Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Way back when, the New Zealand punk scene was a small fragile thing. For all the braggadocio and swaggering fashion violations, anything that radical was going to struggle... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid A number of the country's top elite boxers who came to town over Labour Weekend for the North Island Golden Gloves, are preparing to face the biggest challenges of their... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Weather Eye with John Maunder Following the death of my sister Valerie in 2001, I wrote the hymn 'There is season” (based on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) which used... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Hey kids - hey everyone. Shove the broccoli to the side of your plate and you might, one day, become the most powerful person in the free world. Because former United States President... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Sometimes there's too much happening to keep up. This is one of those weeks. The Tauranga Arts Festival is on; the British and Irish Film Festival is on; and next weekend... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid When the country's punters place their bets on the Melbourne Cup, which is held on the first Tuesday in November, they are part of a changing journey dating back over... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The following data sets and comments are from the climate4you.com website developed by Professor Ole Humlum who is a Danish Professor Emeritus of Physical Geography at the University of Oslo,... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny Sticks and stones will break the bones, but names will never hurt. Yeah right! Tell that to Arnold Woodcock. His name brought him a lifetime of hurt. He was mocked mercilessly from the... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz It's a mixed bag this week. Make yourself comfortable: I have a bunch of ‘have you heard about?' things for you... First, news from Richard O'Brien, international... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Racing Fans throughout Australasia are counting down the days until when the 2023 Melbourne Cup will be staged on its traditional date of the first Tuesday in November. Only... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny She was a busybody….gawping into my supermarket trolley at the checkout. And then gawping at me. Gawp, gawp, gawp. The nerve of it! Although there wasn't much to gawp at. Just... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz OK. This week - gigs. Lotsa them. Saddle up and I'll try and avoid becoming too listicle-like... We're looking ahead to next weekend here, to allow for forward... Read More