Rotorua’s world-renowned mountain bike trails have won global praise from Red Bull as one of the eight top mountain biking destinations on earth – the only place awarded such recognition in the Southern Hemisphere.

Is your mum an old-school rocker at heart who yearns to let loose, throw some punches, and release the fire that roars inside? Does she say things like “babe” or “they don’t make them like they used to” or “let’s just say I left with one less pair of knickers”?

Every three hours one New Zealand man dies of a potentially preventable illness. A routine and regular health check up is all that is needed to take a positive step toward a preventative path.

A local NZ IT Integration company has joined forces with popular pizza outlet Domino's Pizza to raise money for child-focussed charity CureKids.

Kate McIlroy, Ryan Sissons and Martin van Barneveld will line up on Saturday at the latest round of the ITU World Triathlon Series in Yokohama, race three in the eight race series to decide who will be crowned World Champion in 2013.

Touring professional and multiple world championship medal winner Linda Villumsen, Olympian Lauren Ellis and Sophie Williamson, who has signed with US based women’s pro team Vanderkitten, head the largest women’s field ever assembled for a Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series round on Saturday, the Parry Field Lawyers-Ocean Ridge Classic.

The first show home in the new Taramea Square neighbourhood at Queenstown’s Millbrook Resort has opened its doors – and early indications are that a steady upsurge in sales is continuing.

Britz are delighted to announce the renewal of their status as Official Partner with Nga Haerenga - The New Zealand Cycle Trail. Covering over 2,500km of assorted tracks, the New Zealand Cycle Trail was named as one of the top three winners at the International Trails Symposium, hosted in Arizona during April. 

The temperature is dropping dramatically and we have a dusting of snow on the mountains so winter is definitely on the way in Queenstown! 

Winter can be stressful to the skin. Cold and wind can dry it out, leaving it feeling uncomfortable and looking lifeless. The solution? A fabulous moisturiser. 

Organisers are giving athletes the chance to test out the course this year by staging a 500 field race on the course.

New Zealand’s Dylan McNeice has again made his mark on the international triathlon circuit as he took his second major title in only his second long distance race at this weekend’s Challenge Taiwan. Meanwhile Belinda Granger (AUS) won the women’s race, claiming her 15th long distance victory in the process.

Indulge your artistic creativity with the new Fujifilm X100S - the high-speed successor to the X100 with the world's fastest AF of 0.08 (*1) seconds - a premium compact camera where innovative design meets high performance.

Good news for chocolate lovers. New research from Swinburne University of Technology has found that the polyphenols in dark chocolate increase calmness and contentedness.

As many as 36,000 New Zealanders may be sick and tired of being sick and tired – but not able to pinpoint exactly what’s wrong with them.

Without realising it, they may have coeliac disease, a permanent intolerance to gluten.  Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye barley and oats, which can cause bowel inflammation and damage when eaten by coeliac sufferers.  The disease can also cause malnutrition, as the damaged gut fails to properly absorb nutrients from food.
 

TOMS is more than just a brand – it’s a movement that is revolutionising the way we shop.

Fancy a curry but want to know where the locals go? Want to treat the kids to a new toy that educates as well as entertains? Revolutionise the way you shop and nab the best in your neighbourhood from takeout to toy shops with Yelp, the online review site that helps you find what you want, where you want it!

World's Best Mum mugs, bed socks, lavender overkill and the dreaded soap on a rope - get inspired this Mother's Day and treat your Mum to the finer things in life, with Allan Scott Marlborough Blanc de Blancs NV!

Make your next date with the great outdoors even more thrilling. There’s a fresh range of ‘go-anywhere’ accessories and a new firmware update that powers up Action Cam with extra features and an exciting new High Frame Rate mode.

Canadian-born underwater explorer Jill Heinerth is famous for her daring diving exploits – she’s dived countless caves and even dived through icebergs. Now, she’s taking on a challenge of a different sort – but this one’s above ground and covers over 7,500 kilometers.

Queenstown’s Rabbit Ridge Bike Resort got the thumbs up at the soft launch yesterday (Saturday 27 April) when members of the local biking community got to check out the newly-constructed trails.
 

The EVOC BIKE TRAVEL BAG is a hybrid solution for bike transport that unites the advantages of a hard-shell case and those of a soft bag: it offers maximum protection at minimum weight. The bag gains its stability through fibreglass rods (2 in the front and 2 in the rear) as well as through plastic rods (2 in each wheel compartment on the sides

A ‘window’ of fine weather and a battle supreme between two of New Zealand’s top female distance runners made for a sensational  tenth anniversary Routeburn Classic yesterday (April 27 2013).

Triathlon New Zealand this weekend hosted 23 of the most talented young athletes from around New Zealand at a National Youth Camp in Cambridge, the home of the National High Performance Centre.

The inaugural Wild Descent kayak race on the Clutha River is heading into day two of the four-day competition after a mass start above the Albert Town bridge yesterday morning. With 261km head of them, twenty seven teams started just after 11am with surprising speed and early pace setters were an Australian and Kiwi duo Matt Blundell and Michael Snell.