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Organisers buzzing over progress on big projects
Rugby World Cup tournament boss Martin Snedden says he feels reassured by the organisational muscle and the progress of construction projects in Auckland 18 months before the event kicks off."We are really pleased that Auckland...

Rugby: Pacific flavour for World Cup
It seemed an odd decision at first but pitting the All Blacks against Tonga in the opening game of the World Cup now makes sense.Tuesday marks the 18-month countdown to that first match and it will be significant in defining the...

Poll shows some doubt NZ will be ready for World Cup
Organisers are confident everything will be ready for the Rugby World Cup kick-off but a quarter of the public disagree.Rugby World Cup 2011 CEO Martin Snedden has "no doubt" about progress, regardless of the latest political...

TV bosses eye sharing Cup commentators
Free-to-air television bosses are discussing sharing commentators after agreeing to share coverage of the top 16 games during the Rugby World Cup next year.Of the 16 games - including the quarter-finals, semifinals and final -...

Minto Walkway sparks outrage
Veteran Springbok Tour protester John Minto has found himself at the centre of a new Eden Park storm, with a controversial plan to name a nearby road after him.The Eden Albert community board has recommended a link lane - being...

Rugby World Cup TV rights to cost taxpayer over $3m
The deal securing free-to-air broadcasting rights to the 2011 Rugby World Cup has cost the New Zealand tax-payer over $3 million.The Government has shelled out $3.2 million to the IRB after a messy bidding process involving Maori...

Fran O'Sullivan : Failures make us look third world
Any overseas investor looking to the Wall Street Journal for news about New Zealand could be forgiven for thinking this country is slipping towards third world status.The repeated failures of Telecom's XT mobile network and...