It's not often that the Aussies come over to New Zealand to play cricket so when Visa sent me out an invitation to pre-purchase tickets, I jumped at the chance. I rang up and asked for the best seats. We were seated in the front row, right above the players area, so we couldn't have got any closer to the action. More...

For those Kiwis who have found themselves watching TVNZ's coverage of the Athens Olympics in the wee hours of the morning, there's been an unexpected highlight. John McBeth, with 25 years of sports broadcasting behind him, has taken up the challenge of single handily talking us through the diving programme. Talk about jumping in the deep end! More...