Stories by Zoë George
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New fund established for women in high performance sport
Grant Robertson has announced $2.7 million will go towards a pilot programme for women in leadership roles in sport and a coaching programme.
The invisible impairments that stop women playing
Making time to listen and understand will help women and girls with "invisible" impairments to play sport in New Zealand, Robyn Cockburn explains in this month's Fair Play podcast.
Ganbatte! The alternative Rugby World Cup conversations
Are you worried you might not survive the Rugby World Cup conversations around the water cooler? Sports journalist Zoë George is here to help.
Rugby money should not go to All Blacks - MP
If the government is to give more money to rugby, then it should go to women and diversity in the sport, not the All Blacks, says MP Louisa Wall. Audio
What a cat photo can reveal
After reading this, you might have second thoughts about what you post online.
Feature: Tackling rape culture in NZ
What is rape culture? It's a question that's come into stark focus in recent court cases, as Radio New Zealand producer Zoe Ferguson and others report. Video, Audio
Is bigger better?
The tools we use to inform our thinking about weight, health and exercise are flawed, writes Zoë George.
Once you’ve sold out
Zoe George loves cricket, but she's not holding her breath that more match-fixing allegations won't come out.
Ditching 'pretty'
With the Commonwealth Games on the horizon, can we all agree to focus on the athletes' talent, not their looks, asks Zoe George.
A two way conversation
Our biological assignment impacts on how we are treated in society and in sport. Should we all not be treated equally?
Opening up the conversation
"In the six months this blog has been going, we’ve covered everything from media coverage of women, to sexual identity, to playing rugby league at a maximum security prison."
Don’t be a spectator from hell
"Maybe spectators are only trying to bring someone (who is more athletic and more talented than them) down. They’re trying to cut them down to their size."
Sport reflects life
" Every match, meet, bout, game or whatever is struggle for success, to make it to the end having achieved victory."
My happy place
I’ve also heard arguments that it will change the wind – something the Basin Reserve is known for.
Sayonara to the Sevens
It seems the Sevens has turned into a reason to wear a tasteless costume while consuming copious amounts of the sponsors’ product...
Athletes, not "golden girls"
Why is it considered acceptable to ask a world-class athlete what guy she would date?
It's Not OK
Next time you are watching a game, have a listen to the crowd when fists start to fly.
Short changed
I’ve heard many reasons why women shouldn’t receive the same amount of prize money in tennis.
The Second Innings
"...media focus on the violence in sport when men are involved, and the sex when women are involved."
A sporting chance
As sports fans, should we be protesting inherently sexist coverage in sport?
Leadership and social change
They inspired, supported, influenced and adapted, and we can do the same.
Two quick hits
Allegations of match fixing in cricket are all-too-easy to imagine, writes sport blogger Zoe George.
It's not cricket
Some people think 'sledging' is part of cricket, but have the Aussies gone too far?
The cricket battleground
More and more cricketers are talking about their battles with the black dog.