Blogs

History in the making

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Tauranga City Council's Community Development Committee met at the Papamoa Community Centre on May 13 at 6.30pm - the first time a Council meeting has been held outside of the chamber for 25 years. About... Read More

Planning for our coasts

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz The Resource Management Act planning process is convoluted, and costly and time-consuming. Finally, after a two-year development process, the Regional Direction and Delivery Committee of the Bay... Read More

Protecting community history

Ian McLeanGreen SceneSpokesperson for the Green Party My children and I often explore the old city cemeteries. We even clean the graves, which we now learn is wrong according to Tauranga City Council. Kelly McLean (no relation) and his water blasting... Read More

Passion and do you have it?

Gerard CaseyEBOP Chamber of Commerce CEO The Eastern Bay of Plenty Chamber of Commerce hosted Rachel Taulelei and she spoke about marketing as an art. Rachel is the founder of Yellow Brick Road, a company demonstrably invested in New Zealand's... Read More

Club development – capturing a club’s future plans

David MortimoreCommunity Sport Team LeaderSport Bay of Plenty Club development is simply a process to capture a club's plans for the future. Good club development is based on your club's current position, capacity and aspirations. Whether consolidating... Read More

Club development – capturing a club’s future plans

David MortimoreCommunity Sport Team LeaderSport Bay of Plenty Club development is simply a process to capture a club's plans for the future. Good club development is based on your club's current position, capacity and aspirations. Whether consolidating... Read More

Watching Warriors tackle Bulldogs’ Waikato home game

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz While rugby is Sideline Sid's winter sporting passion, he also takes an interest in the New Zealand Warriors in the hotbed of the NRL. With the Warriors playing the Canterbury Bulldogs... Read More

Bay offers inclusive opportunities

Cherryl ThompsonBay of Plenty and GisborneHalberg Disability Sport Foundation The Halberg Disability Sport Foundation has been supporting disabled people in sport and recreation for the last 50 years. This has been made possible by working with... Read More

Inclusive opportunities in the Bay

Cherryl ThompsonDisability Sport AdviserBay of Plenty and GisborneHalberg Disability Sport Foundation The Halberg Disability Sport Foundation has been supporting disabled people in sport and recreation for the last 50 years. This has been made... Read More

Tropospheric global temperatures - January 1979 to April 2014

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The latest global average temperatures of the troposphere - those observed from NOAA satellites, are computed by the University of Alabama at Huntsville, in the United States. The troposphere is the lowest portion of... Read More

Market forces and quality education

Ian McLeanGreen SceneSpokesperson for the Green Party People care about the education of their children more than almost any other issue. So we want good policy that builds an effective education system. Schools are at the frontline, and offer... Read More

Headlines that surprised us this week

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Headlines are all the rage this week, hot on the heels of the Canon Media Awards at which SunLive came second in the digital breaking news category.Well we presume we were second, since there were three... Read More