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

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I was praying for it to stay dormant, and unseen, at least until after the last dance. Until the final riffs of Bob Dylan's 'Positively Fourth Street' had faded, the lights had gone up and... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz The Tauranga edition of this year's New Zealand International Film Festival has arrived. It's always a bittersweet moment for film-lovers as the smaller Tauranga iteration,... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Sport is about big numbers, with next week's Zespri Aims Games to be held in our city again breaking new ground with competitor numbers. The Year Seven and Eight sporting... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Thanks Tauranga City Council (TCC). You have dumped me right in it. Right in the poo. Well, next to it. Because I now must start my day in the pre-dawn chill and pong at a bus stop outside... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Spring has sprung. I think. Daffodils have bloomed at the Watusi Country Club and fresh musical shoots are sprouting all over. It's a start. Let's begin at the Tauranga... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid As an avid Bay of Plenty Steamers fan for more than 50 years, it's extremely pleasing to see the large number of blue and gold supporters who have attended the BOP sides... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Mitochondria are our cell engines that take the energy from food and change this into the energy our bodies need. At the end of the line is the production of ATP (adenosine... Read More