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Beatniks, turkeys and MetroGnomes

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz We're about one-third of the way through New Zealand Music Month - and thank you for asking, yes, there is a plan. It's pretty simple: write about the many shows happening,... Read More

Bloke lessons for Mother’s Day

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Listen up all you heartless, thoughtless, self-centred guys - you have about 24 hours to bring your relationship back from the brink. You don't really want to turn a celebration of motherhood... Read More

Another history sporting gem

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Regular delving into local sporting history has produced another true gem that ranks up with Rotorua's J Hinton's five successive wickets and Trent Boult's two hat-tricks... Read More

April weather for Tauranga 1898-2024

Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 126 years. From January 1898 to December 1904, the observation site was described as the Tauranga... Read More

Bah humbug coastal path!

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Wouldn't life be easier if we didn't have to deal with people? The attention seekers, the moaners and the self-entitled, the selfish, the fakes, the bullies, the complainers, the yellers... Read More

Seeing the benefits of phone-less days

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 policy... Read More

Band and Deliver for Music Month

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

Remembering a horse racing legend

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

El Niño and La Niña

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

Nudity on the phone

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 at Ascot... Read More

New Zealand Music Month is here

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

Rare sporting gems

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