New Zealand

Sailing
Events

Steve Armitage, general manager, destination at Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, reflects on how the city’s event offer is evolving to meet its own needs and those of events rights owners.
Rugby Union
Business

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew has overseen a turnaround from NZ$15m losses to NZ$33m profit in ten years
Cricket
Governance

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has today (Thursday) struck a new collective bargaining agreement with its players in a deal that is based on a return to a fixed-revenue share model
Rugby League
Governance

The Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) has reacted with “surprise” to proposals from the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) for reform of the international calendar, stating they repre…
Netball
Events

Netball New Zealand has submitted a bid to stage the sport’s World Cup in 2023, in what will mark the organisation’s centenary year.

Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby has today (Wednesday) announced that Australia, England, France, New Zealand, Portugal and Wales have confirmed their intention to bid for the 2021 Women’s World Cup.

Rugby League
Business

The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) has appointed Greg Peters, former chief executive of Sanzaar, the umbrella body for the national rugby unions in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, as its new leader as it seeks to bounce back from a chastening 2017 World Cup campaign.

Rugby Union
Business

The prospect of a return to Super Rugby expansion has emerged following details of a major strategic review embarked upon by Sanzaar, the umbrella body for the national unions in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, that also outlines new events and reforms for the Rugby Championship.

Rugby League
Business

The Carlaw Heritage Trust and Autex Industries have struck a deal to acquire the Auckland-based Vodafone Warriors National Rugby League franchise from long-time owner Eric Watson.

Rugby Union

New Zealand Rugby has opened a first official retail store for its men’s national team and other properties at Auckland Airport.

Rugby Union
Business

World Rugby’s executive committee has appointed council members Steve Brown and Steve Tew to the Rugby World Cup Limited Board ahead of next year’s edition of the national team tournament in Japan.

Sailing
Events

The 36th edition of the America’s Cup has today (Friday) been confirmed for Auckland, with the governing body of the New Zealand city’s council giving the green light to development plans for the sailing showpiece.

Rugby Union
Business

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has unveiled a groundbreaking partnership with English Premiership club Harlequins, the first time it has entered into an official relationship with an overseas team.

Rugby Union
Business

New Zealand Rugby has posted a record profit of NZ$33.4m (€19.8m/$24.1m) for the 2017 financial year, a figure which owed much to the British and Irish Lions’ tour of the country last summer.

Basketball

A consortium featuring two former NBA players has agreed a deal to take over the New Zealand Breakers, which competes in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL).

Cycling
Events

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced that six locations will stage legs of its Track Cycling World Cup in 2018-19, with only Milton in Canada returning as a host destination from last season.

Netball
Events

Netball New Zealand has said it will bid to host the sport’s 2023 World Cup to tie in with the organisation’s centenary year.

Sailing
Business

Team New Zealand has moved to reaffirm its commitment to staging the 36th edition of the America’s Cup, as Abu Dhabi and Russia were linked with hosting rights for the sailing event.