Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid This week's edition is being written from the other side of the ditch with Sideline Sid and his long suffering wife taking a break in sunny Queensland. The two-fold... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The 'Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots - 'storms' on the sun - became almost zero. The period is named after the solar... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz We're about one-third of the way through New Zealand Music Month - and thank you for asking, yes, there is a plan. It's pretty simple: write about the many shows happening,... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Listen up all you heartless, thoughtless, self-centred guys - you have about 24 hours to bring your relationship back from the brink. You don't really want to turn a celebration of motherhood... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Regular delving into local sporting history has produced another true gem that ranks up with Rotorua's J Hinton's five successive wickets and Trent Boult's two hat-tricks... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 126 years. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Wouldn't life be easier if we didn't have to deal with people? The attention seekers, the moaners and the self-entitled, the selfish, the fakes, the bullies, the complainers, the yellers... Read More

Talking Politics with Sam Uffindell, Tauranga MP On Monday, the National-led Government's 'phones away for the day' policy came into effect in schools across New Zealand. Many schools began to implement this policy... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz There is a time for every season under heaven and currently it's time for New Zealand Music Month. I mentioned it last week and I hope to no one's great surprise we're... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Legendary New Zealand thoroughbred horse racing trainer David John O'Sullivan OBE, who passed away late last week at the age of 90, founded a racing dynasty that remains... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder El Niño Southern Oscillation: what is it? (Source NIWA) El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of a naturally occurring global climate cycle known as the El Niño... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Is society as we know it disintegrating? Are societal norms just flying out the window? Are we going to the dogs? If we are, I will have three over two, on 'Slingshot' in the third at Ascot... Read More