Fears towns will 'lose out once again' as Australia and New Zealand drop out of Rugby League World Cup

The Beths have announced their debut live album and concert film, titled ‘Auckland, New Zealand, 2020’.The 16-track release was recorded at a one-off headline show The Beths played at the Auckland Town Hall last November.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle considered moving to New Zealand on their 2018 visit to the country. According to The Queen's representative in New Zealand, Governor general Patsy Reddy, a year before splitting from royal duties to move to the US, they had considered elsewhere as their main stay.

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The 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England was today officially postponed to 2022.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra have shared the new video for their latest single ‘That Life’ – you can watch the puppet-featuring clip below.The new song follows on from the release in June of the track ‘Weekend Run’, which marked the New Zealand band’s first official release since 2018.UMO have now dropped ‘That Life’ along with a Lydia Fine and Tony Blahd-directed video.The clip, which you can see below, stars a blue puppet that was created by The Muppets and Sesame Street puppeteer and fabricator

Prince Harry and Meghan discussed moving to the South Pacific country during their 2018 visit, more than a year before the couple stepped back from royal duties and moved to the United States.Governor-General Patsy Reddy also told The Associated Press in an interview she believes the British monarch should remain New Zealand's head of state and described the hand-typed letters she sends to Queen Elizabeth II.Reddy, 67, will leave her largely ceremonial role representing the queen in New Zealand

Pokémon GO‘s pandemic gameplay could be changed again following concerns raised by players.Last month, Niantic announced that it would be rolling back the gameplay changes it made to Pokémon GO due to the COVID-19 pandemic in select regions. Today (August 3) the update was applied in the US and New Zealand.

The first photo from Amazon Studios’ “The Lord of the Rings” is here, along with the long-awaited premiere date.

Filming wrapped today on Season 1 of Amazon Studios’ highly anticipated Lord of The Rings TV series and we now have a premiere date. The studio has set Friday, September 2, 2022, for the debut of the first season of the yet-to-be-titled series. New episodes will be released weekly, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 territories and countries worldwide. Amazon Studios also released the first series image tied to the wrap of filming in New Zealand.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Lord of the Rings” series at Amazon officially has a premiere date.The highly-anticipated epic fantasy series will debut on the streamer on Sept. 2, 2022, with new episodes dropping weekly after that.

The U.S. women’s national soccer team’s Olympic dream continues despite a dreary 0-0 draw with Australia early this AM.

Grimes has debuted a number of new songs during a set for Australian virtual reality festival Splendour XR.During the set at 3.30pm BST Sunday July 25 (12.30am AEST Monday July 26), dubbed the Grimes Metaverse (Super Beta) set, the artist played five unreleased tracks: ‘Shinigami Eyes’, ‘Love Is A Drug From God’ with Chris Lake, ‘100 Percent Tragedy’, ‘Utopia’ and ‘Player of Games’.

Former England captain James Graham has been left annoyed and embarrassed after seeing Australia and New Zealand pull out of the World Cup.

New Zealand pop royalty Lorde is back with a new single called "Stoned at the Nail Salon," another track from her upcoming album Solar Power. Unlike the jaunty, sun-stroked vibe of the album's title track, "Stoned" finds Lorde in a more ambivalent mood, though an overriding sense of bliss pervades thanks to the golden electric guitar dancing across the stripped-down song.

Lorde has released a new track called ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’ – you can listen to it below.Arriving today (July 21), the delicate acoustic number serves as the second preview of the New Zealand pop star’s upcoming third album, ‘Solar Power’.