Valerie Adams

Dame Valerie Adams is on a mission to help thousands of tamariki in South Auckland as winter bites. Audio

It’s a cliché to describe a life portrayed in film as a rollercoaster. Yet, while we know the highest highs of Dame Valerie Adams' career - five-time Olympian, two-time gold medallist, easily one of… Video, Audio

Representing New Zealand at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 was Dr Dave Gerrard's first major overseas outing, so it has been something of an emotional return to the city .Gerrard is with us on the eve of… Audio

A pizza and a lie-down. That's how an elated Dame Valerie Adams is celebrating her bronze medal.

It's the shot putter's fifth Olympics and her fourth medal, adding to two golds and a silver.

Dame… Video, Audio

Dame Valerie Adams hopes her fourth Olympic medal will inspire her children, her sister and women around the world.

Already with two Olympic gold medals and a silver to her name, the 36-year-old New… Audio

You might be at the stage of your life where you think you peaked in your 20's and are now enduring a decline, but science journalist David Robson explains the Seven Primes of Life and why turning 40… Audio

Shot put champion Dame Valerie Adams has changed her coach and will relocate to Christchurch for four days a week in an attempt to shake things up ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympics.

Adams is now… Audio

A mother-daughter project Our Wāhine is celebrating 125 years of women's suffrage with 125 illustrations of women, including radio broadcaster Aunt Daisy, astronomer Beatrice Tinsley, and master… Audio, Gallery

Shot put queen Dame Valerie Adams is preparing for her fifth Commonwealth Games, just months after giving birth to her first child. She caught up with RNZ sports reporter Clay Wilson. Video, Audio

New Zealand's golden girl is now a Dame - and she says she feels like a child in a candy shop. With the announcement of the New Year's Honours list, Shotputter Dame Valerie Adams can now share her top… Audio