News Topic - New Zealand

Asian stocks fall sharply in early trade
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian stocks traded sharply lower early Tuesday, with miners and the oil sector under pressure in the wake of overnight declines in commodity prices, while Japan's Nikkei benchmark briefly tumbled below the 8,000 point level before recovering, with exporters among los ... more »
MarketWatch.com  –  Dec 2, 2008 01:25 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Business: Markets

All Blacks: NZ buoyant after drawing Cup nemesis
LONDON - New Zealand's contingent at today's 2011 World Cup pool draw seemed as pumped as the inflatable rugby ball the allocation was made in.The prospect of rematch with nemesis France was being savoured by tournament organisers,...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 2, 2008 01:10 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Rugby

World Cup is no joke for England
The autumn international series was not exactly a side-splitter for England, so Martin Johnson and his colleagues were in dire need of something to smile at as the draw for the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand unfolded in London yesterday.
The Independent  –  Dec 2, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Rugby

Lipman faces stamping hearing
Michael Lipman, the Bath captain who played on the open-side flank in England's heavy defeat by New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday, has been cited for an alleged stamping offence and will appear before Professor Lorne Crerar, a judicial officer appointed by the International Rugby Board, lat ... more »
The Independent  –  Dec 2, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Rugby

Scotland coach Frank Hadden content with 'good draw'
The 2011 World Cup draw in New Zealand was never going to make life easy for Scotland.
Telegraph.co.uk  –  Dec 1, 2008 11:48 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Rugby

Novell helps supercomputing leader to cut operating cost and maximize resource utilization
PlateSpin workload management product provides data center automation - - Auckland, New Zealand - Novell today announced that the New Zealand Supercomputing Centre (NZSC) has chosen one of its PlateSpi... [WebWire - Monday, December 01, 2008]
WebWire  –  Dec 1, 2008 11:36 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases

All Blacks: Hobbs' heartfelt gesture sums up season
LONDON - The intensity of the hug when Jock Hobbs squeezed Richie McCaw goodbye rendered the words almost immaterial.There was relief, gratitude and heartfelt thanks all encompassed by the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) chairman's...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 1, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Rugby

Divers search New Zealand plane's wreckage
CANET, France, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- French divers working to recover bodies from a downed New Zealand jet in the Mediterranean Sea said Monday they had yet to find its flight data recorder.
United Press International  –  Dec 1, 2008 10:37 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Top Stories

New Zealand and France set for RWC re-match
The All Blacks have the opportunity to start the 2011 Rugby World Cup the way they finished the last edition of the sport's global spectacle.
Scrum.com  –  Dec 1, 2008 10:36 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Rugby

Air NZ crash: Damaged black box will give answers - investigator
EXCLUSIVE - A senior accident investigator in France has dismissed claims one of the black boxes recovered from the wreck of the Air New Zealand Airbus A320 which came down in the Mediterranean last week is too damaged to yield useful...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 1, 2008 10:07 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in World: Oceania