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Hockey: Strong start for Black Sticks Women
A 4-1 win over India enabled New Zealand to make a solid start to their four nation women's hockey tournament in Darwin tonight.
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Watch: Black Sticks girls get locked in room
Black Sticks team building exercise at Escapade - where the girls get locked in a room and have to work together to get their way out.
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Transtasman rivalry on menu for Black Sticks women
Without getting ahead of themselves, New Zealand probably expected to be facing Australia in tomorrow's Hawkes Bay Festival women's final in Hastings.
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Hockey: Black Sticks Women finish top qualifiers
New Zealand dodged a bullet to finish top qualifiers from pool B at the women's Festival of Hockey event in Hastings tonight.
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Hockey: Black Sticks women ease past Canada
The Black Sticks Women have defeated Canada 5-1 in the second test at the Gallagher Hockey Centre in Hamilton this afternoon.
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Hockey: Black Sticks women thrash Canada
The Black Sticks women have continued their dominance over Canada with a 6-0 thrashing in Hamilton today.
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Black Sticks reaping rewards
The world No8-ranked New Zealand are halfway through the second of two four-game series against Malaysia and South Korea.
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Rio calling: Black Sticks at the beach
New Zealand women's hockey side in training for the Olympics - and one's looking for some All Black attention.
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Hockey: Black Sticks Women into final
The Black Sticks Women will play for a gold medal at the FIH World League Final
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Olympic Games next for retired McCaw
The recently retired captain will be in the grandstands cheering on his partner Gemma Flynn and her Black Sticks hockey team-mates at the Olympics.
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Hockey: Glynn makes the 'hardest' decision to retire
New Zealand women's hockey striker Katie Glynn has retired from the international game as she's succumbed to injuries.