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Are Moana Pasifika getting a raw deal?
Watch: Moana Pasifika are mandated to only host five games in Auckland per season, due to their licensing agreement.
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F1: Everything to know as the season starts
1:45 pm todayThis year will feature some of the biggest technical changes in the history of the sport.
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Super Rugby Pacific team namings: Highlanders and Blues to start promising loosies
4:16 pm todayAll the Super Rugby Pacific team lists for this weekend's opening round.
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Māori jersey 'the pinnacle' for Kennedy Cherrington
4:03 pm todayThe Māori jersey connects Kennedy Cherrington to something far bigger than the game.
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Auckland FC fitness coach exits
2:09 pm todayAuckland FC have parted ways with their inaugural head of performance midway through the A-League season.
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Tearful Olympic medallist confesses to cheating on girlfriend
8:47 am todayNorway's Sturla Holm Laegreid followed up his bronze medal with an extraordinary confession.
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Watch: Luca Harrington's medal-winning run
10:39 am todayThe 21-year-old managed to clean up in the freeski slopestyle after a shaky start and earn NZ's second medal.
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What's NZ rugby got to do with the war in Ukraine?
6:31 am todayTwo Ukrainians are ensuring rugby stays alive in their home through the war, and giving young players a path to safety.
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'It whacked my snowboard': Olympian Zoi Sadowski-Synnott's medal breaks
8:25 am todayNew Zealand snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has joined an elite club of Olympians - those who will be bringing home broken medals. Audio
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Ukrainian banned from wearing 'helmet of remembrance' at Games
8:47 am todayVladyslav Heraskevych wanted to wear the helmet in the skeleton competition in honour of those killed in the war with Russia in the skeleton competition at the Winter Olympics.
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Black Caps' record-breaking win over UAE
3:08 am todayA stunning Men's T20 World Cup record 175-run opening stand between Finn Allen and Tim Seifert led New Zealand to victory.
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Black Caps spinner Michael Bracewell ruled out of World Cup
6:29 am todayBracewell is ruled out with an injury expected to need about three weeks recovery.
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Olympics finds fix for faulty medals
7:34 am todayAthletes can return broken medals so they can be "promptly repaired," local organisers said.
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‘I’ll keep that to myself’: Dalton Papali’i on Razor feedback
6:36 am todayThe 37-test flanker opened up about his All Black omission, future plans and praise for All Black coaching hopeful Jamie Joseph.
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After the carnage of Fremantle, all eyes are on Auckland for more SailGP thrills
10:39 am todayThe Kiwi city could become a victim of Sail GP's success, with harbour cities around the world bidding for hosting chances.
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Super Rugby Pacific preview: The Chiefs
5:00 am todayWatch: Super Rugby Pacific is back this weekend, so we're having a look at how all the NZ teams are tracking.
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Warriors mix experience, youth for first pre-season hit-out against Manly
10 Feb 2026Coach Andrew Webster had had to cover the absence of seven players on Māori-Indigenous All Stars duty, plus some injury niggles.
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Last dance? Warriors stars RTS, Capewell coy on Warriors futures
10 Feb 2026The NRL veterans are entering the final year of their contracts at Mt Smart, but aren't letting that distract them during the pre-season.
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Watch: Haka in the snow for Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
10 Feb 2026"It was really special and meant a lot to me," the snowboard says of a haka by team mates after her medal win.
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Watch: Sadowski-Synnott's medal-winning big air run
10 Feb 2026"I've never been so nervous," the snowboarder says after claiming New Zealand's first medal of the Winter Games. Audio
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Ski great Vonn says no regrets after Olympic bid ends in crash
10 Feb 2026Ski great Lindsey Vonn said she suffered a complex leg fracture in Sunday's downhill race at the Milano Cortina Olympics that will require multiple surgical operations.
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US athletes say they have right to speak up as Trump brands skier a 'loser'
10 Feb 2026Hunter Hess earlier said it was "a little hard" to wear US colours this year.
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McLaren says Piastri on similar trajectory to F1 champion Norris
10 Feb 2026Oscar Piastri is on a similar career trajectory to Formula One world champion team-mate Lando Norris and should have a shot at the title this season, McLaren boss Zak Brown says.
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Former Silver Ferns' assistant Deb Fuller to coach Malawi Queens
10 Feb 2026Dame Noeline Taurua's coaching bench will have a new look to it at the Commonwealth Games with Fuller to coach the Malawi Queens.
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Cause of Māori All Black's sudden death in bed revealed
10 Feb 202625-year-old Connor Garden-Bachop was found in bed while staying with family.
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Mystery of breaking medals baffles Olympic organisers
10 Feb 2026Whether gold, silver or bronze, there is one thing Winter Olympics medals have in common: they can break.
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All Blacks Leroy Carter and Simon Parker commit to NZ after World Cup
10 Feb 2026The winger and loose forward, who play for Bay of Plenty and Northland respectively, have re-committed to the end of 2028.
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