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How to Watch the Olympics in NZ

There are several ways to watch the Olympic Games in New Zealand. While Sky is the official NZ streaming service for the Olympic Games, you don’t need to splash out on an expensive subscription to enjoy the sporting action. Here’s how to watch the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in NZ.

How to watch full Olympic coverage in NZ

If you already have Sky

Sky is offering extensive Olympics coverage across 12 sports channels. You can add Sky Sport to your subscription for $42 a month during the Olympics.

Sky Sport Now

If you don’t have a Sky subscription, you can watch sports through Sky’s streaming service Sky Sport Now. Sky offers an Olympics Games Paris 2024 Pass for $35, allowing you to stream Sky Sport for the duration of the games. Unlike other subscription options, this pass won’t automatically renew, so you don’t have to worry about cancelling it.

How to watch the Olympics for free

High-profile events will be shown on Sky’s free-to-air channel, Sky Open, formerly known as Prime. Most events featuring New Zealand athletes will be broadcast due to public interest.

Sky Open is available on Freeview channel 15, Sky channel 4 and can be streamed via the free Sky Go app. Sky Open is showing a breakfast review show, evening highlights, a selection of live content from 7pm-9am and event replays from 9am to 5.30pm.

What events is Sky Open streaming?

Men’s Rugby Sevens
Thursday 25 July, 1.30am

Men’s Football – Guinea v New Zealand
Thursday 25 July, 2.55am

Men’s Rugby Sevens
Friday 26 July, 12am

Women’s Football – New Zealand v Canada
Friday 26 July, 4.55am

Men’s Rugby Sevens
Friday 26 July, 6am – QFs

Opening Ceremony
Saturday 27 July 5am

Day 1 Saturday 27 July 7.30pm
Rowing, Equestrian Dressage, Swimming, Tennis Women’s Doubles, Men’s Rugby Sevens Final, Men’s Canoe, Women’s Kayak, Cycling Time Trial, Men’s Hockey (New Zealand v India), Men’s Football (New Zealand v USA), and Surfing

Day 2 Sunday 28 July 7.30pm
Rowing, Equestrian Cross Country, Swimming, Women’s Mountain Biking, Women’s Rugby Sevens, Women’s Kayak Finals, Women’s Football (New Zealand v Colombia), Men’s Hockey (New Zealand v Belgium), and Surfing.

Day 3 Monday 29 July 7.30pm
Rowing, Equestrian Jumping, Swimming, Men’s Synchronized Diving Final, Men’s Mountain Biking, Women’s Rugby Sevens, Men’s Canoe Slalom Final, and Surfing.

Day 4 Tuesday 30 July 5.30pm
Men’s Triathlon, Rowing, Swimming, Women’s Rugby Sevens, Women’s Canoe, Men’s Kayak, Men’s Trap Shooting Final, Men’s Hockey (New Zealand v Argentina), Men’s Football (New Zealand v France), and Surfing Final.

Day 5 Wednesday 31 July 5.30pm
Women’s Triathlon, Rowing, Women’s Judo, Women’s Synchronized Diving, Swimming, Tennis Women’s Doubles, BMX Park Final, Women’s Canoe Final, Women’s Football (New Zealand v France).

Day 6 Thursday 1 August 7.30pm
20km Race Walk, Men’s Golf, Rowing, Women’s Judo, Men’s Hockey (New Zealand v Australia), Swimming, Tennis Women’s Doubles, Sailing Skiff Race, Men’s Windsurfing, Men’s Kayak, Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Final, and BMX.

Day 7 Friday 2 August 7.30pm
Rowing, Men’s Golf, Track, Men’s Shotput, Trampoline, Men’s Windsurfing, Men’s Football Quarter Finals, Kayak Cross Time Trial, Men’s Hockey (New Zealand v Ireland), and BMX.

Day 8 Saturday 3 Aug 7.30pm
Rowing, Men’s Golf, Equestrian Team Dressage, Swimming, Cycling
Men’s Road Race, Tennis Women’s Doubles, Tennis Men’s Doubles, Women’s Football, Kayak Cross, Men’s
Shotput Final, and Women’s 100m Final.

Day 9 Sunday 4 Aug 7.30pm
Men’s Golf, Women’s Hammer Throw, Men’s 1500m, Men’s 100m
Final, Equestrian Individual Dressage, Tennis Men’s Doubles, Tennis Women’s Doubles, Cycling Women’s Road
Race, Kayak Cross, Women’s Skeet Finals, Men’s Hockey, and Swimming.

Day 10 Monday 5 Aug 5.30pm
Men’s Golf, Women’s Hammer Throw, Men’s 1500m, Men’s 100m
Final, Equestrian Individual Dressage, Tennis Men’s Doubles, Tennis Women’s Doubles, Cycling Women’s Road
Race, Kayak Cross, Women’s Skeet Finals, Men’s Hockey, and Swimming.

Day 11 Tuesday 6 Aug 7.30pm
Kayak 500m, Canoe Double 500m, Equestrian Individual Jumping
Final, Women’s 1500m Final, Women’s Hammer Final, Men’s 1500m Final, Women’s 200m Final, Women’s 68kg
Wrestling, Sailing, Men’s Hockey, Skateboarding Women’s Park Final, and Team Pursuit Track Cycling.

Day 12 Wednesday 7 Aug 7.30pm
Men’s 800m, Men’s High Jump, Men’s Triple Jump, Women’s Javelin, Women’s Pole Vault Final, Men’s 400m Final, Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final, Women’s Golf, Women’s Kayak Single 500m, Women’s Sport Climbing Final, Multihull Sailing, Dinghy Sailing, Women’s Keirin, Track Cycling Team Pursuit Final, Track Cycling Men’s Sprint, Diving 3m Springboard, and Skateboarding Men’s Park Final.

Day 13 Thursday 8 Aug 7.30pm
Women’s Marathon Swimming, Women’s Golf, Women’s Shotput,
Women’s Long Jump Final, Men’s 200m Final, Men’s Sport Climbing Final, Diving 3m Springboard, Canoe Sprint
Final, Kitesurfing Final, Men’s Hockey, Men’s Omnium, and Women’s Keirin Final.

Day 14 Friday 9 Aug 7.30pm
Women’s Marathon Swimming, Women’s Golf, Women’s Shotput,
Women’s Long Jump Final, Men’s 200m Final, Men’s Sport Climbing Final, Diving 3m Springboard, Canoe Sprint
Final, Kitesurfing Final, Men’s Hockey, Men’s Omnium, and Women’s Keirin Final.

Day 15 Saturday 10 Aug 7.30pm
Men’s Marathon, Men’s High Jump Final, Men’s 800m Final, Women’s Javelin Throw Final, Women’s 100m Hurdles, Men’s 5000m Final, Women’s 1500m Final, 4x400m Relay Final, Women’s Boulder and Lead Climbing Final, Canoe Sprint Final, Men’s Volleyball Final, Men’s Diving 10m Platform Final, Women’s Table Tennis Team Final, Women’s 81kg Weightlifting, Men’s 102+kg Weightlifting Final, Women’s Football Final, Track Cycling Women’s Sprint Final, and Men’s Madison.

Day 16 Sunday 11 Aug 7.30pm
Women’s Marathon, Women’s Omnium, Track Cycling Women’s Sprint Final, Men’s Madison Final, Men’s Keirin Final, Men’s Handball Final, and Women’s Basketball Final.

Closing Ceremony
Monday 12 Aug, 6.15am

What is the full Olympic schedule?

While Sky Open will stream an impressive range of Olympic events, for a complete schedule of all events, visit the official New Zealand Olympic Team website.

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About the author of this page

This report was written by Canstar Content Producer, Caitlin Bingham. Caitlin is an experienced writer whose passion for creativity led her to study communication and journalism. She began her career freelancing as a content writer, before joining the Canstar team.


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