Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny It was like a flurry of ageist jabs to the solar plexus. Where it hurts. Youch! A boxer will tell you it's unpleasant. Causes something called phrenospasm - a convulsion of the diaphragm,... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz One festival finishes, another arrives. Busy times... Last week was Loserpalooza at Totara Street as well as the announcement of the full programme for the Tauranga... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass, strength and function through the ageing process and is seen as a critical factor in an ageing body. The question is whether taking a... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid The Bay Oval is set for another bumper season of cricket, highlighted by the visit of the current superstars of the game. India will return to the Blake Park international... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Let's have a jazz week. Why not? And let's start in the driest possible way. Apologies in advance. The Tauranga Jazz Society is having its annual meeting on August... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny This is about a pothole. A big pothole. More an excavation than a pothole, it could gobble a car rather than just wreck a rim and a $200 tyre. And it's about moaning. Terminal moaning. Both... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Driving past the Greerton Hall roundabout last week, I had to take a second look when I saw a building site where the Tauranga RSA once stood. Before the RSA occupied... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Control Tower: 'Wind zero niner zero at ten…” Pilot: 'Enter left downwind, runway 07/25.” Control Tower: 'Cleared to land.” It could have been an ATR putting... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Every day is a celebration at the moment. I like it. Last weekend was International Blues Music Day, a perfect excuse to bask in something musically lowdown 'n' dirty.... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Last Friday marked the end of commercial greyhound racing in New Zealand, when the final race concluded at Hatrick Raceway in Whanganui. Minister for Racing Winston... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny 'What's in a name?” If I'd asked that question, I would have been blessed with literary immortality. But, alas, woe is me, it wasn't. The phrase, from Romeo and Juliet, suggests... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Farewell New Zealand's busiest drummer During the past two weeks I've written about Loserpalooza. Let's move on. Which I'm sure comes as a relief for many whose... Read More