Three home runs and 10 hits weren't enough for the Black Sox to beat arch rivals Japan .

CCTV video shows the moment four people - some believed to be teenagers - use a stolen green Mazda Demio to break into the Christchurch store and rob it in minutes.

Veteran pace bowler enjoys a career-best T20I showing, seven months after being dropped from national contract list.

“Brad was an incredibly kind man of joyous energy,” his manager says following the 56-year-old's death.

Ryan Fox's four-under second round ensured he made the cut while world No 3 Cameron Smith got lucky after looking likely to miss out.

Another two-year delay for Christchurch’s long-awaited metro sports facility is “beyond belief”, a sporting leader says.

It marks the end of a "failed regime" past employees say.

Mindy Kaling's hit coming-of-age comedy is back, while Emily Blunt shines in a bloody, brutal and brilliant western.

REVIEW: Rob Zombie's 2003 molotov cocktail of a movie is part-Texas Chainsaw, part- Rocky Horror and reminds one of Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers.

REVIEW: Featuring a fabulous turn from Alfred Molina, this is a show where the delights are in the sometimes pithy dialogue and character interplay.

They were earning between $250,000 and $392,000 a year, but now three Te Pūkenga executives will not see out their contracts.

A critical turnover from Niall Williams gives the Black Ferns Sevens a win but their All Blacks counterparts go down to Argentina.

The batters had a field day with 21 hits in all Australia beat United States while Argentina edged Canada.

The difference between a $21 photo with Santa or one for free could just be a drive away to the next suburb.

Speed limits dropped on 140km of Waiheke's 152km, but it's uncertain whether police are resourced to enforce the changes.

Simone Antoniuk assumed the pain in her lower back was work related. It took more than 10 visits to various doctors and specialists before she found out it was cancer.

Ivett Kerekes has been running a thriving family-run cafe and catering company for six years, but isn't making enough money to satisfy immigration officials.

More than 9000 people reported feeling the 5.4 magnitude earthquake on Friday night, with GeoNet saying the shaking was not related to Taupō volcano.

The new council cost-cutting committee cancelled its first meeting because it didn’t have anything to discuss.

The Cabinet decision not to give more money could mean “arguably the largest tourism related failure in NZ history”, administrators say.