Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid One of the benefits of being an avid volunteer sports historian, is that friends and mates often give me sporting items that have spent years gathering dust in cupboards. One... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Global monthly average surface air temperature since 1979 according to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), at Columbia University, New York City, USA. GISS is a laboratory... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny I'm going to get myself 'self-trespassed”, slapped with a self-imposed exclusion order which is often the preserve of problem gamblers. Except, in my case, it would be for compulsive... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz 'You don't write about English anymore.” That's what a guy said in the supermarket the other day and he was completely correct. The thing is, the column... Read More

Talking Politics with Sam Uffindell, Tauranga MP The National-led government is proud to announce nine ambitious Government Targets to help improve the lives of New Zealanders. These targets cover a number of incredibly... Read More

Abundant Life with John Arts | abundant.co.nz I recently spoke with a client I've been helping with painful knee osteoarthritis. When we first spoke, he needed strong pain relief just to walk for exercise. After six... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid Falling leaves and dropping temperatures signal just one thing for this long-time sports fan - the start of the local rugby season. I have a long-held belief; that... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder Climate extremes in New Zealand, since instrumental records became available in the 1850s, show a range from the highest temperature of 42.4 degrees Celsius recorded in Rangiora on February... Read More

Roger Rabbits with Jim Bunny We missed a trick. Definitely missed a trick. And every time I use that dog of a cycleway over the Wairoa River I am cruelly reminded. I cycle beneath the State Highway 2 road bridge... Read More

Music Plus with Winston Watusi watusi@thesun.co.nz Last week I started on the local blues scene - let's continue... There are a number of acts to watch for, from traditional blues players - Mike Garner and Trevor... Read More

Sports correspondent & historian with Sideline Sid They say that it takes a special kind of person to be a cricket historian and statistician. In my case, some bits of dyslexia have been compensated by a love of numbers. Cricket... Read More

Weather Eye with John Maunder The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots - ‘storms' on the sun - became almost zero. The period is named... Read More