extreme high of 634 mm in 2005 to a low of 13 mm in 2001.... Read More

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor It's so easy to be critical, but let's not forget that we live in the best city, in the best country in the world! Yes, I know our Green cousins criticise government agencies for promoting New Zealand... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz It was pleasing to read last week in the 'National Business Review' a special report on Tauranga and the level of growth and development happening in the Bay of Plenty. Priority One, Tauranga's economic... 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. Most of us will have heard of rushing woman's syndrome. It was made famous by Dr Libby... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Damn you, Kokomo, for writing the catchiest song in the world.I was happy floating along in my silent, simple world, until your new song came into my head and won't leave.Blast you for 'World's Most... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Mayor Crosby opened this week's deliberations on our Long Term Plan by saying this budget has been the most prudent he's seen in a while. Our LTP sets out what Tauranga City Council will do during the next 10... Read More