Every week brings word of new events - there is a pile of stuff on and a pile of stuff coming up. I'll try to run down a bit of it this week, and you could check... Read More

We continue the occasional series, wherein Winston expounds on things that currently make him happy. This time it's events during the next week. We all need a reason... Read More

STOKERStarring: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman - Dir: Park Chan-WookWhen foreign directors relocate to Hollywood it can go either way but usually results... Read More

Tauranga has pianos on the street and it's a wonderful thing.Anything that adds character to the city is alright with me, especially a bunch of playfully-painted... Read More

The second and final of Winston's journeys into the rapidly-receding past to revisit his favourite DVD and blu-ray releases from last year. Check Sunlive for last... Read More

I stopped by for a few minutes earlier this week and looked at the boarded-up shell of the Bureta Park Motor Inn.I realise that the only constant thing is change,... Read More

Welcome back to 2014, there's a lot to talk about.Not like a famous day back in 1930, Good Friday of that year to be precise, when the evening news broadcast started... Read More

Behind the candelabraStarring Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Rob Lowe - Dir: Steven SoderberghThis is the film you won't see in next year's Oscars - and it certainly... Read More

Only a few of days now until New Year's Eve. And, as is traditional, a bunch of folk will be making New Year's resolutions. In the spirit of democracy - not to mention... Read More

Nearly Christmas. We're on present watch - this week it's tickets.Yep, tickets are cool presents and with the veritable flood of touring acts coming to New Zealand... Read More

How did it happen? Stop and blink and suddenly it's a week till Christmas.Beats me. Time, as we are told, moves faster the older you are. Or appears to, from inside.... Read More

Last week we celebrated the last gasp of the album, the CD, the long player.The thousandth album to reach number one in the UK charts since such counting began in... Read More