Haydn Marriner is a Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. If you are like me you have been tuning in hard out each day to the Covid-19 updates, checking the stats and trying to mentally map out where you think this might end up. It has become... Read More

Wairangi Jones is principal advisor for cultural competency training company Tutira Mai NZ Ltd. I used to teach at Rakaumanga Primary School. It is in Huntly. The Maori name for Huntly is Rāhui Pōkeka. We used to tell this story to the students. The... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little overall trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from milder/warmer temperatures... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.rotoruanow.co.nz Only a few legendary sports stars become so synonymous with their calling, that they go hand-in-hand in public recognition of their chosen sport. Motor Racing... Read More

Erin Majurey Former journalist Essential Oils Aren't Essential, Susan. But Apparently, Duct Tape Is Firstly, let me start by saying that I'm really glad Jacinda announced that the Easter bunny and the tooth fairy are considered... Read More

Erin Majurey Former journalist Erin is a former journalist and is currently training to be a qualified counsellor 1. Latte Should Be An Essential Item Coffee is life. If I'm honest, it's the first thing I think about when I wake... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.rotoruanow.co.nz One of the few bright spots for Sideline Sid in recent weeks has been the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics for twelve months. The news gives certainty to the... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus We continue this currently weekly glance at things appearing on the radar at the Watusi Country Club that have helped turn Winston's frown upside down while in lockdown. Each week expect a selection... Read More

Haydn Marriner Rotorua tourism operator and political junkie. There is this old tune by Fred Dagg - "We don't know how lucky we are..." in it Dagg waxes lyrical about how great it is to be living in New Zealand and its message is... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.rotoruanow.co.nz With plenty of time on his hands, Sideline Sid was cleaning up some of his cricket files the other day, when he stumbled on his Bay of Plenty Cricket Player of... Read More

Phil Campbell A simmering standoff between a new councillor Reynold Macpherson and Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick entered the public domain again over the weekend in a Rotorua newspaper. The spat, not unusual in local body or... Read More

Phil Campbell In Wellington in August, 2013, a mood for change of mayoralty in Rotorua was sensed by a prominent MP. 'A sea change,” he said, 'Rotorua will have a new mayor”. For the first time since the reforms of... Read More