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The Tigers legend Michael Cheika thinks would be the perfect next coach of Lebanon
Cedars coach Michael Cheika is returning to rugby union after the World Cup – and there is one man he would love to see succeed him.

Ronaldo punished for walking out on team
Football icon Cristiano Ronaldo has been penalised for walking out on Portugal camp.

Recently fixed Plex Media vulnerabilities are being exploited to install malware
A researcher says attacks chaining 4 vulnerabilities is hacking unpatched boxes.

Leroy Carter to miss Northern Tour as All Blacks injury woes deepen
Leroy Carter has been ruled out of the end-of-year tour with a large list of players now unavailable.

National's marine reserve promise raises questions from frustrated locals
Iwi say the party shouldn't be promising anything without their involvement, and a community group which has been asking for a marine reserve since 2021 wants to know why it's taken so long to get a decision.

Police AI: Investigator uploads 350,000 lines of audio in risky workaround
Pressure on investigators drove them to use unsecured AI tools, risking confidential police evidence and exposing major gaps in oversight.

PNG Chiefs welcome high court ruling, dispute in holding pattern
The PNG Chiefs have welcomed a New Zealand High Court ruling in its favour regarding a dispute over its name, but NZ Rugby still has a case to be heard.

Guam begins recovery from Champi as CNMI declares all clear
Guam has begun recovering from Super Typhoon Champi, with government offices reopening and cargo operations partially resuming.

Canterbury freshwater debate draws hundreds as region grapples with nitrate surge
The region is grappling with rising nitrate in drinking water amid tens of thousands more dairy cows consented this year alone.

Wellington residents call for action six months on from flooding
One person died and hundreds fled from their homes when severe thunderstorms overwhelmed storm water systems and flood water, mud and silt swept into homes in April.

How Scott Boland is racing father time – and winning
Boland admits he is racing against advancing years to make as big a mark as possible on Test cricket after a stunning Matt Renshaw catch left South Africa in a world of trouble again.

ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support
ReactOS gains NTFS install support with new driver.

The 18-year-old who has found his calling at a funeral home
At 13, James Madden began spending his school holidays at a funeral home. Now, he works alongside the people who first showed him the ropes.

Simplicity stumps up with $50 million for fund targeting high-growth Kiwi companies
The KiwiSaver provider is to invest $50 million in Icehouse Ventures' Growth Fund III, which targets high-growth New Zealand firms like Halter and Calocurb.

US airman dies after rappel fall from stadium roof before game goes wrong
The US airman who died after a rapid fall while rappelling from the rafters of a stadium before a college football game in Texas was a 15-year service member from Georgia.

Highlanders hire North Harbour coach after dramatic NPC revival
Former Counties Manukau player Jimmy Maher joins Jamie Joseph’s coaching group for the 2027 season after a strong NPC run.

Dogs brought in as police move to 'recovery phase' in search for missing woman Erika Coelho
Specialist search dog teams will comb areas where the Brazilian woman was thought most likely to have travelled.

US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues
DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.

Election 2026 live: New poll puts Opportunity and Parliament on a knife-edge
The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll has neither a National nor Labour coalition with enough seats to govern.

Search for missing surgeon in Queenstown moves to recovery phase
Erika Rodrigues Coelho has been missing since September 18.