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Women's cricket pay equity
First today, a ground-breaking agreement has been struck which will see both New Zealand's professional women's and men's cricketers receive the same pay for the same work on the same day. Audio
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The Week in Detail: GIB, farm emissions, and sick leave
The Detail podcast brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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Midday Sports News for 21 June 2022
Otago leg-spinning all-rounder Michael Rippon is the only newcomer in the Black Caps white-ball squads to tour Ireland and Scotland next month, and the Netherlands in early August. Rippon, who played… Audio
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Sir Graham Henry on Match Fit, coaching Black Ferns
The men's health television programme Match Fit is returning to screen's this month, giving us a glimpse of what its like for All Blacks once they've hung up their boots and rugby's no longer the… Audio
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Blackpool FC midfielder Jake Daniels comes out as gay
Seventeen-year-old Blackpool FC midfielder Jake Daniels has become the first mens professional footballer in the UK in more than 30 years to come out as gay.
He told Sky Sport UK he had been weighing… Audio
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Basketball - a gateway to connecting with at-risk youth
When New Zealand's first-ever women's pro basketball competition kicks off next month, Tessa Morrison will be on the court. The Mainland Pouākai player, who has a degree in psychology, is also… Video, Audio
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Lydia Ko kicks off conversation about periods in sport
It's time to talk about time of the month. Pro golfer Lydia Ko made headlines on Monday for talking about how having her period caused back pain, twisting her swing.
Even though about half the… Audio
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Dave Letele : fighting obesity by example
Over the last eight years, Dave Letele has helped thousands of people lose weight and get fit through his Brown Buttabean health programme. The progamme spun out of Dave's own journey in which he lost… Audio
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NZ Sporting History: Sir Bob Charles
Today on NZ Sporting history we look back at the career of one of the greatest sportsmen the country has ever produced. Sir Bob Charles had only been playing golf professionally for three years when… Audio, Gallery
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Super Rugby Aupiki - a small step to gender equality in sport?
The Chiefs Manawa claimed the inaugural Aupiki title in Hamilton last night with a 35-to-nil win over the Blues.
The tournament was the first semi-professional women's competition in New Zealand, but… Audio
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NRLW expansion boosts women's rugby league
Audio 16 Mar 2022Yesterday there was a huge announcement by the Australian Rugby League Commission to expand the women's game. Mary Konstantopoulos is a sports commentator and explains the changes to Karyn Audio
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Manu Vatuvei: From superstar to sentenced prisoner
Manu Vatuvei was one of rugby league's biggest stars, but last week he was jailed for importing methamphetamine - what happened? Audio
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Shooting high with Maia Wilson
Silver Fern Maia Wilson (Te Rarawa,Te Waiohua) is excited to help weave Māori culture into New Zealand netball. She hopes to eventually see "iwi influences" reflected in the uniform of the… Video, Audio
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New combat sport of Pillow Fighting debuts in Florida
There's a new player in the world of combat sports. Watch out boxing, get out of the way MMA, professional pillow fighting is here and it's not going anywhere anytime soon. This past weekend in… Audio
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Off season sports chat with Georgia Hale
It's time to check in with our athletes to see what they're getting up to over the holidays. Georgia Hale is a professional rugby league player. She's represented the Kiwi Ferns and was a part of the… Audio
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Sports chat with Zoe George
Stuff's senior sports journalist Zoe George discusses the Black Caps win over Bangladesh, the Black Ferns gaining professional contracts and the latest tennis updates. Audio
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Wellington Phoenix make sporting history
The Wellington Phoenix will make sporting history tonight when they play their inaugural women's A-league match.
New Zealand's first professional women's football team will hope to open with victory… Audio
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Wellington Phoenix women's team to debut tonight
The Wellington Phoenix will debut in Australia's national women's football competition tonight with plenty of enthusiasm but very little experience.
Fourteen years after the Phoenix men's team was… Audio
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Pillow fight championship coming to pay-per-view TV
Step aside UFC, there's a new craze taking over the boxing ring.
Pillow fighting is moving out of the bedroom and onto your television screens, with the first pay-per-view Pillow Fight Championship… Audio
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Fergus Barrowman: Giving writers a sporting chance
Preeminent literary magazine Sport was founded by writers Damien Wilkins, Elizabeth Knox, Nigel Cox and their Victoria University Press (VUP) publisher Fergus Barrowman in 1988. Sport folded in 2020… Audio
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New research into football headers and memory decline - are Kiwi kids protected?
As more research continues to emerge into the effects of heading a football and cognitive decline, there's no move in New Zealand yet to introduce heading regulations for younger players. Children… Audio
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Pro athletes refusing vaccine face limited futures
It's not just teachers and healthcare professionals that could be out of a job if they don't get the Covid vaccination.
Professional athletes are also facing the prospect of limited career… Video, Audio
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The bump on the head that will kill your sporting career
Head injuries in sport are being taken more seriously, especially as more women become professional. Audio
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The life-shortening rugby legacy being dealt to the tough
No player signs up to play the game they love knowing that brain damage could be the long term result. Audio
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Ray Sefo: From milk boy to MMA boss
Audio 3 Nov 2021Ray Sefo is a six-time Muay Thai World Champion and eight time K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament participant who turned his love and passion for the sport into a lifestyle.
The proud Samoan… Video, Audio
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Dan Carter: Reflecting on a world record test career
In the 112 test matches he played for the All Blacks, first-five Dan Carter amassed a staggering 1598 points, at an average of 14.27 per game. No active player is within 500 points of his tally and no… Audio
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Breathing well - Dr Tania Clifton-Smith
Kiwi physiotherapist and breathing dysfunction specialist of some 30 years, Dr Tania Clifton-Smith is co-founder, along with Dinah Bradley, of the first independent Breathing Pattern Disorders clinic… Audio
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Maselino Masoe: The first Samoan boxer to win a major world title
Audio 13 Oct 2021Maselino Masoe was the first Samoan boxer to win a major world title, but the opportunity almost never happened.
Masoe sat down with Talei Anderson and Faivaeselopepe Anric Sitanilei to talk about… Video, Audio
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The man who makes Fijians fly
Fitness guru Naca Cawanibuka has been instrumental in Fiji's success in sevens and fifteens for almost 15 years. Now he's taking on a new challenge as Head of Athletic Performance for the country's… Audio
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Sonny Bill Williams: the man on and off the field
Sonny Bill Williams, a star across three rugby codes, an NZPBA heavyweight boxing champion, and an Olympian. During his 17-year rugby career, he was part of the Rugby World Cup winning sides in 2011… Audio