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Rotorua Crankworx mountain biking world cup wraps

Rotorua Crankworx mountain biking world tour event organisers are stoked they could turn tough corners after riders boycotted last year's event. Male Slopestyle... Read More

Omanu Surf Lifesaving Club claim national champs

New Zealand's oldest surf lifesaving trophy has found a new home in the Bay of Plenty, after a dramatic national championship in Gisborne over the weekend. For... Read More

U18 rugby team join high-performance pathway

New Zealand Rugby has announced the introduction of a New Zealand U18 team to the men's national high-performance pathway programme. The team will be selected... Read More

Three golfers hit holes in one within 24 hours

Luck, or skill? Tauranga Golf Club manager Michelle Towersey says it's possibly a bit of both after three members hit holes in one within 24 hours. 'Aces”,... Read More

BOP Honda superbike family dominance continues

Is there no stopping the Bay of Plenty-based Honda Team Rees juggernaut in this season's New Zealand Superbike Championships? When the third round of four... Read More

Everything left to play for in final round

The 2025 New Zealand Motocross Championships featured a flurry of fresh winners at the third round of four near Pukekohe on Saturday, March 8. Each... Read More

Sprint champ clocks fastest lap

California teenager Joel Myers Jr wasted no time finding the quickest way around New Zealand's fastest dirt oval on Saturday night. The reigning New Zealand... Read More

Tanner and Ruthe tie in dramatic 1500m final

A rare dead heat in the 1500m at the national athletics championships in Dunedin has seen a tie in the track's blue-riband event. Olympian Sam Tanner... Read More

Artistic swimmer-turned-rower eyes Olympics

The $60,000 cost of making it to the Olympics for artistic swimming put Karlina Steiner off pursuing her dream - but now she has turned her attention to rowing... Read More

Added support for Special Olympics swimmers

For talented competitive swimmer Janae Higgins, there was always one frustration: the diver's block. 'I've been swimming for almost two years now. Backstroke's... Read More

Sixty-nine-year-old with winging "addiction"

'I've been winging for about four years, and I absolutely love it,” said Bay of Plenty's 69-year-old Simon McDonald. 'My family and I were in Fiji and... Read More

Rotorua Crankworx: Young riders excel

The winners of the crowd-pleasing Whip Off Championships were in high spirits as the sun set on day two of the Rotorua Crankworx World Cup. Thursday's gold... Read More