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Watch: Flying winger produces NRL try of the year ... in pre-season
Little-known Tino Tavana somehow leapt to the air, with his legs over the sideline, and twisted his body to plant the ball down during Saturday afternoon’s 42-26 trial win over the Roosters.

Free Trade Agreement with India must protect migrant workers - Labour
Labour leader has written a letter to the Prime Minister outlining the conditions National must meet before the party will consider supporting the deal.

ACT leader David Seymour delivers 'State of the Nation' speech
In Christchurch, the ACT leader pushed for a smaller state, rejected Treaty "division" and vowed to keep Labour, Greens and Te Pati Maori from power.

Ukrainian skier gets engaged on Valentine's Day at the Olympics
Love was in the air — make that the big air — for freeskier Kateryna Kotsar of Ukraine on Valentine’s Day.

David Seymour delivers 'State of the Nation' speech
The deputy prime minister is set to talk at 10.45am, before taking questions from the media.

Watch: Third-tier side score spectacular winner to stun Premier League club in major FA Cup upset
Third-tier Mansfield pulled off the latest upset in this year's FA Cup by knocking out Premier League side Burnley. Louis Reed struck with a stunning long-range free kick in the 80th minute at Turf Moor to complete a comeback 2-1 win in the fourth round tie.

Live: David Seymour delivers 'State of the Nation' speech
The deputy prime minister is set to talk at 10.45am, before taking questions from the media.

Winter Olympics: Kiwi duo fails to qualify for women’s freestyle big air final
New Zealanders Sylvia Trotter and Ruby Star Andrews won’t compete for a medal in the women’s freestyle skiing Big Air at the Milano Cortina Games.

Keen fisherman dies after being trapped in rising floodwaters
Brent Knowles died when his car became trapped in floodwaters.

Update on Christchurch’s contaminated water expected at midday
A large portion of Christchurch was told to boil their water on Saturday due to the detection of coliforms.

Firefighter rushed to hospital after blaze rips through Wairoa liquor store
Flood preparations are underway in Wairoa.

Minister 'worried' Wairoa could be cut off as weather continues to bite region
Mark Mitchell is so concerned about Wairoa, he’s contemplating driving four hours to the town as a wild weather front continues to hit the area.

Fijian circus takes flight
Fiji's only professional circus is just days away from making its Aotearoa debut.

This Magnificent Provincial Park In Canada Boasts Stunning Mountain And Lake Views

Onsite gunmen force MSF to stop work at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital

Opel Zafira Minivan Gets New 2.2 Liter Multijet Evo Turbodiesel

Retail crime group rented expensive Symonds Street space against advice
The group is paying $119,000 for the 2025/26 year.

SailGP Auckland: Live updates as Black Foils, France crash pushes league to race in split fleet format
The move comes after a crash on day one of the event saw two sailors hospitalised.

Act will campaign on cutting number of Government departments from 41 to no more than 30
Act is promising to slash the number of departments from 41 to no more than 30.

Two-year ban on taking shellfish and seaweed from rockpools north of Auckland
The ban is for all of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, and further north at Kawau Bay and Omaha Bay.

David Seymour vows smaller government and deeper reforms in State of the Nation address
The ACT leader says the party will push to cap ministers, cut departments and tackle productivity slump ahead of next election.

‘Please don’t be sad’: Lindsey Vonn to return to US after crash at Olympics
American skier Lindsey Vonn's latest surgery on the leg that she broke in the Olympic downhill “went well” and now she “will be able to finally go back to the U.S’’.