Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Having a beer, a bet and a yarn on a Saturday is a Kiwi tradition that dates back decades. And one Western Bay local, where a group of hard working blokes gather, is the Judea Tavern... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The connection between solar activity and the earth's climate is an area of on-going and sometimes controversial research.A sunspot is a relatively dark, sharply defined region on the solar disc - marked by an umbra... Read More

Heidi LichtwarkChief Executive OfficerSport Bay of Plenty I had loads of fun while watching my son's cross country this week. My first giggle was when my son suggested he needed 'fast shoes' for the run. I quietly wondered if these existed and... Read More

Heidi LichtwarkChief Executive OfficerSport Bay of Plenty I had loads of fun while watching my son's cross country this week. My first giggle was when my son suggested he needed 'fast shoes' for the run. I quietly wondered if these existed and... 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. There's little doubt that we have a problem in the beauty industry with sub-standard... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP Leading up to the budget release, during Wednesday's Question Time, I raised concerns regarding the Tauranga Central Corridor, specifically relating to 15th Ave/Highway 2A. Namely, whether the Government remembers... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller Last week's budget attracted a great deal attention and praise - indeed, it was a National-led Government which delivered a budget focused on families and supporting the most vulnerable, including being the first party... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz The big news this week is that Auckland has a seal. Big deal. Yet it's been leading the TV news this week.You have to wonder what all the fuss is about. Every town's got a seal. We've got one at the... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor A handful of people made public requests for Tauranga City Council to cut our staff numbers by up to half, believing costs are too high. Staff costs make up 20 per cent of council's yearly budget, which totals... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz A huge amount of work is being done to safeguard Tauranga Harbour. For example, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council has $6.7 million in its budget for its Tauranga Harbour programme next year -... Read More

Danelle Stevens GRx Advisor Sport Bay of Plenty Are you a 'chair worker'? Do you spend most of your day sitting at a desk? At the recent Annual Agencies for Nutrition Action conference, Neville Owen of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute... Read More

Danelle Stevens GRx Advisor Sport Bay of Plenty Are you a 'chair worker'? Do you spend most of your day sitting at a desk? At the recent Annual Agencies for Nutrition Action conference, Neville Owen of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute... Read More