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Scott Dixon didn’t expect much as a young New Zealand racer. The Iceman is now IndyCar’s Ironman. Dixon on Saturday will move past Tony Kanaan for a record 319th consecutive start in IndyCar.
Gunman who killed co-workers at New Zealand building site died from self-inflicted wound, police say
Police say the man who killed two of his co-workers at a New Zealand construction site was injured during a shootout with police but died from a self-inflicted wound.
New Zealand is potentially one win away from advancing to the knockout stage of the Women’s World Cup for the first time in team history, and the co-host nation has quickly embraced its Football Ferns.
The United States’ 3-0 victory over Vietnam in the Women’s World Cup drew 6.26 million viewers, making it the most-watched soccer telecast in the U.S. since last year’s men’s World Cup final.
A man has been charged with arson after several small fires broke out Saturday night at the downtown hotel where New Zealand’s national team is staying for the Women’s World Cup.
Japanese players have worn black armbands in their Women’s World Cup opener against Zambia following the death of Fumiko Tottori, the mother of Japanese Princess Takamado.
Police say the two men gunned down at a New Zealand construction site had worked alongside the shooter, and court records showed the gunman had been convicted of domestic violence for attacking a girlfriend.
Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, met with former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Friday to discuss ways to combat online hate and extremism.
Australia got off to a winning start at the Women’s World Cup by beating Ireland 1-0 despite the absence of star striker Sam Kerr.
New Zealand opens Women’s World Cup with a 1-0 upset over Norway on emotional 1st day in host nation
Hannah Wilkinson has scored to open the second half and New Zealand has upset Norway 1-0 for its first-ever win at the Women’s World Cup just hours after a shooting in downtown Auckland that shocked the host nation.
Security was heightened ahead of Thursday night’s opening Women’s World Cup game after a gunman killed two people at a downtown construction site in Auckland.
Fatal shooting hours before the Women’s World Cup began in New Zealand appears to be an isolated act
A gunman opened fire on terrified workers on a construction site in downtown Auckland, killing two people hours before New Zealand hosted the first game of the Women’s World Cup.
International visitors are greeted at the arrivals hall in Auckland’s airport with a display of Women’s World Cup branding, including carpeting like a soccer pitch.
A helicopter pilot says he and two of his passengers escaped serious injury by jumping into the ocean when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, killing 22.
An American woman says she told her new husband she loved him and was certain they would die when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, killing 22 people.
A New Zealand prosecutor says tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on the country’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people.
A U.S. honeymoon couple who survived severe burns when New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted in 2019 are listed as the first witnesses to testify in a trial of tourism industry operators over the disaster that claimed 22 lives.
New Zealanders this week have been debating a thorny health care issue — whether ethnicity should be a factor in determining when patients get surgery.
A look at the 10 venues and nine cities hosting games at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The Christchurch-based Crusaders fielded an under-strength team but still took a vital bonus point Friday from a 41-7 win over Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby Pacific.
New Zealand police say they have found the body of a high-school student in a cave system after a school group got into trouble when floodwaters hit.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Hamilton-based Chiefs will face the toughest test to their unbeaten start to the Super Rugby Pacific season since it began with an upset over the Crusaders when they take on the Auckland-based Blues on Saturday in a sixth-round match.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — After only two rounds, Super Rugby Pacific already has established a familiar pecking order.
The ACT Brumbies clung to a five-point lead through all of the second half to beat the Auckland-based Blues 25-20 Sunday and stay unbeaten after two rounds of Super Rugby Pacific.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The Fiji Drua had the last say in a match which saw 11 tries to edge Moana Pasifika 36-34 Saturday on the opening weekend of the Super Rugby Pacific season.
NEW YORK (AP) — Work crews have fixed a power outage at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport that forced some flights to be canceled or diverted, officials said Saturday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The death toll from New Zealand’s cyclone reached eight on Friday with more than 4,500 people still unaccounted for four days after the nation’s most destructive weather event in decades brought widespread flooding, landslides and power outages, the prime minister said
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says a cyclone that left a devastating wake of extensive flooding and landslides has claimed at least four lives and police have “grave concerns” for other residents who remain unaccounted for.
The New Zealand government has declared a national state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle battered the country’s north in what officials described as the nation’s most severe weather event in years.
Auckland residents are hunkering down Monday as they brace for a deluge from Cyclone Gabrielle. It’s been just two weeks since a record-breaking storm swamped New Zealand’s largest city and killed four people.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The All Blacks will play tests against Australia and South Africa at home before this year’s Rugby World Cup but have had to make way for women’s soccer to confirm dates and venues.