Rnz: Extra Time

In the programme this week, we hear from New Zealand football chairman Frank Van Hattum about where Halberg award winners the All Whites go from here, we talk to perennial battlers the Pulse ahead of the opening of the trans-tasman netball championship this weekend, we ask the coast to coast multisport event organiser why he decided to race this year, we preview next weeks kick-off of the Super Rugby competition and rower Mahe Drysdale talks about his burning desire to win Olympic gold.

This week in Extra Time... we preview the Wellington Sevens with supercoach Gordon Tietjens, catch up with Breakers star Paul Henare as the foundation guard finally looks like he may win the Australian NBL championship, young Marco Rojas of the Wellington Phoenix considers their chances of a playoff place, and Canadian yachtie Derek Hatfield discusses his trials sailing solo round the world.

The best interviews from Radio New Zealand Sport for the week ending Friday the 28th of January. In the programme this week, we track the progress of two New Zealand super rugby sides on opposite ends of the favourites scale, we hear from one of the New Zealand athletes competing at the Paralympic athletics world championships in Christchurch and we talk horse racing with one of the country's top trainers ahead of this weekend's Wellington Cup in Trentham.

Radio New Zealand Sport's Barry Guy, Stephen Hewson and Murray Williams review a year that went well for many New Zealand sportsmen and women and team - if not the cricketers - and consider possible Halberg Awards finalists.

The best interviews from Radio New Zealand Sport for the week ending Friday 17 December . This week - the rugby season's wound up with some surprise winners at the annual awards dinner in Auckland. Athletics New Zealand's high performance director assesses the prospects of the World junior shot put champion Jacko Gill, -and we'll get the latest from the Olympic 1500 metres silver medalist Nick Willis. The New Zealand free-diver William Trubridge has become the first person to dive 100m below the sea unassisted, And the Australian fast bowler Brett Lee's on the comeback from injury and playing for Wellington in the Twenty20 championship.

In Extra Time this weekthe former New Zealand cricket coach David Trist calls for a complete review of the game in the wake of the Black Caps woes in India and Bangldesh. The former Black Cap Lou Vincent talks about his time in Zimbabwe and what his playing future holds. And we hear from two departing sports bossess, New Zealand Football's CEO Michael Glading and the New Zealand Olympic Committee's secretary general Barry Maister.

The best interviews from Radio New Zealand Sport for the week ending December 3. This week the All Blacks have finished their season with a third grand slam in five years, we hear from the coach and captain; the IRB sevens starts in Dubai. New Zealand's veteran coach talks about his new-look squad. The Heineken open field's been confirmed and the tournament director talks about who'll be on the court at the ASB tennis centre in the second week of January.

The All Blacks play the last match of their Grand Slam tour in Wales on Sunday morning wearing white arm bands in memory of the Pike River mine disaster. A strong field's been confirmed for the ASB Classic women's tennis tournament and we hear from the only New Zealander to make the final in Auckland. We talk to a former New Zealand pace bowler about his plans after his county contract was cut short and to a man who's marked a cricket double century with a difference -- reaching his milestone as a scorer. We look back at the netball season and talk to Valerie Adams' manager about her pending change of coach .

In this edition: we talk to Shane Bond about his life and career; we hear from the man who revolutionised the high jump - Dick Fosbury; we preview the Fastnet netball world series with Grace Rasmussen and; Kirk Penney reflects on chasing his NBA dream.

In the programme this week the All Blacks are looking to make it two from two in their Grand Slam tour when they play Scotland ...we'll hear from both camps and also from a rookie Super 15 coach. The New Zealand Breakers have a tough weekend on the road, playing the 36ers in Adelaide before heading for Perth and I'll talk to their point guard CJ Bruton. And we'll also hear from popular New Zealand V8 Supercar driver Greg Murphy who's looking for a new drive in Australia.

In the programme this week - we talk with new All Black Sonny Bill Williams, we get the thoughts of rugby league legend Wally Lewis ahead of the Kangaroos and Kiwis four nations league test at Eden Park and we hear from the organiser of the world rowing champs on Lake Karapiro.

In Extra Time this week: what lies in store for the Black Caps as they head back to the sub continent?; the rowing world champs get underway on Lake Karapiro; the Chiefs sign up an old timer in Tana Umaga and; we preview the Kiwis four nations league test against Papua New Guinea.

In this week's programme we preview rugby league's opening four nations test between New Zealand and England. The former New Zealand Cricket captain John Reid labels the Bangladesh tour the lowest point in NZ cricket history. We hear from the New Zealand Olympic Committee's newly appointed secretary general and look back over the season that revitalised Southland rugby. Also Waikato Rugby's Chainsaw Man revs up for the last time.

This week the New Zealand footballers are together for the first time since their unbeaten run at the World Cup, and New Zealand's best gold medal chance at the Commonwealth Games is in action early on Sunday morning in Delhi. The race for a top seven place in rugby's provincial championship intensifies and across the Tasman there's another big race, the Bathurst One Thousand.

The best interviews from Radio New Zealand Sport for the week ending Friday 1 October. This week, tennis player Ellen Barry becomes the second New Zealander to pull out the Commonwealth Games, we take a look at some of New Zealand's strong medal contenders at the event, the former All Black Andrew Merhtens gives his thoughts on this year's squad and we hear how things are going for Kirk Penney at the San Antonio Spurs NBA Camp.

This week - although New Zealand's among three countries to have delayed the arrival of their first Commonwealth Games athletes as officials scramble to clean up accommodation, it looks as the though the games will start on time on 3 October. We hear from a champion New Zealander who's not planning to arrive in Delhi just before she competes and to leave as soon as she's finished. We'll also hear from her new coach. We talk to Southland rugby side's co-coach, a former All Black star, and two top rowers who are just a month from competing in the World Championships at Lake Karapiro.

In the programme this week the enforced break of many All Blacks has provincial coaches up in arms. It's now less than a year till the rugby world cup kicks off, David Kirk reflects on what it takes to win the Webb Ellis trophy. Swimmer Gareth Kean talks about his medal ambitions at the Commonwealth Games while bowler Jan Khan explains the difficulties the slow greens in Delhi will present.

The best interviews from Radio New Zealand Sport for the week ending Friday 10 September. This week the All Blacks play the Wallabies in the final tri-nations rugby test in Sydney, the Ranfurly Shield's on the line again in Invercargill and in the other oval-ball code the New Zealand Warriors kick off the NRL finals playing the Titans on the Gold Coast. It's been another award-filled year for the New Zealand cricket captain, Dan Vettori, one of this country's top motorcyclists is stepping off the international stage and a young track cyclist starts a two year doping ban.

The best interviews from Radio New Zealand Sport for the week ending Friday 3rd September. In the programme this week - we look back at one of the greatest moment's in New Zealand sporting history, The Cambridge University rowing eight are back in the country ready to race on the Waikato River, The Olympic silver medallist Nick Willis returns to the track, and the Silver Ferns are feeling confident as their preparation for October's Commonwealth Games hits top gear...

This week, the Silver Ferns have more lose than Australia in their upcoming three test series, the New Zealand men's basketball team prepare for the world champs, and we hear from Springboks captain John Smit who's joined the exclusive 100 club and shooter Greg Yelavich tells why he's so disgruntled ahead of his seventh Commonwealth Games.