Sports

Support called for big game

Tauranga City United is calling on supporters to help them win an essential at home game at Links Avenue this afternoon. The must-win match against current premier... Read More

NZ surfing team keep advancing

The New Zealand Surfing Team have advanced their cause at the 2016 INS ISA World Surfing Games moving in to sixth position after another successful day in the waves... Read More

Bay rower snares Olympic gold

Tauranga's Mahe Drysdale has held on and endured a nerve-wracking wait for the result of a photo-finish to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in Rio de Janeiro. Drysdale... Read More

Mount surfer making waves

The New Zealand Surfing Team have climbed up to eighth at the INS ISA World Surfing Games with three days remaining at the event being held at Jaco Beach Costa Rica. ... Read More

Bay Olympians on track for medals

Two classic single sculls rivalries will play out on the final day of the Olympic regatta, with Tauranga's Mahe Drysdale and Emma Twigg at the heart of both. Drysdale... Read More

Steamers steal warm-up

It was only a pre-season warm-up but any win over Auckland is a good win. And today the Steamer's sneaked in 22-21 winners over the big union at the over-hauled... Read More

Tauranga sailors well placed

Tauranga sailors in Rio are positioning themselves well for their competitions' closing races. The Nacra 17 crew of Jason Saunders and Gemma Jones had four single-digit... Read More

Jones puts Kiwi slalom on the map

Trail-blazing canoe slalom Kiwi Donald Johnstone believes the sport is on the cusp of the mainstream in New Zealand after the silver medal-winning Olympic efforts... Read More

Kiwi camp key for champion kayaker

A season that started on the West Coast of New Zealand has turned to Rio gold for British kayaker Joe Clarke. Clarke won the K1 canoe slalom crown at the at the... Read More

Jones wins silver in canoe slalom

Tauranga's Luuka Jones has created history with a silver medal in the K1 canoe slalom at the Rio Olympics. It's New Zealand's first medal on the Olympics whitewater. Luuka... Read More

More boats on the Rio water

The drip start of the New Zealand Olympic sailing effort continues with only the women's 49er crew of Tauranga sailor Molly Meech and Alexandra Maloney yet to start... Read More

Old cup, new competition

Former Bay of Plenty captain and flanker Tuck J Waaka was reunited with an old friend this week - the Rugby Cup. Tuck, also a former captain of the New Zealand... Read More