Ben Francis is an Auckland-based reporter for the New Zealand Herald who covers breaking news. For years, there have been ...

Wellington, New Zealand — A 19-year-old New Zealand man has died after taking part in a new tackling game that's trending on social media in which competitors run at each other and collide while ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... Organizers have promoted the event as “the world’s fiercest new collision sport.” The game has grown in social media popularity through the Australian ...

Organisers of controversial new contact sport RUNIT have declared they are “here to stay” despite widespread backlash after a teenager died from head injuries suffered in a casual ‘run it straight’ ...

Sophie Devine, New Zealand's women's team captain, will retire from ODIs after the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. She will continue playing T20Is on a casual arrangement. Devine took a break in ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Rob Walter has been hired to ... support staff through a period of time in which so many global events, as well as massive bilateral series will be contested ...

Rob Walter has been appointed as the new head coach of the New Zealand men's cricket team across all formats, succeeding Gary ...

The upcoming 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles will welcome five exciting new sports to its programme, namely ...

New Zealand Cricket has begun a search for a new head coach to lead the Black Caps in all three formats after ruling out the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP ... Organizers have promoted the event as “the world’s fiercest new collision sport.” The game has grown in social media popularity through the Australian ...