Sports

Millar makes it three wins

Piha surfer Leia Millar, age 17, has ridden her way to a third straight win for the season, this time claiming the second leg of the Billabong Grom Series presented... Read More

Basketball a slam dunk for Tauranga economy

The Classic by HoopNation has proven to be a successful basketball event, not just for the elite players and enthusiastic fans from around Australia and New... Read More

‘Pay to play’ may push more out of sports

Teams that have used various Tauranga City community sports fields for decades are now looking at facing increased fees to keep playing the games they love. While... Read More

New indoor courts to be on Cameron Rd

Tauranga will be the recipient of new indoor courts on Cameron Rd after council announced this month it has purchased The Warehouse building as part of its Memorial... Read More

Countdown to Williams Cup playoffs

The countdown to the Versatile Williams Cup playoffs has begun, with just six points separating five of the nine teams, with five weeks remaining before... Read More

NZSBK on knife edge with two rounds to go

The 2023-24 New Zealand Superbike Championships - NZSBK - literally zoomed through the first four of six rounds in December and January and, with just two more... Read More

New Zealand Surfing Team heads to Puerto Rico

A talented team of New Zealand athletes has been selected for the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games being held at the end of this month in Puerto Rico. The team... Read More

Key Black Cap Mitchell out for four weeks

Key Black Cap Daryl Mitchell will miss the second test against South Africa and the Twenty20 series against Australia because of an ongoing foot injury. New... Read More

Hall of Fame listing NZ cricket greats as Aussies

New Zealand cricket greats Sir Richard Hadlee, Debbie Hockley and the late Martin Crowe have all been inexplicably listed as Australian on the ICC Hall of Fame... Read More

Black Caps crush South Africa in opening test

The Black Caps have beaten South Africa in the first cricket test in Mount Maunganui by 281 runs. New Zealand wrapped up the match late on day four in Tauranga,... Read More

Special Olympics athlete named as Global Messenger

Grace Payne is the first New Zealander to be granted the highest honour in international Special Olympics when she was named as one of their Global Messengers. Each... Read More

Day 4 at Bay Oval: NZ v South Africa

It looks an elementary task for Tim Southee's Black Caps to go 1-0 up in the two-test series against an undermanned and outgunned South Africa. After another... Read More