Blogs
09:07am Tue 21 Apr, 2015
Weather Eyewith John Maunder Climate extremes in New Zealand, since instrumental records became available in the 1850's, show a range from the highest temperature of 42.4 degrees Celsius recorded in Rangiora on February 7, 1973, to the most intense... Read More
04:27pm Fri 17 Apr, 2015
Todd TalksBy Todd Muller I'm a believer in what goes around comes around. If I'm honest, at times I've meant that in anger. However, I seek mostly to do small, helpful things for people which mayin turn encourage a reciprocated altruistic response. On... Read More
10:59am Fri 17 Apr, 2015
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz And this one's a doozieJust when you thought the Government had run out of ideas for unfairly taxing us, some bright spark comes up with a new one.This time it's the new system for determining car licence... Read More
09:42am Fri 17 Apr, 2015
Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz I spent last weekend reading the 275 submissions to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Long Term Plan. Overall, there is very strong support for the work the regional council does - especially... Read More
09:40am Fri 17 Apr, 2015
Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Everyone is a winner with the New Zealand Transport Agency taking over the ownership of Route K from Tauranga City Council in July. You get cheaper tolls, NZTA can manage a nationally important route to New Zealand's... Read More
09:39am Fri 17 Apr, 2015
Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor I read, with interest, a recent council vacancy for a SmartGrowth wellbeings implementation officer. The advert said that since the review in 2013, SmartGrowth now took a much broader approach in recognising... Read More
04:01pm Wed 15 Apr, 2015
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. We rely on them every day to carry our bodies around. We expect them to never fail... Read More
02:26pm Tue 14 Apr, 2015
Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz It's the hurry and scurry of the modern world - history is what shapes where we are today. Sideline Sid has a loose connection with two grand sporting trophies that seemed destined... Read More
11:28am Tue 14 Apr, 2015
Tom MorrisonCommunity Coaching AdvisorSport Bay of Plenty Attention all winter codes, it's time to start thinking about your nominations for Sport Maker. The Thank a Sport Maker campaign is part of a partnership with the Lotto Volunteer Foundation... Read More
11:25am Tue 14 Apr, 2015
Tom MorrisonCommunity Coaching AdvisorSport Bay of Plenty Attention all winter codes, it's time to start thinking about your nominations for Sport Maker. The Thank a Sport Maker campaign is part of a partnership with the Lotto Volunteer Foundation... Read More
08:05am Tue 14 Apr, 2015
Weather Eyewith John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph shows details of the average daily maximum temperatures,... Read More
10:15am Fri 10 Apr, 2015
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. You may have heard of paraffin wax dips for the feet during a pedicure. The experience... Read More