Blogs
09:00am Fri 23 May, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny 'Whatcha looking at?” she asked. I was on the street staring down at a smidgeon of grass, a little bit of berm. Now she was staring at the same bit of grass, but not seeing what I was... Read More
09:00am Fri 23 May, 2025
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Blue, Blanc, Rouge. Photo / Supplied I realise that while sequels are popular in Hollywood, they are less encouraged in newspaper columns. Nonetheless, this is something... Read More
09:00am Fri 23 May, 2025
A message from Mayor Mahé with Mahé Drysdale It's often said that the nature of a community can be judged by the health of its voluntary sector. Based on the outstanding stories told about the organisations... Read More
01:55pm Wed 21 May, 2025
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Last week, I made a passing reference to the eight Kiwi golfers who preceded Ryan Fox in climbing the big mountain of winning a PGA tournament in the United States. John... Read More
06:00am Fri 16 May, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny It was a crisis, a conflagration as reported in a newspaper of February 27, 1906. But the story still has legs, still resonates. The flames had taken hold. The house was well ablaze.... Read More
06:00am Fri 16 May, 2025
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Amelia McNabb. Photo / Supplied Music of all flavours is continually bubbling away in Tauranga - and, if you're into something with alternative spicing, then next... Read More
06:00am Fri 16 May, 2025
Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Our bodies have extraordinary defence and repair processes. I recently took a chunk out of my shin. A few minutes later bleeding stopped, and a clot formed. The next... Read More
10:13am Wed 14 May, 2025
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid New Zealand men's golf wrote another special chapter in a history that dates back to the 1870s, on Sunday in the United States, when Ryan Fox won his first PGA Tour event... Read More
09:19am Fri 09 May, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Find me a cult buster? I need one to brainwipe the brainwashed, before she spends $NZ200 on a Virgil van Dijk match jersey and another $NZ2000 on a season ticket to Liverpool's Kop. If... Read More
09:15am Fri 09 May, 2025
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz I've been watching music documentaries recently; they're getting weirder. Last week I got Covid. Yes I know - who would have thought? Like that nice Mr Baker keeps... Read More
11:06am Wed 07 May, 2025
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Staying with last week's subject of Eastern Bay of Plenty Cricket all-rounder, Leicester Spring, it is worth recalling the absolute champion racehorse in Rising Fast that... Read More
06:11am Fri 02 May, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Funny old Uncle Anthony. Silly old Uncle Anthony. 'What a ning-nong!” as Aunty Dolly would say. He's just unscrewed the lid, red or yellow, on that hoary old Marmite versus Vegemite stoush. Australian... Read More