New Zealand

Cricket
Events

Tickets for the men’s T20 World Cup in Australia have gone on sale, shortly after the country announced it would reopen its borders to vaccinated tourists later this month.
Rugby Union
Events

Super Rugby Pacific franchises based in New Zealand will move to a bio-secure “bubble” in Queenstown in a bid to prevent outbreaks of Covid-19 within playing squads, New Zealand Rugby has announced.
Golf
Events

The New Zealand Open golf tournament has been cancelled due to restrictions prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Broadcaster Sky New Zealand has expanded its association with the country’s Super Rugby Aupiki to include title sponsorship rights.
Cricket
Events

New Zealand’s upcoming white-ball tour of Australia has been postponed because of uncertainty over when the squad could return home to due Covid-19 restrictions.
NFL
Media

Free-to-air broadcaster Seven Network has renewed its rights in Australia for the National Football League for three years, 2022 to 2024. Seven will continue to show live coverage of 50 games per season
Golf
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has renewed its rights to the PGA Tour in a “multi-year” deal with rights-holder Discovery Sports.
Golf
Media

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has secured media rights for the 2021-22 season of the PGA Tour of Australasia
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

A group of New Zealand businessmen and rugby union figures acquired a 40-per-cent stake in Super Rugby team the Blues in a deal with New Zealand Rugby in a deal agreed just before Christmas
Rugby Union
Events

Men's professional rugby union club competition Super Rugby Pacific will begin with nine weeks of domestic fixtures after organisers were forced to delay cross-border matches due to tightened Covid restrictions…
Netball
Events

New Zealand will host the next three editions of the Fast5 Netball World Series, which returns next November following a four-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Squash
Events

The World Squash Federation has unveiled New Zealand as host of the 2023 Men’s World Team Squash Championships.
Basketball
Events

The tightening of Covid-19 restrictions in New Zealand means it is unlikely that the New Zealand Breakers basketball team and Wellington Phoenix football team will complete the second halves of their Australia-based…
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

New Zealand Rugby is to hold talks with the New Zealand players’ union next week over the proposed investment in its commercial rights by US private equity company Silver Lake Partners.
Rugby Union
Stadia

Flicket will be the official ticketing partner of Moana Pasifika for the Super Rugby Pacific franchise’s inaugural season.
Basketball
Media

Basketball New Zealand (BBNZ) has hailed a “ground-breaking” five-year rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand covering national team and club games, as well as leading to the launch of …
Basketball
Media

Fiba has agreed a broadcast deal in New Zealand with telco Spark for its international basketball competitions until 2025, the latest in a series of such agreements announced this week
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has secured a two-year agreement, covering 2021 and 2022, for exclusive media rights to the Asian Football Confederation's major national team and club competitions