Sports

Tauranga teen’s tennis prowess rewarded

A Tauranga teenager has received a scholarship for her determination and talent in Tennis. Hannah Walpole has been awarded a 2020 Variety Gold Heart Scholarship... Read More

Tauranga’s Anchor AIMS Games cancelled for 2020

Organisers of the Anchor AIMS Games have bowed to the inevitable and postponed this year's national intermediate-aged sports tournament until 2021. Tournament... Read More

Community rugby preparing to return to the field

Community rugby is taking another step closer to getting back on the field, with the relaxing of gathering numbers from 10 to 100 to take effect from 12pm Friday,... Read More

Back on track in Mount Maunganui

In a bid to compete with the virtual world, two Mount Maunganui dads have spent the last two years toiling to get a bike track in Arataki Park. Their efforts... Read More

Helping locals find their ocean spirit

Porina McLeod is thrilled to be back on the water. As a tour guide operator and owner of East Coast Paddler, Porina says the company has been telling stories... Read More

Tauranga Boys’ College produces yet another leader

New National party leader Todd Muller is from the school that has remarkably produced the current Black Caps, All Black and Team NZ skippers: Tauranga Boys'... Read More

Game-on for bird hunters

Game bird hunting season starts today - and despite being three weeks later than usual, local hunters are stoked. 'There's plenty of excitement out there in the... Read More

BOP sports collaborate for return to play

Collaborative efforts between on the ‘Community Sport Return to Play Guidelines' will ensure the safe return of sports codes, Sport Bay of Plenty says. Sport... Read More

Kids compete in backyard triathlon during lockdown

Thousands of kiwi kids have taken part in the country's largest backyard triathlon after the usual event was canceled due to COVID-19. The virus caused the... Read More

BOP teen’s courageous battle on and off the field

Rugby, hunting and fishing played an important part on the life of Bay of Plenty teenager Brayden Wood. After nearly two years battling cancer, Brayden... Read More

Cautious approach to rugby‘s return to the BOP

Bay of Plenty community rugby manager Pat Rae says clubs and schools will make a cautious and well-planned return to rugby. Rae says when the country is moved... Read More

Kiwi bike legend recalls his most special moment

When you have an international sporting career as long and illustrious as New Zealand's Chris Birch, you could understand that it would be hard for him to... Read More