Captains tip 300-run barrier to fall at Twenty20 World Cup
England T20 captain Harry Brook. Photo: Photosport A combination of smaller grounds, quick outfields and increasingly fearless batting…
Christchurch bottle stores ban the sale of popular drink Nitro to renew licenses
Nitro is a triple-distilled vodka beverage formulated with guarana. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly At least half a…
Questions raised over communication delay during Black Cat ferry grounding
The wrecked catamaran after the incident. Photo: Environment Canterbury Questions are being raised over delays in communication to…
Black hole continues to belch years after chewing up star
By Will Dunham, Reuters Artwork depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE), when a star passes close to a…
Flying start: All three NZ snowboarders through to Winter Olympics big air final
New Zealand’s Lyon Farrell reacts after competing in the snowboard men’s big air qualification at the Milano Cortina…
Navy vessel Canterbury stops in Tokelau to mark centenary
HMNZS Canterbury. Photo: Chris Weissenborn The navy vessel Canterbury will stop off in Tokelau to mark the centenary…
Winter Olympics: Mariah Carey launches Milano Cortina opening ceremony, Israel and JD Vance jeered in Milan
By Keith Weir, Elvira Pollina and Julien Pretot, Reuters US pop diva Mariah Carey has helped get the…
Woman gets money back for second-hand car after tribunal ruling
First published on Tilyard said the experience had been hugely stressful, despite the successful outcome. Photo: Caitlin Regan/Flickr…
Country Life: A Bit of Route 66 on State Highway 8
Kirsty Burrows winning pose for “Miss Pin Up” Photo: Kirsty Burrows/Kris Gallagher For as long as I’ve been…
Amazon shares rattled by US$200b AI spend plan
By Glenn Chapman, AFP Photo: Christian Wiediger / Unsplash Amazon shares dove more than 11 percent as the…
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Ben Barclay to bear NZ flag at 2026 Olympic Winter Games
The Olympic Committee has named snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and freeski athlete Ben Barclay as New Zealand’s flagbearers at…
WorkSafe says explosion that seriously burnt a forklift driver was avoidable
The Tank Test worker was hospitalised for nine weeks after several condemned, nine-kilogram gas bottles exploded and their…