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9:51pm - Finally, the Supreme Halberg Award presented the Governor General, Dame Cindy Kiro. Finalists are Kane Williamson, Dame Lisa Carrington, Dame Sophie Pascoe and the Blackcaps.
The winner is Dame Lisa Carrington, our most successful Olympian, after her three gold medals at Tokyo. This is her second win in the Supreme Award category and well deserved.
That's it for another year - let the debates begin on a) who was snubbed this year and b) who will win next year. Maybe a Winter Olympian or two in the running already...
9:46pm - Presenting the Sporting Moment Award is former All Blacks Sevens captain DJ Forbes and pole vaulter Eliza McCartney, and the winner is Emma Twigg and her single sculls gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics..
9:41pm - Next up, People's Choice of Sporting Moment of the Year, the only award where the public gets to vote. Great list of options here...
- Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Nico Porteous win gold on the same day at world champs (snow sports)
- Team NZ drama in race eight of the America's Cup final (sailing)
- Blackcaps' Ross Taylor hits winning runs to secure World Test Cricket Championship for New Zealand (cricket)
- Rowing men's eight win gold at Tokyo Olympics (rowing)
- Black Ferns Sevens win gold at Tokyo Olympics (rugby)
- Emma Twigg wins gold in the Olympic single sculls on her fourth attempt (rowing)
- Triathlete Hayden Wilde claiming bronze at Tokyo Olympics (triathlon)
- Ruby Tui gives entertaining post-match interview after Black Ferns Sevens win (rugby)
- Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt wins bronze to claim New Zealand’s first ever Olympics gymnastics medal (gymnastics)
- Lisa Carrington wins K1 500m to become NZ's most successful Olympian (canoe racing)
9:33pm - Para-Athlete of the Year, as she has been on numerous occasions before, is Dame Sophie Pascoe, who became our most successful Paralympian at Tokyo, winning two more gold, a silver and bronze, bringing her career total to 19.
9:27pm - Next award is Para-Athlete of the Year, where the finalists all won gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympics last year:
- Lisa Adams (athletics)
- Anna Grimaldi (athletics)
- Tupou Neuifi (swimming)
- Dame Sophie Pascoe (swimming)
- Holly Robinson (athletics)
9:20pm - Next up, Sportsman of the Year, presented by former All Blacks star Dan Carter and former Prime Minister Sir John Key.
- Hamish Bond (rowing)
- Paul Coll (squash)
- Scott Dixon (motorsport)
- Kane Williamson (cricket)
The winner is Kane Williamson, who captained the Blackcaps to their World Test Championship title.
9:08pm - Next award is the Leadership Award, which doesn't actually have a field of finalists. Sport NZ chief executive Raelene Castle presents the award to retiring NZOC boss Kereyn Smith, who has just overseen our most successful Summer and Winter Olympics, culminating a 25-year career in sports administration.
9:03pm - Next up is Team of the Year, with former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw presenting. Finalists are:
- Blackcaps (cricket)
- Team New Zealand (sailing)
- Men's rowing eight
- Women's rowing pair Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast
Winners are the Blackcaps, who took out the World Test Championship title and reached No.1 world ranking in one-day cricket.
8:59pm - Sports Minister Grant Robertson and former Silver Ferns netballer April Ieremia will present Sportswoman of the Year to Dame Lisa Carrington, who merely became our most successful Olympian at Tokyo, with three gold medals.
8:52pm - Next award is Sportswoman of the Year, where the finalists are:
- Dame Lisa Carrington (canoe racing) - three Olympic golds at Tokyo
- Courtney Duncan (motocross) - back-to-back world championships
- Sarah Hirini (sevens) - captained Black Ferns Sevens to Olympic gold
- Lydia Ko (golf) - Olympic bronze medallist and LPGA tournament winner
- Emma Twigg (rowing) - Olympic single sculls champion
8:45pm - Next award is Coach of the Year, presented by rower Eric Murray, is canoe coach Gordon Walker - his fifth win in this categroy, including Coach of the Decade.
He guided the NZ team to three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics - Dame Lisa Carrington was a part of all three.
8:41pm - Adine and Jeff Wilson (Silver Fern & All Black) will present the Emerging Talent Award... which goes to swimmer Erika Fairweather.
She shattered her own personal best and a national record held by Lauren Boyle to reach the 400m freestyle final at the Tokyo Olympics - the look on her face when she realised her achievement was priceless.
8:31pm - Formalities are about to begin at Spark Arena. Only about a dozen tables spread around the massive auditorium, as Bond and Murray - winners of last year's Decade Award - approach the stage with the Halberg Award.
8:07pm - Very different feel to these awards, with no red carpet entry under COVID-19. Only 100 people allowed in the venue tonight, so no tickets sold... basically only the award finalists allowed.
First category up for grabs tonight is Emerging Talent, where the finalsts are:
- Connor Bell (athletics) - world class discus thrower as a teenager
- Erika Fairweather (swimming) - Olympic finalist at 400m freestyle
- Grace Nweke (netball) - guided Northern Mystics to ANZ Premiership title as shooter
- Marko Stamenic (football) - OlyWhites representative at Tokyo Games
- Cool Wakushima (snowboarding) - snowboard representative at Bejing Winter Olympics
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Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the 2022 Halberg Awards at Auckland's Spark Arena.
Given we're all operating under COVID-19 'red light' conditions, with their limits on crowd sizes, tonight's awards ceremony will be somewhat smaller than usual, but what they lack in quantity, they more than make up for in quality.
Remember, due to COVID's impact on world sport in 2020, last year's awards were revamped to highlight the best achievements over the 2010-19 decade, with rowers Eric Murray and Hamish Bond taking home the spoilts.
To compensate for that gap in history, this year's awards cover 2020/21, but probably only Scott Dixon's IndyCar championship dates back more than 12 months.
Finalists in each category are:
Sportswoman of the Year: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoe racing), Courtney Duncan (motocross), Sarah Hirini (sevens), Lydia Ko (golf), Emma Twigg (rowing)
Sportsman of the Year: Hamish Bond (rowing), Paul Coll (squash), Scott Dixon (motorsport), Kane Williamson (cricket)
Team of the Year: Blackcaps (cricket), Team New Zealand (sailing), Men's rowing eight, Women's rowing pair Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast
Para-athlete of the Year: Lisa Adams (athletics), Anna Grimaldi (athletics), Tupou Neuifi (swimming), Dame Sophie Pascoe (swimming), Holly Robinson (athletics)
Coach of the Year: Allan Bunting and Cory Sweeney (sevens), Tony O'Connor (rowing), Gary Stead (cricket), Gordon Walker (canoe racing)
Emerging Talent: Connor Bell (athletics), Erika Fairweather (swimming), Grace Nweke (netball), Marko Stamenic (football), Cool Wakushima (snowboarding)
Best Sporting Moment: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Nico Porteous win gold on the same day at world champs (snow sports), Team NZ drama in race eight of the America's Cup final (sailing), Blackcaps' Ross Taylor hits winning runs to secure World Test Cricket Championship for New Zealand (cricket), Rowing men's eight win gold at Tokyo Olympics (rowing), Black Ferns Sevens win gold at Tokyo Olympics (rugby), Emma Twigg wins gold in the Olympic single sculls on her fourth attempt (rowing), Triathlete Hayden Wilde claiming bronze at Tokyo Olympics (triathlon), Ruby Tui gives entertaining post-match interview after Black Ferns Sevens win (rugby), Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt wins bronze to claim New Zealand’s first ever Olympics gymnastics medal, (gymnastics), Lisa Carrington wins K1 500m to become NZ's most successful Olympian (canoe racing)
Check out who our Newshub sporting experts are picking in each category, then see you at 7pm.
