28 October 2008 - Former All Blacks Craig Dowd and Jeff Wilson have been appointed by the North Harbour Rugby Union as the Air New Zealand Cup Head Coach and Assistant Coach positions respectively for QBE Insurance North Harbour. Dowd and Wilson will commence their new positions in early 2009.

27 October 2008 - All Blacks Josevata Rokocoko, Conrad Smith, Anthony Tuitavake, John Afoa and Ma'a Nonu have extended their contracts with the New Zealand Rugby Union, it was announced today.

25 October 2008 - Further to his round one victory over Johannes Robert van Overbook of USA 6-4 6-3, at the ITF Futures tournament in USA, Davis Cup player Daniel King-Turner has followed up with two further strong victories to advance to the semi-finals.

24 OCTOBER 2008 - The US$50,000 KLRC New Zealand Open badminton tournament looks set to have a top-class field with the confirmation of some key entrants for the November 11-15 Grand Prix event to be held at the North Shore Events Centre.

24 OCTOBER 2008 - He offers a cheery "kia ora" to journalists. His conversation is dotted with "sweet as" and even an occasional "bro". It's only the Queensland twang that's the giveaway.

24 October 2008 - Young Football Ferns captain Briony Fisher says home crowd support could give her team the boost they need to start the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with an upset over Canada on Tuesday night at North Harbour Stadium.

23 October 2008 - Manukau Mayor Len Brown is swapping his mayoral car for a retro convertible Corvette this Friday.

23 October 2008 - The Bay Of Plenty Rugby Union today announced that Peter Woods has been appointed as head coach of the Bay of Plenty Sevens team for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

23 OCTOBER 2008 - If brilliant Canadian, Ryan Bester, is to win the Speights North East Valley 10,000 Invitation Singles in his debut outing this weekend, he'll have to beat the best New Zealand bowling has to offer.

23 October 2008 - Australia's two representatives in America's National Basketball Association, Andrew Bogut and Nathan Jawai, are in doubt for next week's season openers.