Recreation & Sport

Emirates has been named the official airline for the next Rugby World Cup to be held in New Zealand in 2011.

Wind sport enthusiasts from around the globe are gathering for the inaugural world championships of an unusual sport invented in New Zealand.

Six of New Zealand’s best surf breaks will get national park status if a new coastal policy proposed by the Department of Conservation goes ahead.

New Zealand Olympic medalist Nick Willis has scored another career highlight by winning the Fifth Avenue Mile street race in New York.

New Zealand can add yet another Guinness World Record to its long list with the successful completion of a staggering forward roll attempt in Rotorua yesterday.

International athletes will literally follow in the footsteps of New Zealand’s legendary runner and coach Arthur Lydiard when they race in a new marathon that covers his old Auckland training ground.

Come summer 2009, international yachting fever will return to Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour as the world’s top racing yachties set sail in a new Louis Vuitton-sponsored yacht regatta.

US Amateur Golf Champion Danny Lee, hailed as the next Tiger Woods, has officially become a New Zealander.

Well known actor and rugby fan Clint Eastwood is looking for actors to play the parts of New Zealand's All Blacks in a film of the 1995 World Cup.

Down-under footie fans will be in for a fresh taste of Beckham magic when the international football star returns to New Zealand soon.