Blogs

The scourge of nasal hair

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny It was one tiny innocuous hair. Just 2 or 3 millimetres long. It wasn't ‘WHAT' that set her off, but ‘WHERE'. 'That's annoying me,” she said. And with all the precision... Read More

Farewell Shirley, hello ‘Silence’

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Objectively speaking, the local music scene has had a rotten year. I've been around a bit; I've studied history's great philosophers. I learned about survival of the... Read More

Making those connections stronger

Lobbying For Good with Erika Harvey February is often seen as the month of connection, so it's the perfect time to think about how we connect with each other as a community. Last year showed us the power of people coming... Read More

How to fix breakouts

Skin Secrets with Sue Dewes from Tranquillo Beauty There's nothing worse than going to bed with a flawless complexion and waking up to a face dotted with blemishes. So here's some derm-approved dos and don'ts to prevent... Read More

Curcumin from turmeric – Part 2

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz There are many diseases but few causes. Unnecessary inflammation and cell damage from free radicals are central to the formation of most chronic diseases. For example,... Read More

Looking for rainbows

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Why do we worry the small things? Why do we get our voluminous Y-fronts in a such a twist? They can't be unsnarled. Then we won't let go; and they continue to chafe our most delicate and sensitive... Read More

February to arrive with a bang!

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Damn. Turn your back for a minute and a month disappears: there goes January. That's the way of the world. Without further ado let us turn to February's music, or at... Read More

Kiwi boxer Kahukura Bentson

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Last week I told the tale of Harry Johns who won the Jameson Belt in 1929 at just eighteen years of age. This got me thinking about the Kiwi boxer who has made the... Read More

Farewelling Dave Roy

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz There is so much music to write about but, once again, this week death has intervened. Local artist, musician, father, husband, and friend to so many, Dave Roy, has... Read More

Helping people take action

Lobbying For Good with Erika Harvey A new year is here, and with it comes the chance to make 2025 a year of action and teamwork. Tauranga has been through big changes lately, from welcoming newly-elected council members... Read More

The undoing of a Smart Aleck

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny 'Good morning, you're talking with Noah. How's your day?” How's my day? HOW'S MY DAY? The fact that I am talking to a claims officer at an insurance company this minute might suggest... Read More

Historic boxing photo connects past champions with future generations

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid A love of history has been part of my life since I was in intermediate school in Wellington in the late 1950s. I recall creating a school project about the nine Victoria... Read More