Weather Eyewith John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites in the last 100 years, including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph below shows details of the average annual daily maximum... Read More

David Hill@ Papamoa Plaza With new building consents on the rise, expansion at Papamoa Plaza and a whole raft of events underway for the coming months, Papamoa is making all the right moves for the community. A caring community encompasses all... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz There is still plenty of heat in the sun at this time of the year and we often eat vegetables like watermelon and cucumber, which have more than 90 per cent water content that... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz There is still plenty of heat in the sun at this time of the year and we often eat vegetables like watermelon and cucumber, which have more than 90 per cent water content that... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz There is still plenty of heat in the sun at this time of the year and we often eat vegetables like watermelon and cucumber, which have more than 90 per cent water content that... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Now that Gareth Morgan has lifted the lid on global warming; pinpointed the problem of the birdies in the trees and the naughty cats; and found the golden bullet for NZ's Waitangi Treaty aberrations... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Now that Gareth Morgan has lifted the lid on global warming; pinpointed the problem of the birdies in the trees and the naughty cats; and found the golden bullet for NZ's Waitangi Treaty aberrations... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Now that Gareth Morgan has lifted the lid on global warming; pinpointed the problem of the birdies in the trees and the naughty cats; and found the golden bullet for NZ's Waitangi Treaty aberrations... Read More

Todd TalksBy Todd Muller Jobs mean people can pay their bills. Jobs put food on Kiwi tables. And jobs mean people can save and invest in brighter futures for themselves and their families. New labour market data shows the unemployment rate in the... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Congratulations to Leanne Brown, the new Mount/Papamoa Ward councillor. We now have four female elected members and a good mix of ages and backgrounds. Meanwhile, the City Delivery Committee has received... Read More

Clayton MitchellNew Zealand First MP How would the Bay of Plenty region feel if a shark cage was placed four nautical miles off the coast of the Mount for cage diving? Four nautical miles - or 7.4km - the distance from Tauranga to Mount Maunganui. This... Read More

Scott SimpsonCoromandel MP I spent a great day at the recent Katikati A&P Show. There was much talk about our growing economy and what it means for us all. Politicians can quote all the numbers and statistics they like, but most people are really... Read More