Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It's that time of year when so many Kiwis feverishly complete the work of getting their homes and gardens immaculate, their properties looking spectacular…so they can then completely abandon them.Because... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor There are many issues on Tauranga City Council's 'to do' list for 2015. They include major decisions I'm eager to resolve. The biggest item on our agenda this year is council's Long Term Plan. The plan sets out... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz What a great sporting weekend we had in the Western Bay last Saturday and Sunday. Downtown Mount Maunganui was abuzz with the half ironman and all the other associated events, while... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Welcome to another year in the Sun. One of my most successful resolutions was to get more input from those around me, to write this column. So far that plan is working well, since the newsroom and some... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder A superimposed graph of five global monthly temperatures January 1979 to October 2014 is shown below. As the base period differs for the individual temperature estimates, they have all been normalised by comparing... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Finally summer has arrived and a more casual relaxed holiday mood takes hold, effecting everything in your life. The heat slows you down and you increasingly opt to eat more... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Finally summer has arrived and a more casual relaxed holiday mood takes hold, effecting everything in your life. The heat slows you down and you increasingly opt to eat more... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Finally summer has arrived and a more casual relaxed holiday mood takes hold, effecting everything in your life. The heat slows you down and you increasingly opt to eat more... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Thousands of people enjoyed the atmosphere throughout the Mount during New Year's period, even though I heard some locals bond over how much they hate this time of year. It sparked a few topics for locals to... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder A superimposed graph of five global monthly temperatures January 1979 to October 2014 is shown below. As the base period differs for the individual temperature estimates, they have all been normalised by comparing... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Western Bay of Plenty Black Cap quick bowler Trent Boult reached an iconic milestone on the second day of the Boxing Day test in Christchurch, when he became just the 12th Kiwi bowler... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder In the bleak mid-winter, Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone, Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter, Long ago. ****************************** These words,... Read More