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Robertson fields dozens of letters about Hubbard's selection for Olympics
3 Aug 2021The Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson was deluged with emails about Laurel Hubbard's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games selection over the past few months.
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Tokyo Olympics Day 11: Carrington wins gold medal double
3 Aug 2021Lisa Carrington wins two golds in two hours, Nyika wins bronze in boxing and the men's team pursuit advance to a trans-tasman faceoff with Australia in the bronze medal final.
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Tokyo Olympics: Biles takes bronze in final event
3 Aug 2021Gymnast star returns to medal in dramatic finale to Olympics competition.
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Black Ferns Sevens gold banishes Olympic heartbreak
1 Aug 2021The Black Ferns Sevens have beaten France 26-12 to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics, banishing the heartbreak of finishing second to Australia at the Rio Games five years ago.
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Burling and Tuke grab 49er lead
1 Aug 2021Reigning Olympic champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke hold a four-point lead over Great Britain after fleet racing finished today in the men's 49er Olympic regatta.
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Olympics Re-cap: Black Ferns win sevens gold, Japan wins vs NZ OlyWhites
1 Aug 2021The women's Black Ferns sevens team have won gold against France, 26-12, and the OlyWhites pushed their game into a penalty shoot-out but lost the quarterfinal to Japan. Read the game play on RNZ's…
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Tokyo Olympics: Biles withdraws from event finals for vault and uneven bars
31 Jul 2021Simone Biles has withdrawn from the vault and uneven bar apparatus finals at the Tokyo Olympics as the US gymnast continued to wrestle with mental health issues.
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Olympic weightlifting: Support for Hubbard ahead of competition
31 Jul 2021The New Zealand and International Olympic Committees and International Weightlifting Federation have all expressed support for transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard ahead of her competing in Tokyo…
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Bronze medallists hopeful more New Zealanders will take up tennis
31 Jul 2021Michael Venus and Marcus Daniell hope their Olympic bronze medal inspires the next generation of New Zealanders to pick up a tennis racket.
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NZ triathletes 12th of 16 starters
31 Jul 2021New Zealand has finished outside the top 10 in the inaugural Olympic mixed team triathlon relay in Tokyo.
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'Memorable day' for Olympic champions' club
31 Jul 2021The North Shore Rowing Club is beaming with pride this weekend.
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Black Ferns Sevens through to semis
31 Jul 2021The New Zealand women's rugby sevens team have notched up clinical back-to-back wins over the Russian Olympic Committee to ease into the Tokyo Olympic semifinals.
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Tokyo Olympics Day 7 wrap: rowing and tennis deliver unforgettable day
30 Jul 2021Emma Twigg wins gold, the men's eight defy predictions to secure gold and the women's eight win New Zealand's third silver.
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Bronze for Daniell and Venus
31 Jul 2021Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus have won New Zealand's first ever Olympic medal in tennis with a 7-6 6-2 win over Americans Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren in Tokyo.
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Tokyo Olympics Day 8: Who to watch today
31 Jul 2021Hayden Wilde returns to action, the Black Ferns Sevens look to go one step further than Rio and the OlyWhites will try and continue their history-making run.
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Burling and Tuke climbing high
30 Jul 2021Reigning Olympic champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have continued their rise in the 49er fleet.
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Sevens team perform rousing waiata, haka for rowing team
30 Jul 2021The men's sevens team welcomed back the rowers, bearing their gold and silver medals, with a heartfelt waiata and haka in the Games Village this evening.
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Clareburt eighth in 200 IM
31 Jul 2021Lewis Clareburt's maiden Olympic campaign has come to an end after finishing last in his second final in Tokyo.
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Olympic rowing: Men's eight and Twigg win gold
30 Jul 2021New Zealand rowers have won two golds and a silver in an unforgettable hour at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Recap Olympic updates: Black Ferns through to sevens semifinals
30 Jul 2021The Black Ferns will meet Fiji in the sevens semifinals after the latter dismissed the defending champions Australia.
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Olympics TV review: A golden hour of TV leaves everyone breathless
Review - Rowing seems like a straight-forward sport and today it is our favourite sport with gold and silver and gold, writes Jeremy Rees.
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Tokyo 2020 Day 8: Pacific Athletes - Who to watch this weekend
31 Jul 2021All eyes will be on the Fijiana Sevens team when they take on New Zealand's Black Ferns Sevens in the semi-final match at 2pm.
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Olympic women's sevens: Ruby Tui's take on being in the semis
31 Jul 2021New Zealand and Fiji are set to meet in the semi-finals of the women's sevens this afternoon, ahead of that Black Ferns Ruby Tui talked to the BBC.
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Olympic glory: Sports stars from around the world
31 Jul 2021There isn't one Olympics, despite what the IOC likes to think. Every nation has its own Olympics, its own stars, its own history and its own sense of how well it has done. Jeremy Rees showcases some…
