From boxing to rugby league - and now the beautiful game
Sports journo Sam Coughlan has been in the boxing ring, trained with champion rugby league team Hornby Panthers and now he reports on his session with Christchurch United.
Opinion
Tsunami warning system needs a major overhaul
Opinion: Tsunami warning system needs a major overhaul - Celeste Donovan
Christchurch Coastal Ward city councillor Celeste Donovan says the "failed tsunami siren test in New Brighton was a wake-up call - one we can’t afford to ignore".
How the Hawke's Bay meatball made it to Chch
How the Hawke's Bay meatball made it to Chch
Maggie Tweedie follows the story of the humble Hawke's Bay's meatball all the way down to a bakery in Fendalton, Christchurch.
My free Air NZ scenic flight to Christchurch
My free Air NZ scenic flight to Christchurch
I managed to fit in an unplanned scenic flight from Dunedin to Christchurch and back all by 8.30am.
Bid to avoid Waitangi controversy backfires
PM's bid to avoid Waitangi controversy backfires in Akaroa
Christopher Luxon was trying to avoid controversy by spending Waitangi Day at Ōnuku marae on Banks Peninsula - but still faced protests, distractions and delays.
PM's portfolio reshuffle
Brown gets health, Meager handed 'South Island' in PM's reshuffle
Rangitata MP James Meager has been named Minister for the South Island in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's portfolio reshuffle
'A city fit for a changing and challenging future'
Opinion: How do we create 'a city fit for a changing and challenging future'
Christchurch mayoral candidate Sara Templeton argues the "Minister for Local Government’s latest proclamation that councils should get back to basics" will come at a cost.
Loyalty or winning - tough call for coaches
Bevan Sisson: Loyalty or winning - tough call for coaches
As the end of the club season arrives this weekend, coaches would have made slight adjustments to their game strategy now they know who they will face in the final.
Messages GenX women should hear about their bodies
Messages GenX women need to hear about their bodies
Do GenX women have the worst relationships with our bodies of any generation? It's a huge generalisation, but I reckon there's something to it, writes Niki Bezzant.
Compensation not criticism needed
Bevan Sisson: Rugby referees need compensation not criticism
While watching an enjoyable game, I heard a passionate supporter yell to the ref: 'How much did they pay you? Open your eyes!'.
Will pressure change Razor’s approach?
Bevan Sisson: Will pressure change Razor’s approach?
During my time coaching at the Crusaders international high performance unit, I would come across Scott Robertson at different times and couldn’t help but notice he had a singular drive and predetermined plan to get himself to the top.
Sometimes the players know best
Sometimes the players know best
Hats off to the new All Blacks coaching group for allowing a number of key players to have a hit out for their clubs prior to the team naming.
Do you still care about the 6pm TV news?
Analysis: Do you still care about the 6pm TV news?
'No-one watches the 6pm news anymore', many claim. So do we still care about the old-fashioned evening TV news? And if so, what do we want at 6pm?
An obituary for Canterbury Draught
An obituary for Canterbury Draught
The news that Lion has pulled the pin on its Canterbury Draught brand while not all that surprising perhaps did come a bit out of the blue, writes Denise Garland.
Tough to balance depth and development
Bevan Sisson: Tough to balance depth and development
A lot of times in life you seem to come up against a brick wall that seems to be impenetrable. No matter how hard you push you can’t seem to break through.
Bevan Sisson: Country rugby needs to find its 'DNA'
Bevan Sisson: Country rugby needs to find its 'DNA'
Rugby, and in fact sport, can duplicate many areas of life. One of these is a tendency to create buzzwords and slang to give the impression they are keeping up with the times.
Penney’s future in hands of his players
Bevan Sisson: Penney’s future in hands of his players
I am of an age where you were sent home with a report card that had to be signed off by your parents. "Needs to try harder, easily distracted" were regular comments on mine. But how would Rob Penney's read after this season?
Is it time for that awkward conversation?
Bevan Sisson: Is it time for that awkward conversation?
NZ Rugby is going to have to look in the mirror and have an important discussion in regards to the women’s space in New Zealand’s rugby landscape.
Dramatic change needed to fix rugby landscape
Bevan Sisson: Dramatic change needed to fix unsustainable rugby landscape
When will New Zealand Rugby and the provincial unions realise the game isn’t the shining golden cloak of NZ sport? The landscape isn’t changing - it’s changed, got dressed and left the sheds.
Farewell Sam - you deserved better
Bevan Sisson: Farewell Sam - you deserved better
We now know Sam Cane will be spending his remaining playing days at Suntory Sungoliath with his family in Japan. But how will he be remembered back in New Zealand?