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Snow, rain, gale force winds: NZ gets the full weather menu
As a strong and unsettled southerly flow continues to spread over the North Island on Sunday, road snowfall warnings are in place across all of Aotearoa.

Water back in Porirua after burst pipe caused outages
At around 2:20pm on Saturday a 300mm main burst on Mepham Place causing asphalt on the road to crack.

All Blacks’ run-and-gun tactics stun Bulls in Pretoria
Hooker Codie Taylor, openside flanker Anton Segner, wings Josh Moorby and Leroy Carter and centre Rieko Ioane topped the list of players who thrived as the All Blacks fired-up their high-tempo game to beat the Bulls 50-19.

‘It gets in your head’: Heat pump hum from neighbour’s house torments couple
Jeff and Gina Dombroski have made 16 noise complaints since August 2023.

Penk, an ex-Navy officer, saw the iceberg ahead. National threw him overboard
That fact should worry the remnant of his cabinet even more than losing one of the most talented and popular ministers.

Bangladesh move closer to historic win in Australia
Spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz takes the crucial wicket of Steve Smith as Bangladesh move closer to a historic first Test victory in Australia on day three in Darwin.

Soaring heat, falling crowds - The Hundred's peculiar summer
BBC Sport looks at the numbers behind the drop in attendances at The Hundred compared to 2025, in the tournament's first year under new private ownership.

Sadie Sink and Adam Driver to star in new X-Men movie
Heartstopper's Kit Connor and Christopher Abbot are also joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Moment family rescued after 16 hours floating on jet ski off Thailand
A 50-year-old father and his two sons were found floating off Koh Samui island, a local official told AFP on Saturday.

Analysis: Arday's death will send shockwaves through a divided academia
Barely 1% of professors at UK universities are black, so he was joining a small and highly visible minority in academia, writes Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys.

Live: All Blacks v Bulls at Loftus Versfeld - Greatest Rivalry Tour
Follow all the action from New Zealand's third tour match of South Africa at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.

Taranaki Kokako recovery to get $1 million boost
New funding will support predator control, habitat restoration and kokako monitoring across more than 46,000 hectares of Taranaki forest.

One critical, three injured in violent Hamilton incident
A 23-year-old man is in custody after a serious assault in Maeroa left one person critically injured and three others wounded.

Hamilton knife attack puts four people in hospital
A 23-year-old man is in custody, police say.

‘Stinks so much’: Mystery stench in suburb forces residents inside
The source of the 4-year stench has left officials perplexed and residents fed up.

‘I don’t like seeing people get ripped off’: this ‘normal bloke’ took on a corporation - and won
Tuakau man Wayne Browning has won a court victory against ACC.

O'Connor leads heptathlon before final event, while Hunt eyes third gold
Ireland's Kate O'Connor is in pole position for heptathlon gold with just the 800m remaining at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, but Katarina Johnson-Thompson is out of contention.

Belgian Pocognoli frontrunner to be Scotland boss
Former Monaco head coach Sebastien Pocognoli is identified by the Scottish FA as their prime candidate to replace Steve Clarke.

Weekend to bring significant drop in temperatures as heatwave ends
Temperatures will tumble this weekend with the weather feeling noticeably cooler as the fifth widespread heatwave of the year comes to an end.

Met Police apologises for data breach involving alleged Al Fayed victims
Scotland Yard copied in all those who had signed up to receive a monthly update.

Bonnie Tyler fans line the streets as coffin taken to her Swansea home
The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer died last month in a hospital in Portugal.