Players in Auckland, New Plymouth, Whanagnui and Otago have all taken home at least $250,000 tonight, while Powerball hits $30m.

A person moving between Auckland and the Bay of Plenty has tested positive, with officials now looking at extra vaccine clinics.

Magic Incanto gives her trainer and rider their first stakes win, in heavy conditions, to win by a length and a half.

Amber and blacks' unbeaten campaign continues, but it didn't come easy under the roof in Dunedin.

Mohammad Murad worked on a Defence Force base in Afghanistan. The Taliban likely killed him for that.

A neighbour said he heard a crash, looked out and saw the car go through the fence and hit the house.

Pukekohe and Massey Countdown supermarkets as well as Manukau Pak' Save and Papatoetoe New World added to the list.

A Hawke’s Bay gang member breached the Covid-19 checkpoint north of Taranaki on Saturday, leading to a police chase which ended in a crash.

Magpies Ereatara Enari and Lincoln McClutchie pull the strings nicely as No 6 Marino Mikaele-Tu’u proves a constant threat with his pace and size.

From revelations about sexual abuse to feral fans and unlikely dreams of superstardom, these are all riveting, compelling, real-life tales.

Waiting for The French Dispatch or Dune? You'll have to wait longer.

Chris Cairns has delivered some positive news as he recovers from heart surgery and paralysis following a stroke.

Tom Donnelly's side aim to arrest a two-game losing run as they host the Bulls in Dunedin.

All Blacks captain largely quiet in his unique King Country appearance, but crucially comes off unscathed in his near hour on the paddock.

Jonathan Coppard is trying to live car-free and moving homes with some hefty furniture did not take him off course.

Waikato buried the heartbreak of last year, snapping Canterbury's four-year winning run.

Police are looking into the fire in a home on a highway on the outskirts of Rotorua.

Cigarettes and cash were taken in the early hours of Saturday morning, police say.

Several residents were woken in the early hours of Saturday after a car ended up in a creek after driving through a cemetery in Wakefield.

A Christchurch fish shop is doing its part to try and lift rates in some of the least vaccinated suburbs in the country.