New Zealand wrests largest haka record back from France

New Zealand wrests largest haka record back from France

Maori have been trying to reclaim their cultural legacy for 10 years.

  • byLucy Craymer

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Chasing greatness:The champion and the philosopher
Tony Wright’s Column
Olympics

Chasing greatness:The champion and the philosopher

It was one of the greatest partnerships in Australian sport. Percy Cerutty trained Herb Elliott with techniques that were tough,innovative and inspired by history’s great poets and thinkers.

  • byTony Wright
Rottnest Island perfect backdrop for global skydive world record attempt

Rottnest Island perfect backdrop for global skydive world record attempt

About 50 tandem skydivers in Western Australia have taken part in the inaugural World Skydiving Day world record attempt.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Seventy years on,Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol

Seventy years on,Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol

Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954,he drank a yard of ale.

  • byRob Harris
Biologist reels in ‘world’s longest goldfish’ from suburban lake in Perth

Biologist reels in ‘world’s longest goldfish’ from suburban lake in Perth

The feral fish was more than half a metre long and five centimetres longer than the current Guinness world record holder caught 20 years ago.

  • bySarah Brookes
The ‘diminutive’ Aussie who took on a monster wave – and set a world record

The ‘diminutive’ Aussie who took on a monster wave – and set a world record

Laura Enever didn’t like competing on the pro tour. Instead,she started paddling into the biggest waves on the planet.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
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‘I’m tired’:At 83,Japanese man breaks solo sailing record

‘I’m tired’:At 83,Japanese man breaks solo sailing record

The adventurer repeated the world-record sailing feat that he first achieved 60 years ago.

  • byMari Yamaguchi
Everybody Wanghong tonight!
Opinion
Column 8

Everybody Wanghong tonight!

And avoid being under the influence.

Rolling in the deep freeze:Alone and barely afloat at the bottom of the world

Rolling in the deep freeze:Alone and barely afloat at the bottom of the world

It’s enough to make the blood run cold. Lisa Blair was the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica - and she’s about to repeat the treacherous journey that nearly killed her.

  • byCloe Read
Kitesurfer leaves Sydney to set world distance record

Kitesurfer leaves Sydney to set world distance record

Brian Kiss von Soly is battling sharks,winds and loneliness as he surfs from northern NSW to Melbourne. He left Sydney today to break the world record.

  • byLiam Phelan
Far from a runaway success
Opinion
Column 8

Far from a runaway success

While the pursuit of (Larry's) happiness continues.