New Zealand

The Hawke’s Bay Sports Events and Education Consortium has sealed a partnership with Hockey New Zealand.

Payment services company Visa has agreed a deal to become a supporting partner of the Paralympics New Zealand national governing body.

New Zealand-based A-League football team Wellington Phoenix has signed a three-year extension to its shirt sponsorship agreement with Chinese telecommunications company Huawei.

Diageo-owned drinks brand Bundaberg Rum has signed a sponsorship deal with Australia’s National Rugby League.

Sportswear manufacturer BLK has signed a four-year extension to its partnership with the New Zealand Rugby League governing body.

Indian payment services company Oxigen has agreed a season-long deal to become the official sponsor of the New Zealand Twenty20 cricket team.

Women’s fitness franchise Curves has signed up as a support sponsor of the ANZ Championship, the top netball league in Australia and New Zealand.

Korean automotive company Kia has entered into a season-long partnership with New Zealand Super Rugby franchise the Hurricanes.

Financial services company Investec has signed a five-year extension to its partnership with New Zealand Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in the country.

Real estate company Barfoot & Thompson has been named an official partner of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

New Zealand Rugby has entered into a partnership with Specsavers that will see the optician chain lend its support to the body’s referees for the next three seasons of the Super Rugby club competition.

PepsiCo-owned isotonic drinks brand Gatorade has entered into a five-year partnership with New Zealand Rugby (NZR), rugby union’s governing body in the country.

Engineering and infrastructure group Downer has signed up as the new title sponsor of the Australian National Rugby League’s Auckland Nines rugby league event in New Zealand.

The National Rugby League’s Auckland Nines competition and Australian Big Bash League cricket franchise the Melbourne Stars have been hit by the collapse of main sponsor, electronics retailer Dick Smith.

New Zealand Rugby has agreed a partnership with Mitre 10 that will see the home improvement and garden retailer become the title sponsor of two of the country's leading domestic rugby union competitions.

The top netball division in Australia and New Zealand, the ANZ Championship, has agreed a partnership with café chain The Coffee Club.