FACTBOX-Rugby-British & Irish Lions v Wellington Hurricanes

By Ana Nicolaci da Costa and Charlotte Greenfield WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank on Thursday played down the recent rise in the New Zealand dollar and shrugged off weaker economic growth at the start of the year, as it kept interest rates ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) defied market expectations it would adopt a more hawkish tone at its policy meeting on Thursday, retaining instead its neutral stance and sending the country's currency to an 11-month low.

Scorers: New Zealand Tries - Ngani Laumape, Jordie Barrett; Conversion - Beauden Barrett; Penalty - Barrett British and Irish Lions Penalties - Owen Farrell (4), Elliot Daly Referee: Romain Poite (France) Attendance: 48,609 2017 Tour results July 1 Lions bt ...

New Zealand pay television provider Sky Network TV on Monday said it was terminating a sales agreement to buy Vodafone's local unit, a deal the country's competition regulator had ruled against. The two companies had been fighting the New Zealand Commerce ...

GUWAHATI, June 24 - Dr Bhaba Priyo Das was awarded the New Zealand Young Engineer Award 2017 in the annual conference of the Electricity Engineers Association (EEA), New Zealand held at Wellington on June 21, 2017, a press release stated.This award recognised ...

Injured All Blacks Dane Coles and Nehe Milner-Skudder are to remain in New Zealand to continue their rehabilitation from long-term injuries instead of travel to South Africa with the Wellington Hurricanes.

The Canterbury Crusaders have identified Beauden Barrett as the danger man ahead of their Super Rugby showdown against the Wellington Hurricanes on Saturday and plan to starve the flyhalf of quick ball to nullify the threat.

A New Zealand man has admitted making online death threats to former FBI director James Comey when he visited the South Pacific nation for an intelligence conference last month, reports said today. Frank Stewart McLean warned that Comey, who was dramatically ...

A merger of New Zealand's two largest media companies was rejected today as the country's competition watchdog warned it would create a dominant news giant and threaten democracy. NZME and Fairfax Media NZ signed a merger agreement last September, hoping it ...