Blogs
01:57pm Fri 14 Nov, 2025
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz There's so much music to follow at the moment, but I wanted to start by plugging one of my favourite non-musical events. The Bay of Plenty Open Studios Art Trail happens... Read More
01:51pm Fri 14 Nov, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Bugger! Neil Finn turned 65 yesterday. No card this year. Peter Arnett was 91 - Arnett, my hero CNN war correspondent from Invercargill who scored an interview with Osama bin Laden in a... Read More
11:00am Wed 12 Nov, 2025
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid I have always been a keen follower of sporting records. Records are the bar of excellence that propels sportsmen and women to break through the unknown, to set new... Read More
08:36am Fri 07 Nov, 2025
Weather Eye with John Maunder A sunspot is a relatively dark, sharply defined region on the solar disc - marked by an umbra, dark area, which is 2000 degrees cooler than the effective photospheric temperature. The average... Read More
06:00am Fri 07 Nov, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Never been a great judge of character. And she was living proof. At first appearance, all chirpy, smiley, pleasant and polite when we collided negotiating a tight left-hander by the cucumbers,... Read More
06:00am Fri 07 Nov, 2025
Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Osteoarthritis - also known as OA - is characterised by the breakdown of joint cartilage, leading to pain, stiffness, and decreased mobility. Glucosamine and chondroitin are... Read More
06:00am Fri 07 Nov, 2025
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Swallows are gathering; it must be spring. Like the blossoms, new music is appearing every day. There are intriguing gigs to point to but let's start with new releases.... Read More
10:49am Wed 05 Nov, 2025
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Our Bay of Plenty senior representative cricket side picked up from where they left off last season, taking first innings points from Northland, after a long journey to... Read More
11:04am Fri 31 Oct, 2025
Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny As W.C.Fields - William Claude Dukenfield - wisely suggested: 'Start every day with a smile and get it over and done with”. And being a like-minded, dusty, irascible, old fart, we're... Read More
11:01am Fri 31 Oct, 2025
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz What with the Tauranga Arts Festival spreading throughout the city, it's been a busy time. The festival finishes this weekend and if you happen to have grabbed the... Read More
12:39pm Wed 29 Oct, 2025
Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Few elite amateur sporting teams step into the cauldron of red-hot competition within a month of a new season start. The Bay of Plenty Cricket senior men's side, who... Read More
06:00am Fri 24 Oct, 2025
Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz For the first decade of this column one subject arose more than any other: Tauranga's lack of music venues. It's still an issue, but exactly 10 years ago the situation... Read More





