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Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Know about 'icks”? We've all had them. Bit of a giggle in hindsight, but at the time they're gamechangers, they turn 'lerv” into loathe. 'Icks” are behaviours, idiosyncrasies,... Read More

Threat.Meet.Protocol get serious

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz I must confess to some reservations when writing about Tauranga's hardcore music scene. That's because I suspect the vast majority of you reading this don't listen... Read More

More benefits of curcumin

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Curcumin, the principal bioactive compound found in turmeric, is renowned for its impressive health benefits. Curcumin has gained significant attention in the health community... Read More

Bay cricket team achieves historic success

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid History should view the 2024 and 2025 Bay of Plenty senior representative cricket team as the most successful since their first match in 1932. The Bay of Plenty Cricket... Read More

Spots on the Sun and the Maunder Minimum

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

Open Letter to The Government

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Ey up! How you doin' my old sausages? And I am talking traditional Cumberland sausage here, chunky with a variety of herbs and spices and fit for a school lunch. There's 500 years of British... Read More

Ellerslie hosts NZ’s richest race meeting with $9m in stakes

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Last Saturday, Ellerslie racecourse in the City of Sails hosted the wealthiest thoroughbred race meeting ever held in the country. Almost $9 million in stake money... Read More

The Jazz Festival approaches

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz The Tauranga National Jazz Festival is a lunar event; dates change each year depending on the moon. Here's how it works: the core jazz festival is on Easter weekend,... Read More

A spotlight on CAB

Not Sure? Ask Us with Catherine Fletcher It's CAB Awareness Week! This is a time for putting a spotlight on CAB to celebrate our mahi and highlight to the community the help and services we offer. This year's theme... Read More

Giant of the forest has fallen

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny It's a local fixture, a landmark, high above the Daisy Hardwick and Waikareao Estuary - a flagpole reaching skyward from behind the fence of a stately old Pillans Point home. When the All... Read More

Curcumin for respiratory health

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz Curcumin, from turmeric, has benefits for many body tissue types. This means curcumin can help balance faulty chemistry that leads to disease. Today we look at the how curcumin... Read More

Embracing new beginnings

Lobbying For Good with Erika Harvey March signals change, a shift in seasons and a chance to embrace new beginnings. It's a reminder that progress is made one step at a time, but it starts with action. Across Tauranga,... Read More