Veteran New Zealand seamer Tim Southee has decided to hang his boots from Tests at the end of the home series against England ...

Te Pāti Māori’s extraordinary display of protest — interrupting the first vote on the Treaty Principles Bill — has highlighted the tension in Aotearoa New Zealand between Māori tikanga, or customs, ...

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga—Turmoil over China’s push for influence in the South Pacific has overshadowed the region’s most important diplomatic summit after a Pacific island leader apparently pledged to erase ...

The former Exeter Chiefs lock Chris Bentley looks at the fascinating world of rugby union in his exclusive weekly column for ...

Two uncapped players have joined the France squad in the buildup to Saturday's rugby test against New Zealand. The French rugby federation said Wednesday that hooker Maxime Lamothe and prop Giorgi ...

Three exceptional students from Aotearoa New Zealand have been named as Rhodes Scholars, one of the most prestigious ...

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of his breakthrough solo debut album Heartbreaker, multi-Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter ...

The Breaking Barriers study, commissioned by Age Concern, showed 59% of Kiwis aged 65+ had recently felt lonely ...

In case you have been living under a rock, a beef between Ioane and Sexton started at last year’s Rugby ... New Zealand-born trio, Jamison Gibson-Park, James Lowe and Bundee Aki, who did their best to ...

When England have played their best rugby under Steve Borthwick, it has been when they have, in Maro Itoje’s words, “boxed in ...

All work and no play makes Ireland a sloppy outfit? The statistics would suggest so.In the end it was difficult to escape the ...

The flanker - who made 74 appearances for England's Rugby Union team - said: "It's going to create a lasting impact, with six games being played here. "You've got teams such as Canada, Fiji, New ...