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New Zealanders are today in the final round of the women's golf, the men's madison final in cycling, the 10,000m final in athletics and back on the water with gold winning canoeists Lisa Carrington…

New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko is in the running for the bronze medal in the women's golf at the Tokyo Olympics - but her fate may rest on the weather.

PNG puts foreign loggers on notice; Bougainville public service to run independently; Commercial air service between Honolulu and Pago Pago delayed, and more.

In today's sports news - Wallabies sanctioned for breaking team protocol, Thompson-Herah completes sprint double, Lions prop cleared of biting and Bangladesh stun Australia.

Jade Tierney from the Cook Islands will today make her Olympic debut in Canoe Sprints, while Tonga's Kuinini Manumua will compete in weighlifting.

Lamont Marcell Jacobs became the first Italian to win the most coveted crown in athletics, in a shock men's 100m final victory.

Fiji has reported 632 new cases of Covid-19 for the 24 hours to 8am yesterday.

Dame Valerie Adams contests her fifth Olympic final, New Zealand eventers third heading into cross-country and Rio sailing bronze medallist in medal race.

294 seriously-ill Covid-19 patients are in hospitals as infections, deaths continue to rise in Fiji.

Analysis - Harsh words from Judith Collins as it is announced Suhayra Aden can return to New Zealand, another big vaccine delivery clears the way for the programme to ramp up.

Rower Emma Twigg chases gold, men's and women's eights to race in finals and Lewis Clareburt gets a second chance at taking home a medal.

Napier City councillors are sticking up for the National Aquarium amid concerns about animal welfare and possible closure.

The New Zealand's Women's coxless pair compete for a medal, Emma Twigg takes on the semifinals and the Black Ferns Sevens team kick off their Olympic campaign.

Scheduled repairs to the Ashburton Bridge have been delayed this week with recent rainfall and river flows prompting a push back.

Swimmer Erika Fairweather attempts to reach her second final, and Peter Burling and Blair Tuke defend their Rio Olympics sailing title.

Samoa's former prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has finally conceded defeat in the 9 April election.

There have been more new positive cases of Covid-19 aboard the Mattina container ship reported, with three new cases also reported in New Zealand's managed isolation facilities, the Ministry of Health…

Explainer - The Tokyo Olympic Games were postponed a year, there are no spectators allowed, and strict Covid-19 rules are in place. So how are the Olympics going to work? RNZ is here to clear it all…

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Fiji has reported a daily record 1405 new cases of Covid-19 in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday.

Victoria will go into a snap five-day lockdown from midnight tonight to curb the growing Covid-19 outbreak.

Officials have confirmed the health risk from Queensland is now low and quarantine-free travel from Queensland to NZ can resume from 11.59pm tonight, the Ministry of Health says.