Weather Eyewith John Maunder The connection between solar activity and the earth's climate is an area of on-going and sometimes controversial research.A sunspot is a relatively dark, sharply defined region on the solar disc - marked by an umbra... Read More

Gerard CaseyEBOP Chamber of Commerce CEO At a recent meeting of stakeholders in the Eastern Bay of plenty we discussed the future of the region in the next 40 to 50 years. It was a fascinating chance to look out beyond and think about how our... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz There seems to be a lot of white butterfly around at the moment. They are a perennial gardener's curse, and seem to flap from plant to plant laying eggs for caterpillars to... Read More

NewshoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz Dog-tastic news folks! There's an awesome event for all dogs and their owners at Mount Maunganui this weekend - with all kinds of canine fun planned.We're all invited to Showdogs' free Dog Fun Day on Sunday,... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz I really hope you can read fast. Because the End of the World is coming and I'd hate you to be half way through a Rabbits column when suddenly, whammo. The world ends, in a chaotic maelstrom of chaos... Read More

Leigh ElderEat for keeps A couple of weeks ago I made a presentation to a group of young people attending a leadership course at The Summerhill A1 Youth Academy up in the Papamoa Hills. Having completed an overnight camp either in a tent or in... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor This week's column is written as a bunch of tweets (social media mini blogs made up of 140 characters) to squeeze as much action into one column as possible. Here we go: A Wellington institute presented how Tauranga... Read More

Independent viewsBy Brendan Horan A media article on Monday heralded a $10 million building spurge to remediate the demand for new houses. But its not so joyous, however, for the increasing numbers of local residents who cannot afford to be entering... Read More

Mary Parker 'Adversity introduces a person to themselves.” - Anonymous We can choose to be a victim when we are challenged by life's problems, or we can look at what we're contributing to the problem that keeps it in play. Problems will... Read More

Ian McLeanGreen SceneSpokesperson for the Green Party Tauranga may want to be two fundamentally different cities. First, is the retirement village that is gentle, genteel, safe, welcoming and supportive. It will likely have policies to deliver... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Elected members recently visited the Port of Tauranga. After a briefing of the Port's operations and their future projects, elected members boarded a bus and were driven around the Port on both sides... Read More

John ArtsAbundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz If I had to choose just one group of nutrients with the greatest impact on heart health, it would be the wider vitamin E family. This is where things get a bit technical but bear with me. There are two... Read More