New Zealand

Rugby Union
Industry Moves

New Zealand Rugby CEO Mark Robinson has maintained that “the foundations of our organisation are extremely strong” after announcing his resignation.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has secured Gallagher Insurance as its second sponsor to take on the assets jettisoned early by Ineos.
Mixed Martial Arts
Events

The Professional Fighters League is partnering with Australian commercial broadcaster Nine on the launch of PFL Pacific, its newest regional division.
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

New Zealand Rugby posted a loss of NZ$19.5m (€10.2m/$11.5m) for 2024, its third successive year of being in the red, with spending on its new media platform, NZR+, a major contributing factor.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is lining up Toyota as a new sponsor replacing Ineos after the chemicals brand walked away mid-contract.
Football
Media

New Zealand's qualification for their first men's Fifa World Cup in 16 years could spark a rare bidding war in the country for rights to forthcoming tournaments.
Cricket
Finance & Law

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) is to co-launch a franchise in USA's Major League Cricket (MLC), in doing so becoming the first national governing body to invest directly in an overseas Twenty20 league.
Multi-sport
Events

The future of the Commonwealth Games appears secure for at least the next decade after seven nations and territories expressed an interest in hosting the event in 2030 and beyond.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has reached an out-of-court settlement with Ineos over the company terminating its sponsorship agreement three years early.
Multiple Sports
Media

Sky New Zealand has announced rights deals for this year’s British & Irish Lions tour as well as golf’s US PGA Championship as it bids to soften the impact for customers of increasing the price of its sports package by 12 per cent.
Cricket
Media

The CEOs of New Zealand Cricket and Sky NZ have not ruled out matches on free-to-air despite the national teams returning to pay-TV for the 2026-32 cycle.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is suing Ineos over alleged non-payment of sponsorship fees, claiming that the global chemicals company is walking away from its deal early.
Rugby Union
Media

Sky New Zealand’s exclusive negotiating period to renew its rights to New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and Sanzaar properties expired at the end of last month, but the pay-television broadcaster remains confident o…
Football
Media

Sky New Zealand has secured exclusive rights to the men’s and women’s A-Leagues for another three years, with a second New Zealand team joining for the coming season.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The newly branded Ninja A-League will benefit from at least 10 free-to-air matches in 2024-25 as part of its naming rights deal.
Football
Media

BeIN Media Group has struck a new rights deal for the English Football League, covering 27 countries across the Middle East and North Africa, France, Australia and New Zealand
Football
Media

DAZN has secured exclusive rights to Uefa club competitions in New Zealand, sparking the potential for a return of competition for sports media rights in the market.
Sailing
Sponsorship & Marketing

Renewable energy suppler Acciona Energía has become the ‘Official Energy Partner’ of the 37th America’s Cup in what is likely to be the last sponsorship deal signed by the organisers before the action…