Tag: NZ Rugby
‘Performing monkeys for colonial institutions’ – Pacific adviser quits NZ Rugby
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Prominent Pasifika community leader Pakilau Manase Lua has resigned from New Zealand Rugby's (NZR) Pasifika Advisory Group, saying...
French rugby star from Fiji Vakatawa hangs up his boots over...
By Rodney Duthie in Suva
Kiwi-born and Fiji-raised France rugby centre Virimi Vakatawa has revealed that he has a heart condition that has forced him...
Damning Black Ferns rugby report not a surprise to anyone, say...
By Eleisha Foon and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalists
Māori and Pasifika female rugby players and advocates are asking to not be an afterthought.
Māori/Pasifika community...
World’s highest paid rugby player delighted he can be picked for...
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
The world’s highest paid rugby player, Charles Piutau, is delighted he will be eligible to play for Tonga now...
Critics condemn INEOS and Altrad as ‘not a good fit’ for...
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Both the INEOS and Altrad logos will be emblazoned on the All Blacks jerseys and shorts for the next...
New protest slaps NZ Rugby over INEOS oil deal blow to...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Greenpeace Aotearoa has again condemned New Zealand Rugby for its "destructive" undermining of the Pacific on climate change after an open...
Trevor Richards: How about an apology from NZ Rugby?
COMMENTARY: By Trevor Richards
Apologies have been in the news recently.
Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron told "French" Polynesia (Ma'ohi Nui) that French nuclear testing...