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

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP I was not surprised when waitress Amanda Bailey stated the Prime Minister would not listen to her repeated requests that he stop pulling her hair. After all, John Key has an extensive track record of not listening... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Elected members were invited to inspect the Tauranga Eastern Link last week. This will be the largest state highway project ever built in the Bay of Plenty. The project is progressing ahead of schedule... 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. As Mother's Day approaches on May 10th, we think about mother daughter relationships.... Read More

Mexicali FreshMount Maunganuiwww.mexicalifresh.co.nz A new California-style Mexican restaurant aims to bring the freshest food and flavour to Mount Maunganui. Mount franchise owners Dion Dragicevich and Jo McGreevy say Mexicali Fresh serves fresh,... Read More