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Inaugural Tour of New Zealand cycle event kicks of on 14th April

The Tour of New Zealand is a cycling event that is taking place in New Zealand for the first time and has attracted a great deal of international interest.

It is an eight-day event which is going to take place from 14 April. Cyclists are allowed to enter and participate at whatever level they feel best [...]

Treble Cone has some great events lined up

The largest snow resort on the South Island of New Zealand is Treble Cone and a series of events are going to be held at the location which are designed to challenge, inspire and be enjoyed by those in attendance. Some of the highlights of the event include the ice sculpting competition, ICE, and the [...]

The Hills golf course to host prestigious pro-am tournament

The Hills is an exclusive golf course in Queenstown that is going to be hosting the New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship for 2012.

The event is going to see some famous names from around the world come to play golf with some of Australia’s best sportspeople. At the event there are also going to be several [...]

Skiing the powder while getting paid for it; snow sport instruction enrolement now open

Hayley Robertson had a dream; she wanted to ski all day and also get paid for it. Now, she is the poster girl for the leading snow sports training that is based in the snow fields of New Zealand’s Central Otago.

Ms [...]

Price freeze on season passes for top ski areas

Lovers of snowsports have only a few days left in which to snap up their 2012 season pass for the Queenstown Coronet peak and The Remarkables ski areas at the early bird prices.

Not only can people currently take advantage of the prices of the passes being [...]

Queenstown is the place to be this summer

Queenstown is going to be a great place to visit this autumn as there is a great lineup of events and festivals for this season. There is also the opportunity for those in the area to win a holiday.

As autumn approaches, the landscape is turning into a wonderful scene of red and gold leaves. This [...]

Rugby World Cup 2011 attracted a huge number of visitors

Auckland surpassed its visitor expectations for the Rugby World Cup 2011 as there was a 16% increase in visitors between July and October compared to the same period in 2010. Data from New Zealand’s latest IVA, International Visitor Arrivals, shows that 107,000 visitors arrived in Auckland for the tournament, which equates to 80% of all [...]

New Zealand summer sees new cycle trails

New Zealand has been blessed with some of the most ideal terrain and prevailing weather conditions in the world for cycling, and the government has allocated close to $50 million to the New Zealand Cycle Trail Project, Nga Haerenga (‘The Journey’). The stated purpose is to develop 18 Great Rides that will entice cyclists from [...]

Irish bookmaker pays out on New Zealand Rugby win 4 days before the match, they were that sure

Irish bookmaker pays out on New Zealand win 3 days before the match they were that sure

Large Irish online bookmakers Paddypower paid out ‘winners’ who held tickets for Sundays match on Wednesday 19 October a full 4 days before the kick-off, they clearly thought they had nothing to lose and New Zealand were obviously going to walk [...]

Cycling tours of New Zealand

Next year cycling in New Zealand is going to take a step forward. It is the first year that the Tour of New Zealand is taking place. This event is due to take place between the 14th and 21 April next year. New [...]

More than a Million Fans Attend RWC 2011 Pool Phase

The pool phase of the Rugby World Cup 2011 has just completed an tournament organisers have said that over 1 million fans have come to the stadium so far. The final eight matches in the pool phase were finished last weekend and at those matches alone there were over a quarter of a million people.

Martin [...]

Tasman’s Great Taste Trail is now open

Tasman Mayor Richard Kempthorne and Sarah Ulmer of the cycle Trail ambassadors can be seen On 2 October this year when they will get on their bikes as part of the opening of Tasman’s Great Taste Trail, which runs for nearly 7 km through Rabbit Island.

Ms Ulmer has said of the ride, “it’s going to [...]

Methven and Mt Hutt Iconic Triathlon Returns

The renowned sporting event that is entering its 12th year is being taken to a higher level this year. It is takes place in Canterbury at the Mt Hutt ski location and extends to Methven, the winter resort town. The event is called the Colombia Peak to Pub and it is known for attracting some [...]

Historic first NZ rugby game replayed in Nelson

Nelson on the South Island of New Zealand is the place where rugby in the country all started and today the town turned celebrated the 140th anniversary of this by a re-enactment of the first game that took place. The game was played in front of a stadium full of rugby fans in the country [...]

Queenstown New Zealand the bungy jumping capital of the world

If you are heading down under to New Zealand and have adventure in mind, there really is only one place to go; Queenstown. Considered by many to be the adventure capital not just of the southern hemisphere but of the world, this is a reputation well deserved as you can do absolutely anything here. A [...]

Rugby World Cup worth a billion dollars to New Zealand

The Rugby World Cup is sponsored by Mastercard and estimates by the company predict that the event will bring in nearly half a billion dollars immediately and over a billion dollars in the long term. The report which was released on Thursday also estimated that a further $1.7 billion will be created for the global [...]

Tips for visitors to the New Zealand rugby World Cup

British and Irish rugby fans are heading to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup which is starting this Friday. For the lucky fans who are going across the globe we are going to look at some tips for visiting the country, for those staying at home, and not forgetting the time difference and setting [...]

Worlds oldest profession gears up for Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is being held in New Zealand and the prostitution industry is expecting a very busy period as many of those coming to watch the sport will also be seeking some form of sexual encounter. Mary Brennan runs a brothel in Wellington and has said that, “Orders have already come in from [...]

New Zealanders want Welsh rugby fans to stay in their homes

Big-hearted New Zealanders are opening their doors, and their homes, to those Welsh fans who are making the long trip to the Southern hemisphere for the Rugby World Cup. They are offering free accommodation for the crucial matches that will be held in Hamilton’s Waikato stadium against Samoa and Fiji. The Kiwis want the Welsh [...]

Rugby World Cup faces backlash from activists

This year’s Rugby World Cup has been threatened to be disrupted by activists in New Zealand protesting the cutbacks by the government with protests that may include Auckland Park stadium getting flour-bombed from the air.

Angered over the cuts in public service jobs, pensions and welfare announced this month in the conservative government’s budget the Coalition [...]

Cyclists Tour of New Zealand 2012

Thousands of cyclists will be lined up next year for the inaugural Tour of New Zealand. There will be close to 2,000 cyclists ready to go in April 2012 from Cape Reigna to Bluff for eight challenging and exciting days while at the same time enjoying all the beauty that New Zealand has to offer.

The [...]

Rugby World Cup to be shown in New Zealand arenas

At large indoor arenas and cinemas around New Zealand the Rugby World Cup will be broadcast. Australia will also receive these state of the art broadcasts. 3DLive, the New Zealand Company has received permission to apart from traditional TV viewers, bring the action to a whole new audience. The state of the art new technology [...]

New Zealand Rugby 1940s-1970s

The next major tour outside of Oceania came in 1949 when the All Blacks visited South Africa. On a day the All Blacks suffered two defeats in international matches. This was possible because at the same time as they were playing in Australia and the reserve team toured New Zealand.

On the afternoon of 3rd September [...]

New Zealand Rugby and apartheid

There was an announcement of a meeting of the Citizens’ All Black Tour Association (1960). The union demanded that the team did not gather before games against South Africa due to the criteria of apartheid. From a purely sporting perspective, the 24 games of the tour of South Africa in 1976 was very [...]

100,000 foreign visors expected for New Zealand Rugby World Cup

New Zealand will be host to the seventh Rugby World Cup in 2011. On 28th January, Reserve Bank Governor, Alan Bollard , said presenting this event, held every four years, will boost the local economy by almost £1 billion ($1.9 billion) adding NZ$700 million ($545 million), or .33% to gross domestic product.

At the tournament briefing [...]

New Zealand Rugby History

Rugby was introduced in New Zealand in the late 1860s by Charles Monro. The son of a former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives learned the game when he had been a student of the Christ’s College Finchley, London.

The first game in New Zealand was held on 14th May 1870, held in Nelson [...]

New Zealand Rugby

The New Zealand rugby union team represent New Zealand at international level in rugby union. They are far better known by their nickname the All Blacks because the players are dressed entirely in black (the players are sometimes referred to as Men in Black). Rugby union is New Zealand’s national sport and the All Blacks [...]

Wembley may be venue for New Zealand Charity football match

The New Zealand football team, known as the All Whites, could potentially play in a charity match against some of our finest footballers for the victims of the recent Christchurch earthquake. This game could potentially be help at Wembley.

David Chung, president of Oceania Football was recently given permission to hold the fundraiser, called Football for [...]

Rugby World Cup fans may stay on cruise ships in Christchurch

The whole world feels the plight of Christchurch in New Zealand after the recent earthquake, however, the Rugby World Cup may be on cruise control.

England’s ‘barmy army’ of Rugby fans could be made to feel just that as John Key, New Zealand Prime Minister, has revealed that Christchurch is considering the use of cruise ships [...]

Wellywood New Zealand sees rugby Hobbit tourism boom

New Zealand is the destination of the next Rugby World Cup. This will draw many more to the home of the Hobbits.

The “most brilliant capital on Earth”, Wellington, will be the focus of part of celebrtions, and has aspirations to drive fans into touring the rest of the country. One fan agreed, “It’s a good [...]

All Blacks Uniform

The latest jersey of the All Blacks is completely black, except for the white logo of the official jersey sponsor Adidas and the stylized Cyathea dealbata (Logo of the NZRFU) on the front. The back number is white. On the first trip abroad (the 1884 tour to Australia), the New Zealand rugby team wore [...]

Rugby fans will flock to New Zealand for 2011 Rugby World Cup

New Zealand is planning to secure a more prominent spot on the world’s map of outstanding tourist destinations as the Kiwis gear up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Ski and Snowboard New Zealand

These ski and snowboard tours are made for beginners who are looking to increase their snowboarding or skiing skill. Advanced individuals are able to experience fresh snow, big air and intense speed. The Turoa and Whakapapa ski fields are using for the skiing and snowboarding trips. Tourists are able to experience New Zealand’s [...]

Canterbury, NZ rugby team free tickets

The goodwill gesture of the Canterbury, NZ rugby team to provide free tickets to Saturday’s match has been met with overwhelming enthusiasm. Fans have gobbled up tickets for an event that hopes to bolster the morale of the entire province.

The Canterbury Rugby Union Football club will give away free tickets to its ITM Cup match [...]

Dan Carter out of Australia New Zealand game

Dan Carter will be out of action for nearly eight weeks as he will be needing ankle surgery. Carter is the New Zealand team’s fly-half. The New Zealand Rugby Union mentioned in a press release that he is unlikely to make [...]

London to New Zealand by Jetski

Jeremy Burfoot, an airline pilot from New Zealand is set to travel from London, England to Auckland, New Zealand by jetski!

It is expected that the 32,000km journey will take roughly four months. Burfoot will be joined by four other riders, hoping to break the current World Record for the longest jetski journey, currently set at [...]

John Anderson turns down New Zealand Cricket offer

Sir John Anderson, former chairman of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has declined an offer to be put forward as a nominee for the Vice Presidents role of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as a replacement for former Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

Howard was the initial selection for the post, but has had his candidacy rejected [...]

Vuvuzela banned at New Zealand test matches

The Eden Park stadium is the latest in a set of sporting stadiums to ban the use of the horns that were used in the South African World Cup. Lord’s and Wimbledon also imposed similar bans.

Chief executive of Eden Park, David Kennedy, stated that about 25,000 people are expected to turn up at the [...]

All Whites hold the world champions at bay

New Zealand, who are in theory the number 78 team in the FIFA ranking question, made football history in South Africa against current world champions Italy. Named as one of the “Cinderella’s” of the tournament, New Zealand is experiencing only its second World Cup in South Africa, and since his first game have begun to [...]

New Zealand do great in World Cup warm ups, video

New Zealand have made it their second time at the World Cup in the history of the team worth their while, after successfully wining warm ups over Australia 2-1 followed by a 1-0 win over Serbia.

Unfortunately, they lost the training match against Chile this past Wednesday, but Herbert was still pleased with the overall performance [...]

Will New Zealand cause a stir in the World Cup

New Zealand is starting to make a splash for itself in the World Cup although seen as the underdog due to the fact that the New Zealand team was able to stun Serbia 1-0 this past Saturday.

Star of the team and centre half, Ryan Nelson, stated that they have prepared as near to perfect as [...]

New Zealand arrive in Austria for World Cup preparation

It now looks certain that striker Chris Killen will miss the World Cup warm up of his New Zealand team on Saturday in Klagenfurt Germany against Serbia. Killen who is a Middlesbrough player flies from the team camp in St. Lambrecht back to England to get married on Saturday.

Killen had booked the wedding date, more than [...]

New Zealand wins first ever US cricket match

New Zealand took an easy 29 run win against Sri Lanka in the first of two Twenty20 international games that have already started in Florida.
Scott Styris from New Zealand finished the game off at 3-10 even though the time started strong by drawing the first blood in the first Pearls Cup series to be played [...]

New Zealand is first team to play cricket in America, Video

This weekend a match will take place in Florida that is historical given it’s a stunning bat and ball matchup.

Contrary to what it sounds like, it is not the Rays or the Marlins local sports team that are taking part, they will both be out of town, but instead it is a match that has [...]

New Zealand’s second chance at World Cup Glory

New Zealand are playing at the World Cup, which for the team is their shot to prove that they are good enough to compete with larger clubs given this is only their second appearance in the history of the World Cup.

The All Whites however may find the road to glory is tougher than imagined given [...]

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