The 59-year-old is farewelling the top level after a record 667 matches for New Zealand.

Smith is still keen for a roll-up any time, but international competition has become harder of late.

>> More General News

Other General News

07 May: Olympic canoeing great Dame Lisa Carrington will be keeping busy during her year's absence from international competition

02 May: New Zealand's GOAT in a boat has opted out of competing in the first international canoe sprint events of a new Olympic cycle

29 Mar: The North Shore's Westlake Boys High School and Christchurch's St Margaret's College have done the double at the 2025 Maadi Cup rowing regatta at Lake Karapiro

23 Feb: More podium success for New Zealand snow sport athletes on the international stage

18 Feb: Shannon Cox has laid down an early marker in the women's single sculls on the opening morning of the rowing national championships at Lake Ruataniwha near Twizel

08 Feb: Defending men's champion Hamish Elliott is leading the men's race deep into the mountain run of the Coast-To-Coast multisport event

30 Jan: Dame Lisa Carrington will leave no stone unturned in striving to enhance her legacy at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Top Stories

RUGBY
Waratahs coach Dan McKellar has allayed fears of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii missing any tests against the British and Irish Lions More...

BUSINESS
International factors are driving up the cost of food in New Zealand More...

Today's News

Entertainment:
Taylor Swift has met Jason Kelce's new baby 6:37

Business:
International factors are driving up the cost of food in New Zealand 6:26

Entertainment:
Natalie Portman finds living in Paris "very different" from living in the US 6:07

International:
Polio outbreak confirmed in Papua New Guinea, World Health Organization says 21:57

Rugby:
Waratahs coach Dan McKellar has allayed fears of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii missing any tests against the British and Irish Lions 21:57

Entertainment:
Elizabeth Hurley says she and boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus "make each other very happy" 21:37

Basketball:
The Minnesota Timberwolves are heading to NBA basketball's western conference finals 21:17

Entertainment:
Atomic Kitten star Liz McClarnon-Cho is pregnant - after "years" of "painful" IVF 21:07

Entertainment:
Halle Bailey has filed for a temporary restraining order against DDG 20:37

Entertainment:
Megan Thee Stallion has insisted that she has not been "banned" from the Met Gala 20:07

News Search

Power Search