Blogs
11:43am Wed 19 Mar, 2014
David MortimoreCommunity Sport Team LeaderSport Bay of Plenty During the next few months, across the Bay of Plenty, local councils' annual plans will be open for submissions. A core part of this process is public consultation, whereby every year... Read More
11:39am Wed 19 Mar, 2014
David MortimoreCommunity Sport Team LeaderSport Bay of Plenty During the next few months, across the Bay of Plenty, local councils' annual plans will be open for submissions. A core part of this process is public consultation, whereby every year... Read More
11:12am Wed 19 Mar, 2014
Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The opportunity to dress up in the Western Bay are few and far between - but this Saturday is the chance to dust of the glad rags and dress up to the nines, with the premier day of... Read More
05:16pm Tue 18 Mar, 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 chart shows since 1979, when reliable... Read More
11:49am Mon 17 Mar, 2014
Governance Matterswith Peter McKinlay Sounds easy, but this is a really tricky question. Most council spending is on infrastructure - water, sewerage and roads. It's big ticket stuff. Scale and expertise matter. So, should we have fewer and bigger... Read More
11:42am Fri 14 Mar, 2014
Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz This week's recipe needs no introduction, other than to say give this one a go - it's delicious!Zucchini and corn fitter With ham and sunflower microgreensGluten-free, serves... Read More
11:18am Fri 14 Mar, 2014
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It's been all go on the news front this week. A plane mysteriously disappears. Banana crisis. The Prime Minister hoists plan for new flag. Royal visit looms. Here at RR Headquarters, we are disgusted... Read More
11:15am Fri 14 Mar, 2014
Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor This week I spent an hour in the call centre at Tauranga City Council to get a better understanding of the type of queries staff deal with. Queries ranged from building consent matters to people wanting... Read More
11:03am Fri 14 Mar, 2014
Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Well it's all on now, with the Prime Minister's announcing on Monday the general election will be held on September 20, just more than six months away. It is a great privilege and responsibility being... Read More
11:00am Fri 14 Mar, 2014
Ian McLeanGreen SceneSpokesperson for the Green Party The enormous frustration voiced by Tommy Kapai in a letter to The Weekend Sun (March 7) about 'Are we the Spray of Plenty' is a small voice for what may be a very large elephant in our room. Ask... Read More
10:59am Fri 14 Mar, 2014
Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor This Hollywood blockbuster from 2006 is a great way of illustrating our week at council. We have ambitious dreams for our future, but we have daunting barriers to overcome before we move forward. Just as Will... Read More
10:36am Fri 14 Mar, 2014
Independent viewsBy Brendan Horan What I welcome this week is the start of hearings where thousands of ordinary Kiwis get to voice their opposition to strip-mining of the seabed for ironsands. Trans-Tasman Resources is 98 per cent foreign-owned... Read More