Air New Zealand and Auckland International Airport both reported fewer international passengers last…

1. Robert Robinson: Chinese tour groups deserve a better experience (7 comments)

The impact of last year's Rugby World Cup is seen in the latest accommodation figures, which show a continued decline from…

1. Guest nights fall as foreign visitors dwindle

The darlings of world rugby this time last year, New Zealand will discover this month that the IRB's love affair with all…

1. video [Watch] One year on: All Blacks win the Rugby World Cup (13:52)

Paul Verdon's series of collectors' rugby books have created a niche - restricted-run, historically-aimed publishing complete…

1. Scotland's 7-year try drought (5 comments)

Big events like the Rugby World Cup do not make the host countries richer, independent economic research…

1. Tourist spending lowest since 2001

A year to the day after his World Cup final team talk to the All Blacks, legendary All Black Sir Wilson Whineray has died…

1. video Sir Wilson remembered (4:05)

Team have won 16 tests in a row - just one short of the 17 consecutive victories achieved by the ABs of 1965-69 The All…

1. video ABs: 'It's been a tough week' (3:31)

A member of the panel which appointed Wayne Barnes to the infamous 2007 Rugby World Cup quarter-final has responded to criticism…

1. video Rugby: McCaw wants perfection (2:34)

Richie McCaw has lambasted the 2007 Rugby World Cup organisers who "appointed the most inexperienced referee on the roster"…

1. video Rugby Herald: What's really attacking Richie McCaw? (9:06)

Auckland Transport is blaming last year's Rugby World Cup for recent falls public transport patronage…

1. Public transport given the big thumbs down

Richie McCaw looked at a room full of rugby writers from around the world, hardly concentrating on their questions. His…

1. video Rugby fans react to World Cup win (1:43)

This day a year ago we were reading reports of the opening night of the Rugby World Cup. Admittedly, the coverage was dominated…

1. video The next big thing - Rugby World Cup 2015 (4:14)

The worst thing that could happen to the Rugby Championship would be for newcomer Argentina to prove to be an easybeat…

1. video Blooper: Cameraman behind All Black Piri Weepu (0:51)

Electronic goods retailer JB Hi-Fi's New Zealand stores reported their first operating profit in five years as local sales…

1. video Match-fixing saga overshadows Italy campaign (1:56)

Dame Anne Salmond has a plan for the greening of New Zealand - one river bank at a time. The Auckland…

1. Dame Anne Salmond: We could do with a change of heart (57 comments)

Auditions for the Wallabies and Lions series are done - now for the main acts.

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