Solo kayaker Matt Wells was hunted by a Great White Shark while he was fishing at Tapotupotu Bay near Cape Reinga.

An Australian wētā lookalike was first noticed in Pukekohe in 1990. Now the stroppy biting insects are common from Auckland ...

A Hawke’s Bay fisherman is celebrating a $20,000 win for catching a fish that could have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars had it just picked somewhere else to be landed. Ian Rouse, his son ...

An ultrarunner from Worthing known as the “Hardest Geezer” is preparing for a new challenge to run 3,000km in New Zealand.

“Hardest Geezer” Russ Cook, who ran the length of Africa, will return with a long-distance running challenge spanning New ...

The runner from Worthing, West Sussex, finished a 16,000km journey from South Africa to Tunisia in April last year. His ...

If you’ve recently become the first person to run the entire length of Africa, what do you do next? If you’re Russ Cook, aka ...

Mr Cook, 27, kicks off his journey in March at Stirling Point in Bluff, located at the southern tip of the South Island, before finishing at Cape Reinga in Northland at the top of the North Island.

Mr Cook, 27, kicks off his journey in March at Stirling Point in Bluff, located at the southern tip of the South Island, before finishing at Cape Reinga in Northland at the top of the North Island.