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

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I get the distinct and uncomfortable impression that Jaffa is not the preferred flavour in Tauranga. I was in a Devonport Rd bank shortly after arriving in town and mentioned to the teller... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Festivals are tricky; Tauranga's jazz one is well-established, but Rotorua has struggled with the blues. Having hosted two splendid Blues & BBQ events in 2022 and 2023,... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid The announcement of the two Black Caps squads to tour Zimbabwe highlights the proliferation of New Zealand Cricket's Major Association players who have made the step up... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Brian has declared Christianity the 'official religion of New Zealand”. That settles it then. It is enshrined. Bless! But why stop there Brian? Why not go the whole nine yards and declare... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz It always comes as a jolt, realising half the year has passed. On the bright side it heralds the year's first arrival of lists. The ‘Best of' lists. I like... Read More

Not Sure? Ask Us with Catherine Fletcher This month I am handing over my column to Sam Stubbs, who is the managing director of KiwiSaver fund Simplicity. He recently wrote his view on the value of Citizens Advice Bureau.... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Imagine trying to drive your car after someone had crimped the fuel line from your fuel tank to your engine? The car would still run but would quickly lose power on a hill... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid The new cricket season has started to emerge with the twin announcements of the NZC Major Association 2025/26 contracted players and the home international schedule. A... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz A couple of months back I wrote about legendary Kiwi prog-rock band Think. Their fabled 1976 album ‘We'll Give You A Buzz' has been issued on vinyl and a thing... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny It was a clean surgical excision, a gob-size bite, from a still bagged mince and cheese pie. And the bloke with the gobful, was gazing intently into the cavity. Why? 'It's a pie,”... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Kiwi master blaster Finn Allen made cricket watchers throughout the globe sit up and take notice when he blasted a big century in the opening match of MLC (Major League... Read More