Rallying: Siblings put trust on the line
Rallying: Siblings put trust on the line
Competing at the International Rally of Whangarei this weekend are three sets of siblings sharing much more than the usual brother and sister banter.
Catherine Wellington
Rallying: Molloy edges fellow Dunedin competitor to take title
Rallying: Molloy edges fellow Dunedin competitor to take title
Dunedin Mitsubishi drivers brought the Kaitangata Bob Scott Memorial Hillclimb's top three trophies home on Saturday, with Craig Molloy whisking away the title by the skin of his teeth.
Rallying: Adding spice to Rally of Otago
Rallying: Adding spice to Rally of Otago
As the Rally of Otago's 92 drivers head out into the dark tonight, event spokesman Roger Oakley regards the entry list as one the brightest in recent memory.
Rallying: Gilmour aiming for top of podium
Rallying: Gilmour aiming for top of podium
Dunedin's Emma Gilmour has come a long way since the first rally stage she watched on a dark Otago night.
Motorsport: Paddon back, ready to roar
Motorsport: Paddon back, ready to roar
There are no roads like home for Hayden Paddon, who returns to the national scene this weekend having successfully established himself offshore as a flying Kiwi.
Karting: Floodlit racing back
Karting: Floodlit racing back
Seven illumination-topped towers will light up the night for racers at Silverstream Raceway tonight as the Dunedin Kart Club hosts its drive-in-the-dark meeting.
Motorsport: Otago drivers up for round one
Motorsport: Otago drivers up for round one
The opening round of the South Island Endurance Series at Ruapuna Raceway, in Christchurch, is a mixture of first-times and tried-and-true formulas for the Otago drivers competing in the three rounds of three-hour races.
Showing off Central Otago
Showing off Central Otago
Drawing inspiration from time spent at her Wanaka home, Annabel Langbein has made an internationally-distributed TV series. She talks to Catherine Pattison.
Motorsport: Creditable first-up effort from Paddon
Motorsport: Creditable first-up effort from Paddon
In his first tarmac World Rally Championship event, Hayden Paddon has done New Zealand proud, finishing 19th overall and second Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) driver.
Motorsport: Paddon's tips may keep Sumner in front
Motorsport: Paddon's tips may keep Sumner in front
National rally championship leader Dean Sumner of Rotorua has had some valuable tips from fellow Mitsubishi driver Hayden Paddon leading into this weekend's penultimate round in Nelson.
Motorsport: Graves has 'best win ever' in Catlins Rally
Motorsport: Graves has 'best win ever' in Catlins Rally
To read the Otago Daily Times' Catlins Rally story and see a slideshow of photos please click here.
Motorsport: Top seeds sidelined in rally
Motorsport: Top seeds sidelined in rally
The quest for the Catlins Coast Rally title was left wide open after the top three seeds were sidelined with mechanical issues in the first three stages.
A deeper understanding
A deeper understanding
Tioman Island, off Malaysia's east coast, offers keen divers and budding marine biologists an opportunity to take a six-week responsible holiday. Marine conservation organisation Blue Ventures...
Motorsport: Success for Otago teams
Motorsport: Success for Otago teams
Two out of three Otago teams will be travelling home today with trophies in their suitcases after Saturday's Altherm 1000 at Hampton Downs.
School fire treated as suspicious
School fire treated as suspicious
Police are treating a fire at Kerikeri High School early today as suspicious.
Motorsport: Four from Otago in 4-hour race
Motorsport: Four from Otago in 4-hour race
Four Otago drivers are among the 24-team field contesting today's inaugural Altherm 1000 four-hour race at the new Hampton Downs track, situated between Hamilton and Auckland.
Carisbrook to get makeover for Supercross event
Carisbrook to get makeover for Supercross event
Up to 60 bump-and-jump experts will spend three days sculpting 10,000 tonnes of Dunedin dirt into a racing track in November, when Carisbrook will host a round of the Australasian supercross championships.
Injured Nelson forestry worker 'improving'
Injured Nelson forestry worker 'improving'
A forestry worker seriously injured by a rolling log in a forestry accident near Nelson yesterday is improving.
Business as usual at McDonald's after taxi crash
Business as usual at McDonald's after taxi crash
A man is undergoing surgery this morning after being seriously injured when a taxi ploughed through a McDonald's store in Wellington early this morning.
Rally New Zealand shakedown
Rally New Zealand shakedown
The World Rally Championship big guns gave their high-tech machines a blast around the Auckland War Memorial yesterday to shake them down in preparation for Rally New Zealand beginning today....