Decades of New Zealand sporting history have been secured for generations to come. 

Work has finally wrapped up on converting tens of thousands of hours of Sky TV's sports coverage from the last 30 years from tape to digital format. 

Joe Kelly is the General Manager at Damsmart, the organisation contracted to digitise the tapes. 

He told Mike Hosking the project has taken 12 months. 

“There’s a lot preparation to ensure these old tapes are going to survive their last replay.” 

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