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NZ Olympic boss reflects on successful Winter Games
The Winter Olympics are over, the curtain coming down in Beijing overnight in a colourful closing ceremony.
Leading a small New Zealand contingent into the Birds Nest Stadium was flagbearer Nico… Audio
NZ Olympic Committee on Sadowski-Synnott's golden run
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand says she is a "proud Kiwi" after winning gold in the women's slopestyle event at the Beijing Olympics.
An awful lot of Kiwis who saw her snagging the nation's… Audio
Compulsory sports reduced to 2 for future Comm Games
The Commonwealth Games look set to have a major overhaul with the number of compulsory sports being cut from 16 to just 2. Under a radical new 'strategic roadmap' designed to preserve the event's… Audio
NZOC on fan events to watch Olympians in action
The Cloud on Auckland's Waterfront will be the place to be for fans friends and family of New Zealand's Olympic athletes to watch our team in black. Tens of thousands of people are expected to head to… Audio
NZ Olympic Committee boss confident Tokyo games are on
Opposition to the Olympic Games is intensifying, but the IOC boss is determined they can go ahead safely.
Japan is facing a growing number of Covid-19 cases and a slow moving vaccination programme.
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Unprecedented safety measures in the lead up to the Olympics
With 81 days to go until the Olympic Games get underway in Tokyo, unprecedented measures are in place to get the New Zealand team to Japan in the midst of a global pandemic. Organisers are working… Audio
Top athletes get to jump Covid-19 vaccination queue
The country's top athletes will be able to jump the Covid-19 vaccination queue so that they can compete at International sporting events BUT they will still have to undergo two weeks of quarantine on… Audio
NZ Olympic Comm is disappointed by Japan's ban on fans
The head of the New Zealand Olympic Committee says that a decision by Japan to ban overseas supporters and fans from July's games due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be a big blow to friends and… Audio
Olympics official pushes Covid-19 vaccine priority for athletes
A top International Olympic Committee official has told Checkpoint competitors should get special consideration in the vaccine roll-out.
Senior IOC member Dick Pound says the Olympics will start on… Audio
One year until postponed Tokyo Olympics
Today marks a year to the Tokyo Olympics and if you think it's Ground Hog day you'd be right.
It was supposed to be the first day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but COVID-19 put paid to that with the… Audio
Coronavirus: How olympics' postponement will affect NZ
The Tokyo Olympic Games are being postponed.
The games were due to begin on 24 July will now take place no later than next year's northern hemisphere summer.
The delay, the first ever in peacetime… Audio
Sports News for 13 March 2020
With this weekend's Australian Formula One grand prix set to be called off because of the coronavirus, the focus on international sport in Australia now centres on tonight's first Chappell-Hadlee one… Audio
Is the Gold Coast as good it gets for NZ athletes?
Beaches, theme parks and schoolies week is what the Gold Coast is renowned for. And today, it officially become the host of the 21st Commonwealth Games, with the opening ceremony being held tonight… Audio
Olympics NZ boss 'over the moon' for 2 medals
New Zealand's 26-year-medal drought at the Winter Olympics is over thanks to two teenagers. Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won a bronze medal in the women's big air competition, and Nico Porteous… Audio
Outspoken - Women in sport
New Zealand sportswomen are going from strength to strength – but do they get enough support? Bridget Tunnicliffe leads a discussion. Audio
Sport: NZ sports women
What are the barriers to the development and appreciation of women in sport? In 2015 the NZ Olympic Committee became the first national organisation to win the IOC's Women in Sport Award.
CEO of… Audio
Insight for 13 July 2014 - Commonwealth Games 2014
Alex Coogan-Reeves considers whether the Commonwealth Games is still viable in a crowded sporting marketplace Audio
NZ Olympic tally just got better
The International Olympic Committee's decision means New Zealand has now won six gold medals, two silver and five bronze. Audio
Banned NZ athletes could compete in Olympics
New Zealand sportspeople suspended for doping offences will be free to go to the London Olympics this year, provided their ban is completed before the event. Audio
NZOC says Commonwealth Games bid a possibility
The New Zealand Olympic Committee may still mount a bid for the Commonwealth Games. Audio