Get ready to make the winter season a great one
New Zealand is a country fuelled by volunteers who help keep kiwi kids active. Whether you’re a coach, official or administrator, you have a role to play in keeping young...
Sports stand together to make the 2021 winter season special
After a 2020 winter season heavily disrupted by COVID-19, Sport NZ and five of the country’s largest participation sports are calling on coaches, parents and others at grassroots level to...
Focus on athletes not agendas – Former Black Cap, Andrew Ellis
Former Black Cap and Canterbury footballer Andrew Ellis grew up on the sidelines of sports fields. Having a Dad who was heavily involved in the sports media industry meant much of Andrew’s...
Playing other sports made me a better cricketer and person – White Fern Captain, Sophie Devine
White Ferns cricket captain Sophie Devine has never understood early specialisation in sport. It’s one of the reasons why the Wellingtonian is a Balance is Better Champion, to spread the...
Black Ferns rugby captain Les Elder talks about changing behaviours
As player development manager for the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union Les Elder has seen first-hand the impact the focus on winning has on young people. “Before I started working in sport...
The power of sport in life – White Sox Captain, Lara Andrews
One bad day changed White Sox captain Lara Andrews’ life forever. At the time the then 19-year-old was going through “teenage stuff” while working as a data entry operator. “I’d had such a bad...
‘I thought I was crazy’: cyclist’s painful endo battle
This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. At least one in 10 New Zealand women suffer every month from endometriosis. NZ cycling champion Kirstie Klingenberg...
The constant loss that wiped out Kayla Imrie
This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. Olympic paddler Kayla Imrie has struggled for a decade with the debilitating condition menorrhagia and now wants to help...
RED-S syndrome knocked Kiwi cyclist off-track
This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. Commonwealth Games cycling silver medallist Georgia Williams is on the comeback road, after taking time out to let her...
