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New Zealand's rowing team showcases strength and determination in winning gold at the Olympics women's double sculls final.

In recent years, the climate emergency has sparked a global response from children and young people. The School Strikes for Climate movement is a prominent example.

New Zealand celebrated their women's rugby gold with an electric Haka performance.

Yee passed New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde in the final stages having looked set for silver.

Alex Yee produced a stunning finish to deny New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde in the final kilometre of the men’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics

Helicopter crews have recovered the body of a 27-year-old New Zealand man who died after falling on a challenging multi-day hike in remote Tasmania.

New Zealand may be a long way geographically from Gaza, and the government’s ability to influence the course of events there may be limited, but the nation’s inconsistent position on the appalling conflict is diminishing its vital interests.

France set up a quarter-final showdown on Friday with Argentina in the men's Olympic football tournament after beating New Zealand 3-0 in their final game of the group stages.

It’s one thing to aspire to be the “greenest games in history”, quite another to achieve it. While the Paris Olympics are responding to the threat to sport from the climate crisis, they also highlight the contradictions inherent in making global sport a platform for climate action.