Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Thermal clothing and woolly hats will be the order of the day on Bay of Plenty rugby finals day on Saturday, which will end a club season that kicked off in the balmy... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The climate4you.com website developed by Professor Ole Humlum who is a Danish Professor Emeritus of Physical Geography at the University of Oslo, and Adjunct Professor of Physical Geography... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny The tannoy in the supermarket crackled urgently. 'Murder in aisle six, murder in aisle six, by the tea, coffee, long life milk and rice crackers.” Of course there wasn't, but it sounded... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz If you were judging by concerts, 2024 is the Year of the Tribute Band. Perhaps it simply reflects current tough times, a retreat into safe stuff that's easy to sell. Over... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Sport is an integral part of the New Zealand fabric and is a big contributor to the country's economy. Sport and active recreation contributes $4.9 billion which equates... Read More

Green Goals with Josh Cole Last week, the government made some positive changes to support urban density. However, these changes alone will not be enough to combat the ongoing issue of urban sprawl. If we truly want... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of a naturally occurring global climate cycle known as the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO for short. ENSO influences... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny 'It's just that….” She's fumbling for words because I've upset and offended her. Wee nose upturned, lips twitching. 'It's just morally wrong”. It was always going to be... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz It is regularly suggested that because Tauranga is a middle-of-the-road city, I should write about middle-of-the-road music. The problem is that my musical compass... Read More

Talking Politics with Sam Uffindell, Tauranga MP Reflecting the Government's priority to improve the public services Kiwis rely on, including mental health care, the National-led government has announced five mental health... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid At the beginning of July, New Zealand born women's tennis player Lulu Sun was unheralded outside the realms of hard-core tennis fans. Fast forward two weeks, she had... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots - ‘storms' on the sun - became almost zero. The period is named after... Read More