Rugby World Cup

An emotional meeting between two ‘first nation’ peoples stole the show at the opening of New Zealand’s Giant Rugby Ball in Sydney – the iconic white ball’s final international appearance.

Hollie Smith is the latest artist announced to perform inside New Zealand's giant rugby ball under the Eiffel tower during the Rugby World Cup.

Strong demand for tickets has Rugby World Cup 2011 organisers in New Zealand in a positive spin.

Thousands of Japanese visitors have had a taste of Kiwi culture at New Zealand’s giant rugby ball in downtown Tokyo this week.

Katikati – a small New Zealand coastal town with a proud rugby history – has launched itself as a rugby destination by erecting a bigger-than-life rugby ball as a tourist attraction.

Rugby World Cup visitors will leave New Zealand with two words – kia ora – firmly embedded in their vocabulary, if the Māori culture-rich region of Rotorua has its way.

A New Zealand artist has made what he could be a controversial selection to literally toast the five greatest rugby players of all time for the exhibition 'A Game of Two Halves'.

Seven of the best-known names in Kiwi rugby will act as ambassadors for New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011.

A Kiwi wildlife worker is leaving her daily routine of tending endangered species, to line up in London as New Zealand’s only whistle-blower at the Women’s Rugby World Cup.

Certain parts of New Zealand were a little noisy over the weekend, as New Zealanders got together – in a uniquely Kiwi fashion – to mark the one-year-to-go date for Rugby World Cup 2011.