On Saturday 2 January, nearly 80 young sailors from 11 countries will take over Takapuna Beach with multi-coloured sailing dinghies and seek to prove on the racecourse that they have what it takes to be the best in the world.

Auckland, 17 December 2009 - A triple world junior cycling champion and the captain of the Under 20 World Cup winning New Zealand rugby team are among the four contenders in the running to win a $15,000 Westpac sporting scholarship next year.

Avondale CIB staff and the Auckland City Police Serious Crash Unit are investigating a serious assault on a 43 year-old sex worker and, shortly afterwards, a 36 year-old hit-and-run incident involving a woman on Ponsonby Rd at about 4.30 this morning.

Avondale CIB staff and the Auckland City Police Serious Crash Unit are investigating a serious assault on a 43 year-old sex worker and, shortly afterwards, a 36 year-old hit-and-run incident involving a woman on Ponsonby Rd at about 4.30 this morning.

A sailor and a weightlifter have won top honours at the Blues Sports Awards Dinner at the Albany campus.

Sailor Sam Meech was awarded Albany's sportsman of the year, while Chantal Lambrechs received the sportswoman of the year award.

Greek sound artist ILIOS will use extreme frequencies to investigate the limits of audibility in a performance at Christchurch Art Gallery next month.