Recreation & Sport

Organisers of Rugby World Cup 2011 have passed the one-year-to go-goal by ticking a number of boxes proving they’re on target to stage New Zealand’s largest-ever event.

Skiing in New Zealand will be an attractive option for international visitors this 2009 ski season with the exchange rate making ticket prices up to 40% cheaper than last winter.

The 18 Great Rides of Nga Haerenga - the New Zealand Cycle Trail, have gone global with a new website just launched in Queenstown.

It’s holiday time in New Zealand for New York Yankee major league baseball superstar Curtis Granderson.

When the New Zealand Māori rugby team runs out on to the field next week the players will be sporting a 100-year heritage on their shoulders – a new black jersey that recalls the team’s illustrious history.

The Nevis Arc New Zealand’s latest extreme adventure activity, said to be the world’s highest swing, has been launched by bungy jumping pioneers, AJ Hackett Bungy.

The birthplace of New Zealand rugby – Nelson in the South Island – turned the clock back 141 years today (20.9.2011) with an authentic re-enactment of the first game.

Kiwi adventurer Malcolm Law has succeeded in notching up a world first by running 360km in 66 hours to complete the epic Mizone 7 in 7 challenge.

New Zealand’s Olympic rowing golden girls, the Evers-Swindell twins – Caroline and Georgina - celebrated their 30th birthday by announcing their retirement.

Tourism New Zealand’s Giant Rugby Ball has ended a record-breaking visit to Sydney on its fourth and final publicity tour before next year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.