Basketball
Media milk sensitivity over suspicions of special treatment
Against the backdrop of anger over denying MIQ to a terminally-ill Kiwi in Japan - while the Wiggles got a fast-track through the border from Australia - a story about special arrangements for a top… Audio
Media milk sensitivity over suspicions of special treatment
Against the backdrop of anger over denying MIQ to a terminally-ill Kiwi in Japan - while the Wiggles got a fast-track through the border from Australia - a story about special arrangements for a top…
AudioBreakers' Abercrombie grateful for family's managed isolation exemption
Top New Zealand basketball player Tom Abercrombie says his family did not get special treatment after his wife and children were allowed to complete Covid-19 managed isolation at their Auckland home.
…Breakers to open season in Perth
The Breakers will open their Australian National Basketball League season on Sunday January 17th at the Perth Wildcats.
Steven Adams: "It's just business, it's not like I died"
Steven Adams says he's hoping to form a special relationship with the fans in New Orleans and holds no ill-feeling about being traded away from Oklahoma.
Otago Basketball excels during tough year
Otago Basketball turned a challenging year into a success story.
Breakers delay NBL departure
The New Zealand Breakers should have been boarding a plane for Australia tomorrow but the Auckland-based basketball club has made a last minute change in plans.
Is Basketball NZ doing enough for Māori and Pasifika?
Basketball New Zealand is under fire over claims that its representative system leaves underprivileged communities out in the cold.
Steven Adams' move to the Big Easy confirmed
New Zealand basketballer Steven Adams' move within the NBA has been confirmed with his trade from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the New Orlean Pelicans.
Breakers ready for season based in Australia
The New Zealand Breakers are leaving for Australia in three weeks time and have no idea when they will back.
Lakers beat Heat to clinch 17th NBA title
The Los Angeles Lakers earned their record-tying 17th championship with a 106-93 rout of the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.
Manava Breathing: a deep nasal breathing project
Will Fleming's Manava Breathing project is currently working with a basketball team and a South Auckland high school. Audio
Back-to-back basketball for women's national champs
Auckland is the front runner to host another condensed basketball championship - this time for the country's top women's players.
Illegal offshore betting hits New Zealand Sport
New Zealand's ability to allow crowds back in to sporting events has had an undesirable side-effect for some codes.
Social basketball gets formal competition
New Zealand's newest national basketball competition has been launched with young players in mind, but internationally the top-tier players of 3x3 are closer to middle-age.
"To The Line" Young Kiwis following their basketball Dreams.
Documentary film makers Antony Young and Jack Chapman have followed the road of young hopeful kiwi basketballers chasing the dream of a college scholarship playing basketball in the US. Video, Audio
Steven Adams readies for NBA return training with cows
Basketballer Steven Adams has been preparing for the return of the NBA season with the cows on his Rotorua farm.
Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
Speculation in cricket circles over Kane Williamson's captaincy, the NZ National Basketball League (NBL) is to play a condensed 6 week tournament with all teams based in Auckland and the NRL's soap… Audio
NBL focussing on what they have
The head of New Zealand's National Basketball League is focussed on who they do have - not who they don't - ahead of the revamped 2020 competition.
NBL to start without its top two teams
The National Basketball League will tip off in Auckland on 23 June but it won't bear much of a resemblance to last year's competition.