Sports

Kane captains Black Caps to India

Tauranga's Kane Williamson has been named captain of the Black Caps squad for the ICC World Twenty20. The 15-man squad will head to Dubai on March 3 to prepare... Read More

Representatives racing ahead

Surf sport athletes from around the country battled it out for top honours in the Mount Maunganui waves at today's inaugural Representative Challenge events. The... Read More

Star shine for young surfers

The rising stars of surfing got to strut their stuff at this years Billabong Grom Series today. The two day series which began yesterday is presented by Oceanbridge... Read More

Kiwi take world title in Mount

Glen Head had a simple comment when he and his navigator Darryn Todd were crowned world jet sprint champions. 'We came, we saw, we kicked some (butt).” More... Read More

Bay the home of sevens

The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union wants the region to become the home of sevens rugby. Fresh from hosting the Bayleys National Rugby Sevens in Rotorua for the third... Read More

Good first day for Mount

Hosts Mount Maunganui took an early lead on an emotionally-charged first day of the Eastern Regional surf lifesaving championships. The carnival started with a tribute... Read More

Two days of surfing action

The Billabong Grom Series roars in to action at Mount Maunganui this weekend with surfers from the length of the country hitting the Bay for the two day event. A... Read More

Tauranga sailor in world cup top team

The Yachting New Zealand 49erFX women's team of Alexandra Maloney and Tauranga sailor Molly Meech are in the lead at the ISAF Sailing World Cup. The regatta, which... Read More

Track set for thrills and spills

The equivalent of four Olympic-sized swimming pools of water has been poured into ASB Baypark Stadium this week in preparation for the ENZED 2016 UIM Jetsprint World... Read More

Cooper: King of the mountain

The wins just keep coming for Bay of Plenty motocross ace Cody Cooper. The 32-year-old New Zealand MX1 champion was simply too powerful for his rivals at the annual... Read More

Chiefs put new centre to the test

Chiefs' players took time out of their summer road trip to train at the new High Performance Sports Centre in Tauranga. The new facility at Blake Park officially... Read More

Magic to take on Swifts

The Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic will take to the court for a match against the New South Wales Swifts in Te Awamutu next month. Close connections between the two... Read More