Sports

Long term visions for arts & sports

Two important new regional plans for arts and sport discussed recently are setting out a long-term vision for the Waikato. At this week's Waikato Mayoral Forum the... Read More

Rio selection spurs Morrow

For many, watching Sevens on Rotorua International Stadium's embankment during summer is an opportunity to relax. But for the Bay of Plenty's Morgan Morrow it ignited... Read More

Warriors return to Rotorua

After a four-year hiatus, top-drawer rugby league returns to Rotorua with the NZ Warriors set to take on the Penrith Panthers in an NRL trial match at the International... Read More

WaiBOP notch first win at Mount

WaiBOP United registered their first win of the ASB Premiership season on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Wanderers SC at Links Avenue in Mt Maunganui. The home... Read More

Sevens spot for Tupe

Bay of Plenty's Joe Tupe is part of a fresh crop of Sevens talent tasked with not only continuing the All Black side's commanding world dominance but qualifying... Read More

Mount keep Baywide Cup lead

The Baywide Cup looks to be a three-horse race, with just two rounds remaining in the round robin play before the finals playoff. Also at stake for the winner of... Read More

Three ties of tennis in Tauranga

Blustery conditions made it very difficult for the Wilson Regional Premier Interclub Tennis players who contested three ties in Tauranga yesterday. Tennis was played... Read More

Mount Maulers make Beach 5s final

The Bay has a team in the inaugural Mount Beach 5s tournament this afternoon, with bodies and sand about to fly as Tauranga Sports take on Taranaki Coastal to claim... Read More

Burling sails away with second top honour

Tauranga sailor Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, of Kerikeri, have jointly won New Zealand's top sailing honour for two years running - the House of Travel Sailor of... Read More

Big spend on Rugby World Cup

Between them, Robert Bain and Gary Smith have invested the thick end of $100,000 in the All Blacks winning the Rugby World Cup next year. Still one year out and... Read More

Blistering Beach 5s at the Mount

For all the speed, flair and stamina Rugby Sevens holds, its baby brother Beach 5s can match it - and then some. That's according to the organisers of the inaugural... Read More

Morrow makes Sevens cut

Bay of Plenty rugby player Morgan Morrow's summer schedule is jam-packed after she made the cut for both the Bay and New Zealand Sevens squads. On the back of a... Read More