Women's Sport
The Week in Detail: Postnatal depression, football fever and fish farming
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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Capitalising on New Zealand's football fever
The FIFA World Cup has captured the attention of plenty of New Zealanders. How do we keep them interested, and invested, in women's football once the tournament's over? Audio
The Week in Detail: Cycleways, cancelled ferries, and FIFA
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
FIFA Women's World Cup lighting up local clubrooms
Thirty-two teams, 64 games, tens of thousands of fans filling stadiums, two billion tuning in on television - the FIFA Women's Football World Cup is going to be massive. Audio
Putting women's rugby on the world stage
With the Rugby World Cup getting underway next month, The Detail takes a closer look at what it means for the women's game. Audio
The Week in Detail: Crisis comms, Covid-19, and forfeiting feta
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Competing in elite sport as a transgender woman
Elite sporting bodies worldwide are barring transgender women from competing if they've experienced male puberty, all in the name of fairness – but The Detail finds out that the science isn't that… Audio
Upping the game in women’s sport coverage
“Not good enough” was the verdict of Sport NZ boss Raelene Castle after a fresh analysis of thousands of sports reports across our media found women feature in only about one in seven. But offshore… Audio
Are we becoming a global hub for women's sport?
Three women's world cups to be played in New Zealand over the next three years - but how well does this country really do when it comes to equity in sport? Audio
RNZ ad spat, Gold Quill to famous photo and mosque attack
Media commentator Andrew Holden looks at how the coverage of women's sport has changed, as a famous photo becomes the first ever to win a Gold Quill at the Melbourne Press Club's annual awards. He'll… Audio
The year of a Ferns fairytale, football and fair pay
From the Silver Ferns’ stunning World Cup victory, to the fight for equal pay, it’s been a big year for women in sport. Fair Play’s Zoë George looks back at what 2019 had to offer both on and off the… Audio
Women’s cricket agreement is a start - but the gap is still wide
A new three-year payment agreement for women cricketers in New Zealand may be a breakthrough, but the gap between men and women is still wide.
Possible name change for historic Basin Reserve
A campaign kicks off today to rebrand Basin Reserve - as The Support Women's Sport Basin Reserve. Led by several high-profile female athletes, the goal is to raise $100,000 to secure the naming rights… Audio
Coverage of two World Cups highlights off-pitch inequality for women
The Black Caps are in the Cricket World Cup final this weekend in England a week after the Women’s World Cup of football finished in France. Women were not left on the sidelines in the media coverage… Video, Audio
Women's football is having a major moment
The World Cup has prompted an unprecedented explosion in interest in women's football and audience viewing records are being shattered. Audio
Sponsors walking the walk in women's sport
UK bank Barclay's has committed to a three-year, $20 million sponsorship deal with the Women's Super League football competition. Should other big corporations be sitting up and taking notice? Audio
Toilets for all… not almost all
Public toilets around the country, including at the Basin Reserve cricket ground, should be for all, not just for some according to an accessibility toilet advocate. Video, Audio
How to prevent sexual violence through and in sport
This month Fair Play brings in experts to give advice on how to prevent sexual violence in sport and through sport. Audio
Expert female voices still not being heard in sports coverage
Only eight percent of guest analysts on Sky sports coverage are women, even though coverage of women in sport has increased. Zoë George, Suzanne McFadden and lead researcher Kylie Thompson ask why. Audio
Basin's lack of facilities for women, disabled "unacceptable"
Wellington City Councillor Fleur Fitzsimons says it’s unacceptable the Basin Reserve does not cater sufficiently for women and those with disabilities, but says the council is addressing the… Audio