25 Mar 2020

Coronavirus: How olympics' postponement will affect NZ

From Morning Report, 7:39 am on 25 March 2020

The Tokyo Olympic Games are being postponed.

The games were due to begin on 24 July will now take place no later than next year's northern hemisphere summer.

The delay, the first ever in peacetime, was agreed between the Japanese Prime Minister and the head of the International Olympic Committee.

New Zealand Olympic Committe chief executive Kereyn Smith speaks to Corin Dann.