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Review: Jennifer Lawrence 'spectacularly, fearlessly, uncompromisingly brilliant' in Die My Love
On the talkshow circuit, Lawrence usually presents as a lovable ditz. But when she turned up on Lynn Ramsey's Die My Love, she was here to work.

Black Caps add uncapped seamer to squad for second test amid injury crisis
Injuries to two Kiwi seamers helped the West Indies escape with a draw in Christchurch. Now the series heads to Wellington.

Te Pati Maori tensions expected to loom as party AGM goes ahead
Te Pati Maori gathers for its long-awaited AGM today, after months of turmoil that led to the expulsion of two of their six MPs.

Black Ferns roll on, All Blacks bomb out on first day of Cape Town 7s
The Black Ferns Sevens team’s hot form has continued but the All Blacks Sevens have been bundled out of contention on the first day in Cape Town.

Toyota’s December Debut Hints at Dual GR GT and Lexus Supercar Lineup

Deadly attack on kindergarten reported in Sudan

All Whites to start World Cup in NFL stadium as venues, kickoff times revealed
We now know where and when New Zealand will chase history in North America next year.

Jacinda Ardern was genuinely compassionate. She cared. But it was never enough
“Cohen’s book, Jacinda The Untold Stories, draws on interviews from those who worked for and with Ardern,” said Damien Grant.

What to watch: Succession star shines in tense psychological thriller All Her Fault
Sarah Snook and Jake Lacy stand out in this tense Chicago-set series about a missing boy and the upper middle class family's secrets his disappearance reveals.

Tenants claim landlord urinated in the garden, visited ‘multiple times a day’
A group of students celebrated when they found a cheap flat. But then the ‘almost daily’ visits from their landlord began.

Are you dreading the working week? You may have the Sunday scaries, and you're not alone
Last Monday morning, my Apple Watch checked in on me to see if I was OK.

The bankrupt pool guy and a year of living rent free
For a year, undischarged bankrupt Richard Lascelles allegedly failed to pay rent on the large villa he and his family occupied in central Christchurch.

Rieko Ioane makes debut for Irish club Leinster in big Champions Cup win
All Blacks wing/centre Rieko Ioane, who has played 88 tests, has attracted plenty of attention ahead of his debut for Leinster.

Breakers surge into ANBL playoff contention after another win
The New Zealand Breakers are officially rolling, and back in the Australian NBL playoff race while they’re at it.

'Anytime he had a word that he didn't know, we would write a song'
Award-winning Kiwi musicians and parents Steph Brown and Fen Ikner use death metal, reggae and Latin grooves to help kids learn how to spell tricky words.

Rugby: Fiji men defeat New Zealand to book sevens semifinal spot
Fiji defeated New Zealand 35-5 in their final pool game at the Cape Town 7s tournament

'Democracy has crumbled!': 4 arrested in UK Crown Jewels protest

Hamas, PIJ know where to reach slain hostage Ran Gvili, Israel tells mediators

Syria’s al-Sharaa promises peace and unity in face of Israeli aggression

Flash flooding causes highways to close to and from Eilat

England capitulate under lights as Starc torments them with bat and ball
Australia are eyeing a 2-0 lead in the Ashes as the second test heads into day four on Sunday.

Water nitrate levels rise in town previously hit by unsafe levels
Nitrate levels are inching up in a small South Canterbury town where some council water supplies were previously off limits for extended periods following breaches of the drinking water standards.

Unbeaten Phoenix face reigning premiers in first away assignment
The Phoenix face reigning premiers Melbourne City in their first away game of the season.

From Christchurch to Belgrade: Meet the Kiwi who accidentally started a new life in Serbia
John Egan made a last-minute decision to board a 4am bus to Belgrade, and hasn’t looked back.

His house is 3km from the coast. His insurance company says it’s at high risk of sea surge
Trevor Taylor was dismayed to see the cost of his annual home insurance jump by $1000 - about a third - this year.

‘Humiliating’: Disabled man falls out of Air NZ safety sling, hits plane floor
A Wellington man says he fell on to the floor of an Air New Zealand plane after staff failed to properly position sling used to transfer him from his seat.