Next month Jason Ryan will coach the All Blacks forwards at the World Cup, but as he tells Scotty Stevenson, one of his first coaching steps was just as daunting.
The mood at the FIFA games has been in stark contrast to those at All Blacks tests.
Aziz Al Sa'afin, who has just taken over as TVNZ's Australia Correspondent, gives his first reflections on life in Sydney.
Police say men affiliated with Black Power were found, along with firearms and other weapons.
Gisborne district councillors agreed to grant the lease despite claims from parts of the community of the land's ancestral and cultural significance.
King Charles has announced new military appointments for nine members of the royal family, including a reshuffle in his son's responsibilities.
Fossil fuel burners are being replaced with heat pumps and while they reduce carbon footprints, they will increase schools' electricity bills.
The man was found dead at an address on Highbury's Croydon Ave after reports of gunfire on Sunday, August 6.
The crash happened about 12.40pm on Redmond St in Ponsonby.
The Black Sticks player is also after another shot at the Olympic stage.
The closure is not the first time the hospital has had to shut its emergency department in recent months.
Emergency services were called to a "fully engulfed" house on Fox St early this morning.
Owners Daryle and Kim Blackler are closing the doors to their Invercargill store, one of the last vestiges of a once-grand entertainment tradition.
1News reporter Simon Mercep discovers how the sport's built a bridge for teenage Muslim refugees in Aotearoa.
The Canterbury reinsman will make his debut at the showpiece event, where he'll be vying to be the seventh Kiwi to win the event.
