Were the All Blacks poisoned? New research shows the conspiracy theories New Zealanders and Australians believe in and why
What conspiracies do Aussies and Kiwis believe? When it comes to specifically Australian and New Zealand conspiracies, we found a majority of people in both countries (56.7 percent of Aussies and 50.1 percent Kiwis) endorsed at least one of the ones we asked about. Sporting conspiracy theories were the most believed. For instance, almost one-third of Aussies believed the racehorse Phar Lap's sudden death in San Francisco in 1932 was the result of poisoning by US gangsters. The most popular conspiracy theory amongst Kiwis was the All Blacks were deliberately poisoned prior to the 1995 Rugby Wo...