{"id":495289,"date":"2026-06-25T18:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/495289\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:53:43","slug":"nzr-defends-harsh-but-easy-call-to-axe-moana-pasifika-from-super-rugby-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/495289\/","title":{"rendered":"NZR defends \u2018harsh but easy\u2019 call to axe Moana Pasifika from Super Rugby &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxOWS1MazBWcWJOV0h0V3JTY3JMYUtjYnVQQlNCMzh3VlpuZmhMRDkxbTY0aWx6U3BJUkR5aHN3YkJMd1RiVFJ1MEtUU1FEc1NqWTJrbklQR2dydTZfTll2NDNLS0ZsZW9GQ0FXQUVnQ3VSN2dleVVTaUd5VXpKM3NkakRZRm5XcS1QcjBlbnQxQmZxYXIwYmxlakxHd3BvZ1pZckVTVGJrcEVqS3plV2lmUXh3VHZkZ0htbVpPMWZxT3Y3aGhqLVRNZGJJVXRrbmRlUndPNERKUTdKRFdJQlFWNjlBakYyZktlVzhxTU5pWGc2a0RLd0RZWHhuTFFMbjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NZR defends \u2018harsh but easy\u2019 call to axe Moana Pasifika from Super Rugby<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9AFBVV95cUxNWDJiYlA3STBPSXNWbWxkelBrSGgtdlliaEtJMG44MDY5ajJySm1kSllRZVVOcnRVTm9JZVBkRkczT2ZGRWU5WXJSc0d6ZUpJV1RGNG9uMnBCQzkybTMxaFlhR3B1MnNlY0JnWC1rcm1LUjZNTnJRQnFEWldMRjBVNVBiSVBvd0hyUEhJMTE5dlMxZUJiYTBQMlpyN3RtLTZxVnFhM0ZzTXMtNnR6V2ZyVjZTZ0FTRVgwcFFaRkdTR0RGamUtVUJBVEllLWdGdFo4TE9wejZhNXo2QUE4UEZTeEpDQ3Q2RlB5OTRCX1dZYmZMX2xG?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gregor Paul: What Moana Pasifika&#8217;s demise means for ABs captain Ardie Savea<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOWXlfTVhUMEtDU2dZSGNQLUdfd29tN2stQnUtZEpYUUhpR0ROZUdNdDNId3M0LW1uV2JkVzhob2pqLXNveW05ZXN4X3NScGdMdTF0RGNYdlhCLXU4OVJ2a1BEZGRxVm1RVTJoLTBZaFV6eUcxSFhMM1gzZGdMenRGZG1jcUY3UGJjTWd3MVhn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luxon rules out financial help for Super Rugby side<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Otago Daily Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQcU9MUnFrdTYyNUxzSUNkX2dYQ24tb19XTE9jWXg4MW1Rd19OVEhDc2FQT2ROQVhFc21xNzIwajMyeDU3dFRDand0NEI2eU5WNUI1bTFCZEdTYThrcU1OWVUtYVlUZGt3NHJGcWN6NnZReU1PRXotclNhT1VVem1VZ3hLTVp2aEc1Ykl6VnVnYlFwWkIySjV0NlpRQ21rXzN6eWRfVG5WTXdfQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">If I only had time &#8211; Winston Peters saw hope for Moana Pasifika deal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxPRFN6UlNyT3FfMENnS3lycXNqU2M0a3pkTk43OHpQYUR1QzNadktVUE4zR2ctdnphcDItazdDZXdkV3pwdG5wNkMwajdETExtelFpU0NXcmhCUzNzZDltU3F5RUREM19yZi1yb3hWWmhJMVlWNHVOSWExLXJ3ZWMxalYzVW9HekVkdDV1dS03aDZ1ZXVDS3k4MUxjczRwVDg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New Zealand Rugby rules Moana Pasifika out of Super Rugby 2027<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NZR defends \u2018harsh but easy\u2019 call to axe Moana Pasifika from Super Rugby&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldGregor Paul: What Moana Pasifika&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-495289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}