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Live: Canterbury v Bay of Plenty - Ranfurly Shield
Follow all the action as Canterbury defend the Ranfurly Shield at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch.

Despair on the street as child believed to be about 1-year-old dies after dog attack
A local resident describes the harrowing scenes on the verge outside a property where a dog had earlier attacked a child.

Live: Powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Indonesia
The 7.7 magnitude earthquake triggered an early tsunami warning for some regions of Indonesia.

The latest ultra-luxury train will journey through China

Maryland tax court voids digital ad tax, orders refunds to Apple, Google and Peacock TV

MP shocked by fatal Aranui dog attack
A police investigation is continuing after a young child was killed in a dog attack on Friday afternoon.

Powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Indonesia
The 7.7 magnitude earthquake triggered an early tsunami warning for some regions of Indonesia.

'For my wellbeing': Lulu Sun takes break from tennis
The New Zealand number one says playing tennis at the top level brings "relentless" physical and mental demands.

Why tech bosses keep sharing their manifestos about AI
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg is the latest Big Tech name to pen a letter thousands of words long about AI.

Strong earthquake strikes off coast of Indonesia
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre put the strength at magnitude 7.6.

What’s your secret talent or party trick?
Everyone has that one strangely impressive thing they can do.

Australian cricket vice-captain addresses ex-wife's affair claims
Cricket Australia backs the vice-captain following her marriage breakdown, but strips her of any input into teammate Georgia Voll's selection.

One killed in Geraldine crash
The accident happened on Orari Station Road shortly after 8pm on Friday.

MPs shocked by fatal Aranui dog attack
A police investigation is continuing after a young child was killed in a dog attack on Friday afternoon.

All Blacks set for final trial ahead of Springboks tests
All you need to know ahead of the All Blacks v Bulls match in Pretoria on Sunday morning (NZT).

Country Life: The Trust helping New Zealand's raptors take flight again
The NZ Raptor Trust has spent 10 years getting injured birds back in the air.

What's behind social media food trends - and why are they so tempting?
A dessert made from a packet of biscuits and a can of peaches is the latest in a menu of 'recipes' sweeping the internet.

Pacific reach out to NZ for information on bird flu
Pacific governments have asked New Zealand for advice on handling the H5 avian influenza, or bird flu, according to the Ministry of Primary and Industries.

Google now lets you nix visible Gemini image watermarks
On a week when AI watermarking is a hot topic, Google has just announced that Gemini will let you drop the visible watermarks from created images and videos. Of course, “visible” is the key word here, with Google exec Josh Woodward explaining in a social post that invisible SynthID watermarks and...

A year on, police ‘confident’ of solving Christchurch woman’s disappearance
Police are confident the case of Rowena Walker, who disappeared a year ago, will be solved.

The ‘worm’ worked for Dunne, but that ‘sudden’ surge not the Opportunity way, Wong says
The former United Future leader says it’s “too early to tell” if Opportunity will make it at this year’s election.

Open winner Ryan Fox sits near bottom in tough return to PGA Tour
The New Zealander carded consecutive 73s to sit at six-over, with only a player who withdrew sitting beneath him on the leaderboard.

Protein or pickled garlic? What's new in ice cream
There's a constant battle in ice cream to come up with new flavours and to keep costs down.