Sports

South African star joins BOP golf

Bay of Plenty's chances of winning the highly competitive Freyberg Masters championship next month have been given a major boost. Former South African Senior... Read More

Jack Dangen keeps Olympic kayaking dreams alive

Tauranga kayaker Jack Dangen has pulled out the run of his life to keep dreams of a Kiwi K1 men's Olympic spot afloat at the canoe slalom world championships... Read More

Mitre 10 Cup: Bay of Plenty thump Hawke‘s Bay

So much for a tightly contested top-of-the-table clash between Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay. The Steamers thumped the Magpies 51-24 on the back of a Chase... Read More

Olympic-bound Jones wins world championship bronze

New Zealand kayaker Luuka Jones has realised a decade-long dream, winning her first-ever world championship medal by capturing bronze in the women's K1 final... Read More

Old salt and a fresh breeze

The Tauranga Tornados sailing fleet is gearing up for race season, with group members more than ready to start gliding across the water. The fleet attracts all... Read More

Of motorbikes, men‘s mental health and prostates

It's a blokey event - by blokes, for blokes, about blokes. It's motorbikes, male mental health, prostate cancer with lashings of panache and style. It's the Tauranga... Read More

Rugby supporter honoured at Ngawha game

A stalwart of Greerton and the Bay's rugby is to be honoured today at the Tauranga Domain. There will be a moment's silence before Ngawha kick off their game... Read More

Olympic history beckons kayaker Jones

Luuka Jones has history in her grasp after a dramatic day of qualifying at the canoe slalom world championships in Spain overnight. The Tauranga paddler booked... Read More

Trout fishing’s big day out

The first day in October is to a trout fisher perhaps the year's most important day. The opening of the new trout season is eagerly anticipated by thousands... Read More

Jones seeking Kiwi kayaking history at worlds

Luuka Jones is embracing the familiar feel of nerves as she heads into her ninth canoe slalom world championships in Spain this week, with a fourth Olympic campaign... Read More

MitoQ sponsoring K2 cycle event

The Coromandel's K2 is the toughest one-day cycle challenge in the Southern Hemisphere, and it's getting an energy boost with a new major sponsor MitoQ, a Kiwi company... Read More

First woman appointed to Bay Rugby Board

A descendant of Te Arawa/Ngati Awa/Ngati Toa has become an independent director on the Board. It is the first time in the 108-year history of the Union, a woman... Read More