Aussie Puckerood By Kiwis At World Champs

New Zealand’s Black Sticks shocked Australia with a scoreless draw in their second match of the women’s World Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Amsterdam this morning.

The young New Zealanders kept the world’s third-ranked side goalless and came close to upsetting them again after their shock win in last year’s Oceania tournament.

The puckeroos suffered

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New Zealand Beer Pipped, For Once

A World Cup-style competition to find the best beer has named an Australian made sparkling ale as the winner.

The competition, run by the UK publication Off Licence News, pitted beers from 32 countries that contested soccer’s World Cup against each other.

The drinks were placed in one of eight groups of four, to correspond

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Oceania Now A Chance in World Title

The New Zealand junior girls’ table tennis team won the Oceania title to qualify for the world championships in Egypt in December.

They beat Ausfailure 3-Nil in the Oceania final in Geelong. World Finals officials were jubilant that a team from New Zealand would represent Oceania in December saying ‘At least now we can be

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