Olympics
Olympic podium for netball in 2032?
Sports Call - On an emotional level it's never really bothered me that netball hasn't featured at the Olympics, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.
How Black Ferns' star Ruby Tui won over world's Olympic media
After the Women's Sevens win over Russia in Olympic pool play, an impromptu BBC interview with Ruby Tui won her legions of fans around the world. The Black Ferns star's candid answers and relentless… Audio
Nights Sport - Zoe George
Zoe George looks back on the Olympics and looks ahead to the Paralympics. Audio
Tokyo After The Games
We talk to a couple of Tokyo locals, Motoko Kakubayashi and Chris Gilbert, about life in the city after the closing ceremony is over and the athletes have gone home. Audio
Tokyo Olympics: A time for haka, waiata, tino rangatiratanga
As the flame is extinguished, and Aotearoa reflects on its most successful Olympics - the dominance of haka, waiata and tino rangatiratanga flags was also noticable this year.
Ngāti Porou wāhine -… Audio
Wildfires hit southern Europe, Belarus faces isolation
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the worst heatwave in 30 years that's hit southern Europe, generating devastating wildfires and forcing many to flee. Belarus was… Audio
Tokyo Olympics: NZ athletes finish games with record medal haul
New Zealand athletes have made history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, hauling in a record number of medals.
Our team is coming home with 20 medals - seven of which are gold - beating the previous… Audio
Tokyo Olympics: NZ athletes like a family - Rob Waddell
It was an Olympics that might never have happened, but twenty medals later, the New Zealand team is triumphant.
For New Zealand's 211 athletes, the pandemic meant no family or spectators at the… Audio
Olympian NZ surfer Billy Stairmand had best experience in Tokyo
Billy Stairmand made New Zealand history this year alongside Ella Williams as the first New Zealand surfers to take part in an Olympics, Surfing was only added as an Olympic sport for the Tokyo 2020… Audio
Dr Dave Gerrard completes a 57-year Tokyo Olympics loop
Representing New Zealand at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 was Dr Dave Gerrard's first major overseas outing, so it has been something of an emotional return to the city .Gerrard is with us on the eve of… Audio
Are today's Olympic athletes really bigger, stronger, faster?
We like to think that we have evolved as a species to become more athletic over the centuries but the research may tell a different story. David Epstein is the author of The Sports Gene and joins the… Audio
The Panel with Anna Fifield and Chris Finlayson
Joining us on the Weekend panel this morning are Anna Fifield and Chris Finlayson. They'll be looking at New Zealand's Olympic Games campaign, arming the police, problems in MIQ, and the National… Audio
Lavina Good on New Zealand's golden Olympics campaign
The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics have been one of the strangest ever, but they have also been the most successful. Sports commentator Lavina Good joins us from Tokyo to cover off the big Kiwi… Audio
Chris Mosier: the trailblazing transgender athlete
Chris Mosier was the first transgender athlete to represent the United States in international competition, after earning a spot on Team USA's sprint duathlon men's team in the 2016 World… Audio
Dr Chris Smith: Covid-19 science news
Our regular commentator, Cambridge University consultant clinical virologist Dr Chris Smith joins us with the latest Covid-19 science, and to answer your questions. Audio
Ellesse Andrews in disbelief after silver win, but keen for more
Ellesse Andrews has stamped her mark as one of the world's elite cyclists, becoming the first NZ woman to clinch a track cycling medal since Sarah Ulmer in 2004.
The 21-year-old claimed silver in… Audio
'I did not hump that railing' - swimming coach Dean Boxall recalls Titmus' win
His swimmers broke records but he almost broke the internet with a personal best for free style celebrations.
Dean Boxall coached our own Eve Thomas and half a dozen Australian Olympic swimmers… Video, Audio
'We've felt a tight bond' - NZ team's Rob Waddell in Tokyo
New Zealand's greatest Games to date - the Olympic team are bringing home our biggest ever medal haul from Tokyo - placing us 11th on table.
So far NZ athletes have won seven golds, six silver and… Video, Audio
Campbell Stewart on pushing through the burn, winning silver
It is the race that had cyclist Campbell Stewart in screaming agony from about the halfway mark, but he pushed through the pain barrier with the help of his cheering teammates to win silver.
The… Video, Audio
Olympics: Carrington's team advance to K-4 500m semis
Olympic champion Lisa Carrington isn't finished yet, with the K4 team sealing their place in tomorrow's semi-finals after coming second in their heat.