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The Formula One circuit made a stop at the iconic Monaco Grand Prix, while Indycars had their biggest race of the year at Indianapolis. Liam Lawson picked up his first Formula One points of the season, while Kiwis struggled in the Indianapolis 500 with one of them not even making the start line. Sports reporter Barry Guy spoke to Lisa Owen.
There are reports that Kiwi Formula One driver Liam Lawson has been dropped by Red Bull after just two races. RNZ Sports reporter Barry Guy has the latest.
Just a few hours away from the All Whites game against Fiji in the Oceania World Cup qualifiers in Wellington. In the first semi-final the New Zealanders are favourites to win the Oceania qualification and gain an automatic place at next year's FIFA World Cup in North America. Barry Guy is covering the game for RNZ and spoke to Lisa Owen.
The All Whites have their best opportunity to qualify for another FIFA World Cup finals when they start the Oceania play-offs in Wellington on Friday night. Sports reporter Barry Guy has more.
Queenstown skier Alice Robinson admits she's probably been a bit braver this season and is hoping that will help her in the World Championships in Austria over the next week. Robinson spoke to sports reporter Barry Guy.
Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr admits it's time to put his Paris success behind him and move on. Kerr spoke to sports reporter Barry Guy.
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: music from Gaza: Henna Haj Hassan, Ensemble musical de Palestine,Saied Silbak w. Rola Azar; from Lebannon: Fairouz and Fouad al Hakim; salsa from Ray Peréz & Impacto Crea; poet/ scriptwriter/bolero exponent Sylvia Rexach (from Puerto Rico); Kaiti Grey reprises Tsitsanis; new poetry/music/word from Irreversible Entanglments and Cleaver, Lopez, Moten; Albanian song reprised by Savina Yannatou, Floros Floridis & Barry Guy w. Ramón Lopez; pianist Aruán Ortiz; Lusofonia: new Elza Soares (Brazil), from Cabo Verde: Rosa Mestra (also new), Nancy Vieira (also new); choral bop from Andrew Hill; more hard bop from Odean Pope and Louie Smith; vocalist Jitendra Abhisheki (w. Harihar Rao) salutes Krisha; dhruopad from Nirmalya Dey; music from Nepal (nagara bana horn ensemble); bass x 4: Barre Phillips, Joëlle Léandre, William Parker & Tetsu Saitoh; and of course, so much, much more... Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online: PLAYLIST at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19868432/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/ Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
New Zealand driver Liam Lawson has had his issues at the Qatar Formula One Grand Prix, the penultimate race for the season. The kiwi's car touched another just after the start of the race sending both sliding off the track. Lawson was handed a time penalty for causing the clash and he eventually finished 14th. Sports reporter Barry Guy spoke to Lisa Owen.
New Zealand has experienced possibly one of it's greatest weekends in sport with world championship titles and historic victories. It started at the world track cycling championships in Denmark on Friday and has gone all the way through to this morning with the cricket in Dubai, sports reporter Barry Guy spoke to Lisa Owen.
Young New Zealand driver Liam Lawson made a great return to Formula One this morning picking up championships after not racing for over a year. The 22 year old came through from last on the starting grid to finish ninth in the US Grand Prix in Texas. He beat his RB team-mate and impressed many of the experts watching. Sports reporter Barry Guy kept a close eye on the race too and spoke to Lisa Owen.
The men's A-League enters its 20th season this weekend with New Zealand's involvement doubling with the inclusion of new club Auckland FC. Barry Guy takes a look at some of the contenders for the new season.
The Ben Ainslie led British team beat Italian syndicate Luna Rossa in a closely fought challenger series final and will now challenge Team New Zealand for the 'Auld Mug' starting next weekend. Barry Guy spoke to Team New Zealand coach Ray Davies.
While almost half of the team are Paralympic debutants, New Zealand has a stack of experience heading into the Paris Paralympic Games. Barry Guy reports.
New Zealand has had its most successful Olympic Games ever, winning 10 gold medals and 20 in total during the Paris Games. Barry Guy and Felicity Reid spoke to Guyon Espiner from Paris.
On today's episode, the Paris games have come to an end, we look back on the best moments with Barry Guy and Felicity Reid who are in Paris, we also hear from the parents of double gold medallist Ellesse Andrews, the Police Association wants responsibility for firearms reform taken off ACT Minister Nicole McKee, Chris Cahill joins us, Wellington water insists it's working "at pace" to keep the environmental impact of a broken sewerage pipe in Lower Hutt to a minimum, deputy mayor of Lower Hutt Tui Lewis joins us, and we cross the Tasman for the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh.
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In the Olympics overnight, the gold medal in the K4 500m kayak sprint is Dame Lisa Carrington's sixth Olympic gold medal, and she'll be hoping to add more in the coming days. Barry Guy spoke to Corin Dann.
The team pursuit silver medal winners at the velodrome say they're proud to finish second to a very strong United States team. Ally Wollaston from the silver medal winning team pursuit spoke to Barry Guy in Paris.
New Zealand have won silver in the women's team pursuit in the track cycling at the Paris Olympics. Barry Guy spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss from the velodrome in Paris.
New Zealand's latest gold medallist, Finn Butcher, has been parading his medal through the streets of Paris. Butcher spoke to Barry Guy in Paris.
New Zealand's women's team sprint has just claimed silver on the first evening of track cycling at the Olympic Games in Paris. Barry Guy spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
New Zealand pole vault star Eliza McCartney begins her Olympic campaign on Monday. McCartney spoke to Barry Guy.
NZ has another good chance for a medal in the golf, with Rio silver medallist Lydia Ko playing the women's tournament from Thursday. Ko spoke to Barry Guy.
New Zealand's rowers went on a medal rush at the Nautical Stadium just outside Paris on Thursday night. Three crews will bring medals home to New Zealand, one of each colour, after a one-hour flurry of great racing. Barry Guy was at the rowing venue covering the races, he spoke to Corin Dann.
Some of the world's top golfers will be teeing it up on Thursday night as the first round of the Men's tournament gets underway at Le Golf National outside of Paris. Daniel Hillier spoke to Barry Guy.
RNZ sports reporter Barry Guy joins Emile Donovan from the streets of Paris with some predictions for NZ's first medal, with some chances coming up overnight.
In soaring temperatures in Paris, World mountain biking champion Sam Gaze was only good enough for sixth place in the men's mountain biking race, won by Britain Tom Pidcock. Ingrid Hipkiss spoke to Barry Guy who is in Paris.
The equestrian eventing team has finished outside medal contention, placing eighth overall as the competition concluded with show jumping at the Chateau de Versailles. Barry Guy reports.
A series of what are being described as co-ordinated sabotage attacks has caused chaos with the French rail system ahead of the opening ceremony in the early hours of tomorrow morning, New Zealand time. RNZ's reporter Barry Guy is in Paris and talks to Emile Donovan.
For many New Zealand athletes the nerves have now kicked in, with the first couple of Olympic sports starting tomorrow morning, ahead of the official opening this weekend. Football and Rugby Sevens get underway tomorrow morning, two days before the opening ceremony. Barry Guy reports.
The Canadian women's football team has sent home two of its staff from the Olympics in Paris after a spying scandal involving the New Zealand women's team. Barry Guy spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss from Paris.
Chef de Mission Nigel Avery says the New Zealand Olympic team has received an apology but wouldn't speculate if any action will be taken against Team Canada following the drone scandal. Barry Guy reports.
On today's episode, survivors of abuse in care are demanding action to match the apologies that followed the release of the final, damning report of the royal commission, we hear from Minister Erica Stanford and co-chair of the survivor experiences board, Frances Tagaloa, we cross to Paris where Barry Guy brings us the latest on the Football Ferns spying scandal after Canada were caught spying on the team before their Olympics clash, and seven million mussels are set to be placed in the Hauraki Gulf.
Swimming New Zealand went through some very tough years and it's taken them a while to make an impression again on the international stage. There is now optimism within the Olympic swim team as they prepare for Paris with two members of the squad going into the meet as world champions. Barry Guy reports.
The All Blacks Sevens team begin their Olympic campaign on Thursday, and coach Tomasi Cama says the team is embracing the fact that they're expected to win every time they play. Cama spoke to Barry Guy in Paris.
Athletics is one of New Zealand's most successful sports at the Olympics and a team of 17 will be contending for medals in Paris. Barry Guy reports.
An update on what's happening in the sports world with Barry Guy.
The Wellington Phoenix season came to a disappointing end on Saturday night, beaten 2-1 by Melbourne Victory to miss out on a first ever A-League grand final appearance. Barry Guy reports.
The Wellington Phoenix are fully into preparation for next season after this season came to a disappointing end on Saturday night. Phoenix General Manager David Dome spoke to Barry Guy.
History beckons for the Wellington Phoenix who are one win away from qualifying for their first ever A-League grand final. Defender Sam Sutton spoke to Barry Guy.
The Wellington Phoenix are set to play in front of a sell-out crowd in Saturday night's A-League semi-final second leg against Melbourne Victory. Barry Guy reports
New Zealand swimming is on the rise with a 9 strong team named for the Paris Olympics. Sports reporter Barry Guy has the story.
Wellington sprinter Zoe Hobbs has been chasing an eighth successive national 100 metres title. Sports reporter Barry Guy speaks to Lisa Owen
Olympic hopefuls will be battling it out in Wellington over the next few days. The 2024 Track & Field Championships take off at Newtown Park in the city today and continue until the end of the weekend. Some big names will be competing. Sports reporter Barry Guy spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
Time now to catch up on what's happening in the sports world .. With us is sports reporter Barry Guy
Michael Voss won the New Zealand 10,000 metre championships in Dunedin at the weekend, which was part of the Dick Tayler Anniversary athletics meeting that took place in the city. It will be 50 years ago next week (25 Jan 1974) that Dick Tayler won the 10,000 metres gold medal at the Christchurch Commonwealth Games. Tayler went into those Games in good form, but wasn't expected to outperform the likes of Engand's David Bedford and Dave Black, and the Kenyan star Richard Juma. He told sports reporter Barry Guy that he was fortunate to have legendary coach Arthur Lydiard backing him.
An update on what's happening in the sports world with Barry Guy.
An update on what's happening in the sports world with Barry Guy.
An update on what's happening in the sports world with Barry Guy.
An update on what's happening in the sports world with Barry Guy. .