Off The Track
Ringing the highlights: RNZ recaps Rio
Rio 2016 Olympics - The RNZ sports team in Rio and at home in New Zealand recount the good, the bad, the ugly and the magical of the Rio Olympics.
Spotlight turns to success after Rio
Sports Call - Rio will be considered a success for New Zealand but the focus is now shifting to the long-term development of many sports, Barry Guy writes. Video, Audio
2012 shot-put medallist stripped of Olympic medal
Rio 2016 Olympics - The Russian shot putter Evgeniia Kolodko has been officially stripped of her silver medal from the London 2012 Olympics, after testing positive for banned substances in a re-test.
More Irish officials caught up in illegal ticketing scandal
Rio 2016 Olympics - Brazil police confirmed they have seized the passports of three members of the Olympic Council of Ireland as part of an investigation into illegal ticket sales at the Rio Olympics.
Australian athletes reclaim seized passports
Rio 2016 Olympics - Nine Australian Olympic athletes had their passports returned this morning, a team official says, after an accreditation problem at the Rio Games earlier saw them risk missing…
Walker NZ's latest IOC member
Rio 2016 Olympics - New Zealand Olympic silver medallist Sarah Walker has become an International Olympic Committee member having been appointed to the IOC's Athletes Commission.
Counting the true cost of Rio's Games
Sports Call - There's an element of sadness as the curtain comes down on the Rio Olympics, but as Stephen Hewson writes, it's not because the Games are over.
Fan in the stands beats own record at Rio
Rio 2016 Olympics - At 94 years old, American man Harry Nelson looks to have just beaten his own world record in Rio - for attending the most summer Olympic Games in history.
'Aesthetics over athletics' in women's sport coverage
Rio 2016 Olympics - Nine of NZ's 15 medals have been won by women. But *[Megan Whelan finds the coverage is not always just about their performance.
An Olympics guide for the unsporty, uninformed and uninterested
Possess as much sporting knowledge as a turnip? Veronica Schmidt gives you the information you need to function in society without disgracing yourself.
$30k Rio trip for Auckland Council staff
Rio 2016 Olympics - Two managers from an Auckland Council agency are on a week-long trip to the Olympic Games - at a cost of $30,000.
US swimmers lied about robbery - Brazilian police
Rio 2016 Olympics - Four US Olympic swimmers were lying about being robbed, and vandalised a petrol station, Brazilian police say.
US swimmers stopped at airport as robbery investigation continues
Rio 2016 Olympics - Two American swimmers have been stopped from boarding a flight leaving Rio, following an investigation into their account of being robbed at gunpoint.
Europe's top Olympic official arrested in ticket sale probe
Rio 2016 Olympics - Europe's top Olympic official Pat Hickey is arrested in relation to an investigation into ticket touting.
Rio pits Sky against social media
Opinion - With Olympic events happening in the middle of the night, social media has been the best way to keep up with the Games, writes Jamie Wall.
NZ excelling at the sport of spin in Rio
Sports Call - One of the major sports at the Olympic Games appears to be spin, writes Gael Woods in Rio.
Rio highway 'tearing our houses apart'
Rio 2016 Olympics - Residents of a favela near the Olympic Park in Rio are angry about a new highway that is splitting the community and causing houses to fall apart.
Medallists make their mark on new stamps
Rio 2016 Olympics - Olympic shot putter Valerie Adams appears on a new stamp after winning her third Olympic medal yesterday in Rio.
Unplanned 'clean' to blame for green waters
Rio 2016 Olympics - Embarrassing smelly green water at Rio's aquatics centre was because of an unplanned dump of hydrogen peroxide, Olympic organisers say.
Olympics 2085 - too hot to handle?
By 2085 it will be too hot for most big cities in the northern hemisphere to host the Olympic Games, according to a new study out of Auckland.