Ferocious and delicious, the kingfish is one of New Zealand’s most coveted fish. This is salty yarn of one man’s dogged pursuit of this elusive nemesis, and the delicious ceviche that followed.

I’m terrible at fishing. I can’t tie a knot. My bait presentation is terrible. Whenever I do hook anything it’s very, very small. And if it is of legal length I’ve got no idea what to do with a filleting knife.

Last year while I spent months watching Joseph Parker train and prepare for his fight with Carlos Takam, I got to see the intense ambition required to succeed in the violent world of boxing. After his victory over Solomon Haumono Parker made a bold prediction. 

“One year from today, Joseph Parker will be champion of the world, and a very happy man,” he told me.  

He was right, but it took much less than a year. In December 2016, Parker became the first New

Test cricket has stood the test of time, fading attention spans and the revolution of the sport into snackable content with the rise of T20 cricket. But increasingly the five day format has been given varying degrees of death warrant from “slow decay” to “on life support” as it fought to retain relevance. It’s hard to deny test cricket was waning in popularity - long, complicated, and often finishing without a winner after five days of contest, the sports purported highest

Last week we caught up with Jamie Wall to get his side of the story as to why the All Blacks will win. This week we thought it was only fair to let a Brit, Lee Calvert, have his say on the matter.

It’s easy to be nostalgic for the amateur-era of international rugby. Back when players stood a good chance of receiving rudimentary eye surgery from a toothless forward or getting rucked so hard their

The British Empire, long thought to be dead, is about to rise from the grave and go back to doing what it did best – invading countries – for a month or so at least. But, in the form of the British & Irish Lions, they won’t be coming away with any spoils like they did back in the day.

The Lions tour of New Zealand this year will be the rugby version of

This weekend, Auckland’s Dan ‘The Hangman’ Hooker takes on English brawler Ross ‘The Real Deal’ Pearson, a veteran of more than 30 professional fights. But before he can enter the cage at Spark Arena, he has to make the lightweight target of 155lb (70kg). Weight cutting is a controversial hidden factor of modern mixed martial arts. The risks of drastically dehydrating the body and brain just 24

Speeding along the isolated road that runs from the tiny town of Haast to the sea, Josh James was exhausted. Amidst two Discovery channel shows, raising three kids and building his own online empire, he’d recently completed filming his part in Meat, a new documentary by director Mike White.

The film, from the executive producer of Grizzly Man and Encounters at the End of the World,
aims to bring viewers closer to the source of their food and the people who produce it. James plays