Green Goals with Josh Cole Happy New Year to you all. Wow, where do I start with this rampant new government? Never before, in my living memory, have I experienced first hand such a destructive, divisive and dangerous... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Amanda Palmer has a complicated history in New Zealand. Now she's back... The American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist is playing Queenstown,... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny 'Dominion Road” became a Kiwi anthem back in 1992. It claimed the 23rd best NZ song of all time, a ‘mainstay of NZ alternative rock.' 'He walked the city, And he found a place... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid With international and major association cricket in full swing, it feels like the clock has been wound back forty years to the 1980s, with free to air cricket on our television... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Monthly rainfalls for Tauranga have been recorded at several recording sites during the last 125 years. The rainfall for Tauranga for 2023 of 1852 mm, the fourth highest on record (since... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Its dollars to donuts, any ‘heart and soul' pledges, or resolutions, we made for 2024 have already spontaneously combusted. We are pathetic, weak-willed animals. The ‘New Year,... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz The news that most interested me as we arrived in 2024 is the wealth of cultural material that has moved into the public domain. What that means is anyone can now... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Bay of Plenty Cricket posted a remarkable achievement during December with four age-group sides winning their respective Northern Districts Rangatahi (Young People) tournaments,... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The graph below shows the range of Tauranga's December rainfalls, from an extreme high of 447 mm in 1962 to a low of only 4 mm in 1930. The second wettest December was 2018, when 278... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz So we come to Christmas. Nearly there. In case you didn't know, this is also the last column of the year since The Weekend Sun team is taking a well-earned break -... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Today we enter the wonderful world of make believe - we step cheekily outside the bounds of truth, accuracy, balance and fairness and make merry with the facts. The Government's going to play... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Boxing New Zealand lost one of its legendary figures last week with the passing of Dr John McKay. Known to many in the boxing community, both young and old, as simply... Read More