Wellington, March 12 NZPA - New Zealand sevens coach Gordon Tietjens today named a 12-man squad for the Adelaide leg of the IRB sevens world series next weekend.

New Zealand Sevens Coach Gordon Tietjens has named his 12-man squad for the Adelaide leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.

There's a first time for everything and tonight was that time for Scottish woman Una Cameron when she became the first female ever to make the top 30 in the open shearing heats.

New Zealand's skeleton racers have a prime chance to be the country's best performers at the Winter Olympics tomorrow. They head off, head first, on the first two of their four runs at the Whistler Sliding Centre. The lowest combined time wins the event.

New Zealand's Skeleton team athletes are now in the Winter Olympics Village in Whistler, Canada, as the Games excitement mounts.

Tionette Soddard, Ben Sandford and Iain Roberts arrived in Whistler mid-week, and will take part in tomorrow's opening ceremony (Saturday, 3pm NZ time).

Canterbury's award-winning landscape artist Hannah Riden is to show a pivotal exhibition of iconic Banks Peninsula scenes at the Little River Gallery, opening next weekend.

Catch critically-acclaimed international comic Deb Filler in her first New Zealand appearance in three years, March 17-20 at The PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna.

The countdown has begun for Winter Olympic hopefuls backed by the NZ Academy of Sport Winter Programme.

Nine of the NZ snowboard, skier cross, skeleton and skating athletes named in the 16-strong NZ Winter Olympics team 2010 are supported under the South Island-based Winter Programme.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee has named the first members of its team to the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Ten athletes across five sports have been named with the snowboard team yet to be announced.

This winter is the perfect time to visit Scotland, just like The King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley.