Applause broke out at a forum on the topic of ACC in Dunedin on Saturday when the National Party's candidate for Dunedin North, Michael Woodhouse, agreed that an independent authority should be set up to deal with complaints against the corporation.
Alison Shanks was still playing netball four years ago when she got up in the early hours of the morning to watch Sarah Ulmer win a gold medal at the Athens Olympics.
The New Zealand Olympic team in Beijing was too big and athletes should not be using the Games just to get experience, former Olympic selector Associate Prof David Gerrard says.
The team management was "nuts" to appoint sculler Mahe Drysdale as New Zealand's flag bearer for the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics.
Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt have been the major stories of the Olympic Games in Beijing. But which man should be acclaimed the bigger star? Sports editor Hayden Meikle tries, and fails, to come up with a satisfying answer.
After the euphoria of the opening days, the reality of staging the "perfect" event has tempered the Olympic spirit, wites Eleanor Ainge Roy from Beijing.
The 2008 Olympics come with a "Made in China" tag, but there are concerns consumers may have problems with the product. Be warned that unfurling banners - even those that say "Go Kiwi" - are banned.
If New Zealand women's hockey coach Kevin Towns misses any one attacking weapon in his switch from coaching the men, it will be a penalty corner smasher.
Olympic cyclist Greg Henderson's focus is currently on the track, but come the end of October it will switch to a lady walking up the aisle.
With a little more than two weeks to go before the 2008 Olympic Games begin, morale is "excellent" in the Kiwi team, the Queenstown-based president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) says.
He declined to give a number but Sparc chief executive Peter Miskimmin believes several New Zealand athletes have the potential to win medals at the Beijing Olympics.
Beijing-bound New Zealand hockey defender Sheree Horvath has had a two-match suspension confirmed by the sport's governing body but doubt remains whether the penalty can be served before the Olympic Games.
China has detained 82 suspected terrorists in the first half of the year on allegations that they were plotting attacks against next month's Olympics, according to state media reports.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the Beijing Olympics' opening ceremony next month, his office says, ending his threat to boycott the event in an apparent attempt to soothe Chinese irritation over French support of Tibet.
New Zealand women's basketball coach Mike McHugh said the 12-strong Tall Ferns squad named today for the Beijing Olympics was one of his most difficult selections ever.
Seasoned campaigners Mark Todd and Andrew Nicholson will create history when they line up in the New Zealand three-day eventing team at the Beijing Olympic Games in August.
Amnesty International is sending information packs to New Zealand Olympic athletes in the hope they will speak out about human rights abuses in China.
Cromwell's Paul Allison will be broadcasting to 400 million viewers as part of the TVNZ commentary team covering the Beijing Olympic Games.
A dragon stands guard at Dunedin International Airport this week, a gift to the New Zealand Olympic team from the Chinese community and bound for Beijing, where it will be a symbol of good luck for New Zealand's medal hopefuls.
Double eventing gold medallist Mark Todd heads to Britain tomorrow for the final leg of a quest to earn selection for the Olympic Games in August.
