New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon had his first in-person meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump late on Wednesday in South Korea, ahead of a dinner hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

Similar to the USWNT, this will be New Zealand’s third game in less than a week. The Football Ferns played a pair of matches against Mexico, losing both. They lost the first match 1-0 last Thursday, before falling 2-0 on Sunday. New Zealand has just three games left before the start of qualifying for the 2027 World Cup begins next February.

The United States women's national team cruised to a friendly victory over New Zealand in Kansas City Wednesday evening.  Scorers: Sears 8', 55', 84', Macario 34', 67', Lavelle 44', It was one-way

New Zealand on Thursday announced expanded sanctions on Russia's oil industry and shadow fleet while meeting with the Nordic 5 foreign ministers in Stockholm. New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement that New Zealand was sanctioning a further 65 shadow fleet vessels and actors from Belarus,

Emma Sears scored a hat trick as the United States closed out the October window with a one-sided 6-0 win over New Zealand on Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri. U.S. coach Emma Hayes once again rotated her starting XI as she did in a pair of friendlies against Portugal prior to the game with New Zealand.

This is the 22 nd all-time meeting between the two programs, with the USWNT enjoying a 19-1-1 advantage and claiming the most recent friendly match-ups in January of 2023 (4-0, 5-0). Ranked 33 rd internationally by FIFA,

The USA Women’s National Soccer Team hosts New Zealand on Wednesday, October 29 (10/29/2025) at 8 p.m. ET. The game airs live from CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Here’s how to watch it for free online. Time: 8 p.m. ET

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon, and the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lawrence Wong, on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.

Three photographers were able to capture the red sprite phenomenon, when lightning flashes above thunderstorms, in high definition against the Milky Way.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Irish team announcement for the first of Ireland’s Autumn Internationals, against New Zealand at Soldier Field in Chicago on Saturday. It has been dubbed “The Rematch” after Ireland beat the All Blacks in 2016, the first time they beat them in their history.