Eliza McCartney, New Zealand's newest sporting star, has completed her meteoric rise and received a bronze medal in today's ceremony. McCartney

New Zealand athlete Nikki Hamblin and the American runner she tangled with in the heats of the 5000m have received a fair play award

Usain Bolt has bid farewell in the fashion that we'd all become accustomed to - as a gold medallist.

The cut-throat selection process for New Zealand's Olympic sailing team has been fully justified according to the sport's boss.

Quentin Rew needed the help of race officials after collapsing after the finishing line in the 50km walk.

Mark Hager is not a man to pull any punches. Not even with many of his players in tears, and his own eyes red-rimmed.

Eliza McCartney is the toast of New Zealand sport today after pulling off a stunning bronze medal performance in Rio.

The women's Black Sticks are hoping to make it sweet 16 overnight.

Jason Saunders and Gemma Jones were the surprise packages of flourishing New Zealand sailing campaign at Rio.

Sam Meech had to survive ruthless tactics from his opponents to cling on to an Olympic Laser bronze medal in Rio.

Never has an Olympic silver medal felt so heavy as that carried by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke for the last four years.

For women's 470 pairing Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie, winning gold in London four years ago wasn't enough.

She's matched her childhood inspiration Danyon Loader, now Lisa Carrington wants to win a third gold medal.

It has been a while since New Zealand last claimed a medal at the Rio Olympics but, don't despair, that should change overnight.

A strong finish to New Zealand's Olympic campaign is in store - and the medal rush is set to begin tonight.

New Zealand's Olympic team is still on track for a record haul at these Games.

Former national swim coach Mark Bone believes Lauren Boyle had given up before she even got to the Rio Olympics.

New Zealand have been stranded on two medals for more than two days but that 'drought' is set to end early tomorrow morning.

Corey Main's Olympic Games are over after he finished eighth in his semifinal and 14th overall in the 200m backstroke.

Danny Lee believes the Olympics ranks alongside majors in importance and has taken a dig at the pros who pulled out.

It took 110 years to build the All Blacks into a leading sporting brand and just 15 minutes to inflict serious damage.

Moments after Michael Phelps defeated Chad le Clos, trolls mercilessly took hold of the South African's Wikipedia page.

Day four of the Olympics might have been unkind to the Kiwis but redemption can arrive as early as tonight.

Eddie Dawkins, Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster are marked men going into Thursday's team sprint qualifying at the Rio Olympics.

Today might have been a bad day for the Kiwis in Rio, but we've still got (at least) five strong chances of gold.

Australian media has questioned the bravery of the Kiwi women's hockey team, implying players were "soft".

There was little anyone could do to console Portia Woodman, who believes she let New Zealand down in the Olympic women's sevens final.

The Herald has employed a complex system of statistics, rumour and hunches to compile a list of medal winners at Rio.

Eleven crews - including the 10th placed Russians - qualified at last year's world championships.

Rio 2016 officials are set to juggle athletes' accommodation to get around the unreadiness of portions of the Games village. New