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How NZ's top overseas athletes stay connected to Aotearoa
NZ athletes Scott Dixon, Niamh Fisher-Black, Paul Coll and Zoi Sadowski-Synnot tell RNZ how they still feel connected to Aotearoa when they are far from home.
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Wallabies ditch law limiting selection of overseas based players
6 Aug 2025Rugby Australia has confirmed the rule has been shelved.
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Quartet of rugby league tests set for Auckland
6 Aug 2025The Kiwis and Kiwi Ferns will play four tests in Auckland as part of the Pacific Championships.
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Will O’Rourke ruled out of Zimbabwe test as injury list mounts
6 Aug 2025The Black Caps pace bowler has been ruled out of the second cricket test in Bulawayo with a back injury.
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Wilde thrilled as World Triathlon's biggest event returns to NZ
6 Aug 2025Tauranga will host the biggest event in the world of triathlon, with Triathlon NZ awarded the 2028 World Triathlon Championships.
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F1: Hamilton still battling speculation, this time self-inflicted
6 Aug 2025Hamilton has been sending out conflicting messages - downbeat assessments and despondency followed by peaks of elation and hope.
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Tall Blacks beat Iraq in FIBA Asia Cup opener
6 Aug 2025A huge fourth quarter effort saw the Tall Blacks beat Iraq 100-78 in Saudi Arabia.
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Ex-Arsenal player in court charged with rape, sexual assault
6 Aug 2025Thomas Partey is charged with raping two women while he was a player for the English Premier League football club.
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Wanted: 'Convicted criminals' for Hooker's next backyard brawl
5 Aug 2025UFC fighter Dan Hooker is taking his controversial backyard brawls to another level, this time inviting 32 convicted criminals to battle it out.
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Warriors retain Nicoll-Klokstad at centre, name trio for possible injury returns
5 Aug 2025Chanel Harris-Tavita, Demitric Vaimauga and James Fisher-Harris are included in the extended squad against the Bulldogs, pending fitness tests.
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Warriors coach Webster wants 'hipdrop' consistency after Laban injury
5 Aug 2025The rookie second-rower is out 4-6 weeks with a leg fracture, while his tackler was suspended for two.
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From roofer to All Black: Kyle Preston caps off meteoric rise
5 Aug 2025The 25-year-old only put down the tools last year to give his dream of becoming a professional rugby player a real crack.
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Former All Black George Bridge signs with Force
5 Aug 2025The 30-year-old has spent the past three seasons with Montpellier in France's Top 14.
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Lisa Carrington is back and she hasn't missed a beat
5 Aug 2025The eight time Olympic champion is back with the elite Canoe Sprint squad after answering an SOS call from the national selectors.
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Will State of Origin come to local shores?
5 Aug 2025The government appears receptive to supporting a move to bring the rugby league series to New Zealand in two years.
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Inspired Siraj leads India to stunning win over England
5 Aug 2025Mohammed Siraj was inspired as India took the last four wickets in under an hour to bowl England out for 367 and win an astonishing fifth test by six runs.
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Panthers fined and lose trainer after late game drama
5 Aug 2025Corey Bocking ran in front of Titans halfback Jayden Campbell as he was about to take a kick at goal. Audio
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Lions hooker handed four-match ban
5 Aug 2025Dan Sheehan was handed the suspension for a foul on Australia first-five Tom Lynagh in the third Test in Sydney.
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Lawson gets pass mark after first half of F1 season
4 Aug 2025Analysis: Liam Lawson can go into Formula 1's summer break knowing he has made progress in his first full season in the championship.
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Parker looms as big body the All Blacks need
4 Aug 2025Scott Robertson named the most interesting squad of his coaching tenure today, as tests with the Pumas and Springboks loom. Audio
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Simon Parker in as new names called up for Rugby Championship
4 Aug 2025The big Chiefs loose forward has been rewarded for an excellent season, meanwhile a lot of players will miss the tests against Argentina.
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Rugby star reveals wife gave birth in the back of a car
4 Aug 2025The British and Irish Lions midfielder is excited to meet his new daughter, who was born in the back of a car while he was preparing for a test.
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Netball NZ thought to be paying TVNZ over $500,000 for air time
4 Aug 2025Domestic netball may be returning to free-to-air television, but it's come at a huge cost to Netball New Zealand Audio
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Lawson in the points as Norris wins Hungarian Grand Prix
4 Aug 2025Lawson went with a one stop strategy and was able to hold off Max Verstappen to grab eighth place.
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Junior world title for rising BMX star
4 Aug 2025Cambridge teenager Lily Greenough overcame wet conditions to claim the junior women's title at the BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen.
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Nathan Smith latest Black Cap to be ruled out of Zimbabwe series
4 Aug 2025Smith sustained the injury while batting on day two of the first Test in Bulawayo.
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Kyren Taumoefolau to join Chiefs
4 Aug 2025Since making his debut with Moana Pasifika Taumoefolau has scored 12 tries in 24 games.
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Niamh Fisher-Black equals best ever Grand Tour result
4 Aug 2025The Nelson cyclist fourth on the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes to place fifth overall.
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