MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — A South Africa team with four players on debut rolled World Cup finalist New Zealand for 91 in 14.3 overs and went on to win the first Twenty20 international Sunday by seven wickets.

New Zealand vs South Africa Live Score - Live Cricket Scorecard NZ vs SA, 1st T20I, South Africa tour of New Zealand, 2026, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

South Africa won the 2026 men's World Rugby sevens series, holding out against a late rally from Fiji on Sunday to win the final at the last tournament of the regular season. Fiji and South Africa were tied atop the season standings heading into the New York Sevens,

New Zealand plays a five-match T20 Cricket series against South Africa in March 2026, here is the schedule for the event.

NEW Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis said on Monday the country’s treasury department has forecast that inflation will rise to 3.7 per cent if the Iran war lasts through the year. Read more at The Business Times.

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - Air New Zealand said on Thursday it would slash 5% of its flights, or around 1,100 services, through early May as the Iran war sends jet fuel prices surging and disrupts travel even in rural areas thousands of miles from the conflict zone.

New Zealand. Every year the country, which has strict naming laws, releases a list of the most commonly declined names, and King is at the top of the list. It was declined 8 times in 2025. In fact, multiple rejected names last year were related to royalty (Prince,

A new $3.5 billion data centre that will be built near Invercargill is being touted as the country’s first “artificial intelligence factory”. But a tech expert says New Zealand is currently “AI-illiterate” (artificial intelligence-illiterate) and without urgent action,