Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Last week we started looking at Easter's jazz festival. Let's continue... Tauranga's relationship with jazz is interesting. After all, holding New Zealand's National... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I trust the statutes of limitation have dealt to this. And the friendly community constable won't be banging on my door with a summons to appear 60 years after the event. Forget I was 18... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz I enjoy talking to farmers because they know that trace minerals are critical animal health and profitability. What is concerning is that except for iron, there is little medical... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid In last week's Sideline Sid column, we talked about Racing Minister Winston Peters curtailing commercial greyhound racing in the country. Peters has served several... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny There's a point to all this. But a warning - you might pack on a couple of kilograms getting there. You could end up with pizza face, greasy fingers, and hot, sloppy topping-causing second... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz I was getting ready to write this week's column when I came across the following quote… 'I think the music situation today has reached the point where it isn't... Read More

Grow With the Flow with Melissa Cox As we near the end of the summer season, it's a great time to harvest the bounty of your garden, plan ahead for the year, and save a bit of money in the long run. Stockpile crops... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid New Zealand greyhound racing fans are living on borrowed time as the industry shuts up shop on July 31, 2026. This writer has mixed view on the ban, having had an interest... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Perhaps it's because I was there last week, but I've been thinking about The Jam Factory. And perhaps it was because the sun was shining and there were smiling faces... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid After two weeks of saturation coverage of the Australian Open, on Sky, TV this couch potato's attention will quickly turn to the Winter Olympics being staged in Milano... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny 5 February 2026 Dear Kids, It's not pretty, and hopefully not necessary. I'm on the lounge floor doing Kegels - pelvic exercises - just in case 'The Doomsday Clock' scientists are right... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz I recently spoke to a sheep farmer who said his lambs were 1kg heavier after supplementing with trace minerals. Farmers know that NZ soils are deficient in selenium and other... Read More