It's time for the ‘OS' wars again: Snow Leopard, the new operating system for Apple Mac, is released on August 28. Meanwhile, Microsoft Windows 7, which has yet to be released, is being run by millions of people already. Although their copies... Read More

It's a big harbour and there's room for everyone. If officials were really serious about the environment and safety in Hunters Creek, they'd either get rid of this, or turn it into an... Read More

Not only is the Bay of Plenty Steamers performing on the field of play this season - but they are also proving to be great ambassadors and role models. For the record, the Steamers won their fourth successive match of the Air New Zealand Cup at... Read More

Jono Boult will take over the captaincy of one of Tauranga's most successful sporting clubs, Otumoetai Cadets cricket club. Jono was very close to a Knights contract this season after four wickets and 30 for the Knights last season, so cadets are... Read More

The public have spoken. 87.6 percent of New Zealanders want the law that has banned smacking changed. They want to go back to the common sense situation that existed before Parliament saw fit to pass Sue Bradford's repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes... Read More

Tom Mills, who passed away August 12, served eight terms, that's 24 years, on Tauranga City/District Council. Tom was the clear thinking achiever for ratepayers who pioneered the catch cry, ‘what about the ratepayers'? He was voted onto Tauranga... Read More

I experienced immense pain in my nether regions when the boss told me about the ‘plonker' in Auckland spit-roasting his pawed companion. Bloody hell, I know the food banks in ‘Jaffa land' get a working over, but just because their beaches... Read More

The Age of Stupid is Fanny Armstrong's (Mclure) newest movie and was three years in the making. Produced by John Battle (In the Shadow of the Moon), Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old... Read More

There's quite a fuss over a cedar tree in Otumoetai that's giving the homeowners grief. The Tauranga City Council has decided to cut it down. And good on them. It's become quite a pain for the good folk who live there now. I'm sure the original homeowner... Read More

Strange what is deemed newsworthy these days; a bouquet of course to SunLive who gave fantastic coverage of the A1 Homes NZ Squash Open which took place at Bayfair last week. All the professional players had a remarkable time and let's hope we can... Read More

BOP and Te Puke star Ben Williams has had a productive season playing and coaching for VOC in Rotterdam. VOC are on top of the Dutch 10 team national league, Hoofdklasse. Nathan Astle was another star at the Rotterdam club along with former NZ coach... Read More

I know it's too early to call but judging by some media commentators the recession seems to be over. (Hooray for the crystal ball reading commentators!) It seems a little odd that having gone through the worst recession for some time that within a... Read More