Spurred on by an outstanding scrummaging performance, the Crusaders have handed the Rebels a 39-0 hiding to claim their second win of the Super Rugby Pacific season.
The Canterbury A&P Association's board is keeping quiet after it emerged one of its own received $75,000 to help secure a $5m bailout deal with a council.
A world-first child autism clinic is being trialled in Wellington, providing support to families of children under five years old identified with signs of autism.
A secretive sect under investigation by the FBI for historical child sexual abuse has about 2500 members and 60 ministers in New Zealand, meets in homes and has no official name.
The flood-damaged rail bridge over the Rangitata River has been reopened after a concrete support pier was swept away by flood waters, leaving the 610m structure sagging.
Mere weeks into his new role, Ashburton Club and MSA general manager Cliff Downes is already making changes and identifying areas of excess and underuse.
Green Island fullback Finn Hurley went from zero to hero to lead his side to a 32-29 win over Taieri in a Dunedin premier club thriller at Peter Johnstone Park this afternoon.
US President Joe Biden delivered an election-year roast at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner as protesters outside criticized his support for Israel.
Israel's military is poised to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah and assault Hamas hold-outs in Gaza Strip city, a senior Israeli defence official says, despite warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for rape has been overturned by New York's highest court, reopening the landmark case that fueled the #MeToo movement.