8+ hour, 57+ min ago   (789+ words) Meet the Texan polo-playing businesswoman taking on Chlöe Swarbrick for National Disqualified driver Kyle O’Brien was more than three times over the legal limit after nearly four hours spent drinking at the Yaldhurst Hotel near Christchurch. He then got behind…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (482+ words) Two more Silver Ferns have signed on for the 2027 Super Netball season as the exodus continues. Midcourter Kimiora Poi has joined the Queensland Firebirds while defender Carys Stythe has signed a deal with the Melbourne Vixens. Poi joins Ferns teammate…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (549+ words) Silver Fern Maddy Gordon has changed Super Netball allegiances, joining a former New Zealand captain at the West Coast Fever. The 47-test midcourter has signed a two-year deal with the Fever, following her maiden year in Australia at the Queensland…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (734+ words) Silver Ferns shooter Georgia Heffernan has signed her maiden contract in Australia’s Super Netball competition, joining the Sunshine Coast Lightning. The 19-test goal attack exits the New Zealand domestic scene after nine years at the Southern Steel, whom she helped…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (837+ words) Rotorua fashion designer Kharl WiRepa has been jailed for three years after ripping off charities involved in the Miss Rotorua beauty pageant and spending the money on himself. WiRepa, sole director of the Miss Rotorua Foundation, was described in a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (230+ words) By RNZ Sport reporters The Tall Ferns turned on the afterburners in the final quarter to dispatch Argentina 57-35 in their opening game at a pre-Olympic qualifying tournament in Mexico. A relatively inexperienced New Zealand side won the final stanza 21-3 to…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (761+ words) Glasgow’s latest slogan – “People make Glasgow” – certainly held true throughout the successful Commonwealth Games. It is now 10 days since the Games finished, even if the wet weather continued for another week throughout the seven days of a northern tour to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1223+ words) By Dana Johannsen of RNZ Former All Black Ali Williams and his wife, businesswoman Anna Mowbray, are leading a bid to establish a new franchise netball league in 2028, RNZ can reveal. As reported by RNZ last week, Netball New Zealand…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (407+ words) Eight weeks from now, we’ll know just how special this Warriors team really were. It’s too early to say they’re the team to break the ceiling and claim a first NRL premiership. We’ve been here before plenty of times over…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (526+ words) Hawke’s Bay athlete Briana Stephenson is arriving back in New Zealand determined to reset for new challenges after a tough Commonwealth Games heptathlon debut in some of the worst weather in which she’s competed. Based in Auckland for training and…...