new zealand are the all blacks
All Blacks (Rugby), Black Sticks (Hockey), Black Caps (Cricket).
The only national men's teams to have longstanding nicknames are the Australian Hockeyroos and Kookaburras, and the New Zealand Black Sticks (the name for both their men's and women's squads).
The Black Ferns.
the New Zealand Women's Rugby Union team is nicknamed the Black Ferns.
we don't have an "official" colour but i'd say if we did, it'd be black. most nz professional sports teams have 'black' in their name, and wear black.. all blacks (rugby) black caps (cricket) tall blacks (basketball) black sticks (field hockey) etc etc!
The nickname for New Zealand's national soccer teams is "The Kiwis".
the silver fern comes from New Zealand it is a native to New Zealand and lots of the New Zealand sports teams use it as there symbols
Whirimako Black composed and sang the title music to the documentary television series called 'The New Zealand Wars'.
New Zealand did not make it to the 2006 world cup.
New Zealand's Women's Rugby team, The Black Ferns (Not to be confused with "The Silver Ferns", which are NZ's netball team) are ranked 1st in the world and are more sucessful than the All Blacks (For the oblivious, New Zealand's Mens team)
George Black - New Zealand politician - was born in 1904.