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Radio Sport commentator Allen McLaughlin

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Radio Sport rugby league commentator Allen McLaughlin is pictured here at Mt Smart Stadium on 30 August 2007. At the time, McLaughlin had covered all but one Warriors game at Mt Smart. The sound file is drawn from a compilation of his commentaries which was put together for the 2008 New Zealand Radio Awards. McLaughlin won the award for best commentator.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Martin Sykes

Courtesy of TRN The Radio Network. Sound file from Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision – Radio New Zealand collection. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision (New Zealand Radio Awards, 2008/Reference number ID37411)

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Brian Pauling, Radio – The rise of private radio, 1970s to 2010s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/42822/radio-sport-commentator-allen-mclaughlin (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Brian Pauling, published 24 September 2013.