Sports History NZ

Jesse Mulligan talks to athletes, administrators and journalists about major moments in New Zealand sport.

Presented by Jesse Mulligan

An image of Peter Snell, arms raised crossing the finish line at the Olympic Games. The words 'Sports History NZ' are superimposed in a striped font.

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Lois Muir

Dame Lois Muir, star player and one of our greatest coaches, is a netball legend.
Head coach Lois Muir, New Zealand Silver Ferns international netball team. (Coach from 1974–1988). © Copyright photo: www.photosport.nz

Lisa Carrington

No New Zealander has won more Olympic medals than sprint kayaker Lisa Carrington.
Lisa Carrington. New Zealand. Olympic Champion. K1 200 Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint at the Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday 3 August 2021. Mandatory credit: © Steve McArthur / www.photosport.nz

Tom Walsh

Shot putter Tom Walsh has had a stellar career. What's next for this champion from Timaru?
New Zealand shot putter Tom Walsh.

Lydia Bradey

Lydia Bradey has been to the top of the world - quite a few times.
Lydia Bradey

Eliza McCartney

Eliza McCartney has been to the top and the bottom of her sport. And she has begun the climb back up again.
Eliza McCartney.

Mark Inglis

For two weeks, the country watched and waited as a pair of climbers were trapped on Aoraki/Mt Cook.
A photo of Don Bogie hanging from the helicopter with Mark Inglis attached to him in a soft stretcher known as a Bauman Bag

Dame Susan Devoy

For nearly a decade, Dame Susan Devoy was simply the best squash player in the world.
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The 1981 Springbok Tour

When the Springboks arrived in 1981, which side were you on?
Anti-Apartheid rally during the Springboks tour of New Zealand, 1981.

Erin Baker

There's good. There's great. And then there's Erin Baker.
Picture taken from the Almudena cathedral in Madrid shows a huge smoke column caused by a fire in an uncontrolled dump near the town of Sesena,

Chris Lewis

In 1983 tennis star Chris Lewis went all the way to the final at Wimbledon.
Chris Lewis playing against John McEnroe in the 1983 Wimbledon Final.

Introducing: Sports History NZ

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Jesse Mulligan, host of the daily Afternoons programme on RNZ, talks to our athletes, administrators and journalists about major moments in New Zealand sport.
Peter Snell, arms raised crossing the finish line at the Olympic Games. The words 'Sports History NZ' are overlaid in a striped font.

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