Blogs
09:04am Fri 28 Aug, 2026
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Last week it was festivals. Let us continue. Why not? In one of those strange lulls that sometimes settle over the Bay, it's actually a pretty quiet September musically.... Read More
09:01am Fri 28 Aug, 2026
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Can a person be of two faiths? Can you be both 'Proddy” and 'Tyke”, as my intolerant old Nana labelled Protestants and Roman Catholics in my intolerant 'them and us” hometown? Without... Read More
03:40pm Wed 26 Aug, 2026
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Last week, I touched on India's return to Bay Oval in November, when they will face the Black Caps in two ODI encounters. The November fixtures, on Friday 13 and Sunday... Read More
07:59am Fri 21 Aug, 2026
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
07:55am Fri 21 Aug, 2026
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
07:53am Fri 21 Aug, 2026
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
10:11am Wed 19 Aug, 2026
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
06:00am Fri 14 Aug, 2026
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
06:00am Fri 14 Aug, 2026
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
10:50am Wed 12 Aug, 2026
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
06:00am Fri 07 Aug, 2026
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
06:00am Fri 07 Aug, 2026
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




