In just over two months time 10,00 athletes will march into the Trocadero Plaza, kicking of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Testing the Olympic waves

News & Politics

RNZ Music's Tony Stamp updates Nights from the Viaduct Events Centre.

All the winners from the biggest night of the year for NZ music

The minerals companies need to make batteries for the likes of electric cars and renewable power grids are in rich supply in the Pacific. While nations stand to gain financially, the environmental consequences of extraction can be severe.

The double-edged sword of deep-sea mining in the Pacific

Provincial rugby unions voted to reject New Zealand Rugby's proposal for a governance change, putting them on a collision course with the Players' Association.

New Zealand rugby's civil war

RNZ News at 10pm, May 30

In France, football is a way of life - and it just so happens they're very, very good at it, says author Tom Williams.

Testing the Olympic waves

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