The US Coastguard says a report of a yacht - possibly with a Kiwi crewman - being blown up and sunk could be a hoax.

As Ireland prepare to face the All Blacks at Eden Park today, Dean Parker recalls how the New Zealand battle cry influenced one of their greatest writers

Aussies like Kiwis more than anyone else in the world, and we think they are a fair dinkum partner, but that's as far as it goes.