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

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

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

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

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Christmas Day 1976 and Santa delivered me an agonising pain in the gut. And the up-chuck, the full living colour nausea, to make it a totally festive occasion. 'Our finest gifts we bring,... Read More

Who you hang out with matters more than you think. As a teenager, you're shaping your identity, values and future. The people you surround yourself with have a huge influence on that. Proverbs 27:17 says: 'As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid A Western Bay of Plenty sporting identity has been elected to his sports top volunteer administrative position. Mount Maunganui Academy of Wrestling founder, Mark Grayling,... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Last edition I mentioned that I'm regularly contacted by people with severe osteoarthritis. This is often farmers who've become restricted by knee osteoarthritis. The pain... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny What to do? Blue and gold or gold and blue? That's the dilemma. Go with the head and back the Steamers? Or surrender to the heart and cheer Otago? What a quandary. And don't tell me to... Read More

A message from Mayor Mahé with Mahé Drysdale The Western Bay of Plenty Regional Deal currently under negotiation with the Government signals an exciting development for the future of our sub-region. Essentially,... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz There are killer blues-rock gigs next week but firstly, instrumental albums. Tim Julian, from Welcome Bay's Colourfield Studio has just released 'Experiments In Depth... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid For the majority of Joseph Parker's time in professional boxing he has been involved in fights that have been labeled 'must win” or 'career defining” contests. In... Read More