Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz We often hear about things that are the 'centre of the community”. Schools are often said to be the centre of the community, and post offices; the library, or... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid The weekend brought extremely sad news for thoroughbred racing followers worldwide with the news that Australian super mare Black Caviar had passed to horse heaven. Awarded... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder ENSO and IOD neutral, SAM strongly negative (From the Australian Bureau of Meteorology) The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) are currently neutral,... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I have been squeezed. As you can see. Not in a loving way. More a commercial imperative. But that's okay - Jim Bunny's quite chuffed than Spanbild wants to share his burrow on Page 2. I feel... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz My desire to spontaneously sing ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight' is always just a whim away. Ta da! And another: My girlfriend told me she's never seen the film ‘Gaslight'.... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Mitochondria are our cell engines and take the energy from food and change this into the energy our bodies need. At the end of the line is production of ATP - adenosine triphosphate... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Wow, what an Olympics we have just witnessed in Paris. After the Tokyo Games that were played out with facemasks and empty stadiums due to Covid, the biggest extravaganza... Read More

Coromandel MP with Scott Simpson When I attended the public meeting in Katikati a few weeks ago, it was humbling to hear from hundreds of passionate, driven community members who packed the Katikati Memorial Hall to oppose... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Edward Walter Maunder (12 April 1851 - 21 March 1928) was an English astronomer best remembered for his study of sunspots and the solar magnetic cycle that led to his identification of the... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny One road cone, two road cones, three road cones, four… 'Hey, Pointy Head! What you doin'?” 'Being a good shepherd, a guardian of the people.” 'You're a road cone.... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Today let's look at some upcoming shows in the Bay. But first, something I promised last week... CDs. Yes, they do keep coming up. Just as during the dead years... Read More

Not Sure? Ask Us with Catherine Fletcher When it comes to renting a home, how you are defined matters. There are a few differences between tenants, flatmates and boarders. You are a tenant if you rent a property from... Read More