Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP The current Labour government operates a policy to reduce the numbers of people in prison. It has succeeded in this, but not through a reduction in crime. From conversations I've... Read More

Four Tauranga Boxing Club fighters are in their final phases of preparation for the postponed 2021 Boxing New Zealand National Championships. The championships are to be held in Wanganui from April 20 to April 23. Defending Women's 69kg champion Arianne... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder For further Infomation about a wide range of weather/climate matters see my new book "Fifteen shades of climate... the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect". The extract below on "Central... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP Since coming into government, Labour has worked hard to support Kiwis. This month, we've taken the next step, with a suite of changes coming into force on April 1 that will see the majority of New Zealand... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Welcome to another week of things not quite happening. It is, as pretty much everyone I run into says, a bit weird at the moment. Not that I'm actually running into a lot of people as I'm not really going... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch We are fed so much spin, so often that it's hard to untangle sometimes. Take the 'resignation' of Dr Ashley Bloomfield this week - Director General of Health and chief executive of the Ministry... Read More

The opening stanza of the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup at the Bay Oval set the scene for an amazing month of the best women's players in the world showcasing their talents to a huge international television audience. While Covid pandemic regulations... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of March have been recorded in Tauranga for 124 years since 1898 - except for 1904, 1908 and 1909. This graph below shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 504 mm in 1979,... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus All of us have wished, sometime, for a time machine. It would come in handy for many a situation: the brief instant you realise you have just fallen out of a tree; the moment after you fail that breathalyser... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch When Will Smith charged up onto the stage at the Oscars this week and slapped Chris Rock in the face, it seemed appropriate. The slap was on behalf of his wife who had just been insulted in front... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP When it comes to the health and wellbeing of our communities it's our local organisations who really understand their needs, what's working and what needs tweaking. It's so important to have our government... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP It's been a great opportunity having my colleague Simeon Brown visit the Bay of Plenty this week. As Opposition Transport Spokesman, he's found it as concerning as I do to see... Read More