Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Welcome to Tauranga! I'm talking of course to all you Aucklanders. You probably discovered this helpful weekly publication in a supermarket or motel or shop counter... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny What runs, but has no legs? Or…runs but never walks. Or…has two hands, a face, but no arms or legs? Figure it for yourself my old Tick-tock. Corny old riddle-dee-diddles, that... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid History buffs know that time-honoured trophies often tell a tale of the changes in sporting society over the decades since they were first presented. With the local... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny 'It's not over til the fat lady sings.” But it wasn't a full-bosomed, heavily-built soprano belting out the long final aria of a Wagnerian opera. It was a powerful and graceful work... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz All everyone is talking about at the moment is the jazz festival - it is now upon us. But possibly I have an unusual bunch of friends. Most people are talking about... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid The last weekend in March brings an end to the local cricket season, with the final of the three Baywide titles on the line. One of the oldest trophies in Bay of Plenty... Read More

A message from Mayor Mahé with Mahé Drysdale The future of the Bay of Plenty's investment fund is an issue that should matter to every ratepayer across our region. The investment fund was established more... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny A stream of water snaked from beneath a pile of grubby clothes and bedding in the shop doorway. And there was a plume of steam as it pooled in the middle of the footpath? You could smell... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz I keep thinking about how things have changed. Does that mean I'm getting old? Take the National Jazz Festival, an event Tauranga is justifiably proud of. Broader musical... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Autumn thoroughbred racing is synonymous with Tauranga's Gate Pā track, where big race days stretch back more than a century. Last Saturday, the Group 2 Japan Trophy... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I felt like a loyal old friend had just been given a terminal diagnosis. 'How long?” 'September.” 'Really? Not long!” 'No. Not long. Just long enough to get the... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz 'Humankind cannot bear very much reality,” said T.S. Eliot. At least so said the bird in Eliot's poem Burnt Norton. We do seem to be getting a lot of it these... Read More