PM John Key says an apology to Maori rugby players excluded from All Blacks tours to South Africa is a matter between unions.

All you need to know about the grounds where the All Whites will play their World Cup matches, plus the semis and final venues.

Israel yesterday described as baseless reported findings in a new book that it offered to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa in 1975.

Small doses of the male sex hormone testosterone can make people less trusting of strangers, scientists have found.

Accusations of a player-poaching drive have given extra spice to an already tantalising Super 14 semi between the Crusaders and Bulls.

Richie McCaw's men can square their previous loss against the Bulls but they must fire on all cylinders, writes Wynne Gray.

With the World Cup less than a month away, Michael Brown gives the alphabetical rundown on this year’s tournament.

A look at the venues for the FIFA World Cup including where the All Whites will play.

Rugby officials hope their apology will consign a sorry chapter in New Zealand-South African relations to the history books.

Pita Sharples has criticised the NZRU's Maori appointees for advising against the union's apology today for past treatment of Maori players.

Ruben van Assouw joins a list of more than a dozen known examples of sole survivors from air disasters.

Two prominent Maori former All Blacks have welcomed NZRU's apology to Maori players, but one player from the 60s says the scars will never heal.

There's pride and hope among the shanties, says Catherine Masters.

The Netherlands has gone into mourning over the deaths of at least 61 Dutch citizens among the 104 people on a plane that crashed in Libya.

If the British public was shocked by the WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends) culture at the World Cup finals in Germany four years ago, this year is going to be all about SADs - Sons and Daughters.