Weather Eye with John Maunder Following the death of my sister Valerie in 2001, I wrote the hymn 'There is season” (based on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) which used the hymn tune 'Sandon". This was followed in 2006 when... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Their problem is our problem. Or ours, theirs. British jails are chocka full of villains, scumbags, miscreants and sleazeballs, scoundrels, jerks, riff-raff and low-life's. They don't know... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Let's start where we left off last week, with BB & The Bullets. The blues-rock trio has released their debut album 'High Tide', recorded at the Whanganui studio singer-songwriter-guitarist... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Life can be like a bag of mixed lollies - you never know what you are going to get when you dip your hand into the bag. All week, I couldn't wait for last Saturday... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny When you put yourself out there every week writing stories, expressing views with the noble intention of informing, educating or entertaining you are, at times, bound to draw hostile return... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz There are new local music releases, and things approaching fast - let's look backwards and forwards in part one of two. A couple of bands I mentioned last week have... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid A further link to Muhammad Ali was lost last week with the passing of Joe Bugner on the Gold Coast. He was 75 years old. While Bugner is best remembered for his... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny It was a dark, hot and steamy night in the garden. The air heavy with moisture, perfect for gastropods, perfect for snails, perfect for love, And Ned, the old sleazeball, was out on the... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Osteoarthritis, also known as OA, is a leading cause of chronic pain. It occurs when protective cartilage cushioning the ends of bones wears down over time, leading to joint... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz There's one of those weekends coming up in Tauranga, actually more of a week, that's incredibly busy. If you have friends with broad music taste wanting to escape the... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid History buffs are like squirrels, in that many will put things away in a safe place for another day - and then struggle to locate them later. I once lost my prized... Read More

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