Ma'a Nonu has re-signed with the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Blues for the next two years. While Nonu has been a consistent performer for the All Blacks, his poor form at the Hurricanes, Blues and Highlanders over the past three seasons had left him with few Super Rugby options until Sir John Kirwan stepped in to take him back at the Auckland franchise.
Somewhere in your youth, you may well have encountered a girl like Ja'mie King. Brimming with confidence and charisma, she's accomplished at everything she turns her hand to. There's no one better to tell us than Chris Lilley. Now she's taking centre stage in a series of her own, the new six-episode comedy Ja'mie: Private School Girl, which sees the self-absorbed teenager in her final year of high school.
In the latest interview in our Meet the CEOs business video series, 2degrees chief executive Stewart Sherriff talks to Herald reporter Hamish Fletcher.
Auckland mayor Len Brown has made his first public appearance since details of his extra-marital affair were revealed...
A man has turned his whole living room into a Hobbit home using 2,600 balloons. American Jeremy Telford has a worldwide reputation for balloon artistry.
For more than a quarter century, Saroo Brierley searched for his family before finding his way back home with the help of #GoogleEarth. Watch the incredible true story of hope, determination and technology. Credit: Google Maps/NewsPoint
A Royal Opera House timelapse backstage showing just what goes on behind-the-scenes to change the set from the afternoon rehearsals of Romeo and Juliet to the evening performance of La bohème. courtesy RoyalOpera/NewsPoint
Victory for the All Blacks in this Bledisloe test, hear from star players Sam Cane, Quade Cooper and captains and coaches James Horwill and Kieran Read along with Steve Hansen and Ewen McKenzie in these post-match interviews.
NEW ZEALAND 41 AUSTRALIA 33 Anything the All Blacks can do, the All Blacks can do better. Brilliant against South Africa, they were somehow at a level above against the Wallabies in a thrilling game in Dunedin. Courtesy Sky Sport
Reaction from All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and new skipper Kieran Read to the withdrawals of Richie McCaw and Cory Jane to play in the Bledisloe. Wallabies skipper James Horwill will look to this test to be a benchmark for the upcoming Grand Slam tour in the autumn.
Herald Rugby scribes Wynne Gray and Gregor Paul's analysis of the late withdrawals of All Black skipper Richie McCaw and recalled winger Cory Jane from the Bledisloe in Dunedin.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says they have to be awake 'for the unexpected' from danger-man Quade Cooper, and that he respects his style of play in a Wallabies side 'that has nothing to lose'.
Recalled All Black wing Cory Jane is prepared to spoon for his country in an effort to be match ready for the Bledisloe clash. Jane has been picked on the right wing after two provincial matches as the selectors look to get as much rugby as they can into his frame before the tour. Ben Smith has been signposted as the successor at centre to Conrad Smith, his namesake will start at centre on his home ground in Dunedin.
One person has been killed in a crash north of Auckland this morning following a police pursuit. Emergency services were called to Horsman Rd near Muriwai just before 10.30am. The Herald understands a vehicle left the road, crashing down onto farmland. The accident happened after a police pursuit.
Japan coach Eddie Jones will remain in a Tokyo hospital indefinitely while he has tests after showing signs of a stroke. The 53-year-old Jones was hospitalized on Tuesday, after complaining of a severe headache while checking a training camp site.
Dave Dobbyn has received the ultimate Kiwi music accolade - being inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
The singer-songwriter was honoured in recognition of his near 40-year career at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards.
Dobbyn is a three-time past Silver Scroll winner for Beside You (1998), You Oughta Be In Love (1987) and Belle of the Ball (1993).
Expert analysis and opinion from Herald Rugby scribes Gregor Paul and Wynne Gray as the All Blacks prepare for the Bledisloe in Dunedin and aim to remain unbeaten this season at home.
John Key comments as ACT Leader John Banks has resigned from his ministerial posts effective immediately in the wake of the Auckland District Court decision to send him to trial over his donations.
The All Blacks assembled in Dunedin for the Bledisloe aware they have now begun the big push to the summit - so to speak. They want to reach December unbeaten and with daylight between them and the chasing pack.
University of Otago politics lecturer Bryce Edwards gives his detailed opinion on the Len Brown scandal, the political motives behind the Whale Oil expose; and new dirty tactics that may now happen in the fight between the political left and right in New Zealand.
Hear the work that won the most prestigious literary award in the world. Eleanor Catton's novel, The Luminaries is the second New Zealand novel to win the Booker, with Keri Hulme winning in 1985 for The Bone People. Lloyd Jones was also shortlisted for Mr Pip in 2007. Courtesy of YouTube/TheManBookerPrize
Wallabies openside flanker Michael Hooper says the side are aiming for consistent performance and securing back-to-back wins leading into a Bledisloe Cup match against New Zealand. Meanwhile, prop James Slipper thinks the sides scrum continues to improve as the squad continue to adjust to the new scrum laws, an area he thinks will be vital against the old enemy on the weekend.
A truck driver thought he'd killed a motorcyclist when he lost control on a Canterbury bridge this morning, sending the rider plummeting into the freezing river below. The rider, a 47-year old from Rangiora, clung on to a semi-submerged tree for around 40 minutes before a rescue helicopter winched him to safety.
A snake was found inside the New Zealand Rugby League World Cup squad's training base at Narrabeen, much to the surprise of the players,including Sonny Bill Willams. Alex Glenn (misfit4) posted the action to Instagram.
Parts of Canterbury were this morning being hit by extremely strong gusts, with 200km/h recorded on Mt Hutt. The storm was heading north and was expected to hit Wellington about midday, where 140km/h gusts have already been recorded in parts.
New Zealand's most expensive new residential project is nearly finished so billionaire Russian steel magnate Alexander Abramov can holiday there soon. Chris Seel, managing director of the project's master contractor Northland Coastal Developments, said more than 80 people were working on the Helena Bay project, estimated to be worth about $40 million.
Auckland's first new electric train is taken on its maiden test run outside Wiri Depot to Puhinui station on 4th October, 2013. The train is currently going through a rigorous testing and commissioning process and will be joined by more new units delivered over the summer period, before first passenger services commence in April 2014. courtesy Auckland Transport
Inequality has been rising for 30 years. The gap between rich and poor is the widest since the second world war. If current trends continue, we will have reached Victorian levels of inequality in 20 years. courtesy http://inequalitybriefing.org.
Herald scribes Andrew Alderson and Michael Brown discuss what should SBW be doing?. Sonny Bill Williams has said he changed his mind about playing in the World Cup after having some time to think about how much representing New Zealand really meant to him.
Robbie Ellis has made a very clever mash-up that has a very in joke to Kiwi audiences, mixing Lorde's lyrics for Royals over the melody and accompaniment of Dave Dobbyn's Loyal. Why did he do it? 'just because' is his answer.
Temuera Morrison is known for playing iconic tough guy 'Jake the Muss' in Once Were Warriors back in the early 1990's, he is stepping into the ring for real as part of the under-card for Joseph Parker and say's he isn't the fighter Jake was.
In secret footage filmed during Russian authorities' inspection of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, Captain Peter Willcox, still handcuffed to an official, describes the moment when armed agents searched the vessel and seized laptops and memory cards. courtesy Greenpeace.
New Zealand Professional Boxing Association president Lance Revill is prepared to strip Sonny Bill Williams of his New Zealand heavyweight title if he doesn't accept an invitation to fight the winner of Thursday's Joseph Parker v Afa Tatupu fight within six months but is prepared to enter into negotiations to delay the challenge. Promoter Dean Lonergan, of Duco Events, has challenged Williams' manager Khoder Nasser to accept a showdown between Parker or Tatupu, the current holder of the New Zealand National Boxing Federation title, with a $1.3 million winner-takes-all prize.
Vision from the crime scene where an officer was stabbed in the face after speaking to a man in Orakei at 10.19am. The officer has been taken to Auckland Hospital by ambulance for treatment of injuries which are not life-threatening. He had been responding to complaints of a man being abusive and confrontational on Tamaki Drive, who was later found to be in possession of weapons, police said.