Some of the country's best track and field talent will be on show in Christchurch this afternoon as the city hosts its annual International Track Meet.

Tom Walsh, Nick Palmer, Anna Grimaldi, Lisa Adams, and Tiaan Whelpton are all set to compete in their respective events.

Shot putter Nick Palmer has the home crowd advantage, and joined D’Arcy to preview the event.

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We’re rolling into the second week of Super Rugby with a blockbuster New Zealand derby.

The Chiefs are heading down to Dunedin to face off against the Highlanders this evening.

The Highlanders will be aiming to keep their momentum going, after last weekend’s victory over the defending champion, the Crusaders.

Attack coach Cory Brown joined D’Arcy Waldegrave to preview the clash.

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Kiwis are hitting the waves as the Ocean Swim series returns to the Bay of Islands.

There’s a range of different races this weekend, with something for anyone.

Brent Foster, former Commonwealth Games and Ironman competitor, is one of those swimming – he joined D’Arcy to discuss the event.

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Uh oh. Trouble at mill. Trouble on the slopes. Trouble with five-time Olympic medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott. I hasten to add, not trouble of her doing – I don’t believe that she has a troubling bone in her body.

The NZ press has jumped on a perceived error within the judging panel, who placed the Kiwi in silver medal position after her final slopestyle run. It was by a snowflake, a mere .35 of a point behind eventual winner, the Japanese rider Mari Fukada.

Two-time British Olympian Aimee Fuller has told TNT Sports that she believes the final decision was controversial and the judges got it wrong.

“I think there was injustice in the results of today’s women’s slopestyle final, a real shame to see that progression wasn’t rewarded on this instance.”

Progression being the key word here —a buzz word that has long hovered around snowboarding— which is the ability, drive, and necessity to continue to raise the quality and difficulty of tricks in the Slopestyle, Half pipe, and Big Air.

Aimee makes some valid points around the application of scores through each section of Zoi’s run, the final three jumps being the crux of the criticism. Technically sound on the rails from the Kiwi, but progressively superior in the air. Pushing the boundaries successfully and cleanly, a level above the eventual gold medallist.

If I was being picky, Zoi’s dismount on the third rail, the front side lip slide with a 270 pretzel out, was a metre or two early and that may have cost her. But the main gripe from Fuller rests with the glamorous final three jumps.

I’m no judge, I haven't slid in 15 years, and when I did ride, I was a sloppy try hard, so it’s probably a bit rich for me to comment.

This debate around an athlete besmirched can be whittled down to one thing: the vagaries of judging.

As beautiful and gobsmacking as judged events can be, it’s a subjective bunfight and really has no place at an Olympic level.

Highest, fastest, longest, strongest, etc.

Measured not judged.

The athletes know this, are comfortable with this, and understand the complexities and perceived injustices of the process.

Yet they still compete.

They accept, smile, and move on.

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The Breakers could still earn a basketball prize this season when they face the Adelaide 36ers in Sunday's Ignite Cup final on the Gold Coast.

They ended the ANBL regular competition in seventh after beating the ninth-placed Taipans 115-84 in their final match.

The Ignite Cup took place throughout the regular season, and there are some serious cash prizes on the line.

Parker Jackson-Cartwright, point guard for the Breakers, joined D’Arcy to discuss the game.

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The 2025/26 A League season will see our third New Zealand derby play out, with Auckland FC taking on the Wellington Phoenix at Sky Stadium tonight.

The Black Knights will look to make it 6-0 against their southern rivals and build some momentum as they head into the back half of the season.

Auckland FC coach Steve Corica joined D’Arcy Waldegrave to preview the clash.

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Auckland needs sporting events. As many as possible. As big and flash and shiny as they come.

The oft rumoured State of Origin has been teasing the populace for many a year. Rumours are still thick on the ground; this time it’s thought that the announcement will be as early as this month. Great if it happens, but it will be a one off I’d suggest, great for a stellar tourist weekend for the 09, but not the long term locked down major sporting event the city yearns for.

We have the ASB Classic. An annual tennis-fest to be proud of, long may it be a staple of the summer.

The annual All Black fixture at Eden Park.

Then crickets.

The insects, not the test version which the city is incapable of hosting. It’s hardly big or shiny either right?

I’m not sure it’s sport, but the hugely popular Black Clash cricket sportainment event is in the Bay.

No big motorsport event in AK, although there were attempts at bringing Formula E here, but that got quashed before it had a chance to plug in. Supercars? Taupo and Christchurch. The World Rally Championship has been and gone; it is now a rarely realised pipe dream.

Sevens rugby is long dead. Aotearoa’s major golf tournament is in Queenstown.

PDC darts? At least we’ve pinched that back from the Tron. Surfing’s World League? Raglan.

No America’s Cup, thanks Grant.

All of this points to one thing, the Auckland leg of the Sail GP.

If the government and Auckland city don’t fight tooth and nail to keep this rapidly expanding global event here on the sparkling Waitemata, somebody will need to get in the sea. These opportunities to host a major sporting event like this as a rare as a summer without poo on our beaches.

Secure it and secure it long term.

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Sail GP is in full swing this weekend at the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland with 12 teams from across the world competing.

In last year's edition of the competition the Great Britain team took home the glory winning the competition. Hannah Mills was part of that team as the strategist. She joined D'Arcy to discuss the weekends action.

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