Blogs
06:00am Fri 24 Jan, 2025
Lobbying For Good with Erika Harvey A new year is here, and with it comes the chance to make 2025 a year of action and teamwork. Tauranga has been through big changes lately, from welcoming newly-elected council members... Read More
06:00am Fri 24 Jan, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny 'Good morning, you're talking with Noah. How's your day?” How's my day? HOW'S MY DAY? The fact that I am talking to a claims officer at an insurance company this minute might suggest... Read More
11:02am Wed 22 Jan, 2025
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid A love of history has been part of my life since I was in intermediate school in Wellington in the late 1950s. I recall creating a school project about the nine Victoria... Read More
07:23am Fri 17 Jan, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Go on! Talk yourself up. Tell us you're a good driver. You're a poster child for Waka Kotahi, right? 'I like to think I am a good driver,” you will say. 'I like to think I am a... Read More
07:20am Fri 17 Jan, 2025
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz I am not a fan of musical biopics; I hate them in almost every way. So as something of a Bob Dylan fan I've been dreading A Complete Unknown, the new film from James... Read More
10:45am Wed 15 Jan, 2025
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Cricket is undergoing a real renaissance on both sides of the Tasman this summer. The return of New Zealand Cricket to free-to-air television in January 2025 will... Read More
07:27am Fri 10 Jan, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny No wonder the president-elect is threatening to annex Canada. Not because he wants to lovingly embrace his northern border neighbours, he wants to bundle every last one of those cheeky... Read More
07:20am Fri 10 Jan, 2025
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz In the blink of an eye, we're back! The brave new world is forming around us. Holding any 2025 news until next week, I wanted to begin with things I missed last... Read More
07:19am Fri 10 Jan, 2025
Skin Secrets with Sue Dewes from Tranquillo Beauty Summer brings longer days, warm sunshine and outdoor activities - but it also poses unique challenges for our skin. The combination of increased sun exposure, heat... Read More
02:51pm Wed 08 Jan, 2025
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Never test the patience of a politician, which is a harsh lesson that New Zealand greyhound racing learned in December. Racing Minister Winston Peters has banned greyhound... Read More
02:32pm Fri 20 Dec, 2024
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
07:50am Fri 20 Dec, 2024
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