10:26am Fri 20 Oct, 2023
Sometimes there's too much happening to keep up. This is one of those weeks. The Tauranga Arts Festival is on; the British and Irish Film Festival is on; and... Read More
06:00am Fri 06 Oct, 2023
OK. This week - gigs. Lotsa them. Saddle up and I'll try and avoid becoming too listicle-like... We're looking ahead to next weekend here, to allow... Read More
06:00am Fri 29 Sep, 2023
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Tauranga only occasionally brushes against New Zealand music history but... Read More
06:30am Fri 22 Sep, 2023
I guess I should have expected that something new might cause a little consternation... And so it's been with the Winston Watusi Playlist on Spotify. There has... Read More
06:00am Fri 15 Sep, 2023
No politics this week I promise, just music. I know I went off on a bit of an unruly tangent last week and subsequently someone duly growled at me, via email... Read More
06:00am Fri 01 Sep, 2023
The more you think about it the more it comes down to songwriting. I blame the Beatles. Why not? Half of them are dead and the other half are too rich to care. Or... Read More
06:00am Fri 25 Aug, 2023
It must be tough to be an MP: people just insist on making fun of you. Take our embattled local representative Sam Uffindell. Talk about not being able to catch... Read More
06:00am Fri 18 Aug, 2023
There's a lot coming up in the next fortnight: we'll start by going back to school. Not really, since the Tauranga Boys' College's Big Band Fundraising Tea... Read More
06:00am Fri 11 Aug, 2023
I learnt something from ‘Brokenwood' the other night; it's nice when the telly offers a side-order of education. There's something about ‘Brokenwood... Read More
12:13pm Fri 04 Aug, 2023
This week we're off on a tangent, but first a quick plug for a show. Local singer Mandy Meadows is presenting ‘Piaf - The Legend' in Baycourt's Addison Theatre... Read More
07:13am Fri 28 Jul, 2023
I know I go on about valuing your feedback on this column. Which is, of course, exactly what I'd say if no one ever emailed; columnists all want to seem popular... Read More
06:00am Fri 21 Jul, 2023
I have a great story to tell you but no space this week. It's like that sometimes. Gigs, gigs, gigs. Even halfway through writing this column I got a call asking... Read More