Stories by Bridget Tunnicliffe

Sports Call - With Jamaica providing little challenge for the Silver Ferns ahead of their contest with Australia, Bridget Tunnicliffe asks whether Oceania's dominance is hurting the game.

- The New Zealand public may have high expectations for Olympic medal hope Lauren Boyle as she heads to Rio, but they are nothing on what the swimmer puts on herself.

Golden Moments - Peter Snell and Murray Halberg's an unprecedented golden double whammy continues to inspire more than half a century later.

Golden Moments - At the shot put final of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Valerie Adams attempted to win New Zealand's first gold in track and field since John Walker in 1976.

Golden Moments - Barbara Kendall burst into national prominence by winning gold in boardsailing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Golden Moments - New Zealanders were expecting great results from Danyon Loader in Atlanta but could he handle the pressure?

Golden Moments - When triathlete Hamish Carter bombed in Sydney in 2000 all bets were that he had missed his shot at Olympic glory, but then came triumph over disaster.

Golden Moments - No one thought the New Zealand hockey team had a chance at the Montreal Olympics but a drama-filled game proved otherwise.

Golden Moments - Jack Lovelock won New Zealand's first Olympic gold for athletics and ensured his athletics immortality when, in front of Hitler, he ran in world record time.

One of our most closely-watched athletes in Rio will be Lauren Boyle, already one of New Zealand's greatest swimmers.

New Zealand has enjoyed great success in equestrian at the Olympics and Sir Mark Todd is at the heart of those achievements.

Golden Moments - Mark Todd's remarkable Olympic career spans four decades but his victory at Los Angeles in 1984 was probably the most dramatic.

Golden Moments - Yvette Williams' trailblazing feats more than 60 years ago still make her one of New Zealand's most cherished and inspiring athletes.

Sports Call - It is a shame that the trans-Tasman netball league has ended but something had to give, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

The tourism industry in Fiji has wasted no time in banding together to pull overseas visitors back in the wake of Cyclone Winston.

ANALYSIS: In her closing speech, Crown prosecutor Sasha Wass QC said a "wall of evidence" had been built against Chris Cairns - and, on the face of it, it had. Audio