Sports

Mount lifeguard honoured at awards

Mount Maunganui's Greg Rieger has been named TSB Bank Surf Official of the Year at last night's Surf Life Saving Awards of Excellence. He officiated at 18 local,... Read More

Knocking ‘marathon’ off the bucket list

Everyone has life goals they want to achieve before a certain age, particularly milestones like 30, 40, or 50 - but rarely is a marathon one of them. For Tauranga... Read More

Karate exponent excels in Japan

She's just 15 and on the brink of being a world beater. Eden Holley, a Year 11 student at Otumoetai College, has returned from the World Shotokan Karate Federation... Read More

The people vs Steamers

Tauranga Mitre 10 Mega are giving locals the chance to catch up with the Bay of Plenty Steamers ahead of their match against Counties Manukau. In support of the... Read More

Breakers sweep ashore in Tauranga

He's 35 going on 21 he reckons. 'The mind is playing like a 21-year-old,” says Mike Vukona. Okay, he holds a Fijian passport and plays out of Auckland, but... Read More

Mount company's slam dunk deal

Kiwi company DROPIT has scored a slam dunk in the world's premier basketball league after signing a three-year deal with the NBA's Phoenix Suns. More than 180,000... Read More

Bay dominates pool champs

Annual surf lifesaving pool championships in Hamilton this weekend will mark the beginning of the surf season for the Eastern Region. The Eastern Regional Pool... Read More

TECT stumps up for floodlighting

For the second day running, there's been a significant milestone in the development of the Bay Oval cricket stadium. Yesterday a one day international against England... Read More

England cricketers headed to Bay Oval

Tauranga has scored a major sporting coup at the expense of Napier. The Bay Oval will be hosting a marquee game, a day-night ODI against England on Wednesday February... Read More

Steamers team named for Southland match

The Bay of Plenty Steamers will take on Southland at Rotorua International Stadium tonight, celebrating Maori Rugby. Following last week's announcement of Clayton... Read More

Huge interest caps massive AIMS Games

The 2017 Anchor AIMS Games have proved a record-breaker, both on the fields and courts and in cyberspace. With 10,139 athletes competing in 21 sporting codes... Read More

Cairo a real AIMS Games character

Rugby and sparkly top-hats normally don't go hand-in-hand but Chisnallwood Intermediate broke the mould at the Anchor AIMS Games last week. Coach Daniel Vann introduced... Read More