John Kirwan's deep into his second season and still doesn't know who the first five-eighth should be, writes Chris Rattue. It's the cardinal sin of rugby coaching and selecting.

The Waikato District Health Board has lifted its ban on women having their labours and births photographed professionally - provided no intervention is required.

An inscription on the forecourt at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi advises the reader to "know thyself".

An Easter holiday weekend of showers, shows and shopping beckons for Auckland residents and visitors - with gardeners and diners especially catered for.

A review into the supervision of the parolee who murdered Christchurch caregiver Amy Farrall is ongoing, Corrections confirmed today.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were so popular on their 10-day tour of NZ they managed to disrupt telcos in some places.

The man who has admitted murdering Christchurch community support worker Amy Farrall, then attacking two female hitch-hikers on the West Coast was on parole and had been out of prison only 6 months.

It's costing $1.4b and by 2017 should help give drivers from Manukau to Albany with an alternative to SH1 and the harbour bridge. So how's it going?

Sir Owen Woodhouse died yesterday, aged 97, and tributes have been paid to the "father of ACC" across the political realm.

Auckland Grammar School is set to be transformed by a multi-million-dollar building project.

Former All Black Justin Marshall is bringing a popular Australian mobile spit-roast business to New Zealand.

An Auckland doctor training to be an anaesthetist has been censured, suspended from practice and charged with misconduct over her struggles with alcohol.

Here are the top news stories today, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about tomorrow.

The number of New Zealanders born overseas has topped one million, according to Census statistics released today.

Education Minister Hekia Parata says a mailing error which led to 455 NCEA exam papers being sent to the wrong students was a “regrettable mistake”.

From Masters mini-golf to the sad story of a boy called Rooney, Daily Shorts looks at the light-hearted side of sport.

Everything is stacked against the Chiefs, said my mate who is a rabid supporter of the franchise.

Amillion-dollar microscope has allowed Kiwi scientists an unparalleled window into the human body, shining a new light on everything from Parkinson's to irregular heartbeats.

Surrounded by empty lots and raw new buildings in Christchurch's partly rebuilt city centre, the Duchess of Cambridge's eyes welled with tears as she spoke.

The head of an international fitness empire says he is donating $125,000 to Labour and the Greens because he is fed up with National's inaction on climate change.

Paul and Angela Ashcroft were on a plane, flying somewhere over Australia, when their twin daughters Nicole and Peta were born.

Teina Pora enjoyed a cafe visit and a trip up Auckland's Sky Tower on his first day of freedom.

The loved ones of those who perished on Malaysia Airlines flight 653 are still waiting for answers about what happened on the plane - 37 years later.

Here are the top news stories today, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about tomorrow.

Upmarket grocery chain Nosh has pulled back on expansion plans outside its core Auckland markets in the central, eastern suburbs and North Shore.

A Kiwi who uses a silver fern symbol on his Twitter account has been warned about copyright infringement by a government agency.

A leader of Auckland's disabled community believes she may be in the first batch of 800 state house tenants being targeted for possible eviction.

The latest global report on climate change is "bad news" for New Zealand, which has far fewer mitigation policies than other advanced economies, the Green Party say.