Chris Rattue lists the key questions surrounding the five New Zealand Super Rugby franchises ahead of the upcoming season.

Malakai Fekitoa's manager has moved to clear up some speculation about the midfielder's anger issues.

Malakai Fekitoa scored a try and got into a shoving match but kept his mouth shut in a Highlanders pre-season match.

The Highlanders have paid a musical tribute to fallen teammate Richard Buckman after he suffered a serious injury.

Jamie Joseph coaching Japan will require significant concessions from that union and the Highlanders, writes Wynne Gray.

The defending champion Highlanders have announced a settled 38-man squad to contest the 2016 Super Rugby competition.

Fate and family has seen a kid who played with makeshift footballs in the fields of Nadroumai, to potential world beater in rugby's most famous team.

Thousands of Highlanders fans lined streets for a victory parade in central Dunedin in honour of the Super Rugby champions. The team left the Dental School about noon and were led by the Kaikorai Brass band down George St on the back of utes to celebrate winning the final against Hurricanes on Saturday. James Gunn / Southern Stringers

The Hurricanes and Highlanders talk about the Super Rugby Final in Wellington.

Thousands of Highlanders fans have lined streets for a victory parade in central Dunedin in honour of the Super Rugby champions. Source: Otago Daily Times/Youtube

Hey mum, I want an Elliot Dixon doll for Christmas, complete with extras like his trademark electrical tape to wrap around the head.

More than 2000 fans descended on Dunedin International Airport today to welcome home their heroes.

I'm gutted for our boys. The Highlanders deserved to win. They led for the whole game and took their opportunities, writes Martin Devlin.

After 19 seasons of heartbreak and underachievement, the Highlanders' winning efforts unleashed emotional scenes from hardcore fans.

It was a great game - both teams were evenly matched - but the Highlanders executed their moves and played brilliantly, writes Dunedin South MP Clare Curran.

The Highlanders won their first ever Super Rugby title after beating the Hurricanes in an epic encounter in Wellington.

The Hurricanes are the only New Zealand side who have never won Super Rugby and that wait will extend another season.

The Highlanders have won their first ever Super Rugby title after beating the Hurricanes in an epic encounter in Wellington tonight.

Conrad Smith, 33, will leave for France after the World Cup with something missing on his impressive rugby resume.

One team will win a Super Rugby title for the first time tonight. Wynne Gray takes us for a trip down memory lane ahead of the monumental clash.

If they were a film cast, they would be more like Entourage than a George Clooney-Brad Pitt feature.