Blogs

The 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid The buildup to the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games made the media on a couple of occasions in the last week. A former Sunshine Coast Council CEO has been appointed the... Read More

Preserving Māori Democracy: A Green Battle

Green Goals with Josh Cole The Green Party has strongly opposed the elimination of Māori Wards and undoing years of advancement. This action not only disregards the principles of Te Tiriti but also deprives Māori... Read More

Biomass...and When a country runs out of rubbish 2

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

A hardcore finale for Music Month

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Okay. Into the final straight of New Zealand Music Month. Being a month with five weekends I have two columns left: just as well as things are happening apace. I've... Read More

Cranes in the city show confidence

Chief Executive of Priority One with Nigel Tutt The number of cranes at work in our CBD is a clear sign of a city that has some confidence in its future; it shows developers and investors are backing growth prospects with... Read More

Bury your face in a Fuyū

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny 'Persimmon and cherries, say the bells of St Mary's.” Originally a popular nursery rhyme abut London churches. But we've tinkered with it for convenience, and to point to two outrageous... Read More

Go the Wahs.

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid The big Queensland sporting news, in print and on the box last week, was the NRL Magic round held at Suncorp Stadium over the weekend. All the 2024 NRL teams, bar the... Read More

Biomass ... and when a country runs out of rubbish

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

Rental hope: Ending no-cause evictions

Green Goals with Josh Cole The recent legislation introduced by the Government allowing landlords to terminate tenancies without cause is a major setback for the 1.4 million renters in Aotearoa. This decision heavily... Read More

Exploring Shadow & Light…

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Continuing to celebrate New Zealand Music Month, it's time to fill what has become a gaping hole in the column's recent content - no ‘Shadow & Light'. Which means... Read More

What whales are gossiping about…

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Grunts, groans, snorts, barks, clicks, whistles and thwaps. Onomatopoeia - words that phonetically represent the sound they describe - oink, meow, roar. I love the word ‘thwap'... Read More

Local roads of national significance

Talking Politics with Sam Uffindell, Tauranga MP This week Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced the launch of the coalition Government's Roads of Regional Significance programme. Building world-class infrastructure... Read More