Dave ClarkeCoaching Team LeaderSport Bay of Plenty BayTrust Sport Scholarships recognise both athletes and coaches and aim to support and assist Bay of Plenty sporting talent to achieve on the national and international sporting stage, and allow... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Cricket has certainly taken centre stage on the summer sporting scene with the Black Caps beating the current World Cup champions, the Bay Oval hosting 14 games in the ICC Cricket World... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The graph shows the range of Tauranga's January rainfalls from 1898-2015, varied from an extreme high of 532 mm in 1907 to a low of only 1 mm in 1928. But do note the records for January 1904, 1908, and 1909 are incomplete. The... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz It's been an interesting week in the news, our region hosting two remarkably successful spectator events - jetsprint racing and the Classic airshow. Superbly organised and with great venues, it's also... Read More

NewshoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz We've some lovely new staff members here at our Sun Media offices. I think it's exciting, starting the New Year with some friendly new faces.And I'm pleased to report, they have excellent taste in lunch. It... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz I can remember when I was a small child how my father tended the garden and keep seeds for the next season; often broad beans and scarlet runner beans. Broad beans were disgusting,... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz Welcome to 2014 everyone. I hope you all managed to have some time off relaxing with family and friends. We had some friends visiting from the UK, so we got to take them around and show off Tauranga.... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor I'm excited to be back for the first week of formal council meetings in 2014. This column was written before council's decisions on Thursday, so I'll cover those issues in future weeks. It's obvious from the... Read More

Scott SimpsonCoromandel MP The rising cost of living in our largest city is a concern for all of us. The Government is pushing through measures to try and address the problem of Auckland's spiralling house prices, but affordability is without a... Read More

Andy BelcherThrough Andy's LensPhotographer My good friend Suzi had a small plastic tub of water in the top of a bush outside her kitchen window. When she described it as her 'tui perch' I got excited and immediately set up my camera. My enthusiasm... Read More

Tony BonneWhakatane Mayor In the Whakatane District, we currently have the strange situation of having two community board by-elections underway, just three months after the 2013 triennial local government elections. The reason for this is there... Read More

Art Beatwith Rosalie Crawford The only New Zealander to be included in a group of international urban sketchers has been holidaying with family this summer in Papamoa. Growing up here, Murray Dewhurst attended Papamoa Primary School and Te Puke... Read More