NZ Sports to Receive Millions in Recovery Package

Sport in New Zealand will soon be getting government backing in the form of millions and millions of dollars. It’s to assist in its recovery from the lockdown brought to bear trying to contain the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and will be rolled out in three stages. NZ Finance Minister Grant ….

McKean Wants to Pick a Fight With Parker

Demsey McKean, the unbeaten Australian Heavyweight fighter, seems to think he has the style and the size to beat New Zealander Joseph Parker as talks heat up about a trans-Tasman resumption of Boxing. David Higgins, Parker’s Manager, and promoters from Britain’s Matchroom Boxing are eager to take advantage of the ….

Boxing & Martial Arts Gyms Reopen With Restrictions

Security measures like keeping their equipment spotlessly clean and totally separated and minimising contact between people are being undertaken as Gyms offering Martial Arts and Boxing reopen under Alert Level 2. Palmerston North’s Snapback Boxing, which counts children and vulnerable youth among its clientele, is one of the many gyms ….

Joseph Parker Set for NZ Return in August

New Zealand Boxing’s Joseph Parker is set to return to New Zealand in August this year. The Heavyweight will be fighting for a select live audience in a fight to help launch the DAZN streaming service in our country. Parker’s Manager, David Higgins, has been working on the upcoming event ….

Cartwright Stood Down After Refusing Shot

Enormous efforts are being made by the National Rugby League (NRL) to get some sort of action going, even as the world health crisis persists. As a precautionary measure, the organisation insisted that all three Queensland clubs receive a flu vaccination, adding that it was compulsory for every player, before ….

Professional Sport Given the OK at Alert Level 2

Professional sportsmen and women will be able to resume their day jobs, as it were, when New Zealand goes down from Alert Level Three to Alert Level Two. But the exact date for the return of Super Rugby and Netball’s ANZ Premiership remains unknown. The government is set to decide ….

Greyhound Race Marks Live Sport Return

Andy McCook is under no illusions as to how lucky he is to be at the forefront of the return of live sport in New Zealand today. And, in turn, the NZ racing industry and the many who rely on it for their income are lucky to have the dogs. ….

Tom Latham Breaks the NZ Cricket Streak

The Redpath Cup for 2020 was taken home by Opener Tom Latham, breaking a seven-year streak in which this trophy was won by either Ross Taylor or Kane Williamson. This is the first time Latham’s won the annual award and did so in recognition of his scoring 608 runs in ….

Former All Blacks Weigh In on Rugby’s Future

Former All Blacks Jeff Wilson, Sir John Kirwan, and Justin Marshall have said that they support the idea of reinstating prolonged international tours that would see Test teams facing off against Provincials and Club Sides in clashes in the middle of the week. The future of Rugby the world over ….

NZ Cricket May Host Test Series Against England

Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Cricket David Whyte has extended a generous offer to the English Cricket Board. He’s told them that we’ll host them in a Test Series if their summer fixtures get the axe due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. He said that he’d made contact ….