Students have ball in Beijing

Playing football at the Olympics is an incredible opportunity and if you are playing on the same field as Ryan Nelsen and Ronaldinho, it is the chance of a lifetime.

AUT students Daniel Ellensohn and Shaun van Rooyen have been in Beijing with the New Zealand Oly-Whites, playing against some of the world’s best.

Vili leads the way

Several AUT students are in Beijing living out their sporting dreams and ex-AUT student Valerie Vili has set a golden example, writes Paul Harper
Valerie Vili winning gold at the Olympics is not the only AUT student to achieve success in Beijing.
While none managed a podium finish, the students achieved impressive results, which bodes well for [...]

Taking in the sights in Beijing – Angela Beswick

My name is Angela Beswick and I am an Olymperve. I have witnessed more in the past two weeks than I would from a whole season of Big Brother Uncut.
The media coverage of the Olympics to date has been, for want of a better word, perverted. I have seen everything I really did not need [...]

Politics, protests, patriotism and the pursuit of sporting perfection

Every four years I plant myself in front of the television for two weeks and wear down the cushion of my couch.
I find myself enthralled by sports I would otherwise not even have a passing interest in, learning the finer points of gymnastics, dressage, handball and synchronised diving.
I eagerly await our anthem blaring over the [...]