Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Some weeks the pieces just won't fit together, and this is one of them. I have a bunch of things to share but they remain stubbornly unrelated. Unsegue-able. As a heads-up... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid I have become a motor racing fan after having zero interest up until about 18 months ago. Driving my new interest was having more time on my hands and looking for live... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I beat sun-up by a couple of hours and wandered into town for a gaze, because that's the kind of wonderfully crazy thing maladjusted old men like to do. Gloomy, cold, absurdly early on King's... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Popular wisdom is that time travels in one direction. I have my doubts. Sometimes it feels we have become, like Kurt Vonnegut's Billy Pilgrim from Slaughterhouse Five,... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Receiving an osteoarthritis diagnosis places you among millions worldwide facing one of the most prevalent chronic health issues. Diagnosis typically involves radiographic imaging, revealing... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Three days of intense competition distributed numerous 2026 North Island Golden Gloves titles to gyms from Whangārei to Wellington. The holiday weekend that celebrates... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny The neon above the door on Auckland's Civic Theatre advertised the show started in an hour and a half. But in fact, a show was going down right now, right outside the theatre on the street.... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz It's the end of May; another NZ Music Month is coming to an end. To be honest, I've grown increasingly sceptical about the whole venture. It's simplistic to say... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Last week, the Sideline Sid piece was about the three greatest sporting stars to visit New Zealand in my lifetime. This week's column is about meeting three world champion... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Just when you think you have seen and heard it all, life springs another doozy. Not doozy as in spectacularly good, or extraordinary, but doozy as in mind-numbingly banal or silly. And I... Read More

Words from the Western Bay Mayor with James Denyer You might have seen announcements last week where the Western Bay of Plenty Regional Deal was signed. If your reaction was something like, 'Okay … but what does... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Today, we return to the heavier side of Tauranga music. Last year, I wrote about a black metal band who caused quite a stir in Tauranga 30 years ago. But it wasn't just... Read More