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South Africa pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Rugby Championship on Saturday, holding on under enormous pressure to beat New Zealand 36-34. Given almost no chance of winning after losing their last two championship matches — and 11 of ...
Experimental All Blacks team overcomes Argentina in Rugby Championship test
An experimental All Blacks team was forced to dig deep Saturday to beat massive underdog Argentina 46-24 in a Rugby Championship test at Trafalgar Park. Argentina, which hadn't beaten New Zealand in any of their 26 previous tests, scored the first try of both halves ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faced her first major crisis Friday over her handling of a gaffe-prone minister's resignation. Ardern swept to power on a wave of "Jacinda-mania" late last year, with her center-left Labour Party leading a coalition that promised "a government of ...
New Zealand deploys patrol plane to Japan for North Korea sanctions enforcement
New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters said on Friday his government was deploying a maritime patrol aircraft to Japan to assist with efforts to enforce United Nations sanctions against North Korea. A New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 aircraft would carry out patrols of international ...
Flyhalf Richie Mo'unga will start a test for the first time and scrumhalf Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi could make his debut from the bench for New Zealand in Saturday's Rugby Championship game Argentina in Nelson. The 24-year-old Mo'unga has starred in the Super Rugby for the ...
New Zealand authorities said on Friday that convicted secrets leaker Chelsea Manning can enter the country for a speaking tour, a day after tour organizers said she couldn't enter Australia. Manning was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking U.S. government secrets ...
Scientists probe why New Zealand's Tawaki penguins swim halfway to Antarctica and back yearly
Each year in December, penguins with long blonde eyebrows swim away from the shores of New Zealand for a two-month marathon swim halfway to Antarctica and back. The breathtaking distance was recorded by researchers, who for the first time managed to track the birds. Penguins, universally ...
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern repeats offer to resettle refugees held by Australia
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern again offered Thursday to resettle 150 asylum seekers sent by Australia to offshore camps including one in Nauru, a Pacific island nation where leaders from both countries are set to meet next month. Australia declined New Zealand's offer last ...
New Zealand's Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter has taken the cycle of life to a whole new level, biking her way to the hospital for the birth of her first child. Genter, a Green MP and keen cyclist, chose pedal power for Sunday's one ...
Australia captain Michael Hooper cleared for first Bledisloe Cup test
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has been cleared to play in Saturday's first Bledisloe Cup test against New Zealand. Hooper, who signed a new five-year contract with Rugby Australia this week, has been sidelined for seven weeks with a hamstring injury suffered in the first test ...
New Zealand became the latest country Friday to outlaw single-use plastic shopping bags, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying they will be phased out over the next year as a "meaningful step" toward reducing pollution. New Zealand uses "hundreds of millions" of single-use plastic bags ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returns to work from maternity leave
New Zealand Prime Minister and new mother Jacinda Ardern, only the second world leader to give birth while in office, resumed her duties on Thursday, ending six weeks of maternity leave. The 38-year-old has opted to work from home in Auckland until the weekend, when ...
