Rob Waddell
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
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
'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
NZ Olympians not surprised by Athletes Village Covid cases.
New Zealand's presence in the Olympic Athletes Village in Tokyo has swelled by more than 150 following the arrival of swimmers, boxers, rowers and hockey players yesterday.
It coincided with a second… Audio
'No high-fives, handshakes, hugs or hongi' in Tokyo - Waddell
Olympic host city Tokyo is now in a fresh state of emergency, less than two weeks ahead of the games.
Yesterday it recorded 614 new cases, making 22 days of gains in cases of the virus.
There are… Video, Audio
School sports streaming stoush still simmering
The Herald recently lifted the lid on divisions over a deal that’s allowed Sky TV to screen school-age sports since late last year. Critics claim it commodifies kids’ sports - and one high-profile… Audio
The even longer road to the next Olympics
Athletes who'd been preparing for three years to compete in the now postponed Tokyo Summer Olympic Games are now having to decide whether or not they will pursue their dream. For many because of age… Audio
One year to Tokyo - NZ Olympics team gets ready
That was the moment New Zealand long-distance running legend Peter Snell won gold in the men's 1500-metre final at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Now, we're exactly a year out from Tokyo 2020 and our… Audio
Golden Games on the Gold Coast for NZ
New Zealand has wrapped up it's most successful Commonwealth Games off shore, finishing with a total of 15 gold medals and 46 all up on the Gold Coast. Both the men's and women's rugby sevens won gold… Audio
Commonwealth Games: Sevens mumps outbreak hopefully contained
The New Zealand Commonwealth Games team is hoping they have contained the mumps outbreak in the Women's Sevens rugby team and that it won't spread throughout the team. Ruby Tui was diagnosed with the… Audio
Olympic chef de mission reflects on successes at Rio
We talk to Olympics chef de mission Rob Waddell as the successful Rio Olympic team returns. Audio
New Zealand wraps up most successful Olympics ever
Rob Waddell praises the "can do" attitude of the New Zealand Olympic team as they prepare to leave Rio with a record medal haul. Audio
Olympic chief upbeat about NZ's chances in Rio
Olympic chef de mission Rob Waddell is upbeat about New Zealand's chances in Rio. Kate Newton talks with Rob Waddell Audio
Curfew considered for New Zealand athletes in Rio
New Zealand Olympic team chef de mission Rob Waddell says a curfew might be placed on New Zealand athletes after a string of armed holdups -- several athletes from other countries have been held up at… Audio
Olympics: 100 days to Rio 2016
The countdown is on - there's now only 100 days until the Rio Olympics. Audio
Waddell confident everything will be ready for Rio Olympics
The New Zealand Olympic chef de mission Rob Waddell says he's confident everything will be ready in time for the Olympic Games despite behind-the-scenes chaos in Rio. Audio
NZ Olympic chef de mission on Zika advice to athletes
The New Zealand Olympic Committee is advising all athletes who are pregnant or hoping to get pregnant in the near future not to travel to the Rio games in August. Rob Waddell is the New Zealand… Audio
Rio Olympics look to be on track a year out
It's a year to the day before the 2016 Olympic Games kick off in Rio de Janiero. Billions of dollars are being spent getting the venues in Brazil built or upgraded. A host of delays in the building… Audio
Sport: support staff
Sports psychologist Karen Nimmo, Olympic chef de mission and former rower Rob Waddell, and former doctor to the All Blacks, now the Warriors Dr John Mayhew. Audio
NZ chef de mission pleased with medal tally at Glasgow
Returning now to the Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal for road cyclist, Jack Bauer, was the highlight for New Zealand in an otherwise lacklustre last day of the Commonwealth Games. Audio