Sports Minister Murray McCully says now is not the time to investigate Commonwealth Games officials.

"Ashgabat", our guide Dima said slowly, choosing his words carefully between mouthfuls of steaming meat pie, "is paradise".

Indian activists have set fire to an effigy of New Zealander Mike Hooper, the Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation.

Middle distance runners Nick Willis and Nikki Hamblin are approaching the New Delhi Commonwealth Games with similar perspectives.

This month's strikes are said to have killed more than 100 people in remote tribal areas - many of them, inevitably will have been civilians.

Black Caps opening batsman Brendon McCullum can't wait to rekindle his old relationship with fellow opener Jesse Ryder.

Fashion designer Jyoti Morningstar is a free spirit who divides her time between Bali and New Zealand, cleverly combining her love of design, yoga and life.

Irene van Dyk hurling the ball skyward was one of the enduring images of the last Commonwealth Games. She's out to do it again.

Daniel Vettori has warned against complacency as the Black Caps headed to Bangladesh today for a five-match ODI series.

The New Zealand men's hockey team have drawn with Malaysia in the first of two warm-up matches in Kuala Lumpur.

The only time archery featured at the Commonwealth Games, New Zealand claimed a place atop the podium.

There are reports India's president will declare the Commonwealth Games open, denying the British royal family the traditional honour.

Forget Aspen - China may just be the new off-season ski destination for Kiwis, writes Kerri Jackson.

A blame game is being played as New Zealand frustrations with the inadequate state of Commonwealth Games preparations peak.

He's been known to clock a few kilometres on the treadmill but if John Key was a world class athlete he'd be lining up to go to Delhi next week.

Nine detainees on the roof of Villawood detention centre in Sydney's west have continued their protest overnight.

Cancellation of the Delhi Commonwealth Games would be bad for the future of the games movement, says John Key.

The power of Krakatoa is awe-inspiring, writes Michael Travers.

Mark Inglis tells of the charity which sees him taking Kiwis to the Himalaya.

Squalid living conditions in the athletes' village have cast serious doubt on whether NZ will compete in the Commonwealth Games.