Rugby | Sunday Times (The)
17 April 2018
Under New Zealand-born coach Wayne Pivac, there is a resurgence in Llanelli rugby. The Scarlets have been flying, according to Sunday Times rugby correspondent Stephen Jones.
Recently, Stradey Park was packed to the rafters and…
Golf | ESPN
12 April 2018
Sometimes New Zealander Lydia Ko, 20, likes to imagine the future. More specifically, her professional future. The Auckland-raised golfer talks to ESPN’s Kevin Van Valkenburg about her plans.
Ko thinks about what kind of career…
Sport General | Santa Fe New Mexican
10 April 2018
New Zealander Andrew Barrow, 29, is the new Galaga World Champion after winning the top prize at immersive art gallery Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The objective of Galaga is to rack up…
Sport General | CNN
5 April 2018
For eight years New Zealander Hamish Bond was unvanquished, winning double Olympic gold and seven world titles with rowing partner Eric Murray, CNN reports.
But what do you do when winning becomes routine? In Bond’s…
Golf | Bangkok Post
3 April 2018
Carterton-born “legendary left-hander” Sir Bob Charles, 82, had a “remarkable” golfing career, the Bangkok Post’s Brett Brasier writes in his regular ‘Golf Tips’ column for the newspaper.
“My few words on the great golfers that…
Motorsports | ESPN | Formula 1
1 April 2018
A demotion from the Red Bull programme allowed Palmerston North-born Brendon Hartley to seek new ventures, with the driver going on to forge a reputation in sports car racing that he was never able…
Rugby | Telegraph (The)
29 March 2018
During this year’s Ireland Grand Slam tournament, Joe Schmidt has been the master of almost everything he has surveyed. At times during his five-year tenure as Ireland head coach, the New Zealander has been…
Cricket | Telegraph (The)
27 March 2018
Mr Williamson sits on his sofa at home in Tauranga trying to watch the television, circa 1993. He lobs a ball, which the child prodigy Kane carefully hits around the living room.
Around the world…
Sport General | Yonhap News Agency
19 March 2018
New Zealand alpine skier Adam Hall (pictured right), 30, who won a gold and a bronze medal in the men’s slalom and super-combined, respectively, at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, has also been…
Cricket | International Cricket Council (ICC)
19 March 2018
New Zealand’s Kathy Cross, 60, who was the first woman to be named on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Umpire’s Panel, will retire from international umpiring after the Twenty20 International series between New Zealand…
Sport General | Business Day
16 March 2018
“New Zealand’s Sam Gaze realised a dream when he won the opening leg of the UCI Mercedes-Benz MTB World Cup in Stellenbosch at the weekend, beating the world champion Nino Schurter in a breathtaking…
Sport General | CNN
27 February 2018
Wanaka’s Wells brothers are “skiing’s answer to the Von Trapp family”, according to CNN’s Matias Grez. The four freeskiers are: Jossi, 27, (pictured) Byron, 25, Beau-James, 21, and Jackson, 19.
Ever since he can remember,…
Sport General | Irish Times (The)
14 February 2018
Athletics Ireland has announced the appointment of New Zealander Hamish Adams as its new chief executive officer.
Adams, who for the past five years has been Rowing Ireland CEO, will vacate that role and take…
Sport General | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
13 February 2018
All Sydney-based trainer Chris Waller wanted to be was a reasonable trainer when he started in the tough game of preparing racehorses in his homeland of New Zealand. Reasonable has been replaced by premier…
Motorsports | Formula 1
5 February 2018
You may have seen his wedding photos on social media recently, but Toro Rosso’s Brendon Hartley, 28, generally steers clear of the public eye – at least by F1 driver standards. The Formula 1…
Motorsports | Automobile | Formula 1
2 February 2018
When the world’s top drivers need coaching, they turn to coach and veteran pro driver, New Zealander Rob Wilson. At his “second home”, the Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground airfield in rural Leicestershire, England, the great…
Rugby | Independent (The)
31 January 2018
The mastermind of the 2011 Rugby World Cup success, Sir Graham Henry, has returned to the side where he first came to prominence joining provincial side Auckland to assist head coach Alama Ieremia, the…
Sport General | Daily Mail
25 January 2018
One of the world’s top speed flyers New Zealander Jamie Lee, 25, was recently filmed zooming down the hills surrounding Lake Wanaka just inches from the ground.
Taking off from a hilltop with a running…
Sport General | Houston Chronicle
23 January 2018
Distance runner New Zealand-born Jake Robertson, 28, the new Aramco Half Marathon champion, didn’t know for sure he would be running in Houston, United States until a week prior to the event, when race…
Sport General | New Zealand Herald
18 January 2018
New Zealand professional wrestling buff Niwa McIlroy, aka Johnny Idol, 24, took a leap of faith and flew to Mexico to make it in the high-flying sporting phenomenon that is lucha libre.
Now as Johnny…
Sport General | Aspen Times (The)
15 January 2018
New Zealander Christy Prior (pictured centre) has won the women’s snowboard slopestyle competition at the US Grand Prix in Snowmass, Aspen, boosting her chances at making it to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang,…
Golf | Golf | Jakarta Post (The)
10 January 2018
New Zealand had been named top golf destination in the Asia Pacific region by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) for the second time.
Held for the first time in 2000, the annual…
Sport General | Stuff
9 January 2018
Auckland-born pitcher Kyle Glogoski, 18, has signed a contract to play with the Philadelphia Phillies in America’s Major League Baseball (MLB).
Glogoski, who currently pitches for the Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League,…
Sport General | New Zealand Herald
20 December 2017
Whanganui policewoman Diane Limbrey has reopened the record books during a weekend in Hong Kong refereeing at the Asian Judo Open, Whanganui Chronicle journalist Iain Hyndman reports.
Limbrey was also there to sit her International…
Rugby | ESPN
19 December 2017
Former Netball New Zealand and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs National Rugby League chief executive Raelene Castle is excited by the challenge of turning around rugby’s fortunes in Australia, but doesn’t believe her appointment as Rugby Australia…
Sport General | Yahoo Sports
15 December 2017
The biggest reason for basketball team Oklahoma City Thunder’s turnaround has not been Russell Westbrook, Paul George or Carmelo Anthony. It’s been New Zealander Steven Adams, whose 22 points per game on 28-of-34 shooting…
Rugby | Independent Online
14 December 2017
The new coach of the Tokyo-based Sunwolves Super Rugby side, New Zealander Jamie Joseph has said he was targeting a top-five finish next season, despite the team being on the wrong end of multiple…
Watersports | Sail World
12 December 2017
“It is 16 years since we lost Volvo Ocean Race legend Sir Peter Blake,” Jonno Turner writes for sailing news network Sail-World. “A three-time Ocean Race skipper, he finally achieved his dream of lifting…
Motorsports | South China Morning Post
6 December 2017
Sitting in a business suite at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong, 23-year-old Formula E driver, New Zealander Mitch Evans is soft-spoken and unassuming.
But you need only ask Evans’ Panasonic Jaguar Racing team…
Rugby | ESPN
1 December 2017
There were moments early on in Wayne Pivac’s time at the Scarlets when he wondered if he had made the right choice in leaving behind his Auckland world to head to west Wales. “There…
Watersports | SUP magazine
30 November 2017
Champion standup paddler Annabel Anderson, who is originally from Wanaka, is the latest sports star to join Air Tahiti Nui’s ambassador ranks with the New Zealander looking forward to further finessing her sport in…
Rugby | BBC Sport | Stuff
27 November 2017
England’s women were beaten 52-4 by New Zealand in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup semi-finals at the Southern Cross Group Stadium in Sydney.
Tara-Jane Stanley ran over England’s only try in the 21st minute…
Rugby | Irish Independent (The)
27 November 2017
“There was little solace to be found around the streets of Cardiff as the city’s population set about anaesthetising painful memories of yet another valiant loss to the All Blacks,” Irish Independent sports reporter…
Rugby | Scotsman (The)
20 November 2017
“A moment of New Zealand magic denied Scotland a famous victory in a pulsating contest” at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium with the All Blacks narrowly winning 22-17, The Scotsman reports.
“With the game firmly in the…
Motorsports | BBC | Formula 1
20 November 2017
“Toro Rosso have confirmed they will retain Brendon Hartley for the 2018 Formula 1 season,” as reported in an article on BBC.
“It’s very satisfying to have converted an opportunity that…
America’s Cup | CNN
13 November 2017
For Joe Sullivan (pictured) and Simon van Velthooven, an Olympic rower and cyclist respectively before being recruited as “cyclers” to power the New Zealanders’ revolutionary leg-powered winch grinders, the whole America’s Cup experience has…
Golf | Golf Digest
11 November 2017
Former professional golfer, Auckland-born Frank Nobilo talks with Golf Digest about Twitter trolls, debates with fellow golfer, American Brandel Chamblee and terror in a racecar at 290km/h.
“I go through these little Twitter boycotts,” Nobilo,…
Watersports | Afloat
10 November 2017
“America’s Cup winner Peter Burling has been named ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year — only the second Kiwi sailor to take the prize more than once,” as reported in an article in…
Rugby | Guardian (The)
10 November 2017
Taking the Lions to New Zealand should have been Warren Gatland’s proudest moment but now back with Wales the coach believes the welfare of rugby’s elite players is a more pressing concern.
“I’ve been on…
Cricket | Stuff | Times of India (The)
7 November 2017
Pacer Trent Boult took four wickets to help New Zealand beat India by 40 runs in the second T20 in Rajkot, India. New Zealand levelled the three-match series 1-1 with the comprehensive victory.
Chasing 197-run…
Rugby | Telegraph (The)
6 November 2017
“New Zealand were always going to be the winners of this frolicsome day out at Twickenham, no matter how the scoreline panned out,” the Telegraph reported after the All Blacks beat the Barbarians 31-22.
“The…
Watersports | Guardian (The)
26 October 2017
New Zealand-born Kim Chambers started swimming after a life-changing accident. Just a few years later, she became the first woman to take on a notorious stretch of shark-inhabited waters – a solo swim from…
Motorsports | Daily Express
17 October 2017
New Zealander Brendon Hartley, 27, is Toro Rosso’s new driver and will make his Formula One debut in Austin at the 2017 United States Grand Prix on 22 October.
He will become New Zealand’s first F1…
America’s Cup | Sailing World
15 October 2017
“With greater ingenuity, a faster platform, and the determination to bring the America’s Cup back to Auckland, Emirates Team New Zealand stole the show in Bermuda,” writes Dave Reed in an article for
Sport General | Gold Coast Bulletin | Ironman
9 October 2017
Ironman Ben Cochrane’s move to Surfers Paradise has paid dividends in a single off-season, with the New Zealander winning the Coolangatta Gold short course event.
Cochrane, who is originally from the Bay of Plenty, completed…
Rugby | News.com.au
9 October 2017
The New Zealand “All Blacks completed a clean sweep of the Rugby Championship while the Springboks restored pride in their jersey in one of the great Test matches in front of 50,000 fans at…
Watersports | DeeperBlue.com
5 October 2017
New Zealand freediver William Trubridge’s autobiography Oxygen will be released on 30 October in New Zealand and Australia.
Trubridge said on his Facebook page:
“After Vertical Blue this year I locked myself in my house…
Watersports | New Zealand Herald | World Rowing Championships
2 October 2017
New Zealand have captured seven medals – three gold, two silvers and two bronze – at the World Rowing Championships in Florida. Newshub and the New…
Rugby | BBC Sport
2 October 2017
New Zealand has capped their fifth Rugby Championship victory in six years with a 36-10 win over Argentina in Buenos Aires.
The earlier 27-27 draw between South Africa and Australia in Bloemfontein had already ensured…
Rugby | Guardian (The)
30 September 2017
Former All Black Charles Piutau speaks to The Guardian’s Donald McRae about abandoning his Test career with the All Blacks to play for Ulster and, from next season, Bristol. When…
Sport General | Straits Times (The)
21 September 2017
It was a search that required almost a year of patience, but Netball Singapore (NS) is confident it has landed the right person to lead the national team, and it is Natalie Milicich, 50,…
Motorsports | Motorsport.com
20 September 2017
Chip Ganassi Racing’s managing director Mike Hull believes that four-time IndyCar champion, New Zealander Scott Dixon, 37, stands comparison with the legends of the sport.
Dixon has scored 41 race wins in his IndyCar career,…
Rugby | BBC Sport
18 September 2017
World champions New Zealand ran in eight tries as they thumped South Africa 57-0 in Auckland, their biggest winning margin against the Springboks, BBC Sport reports.
Victory extended their lead in the four-team Rugby Championship…
Sport General | Orlando Sentinel
13 September 2017
Auckland-born Toni Storm, 26, has wrestled in 13 countries, by her count, but the Mae Young Classic is her first experience in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and when she first came to the WWE…
Sport General | Stuff
12 September 2017
Timmy Chiew, 25, from Auckland has taken out the top spot at an international gaming tournament beating 10 of the world’s best Yu-Gi-Oh players, in a New Zealand first.
Chiew, who has been playing card…
Rugby | Telegraph (The)
11 September 2017
“New Zealand needed a second-half surge, inspired by Vaea Fifita’s stunning solo try, to shake off Argentina and record a bonus-point win in New Plymouth,” sports reporter Charlie Morgan writes for the Telegraph.
“With just…