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'Out of control': NRLW star sentenced after stalking ex-partner
She was told she only narrowly avoided jail time.
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Alice Soper: Why the All Blacks should be boycotting Baltimore
OPINION: Recent ICE shootings and visa denials are fuelling calls to boycott US events.
How becoming a mother helped Gayle Broughton make Warriors NRLW switch
The NRLW winner has been named to make her second NRLW All Stars appearance.
Kate Heffernan’s brave leap into Super Netball
She is one of nine Silver Ferns in this season’s Suncorp Super Netball league.
'Queen of clutch': Sadowski-Synnott returns to X Games podium in comeback event
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Luca Harrington claimed X Games silver in Aspen.
Alice Soper: What All Blacks can learn from Black Ferns
OPINION: The Black Ferns turned a 2021 crisis into a 2022 World Cup title.
Kiwi golfer holes a breakthrough year
Amelia Garvey’s is eyeing the LPGA and Olympics – but first she wants a tournament win.
Lulu Sun out in Australian Open first round after injury comeback falters
Sun was playing her first match in more than three months after injury.
Texts, calls, bank transfers: League star accused of stalking her ex-partner
Police say the former halfback for Rabbitohs Women sent abusive texts, emails and calls.
The women’s sport dates to lock in your 2026 calendar now
OPINION: The White Ferns, Football Ferns and Tall Ferns all face key qualifiers by March.
'Rest, recovery and personal reconnection': Kiwi world champ to take year off competitive sport
'This is the right moment for me to pause, breathe and return to my roots.'
The Kiwi mum building a life in sport – on the field and behind the TV camera
Placid first tried fistball in 2022 and quickly played at World Games level.
Good on defence, and attack: Hawke's Bay woman wins top Defence Force award
Deena-Ranginui Puketapu continues to stand out, in all of her fields.
America’s Cup champion’s breakthrough to fuel female athletes
Maury Leyland-Penno hopes to help other female athletes after struggling with her health.
Local legends: The Waikato community stalwarts recognised in New Year Honours
Dame Coral Shaw is honoured for years of public service and abuse inquiry work.
'Lucky and blessed': Shirley Hooper honoured after 50 years of service to women's sport
Pāpāmoa's Shirley Hooper receives NY honour for services to netball and artistic swimming.
New Year Honours: Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taupō recipients named
They include a former mayor, doctor, and two Citizens Advice Bureau managers.
Sports honours: The stars and quiet achievers in the New Year Honours
Scott Dixon, Lorraine Moller and Martin Guptill are among those recognised.
'Have you got the right person?': League stalwart stunned by top honour
Jenny Nahu has spent 50 years driving rugby league in Rotorua.
Alice Soper: My personal honours list for the women who lit up sport this year
OPINION: From netball to rugby, a new wave of women smashed long-held records in 2025.
Power rankings: New Zealand’s top sporting schools of 2025 revealed
Which school can claim to be the country’s biggest sporting powerhouse?
Women who owned 2025: Kiwi stars rewrite the record books
Sammie Maxwell fought back from Olympic selection doubts to a historic MTB title.
Opinion: Naughty and nice list of the year in women’s sport
School Sport NZ moved to further restrict which students can compete in 2025.
Inside AUT’s female-based concussion research programme
Kite foiler Lucy Bilger reflects on her involvement after an injury while training.
'Deepens concerns': Former Silver Fern calls for independent review of Netball NZ
'There needs to be an independent review of governance and high-performance processes.'
Inside New Zealand's most fertile breeding ground for rugby talent
The Global Youth Sevens tournament has produced more than 40 future internationals.
Alice Soper: The race to be the next Black Ferns coach is wide open
Two-time World Cup winner Darryl Suasua shapes as the bold wild card pick.
On The Up: 'Get that ring' - Kiwi golfer's big US college call
She will be one of 9 Kiwis in the field for February's Women’s Asia-Pacific Championship.
White Ferns legends guiding the next wave of cricket stars
Former White Ferns stars drive surge in girls' cricket pathways.
White Ferns spinner Eden Carson to miss World Cup title defence
Her right elbow injury was first sustained at a training camp in Dubai.