Two time Olympian Ben Sandford, Rotorua placed 8th in the first World Cup of 2012-13 skeleton racing season.

An exciting new tourism website aimed at promoting Queenstown and Wanaka’s attractions to the online world using the latest in panoramic photographic technology was launched earlier this week in Wanaka.

One of the world’s best open water swimmers has entered round one of the State New Zealand ocean swim series in Paihia this Saturday.

Leading New Zealand swimmers Glenn Snyders and Melissa Ingram continued on their winning ways in the FINA World Cup on Tokyo overnight.

New Zealand swimmers finished with a clean sweep of the podium on the first day of the FINA World Cup in Tokyo today.

The Red Bull X-Alps is pleased to announce that 31 athletes from 21 countries have been selected to take part in the world's toughest adventure race next July 7 — an almost 900km race across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco, in which competitors must either hike or fly.

Olympic cyclist Shane Archbold has finished the PowerNet Tour of
Southland about half a kilo lighter than when he started it – and it has had little to do with the
racing.

Leading outdoors GPS navigation brand Magellan has announced it is sponsoring an up-and-coming Kiwi adventure racing team as they prepare for the second annual GODZone event in Queenstown in March 2013.

A daily multivitamin supplement may improve brain efficiency in older women, according to new research from Swinburne University of Technology.

Olympic silver medallist Sarah Walker is to have surgery today on her damaged shoulder and will be off her bike for up to six months.

Leading New Zealand swimmers Glenn Snyders and Melissa Ingram continued on their winning ways in the FINA World Cup on Tokyo overnight.

The numbers of overseas runners for the 2012 ASICS Kepler Challenge
and the Luxmore Grunt are well up on last year’s tally.

Celebrating 150 years since gold was discovered on Queenstown’s Shotover River, tourism leader Shotover Jet is giving local kids the chance to ‘strike gold’ as part of its annual locals’ day celebrations.

New Zealand team captain Andy McMillan believes he’s got the perfect balance of experience and
enthusiasm in his team for this week’s Lifesaving World Championships in Adelaide.

Rubywaxx won the Excellence in Retail Award, sponsored by The New Zealand Herald, at the Westpac Auckland Central Business Awards on 2 November, presented by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. Rubywaxx is a beauty therapy business, specialising in hair removal and anti-ageing, with four salons Auckland-wide.

What does one of the world’s top yachties do on her weekends off the water?
If you are Olympic gold medalist, Jo Aleh, you ‘relax’ by riding one of New Zealand’s toughest mountain bike races, the Magellan Whaka 100, in Rotorua’s legendary Whakarewarewa Forest at Labour Weekend.

New Zealand swimmer Glenn Snyders chalked up an emphatic victory on the second night of the FINA World Cup in Beijing today.

Auckland’s Mike Northey has won the 2012 PowerNet Tour of
Southland after a decisive final stage from Winton to Invercargill today.

Twenty-year-old Olympian Matthew Stanley began his FINA World Cup campaign in fine style with victory in the 400m freestyle on the opening night in Beijing.

American cyclist Carter Jones will take a 17 second lead going
into the final stage of the PowerNet Tour of Southland after the individual time trial in Winton
this morning.

Sean Hambrook has been thrust unexpectedly into the limelight
during this year’s PowerNet Tour of Southland.

(Friday 02 November) Node 4-Subaru’s Daniel Barry claimed a photo-finish stage win over
Calder Stewart’s Hayden Roulston in the PowerNet Tour of Southland in Gore, but it will be
Bissell Pro Cycling’s Carter Jones who will wear yellow on the final day of a hotly-contested
Tour.

Botched phone plans and lack of data usage monitoring is leaving many Australians stressed over their mobile bills, with bills so large many simply can’t pay up or absolutely refuse to pay up and many more are having their good credit ratings completely destroyed.

New Plymouth cyclist Brett Tivers knows the importance of safe
cycling.
Now he is using his experience in a career-ending crash to make sure children Southland-
wide know it too.

American Carter Jones of Bissell Pro Cycling has climbed his way
into the lead in the PowerNet Tour of Southland, after winning the 179km stage from Te
Anau to the Crown Range, near Arrowtown.