The long-time Taranaki coach was named as one of Dave Rennie's assistant coaches for the All Blacks earlier this year – but says he never saw himself destined for the top job.
This tacit pressure comes at a time when global military expenditure has accelerated rapidly, wars and conflicts are expanding, and fears grow about a new arms race, writes law professor Alexander Gillespie.
Freight train going through Auckland’s Westfield rail yards passed a stop signal and came to a halt close behind a passenger train on the same track.
The Government slashed a 2 million dwelling target to 1.4 million earlier this year, and the council must now decide how far to wind back zoning plans for housing.
The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including a wild lightning storm over Nelson, a miracle rescue and a new honour for a football legend.
ACT has announced a new election policy aimed at cutting the cost of school uniforms by limiting how many branded items state schools can required families to buy.
A playground upgrade could spell the end for the St Kilda icon, but an 800-comment Facebook frenzy suggests the community isn't ready to let it go the way of the dinosaurs
Lightning has already lit up the skies over Nelson overnight, with severe thunderstorms and heavy rain now threatening large parts of the upper North Island.
The band, best known for defining hits including Bring Me To Life, Going Under and My Immortal, will bring their world tour to New Zealand in 2027.
A spokesman from the shipping container company said the business faced backlash from the community for being an "eyesore", as well as for noise and dust from the yard, but that wasn't the reason for the move.
"They outfought us, they outmuscled us," the New Zealand captain said.
MPI says NZ has had 10 scorpions since 2018, and this one was a bit of a "juvenile one".
MedSafe has published its summary of findings into a dispensing error in which an Bellamere Arwyn Duncan was given 13 times the prescribed dose of oral phosphate.
Police have closed their investigation after exhausting all leads into the theft of 150 metres of data and power cabling from a Hamurana water supply site.
A Lotto spokesperson said the winner hit the main $28 million jackpot, as well as three shares of Lotto first division worth $200,000 each.
Regional airline Air Chathams will suspend its route between the Kapiti Coast and Auckland amid a continued spike in operating costs.
Raw sewage flows on Island Bay's main street, with frustrated residents saying the capital's infrastructure can't handle heavy rain.
The Mangapapa blaze "severely damaged" the home, and police say they are speaking to one person in connection.
A 38-year-old is due to appear in Auckland District Court today after police arrested him in a Pt Chevalier swamp.
A mother and son found guilty of trying to take 18 kilograms of pounamu to China have been fined $5000.
An Auckland model has accused the brand of using AI-generated figures that appeared to be based on himself and others who have previously worked with Huffer.
MetService said a front with heavy rain and embedded thunderstorms was expected to move over the northern North Island this afternoon and evening.
It comes as the council has struggled to maintain the critical piece of infrastructure in the West Coast town.
Four properties, 27 vehicles and more than $100,000 in cash have been restrained following last month's Operation Shelby arrests.
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Auckland, Northland and Waikato; Pharmacy failures highlighted in report into fatal overdose of baby; Clothing brand accused of using AI to recreate real models without permission.
Andy Milne became a cult hero at the 2022 World Cup with the retired teacher finding his face splashed across newspapers and online memes.
Police said those who spot the man should not approach him and call 111.
