Sports

BLACKCAPS tour of Pakistan abandoned

The BLACKCAPS are abandoning their tour of Pakistan following a New Zealand government security alert. The side was to play Pakistan on Friday evening in the... Read More

MNZ welcomes Mike Kerrisk to top job

The governing body for motorcycle sports in New Zealand will have a new person holding the handlebars from next week. Motorcycling New Zealand has just appointed... Read More

Premier 2 mens final cancelled due to Covid scare

Update, 9.15am Covid-19 has reared its ugly head in the Bay of Plenty and as a result, two of the Farmlands Baywide Premier Rugby matches have been cancelled.... Read More

Premier men‘s club finals play out across BOP

The participants of the Farmlands Co-operative Baywide Premier Men's Club Rugby Finals will retake the field this Saturday with the chance of becoming 2021... Read More

Tauranga take positives as football season ends

The Northern Region Football League season has been cut short, meaning Tauranga City AFC's first-team have played their final game of the 2021 campaign. With... Read More

Hard work earns Tauranga talent rugby recognition

A solitary Tauranga Boys' College student has been included in the 2021 New Zealand Schools rugby team but, according to his coach, it has taken a team effort... Read More

Rugby in Auckland remains on hold

The Bunnings Warehouse NPC and Farah Palmer Cup will continue without Counties Manukau, Auckland and North Harbour for the next two weeks, New Zealand Rugby has... Read More

Steamers to face Hawke‘s Bay in shield challenge

The Bay of Plenty Steamers will resume their Bunnings Warehouse NPC campaign this Sunday, September 19, with a Ranfurly Shield challenge against Hawke's Bay... Read More

More than 600k rugby injury claims over 13 years

A total of 635,657 rugby injury claims were made to the Accident Compensation Corporation for players aged five to 40 years between 2005 and 2017, a nationwide... Read More

Any of the teams could win the T20 - Bond

One of the fastest bowlers ever in world cricket, Shane Bond, believes any of the teams this year could with the T20 cricket world cup. Bond, who bowled at over... Read More

NZ Rugby taking big steps for mental health

New Zealand Rugby is taking big strides for mental health by encouraging people to take small steps. Driven by HeadFirst, NZR's mental health and wellbeing programme,... Read More

Games postponement opens door for Kiwi athletes

The postponement of the Special Olympics World Winter Games to 2023 has opened the door for New Zealand winter sports athletes to be able to compete against the... Read More