Peoples Times

A boot designed by a Massey graduate to reduce the incidence of wakeboarding injuries has won this year's coveted James Dyson Award.

A new website named VolunteerNet has been launched to help connect volunteers with event-based volunteering opportunities, while at the same time providing a free online volunteer recruitment and management tool for event organisers.

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New Zealand and World Cups have tended not to go together in the past 20 years but, if the All Blacks are usually installed as favourites to win the rugby union version only to implode, the country's football side, who were dubbed the All Whites in the build-up to their only other appearance in the World Cup in 1982, have never been encumbered by expectation.

The Say Now alcohol awareness pilot project being delivered through North Canterbury sports clubs over the last few weeks concludes today.

The future of triathlon in New Zealand would appear to be in good hands judging by the depth and quality of performances at the Contact National Schools Triathlon Champs at Lake Karapiro this week.

New Zealander Adam Hall's gold medal win in the men's standing slalom at the Winter Paralympics, fulfilled a 15 year dream.

The Government will not be supporting a bid to host the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Prime Minister John Key said today.

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Two sports are captivating New Zealand at the end of our golden summer, and it's fair to say that neither of them is rugby.

An innovative new talent identification scheme – Rowers2Rio - is all set to be pioneered by Rowing New Zealand in the Canterbury region – and the hope is that it will unearth some of the Olympic rowing champions of 2016 and beyond.

Auckland schoolboy Mitch Evans aims to become the youngest ever winner of the New Zealand Grand prix when the Toyota Racing Series comes to Manfeild near Palmerston North this weekend.