Stories by Barry Guy

Team New Zealand has scored two more wins in the round-robin phase of the challenger series for the America's Cup.

The young New Zealand motor racing driver admits he has probably learnt more off the track than he did on it this year.

Team New Zealand said the crane failed while lifting the boat onto its cradle and they won't race on Saturday while the damage is assessed.

Hutt Valley mountain biker Erice van Leuven has defended her world junior downhill title.

Whether you're 62 or 18, the anticipation is the same for two of New Zealand's athletes at the Paralympic Games in Paris.

New Zealand cyclist George Bennett continues to make an impression on the Vuelta a España as the grand tour continues through the mountain stages in northern Spain.

Almost half of the team are debutants but there is still a stack of experience heading into the Paris Games.

How to watch, when the big events are, and which Kiwis look like medal prospects.

"I tried really hard to not cry too much on world-wide television," the Kiwi golfer says about being presented with her gold medal.

Her first thought at the finish line wasn't relief for her aching muscles - instead, it was of her boat-mate, the "awesome" Alicia Hoskin.

Like most Olympians, New Zealand weightlifter David Liti has been selective with his pickings at the food hall at the athletes village in Paris - but that is not going to last.

Dame Lisa Carrington may have won her sixth Olympic gold medal today but the emphasis afterwards was very much on all four members of the crew.

Not even a gold medal in Paris is likely to persuade Lydia Ko to get another tattoo.

NZ middle distance runner Maia Ramsden admitted after her first round 1500m race that she had miscounted the number of automatic qualifying spots and didn't realise she was set to miss out.

But not even a gold medal is likely to persuade Lydia Ko to get another tattoo.

There will only be time for a text between Eliza McCartney and Lukas Walton-Keim as they start their competitions within 24 hours of each other.

The fastest person ever in a single scull can leave the sport a happy man.

The halcyon days when New Zealand led the sport in the eighties and nineties may never be repeated.

Traditional sporting rivalries have been put aside for the Paris Olympics, with an Englishman and a South African getting the full Kiwi treatment while helping New Zealand golfers.

It's been a while since New Zealand has had two athletes contending for the gold medal in the same event at an Olympics.

Swimming New Zealand went through some very tough years and it has taken a while to make a splash on the international stage again.

A very proud grandmother will be hosting many in settlement of Ophir to help cheer on her grandson at the Olympics.

New Zealand's biggest ever athletics team will compete at the Paris Olympics and they are set to add to the rich history the sport has at the Games.

New Zealand triple jumper Ethan Olivier will have a member of the South African team leading his support crew when he competes at the Paris Olympics.

Steeplechaser George Beamish is preparing for his first Olympics and training has been a challenge.