Rod inspiring the Brooklyn School kids
Rod was at Brooklyn School to run alongside the Year 3 and 4 children in their final mile of the... View Article
December 4, 2023 3:27 amCategories for News
Forty years on from New York marathon win Rod Dixon inspires others.
Before Rod Dixon became an Olympian and marathon runner, he was a young boy who had trouble sitting still in... View Article
April 4, 2023 7:18 pmMayor part of Nelson quartet to run in NYC Marathon.
Mayor Nick Smith, Whakatū Marae Poutohuwhakahaere Kim Ngawhika, Saint Paul’s Catholic School Board Chair Lester Binns and Top South Media Managing Director... View Article
April 3, 2023 7:24 pmOlympians support Nelson team taking part in New York marathon.
Nelson mayor Nick Smith, Tāhunanui School principal Barbara Bowen, Saint Paul’s Catholic School Board chair Lester Binns and Top South... View Article
April 3, 2023 7:21 pmNew Zealand’s sporting image ‘tarnished’ by doping scandal
“Very, very disappointed” says Rod, in reaction to the news of a New Zealand athlete testing positive for doping. “Doping... View Article
March 29, 2023 8:19 pmSir Murray Halberg (7 July 1933 – 30 November 2022)
Olympic medalists, Dan Buckingham and Rod Dixon are interviewed by TVNZ Breakfast News presenter, Jenny-May Clarkson after the announcement that... View Article
December 15, 2022 1:29 amRod elected Patron of Nelson and Tasman athletic clubs
Acknowledging Rod’s contribution to sport and his untiring effort with the KiDSMARATHON program, Athletics Tasman and Athletics Nelson have elected... View Article
October 4, 2022 12:13 amInspiring Brooklyn school runners
7km west of Motueka, New Zealand, and at the foot of the Brooklyn valley is a rural, family orientated, full... View Article
October 3, 2022 8:45 pmRod Dixon: NZ Sporting History
Going back to the days of moustaches, short shorts and a time when New Zealand punched above its weight in... View Article
September 30, 2022 1:44 amFormer Olympian Rod Dixon recalls a Olympic games like no other
Fifty years after winning bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a Kiwi icon reflects on his success, the terrorist attack... View Article
September 21, 2022 5:08 am