Science talk With Chris Duggan House of Science Chris Duggan is a scientist, educator, mother of two adult daughters, and farmers wife. After many years teaching secondary school Science and Chemistry, she switched her focus... Read More

Commision News & Views with Commission Chair Anne Tolley City centre parking has been a hot issue of late, which comes as no surprise. At the start of December, the two-hour free on-street parking trial - introduced as a Covid... Read More

BETTER UNDERSTANDING DEMEMTIA with Ruth Thomas from EnlivenPlus The first words in the 2017-2025 World Health Organisation Global Action Plan on dementia are: 'Dementia is a major cause of disability and dependency among... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Last Saturday night I had a function so I missed most of the Rugby World Cup Final. As I drove home, everywhere I saw TVs on showing the rugby. I pulled into our quiet street... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno got me thinking about art this week. Eno's been around the block and is a smart chap. I don't know if a potted history is in order here or not. I... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been an overall small warming trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from, at times,... Read More

Science talk With Chris Duggan House of Science Chris Duggan is a scientist, educator, mother of two adult daughters, and farmers wife. After many years teaching secondary school Science and Chemistry, she switched her focus... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz No one could have imagined that a casual conversation, between some Mount Maunganui RSA punters seven years ago, would lead to a share in eleven winners of 27 races... 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... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One Business adaption to climate change is a topic that is top of mind currently. A few weeks ago, our government announced that New Zealand farmers would pay for emissions from 2025, we also... Read More

From the Garden with Margaret Wilson from Pacifica Garden Centre November is such a special month in the garden when, literally, everything in the garden is lovely. And in the garden centres too. Coming up soon is the Bay of Plenty... Read More

Talking Politics With Sam Uffindell Tauranga City MP I enjoyed a fantastic recess week getting around Tauranga and meeting many members of our community. Firstly, we had three days at the Tauranga Home Show. The engagement... Read More