Sports

Strong talent for NZ canoeing

Canoe Racing New Zealand's investment in big boats is about to pay off, with a 26-strong team arriving in Belarus for this week's canoe sprint junior world championships. The... Read More

It’s all about running

Bay of Plenty Secondary School Girls' Under-18 rugby coach Jimi McLean has a simple philosophy for the game: 'rugby is a game about running”. And that's what... Read More

Funding boost for world event

Organisers of one of the biggest squash events to hit New Zealand's shores have received a significant boost, a year out from the world junior championships in Tauranga. The... Read More

Steamers to play at Domain

Tickets for this year's eagerly-anticipated Mitre 10 Cup rugby matches at the Tauranga Domain and Rotorua International Stadium are on sale now. Bay of Plenty Rugby... Read More

Hansen signs until next RWC

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has been reappointed through until 2019, New Zealand Rugby confirmed today. New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew says it had... Read More

New boat for Burling and Tuke

Tauranga sailor Peter Burling and crew Blair Tuke will be going into the Olympics in Rio knowing their next ride, a 50ft (15.2m) Americas Cup foiling catamaran is... Read More

Door open for Rangataua

Mount Maunganui has left the door open for Rangataua to steal top spot of the Baywide Club Rugby's Premier One Division after losing 27-21 to Rotoiti at the weekend. Rotoiti... Read More

Top night for Bay lifesavers

Mount Maunganui and Whangamata have taken out this year's coveted awards at the Zespri Bay of Plenty/Coromandel Awards of Excellence last night. Both clubs were... Read More

Bay venue confirmed for world event

Bay of Plenty's mountain biking community will once again get to host the world's elite international Enduro racers. Whakarewarewa Forest will be the venue for the... Read More

Steamers name 2016 squad

The Bay of Plenty Steamers management have today, named their 2016 squad for the upcoming 2016 Mitre 10 Cup season. Head coach Clayton McMillan believes they... Read More

Papamoa takes to surfcasting

It has been a phenomenally successful first year for the Papamoa Beach Surfcasting Club. 'We started last September” says president Bruce Glass 'And it's grown... Read More

BOP U16 and U18 squads named

The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union has named its Under-16 and Under-18 squads today. Eighty players in total make up the two squads - with 35 players named in the U16... Read More