New Zealand

Andrew Hill has been appointed as the new chief executive of the organising committee for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup national team tournament, which will be co-hosted by Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

The four leading netball nations have come together to create a new tournament. Rob Ridley examines the format and the commercial implications of the venture.

Organisers of the annual Rugby Championship, which features rugby union’s top four southern hemisphere national teams, are set to explore the possibility of staging more games in the northern hemisphere.

Organisers of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup have stressed the importance of growing the profile of the sport across all areas of Australia and the Oceania region after the full schedule for the national team tournament was unveiled today (Tuesday).

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has said it is targeting its first day-night Test match against England in 2018, while Lord’s and Edgbaston have been linked to staging English cricket’s first such occasion next summer.

Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand have today (Thursday) confirmed that their ANZ Championship club competition will be scrapped to make way for new domestic leagues supported by fresh broadcast rights deals.

Sanzaar chief executive Andy Marinos has said the umbrella body for the Argentinian, Australian, New Zealand and South African rugby unions will put together a 10-year strategic plan with a view to overhauling its Super Rugby club competition.

World Sailing has announced that Auckland in New Zealand is to stage its 2016 Youth Sailing World Championships, after Oman withdrew its hosting rights to the annual event earlier this year.

New Zealand Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in the country, has revealed today (Wednesday) that it posted a loss of NZ$463,000 (€276,000/$306,000) during 2015, while the organisation’s chief executive Steve Tew has outlined plans to drive through a new structure for the global rugby season.

The World Squash Federation (WSF) has awarded its 2017 World Junior Championships to the city of Tauranga in New Zealand.

Sanzea, a new partnership formed by the domestic governing bodies for netball in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa, has confirmed the dates and venues for the inaugural edition of its International Super Series national team tournament.

This year’s ANZ Championship, the top tier of domestic netball in Australia and New Zealand, is set to go ahead as scheduled amid reports of a major restructuring of the competition in 2017.

Wellington Phoenix will continue to ply its trade in the A-League after Football Federation Australia (FFA) granted the New Zealand-based club an extended 10-year licence to play in the country’s top tier of domestic football.

The domestic governing bodies for netball in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa have entered into a new partnership with the aim of developing a new national team competition.

Sanzar, the umbrella body for the Argentinian, Australian, New Zealand and South African rugby unions, has appointed Andy Marinos as its new chief executive.

The financial standing of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has been given a significant boost following the country’s co-hosting of this year’s World Cup.