Rugby World Cup 2011

Auckland is set to host more Rugby World Cup games, including two quarterfinals, with quake-affected Christchurch looking likely to lose its matches, the Weekend Herald has learned.

The Christchurch earthquake is likely to have little effect on Rugby World Cup tourism but the games must be shifted from the shattered city, actor and travel writer Tim Bentinck says.

It was an email asking for more than $1500 but Pete Thomson did not have to wait a second to say yes.

Security screening requirements around the Rugby World Cup are expected to add thousands of cases to the stretched workload of the Security Intelligence Service - which is already in disrepute over lapses in its vetting of fantasist and former Defence chief scientist Stephen Wilce.