Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Briefings and workshops continue Elected members met with the Board of Directors of Bay Leisure and Events Limited this week to hear their vision and strategic plan. In January, as part of the annual... Read More

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid can't wait for the two Northern Knights HRV Cup T20 games to hit the Bay Oval on January 2 and 4, 2014. On January 2, our Bay team squares off against the Canterbury Wizards,... Read More

Catherine McCullochHealth Team LeaderSport Bay of Plenty Unfortunately, current health statistics of New Zealanders make for grim reading. The modern busy lifestyle lends itself to inactivity and poor eating habits; people reach for convenience... Read More

Weather Eyewith John Maunder The graph shows the range of November rainfalls from 1898 to 2013 in Tauranga, from an extreme high of 285 mm in 1916 to a low of only 12 mm in 2009. The second wettest November was 1967, when 240 mm was recorded;... Read More

NewshoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz It was a humid, steamy early summer night. Rain clouds were brooding in the Kaimais.Good word that, brooding. Reminds me of…rain clouds. The boss and I had some time to kill in town, so we grabbed the... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Spring has fully sprung; summer is sneaking in early and apart from the odd storm, the warm weather is reminding everyone of that special time of the year: Strange-shaped vegetable season.Forget all... Read More

Matt CowleyTauranga City Councillor During the local body elections, you would have heard a lot of people talking about creating a vibrant city. But what does it mean? This week, the new council started to translate what we consider a vibrant city... Read More

Simon BridgesNational MP simonbridges.co.nz With Parliament in recess, I spent most of this week in Tauranga meeting with constituents, dealing with local issues and speaking with community groups. I also travelled to New Plymouth to visit Port... Read More

Independent viewsBy Brendan Horan The new electoral boundaries have been proposed and are out for public consultation. MP's were able to submit their views some time ago and I took the opportunity to share what I perceived as a common-sense outcome... Read More

Leigh Elder Like it or not we are all involved in some way with the obesity and diabetes epidemics. We either have problems ourselves, or know someone close to us who has. And hey, as taxpayers the cost of all this mayhem is unbelievable. Health... Read More

Ian McLeanSpokesperson for the Green Party The declining water quality in our rivers and lakes can be attributed to two primary pollutants, nitrogen and phosphorous. Both are a by-product of intensive farming of animals. The equation is simple.... Read More

Catherine StewartTauranga City Councillor Many people turned up on Sunday evening for the last time to enjoy a meal at Bureta Park Motor Inn. I also called into the pub last Friday night. There was hardly room to move, with regulars sharing... Read More