Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Boxing New Zealand National Championships being staged in Tauranga this week are the showcase of the sport in New Zealand. The best pugilists in the country... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 125 years. The rainfall for June 2023 was 227 mm. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site... Read More

Green Goals with Josh Cole Green Party Nature is full of precious taonga that nurtures and sustains all life on our planet including us humans. It silently provides us with clean air, fresh water, and fertile soil, allowing us... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Yes. From the headline I suspect you've guessed that this week's column will contain a certain amount of self-reflection; I'll try not to be too indulgent. It's heartening to mark these little milestones;... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP The largest women's sporting event in the world is now less than a month away from hitting New Zealand shores. I'm excited for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 to kick off July 20. The FIFA Women's World... Read More

Todd Talks With Todd Muller National MP Like every region of New Zealand, here in the Bay of Plenty we are fed up with rising crime. We live in a country where gangs are growing faster than the Police. Labour's ‘soft... Read More

TAKING ACTION With Dr James McDowell ACT List MP The immigration system continues to go through significant changes and looks nothing like it did just a year or so ago. The Government basically tipped the system... Read More

Jim Bunny Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz What's the gestation period for a ute? Because I am sure they were procreating all night long Friday, and by mid-morning Saturday, the supermarket carpark was littered... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz People who believe that senior club rugby in the Western Bay of Plenty is dead and buried, will have that myth put to rest, if they try to find a car park outside... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book "Climate Change: A Realistic Perspective" . Below are extracts from pages 96 - 98. ****************************************************************** The... Read More

Green Goals with Josh Cole Green Party The Green Party is celebrating the formal adoption of an historic United Nations Ocean Treaty that happened on Tuesday. The adoption of this Treaty is an historic moment for ocean conservation... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Little in the world right now seems to bring unadulterated joy; so we must rejoice when something does. I felt that way last week as I watched YouTube, which is not something I ever imagined saying. Pure... Read More