Sport

By ROBYN BRISTOW Boxing has turned Bo-Dean (Missy) Blackburn's life around. Missy is fit, trim, doesn't drink and is a no nonsense sort of gal. "I was...

Hey Yo . . . Winner of almost $70,000 in stakemoney with trainer Jack Harrington at his Gold Star Racing stables in Swannanoa last...

Determination . . . Grace Brooker, with ball in hand, charges to the try line in a match against Hanan Shield at the South...

Kaiapoi North School students are flying out to Tauranga this weekend for ‘‘the change of a lifetime’’. The school has entered boys’ and girls’ basketball...

New Zealand’s top junior dancer Swannanoa’s Sophie Johnstone, aged 9, initially had no interest in dancing. But that changed four years ago when she was...

By DAVID HILL It's an unremarkable stretch of land, punctuated by a few trees and a handful of buildings that have seen better days. Over the...

By ROBYN BRISTOW A young North Canterbury surfer is making big waves in the surfing world. Campbell Heasley (10), of Amberley, has just arrived home from...

By Robyn Bristow Murray Dickson has a keen eye for levels and disease and knows how important the local bowling club is to his Cheviot...

By KATE BARBER     PHOTOS: SUPPLIED Amy Batchelor has been selected to represent New Zealand in equestrian sport in the Special Olympics World Summer Games...

By DAVID HILL A state of the art indoor sports facility could be on the horizon for the Waimakariri district. While it is not part of...