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May Has Revenge Over Forest Course
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 5:11 pm | Bikesport NZ
AUGUST 13, 2013: It was nearly the perfect comeback for Callan May when he raced the big annual Dead Toad Cross-country race in the Woodhill Forest, near Auckland, at the weekend. More >>
Kiwi arborists back on top
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 4:24 pm | JRPR
In 2011, New Zealand arborists achieved the remarkable feat of winning the men’s, women’s and team world titles in competitive tree climbing. Now, in the 2013 event that has just taken place in Toronto, Canada, they’ve done it again. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: PGG Wrightson takes $321M charge on merger
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 12:18 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug. 13 (BusinessDesk) – Rural services firm PGG Wrightson has written down its value by $321 million, erasing almost all of the company’s goodwill and resulting in an annual loss. More >>
F1’s Turbo Era to Be Marked At 2014 Festival
Monday, 12 August 2013, 3:07 pm | NZ Festival of Motor Racing
Not one, but two iconic Ferrari Formula One cars from the legendary turbocharged era of the 1980s are set to wow the crowds at the 2014 two weekend Ferrari Festival at Hampton Downs. More >>
Corbidge 16th On World Cup Debut
Monday, 12 August 2013, 3:02 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
Sophie Corbidge (Auckland) finished a highly creditable 16th on her ITU World Cup debut at Tiszaujvaros (Hungary) today while Mikayla Nielsen (Waikato) withdrew just 500 metres into the run with a slight recurrence of an ankle injury. More >>
Aleh and Powrie Crowned World Champions
Monday, 12 August 2013, 1:11 pm | Yachting New Zealand
Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have been crowned 470 Women’s World Champions for the first time, the title coming exactly one year to the day since they won Olympic Gold. Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox have finished 7th in the Men’s Championship. More >>
Poland remain on the podium after second day of racing
Monday, 12 August 2013, 12:54 pm | Snow Sports New Zealand
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (11 August 2013) – The second day of FIS racing at Snow Farm NZ saw a strong field of international athletes battling it out under blue skies in the 5km and 10km freestyle event, the second of three Continental Cup races taking ... More >>
Rally Xtreme Revs Back Into Action
Monday, 12 August 2013, 12:46 pm | Seabright Motor Sport
After a short hiatus the Total Lubricants Rally Xtreme Challenge revs back into life with the support of RCK Contractors, as round 4 of the series heads to picturesque Paihia for the Tanoa Hotels Rally of the North. More >>
West wins tension filled Canterbury Rally
Monday, 12 August 2013, 12:31 pm | NZ Rally Championship
Timaru based Chris West and co-driver Chris Cobham, in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, ended up on the top step of the podium at today’s fourth round of the 2013 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship following a tense wait after ... More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Meridian profit jumps; Tiwai deal cuts value
Monday, 12 August 2013, 12:24 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug. 12 (BusinessDesk) – Meridian Energy boosted underlying annual profit 53 percent and will pay out a fatter dividend after selling out of its stake in an Australian wind-farm, though it’s had to wear a $476 million hit on the value of its assets ... More >>
Broken Fan Belt Drops Lester Out of Contention At Fuji
Monday, 12 August 2013, 12:06 pm | Jono Lester
Kiwi endurance driver Jono Lester has seen another opportunity for victory in the Super Taikyu Series go awry with a broken fan belt dropping him out of contention in the Fuji 7 Hour race today. More >>
Prestigious Series Reaches Milestone
Monday, 12 August 2013, 10:53 am | Stroke and Stride
The Stroke & Stride Series has announced the dates for their events over the 2013/2014 summer. The golden sands of Mission Bay in the heart of New Zealand's largest city will again be the stage for all the popular afterwork events. More >>
Purvis Named NZU21 Captain For World Youth Netball Champions
Friday, 9 August 2013, 4:05 pm | Netball New Zealand
9 August 2013: Netball New Zealand is pleased to announce Storm Purvis as Captain of the New Zealand Under 21 team heading to Scotland next week to contest the World Youth Netball Championships (WYC). Purvis will lead the side, with mid-courter Nadia ... More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Turners & Growers almost triples first half p
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:22 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug. 9 (BusinessDesk) – Shares in Turners & Growers jumped 2.7 percent to $1.90 after the fruit marketer almost tripled first-half profit as its export business reaped bigger sales from North America. More >>
Aleh and Powrie back at the top after day four
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:12 pm | Yachting New Zealand
The tables have turned after day four at the 2013 470 World Championships on now in La Rochelle, France with NZL Sailing Team’s Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie regaining the lead in the Women’s fleet, while Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox didn’t ... More >>
NZL Sailing Team with ETNZ arrive in San Francisco
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:49 am | Yachting New Zealand
This week the seven sailors who make up the NZL Sailing Team with ETNZ have arrived in San Francisco to prepare for the 2013 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. More >>
Gilmour Ready For Canterbury Rally Challenge
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:45 am | Emma Gilmour
Emma Gilmour is expecting her new Suzuki Swift Maxi will be ideally suited to the forestry special stages that comprise this weekend’s Canterbury Rally. More >>
Campbell looks forward to new challenge
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 1:25 pm | Campbell Rally Sport
Tauranga’s Phil Campbell will face a new challenge when round four of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, Rally Canterbury, runs this weekend. More >>
Seven Hour Fuji Race the Next Challenge For Lester
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 1:23 pm | Jono Lester
Kiwi endurance driver Jono Lester is eagerly anticipating the challenge of a seven hour endurance race at Fuji Speedway this weekend, with the Super Taikyu Series shifting up a gear with the longest duration event on its 2013 calendar. More >>
Chop, tide and tangles for the NZL Sailing Team on day 3
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 12:50 pm | Yachting New Zealand
Finals rounds got underway today at the 2013 470 World Championships with the La Rochelle venue testing sailors with more challenging conditions on day three of the six day long regatta. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Govt hands over $30 mln to keep Bluff Smelter
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 12:08 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug 8 (BusinessDesk) – The government has stumped up $30 million as part of a deal to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open, which will see the smelter’s owners get prices returned to pre-2013 levels and linked to any increase in the metal’s ... More >>
House of Travel Triathlon Festival in Christchurch
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 12:08 pm | House of Travel Triathlon Festival
The House of Travel Triathlon Festival is back for 2013, offering athletes of all ages and abilities across New Zealand an exciting day packed full of events in Canterbury this November. More >>
SuperTourers set to bring star names to first 2013 enduro
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 11:58 am | BNT V8 SuperTourers
The 2013-2014 Summer Season at Hampton Downs will blast off in the best possible way over the weekend of September 28 and 29 with the BNT V8 SuperTourers and their star drivers battling out the first round of their endurance season supported for ... More >>
Tua Vs Ustinov Is On!
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:29 pm | Duco Events
THE highly anticipated heavyweight clash between David Tua and Alexander Ustinov has not yet been postponed, promoter David Higgins said today.Tua, who is slated to fight the giant Russian in their Hyrd8ZERO David vs Goliath blockbuster at Claudelands’ ... More >>
SI bound NZ Rally Championship tackles jubilee evet
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:20 pm | NZ Rally Championship
40 years celebrated at this weekend’s New Zealand Rally Championship event. This Sunday’s 11 August fourth round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC) returns the country’s best gravel surface drivers including ... More >>
Yachting NZ - NZL Sailing Team crews well placed
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:11 pm | Yachting New Zealand
Day two of the 2013 470 World Championships has drawn to a close with the qualifying rounds complete and both NZL Sailing Team crews are well placed as they carry forward their ranking to the finals rounds which kick off in La Rochelle, France tomorrow. More >>
Five slots remaining for Possum Tarmac Sprint
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 1:19 pm | Possum Tarmac Sprint
Plans are well underway for the 10th anniversary Possum Bourne Memorial Rally sponsored by Vantage Aluminium Joinery, which will run on September 7. More >>
Cunningham looks for clean run in Canterbury
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 1:17 pm | RCK Contractors Rally Team
After a torrid run across the opening three rounds of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, Clint Cunningham is looking to turn his fortunes around and kick start his challenge for the rookie title at this weekend’s Stadium ... More >>
Rally veteran to take on Rally of the North
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 1:11 pm | Rally of the North
New Zealand’s most experienced rally driver, Brian Green, will be amongst the entries that will take on Tanoa Paihia Hotel Rally of the North on August 17. Palmerston North’s Green has been a stalwart of rallying in New Zealand since the 1970’s ... More >>
First ever Junior World Heli Challenge announces winners
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 12:43 pm | Junior World Heli Challenge
Finn Bilous (13) from Hawea Flat took out first place in the inaugural Junior World Heli Challenge awards announced last night in Wanaka. Finn shared the honour on the night with his older brother Hank (15) who claimed second place, Australian skier ... More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: NZ jobless rate ticks up as workforce expands
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 12:14 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug 7 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand’s unemployment rate ticked up to 6.4 percent in the June quarter from 6.2 percent in the first three months of the year, as more people re-joined the work force and went on the hunt for jobs. More >>
2013 470 World Champs: Aleh and Powrie Take the Early Lead
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 2:49 pm | Yachting New Zealand
Sailing away with a 2nd and two wins Aleh and Powrie top the leader-board with two points (the wins count for zero) while the French pair of Camille Lecointre and Mathilde Geron, who recently took out the 2013 470 European Championship title, lying 2nd ... More >>
Canterbury Support Strong for Holder
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 2:45 pm | Holder Brothers Racing
Fresh off the back of success at the NZ Elite Motorsport Academy, Mt Maunganui rally driver David Holder is set for another strong performance in his Stella Pumps & Stadium Finance backed Fiesta at this weekend’s Rally of Canterbury, also doubling as the ... More >>
Maxwell completes Sydney Motorsport Park double
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 1:16 pm | QBE Australian Superbike Championship
Team Suzuki rider Wayne Maxwell capped off a perfect weekend at Sydney Motorsport Park with victory in todays fifth round of the QBE Australian Superbike Championship. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Investors calm nerves over Fonterra scare
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 12:07 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug 6 (BusinessDesk) – Investors have shaken off their initial nervousness about the impact of Fonterra Cooperative Group’s food contamination scare, with gains in the share price of the dairy exporter’s Shareholders’ Fund and a recovery ... More >>
Well-deserved third place for Paddon and Kennard in WRC2
Monday, 5 August 2013, 3:21 pm | Hayden Paddon Rallysport Global Ltd
New Zealand’s top rally drivers Hayden Paddon and John Kennard finished on the podium at this weekend’s World Rally Championship event in Finland with a well-deserved third place in the intensely competitive WRC2 category. More >>
Paget New British Open Champ
Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:52 pm | ESNZ High Performance
Jonathan Paget is flying high after winning the British Open Championship at Gatcombe Park in the UK this morning. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Dairy companies slide after Fonterra scare
Monday, 5 August 2013, 12:14 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug 5 (BusinessDesk) – Listed dairy stocks tumbled in early trading today after Fonterra Cooperative Group said it discovered a bacteria contamination in batches of its whey protein. More >>
Paddon pleased with 4th equal after day 1 at Rally Finland
Friday, 2 August 2013, 4:15 pm | Hayden Paddon Rallysport Global Ltd
New Zealanders Hayden Paddon and John Kennard hold fourth equal place after the first day of Rally Finland among a 20-strong field in the new WRC2 category. More >>
Tua Announces New Trainer
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:34 pm | Duco Events
David Tua has entrusted his preparation for his do-or-die shot against Alexander Ustinov to the highly respected Australian corner-man DaveHedgcock. More >>
MONEY TALKS: Farmers good, investors bad
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:02 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug. 2 (BusinessDesk) – If you read the Fonterra tea-leaves, there are two kinds of people in this world – farmers and everybody else. More >>
Registrations Now Open For Popular Ocean Swim Series
Friday, 2 August 2013, 12:59 pm | NZ Ocean Swim Series
Registrations have opened today for the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series with organisers keen to remind prospective entrants to register early. The opening swim of the series is the iconic State Harbour Crossing on Sunday 17 November. Last season, ... More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Hubbard’s statutory management racks up $17M
Friday, 2 August 2013, 12:08 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug. 2 (BusinessDesk) – The three statutory managers of deceased Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard have racked up about $17 million overseeing the management of the frozen funds in three years. More >>
UC student Angela Smit manages dual challenge
Friday, 2 August 2013, 12:08 pm | University of Canterbury
Few University of Canterbury (UC) students fit their studies around an international sporting career. Top New Zealand middle distance athlete Angela Smit is one. More >>
From the Farm: Sloppy paperwork
Friday, 2 August 2013, 8:18 am | BusinessDesk
Aug 2 (BusinessDesk) - The Ministry for Primary Industries has done what is normal these days for major issues handled by officials and dumped an electronic copy of more than 12 months of meeting notes, reports, aide memoirs, cables and emails, on ... More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Briscoe shares climb on another record profit
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 12:21 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug. 1 (BusinessDesk) – Shares in retail chain Briscoe Group climbed 4.4 percent after the company flagged yet another record profit as sales in the second three months of the year kept charging away. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Fonterra fattens farmers' pockets in forecast
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 12:10 pm | BusinessDesk
July 31 (BusinessDesk) – Fonterra Cooperative Group has lifted its forecast payout to farmers for this season by 50 cents, saying the lack of supply from China and Europe during their spring and a weaker kiwi dollar have kept dairy prices high. More >>
Cricket World Cup Draw Offers Tourism Potential
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 1:52 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand has welcomed today’s Cricket World Cup 2015 venue announcement and can now begin planning for the influx of cricket fans and international media. More >>
Cricket World Cup great boost for Christchurch tourism
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 1:27 pm | Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism
News that Christchurch has been named a host city for the opening match in the next Cricket World Cup is being welcomed by the city’s tourism leaders. More >>
Great News for Cricket Fans
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 1:25 pm | Dunedin City Council
Dunedin (Tuesday, 30 July 2013) – Hosting three Cricket World Cup matches here in 2015 is a wonderful coup for Dunedin, Mayor Dave Cull says. More >>
World’s top cricket event coming to Christchurch
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 1:20 pm | Joint Press Release
World-class cricket is coming to Christchurch, after a successful joint bid by the Christchurch City Council and Canterbury Cricket to host ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 matches. More >>
Auckland to host Cricket World Cup semi-final
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 1:05 pm | Auckland - Office of the Mayor
Auckland Mayor Len Brown announced today that Auckland will host a semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, one of four day-night matches to be held at Eden Park. More >>
Premierleaguepass.com Now Live
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 12:56 pm | Coliseum Sports Media
Today (30/03/13) PremierLeaguePass.com is now live, 20 days out from the 2013/2014 Barclays English Premier League (BEPL) kick off between Liverpool and Stoke City (18/08/2013 NZST). More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Building consents still trending higher
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 12:18 pm | BusinessDesk
July 30 (BusinessDesk) – Home building consents are still trending higher even growth in the second quarter was almost entirely driven by a surging result for the month of April. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Skellerup in $7.3 mln fight over rubber rings
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:27 pm | BusinessDesk
July 29 (BusinessDesk) – Listed rubber goods maker Skellerup Holdings has found itself in a $7.3 million scrap with PVC pipe maker Marley New Zealand over the quality of its rubber rings. More >>
Haier Pulse Join Wellington's ANZAC Celebrations
Friday, 26 July 2013, 3:42 pm | Haier Pulse
Wellington is set to establish its position as the venue for all future ANZAC Weekend sporting celebrations, as the city announces another major trans-Tasman event. Earlier this year, St Kilda Saints met the Sydney Swans in an historic ANZAC match, a first ... More >>
Easiyo Tactix 2013 Awards
Friday, 26 July 2013, 3:27 pm | EasiYo Tactix
England import Jade Clarke was crowned the EasiYo Tactix 2013 Player of the Year at the franchise’s annual awards function which celebrated achievements both on and off the court. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: SkyCity gains approval for Adelaide expansion
Friday, 26 July 2013, 12:31 pm | BusinessDesk
July 26 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand gambling giant SkyCity Entertainment is poised for expansion across the Tasman after the South Australia state government passed a law extending the Auckland company’s exclusive casino licence. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: RBNZ’s Wheeler eyes housing, construction
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 12:15 pm | BusinessDesk
July 25 (BusinessDesk) – Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler is increasingly putting the country’s hot property market and growing construction sector under the microscope as he looks for signs they may feed into general inflation. More >>
From the Farm: Dairy becomes a tiny bit more investable
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 2:08 pm | BusinessDesk
July 24 (BusinessDesk) - What a debut Synlait Milk enjoyed yesterday. Market participants were surprised that it jumped by a quarter in its first day on the NZX. The shares have pushed higher again today, probably driven by retail investors and some offshore ... More >>
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