Simon Bridges National Party MP simonbridges.co.nz A couple of weeks back I accepted a petition from the Retirement Village Residents' Association, on behalf of the more than 45,000 New Zealanders who live in retirement villages... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I've spent the week in the company of The Beatles; it has been most enjoyable. I've been wading through Mr Jackson's epic look at a month in the life of the Fab Four, spending about eight hours with them... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A New Year Test Match, the visit of the Dutch team to engage in T20 combat with the Black Caps, and seven games in the ICC Women's World Cup provide a smorgasbord... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder http://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you One example of what is contained in the above website are the charts of Arctic and Antarctic surface air temperatures from January 2000 to September 2011. Each... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch There's a book called Mothership which has quite a good sub-plot in it. It is set in a huge ark ship 14,000km long which is transporting the remnants of humanity across space in search of a new... Read More

Angie Warren-Clark Labour MP It's been a big couple of weeks in the Bay of Plenty, with Delta's unwelcome and uninvited arrival. Our communities have responded by checking the locations of interest and going out to get tested... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One At Priority One we often get asked about Tauranga CBD and its prospects for the future. Generally these discussions don't start off on a positive note - it's no secret that the CBD has... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Having been free of Covid-19 for such a long time in Tauranga, it's disappointing to see community cases spread throughout our city. I hope that those who have tested positive... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I thought I'd narrowed last week down to gigs that would definitely happen. Yeah right. The Legends Live show (December 4) is off - the latest in a long line. But finally I get the feeling things might... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid doesn't often get on his soapbox to voice his opinions out loud - however a SunLive piece last week got him hot under the collar. The narrative... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The 'Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots - 'storms' on the sun - became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer... Read More

Commision News & Views with Commission Chair Anne Tolley For people in the Bay of Plenty, the Delta variant of Covid-19 has been 'around the corner' for some time. We've known it is coming. With cases now confirmed in Taupō... Read More