Jim Bunny Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz 'The rain descended, and the floods came...” according to the scriptures. But what the King James' version didn't tell us was the rain continued to ‘descend'... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Farewell February: we hardly knew you, but you were soggy and not much fun. Sadly, the impact of February will be with us for years to come but, since there's absolutely nothing I can do about it, let's... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP The recent weather events have wreaked havoc on millions of lives. There's a long road ahead for many but we will get through this. Families and businesses have suffered enormous loss and hardship.... Read More

Talking Politics With Sam Uffindell Tauranga City MP On Saturday, February 25, I attended the National Party's Bluegreens conference in Blenheim. It is clear that it will be a National government that sees us meet our climate... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of February have been recorded in Tauranga since 1898 (except for 1904, 1908, and 1909). The graph of February rainfalls in Tauranga shows the range of rainfalls from a high... Read More

Green Goals with Josh Cole Green Party Drawing on my environmental science degree, wetlands could be our saviour from climate change fuelled Na Nina flooding events and cyclones. To put it mildly, we... Read More

Science talk With Chris Duggan House of Science Have you ever read Dr. Seuss's book Bartholomew and the Oobleck? It's a story about a gooey greeny blue substance called an Oobleck that fell from the sky and wreaked havoc... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz One of the great joys of being a sports scribe is seeing young sports people develop from talented teenagers into world class players. Western Bay of Plenty international... Read More

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

Winston Watusi Music Plus Last week I mentioned the current glut of folk music; none of that today - this week it's jazz. And let's start by following up on a column from a couple of weeks ago, as there's been a lot of feedback... Read More

Words from the Western Bay of Plenty Mayor James Denyer I'm incredibly proud of our community and its response to the back-to-back weather events. It has revealed the true character of our people and the willingness to... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP I'd like to thank our community for their incredible generosity towards victims of Cyclone Gabrielle, and especially Tenby Powell and the pilots, ground crew and suppliers at Tauranga... Read More