October 28 this year will mark the first-ever national day to commemorate the New Zealand wars.

THE eleventh stanza of a national annual secondary students’ miniature motorcycle racing event at Manfeild today and tomorrow can be seen as something new - as in, something new to be seen on a screen.

New Zealand Football is pleased to report unprecedented demand for the FIFA World Cup Intercontinental Playoff in November.

More than 20,000 tickets were purchased in the first hour of the pre-sale for the Road to Russia Waitlist and the football community.

The Air New Zealand Queenstown International Marathon is already well established as an iconic event, one renowned globally for its stunning location, scenery and the hospitality offered at New Zealand’s largest annual marathon race.-

“Whilst delighted for all the players, it’s quite sad to see the Old Course of St Andrews brought to her knees by today’s ball and equipment,” and that’s from Martin Dempster at The Scotsman reporting on a tweet sent out by Gary Player.

New Zealand KZ2 class Sprint champion Dylan Drysdale ended up sixth in the premier KZ2 class at Australia's annual Race of Stars international invitational kart meeting in Queensland over the weekend - without even contesting the Final.

Levin's Logan Manson ended up top Kiwi at this year's ROK Cup International final meeting in Italy over the weekend, finishing eighth overall in the Mini ROK class' Vortex Trophy (B Main) Final.

Bishops Gate Golf Academy’s Siyan "Anna" Chen, a junior from China, won the girls division at the Florida Junior Tour at The Forest Country Club with a 3-over 147. Chen’s rounds of 75 and 72 put her two strokes ahead of the field.

Fans around the world will be able to plan their Rugby World Cup 2019 experience in earnest on 2 November with the announcement of the match schedule and ticketing programme.

It wasn’t a good weekend for the country’s biggest city in the opening round of the National Youth League but the two teams from the capital had plenty to celebrate and were joined in making the early front-running by Canterbury United.