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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz Honey, ginger beef skewersA pile of root ginger sat in the pantry for a week after I bought too much for a curry. It had dried ever so slightly, but had not wrinkled with age.... Read More

Governance Matterswith Peter McKinlay Amalgamation is coming to a council near you - or is it? A group of Tauranga's leading business people will ask the Local Government Commission to amalgamate Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty. They are quite... Read More

Te Ururoa Flavell MP for Waiariki www.waiariki.maori.nz I was really pleased to recently attend the commemoration of the Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina). The ground shook as the haka was being performed and we arrived to the battle site. It is... Read More

Clare WilsonLocal Labour Last week teachers and students and all of the varied support workers went back to school for Term 2. Teachers are the backbone of our community and guardians of our future. There is, however, a feeling of concern and... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor Tauranga City Council made history this week by holding its first-ever formal meeting outside of its own building since it amalgamated in 1989. Our Community Development Committee chairman Steve Morris dropped... Read More