Big league blues
Manurewa Marlins Rugby League club boasts bumper numbers but has run out of teams to play against. Rowena Orejana explores options to bolster the competition. ...
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It's all hands on deck for a bunch of boat-building students who've built a high-tech racing yacht, writes Michael Smith. The future of New Zealand boating is in good hands ...
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Sophie Bond speaks to a pair of teens who have little spare time, thanks to a demanding training regime for the upcoming Surf Lifesaving Championships. A nippy breeze cruises the ...
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Love it or hate it, the Speedway has been part of Auckland summers for 80 years. But its luck may be about to run out, John Landrigan discovers. Driving at ...
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UPDATED: One of Auckland's best loved family sports events is on next Sunday* - on an island not too far away. The Onetangi Beach Races has been going on and off ...
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Time to party - Henderson Squash Club is turning 50. Its members tell Rowena Orejana it is one of the best facilities of its kind, citywide. The air is a ... More
Hold on tight. Albany's Rollercoaster downhill skateboarding competition will be a ride you won't forget, warns Debrin Foxcroft. Scars on Joseph Karchemney's knee tell a story of hitting a guard ...
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A keen Greenhithe fisherman was gutted when his yacht was burgled. But thanks to police handiwork, he is out with his rods again, reports Valerie Schuler. Malcolm Black didn't think ...
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City swimmers feel the council may put them out in the cold. Sean Gillespie reports. Elena Krivoshapko, a regular Tepid Baths user, is unimpressed by the Auckland City Council's four-year ...
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It started when a few mates wanted to get fit; now it's a massive event. Valerie Schuler meets the Motley Crew who spawned the coastal fun run For a bunch ...
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A professional rugby player facing two assault charges cannot be named, despite a judge lifting a suppression order.The player allegedly assaulted a man and left him unconscious in a Northland pub car park last October.He...
The New Zealand dollar drifted lower for most of a quiet session but recovered to finish near where it started.The dollar was US69.98c at 5pm from US70.03c at 8am and US69.80c at 5pm yesterday. It had dropped to about US69.65c...
Parts of Wellington have lost power after the city was blasted by a sudden summer storm this afternoon.Karori residents reported seeing hail and flashes of lightning after the storm hit Wellington at about 4.30pm.Trains on...
Trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey may have saved his biggest drama for the home stretch as he battles a northerly current which is threatening to sweep him past the top of the North Island.Quincey has rolled at least twice since...
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