Gaming & Sports

NZ motorsports driver Liam Lawson answers your questions

You guys asked a lot of Lightning McQueen questions…

Why the Richmond Rovers mean so much to the Pasifika community

“History, culture, family. Loyalty.”

The league club continuing the Pasifika legacy in Grey Lynn | STILL HERE S2 | Episode 3

“The Richmond Rovers and Grey Lynn park go hand in hand. It wouldn’t feel the same anywhere else.”

Black Ferns: The Paul sisters on the rise of women’s rugby

“Knowing who you are, where you come from and who you represent is pretty important.”

Injuries force former NRL player to think of life beyond the league field

“My advice to young Māori is not to put your eggs all in one basket."

Taking waka ama from Waikato to the world

"When I'm on the water, it's always energising and makes me feel happy."

Why I love women’s rugby: Black Fern Ruahei Demant

“This is a game for everyone, not just men.”

26-year-old Ruahei Demant (Te Whanau a Apanui, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Awa) has been a Black Fern since 2018.

The…

Why world champion rower Zoe McBride walked away from the Olympics

“I was just so tired of standing on the scales and then letting that decide how I felt about myself"

Olympic surfer Billy Stairmand shows us his life in three minutes | My Life in Three

This year is the first time surfing will be included in the Olympic games. We catch up with Billy Stairmand who is an eight-time national title…

The MMA champion connecting te ao Māori with the world of combat sports

“Before every fight I feel the presence of my ancestors.”

Behind The Helmet: NZ’s 19-year-old motorsport star Liam Lawson

“When you’re racing the feeling of being inches away from the car beside you both going at 300kms is pretty indescribable. It’s a crazy feeling.”

Meet Liam…

The world junior BMX champion from the Waikato | The Outliers

Jessie Smith is the world junior BMX champion, and she’s from the Waikato. Her goal is to become the fastest woman on a BMX bike, and…

Meet the 19-year-old who's the fastest person in Australasia | The Outliers

At 19, Eddie Osei-Nketia is the fastest person in Australasia.

At home with Broxh, the viral Twitch streamer with the most peaceful vibes on the planet

Broxh became an instant Twitch celebrity due to his talent and incredibly peaceful vibes.

Abuse is an everyday reality for female gamers

It’s 8.05pm in Wellington and Ayla Holland is about to jump online to play Overwatch. Tonight she’ll be flying through the air shooting at her friends…

Lockdown games to play on your phone, even if you're not a gamer

The World Health Organisation has launched a campaign to encourage us to stay home and play video games with each other to socialise. Gamers already know…

How an aspiring Olympian is handling lockdown

Tasmyn Benny was preparing for the Tokyo Olympics before the Covid-19 pandemic forced it to be postponed til 2021. We visit Tasmyn in Turua to see…

Streamers tell us the best games to play while social distancing

What are gamers doing during this time of physical distancing? Well, to be honest, some of them don't really reckon much has changed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The best bowl skaters in New Zealand

The best bowl skaters of Aotearoa come together each year for the Mangawhai Bowl Jam.

The 14-year-old making sport more accessible

"My friends couldn't participate in sports because they didn't have the right footwear." When 14-year-old Maia saw her friends struggling in sports or sitting on the…

Girl Skate Club

You might know the experience of being in a male-dominated space, and feeling like you don't belong. Growing up, Amber Clyde loved to skate, but skateparks…

International comic book artist Michel Mulipola is a mean wrestler in his spare time

Michel Mulipola is a comic book artist and a wrestler, AKA Liger, the Smash Mouth Samoan. And that combo gives him a pretty unique perspective...

The Only Kiwi at PAX Melbourne Takes on Australia’s Best Gamers

This Marvel vs Capcom gamer is competing overseas for the first time - and he's the only Kiwi around. Isaac ‘IsaacFromDC’ Bishop is putting New Zealand…

Why we love fighting games

Gamers talk about their love for Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat and just fighting games in general while they're in Auckland to compete at Southern Crossup…

A look back on XLAN and WCG

Let's travel back to an earlier era of computer gaming... There was a time when gamers had to lug chunky monitors and network cables to the…

The history of televised All Blacks games

Did you know that the first time an All Blacks game was played on TV was such a mess that it didn't happen again until 10…

How a NZ university is nurturing gamers

Did you know you can get a university scholarship for playing video games? We take a look at a NZ university's initiatives to nurture budding esports…

The all-consuming world of a game developer

Seth a.k.a. ENDESGA has been creating an adventure game called NYKRA for the past seven years. He says, "It's kind of been my everything." Seth gives…

Girls in motorsport

"I never thought that a group of women hanging out and getting involved in the car scene would upset anyone, but it did." After Sarah was…

Driving - in real life and sim - with MonkeyMatt

Matt 'MonkeyMatt' Smith is so into auto racing that he does it in real life as well as via simulation. As a sim racer, he competes…