Pebbles inscribed with Christchurch people’s memories and messages will feature in an Ellerslie International Flower Show garden by one of the world’s top designers.

New Zealand will send some of its brightest young endurance cycling prospects across the Tasman next week.

Some of the world’s top wine connoisseurs and critics will descend on Queenstown’s St Moritz hotel this Thursday 30 January to attend the 10th annual Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration (COPNC).
Held from January 30 to February 1 2014 the event showcases the wine, food, people and places of Central Otago to a ‘who’s who’ of the wine world including one of Burgundy’s most revered figures, Aubert de Villaine.

Nobody likes the feeling of a tight, upset tummy - feeling a little ‘seized up’ can make your
body extremely uncomfortable and unhappy. Low fibre intake, decreased levels of exercise
and too much salt in your diet can all be causes of fluid retention and intestinal obstruction.
To help relieve tummy troubles, the experts at Red Seal have developed Alpine Tea, a blend
of 100% pure herbs to promote gentle bowel regularity and healthy digestion.

Meet the women of the New Zealand Olympic Winter Team who will be competing in Sochi, Russia from 7 – 23 February 2014. These eight ladies are part of a fifteen strong team and will represent New Zealand in the adrenaline-filled sports of freeski, snowboard and skeleton.

Our first profile is freeskier, Janina Kuzma.

A privately-owned Queenstown booking and information agency with a strong presence in Asian independent traveller (FIT) markets has launched new Qbook maps – one in Japanese, the other in Chinese.
 

Class shone through at the .kiwi Tri Series Takapuna race on Friday night with Ryan Sissons and Nicky Samuels winning the elite races on a stunning Auckland evening.

After three events over two days, Michael Poole and Jaimee Leader have been crowned King and Queen of the Lake at the Eves Blue Lake Multisport Festival.

In the State New Zealand Ocean Swim series, with an impressive victory in round three in Wellington,  the women’s race was dominated by Wellington’s Emma Robinson.

New Zealand is on a global search for a new head coach for their women’s endurance track programme, heading towards the2016 Rio Olympics and beyond.

he second stop of the 2014 SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR BY THE NORTH FACE® (FWT) took place at Chamonix, France on Saturday. Mont Blanc created a picturesque background for the competition at La Flégère ski area on the Aiguille Pourrie face. Sunny conditions and fresh powder snow created great conditions for riding, but wind the evening before the competition made the top half of the slope extra challenging. Male and female skiers and snowboarders competed in the event representing sixty-nine of the world’s best freeriders and including four from New Zealand.

Hot climates and large sweat losses can severely impact exercise performance1,2, and leave you feeling depleted and drained of energy.

Enthusiasm is building as the world’s most spectacular running race will take place in exactly 100 days, on May 4, 2014.

The streets of Takapuna will once again be abuzz with the sights and sounds of triathletes this Friday night and Saturday morning as the .kiwi Tri Series comes to town and brings with it a mix of some of the world’s best and the next generation of New Zealand talent and the weekend warriors out for a great triathlon experience.

Come and join GetRunning, Auckland’s leading running coaching and marathon tour specialists, for an exciting evening to learn about the tours the group will undertake around New Zealand and the world over the next 24 months.

The Eves Blue Lake Multisport Festival returns to the stunning Blue Lake in Rotorua this Auckland Anniversary weekend, 25th and 26th of January.  The Festival consists of six events over two days, with an event option for everyone in the family.

As fewer kiwi families have access to a family bach, H & S Landscape Design has dreamed up a way of bringing the best parts of the bach into the backyard.

As momentum builds toward the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, New Zealand’s adaptive ski racers have put on an impressive show at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Copper Mountain, USA.

The winner of a once-in-a-lifetime golfing trip to Queenstown for the NZ Open was today (January 21 2014) announced as Wellingtonian Irene Murphy.

Susannah Constantine, of makeover pair ‘Trinny and Susannah’ fame, is the latest A-lister to declare her love for Trilogy Certified Organic Rosehip Oil.

Hyundai vehicles to be provided for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, as cars to be used by staff, VIPs, match officials and staff.

SodaStream International Ltd. has signed actress Scarlett Johansson as its first-ever Global Brand Ambassador. 

The Pretty Reckless have announced their second album, Going To Hell, will be released March 14, 2014. Going To Hell is the follow up to their 2010 full-length debut, Light Me Up and features the current single ‘Going To Hell’.

Challenge Wanaka, the world’s most scenic long-distance triathlon, will take place on Sunday 22 February 2015, a month after its traditional race weekend for the past eight years.

A blistering run by Jan Frodeno propelled the 2008 Olympic champion to his maiden victory over the endurance distance as the tall German destroyed a world-class field to clinch the IRONMAN 70.3 Auckland Asia-Pacific Championship title.