There must be something very satisfying in creating a radio controlled model power boat from scratch, but an even bigger satisfaction seeing it fly across the water... Read More

Brunch, lunch, morning tea or midnight feast - the simple act of getting friends, family and workmates together this month could make a significant difference in... Read More

A llama gets an infection in its feet from flies or a dog swallows an entire pack of Voltaren - and Tauranga's Paul Griffin has the camera rolling. These are the... Read More

How much love is there in a barbecued sausage? If love is a measurable thing and can be quantified in $15 bags of Mad Butcher snags then the answer is about 120... Read More

From green balloons and four leaf clovers to leprechauns and a green-coated Gandalf off Lord of the Rings, Irish spirit was flowing in Greerton last night as the... Read More

Since this is my first piece for The Weekend Sun I thought I should introduce myself and explain what food is to me. After all, what you choose to eat is the single... Read More

She should be the poster girl for microchipping. That's Jazz, the pig dog, who was re-united with her rightful owner five years after going 'missing in action”... Read More

Maringi Marsh will talk about the utopia of race unity and learn about the unity of different cultures as she does it. Maringi, a student from Mount Maunganui College,... Read More

'There's no more plumbing to be done.” That's the unsettling cold, hard reality that teenager Nakita Griffiths lives with. Grown-up issues, life and death... Read More

'Let there be light,” said the good book. And there was instant light. Kelvin Jones is also 'willing” there to be lights at the Bay Oval but so far... Read More

Great news for our community and for our advertisers and readers of The Weekend Sun. The latest Nielsen readership survey figures have just been released. The latest... Read More

Sheila Hanlen asked her 12-year-old son Josh what he'd like to do - continue taekwondo? Start boxing? 'He was playing PlayStation and he said he wanted to do what... Read More