Sports

Olympic winners get up and going

Kiwi Olympic medalists Luuka Jones and Sam Meech have secured new commercial deals with one of New Zealand's largest food manufacturers as they turn their attention... Read More

Fresh focus for K4 kayakers

Olympic kayakers Caitlin Ryan, Aimee Fisher and Kayla Imrie returned to competition over the weekend refreshed and recharged, with firm plans to increase New Zealand's... Read More

Dramatic last over in Baywide Cup

Two centuries and a dramatic late afternoon last over, grabbed the headlines in the Baywide Cup played on Saturday. Morton Freer and Donavan Deeble for element... Read More

Christmas Moto Trial this Sunday

Tauranga Motorcycle Club are holding their Christmas Moto Trial this Sunday, giving riders the opportunity to test their skills with a bike. The event will take... Read More

St Kilda training in Tauranga

St Kilda's AFL team has travelled to New Zealand to use Tauranga's University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance this weekend. The football team is the... Read More

Champ rallies behind friend

New Zealand Rally Champion and Mount Maunganui local David Holder is throwing his weight behind a campaign to see a special friend of his take the trip of a life... Read More

Jones jubilant after last-gasp win

Luuka Jones waited four long days - ironically until her least favoured event - before climbing to the top of the podium at the Whitewater XL kayaking event in... Read More

College’s big win over cadets

Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys College, scored a big victory over Baywide Cup competition leaders Element IMF Cadets, at Blake Park in Mount Maunganui on Saturday. The... Read More

Bay’s HoopNation a huge success

The relocation of the HoopNation basketball competition to the Bay of Plenty has been the game changer for the event, with a 42 per cent increase in entries this... Read More

Burling and Tuke, sailors of the year

For the fourth year in a row Tauranga sailor Peter Burling and Kerikeri sailor Blair Tuke received Yachting's top award. The acclaimed 49er skiff team are winners... Read More

Olympic pioneer opens WWXL

Having kick-started the sport 24 years ago, it's appropriate Donald was back in the thick of the kayaking action on the opening day of Whitewater XL in Auckland. Johnstone... Read More

Top Kiwis ready for high-flying action

The battle for national supercross honours hits full throttle on Thursday evening. The modern-day equivalent of gladiators battling for their lives in the Coliseum... Read More