He's over two minutes ahead of second placed Hamish Elliott. Deborah Lynch and Simone Maier are neck and neck in the kayak stage of the women's event.

The Wanaka athlete's now into a 15 kilometre bike leg before the kayak section, leading Tasmanian Alex Hunt by five minutes, 16 seconds with Sam Clark in third another minute and 21 seconds back.

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Russell Cook, from Worthing, West Sussex, ran the length of Africa for charity, managing to cover more than 10,100 miles in ...

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

Russ Cook expects the 300,000ft elevation – the equivalent of 10 Mount Everests – to be the most challenging part of his ...

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

The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized ...

New Zealand on Thursday passed a landmark law granting Mount Taranaki the status of a legal person, in a move that recognizes its cultural significance to Māori iwi (people) as a sacred ancestor.

Mount Taranaki in New Zealand became a legal person, signaling a significant change in the nation's policy towards indigenous rights and the environment.