Talking Politics with Sam Uffindell, Tauranga MP On Monday, the National-led Government's ‘phones away for the day' policy came into effect in schools across New Zealand. Many schools began to implement this... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz There is a time for every season under heaven and currently it's time for New Zealand Music Month. I mentioned it last week and I hope to no one's great surprise we're... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Legendary New Zealand thoroughbred horse racing trainer David John O'Sullivan OBE, who passed away late last week at the age of 90, founded a racing dynasty that remains... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder El Niño Southern Oscillation: what is it? (Source NIWA) El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of a naturally occurring global climate cycle known as the El Niño... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Is society as we know it disintegrating? Are societal norms just flying out the window? Are we going to the dogs? If we are, I will have three over two, on ‘Slingshot' in the third... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz So New Zealand Music Month is once again upon us. I must confess to somewhat mixed feeling about the whole concept of NZMM, though I find it uncomfortable criticising... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid One of the benefits of being an avid volunteer sports historian, is that friends and mates often give me sporting items that have spent years gathering dust in cupboards. One... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Global monthly average surface air temperature since 1979 according to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), at Columbia University, New York City, USA. GISS is a laboratory... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I'm going to get myself 'self-trespassed”, slapped with a self-imposed exclusion order which is often the preserve of problem gamblers. Except, in my case, it would be for compulsive... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz 'You don't write about English anymore.” That's what a guy said in the supermarket the other day and he was completely correct. The thing is, the column... Read More

Talking Politics with Sam Uffindell, Tauranga MP The National-led government is proud to announce nine ambitious Government Targets to help improve the lives of New Zealanders. These targets cover a number of incredibly... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz I recently spoke with a client I've been helping with painful knee osteoarthritis. When we first spoke, he needed strong pain relief just to walk for exercise. After six... Read More