It is one of the biggest events of the summer and it’s just around the corner - the big annual Whakatane Summercross.

The author of a novel centred on a surfer facing challenges in Whakatane will be in the town on Saturday 7 September for the launch of a Local Books venture at the new Atlantis Books store on The S

Hanlen and eighth-placed teammate Kate Fluker were never in the hunt for medals in a strong field over the 32km course at Cathkin Braes Country Park.

ANOTHER chapter in the Surtees success story was written over the weekend, when it received the Exporter of the Year Award at the 2014 BNZ Bay of P