Sports

Two-time UFC middleweight champ returns to action

Israel Adesanya is staying in his own lane. Next week, the two-time UFC middleweight champion returns to action against fellow top-five-ranked athlete Nassourdine... Read More

'Gayle-force' wind hits Albion Junior Cricket Club

It is not every day that a superstar visits a humble junior cricket club in Tauranga. Chris Gayle, one of cricket's most powerful hitters, visited Fergusson... Read More

Waka ama veteran: "I go out there to win"

Mount Maunganui's Mike Hickson has brought back gold and silver from the Waka Ama NZ sprint nationals. Hickson has competed in the sprint nationals for 32... Read More

BOP racing talent flocks Woodville GP

There will be huge numbers on hand to witness as the heat goes on for defending champion Hamish Harwood in the first major event of the 2025 motocross season... Read More

Taupō local dominates MTBNZ National Series

Paris Olympian Sammie Maxwell turned up the heat on home turf to dominate the second round of the MTBNZ National Series in Taupō. Mountain Bike New Zealand... Read More

Mount surfers excel at national champs

Six newly minted national champions were confirmed in Stent Road perfection on Thursday January 16 at the 2025 National Surfing Championships, including surfers... Read More

Bay of Plenty skaters to represent NZ in Austria

A roller derby athlete is ready for 'the experience of a lifetime” after being named to represent New Zealand at the Roller Derby World Cup. Team New... Read More

How the Bay Oval nabbed a Chiefs match

March 30, 2013, was the last time the Chiefs played a rugby match in Tauranga, with a crowd of 15,000 showing up at Baypark to watch the home side beat Auckland's... Read More

Paralympic journey celebrated at waka ama

'It's special to be here and share this moment with the community that feels like home,” said Paralympian Pete Cowan. Standing on the banks of Lake... Read More

Berry and Moody win Tauranga Half

Saturday's Loan Market Oceanside Tauranga Half produced two outstanding elite races, with Jack Moody, and Hannah Berry defending their men's and women's titles... Read More

Hannah Berry returns to Tauranga Half

The cry of 'Go Hannah” has been common in recent years. Bay of Plenty multisport legend Hannah Berry will be back on the start line of the Loan Market... Read More

Waka ama nationals celebrate culture, connection

Raipoia Brightwell says it is hard to sum up the feeling which was in the air at Lake Karāpiro during the Waka Ama Sprint Nationals in Cambridge. She says... Read More