Bongi Mbonambi faces a ban if found guilty of verbally abusing England's Tom Curry in the semifinal, a sanction the All Blacks believe could be costly.
Assistant coach Scott McLeod says his fresh players have the bit between their teeth ahead of World Cup final against Springboks in Paris.
One person died after their car rolled in Waitaki's Kurow about 9.30pm last night.
Police told 1News emergency services responded to the incident around 6.47pm.
Harry Tam said the "real issue" is the root cause of rising gang membership.
Michaela Leger allegedly stole the kayak from a Raumati property and was seen entering the water on Saturday.
The activist, who was arrested at gunpoint earlier this month, is being held at Koléa Prison.
The comedian says members of the gang mistook him for a member of the Hells Angels, which led to the encounter.
The US rockers will play in New Zealand for the first time since 2018.
TVNZ rugby experts Scotty Stevenson and Patrick McKendry discuss two very different World Cup semifinals and make their predictions for the showpiece in Paris.
The Paris museum has vowed to "remedy" Dwayne Johnson's waxwork as soon as possible.
The manoeuvres caused the tunnel to be covered in a "blanket of smoke".
A six-week coronial inquest into the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks began today – why is it happening and what does it hope to answer?
Her whānau and police had "concerns" for her wellbeing.
The death is currently being treated as unexplained.
Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck first introduced the idea of New Zealand putting millions of dollars towards a US-based satellite mission.
Local politicians' fears of "looking stupid" when asking "silly questions" in public shouldn't be a valid reason to hold council workshops in secret.
Principal investigation officer Matt Davis describes the video as "distressing".
It will see contestants compete in games based on the original series in the hopes of winning a $7 million cash prize.
Shoreline searches are continuing for the 35-year-old who only recently took up diving.
The fire tornado crossed 6km of scrubland in just 15 minutes.
The Bay of Plenty town has seen a rise in tensions between Mongrel Mob and Black Power members, leading to police invoking special powers.
“Ruthless-Empire had a happy and bubbly personality, He would always brighten up any room with his bright smile," a spokesperson for the whānau told 1News.
Davarjaye Daniel is on a mission to be sworn in at hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the US.
The Coroner said each of the 51 victims must be remembered as a unique life that had been lost.
The cyclone is the Pacific's earliest forming category 5 cyclone outside the official beginning of the season, which starts on November 1.
Police located ammunition and weapons in one room at Tupuānuku Hall on Thursday morning, after receiving calls that a man had suggested he wanted to harm himself.
Police said a 38-year-old man was found with "20 personalised letters" and credit cards after digging into letterboxes.
The crash occurred at 4pm this afternoon and involved multiple vehicles near Spotswood.