Talking Politics with Sam Uffindell, Tauranga MP Hello 2024! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and holiday period relaxing with family and friends. We spent a couple of weeks together as a family at home and enjoyed... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Today's random word of the day is 'pleasure”. pleasure /ˈplɛʒə/ noun: Enjoyment or satisfaction derived from what is to one's liking, gratification or delight. Just... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid During 1974, the Commonwealth Games were a huge hit in Christchurch, the voting age came down from 20 to 18 years of age, New Zealand beat Australia at cricket for the... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The Southern Oscillation Index, or SOI, gives an indication of the development and intensity of El Niño or La Niña events in the Pacific Ocean. The SOI is calculated using the... Read More

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