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Exclusive: AM host Ryan Bridge to move to primetime for new current affairs show to replace The Project ; RNZ’s bizarre move to target an already saturated...

The terrified fiancée of a Kiwi man missing in the United Kingdom is pleading for information after his mysterious disappearance three days ago.
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339 events on offer, across 33 sports. New Zealand are taking a record number of athletes to this years Games. The biggest contingents are the football and field hockey teams, followed by rowing, cycling and rugby sevens. Limited local crowds will be able to attend events, as Japan continues to battle Covid-19. Organisers have set a limit of 50 per cent capacity up to a maximum of 10,000 fans for all venues. Tokyo has held the Olympics once before, in 1964. Middle-distance runner Peter Snell...

Several popular shows will be bumped as TVNZ makes way for the coverage of the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020.

Join us for live updates from the 36th Americas Cup.

Most of us won’t need reminding of that heartbreaking time... after storming to an 8-1 lead, the Kiwis needed just one more win to take the cup. And Toni was excited to join the action, bidding farewell to husband Matt and their baby Juliette as she headed off to cover what she believed would be the final few races and a jubilant celebration. But it wasn’t to be. With the world watching on in disbelief, Oracle Team USA staged one of the most stunning comebacks in sporting history, eventua...