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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, kicked off Thursday with a month of intense competition leading up to the final on Aug. 20. The first match following the opening ceremony was a victory by cohost New Zealand, 1-0 over…

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — For as long as she can remember, Sophia Smith has dreamt of playing for the U.S. in a World Cup. As a young girl growing up in northern Colorado, she planned for it, she practiced it, she even acted it out in her backyard.

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias.

To make up for the shortfall of climate action the ETS creates, the Government will pay billions to someone overseas to plant trees for NZ to restrict us from doing the same, says Te Kapunga Dewes.

No stranger to creating NZ football history, Hannah Wilkinson has painted a rosy picture for the Football Ferns' future in this FIFA Women's World Cup - exactly when the nation needed its spirits lifted, Suzanne McFadden writes.

As the political parties reveal their slogans for the election campaign, we look at who and what makes a catchphrase sing,

But the dairy co-op's biggest customer Nestlé says greater efficiency is only a start – Fonterra's farmers must also cut absolute emissions. Jonathan Milne reports.

Belt-tightening at overseas entertainment companies is so far not being felt by the New Zealand film production industry, which is a mainstay of many international film and TV productions

An estimated 20,000 Americans are coming to New Zealand for the Women's World Cup and many have arrived in the days before the U.S. women's team plays its opener against Vietnam on Saturday