Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny When you put yourself out there every week writing stories, expressing views with the noble intention of informing, educating or entertaining you are, at times, bound to draw hostile return... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz There are new local music releases, and things approaching fast - let's look backwards and forwards in part one of two. A couple of bands I mentioned last week have... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid A further link to Muhammad Ali was lost last week with the passing of Joe Bugner on the Gold Coast. He was 75 years old. While Bugner is best remembered for his... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny It was a dark, hot and steamy night in the garden. The air heavy with moisture, perfect for gastropods, perfect for snails, perfect for love, And Ned, the old sleazeball, was out on the... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Osteoarthritis, also known as OA, is a leading cause of chronic pain. It occurs when protective cartilage cushioning the ends of bones wears down over time, leading to joint... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz There's one of those weekends coming up in Tauranga, actually more of a week, that's incredibly busy. If you have friends with broad music taste wanting to escape the... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid History buffs are like squirrels, in that many will put things away in a safe place for another day - and then struggle to locate them later. I once lost my prized... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder A sunspot is a relatively dark, sharply defined region on the solar disc - marked by an umbra, dark area, which is 2000 degrees cooler than the effective photospheric temperature. The average... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I was praying for it to stay dormant, and unseen, at least until after the last dance. Until the final riffs of Bob Dylan's 'Positively Fourth Street' had faded, the lights had gone up and... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz The Tauranga edition of this year's New Zealand International Film Festival has arrived. It's always a bittersweet moment for film-lovers as the smaller Tauranga iteration,... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Sport is about big numbers, with next week's Zespri Aims Games to be held in our city again breaking new ground with competitor numbers. The Year Seven and Eight sporting... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Thanks Tauranga City Council (TCC). You have dumped me right in it. Right in the poo. Well, next to it. Because I now must start my day in the pre-dawn chill and pong at a bus stop outside... Read More