MAXX North Harbour International is a prestigious Badminton event, showcasing elite talent from three continents – including top ranked international athletes and the best players in New Zealand, with competitors from 15 countries taking part.

The event is going down at the Badminton North Harbour centre, having begun on the 1st of October and running through till tomorrow.

D'Arcy spoke with the Chief Executive of North Harbour Badminton Glenn Cox to find out more about the event.

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The Farah Palmer Cup has reached its final week, with the Premiership final going down this afternoon between Waikato and Canterbury.

Waikato bounced back after a round 1 loss to Auckland to beat them in the semifinal rematch, while Canterbury defeated a valiant Manawatu side.

D'Arcy spoke with the captain of the Waikato side Mia Anderson to talk about the team and preview the huge clash going down this afternoon.

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Last weekend the NSW Warriors ended their campaign in dominant fashion, defeating the NSW Dragons 30 - 12 and claiming the NSW Cup.

That victory earned them one more week, as they’re set to take on the champions of the Queensland competition, the Burleigh Bears, to kick off rugby league's grand final Sunday at Accor Stadium.

Kalani Going is the starting lock for the NSW Warriors, and he spoke with D'Arcy to preview the massive game they have coming up on Sunday.

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You can’t blame New Zealand Cricket for the weather.

Last night the Australian men’s T20I team retained the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy when the 2nd of 3 matches was called off due to the aaaaah atmospheric conditions. Yeah, it rained.

The 3rd game, a dead rubber if you will, is likely to follow the same path and the series will be won by Mother Nature 2-1.

Can’t blame NZC for the weather. You can blame them for the scheduling though.

It’s almost as insane as giving McLean Park in Napier a fixture. A drought breaker if you will, a temptation for the weather gods that won’t be ignored.

The spring of cricket has hardly bounced into action. If anything, the opening salvo has recoiled. The tantalising prospect of a rare visit from the best team in the world has been dampened. Or in the case of game one, frozen out of the picture, with the players, umpires, ground staff, commentary teams, and crowd left asking themselves hard questions. For the crowd, the primary question would have been: why did we bother?

NZC has backed themselves into this corner, desperate to provide the national side with time in the middle before next year's World Cup (yup, another one) whilst juggling the demands of franchise T20 cricket and essentially ignoring the concept of a summer of cricket, the traditional season in which we celebrate and immerse ourselves in the game.

To be fair, NZC is a cork in the cricketing waters, and they do a reasonable job of making some acceptable purses from the pig's ear they've been given. But when the cream of the touring matches are set down for spring and the Proteus tour and the only real inbound summer action is confined to 5 ODIs, one wonders where the home fans sit in the pecking order. Evidentially, over the last few summers, based on scheduling, not as high up the chain as we’d like.

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The Breakers were unable to break the duck last week, leaving them sitting 0-3 in the NBL season.

It doesn't get any easier for the side as they travel to Sydney, set to take on the Sydney Kings later tonight.

D'Arcy caught up with Taylor Britt, a point guard for the Breakers, to reflect on how the seasons been going and preview tonight's clash.

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New Zealand’s premier domestic football competition kicked off last week.

Ten clubs from across the country are taking part in the National League Football competition, with Western Springs qualifying through their win in the Northern League.

They kicked off their campaign with a 3-0 win over Western Suburbs last week, and are facing a tough challenge this week as they take on Chatham Cup winners Wellington Olympic away from home.

D'Arcy caught up with Western Springs captain Reid Drake to preview the matchup.

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We’ve reached the final round of the Rugby Championship and everything is still up for grabs in the most competitive tournament in quite some time.

The All Blacks are set to take on the Wallabies in Perth late tonight and although the Bledisloe is locked away for another year, the All Blacks will be desperate to show some consistency and win two in a row for the first time this tournament.

D'Arcy spoke with Quinn Tupaea, the starting All Blacks centre tonight, to preview the game.

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The Breakers have had a rough start to the year, two defeats starting off the 2025/26 NBL season.

They’re aiming to get back on track tonight and claim their first victory in their clash with the Perth Wildcats.

Breakers shooting guard Reuben Te Rangi joined D’Arcy Waldegrave for a chat about how the team’s faring in camp, and preview tonight’s game.

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