Brian AndersonThe Western Frontwww.sunlive.co.nz The Western Bay of Plenty District Council meeting on the annual plan in the Katikati Memorial Hall last Tuesday was concise, purposeful and informative. The nine councillors, Western Bay of Plenty... Read More

Independent viewsBy Brendan Horan Equality is topical today with much of the country focussed on redefining marriage but meanwhile other legislation is slinking through parliament bereft of full scrutiny. Take Simon Bridges' amendment to the Crown... Read More

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

Sideline SidSports correspondant & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Western Bay sport is built upon the huge number of volunteers who administer the clubs and organisations, coach and manage the myriad of teams and generally support their chosen sport... Read More

Pete MorrisArt blogger www.sunlive.co.nz Tauranga's Jim Colzato is a photographer, video artist and a filmmaker. He joins us from Besançon in Eastern France near the Swiss border. Jim has lived in New Zealand for five years, working as... Read More

Brian RogersRogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz Global warming has been cancelled due to lack of interest. It's official. We've declared it over. The science is questionable, the motives are dodgy. Even if all the carbon buggerising worked, it would... Read More

NewshoundAdy & Flo www.sunlive.co.nz We've been warming up for the hunting season with a few pre-season away-games. Pegging out: Me pegged out, on top of Ady. First up was a wild goose chase with the chaps in boats. We love going in the boat. Any... Read More

Cr Bill FaulknerFaulkners Corner www.sunlive.co.nz Following up on the consultants' cost of the reorganisation of city hall staff structures and the CCO review, I met with CEO Leigh Auton and Mayor Stuart Crosby with the purpose of the CEO explaining... Read More

Dazz SwitallaFlavour SecretsNo.1 The Strand Chef www.no1thestrand.co.nz At this time of year when the weather is settled, daylight saving ends and there is a quiet stillness - lots of lifestyle choices are often made. For me, it's about continuing... Read More

Ian McLeanSpokesperson for the Green Party The south Waikato is undergoing a sea change right now. Amid all the angst over water quality, industry failure, forest-dairy conversions, and depressed townships, there is a bright light. That light is... Read More

Jane NeesBOP Regional Councillorwww.janenees.co.nz The power of and scale of the new Auckland Council is causing other regions to look at how they do things. For us in the Bay of Plenty, it is crucial that we establish a culture of long-term collaboration... Read More

Brian AndersonThe Western Frontwww.sunlive.co.nz For readers who missed last week, Western Bay District Council was placed 58th out of 67 councils on a Local Government League Table after they were judged on their performance in handling debt,... Read More