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Hundreds have gathered in the rain at Waitangi for the dawn service to mark the 174th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

While the Kiwi rugby league team switch off and enjoy some down time in the south of France, the same can’t be said for the support staff.

The Kiwis are resting battered bodies in the south of France and promising better in their second match at the Rugby League World Cup.

Kiwis captain Simon Mannering has given his players no room for excuses as they embark on the defence of their rugby league World Cup title.

The New Zealand Rugby League accept they will polarise opinion with their decision to make Sonny Bill Williams a late addition to the Kiwis’ World Cup squad.

They won’t start favourites for the rugby league World Cup, but New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney claims the current crop is more advanced than the group which claimed the 2008 title.

Kiwis convenor of selectors Tony Iro is awaiting word from the Sonny Bill Williams camp whether the dual international will make himself available for New Zealand in the rugby league World Cup.

Benji Marshall has ruled himself out of the rugby league World Cup in October ahead of his code swap to rugby union.

New Zealand are deep into negotiations with Sonny Bill Williams with a view to him featuring in the rugby league World Cup this autumn.

New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney is taking a hands-off approach as Kiwis playmaker Benji Marshall reportedly considers his future in rugby league.

Shaun Johnson is hopeful of taking the pitch for the Kiwis in the Anzac test against Kangaroos on Friday despite worries over a leg injury.

New Zealand’s drought conditions are having an impact on its iconic wildlife, with a tiny dehydrated and starving kiwi being rescued by a passing couple in the Coromandel.

Benji Marshall has been dumped as Kiwis captain ahead of this year’s Rugby League World Cup.

Most of the time, leaving your homeland can mean stepping out of your comfort zone in search of starting a new life.

New Zealand are hoping a ‘State of Origin’ style approach to international rugby league will result in Test football domination – and give them a stranglehold on the World Cup.

Black Caps wicketkeeper BJ Watling says survival against South Africa in the second Test will be as much a mental game as it is a physical challenge.

New Zealand have stumbled to their worst Test score in more than 50 years as South Africa rolled them for 45 on the first day of the first Test at Newlands in Cape Town.