Super Rugby Super Round returns to Christchurch in April 2027
Super Rugby Pacific’s Super Round is coming back to Christchurch. All ten teams will play at One New Zealand Stadium from Friday 2 April to Sunday 4 April 2027, after…
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Steve Hansen joins Manly Sea Eagles as the NRL club’s football performance director
Sir Steve Hansen, the coach who led the All Blacks to the 2015 Rugby World Cup title, has joined the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles as the NRL club’s football performance…
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Layla Sae and Alena Saili return as Black Ferns name team to play France in Lyon
Layla Sae is back from a ruptured knee ligament in time for the Black Ferns’ European tour, and double Olympic sevens champion Alena Saili is back in a Black Ferns…
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Mark Chapman gives up his Black Caps contract for the Big Bash as Matt Fisher earns his first
Mark Chapman has given up his New Zealand Cricket central contract so he can play in Australia’s Big Bash this summer, and the move has handed Northern Districts fast bowler…
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Ruahei Demant is out of the Black Ferns European tour with a calf injury
Black Ferns co-captain Ruahei Demant has been ruled out of all three European tests with a calf injury, leaving Georgia Ponsonby as sole captain.
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Warriors playoff tickets resold for hundreds and no New Zealand law stops it
Tickets to Saturday’s NRL qualifying final sold out in minutes then reappeared on Trade Me at up to ten times face value. Reselling them at any price is legal here.
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All Blacks head to Baltimore without a captain and a game away from losing the series
The All Blacks land in the United States this week with a series to save, a squad thinned by injury and nobody yet confirmed to lead them onto the field.…
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Halberg Games South returns to Christchurch with more than 80 young athletes
More than 80 South Island athletes with physical disabilities will compete in the third Halberg Games South at Ngā Puna Wai and Rangi Ruru on 3 and 4 October 2026.
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Auckland gets the world squash championships in 2028 four months before the Olympic debut
New Zealand has secured the 2028 PSA Squash World Championships for Auckland, with a $1 million government investment and an Olympic qualifying window that runs right through the tournament.
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Eliza McCartney and Imogen Ayris head New Zealand’s team of four at the first Ultimate Championship
New Zealand will be represented by four athletes at the first World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest this weekend, and all four of them are women. World Athletics published the…
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Scott McLaughlin wins IndyCar finale as Scott Dixon farewells Ganassi after 25 years
Scott McLaughlin took his first IndyCar win in almost two years at Laguna Seca while Scott Dixon closed out 25 years with Chip Ganassi Racing.
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Imogen Ayris leads the New Zealanders home at the Diamond League final in Brussels
Imogen Ayris was fifth, Zoe Hobbs and Tom Walsh sixth, as three New Zealanders closed out their seasons at the Diamond League final in Brussels.
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Hawke’s Bay stay unbeaten after six NPC rounds in a competition they have never won
Hawke’s Bay beat Otago 35-24 to go six from six, leaving them the only unbeaten side in the NPC at the halfway point of the competition’s fiftieth year.
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Warriors beat Manly for a club record 18th win and now wait on Penrith
A Chanel Harris-Tavita field goal in the 77th minute gave the Warriors a 31 to 30 win over Manly, their 18th of the season and the most the club has…
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Shane van Gisbergen misses the NASCAR Chase after two wins and a rule change
The New Zealander won twice in 2026 and still finished one place outside the 16 drivers racing for the NASCAR Cup title.
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Callum McCowatt joins Danish champions AGF and may debut against his old club
The New Zealand forward has left Silkeborg for the reigning Danish champions on a deal to 2030, and AGF host his former club in Aarhus this weekend.
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Georgia Ponsonby captains the Black Ferns for their first test played in South Africa
The Black Ferns play South Africa in South Africa for the first time on Saturday, with Georgia Ponsonby starting as captain and Ruahei Demant on the bench.
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All Blacks shuffle their pack for the Johannesburg test that decides the Springboks series
Dave Rennie has made three forward changes for Saturday’s third test at FNB Stadium, with the series locked at one win each.
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Liam Lawson keeps the Red Bull seat for a second race as Hadjar stays out at Monza
Liam Lawson will drive the second Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, after the team confirmed that Isack Hadjar has not recovered from the wrist…
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Netball New Zealand hands its top league to Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams from 2027
Netball New Zealand has signed a non-binding term sheet putting its elite domestic competition in private hands from 2027, with a minimum of five teams.
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Ryan Fox becomes the first New Zealander in the Presidents Cup since 2015
Ryan Fox has qualified automatically for the International Team at the 2026 Presidents Cup, ending a wait that goes back to Danny Lee in 2015.
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Warriors beat the Knights at Mount Smart and go top of the NRL ladder by a single point
The Warriors beat the Newcastle Knights at Mount Smart on Sunday and now lead the NRL ladder by a single point of differential with one round of the season left.
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Lachlan Stevens-McNab takes downhill silver at the mountain bike world championships
Rotorua rider Lachlan Stevens-McNab has finished within seven tenths of a second of a world title, taking silver in the elite men’s downhill at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships…
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Tall Blacks edge Iran in overtime to stretch their winning run to five
New Zealand held off Iran 93-91 in extra time in Manila for a fifth straight win in Basketball World Cup qualifying, with Syria to come later today.
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All Blacks one win from the series trophy as they face the Springboks in Cape Town
The All Blacks lead the four test series after beating South Africa 33-16 at Ellis Park and can guarantee at least a share of the trophy with a win in…
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Ben Taylor and Oli Welch defend their world rowing title in Amsterdam
The New Zealand men’s pair led from the first stroke on the Bosbaan and won by close to two seconds, a second world title in a row.
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Ryan Fox holes out from 135 yards and sits four off the lead at the Tour Championship
Ryan Fox bogeyed the first two holes at East Lake, then holed a wedge for eagle at the third and signed for a four under 66 in his first Tour…
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Warriors want their home final at Mount Smart but the NRL will decide
The Warriors sit on top of the NRL ladder with two rounds of the regular season left, which means the club is finally close to a problem it has spent…
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Ben Taylor and Oli Welch row the fastest time in Amsterdam and line up to defend their world pair title
New Zealand’s defending world champions won their men’s pair semi-final at the Bosbaan in the fastest time of the round.
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Twelve New Zealand netballers have signed overseas deals and the domestic league still has no 2027 season
Three more deals were confirmed on Tuesday as the Australian contracting window heads for Friday’s close and Netball New Zealand still cannot guarantee an elite domestic competition next year.