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A dog's day out

Gary Jackson has trained about 20,000 dogsas a full-time dog trainer since starting his career 33 years ago, but the world-renowned talent doesn't own his own dog. That's... Read More

Runners versus cyclists

It was fixed stares and phone cameras at five paces. The runner and the cyclist glaring at each other, holding their ground, trading shots. 'What are you doing?... Read More

Going global with robotics

An opportunity to go up against the 'best of the bots' at the VEX Robotics World Championships has been awarded to House of Science Tauranga after qualifying at... Read More

Raw and powerful story of abuse

He was fully fledged Black Power, he was violent, 'beat on his missus” and had serious alcohol and drugs issues. And 'no” he couldn't talk to The Weekend... Read More

Letters of love

Jeanne and Hardie Drake's seven decade romance is the kind of love that Hollywood make movies about. The year was 1945 and World War Two was coming to a close.... Read More

Pet Perfect: Your animal antics

Pet Perfect is a monthly feature in The Weekend Sun and we want to see your pets. Send your cute animal snaps to editorials@thesun.co.nz or post them on our Facebook... Read More

Playing the letters game

Tauranga woman Sarah Brown has created a new ABC learning game to assist children to learn the letters and letter sounds in a fun and easy way. Formerly a Year... Read More

Military hijinks on stage

16th Avenue Theatre's Playgroup is proudly presenting a free dramatic reading of George Farquar's The Recruiting Officer tonight, from 7pm. Written in 1706, the... Read More

Family's P house horror

A family of six, including a baby, are coming to terms with health issues they say they have accrued from three years of unknowingly living in a former Tauranga... Read More

Armoured for battle

After 18 years of medieval combat, Charlie Tapsell's worst injury is a lost toenail. 'I wasn't wearing my steel feet and I kicked [someone] right in the shin.” Not... Read More

Peter's 200 hats

Eccentric? - 'Guilty!” Or obsessed? - 'Mmm - probably not”. But he is an old cop. And he does collect hats. Police hats and helmets. And they line his... Read More

Alternative flag stolen

The alternative New Zealand flag is running into resistance. The Tauranga City Council version flying at BayCourt was stolen on Waitangi weekend. The one on the... Read More