Weather Eye with John Maunder The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is a standardized index based on the observed sea level pressure differences between Tahiti and Darwin, Australia. The SOI is a leading measure of the large-scale... Read More

Jim Bunny Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz May it please your Majesty? You might say… 'bit of a bummer old chap”. And we might say: 'I am p#!*ed off!” It's kind of how you would have felt when... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I have a long list of things I'd like to write about; but time-dependant stuff keeps getting in the way. Case in point: there's a new local album from singer/songwriter Ian Gilmour; there are newly-announced... Read More

BETTER UNDERSTANDING DEMEMTIA with Ruth Thomas from EnlivenPlus Often people think dementia is an older person's condition and they are surprised to learn it can affect people as young as 30, 40 or 55 years old. When... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One The Western BOP Infrastructure Forum launched this month. The business-led group is aimed at advocating for better infrastructure. It's no secret our infrastructure has not kept up with... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP I meet so many amazing women around New Zealand and here in Tauranga. One who will always stand out for me is Tracy Barr-Smith. I hadn't been an MP long when Tracy and the Metavivors group met with me in... Read More

Talking Politics With Sam Uffindell Tauranga City MP The Government recently rebranded its disastrous proposed Three Waters legislation. As the saying goes: You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. This is an asset... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz It takes a big story, for a NRL match between two Australian teams to make the TV1 News at 6pm sport segment. Last Sunday afternoon I sat down to watch my new NRL... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The following data sets and comments are from the climate4you.com website developed by Professor Ole Humlum who is a Danish Professor Emeritus of Physical Geography at the University of Oslo, and Adjunct... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Consider this week something of a smorgasbord: the regular gigs, with a couple of slightly unusual treats on the side. We'll start with ANZAC Day, since it's occurring next Tuesday, April 25. It happens... Read More

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE with Dr Franz Strydom & the Skinspots team Skin cancers are likely cured if they are found in time. Getting an expert to evaluate a spot with a dermatoscope is critical in making an early diagnosis. Cancers... Read More

John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz I've been working with someone who has had problems with his knees. He had damaged one knee some time ago. In more recent times his ‘good' knee had started to deteriorate from... Read More