A record number of athletes will be running over in the Motatapu course this year, says Motatapu Event Director, Gemma Boyle.

London Olympic hopeful Sophia Batchelor set the tone with one of four records on the opening night of finals at the Mayfair Pools NZ Age Group Swimming Championships in Wellington last night.

An Australian woman is hoping to combat predictions that one in four New Zealanders will suffer from some form of incontinence by 2030.

The gates open tomorrow (7 March) for the 2012 Ellerslie International Flower Show which promises to be “one of the biggest and the best show” in the Show’s 16-year-old history.

Triathlon New Zealand acknowledge their elite athletes 2011 performances with a night of recognition in Wanaka, with Andrea Hewitt, Kate McIlroy and Mikayla Nielsen (World Elite U19 Champion) presented with gifts for their World Championship Series podium results as thoughts turned towards 2012 and Olympic year.

Newly designed camera delivers top-class image quality and complete feature set for advanced amateurs and professionals seeking all-round performance excellence, agility and creative expression. 

Team Abu Dhabi captain Faris Al Sultan narrowly missed out on a famous home-town victory at the US$250,000 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon on Saturday, overtaken in the dying moments by Denmark’s Rasmus Henning who snatched the win in a spectacularly close race.

Belgium’s Marino Vanhoenacker had to unleash the speed that made him the fastest on the planet to win the revamped Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand in Taupo today.

Vancouver, Canada (1 March 2012) - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today
announced changes to the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series and World Cup calendar.

The world’s top female underwater explorer Jill Heinerth is launching a campaign to reconnect people to their most precious commodity — water. The renowned filmmaker is producing a documentary, We Are Water, to raise public awareness about the earth’s finite water resources.

There is unfinished business for Joanna Lawn at Saturday’s Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand in Taupo.

It’s official. The new-look Christchurch Airport Marathon is under starter’s orders for Sunday June 3, back in Christchurch and on a new course.

A record 1,855 athletes from 62 countries, including the strongest ever line-up of elite professionals, will take their starting orders this Saturday in the United Arab Emirates ’capital for the third annual US$250,000 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon, one of the fastest growing events-of-its-kind worldwide.

Whether you’ve competed in multiple Ironman events or 2012 will be your first – towing the line is a daunting prospect but committing some mental work to the task a few weeks out can really free up much needed energy on race day.

Cameron Brown’s world record reign of 10 victories will be seriously tested in the 2012 Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain ironman New Zealand.

The first of March signals the first day of Autumn - bringing with it colder weather, more layers and drier skin!  Dr. Hauschka Body Moisturisers keep your skin happy and healthy during this seasonal change.

How about really spoiling mum this Mother's Day with gorgeous skincare products and a ‘citrus delicious’ candle from geoskincare.

It’s not only the very latest in fashion on show at iD Dunedin 2012 – it’s THE place to be to see what’s hot in the heady world of catwalk hair styling.

A ‘slice of Queenstown and Wanaka’ is heading to Auckland with the launch of Botswana Butchery in an iconic waterfront position in the heart of the city.

Over 300 swimmers braved the conditions last weekend and completed the 49th annual Across the Lake Swim in Taupo.

There is some unfinished business for Jo Lawn at this year's Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand in Taupo. The seven-time champion is back for another tilt at title number eight, which eluded her grasp 12 months ago. Lawn had to settle for third in 2011 - a disastrous puncture putting paid to her title chances. The Auckland-based athlete spent more than 15 minutes on the side of the road in cold, wet conditions - an experience she is in no hurry to repeat this year.

He was a medical doctor who abandoned drugs and orthodoxy to find a healing power in flowers – a power he said could help people suffering different emotional states.  Such was his success that nearly 100 years later his name and remedies are known and used the world over.

A new sport to hit New Zealand, Speed Badminton, is set to take the shuttlecock to places where it’s never been before.

There’s a fresh spark of life in 39-year-old legend Cameron Brown as he prepares for the defence of his hitherto impregnable crown at the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand in Taupo on Saturday.