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

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The last few days of May have well and truly seen autumn depart, with the chills of winter already rocking and rolling, not to mention bucket loads of rain that made following club... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder A superimposed 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... Read More

Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor The Government Report 'Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Growth Study', released last week by Minister Steven Joyce, is a bit of a wake-up call for the Western Bay. In my view this report missed the mark when... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor 'We are the future' is the theme of this year's Youth Week happening nationwide from May 23-30. Youth Week is an opportunity for New Zealanders to celebrate and recognise the extraordinary contribution that young... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Finance Minister Bill English delivered the National-led government's seventh Budget this week. Minister English, under the leadership of John Key, has done a remarkable job of steering the country through... 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. It's well known that massage helps with relaxation and de-stressing. The idea of lying... Read More