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Netball: Pulse defeat Magic in Porirua

Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse put their opening loss of the weekend behind them to seal a stunning 57-41 win over Splice Construction Magic in Porirua on Sunday. The... Read More

Colin Bailey: 40 years as Olympics trailblazer

Colin Bailey continues to be a role model and trailblazer for people with Down syndrome, 40 years after he became New Zealand's first ever Special Olympics... Read More

Fergus Hickey Rosebowl BOP team announced

It is a fresh-faced Craigs Investment Partners Bay of Plenty Men's team that will head over the Bombays to play Counties Manukau in the last representative... Read More

BOP workplaces among bike challenge winners

Competition was tight in this year's Aotearoa Bike Challenge with a number of Bay of Plenty workplaces taking out places in the national workplace challenge. Rotorua... Read More

VR tools gave Kiwi athletes competitive edge

New Zealand Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic athletes were given a performance advantage using virtual reality tools created by a team at the University of... Read More

BOP bowler heading to Commonwealth Games

Well-known Bay of Plenty journalist Graham Skellern has reported four Commonwealth Games. Now, he has been handed a unique opportunity of leaving the press bench... Read More

BOP bowler heading to Commonwealth Games

Well-known Bay of Plenty journalist Graham Skellern has reported four Commonwealth Games. Now, he has been handed a unique opportunity of leaving the press bench... Read More

Dutch delight for Tauranga cricket sensation

One young Tauranga cricketer, with dreams of following his father's footsteps and becoming a Black Cap, has the chance to showcase his talent when a New Zealand... Read More

Rugby: Chiefs Manawa XV to face Hurricanes Poua

After a thrilling first match against Matatū, the Waitomo Chiefs Manawa have been named to face the Hurricanes Poua this Tuesday, March 15 at 3.35pm. The fixture... Read More

Olympic winner hopes to stop “devastating“ load

Preventing the "devastating" overload of hockey players is one way which New Zealand, and Tauranga, can help improve the sport, according to a gold medal-winning... Read More

Sprint Car champ wins Piston Cup at Baypark

Former national Sprint Car champ Dean Brindle is making the last lap count in 2022. Brindle won Saturday's Daltons Bay Piston Cup feature at Baypark Speedway,... Read More

High performance athletes take out Marra triathlon

The 35th Marra Sprint Triathlon attracted some of NZ's high performance athletes to Tauranga over the weekend. The Sunday race at Mount Maunganui is one of the... Read More