Sports

Bay of Plenty rider settles for second

Being the fastest man in the country and with the most race wins does not always make you a champion and that was a bitter pill to swallow for Bay of Plenty's... Read More

Jones and Gilbert selected for Olympic team

Olympic silver medallist Luuka Jones and Olympic newcomer Callum Gilbert have been selected to the New Zealand Team for Tokyo 2020. The canoe slalom athletes... Read More

Laughter and good cheer at the Genera Rainbow Cup

The sounds of laugher and good cheer could be heard a considerable distance from the Bay Oval on Wednesday as 19 Western Bay of Plenty Primary Schools took part... Read More

NZ volleyballers win on Mount beach

The New Zealand men's beach volleyballers are one step closer to the Olympics after winning the Asian Volleyball Confederation Continental Cup. The finals took... Read More

New hoops an upshot for BOP Schools

The sound of basketballs can be heard thumping the ground as a group of Gate Pa School children get coaching tips from Tall Black Tom Abercrombie. Abercrombie... Read More

Scott takes first NZ win on Rotorua Pump Track

A melting pot of mountain bike competitors descended on the RockShox Rotorua Pump Track Challenge presented by Torpedo7 bringing together friends, teammates, legends,... Read More

Tauranga man armed to compete

A man with 'magic hands” will soon be putting their ability to the test against some of Australasia's best arm wrestlers. Tauranga man Aron Innes... Read More

Adaptive riders shred with the best at Crankworx

For most mountain bikers limits are thresholds to be crossed, but for the AdaptMTB team limits are what inspire them. Back racing at the festival for the second... Read More

Te Puke still in with a slim chance for playoffs

New World Te Puke, have kept their slim chances of qualifying for the Versatile Tauranga Williams Cup playoffs alive, after the penultimate round of the qualifying... Read More

Era of Emil rolls on at Crankworx

As Emil Johansson from Sweden entered the finish corral after his second run in a victory train with fellow Red Bull athlete Erik Fedko from Germany, his win secured,... Read More

What‘s on - Women’s Day, chess, walkathon

Kia ora and welcome to Sunday. I tenei ra he whakanui i nga wahine. Today we are expecting a mainly fine day with high cloud, light winds and afternoon sea breezes. It's... Read More

A simple, clean shot

Archery is one of the oldest arts still practised today - probably dating back to the Stone Age - around 20,000BC. Ancient Egyptians popularised it by using bows... Read More