Blogs
09:52am Fri 24 May, 2013
Ian McLeanSpokesperson for the Green Party It makes business sense to sell assets if the profits from that sale are used to generate new income. But why not simply retain the original profitable enterprise? Between 1987 and 1999, partial or complete... Read More
09:51am Fri 24 May, 2013
Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz Early morning isn't generally the best time of the day for teenagers. However, I was very impressed at a recent SmartGrowth breakfast where student leaders, from 10 Tauranga and Western Bay of... Read More
09:50am Fri 24 May, 2013
John CroninBOP Regional Council Chairmanwww.boprc.govt.nz In all the work we do, we work with our community including tangata whenua, landowners, other councils and agencies. A good example of this is the work we're doing in the Kaituna River and... Read More
09:49am Fri 24 May, 2013
Andrew von DadelszenFormer Regional Councillor I recently spent the weekend at a Rotary Conference in Napier, and I was so impressed with that city. In contrast to downtown Tauranga, Napier is clean and vibrant, with a real atmosphere of charming... Read More
09:06am Thu 23 May, 2013
Ariki TibbleSchool Sport Team LeaderSport Bay of Plenty I believe that secondary school sport, when delivered in the right way, can be a vehicle for engaging otherwise disengaged students, improving educational outcomes, and enhancing school culture. The... Read More
11:16am Wed 22 May, 2013
Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz On the first day of the new week Sideline Sid had a day out at the Tauranga Races as the result of having a miniscule share in a horse that was having its third race day start. The... Read More
03:48pm Mon 20 May, 2013
Pete MorrisArt blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Mount Maunganui artist Ana Mendina arrived back in New Zealand a short time ago after spending time with the Yanomani tribe in North West Brazil. The Yanomani live near the headwaters of the Amazon River... Read More
03:45pm Mon 20 May, 2013
Weather Eyewith John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites over the last 100 years including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. It is very common for areas such as Tauranga to have had different... Read More
12:25pm Fri 17 May, 2013
Ian McLeanSpokesperson for the Green Party The Green Party has announced that it will support two local Tauranga candidates in the local body elections in 2013 - Dr Ian McLean and Delwyn Walker. Ian will stand for Bay of Plenty Regional Council... Read More
12:21pm Fri 17 May, 2013
Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Society's headlong plunge into PC lunacy continues. The signs are all there. Literally. On the side of the road. A few years ago, astute Sun readers pointed out the ridiculous 'Pavement Rehabilitation”... Read More
12:13pm Fri 17 May, 2013
NewshoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz Flo is progressing well after another round of surgery, thanks to the excellent care at Mount Vet Hospital. Izzy enjoys sand and surf. Stuart Mason. Papamoa beach. Jorg and the team at 0800 VETCALL have done... Read More
12:11pm Fri 17 May, 2013
Cr Bill FaulknerFaulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga has many responsible corporate citizens - I related a few columns ago about City Partners. This week, Trustpower, in association with Tauranga City Council, presented its annual Community... Read More