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Maori living south of Whangarei harbour are fighting plans for a racecourse expansion at Ruakaka on land tagged for potential return as part of their Treaty settlement.

The New Zealand horse It's A Dundeel has been handed a golden opportunity to establish himself as Australasia's champion racehorse by winning Saturday's 3.4 million dollar Cox Plate in Melbourne.

The Australian businessman and horse owner Lloyd Williams will have three runners to represent his stable in the 3.4 million dollar Cox Plate in Melbourne on Saturday, but Caulfield Cup...

Horse racing records around the world could be significantly lowered after Australian scientists unveiled new shoes that will reduce the weight of the a racehorse's normal footwear. Scientists at…

New Zealand equestrian Jock Paget is suspended from competition after the horse he rode to victory at the Burghley International Horse Trials in September tested positive for a banned substance. Audio

New Zealand equestrian Jock Paget's Burghley winning horse has failed a drugs test and the rider has been provisionally suspended. A prohibited sedative was found in a blood sample taken...

A young man, badly injured when he was thrown from a quad bike in the Akatarawa Valley in the Tararua ranges on Sunday morning, had to be airlifted to Wellington hospital.

Western Australia's Pastoralists and Graziers Association is calling for an aerial cull of feral horses on two Aboriginal pastoral leases in the Kimberley, near the Northern Territory border.

A person has been airlifted to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries after a collision between a car and a four-wheel-drive towing a horse float.

Sir Alex Ferguson says he has no interest in returning to Manchester United and that he has full confidence in David Moyes as manager of the reigning English Premier...

Tuesday's headlines: Only a portion of calls being answered at helplines for distressed children due to funding problems; woman stopped breathing for five minutes on a trans-Tasman flight from…

Two accidents have kept the Nelson Marlborough Rescue helicopter busy on Sunday.

A Taranaki woman says Tag Oil offered her daughter large sums of money to drop her opposition to its drilling and to say nothing about it.

An investigation is underway into the discovery of what appears to be a banned blood doping substance at an Ashburton racing stable.

A Maori charter school operator in Northland says people can judge its success or failure by the number of students who leave with NCEA qualifications.

Larry Summers' withdrawal from the battle for the top job in world economics has left it looking like a one-horse race.

There's plenty of intrigue surrounding the start of the rugby sevens competition at the Pacific Mini Games in Wallis and Futuna on Tuesday. Regional heavyweights Samoa and Fiji have sent...

New Zealand's newest equestrian star Jock Paget says he hopes to chase the grand slam of eventing. Paget won the Burghley horse trial on Monday morning on Clifton Promise to...

New Zealand equestrians have taken out the three top places at the Burghley Horse Trials in England with Jock Paget taking first place honours.

New Zealand equestrians have swept the podium at the Burghley horse trial in England with Jock Paget taking the honours. Paget won on Clifton Promise, while Andrew Nicholson took second...