Suzanne McFadden has been one of New Zealand’s leading sports writers for many years. Starting out as a general news report yet before cracking into the NZ Herald sports department, Suzanne is the founder and editor of LockerRoom, dedicated to covering women’s sport.

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The second of three World Cup’s hosted in New Zealand is here. Tournament Director for Rugby World Cup Michelle Hooper joins us on Trailblazers to give an insight into running a major event, pandemic postponements, how Peter Blake’s red socks inspired her to get involved in sport and bringing Rita Ora to NZ.

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Katie Sadlier is an Olympian, Commonwealth Games bronze medalist and one of our trailblazing sports administrators. Until recently she held a senior position at World Rugby, before moving on to become the head of the Commonwealth Games Federation.

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Sarah Gregorius played for the Football Ferns for a decade, competing at three World Cups and two Olympic Games. She's now working in a top level role at FIFPRO, the global players association for football.

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Kereyn Smith is undoubtedly one of New Zealand's most outstanding sports leaders. She's most recently been the head of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and holds key roles with the IOC and Commonwealth Games Federation.

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Jo Caird is one of New Zealand's leading sports photographers. She was the first ever official photographer for the All Blacks and gives us an insight into life on tour, her favourite player and moments to photograph and why she wasn't taken seriously when she was starting out.

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Megan Signal is one of NZ's best weightlifters and perhaps one of our most resiliant athletes. Injuries have stopped her from competing at the last two major events but now she is gearing up for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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Katrina Rore has done it all and won it all on the netball court - ANZ Premiership, Suncorp Super Netball, Commonwealth Games Gold and a World Cup.

But there's been lots of twists and turns in a career that spans more than 15 years.

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Rebecca Rolls is a double international, playing more than 100 one-dayers for the White Ferns and earning 11 caps for the Football Ferns,. She won the cricket World Cup in 2000 and chats to Rikki Swannell about her double sporting life, her fascniating career off the field and the White Ferns chances at their home World Cup.

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It would be fair to call Kelly Brazier a code-head. When it comes to Rugby Kelly has done it all from Fifteens to Sevens, all while paving the way for the next generation of female professional athletes. In this episode of Trailblazers Rikki sits down with the legend herself to discuss her amazing journey.

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