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/ 7 February 2009
England snatched victory after the full-time hooter to upset New Zealand 19-17 in the final of the third leg of the IRB Sevens series on Saturday.
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/ 6 February 2009
Series leaders South Africa suffered a shock loss to Kenya in the third leg of the International Rugby Board Sevens on Friday.
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/ 5 February 2009
South Africa and New Zealand have placed a premium on pace as the International Rugby Board Sevens series enters a crucial round this weekend.
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/ 3 February 2009
South Africa’s Team Shosholoza caused the biggest upset of the Pacific Series by pulling off an unimaginable win over Swiss Team Alinghi on Tuesday.
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/ 28 January 2009
New Zealand dairy group Fonterra on Wednesday said it clearly told its Chinese partner that no amount of melamine was acceptable in its milk products.
New Zealand’s most celebrated centenarian, a rare reptile known as Henry, has discovered his mojo and become a father for the first time at 111.
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/ 14 January 2009
New Zealand police have arrested a burglar by using the popular social networking website Facebook to identify and track him down.
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/ 13 January 2009
NZ beat the West Indies by nine runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method in the rain-disrupted fifth ODI in Napier on Tuesday to win the series 2-1.
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/ 10 January 2009
A record-setting 122 not out by New Zealand debutant Martin Guptill brightened an otherwise dismal day in Auckland on Saturday.
Ross Taylor and Daniel Flynn shared an unbroken, 89-run partnership to lead New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over the West Indies on Wednesday.
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/ 23 December 2008
A masterful 197 by Chris Gayle saved the West Indies and ensured a drawn series as New Zealand gave up their run chase on Tuesday.
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/ 22 December 2008
West Indies captain Chris Gayle on Monday scored 146 to give his team a chance of a surprise victory in the second Test against New Zealand.
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/ 21 December 2008
West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards took a career-best 7-87 to help dismiss New Zealand for 371 on the third day of the second Test on Sunday.
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/ 20 December 2008
A century stand by Tim McIntosh and Daniel Flynn put New Zealand in the box seat as they hunted down the West Indies’ total of 307 on Saturday.
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/ 19 December 2008
An unbeaten century by Shivnarine Chanderpaul rescued the West Indies from a disastrous start to the second Test against New Zealand on Friday.
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/ 14 December 2008
Jerome Taylor scored a career high 53 not out as West Indies moved to 253 for six in their first innings at tea on the fourth day of the opening Test.
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/ 13 December 2008
The West Indies hit back to take three wickets and reduce New Zealand to 311 for seven at tea on the third day of the rain-affected opening Test.
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/ 11 December 2008
New Zealand batsman Daniel Flynn fell five runs short of his maiden century against the West Indies in the first Test on Thursday.
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/ 8 November 2008
National Party leader John Key swept to power in New Zealand’s election on Saturday, toppling a nine-year-old Labour government.
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/ 26 October 2008
The old and new orders of international rugby will be placed in contrast when the All Blacks leave New Zealand on Monday.
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/ 12 October 2008
The state of the economy in New Zealand was the key issue when the main parties formally kicked off their campaigns for next month’s general election.
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/ 3 September 2008
New Zealand thrashed Samoa 101-14 on Wednesday in a match that once again exposed the ever-widening gulf between rugby’s rich and poor nations.
The All Blacks have called up Isaia Toeava to replace injured fullback Leon MacDonald for the South African leg of the Tri-Nations competition.
Prop Tony Woodcock scored two tries as an invigorated New Zealand beat Australia 39-10 in a Tri-Nations rugby Test on Saturday.
Injuries have forced the All Blacks to cobble together a makeshift backline for this weekend’s crucial rematch against the Wallabies.
Inspirational captain Richie McCaw returns from injury to boost a revamped All Blacks side in Saturday’s rugby rematch against Australia.
A young girl so embarrassed by being called ”Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii” has won a new name from a family court judge in New Zealand.
Springbok hooker Bismarck du Plessis has been suspended for three weeks following an incident in Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test in Dunedin.
Halfback Ricky Januarie scored a try four minutes from full-time to give a 14-man South African team a 30-28 win over New Zealand on Saturday.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers labelled former All Black Craig Dowd ”stupid” on Friday for criticism made about the Boks’ new mentor.
The city of Dunedin is near the southern tip of New Zealand’s south island, where fog and icy gales can and do blow in from the Southern Ocean.
Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test between New Zealand and South Africa marks 100 years of Test rugby at Carisbrook, aptly named the House of Pain.