2100 kids took the plunge in the opening Weet-Bix Tryathlon at Manurewa’s Mountford Park. Now in its 32nd year, the event is a challenge for children aged 5.
Opinion - Saturday night's heart-stopping 34-31 Women's Rugby World Cup victory by the New Zealand Black Ferns over England was more than a great game, it was a milestone in women's sport in general, Holly Thorpe writes.
NZ Rugby was panned for overlapping the Black Ferns and the All Blacks on the pitch - and on TV - at the same time this weekend - but it wasn’t the first international double-up during the Women’s Rugby World Cup. Meanwhile, some top Auckland schools don’t want their top players on TV any more at all.