Sports

Top kayak stars arriving in NZ

The first wave of international paddlers have arrived in New Zealand ahead of next week's Whitewater XL, eager to get the jump on the deluge of world-class rivals... Read More

Massive problem ‘a good thing’

Whanganui's Allan 'Flea' Willacy has a massive problem, although he's not really complaining too loudly about it. This year he has been absolutely swamped with... Read More

Girls brace for cricket nationals

The Tauranga Intermediate Girls 1st XI will be representing the region when they go down to Christchurch next week for the national championship. It's the second... Read More

Taylor takes top titles

Tauranga's Jonathan Taylor is now the New Zealand and IBO super middleweight champion, after defeating Jordan Tai in Saturday night's Big Bash Six. Widely considered... Read More

Knights take on Aces at Bay Oval

Plunket Shield cricket will return to the Bay Oval when the Northern Knights take on the Auckland Aces over four days of first class cricket. Kicking off on Monday,... Read More

Bay captain for All Blacks

Bay of Plenty Steamers and Chiefs player Sam Cane will captain the All Blacks during the test against Italy in Rome this weekend. It will be his second stint in... Read More

Greenpark win WBOP Mini-World Cup

Greenpark School playing under the mantle of England won the 13th Western Bay of Plenty Mini World Cup when they beat Bethlehem College Primary on Wednesday. The... Read More

Record numbers for Bay rugby

The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union says record numbers of people are playing rugby in the Bay of Plenty. For 2016 Bay of Plenty Rugby Union had a total of 10,829 players,... Read More

Mirko following his football dream

A 12-year-old Tauranga schoolboy has been given the opportunity to follow his football dream with an invitation to train with top professional English club Fulham.... Read More

Karpik and Tiatia sign on until 2018

The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union has announced loose forward Mitch Karpik and full back Chase Tiatia have committed with the Union through to the end of the 2018 Mitre... Read More

Mount MX rider unstoppable

Nobody could match Kiwi international Cody Cooper at the annual Waikato Motocross Championships near Te Kuiti last weekend. The national MX1 champion from Mount... Read More

Whole body, emotion experience

She's at the ballet studio at 8am, before most 15 year olds are out of bed in the morning. 'I would like to be principal dancer with the Royal New Zealand Ballet,”... Read More