Sports

Top young surfers take to the waves

The northern end of Makorori Beach, Gisborne dished up perfect waves for the country's top young surfing talent as they took to the first day of the Sticky Johnson... Read More

Victory at the finish line

Runners and walkers were cheered on as they sweated it out on the road towards the Tauranga International Marathon finish line. The Tauranga International Marathon... Read More

Steamers player celebrates 70th game

Mike Delany will lead his 70th appearance for the Streamers when they join the Volcanix in their voyage south to Dunedin today. With the Mitre 10 Cup round robin... Read More

Road closures for marathon

The race is on to make it to the finish line first for the Tauranga International Marathon. The Tauranga International Marathon is the first ever international... Read More

Junior footballers end season on a high

Waihi's youngest footballers ended the first season of Waihi AFC's junior football programme on a high on Sunday, when OceanaGold presented them with their own... Read More

Solid result from Team NZ in the UK

It was a courageous effort, but Team New Zealand could not quite repeat a top-20 result at the weekend's 71st annual Motocross of Nations in the United Kingdom. After... Read More

Athletes ready to defend Motu titles

Winners from last year's Motu Challenge Elina Ussher and Daniel Jones are back to defend their titles at the Opotiki multisport event on Saturday October 14. Elina... Read More

Bronze for Kiwi kayaker at worlds

Kiwi kayaker Mike Dawson has capped a successful canoe slalom world championship in style, grabbing bronze in the event-ending extreme slalom final in Pau, France,... Read More

Jones delighted with world champs finish

A season of slog and split-focus has come up trumps for kayaker Luuka Jones after she added to New Zealand's greatest canoe slalom world championship campaign in... Read More

Stunt safety key in parkour

One gym has proved that climbing and swinging off buildings like a monkey isn't always reckless and unsafe. Te Puke Gymsports is getting kids off the streets by... Read More

Kids can join in the Motu Challenge

The Motu Challenge, set to take place on October 14, is making sure the kids can get involved as well. Efforts by Blue Light Opotiki have ensured children will... Read More

Steamers suffer loss against Auckland

The Bay of Plenty Steamers went down 38-19 to Auckland at Eden Park on Saturday afternoon. There was a lot riding on clash, with the Steamers after a top four spot,... Read More