Weather Eye with John Maunder In the bleak mid-winter, Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone, Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter, Long... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny They're not stories that would bring down a government. Nor are they life or death stories. They're just some of the stories of 2024 that touched us, titillated us, made us laugh, made... Read More

A message from Mayor Mahé with Mahé Drysdale After a whirlwind five months in office, it's now my privilege to wish all The Weekend Sun's readers a very merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year. This... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Columnists' holidays are here! This is the last one before Christmas, and indeed for the year; I'll be back on January 10. So I realise attention spans are short.... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid New Zealand's heavyweight boxing star, Joseph Parker, has been rewarded for two stunning victories in the past 12 months, with another shot at one of the more serious... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid The smash-and-bash vitality of T20 cricket is about to hit Blake Park early next week, albeit in a more compact form than usual. Northern Districts Cricket has transferred... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I have already received my best, by far, Christmas present for '24. Nothing will upstage it. Nothing will beat it. It didn't cost anything, wasn't wrapped, there was no card, none of the... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz It's that time of year. Our Spotify Wrapped individualised charts have been sent out and Facebook is abuzz, noting the several hundred or thousand listeners and streams... Read More

Words from the Western Bay Mayor with James Denyer As we prepare to say ka kite rā or farewell to 2024, I want to take a moment to connect with you all. Looking back, 2024 has been filled with both challenges and progress.... Read More

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

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny It's in your face, beckoning, tugging at your wallet. 'It' is Christmas. And it seems to come calling earlier and earlier. This year it was about seven weeks out from Christmas, early... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz As I believe has been occasionally noted, New Zealand is not a large country. So it seems all the more unlikely we should produce two internationally-regarded musicians,... Read More