Winston Watusi Music Plus Two important things are happening this weekend: a farewell and a welcome. The hello is for local musician Brendan McCarthy's debut album, which has occupied my stereo now for a fortnight and impressed... Read More

Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch Regional rivalry has always been a big part of Kiwi culture. Some of my favourite sporting memories involve Ranfurly Shield matches on the terraces of the old Lancaster Park in Christchurch. Spilled... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz In past decades, Mayor Island was synonymous with big game fishing. Up to the 1970's, the catch of a big Marlin or Swordfish was enough to solicit a photograph... 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 the solar astronomer... Read More

Todd Talks with Todd Muller National MP Earlier this year, when other countries were vaccinating their citizens, we were told that we didn't need vaccines as quickly as other nations needed them. After all, we had the... Read More

Nigel Tutt Chief Executive of Priority One Super Saturday is an important step in New Zealand's vaccination drive, both for the business community and the general population. The sentiment I get from most businesses is frustration... Read More

Jan Tinetti Labour MP With summer just around the corner, many of us here in Tauranga have already started planning for the holiday season. This year, there's one extra item to cross off the to-do list as we approach the end of... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus Musicians around the country have been feeling a bit like James Bond and, like the dapper Englishman, are slowly emerging from hibernation. But often that's not through choice. It's hard at the moment.... Read More

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Muhammad Ali verses Joe Frazier is considered to be the greatest trilogy in heavyweight boxing history. Fraser won the first contest with Ali winning the first... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book 'Fifteen shades of climate... the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect”. The... Read More

Winston Watusi Music Plus I like long, unusual words in songs; there are only so many times you can rhyme 'love” and 'above”. I was reminded of this yesterday as I listened to Warren Zevon in the car. Warren Zevon is... Read More

Tamati Coffey Labour List MP Kia ora! If you are Māori, live in the Waiariki rohe and are currently unvaccinated, this column is directed at you. Please give me five minutes of your time. It could save your life. Our vaccination... Read More