Mark Crysell

Mark Crysell: I'll go a long way to keep an old friendship alive

Journalist Mark Crysell reflects on a connection that changed the course of his life.

May 18, 2024

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Surf photographer Logan Murray and the 'wanted' poster he inspired. (Photos: Supplied; Design: Nadine Christmas)

He put New Zealand surf spots on the world map – and made dangerous enemies

In the 1970s, Logan Murray was the first Kiwi photographer to sell images to international surf magazines, enraging the secretive local scene.

April 28, 2024

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Billy Guyton made 24 appearances for the Blues.

Blues halfback Guyton 'was told to leave mental health problems at home'

Guyton, who played 24 times for the Auckland Blues, died in Nelson in 2023 at the age of 33.

April 7, 2024

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Scenes from a life: Billy Guyton. (Photos: Supplied; Design: Nadine Christmas)

Billy Guyton's generous act before his tragic death could have a lasting impact on rugby

Diagnosed with CTE, the ex professional rugby player donated his brain to science – what it reveals can't be ignored.

April 7, 2024

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Billy with his mum Stacey Dunn and his dad John.

First head knock-linked brain disease in pro NZ rugby player confirmed

Billy Guyton, a former Super Rugby player and Māori All Black, died aged 33 last year.

March 14, 2024

Piha on Auckland's west coast tests the volunteers who patrol the beach to their limit, Sunday's Mark Crysell reports.

'Brutal': Surf lifesaving on one of our most dangerous beaches

Piha on Auckland's west coast tests the volunteers who patrol the beach to their limit, Sunday's Mark Crysell reports.

February 18, 2024

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November 2023
Kimberlee Sweeney has been a divorce coach for eight years.

NZ's first divorce coach wants industry regulated

Paying for a divorce coach has become much more common over the past few years.

November 20, 2023

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October 2023
A life spent in fear of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

A life spent in fear of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Dane Evans was 15 when a doctor gave him news that would haunt the rest of his life.

October 28, 2023

August 2023
Lachlan MacKinven was told by the council more investigating is needed to work out if his property is safe enough to live in.

Displaced Muriwai residents find out whether they can return home

There was joy for some, and more pain for others.

August 28, 2023

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Lachlan MacKinven and his five-year-old daughter now live in a caravan.

Anxious wait for Muriwai residents left in cyclone devastation

Over the past four months TVNZ's Sunday has stayed alongside shattered residents as they waited for officials to tell them if their homes were safe to return to.

August 27, 2023

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Mark Crysell and Sir Michael Parkinson in 2009

Sir Michael Parkinson remembered: 'Fiercely intelligent and funny'

Sunday correspondent Mark Crysell remembers meeting Sir Michael Parkinson, who died yesterday aged 88, at his home in Windsor.

August 18, 2023

July 2023
Screen legend Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand is leading the practice in New Zealand.

Show stopper: Rural areas hardest hit by arts funding cuts

Creative New Zealand says it's at the limit of what it can support.

July 30, 2023

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June 2023
Carl Hayman describes his health situation as "really scary".

Carl Hayman: Playing rugby like being in a car crash every week

All Black legend Carl Hayman tells Sunday's Mark Crysell what it's like to live with dementia at the age of 43.

June 18, 2023

May 2023
Professor Terri-Ann Berry has taken a deep-dive into Auckland’s construction industry to find out how much plastic waste is going straight to landfill.

Scientist studies how much construction plastic ends up in landfill

Professor Terri-Ann Berry has taken a deep-dive into Auckland’s construction industry to find out how much plastic waste is going straight to landfill.

May 7, 2023

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February 2023
Exclusive: First NZ rugby player diagnosed with CTE brain disease

Exclusive: First NZ rugby player diagnosed with CTE brain disease

"He sacrificed his body and brain for the betterment of his fellow Kiwis.” Sunday's Mark Crysell investigates the head knock crisis in contact sports.

February 19, 2023

October 2022
US abortion bans and what they mean for Aotearoa

US abortion bans and what they mean for Aotearoa

Strict abortion laws are driving US nurses and doctors overseas, helping ease staff shortages in NZ.

November 1, 2022