Recreation & Sport

The clocks are ticking and the final countdown has begun – there’s just one year to go until New Zealand stages its biggest-ever event, the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Cycling or walking a scenic route along the Waikato river is an attractive option for visitors wanting to get to and from the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro.

Teenage Rotorua golfer, Danny Lee, has become New Zealand’s highest paid athlete after signing a lucrative deal with International Management Group (IMG).

The discovery of a new and very deep cave near Nelson in New Zealand's South Island is being hailed as the biggest news in the history of New Zealand caving.

Kiwi Scott Dixon's Indy 500 win has placed him alongside some of New Zealand's greatest sportspeople.

Kiwi teenagers Paige Hareb and Sarah Mason have created New Zealand surfing history at the Dream Tour women’s surfing event underway in Taranaki, in the North Island.

Zealous rugby fans are getting their crazy attire ready for one of the biggest rugby events of the year, the 2008 round of the IRB Sevens World Series.

A wintry blast has dumped a deep snow blanket across New Zealand’s mountains over the past week, leaving ski fields in the north and south in superb shape for the winter season.

Queen's Birthday weekend could see New Zealand’s first major skifield open for the 2009 ski season – Mt Hutt in the South Island is gearing up to launch two weeks ahead of schedule, for the first time in 10 years.

Snow has been falling thick and fast in New Zealand in an unseasonably early arrival that spells good news for winter sports enthusiasts.