Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Warning: This column contains crude references to the human digestive process; crass and immature discussions of everyday bodily functions, and phrases and imagery that some may find offensive. So please... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor I recently attended a National Volunteers Week Thank You morning organised by Volunteer Western Bay of Plenty. Volunteer Western Bay of Plenty manager Theo Ursum said there are about 1 million volunteers... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz It is often said that a measure of a society is how it looks after its most vulnerable. The National-led government is committed to aiding our most vulnerable citizens, to improve their lives and those... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz All around the world we are seeing wild weather. This has long been predicted as man's increasing impact on our world changes the balance in our atmosphere, oceans and climate. Sea levels are rising.... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor The Government's recent economic growth study told us what we already knew - as a region, we are good at growing stuff, building stuff, and moving stuff around. Our workforce has qualification levels below than... Read More

Art Beatwith Rosalie Crawford I attended the opening of Creative Tauranga's group exhibition Mid Winter Summer and met Lynne Dara, who is showing some of her pen and ink work. Lynne has been creating artwork for approximately 55 years and uses... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The arrival of winter always seems to crank up the intensity in the Bay of Plenty club rugby competitions. With just three rounds remaining in the Bayfair Baywide divisions before the... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder A graph of five global monthly temperatures January 1979 to April 2015 is shown below. As the base period for the individual temperature estimates varies, they have all been normalised by comparing with the average... Read More

Scott SimpsonCoromandel MP I know how our local communities value strong social services - and particularly health services - because we never know when a family member may need a hospital or some other medical service. These situations are usually... 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. Brrr! The latest cold snap has us delving deep into our winter wardrobes. It's common... Read More

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor Reading this week's news I was shocked to see Mark Cairns at the Port of Tauranga gets paid $1,464,000, and Vince Hawksworth at TrustPower gets $1,359,999. In my opinion these levels are obscene, and... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP Sitting at the bay watching cargo ships sail away, I can't help but consider the billions of logs and timber they carry away to China, the United States and Australia, where our wood, once turned into finished... Read More