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News
May 2
Rugby: New format best option for NZ sides
The new format of the Super rugby competition is the best option offered to New Zealand teams and does not differ greatly to the status quo, Highlanders general manger Roger Clark says.
Dunedin
October 15
ORFU report to stay confidential
A confidential report following the financial collapse of the Otago Rugby Football Union is likely to remain confidential.
Rugby
April 24
Opinion: Men and woman vote at AGM
The previous headquarters of one of New Zealand's biggest sporting organisations is like a flashy winger, standing on the fringes with the wind from the waterfront brushing against its pretty but earthquake-prone structure - making it look elitist and isolated.
Rugby
March 7
Rugby: Junior coaches to be vetted
All coaches will be vetted by police before they take junior rugby teams as part of a new policy by the New Zealand Rugby Union.
Rugby
January 26
Rugby: NZRU accused of failing Guildford
The New Zealand Rugby Union has been accused of failing under-fire All Black Zac Guildford.
Rugby
April 12
Rugby: RWC drives improved NZRU result
The New Zealand Rugby Union today announced an improved bottom line result for the 2011 financial year of $9.6 million, reflecting the final accounting reconciliation from the investment in Rugby World Cup 2011.
Rugby
March 21
SBW a risk as rugby's poster boy
It is part madness, part inspired that the New Zealand Rugby Union have asked Sonny Bill Williams to be an ambassador for teenagers.
Queenstown
March 18
Rugby trophies on NZ road trip coming to town
A national road trip will give Wakatipu residents and visitors the chance to share in Rugby World Cup glory when the coveted Webb Ellis Cup and a cabinet full of New Zealand's prestigious rugby silverware are brought to Queenstown.
Rugby
March 16
Rugby: Financial aid given reluctantly - Tew
Chief executive Steve Tew claims the New Zealand Rugby Union is not jumping for joy at the "saving" of Otago rugby. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn talks to Tew about the Otago situation and its ramifications across the country.
Rugby
March 1
Rugby: NZRU stand draws 'line in the sand'
Taine Randell supports the New Zealand Rugby Union decision not to bail out the Otago Rugby Football Union.
Rugby
February 23
Rugby: NZRU meeting may affect Otago
A meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union board tomorrow may play a hand in the future of the Otago union.
News
February 20
Rugby: Henry signs on with NZRU
Sir Graham Henry has had his role of coaching the coaches confirmed after the World Cup winning coach signed a part-time deal with the New Zealand Rugby Union until the end of 2013.
Sport
February 15
Professional sports' battle all-embracing
Doom and gloom in sport used to refer to Rugby World Cup droughts, or being bowled out for 26. Now it is more likely to refer to balance sheets and bad debts. Beginning our series examining the state of professional sport, sports editor Hayden Meikle gives an overview of the issues to debate.
Editorial
February 3
Rugby and professionalism
The professional rugby era has not been kind to New Zealand.
Rugby
January 2
Rugby: Sonny Bill Williams's NRL cuppa not fazing NZRU
Rugby chiefs are relaxed about Sonny Bill Williams' latest finger-flipping gesture to the sport, as the flighty talent appears to be on the verge of signing a multimillion-dollar package to join the Sydney Roosters.
Rugby
December 15
Rugby: Watchdog urges NZRU action on booze
The New Zealand Rugby Union has been urged to look at more than just punishing players who get into trouble with alcohol.
Rugby
December 5
Rugby: Hobby, not profit in franchises: Sir Bob
Three of the country's canniest investors with a love of sport advise passion and caution in purchasing a licence in one of the four available Super Rugby franchises.
Dunedin
December 5
Highlanders seek local solution
A process to find private investors to prop up the New Zealand Super rugby franchises will not include the Highlanders, who have quietly spent the past three months looking for their own model of financial prosperity.
Rugby
November 12
Rugby: Jamie Joseph keen to coach Maori
Jamie Joseph says he would be interested in coaching the New Zealand Maori side next year but he would have to know all the details before making a commitment.
News
September 27
Mains backs union over restrictions slating
Former All Black coach Laurie Mains supports the New Zealand Rugby Union's criticism of commercial restrictions which have sparked threats of a World Cup withdrawal in 2015.
National
August 17
'No sex' campaign irritates NZRU
The All Blacks have found themselves at the centre of a new public relations controversy - this time over a humorous and edgy Telecom-led advertising campaign to have fans abstain from sex for the Rugby World Cup.
Rugby
August 10
NZRU backs Adidas over AB jersey price
The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) has backed Adidas over the All Black replica jerseys, saying the sporting goods giant should not reduce its wholesale price.
Rugby
July 26
Time for NZRU to award retrospective test caps
It's time the New Zealand Rugby Union considered the awarding of retrospective test caps for All Blacks of the past.
Rugby
June 8
Business case or basket case
Rugby
May 25
Rugby: Best decision is the one which leaves no regrets
Why individuals are obsessed with trying to predict when the end of the world happens is beyond me.
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