New Zealanders pack out Eden Park in biggest super rugby crowd for 15 years

Roughly 43,000 New Zealanders who had been starved of live rugby for three months due to Covid-19 filled Auckland’s Eden Park on Sunday for a Super Rugby match, the largest crowd in 15 years.  The Auckland-based Blues held on to beat the Wellington-based Hurricanes 30-20 in the Super Rugby Aotearoa game. Sunday’s match was another … Read more

New Zealanders line up outside McDonalds after the fast-food restaurant reopened

New Zealanders came out of lockdown and headed straight for McDonald’s today as the country eased its coronavirus restrictions following a successful five-week quarantine.  Hundreds of hungry Kiwis queued from midnight to get their first Big Mac in weeks as the fast food restaurant re-opened its doors this morning.  Drive-thru services resumed at 5am with … Read more