When it comes to rugby, many New Zealanders might think they have had the game sussed. After all, it has been played here since at least 1870. But the underwater version has yet to catch on.
A spate of fuel thefts from rural industries around Wanaka and Tarras last month has sparked a police call for the owners of commercial machinery and trucks to be more vigilant.
Many of New Zealand's future Winter Olympians competed at the Winter Games NZ last week but our Olympic lugers had to cool their heels. Marjorie Cook finds out what three of Otago's female skeleton racers are doing.
Acclaimed British climber Stephen Venables (55) has tested his physical and mental limits in the Himalayan mountains many times, but he has never set foot on a New Zealand peak.
New Zealand men secured the three top places in the Winter Games demonstration sport of winter triathlon at the Snow Farm on Saturday, while the women took second and third places.
The Upper Clutha Environmental Society secretary, Julian Haworth, has criticised the Queenstown Lakes District Council for not defending its district plan and decisions made by its commissioners.
Cost of appeal beyond group
The Upper Clutha Environmental Society is facing tougher financial times and is considering not appealing a resource consent application granted last month to Clevermaker Ltd, the owner of a Roys Peninsula property.
When it comes to finding people in a blizzard or avalanche, Zeppelin is your dog.
Wanaka motorists will be consulted later this year about the problematic Brownston and Ardmore Sts intersection, with the design of a new layout "probably" to be completed by 2012.
Top New Zealand cross-country skier Katie Calder has won the Australia New Zealand Continental Cup, after winning the Kangaroo Hoppet at Falls Creek, Australia, on Saturday.
Bad weather yesterday closed Wanaka skifields and forced the postponement of the first day of events at the New Zealand University Snow Games.
The area occupied by the Outlet camping ground at Wanaka will be formalised by the Wanaka Community Board, which is keen to enter into leasing agreements with the operators.
New Zealand's youngest competitor at the Winter Games NZ, snowboarder Tim Herbert (14), spent all of last Saturday sizzling sausages to raise $2400 for emergency services, before riding his way into the finals of the slopestyle competition the next day.
It was a hate-you, love-you kind of day in Wanaka yesterday as the town was variously lashed by rain and whipped by northwest winds, with brief sunny reprieves in between.
The Winter Games is being touted as the biggest snowsports event outside the Winter Olympics.
Japanese adaptive cross-country skiers Yoshihiro Nitta (29) and Shoko Ota (20) enjoy a professional sporting career many New Zealand athletes can only dream about.
The great South American cross-country skiing showdown fizzled yesterday after Cesar Baena (22), of Venezuela, was diverted from his task by a Kiwi woman.
New Zealand cross-country skier Ben Koons (23) narrowly missed qualifying for the Winter Olympics yesterday by less than 0.5 of a FIS point, after finishing in the top 20 men in the 10km freestyle race at the Snow Farm yesterday.
Sir Tim Wallis's Hawker Hurricane is for sale.
Canada showed it was the powerhouse of cross-country skiing as it dominated the Winter Games podium again yesterday.