Sports

Conditions test Billabong Grom surfers

Mount Maunganui turned on the weather more than the waves to open the first event of the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge on Saturday. Over 120... Read More

Rotorua waka ama veteran grabs national medal haul

Veteran Rotorua Waka Ama competitor Maylene Papuni has added to her career medal haul with a gold, silver and bronze at the recent National Waka Ama Championships... Read More

Motofest revving up for another classic weekend

MotoFest is just around the corner and, as final preparations are made, the revs are already starting to build ahead of what will no doubt be another classic weekend... Read More

Crafty Kelly expecting tough competition

Claudia Kelly is fit and firing and has put in some intense study on Mount Maunganui's Main Beach but she'll still cast a wary eye over her shoulder during... Read More

Grom Series takes place at Tay St this weekend

Freshly crowned National Champions, eager groms and local hopefuls are among the many young surfers taking part in a sold-out surfing event in Mount Maunganui.... Read More

BOP biker named King of the Mountain

Mount Maunganui's Cody Cooper is finding form just when it matters, with the Honda man celebrating a solid win at the annual King of the Mountain motocross in... Read More

Education with a rugby flavour

‘Learn by doing' is the motto as Bay of Plenty Rugby and Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology combine to deliver a new course in Tauranga this year. The Cert4Rugby... Read More

Tauranga Half winners take out race in record time

The Tauranga Half produced two outstanding races with both the men's and women's winners finishing in record time. Kyle Smith narrowly held off Braden Currie... Read More

Family friendly wrestling event comes to Tauranga

New Zealand has a fine history of producing professional wrestling talent. The Bushwhackers, Butch Miller and Luke Williams, are WWE Hall of Famers, Dakota Kai... Read More

Man enters triathlon after paragliding accident

A man who couldn't walk a year ago is gearing up to complete a half iron man. The Tauranga Half, described as one of the longest running and most popular triathlon... Read More

Karate classes for neuro-diverse children

Tauranga children are being offered the opportunity to take part in ‘neuro-diverse' karate lessons. Neuro-diverse refers to anyone diagnosed or non-diagnosed... Read More

New surf festival coming to the Mount

The Mount's always been renowned for its surf and next month a brand new festival will be held to celebrate its surfing culture and highlight the need to protect... Read More