Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid One of the real joys of being an amateur sports historian, is when a hidden gold nugget from the past is found, repolished, and then displayed for a new audience. Last... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Rainfalls for the month of March have been recorded in Tauranga for 125 years since 1898 - except for 1904, 1908 and 1909. This graph below shows the range of rainfalls from a high of 504... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny The cheese had totally slid off her cracker. Work Wife was having conniptions, going nuts. All over a hot cross bun. Not an ordinary hot cross bun admittedly. An adulterated one, a bastardised... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Easter. After all the build-up, it's arrived. And I've said all that I'm going to say about it. Check out last week's column on SunLive. Or just head straight to jazz.org.nz... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid A trophy that will sit on the sideline of the Bay Oval on Easter Sunday, when the BOPCA Williams Cup final is played out on New Zealand's premier cricket ground, showcases... Read More

Green Goals with Josh Cole In a society where compassion and empathy should prevail, it is disheartening to witness the relentless assault on the most vulnerable members of our community. By evicting state housing... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder We live on an interconnected planet. We share one Earth, with one atmosphere and one ocean. Our weather and climate and the water cycle know no national or political boundaries. International... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny You feel like a gut-shot razorback…as they say. That ghastly empty, vulnerable and very angry feeling when you have just dodged a serious car accident, dodged being the main player... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz The jazz festival is here. Yes, The Port of Tauranga 61st National Jazz Festival, now expanded to 10 days, has arrived. ‘Blue Eyes - The Music of Frank Sinatra',... Read More

Talking Politics with Sam Uffindell, Tauranga MP March 8 marked 100 days of our Government getting New Zealand back on track. As promised, the Government delivered on all 49 actions within its 100-day plan, focused... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Four days of intense competition wound up on the New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Championships on Mount Main Beach on Sunday. The Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service won... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book "ClimateChange: A Realistic Perspective". Below are extracts from pages 208-213. The... Read More