Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid One of my mates asked me a question at last year's Boxing New Zealand National Championships held in Tauranga, which I have quietly considered for the last year and a... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder This week over 60,000 people will attend COP 29, the 29th gathering of the Conference of the Parties dealing with climate change. In contrast, 39 years ago a small group of 100 scientists... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Significant achievements often get lost among overwhelming statistics, hindering recognition of major milestones. Bay of Plenty have recorded the highest score in Hawke... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny What about Huguette? A beautiful name in that sensuous, unstressed, nasal, French way. Drop the 'H' and pronounce the final 'E'. Ugu-ett-e. Love it. I'm a bit of a Francophile. What about... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Nutritional therapy can be very effective with joints affected by Osteoarthritis. Recently, I had positive reports from people with sore joints. One reported significant... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz I sometimes get messages from parents, enthusiastic about their children's music. Contrary to what you might immediately assume, these almost always prove invaluable,... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Significant achievements often get lost among overwhelming statistics, hindering recognition of major milestones. Bay of Plenty have recorded the highest score in Hawke... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Climate Change is Not a major problem Bryan Leyland (in a recent review in the New Zealand Centre for Political Research) notes that underlying almost everything we hear from the... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny He was greasier than a butcher's chopping block. Had all the patter, the eyeballing, the shredding your resistance until your hand slides involuntarily towards that $5 in your back pocket.... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Last weekend I went to the Trinity Wharf Hotel launch of a big, bold and beautiful new book. 'Paperboy Writer', by Tommy Kapai Wilson, is a lavishly-illustrated collection... Read More

Not Sure? Ask Us with Catherine Fletcher Changes announced by government to the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa will further disadvantage exploited migrant workers in Aotearoa, according to Citizens Advice Bureau... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Cricket is enjoying a turn at the top of the sporting podium in New Zealand. Our White Ferns won the Women's T20 World Cup, and the Black Caps enjoyed a series sweep... Read More