Sports

Seventh regional win for Mount

Mt Maunganui Lifeguard Service team cruised to a dominant victory at the Surf Life Saving Eastern Regional Championships held this weekend in Tauranga. With several... Read More

What's on: Hawke Cup finale

Last night Bay of Plenty was just a dozen runs from making history — again — at stumps on day two of the three-day Hawke Cup challenge on Blake Park... Read More

Mount lifeguards take the lead

The local Mount Maunganui team has pulled an early lead during the first day of competition at the second largest Surf Life Saving sports event in the country held... Read More

Tom Franklin returns for the Bay

Maori All Blacks and Highlanders lock Tom Franklin will return home to play for the Bay of Plenty Steamers in this season's Mitre 10 Cup. Born in Opotiki, Franklin... Read More

A beach battle unfolding at the Mount

More than 800 athletes from 31 clubs throughout NZ - including Olympians - will hit the Mount's sand and surf this weekend as the 2017 Eastern Regional Championships... Read More

Fox hunting Oceania canoe crowns

Australian Jess Fox will lead a procession of world-class canoe slalom paddlers at this weekend's Oceania championships in Auckland. The 140-strong field has more... Read More

Mount rider favourite for Grand Prix

The focus goes on Woodville this weekend as New Zealand's elite motocross racers again flood into the town for the big annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix. With... Read More

Stalwart of Bay rugby dies

Bay of Plenty Rugby great and former Māori All Black Manukapua ‘Manu' Maniapoto died peacefully at his home surrounded by whānau in Rotorua on Tuesday. He... Read More

Te Puke teen scores muddy win

Keeping cool while everyone else was losing it proved to be a winning tactic for Te Puke's Tyler Steiner at the weekend. The 17-year-old won the MX2 (250cc) class... Read More

International field for ultramarathon

There will be 42 countries from Israel to Réunion represented at the Tarawera Ultramarathon on February 11, making it the first major running event in New... Read More

Paddle medals for top Kiwi women

Kelly Travers showed Luuka Jones she's got a C1 fight on her hands, upstaging the Rio Olympian at canoe slalom's New Zealand Open near Palmerston North. Travers... Read More

Greerton beat TBC in run fest

The Williams Cup cricket encounter, at Pemberton Park on Saturday was a thrilling run fest with the home side Eves Realty Greerton chasing down Cooney Lees Morgan... Read More