Sports

Millar to compete in Commonwealth Games

Sprinter Joseph Millar has been added to the athletics team for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April. The Tauranga runner will be entering in 200m event... Read More

Nine feels fine for Carrington

Lisa Carrington has wasted no time getting her kayaking season underway, collecting the ninth New Zealand K1 200m title of her illustrious career at the national... Read More

Programme promotes active family time

Bay of Plenty Rugby Union in partnership with Key Skills Recruitment hosted an open training today at Blake Park for the upcoming new initiative Little Steamers... Read More

Turf grant for Tauranga hockey

Tauranga hockey is one of the big recipients of 690,000 returned to the community in February by the Lion Foundation. Tauranga Hockey received $200,000 towards... Read More

Surfing legend seeks new store

Derek Winter is a name known among many old school Mount Maunganui surfing circles. While his surname might suggest the opposite, he's all about everything to do... Read More

More Bay swimmers make national squad

A further four Tauranga youngsters have just secured places in a coveted national junior swim squad. Renee Carey, 11, Henry Scholes, 10, and siblings, Grace, 10,... Read More

Rivals to test Carrington’s supremacy

Forty seconds of kayak racing tomorrow morning could have lingering ramifications for the rest of the year, as the New Zealand canoe sprint championships get underway... Read More

Motocross nationals resume at Rotorua

Hamilton's Kayne Lamont, Takaka's Hamish Harwood, Mangakino's Maximus Purvis and Opunake's Taylar Rampton each set benchmarks when they dominated their respective... Read More

Bay referees humbled by Samoa experience

Bay of Plenty Rugby referee Jamie Bell and Referee Manager Pat Rae, along with Michael Winter (Waikato), Tipene Cottrell (Hawkes Bay) and Nick Hogan (Wellington)... Read More

Wrestling team ready to grapple

Three Waikato/Bay of Plenty wrestlers are among the team of seven who will be grappling for gold at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. Ana Moceyawa trains at the... Read More

Brothers selected for beach volleyball

Choosing the Mount Maunganui Main Beach for the announcement and interviews with the O'Dea brothers, the NZ men's beach volleyball team for the Commonwealth Games,... Read More

Rippa Rugby returns to rip it up

Next week will mark the start of another term of Rippa Rugby modules across the Western and Eastern Bay of Plenty. The Western Bay of Plenty Rippa Rugby modules... Read More