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 astronomer... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I don't remember how this column came to be called 'Music Plus”. It is not what you'd call an inspired name, and I suspect that a lack of imagination... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz One of the few silver linings to come out of the coronavirus lockdown has been the rediscovery of exercise as a way to cope with trials and tribulations that the... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus We continue this currently weekly glance at things appearing on the radar at the Watusi Country Club. Things that have sparked little fires of joy in young... Read More

Nick Earl Lyon O'Neale Arnold director The lockdown period is a good time to take stock and get onto 'life admin' tasks that often take a backseat in busy lives. Organising a Will is one of these tasks that can easily fall... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little overall trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from milder/warmer temperatures... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus We continue this currently weekly glance at things appearing on the radar at the Watusi Country Club. Those things that bring on bouts of beamishness in young Winston. This week it's all Kiwi stuff... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP We are in extraordinary times, with New Zealand experiencing a pandemic not seen in over 100 years and in a lock down that we've never experienced before. For some it's a minor... Read More

Simon Bridges National Party Leader simonbridges.co.nz As we enter what could be the final week of level-4 lockdown there is still a lot of questions and uncertainty for many of you. As a country, we need to be seriously thinking... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Only a few legendary sports stars become so synonymous with their calling, that they go hand-in-hand in public recognition of their chosen sport. Motor Racing lost... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I guess it was inevitable that writing these columns during a worldwide pandemic would mean some of them turning into obituaries. And so it is right now when I was planning to extol the lockdown virtues... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during the last 100 years including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990. The graph shows details of the average daily... Read More