Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Tauranga Boys' College first 11 received a rare treat on Saturday, when Black Cap Trent Boult turned out for his club side Otumoetai Cadets, against Tauranga Boys' at Nicholson... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder Global temperatures are compiled for various areas, including global (land-ocean), global (meteorological stations), three latitude bands, and hemispheric, by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies of NASA. A graph... Read More

Art Beatwith Rosalie Crawford While hunting for some live jazz music playing regularly in Tauranga, I discovered U4RIA are now performing weekly at the Raft in Chapel St. In trying to describe their music, I came across their own 'About Us' which... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz The summer weather has defiantly arrived and the sun seems to be at its hottest, ripening fruit and vegetables ready for harvest. As I mentioned last week, sometimes there... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor The big risk to Tauranga City Council's debt profile now has a solution; albeit a 20-year solution. Route K will be debt free by 2035. Successive councils and staff have worked for three years to reach a mutual... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz A deluge of response has landed on the rabbit desk after last week's rabbiting on the Air New Zealand bikini safety video message. Dedicated readers may recall that this columnist conducted a thorough... Read More

Independent viewsBy Brendan Horan Should students, stood down and disengaged from school, be considered a public health issue? I recently read a paper titled 'Being stood down from school is a cry for help' (Child Youth Mortality Review Group... Read More

Ian McLeanSpokesperson for the Green Party Here are a few simple facts on solar electricity generation. Depending on where you live, a typical solar electricity generator on your house will deliver $1000-$1200 worth of electricity every year at... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor This week elected members went on a bus trip to visit Tauranga City Council's water and wastewater plants. Tauranga has two water treatment plants, one on Joyce Rd and the other at Oropi. Both treatment... Read More

Gerard CaseyEBOP Chamber of Commerce CEO On February 20 I attended the launch of the Maori Economic Development Strategy by the Bay of Connections. They have identified that Maori are major stakeholders and contributors to the wider Bay of Plenty.... Read More

John ForbesOpotiki Mayor I just hung up the phone from a great chat with the Wairoa Mayor, Craig Little, and he is really concerned about the impacts of Hawke's Bay amalgamation process on the town of Wairoa and surrounds. I share his concerns... Read More

Gerard CaseyEBOP Chamber of Commerce CEO Over the last couple of days I have had reason to celebrate the fact that I have a great network and bunch of supporters. Despite my children thinking that I know everything, yeah right, I do not believe... Read More