Black Sticks show pleasing improvement and potential but can't go with the best side in the world.

The in-form Stars make it six straight premiership wins to earn themselves a home elimination final next Wednesday.

From a hilarious spy spoof to Juliette Binoche posing as a cleaner and an Amelie-esque romantic fantasy, there's something for everyone in the line-up.

Upwards of 15 police cars have swooped on Pakuranga, where a cordon has been set up.

The car club has a packed schedule this year for its big anniversary.

From Sam Neill taking on yet more dinosaurs to a Kiwi-made sex comedy, there's something for everyone coming to a screen near you this month.

A lawyer for the businesses challenging the cycleway argued the removal of car parks in the suburb of Newtown would “fundamentally reshape” two kilometres of central Wellington roads.

The capital is marking the Queen's platinum jubilee with purple floodlights, two 21-gun salutes, a special church service, and a ceremonial torch lighting.

Mercedes-AMG has confirmed the new C 63 will use a plug-in hybridised inline-four making 500kW, while the E 63 Final Edition says goodbye to V8-powered sedans.

A handful of cool events, bars, accessories and more that have caught the eye of the Ensemble team.

Stratford District Council wrote “to date nobody has come forward admitting liability for the damage, which is disappointing, as I am sure someone knows who’s at fault.”

The ability to provide water supply to a possible 160 new homes at Whiskey Creek has come into question.

The promotion of the Samoan language and culture is not limited to just one week in Palmerston North, with the introduction of a course.

How a lockdown hobby and a $7 app are taking Kat Crosse to the NZ Arts Show.

China heavily criticises New Zealand for "ulterior motives" after Jacinda Ardern's White House meeting with US President Joe Biden.

Bryn Choi, 19, told a community careworker she planned on killing herself less than a week before her death.

Sarah Luxon regularly checked for lumps and got all the smears. Now facing stage four ovarian cancer, she wants to know why there's so little awareness of her disease.

PinPoint Earth is planning to take its solar-powered satellite tracking device to a global market.

OPINION: Running Up That Hill made it to No.1 in the charts this week, all thanks to a parallel realm.

Random knocks on front doors at night are causing irritation, and in some cases a fright, in a Manawatū town normally known for its friendliness.