Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor What an amazing week. We've listened to about 150 people present their submissions on Tauranga City Council's draft Long Term Plan. The plan sets out what activities council will do during the next 10 years,... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz I can tell there's a lot of vexing questions on your mind, by the way you're squinting at this page.That, or your undergarments are too tight. Assuming of course, you're wearing them. It just wouldn't... Read More

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor Let me commend the Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust for divesting 6.4 per cent of its holding in Trustpower. This $154.8 million divestment makes compelling commercial sense, as this trust is a cornerstone... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz On Tuesday, May 12, I'll be hosting a 'Cut the Red Tape' meeting at the Historic Village from 9.30am. This is part of the National Government's Rules Reduction Initiative announced last year. I often... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor I see the latest amalgamation debate/dinner has been cancelled. If there is to be meaningful debates on this topic, then a panel of men and women speakers and a balance of 'for' and 'against' amalgamation... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Cycling has been described as the new golf, with the grey haired brigade taking to their bikes in unprecedented numbers. Sideline Sid threw his leg over the bar again a few years ago... Read More

Nicki ScottVirtually on Track Project LeaderSport Bay of Plenty The mornings are getting colder and the days shorter as the winter months' loom. Amazingly this doesn't stop the many keen athletes training for the multiple hour adventure races in... Read More

Nicki ScottVirtually on Track Project LeaderSport Bay of Plenty The mornings are getting colder and the days shorter as the winter months' loom. Amazingly this doesn't stop the many keen athletes training for the multiple hour adventure races in... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Rainfalls in Tauranga during the month of April 2014 and April 2013 were both relatively wet, with April 2013 recording 284 mm - the sixth highest April rainfall since 1898 - and April 2014 the total was 225 mm - the... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor I'm excited Tauranga City Council unanimously adopted the Public Art Policy this week. The policy establishes a better process for making decisions on public art. If you search the internet for images of Tauranga,... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller The recent Anzac centennial celebrations in the Bay was a moving moment for me, as I met several folk from our older generation who experienced first-hand life during the war. In our age, where often our greatest nuisance... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz You'll need to read this column slowly, as it has been written slowly.Due to personal injury; dislocating several body parts in a mishap while pursuing a fly around the office.Clearly the brain was... Read More