Sports

Driving support to our special athletes

Three Tauranga Special Olympians are the faces of their club's new fundraising campaign to get 73 athletes and 20 volunteer coaches to New Zealand's 2025 National... Read More

Chiefs Rugby Club welcome Ngāti Porou East Coast

Following approval from New Zealand Rugby and an agreement being reached with the Hurricanes, the Chiefs Rugby Club said they are honoured to welcome Ngāti... Read More

Water polo lifts Māori, Pasifika

Māori and Pasifika are overrepresented in drowning statistics across the motu, so a water polo competition at Baywave, Mount Maunganui, was born. 'We wanted... Read More

Tauranga runner makes his mark in history

Tauranga track star Sam Ruthe is now the holder of yet another world's best time. The 15-year-old runner competed in the Graham Douglas International meet... Read More

Groms battle in Whangamata for series glory

Young surfers from across New Zealand are set to compete this weekend in Whangamata for the second leg of the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge. Taking... Read More

Hunter wins Game Bird Habitat Stamp competition

A striking image of a pūkeko in flight has seen Northland hunter and photographer David Towgood named winner of the Game Bird Habitat Stamp Photo competition... Read More

Tauranga man who died in Arthur's Pass named

Police have released the name of the person who died following an incident in Arthur's Pass on Sunday, February 2. He was 25-year-old Connor Mark Knox,... Read More

Series opens with two scorchers

After one extremely hectic weekend, New Zealand's motorcycling community is already halfway towards discovering who will be crowned the nation's top cross-country... Read More

Tauranga woman scores second hole-in-one

It was almost déjà vu for Tauranga golfer Shania Cooke who scored her second hole-in-one on the same course, on the same hole, with the same club. The... Read More

Near perfect start to BOP rider’s title defence

It wasn't quite the perfect start to Bay of Plenty rider Callum Dudson's national title defence, but he'll gladly take it. The Honda ace from Rotorua kicked... Read More

Rotorua sisters chosen for NZ Volleyball teams

Like every good big sister, when 16-year-old Lovelyann Tafuna knew it was time to try out for the Aotearoa Māori Poirewa (New Zealand Māori Volleyball) team,... Read More

Youngest ever national athletics champion

Tauranga teenager Sam Ruthe has produced another extraordinary run to become the youngest man to win a national senior track and field title. In a performance... Read More