Vaughan Elder

It's more fun to live in hope than be resigned to defeat, so here are seven reasons why the Black Caps can still win the Cricket World Cup and why last night's thrashing by England was not as bad as you think.

A controversial issue of student magazine Critic was described as "trash and filth" in internal emails and the proctor expressed his concern about young people reading the magazine.

A man charged in relation to a home invasion where he allegedly held a knife to a toddler's throat before getting involved in a scuffle with his father will go to trial.

One extreme is expected to be replaced with another later this week, with the MetService predicting the South Island will bare the brunt of a "significant" storm.