1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (836+ words) Tuifa'asisina Sir Bryan Williams, former All Black and Ponsonby Rugby stalwart, was absent from Auckland Council's governing body meeting this week where members voted 15-6 to back a plan to shift Western Springs Stadium towards a concert-focused venue, known as the…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago  (271+ words) LIV Golf's Phil Mickelson says he will not compete in next week's Masters and will be out indefinitely as his family deals with a personal health matter. Mickelson missed the first four events of LIV's 2026 season due to the same…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1010+ words) AI slop fruit videos may seem trivial and absurd, but they are capturing the attention of millions. If you've spent much time on TikTok recently, you may have noticed a strange new type of AI brain rot taking over: fruit…...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago  (439+ words) Italian football federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina has resigned, in the wake of the national team's failure to qualify for a third straight World Cup. Gravina, in charge of the FIGC since 2018, had been urged by the government to step…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (1561+ words) Think you don't have the time or space to grow anything? Wellington gardener Zoe Barry is on a mission to prove you wrong. As a struggling solo parent for most of the last 16 years, I know from experience that the…...

20+ hour, 26+ min ago  (1727+ words) M'ori All Black and Highlander Shane Christie has been diagnosed with a brain disease likely to be connected with repeated head knocks by a pathologist at the University of Auckland's brain bank. Dr Clinton Turner found the former Tasman Mako…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (1085+ words) The Sex Pistols lasted barely three years, but half a century later the British band's legacy is still felt. "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" John Lydon's closing words before stalking off stage at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom in…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (1861+ words) The All Whites played their final home games before the Football World Cup this week and the players now part ways to return to their club sides where some are chasing championships, others are in relegation fights or are just…...

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (540+ words) New data from the country's biggest bank shows the impact of the start of the fuel price rise on New Zealanders' spending. Card spending at fuel stations jumped almost 30 percent in March, or 20.6 percent when seasonally adjusted. Chief economist Sharon…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (427+ words) Iraq grabbed the last available place at the World Cup by beating Bolivia 2-1 in their inter-confederation playoff on Tuesday, sealing their return to the finals after a 40-year absence. Aymen Hussein steered home a second-half winner to see the Iraqis…...