The current Wallabies are dead-set determined to end a 10-Test losing streak to the All Blacks in Hong Kong.

Sonny Bill Williams has been left out of the All Blacks' squad to face the Wallabies in Hong Kong on Saturday night.

Injured All Black Richard Kahui predicts Sonny Bill Williams will be waiting a few more weeks for a taste of test rugby.

Aftershocks, ante-natal classes and anaerobic workouts have kept Kieran Read flat-out since the All Blacks' last test.

The Wallabies have finally acknowledged the psychological benefits of simulating "should-win" scenarios.

The ABs can't afford to rest on the laurels of their winning streak against the Wallabies, warns centre Conrad Smith.

Wallabies skipper Rocky Elsom has vowed to take New Zealand to the wire in a Bledisloe Cup thriller in Hong Kong.

The All Blacks selectors will seriously consider ditching a backup hooker and halfback from their year-end tour squad to make room for more rugby World Cup fringe contenders.

All Black first five Daniel Carter's progressing as planned two weeks after having surgery on his ankle.

Revelations the Bledisloe Cup Hong Kong match has been jeopardised by meagre ticket sales have disappointed Wayne Smith.

There is speculation that the fourth Bledisloe Cup test could be moved from Hong Kong to Europe due to poor ticket sales.

One-time factory worker Zhang Xin rode China's property boom.

Maurice Williamson's comments that opponents of land sales to foreigners were sometimes being racist was a case of humour backfiring, John Key said today.

A man who spent three years infiltrating Auckland's crime networks has uncovered a drug trade on a staggering scale.

The death of an Air NZ pilot, found after he went missing on a bush walk last week, is "not suspicious", say Hong Kong police.

The body of an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing a week ago while trekking in rural Hong Kong has been found, police said today.