Blogs

Giant of the forest has fallen

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny It's a local fixture, a landmark, high above the Daisy Hardwick and Waikareao Estuary - a flagpole reaching skyward from behind the fence of a stately old Pillans Point home. When the All... Read More

Curcumin for respiratory health

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Curcumin, from turmeric, has benefits for many body tissue types. This means curcumin can help balance faulty chemistry that leads to disease. Today we look at the how curcumin... Read More

Embracing new beginnings

Lobbying For Good with Erika Harvey March signals change, a shift in seasons and a chance to embrace new beginnings. It's a reminder that progress is made one step at a time, but it starts with action. Across Tauranga,... Read More

The end of music as we know it?

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Many musicians I know are talking about AI. Not just musicians, of course. But recently AI music generators have become widely accessible, in the way text and image... Read More

Mount Maunganui’s Bay Oval marks 20th anniversary

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid This Saturday is a significant milestone in the history of the Bay Oval at Blake Park in Mount Maunganui. It is 20 years to the day since the first sod was turned... Read More

The perils of an opinion

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny They'll be burning this heretic's effigy at the top of the driveway next. Or stabbing a voodoo doll with needles to curse me, bring me pain, misfortune and failure. All that can really... Read More

Investor migrant policy welcome in the WBOP

Chief Executive of Priority One with Nigel Tutt The Government's announcement to make changes to New Zealand's migrant investor visas is a welcome one. This scheme provides wealthy migrants with a New Zealand visa... Read More

From The Dark return from the past

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.” So said William Faulkner, and though he was more exercised by ghosts of the gothic South, it's a quote that... Read More

Setting Tauranga’s next Annual Plan

A message from Mayor Mahé with Mahé Drysdale Tauranga City Council is bringing together its draft Annual Plan 2025-2026, which will set the city's budget for the next financial year. This Annual Plan... Read More

Let’s all play nicely

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny This could easily have turned to custard. And a conviction. I was half expecting the constabulary's sleaze patrol to come knocking, demanding I accompany them to the station to answer some... Read More

A word to our musicians...

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz I know this column has different audiences, from musicians and music fundis, to general listeners and the bored just looking for something to read. All of you send... Read More

Curcumin and digestive health

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz I recently spoke to a long-term client during a regular health review. While we've been able to help several problems, she was still battling long-term digestive issues that... Read More