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From heartbreak to ‘little miracle’: Hamilton foster family’s journey to home for life
Melissa Sumner has raised foster children from infancy alongside her own four children.
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‘You’re a f***ing idiot’: Former Oz cricketer blasts podcast co-host in on-air rant
Stuart MacGill spent about three minutes hurling insults before the show was cut short.
Coaches call: Will the new All Blacks boss be named this week?
Scott Robertson's replacement could be named as early as Thursday.
India thrash Zimbabwe in T20 World Cup, S.Africa into semi-finals
India’s 256-4 was the second-highest total in T20 World Cup history.
Gregor Paul: The high-stakes risks for NZ Rugby as CEO search drags on
OPINION: A replacement for Mark Robinson was meant to be announced before Christmas.
Mugabe’s youngest son charged with attempted murder after gardener shot
Bellarmine Mugabe and his bodyguard also face charges of obstructing justice.
'Class is permanent': Ravindra silences critics with return to T20 form
'It was a matter of time before he was going to come right again.'
How the Black Caps can progress with victory over Canada
Cole McConchie joins the squad after Michael Bracewell was ruled out with injury.
Black Caps pulverised by South Africa, suffer first defeat of T20 World Cup
The Proteas had never lost to NZ in a T20 World Cup, that didn’t change in Ahmedabad.
Scott Robertson's pathway to coaching a rival side at the Rugby World Cup
Robertson asked about the Reds job days after his All Blacks exit.
Gregor Paul: What the new All Blacks coach will want to see in Super Rugby
Will Jordan's progress at fullback is pivotal to fixing the aerial issues.
'World-class': NZ's real matchwinner against Afghanistan
Tim Seifert might have taken man-of-the-match, but Phillips was the difference in Chennai.
One-armed golfing legend famed for hole-in-ones dies in Queenstown
Ras Theron lost his right arm at 19 in a military training accident in 1967.
Opinion: All Blacks crisis is about more than just the head coach
NZ Rugby is now hunting its fourth All Blacks coach in six years.
Finding their place: Migrant stories show a changing Hawke's Bay
Nearly 18% of Hawke's Bay residents were born overseas, Census data shows.
Gregor Paul: Is NZ Rugby sacrificing All Blacks success for $7m pay days?
OPINION: NZR stands to collect more than $7m from the 71,000-seat Baltimore test.
Will Richie Mo'unga still return to the ABs now that Razor has gone?
Richie Mo’unga has signed an 18-month deal, commencing in July.
South Africa declares national disaster as floods batter region
A woman was forced to give birth on a roof as she sheltered from flood waters.
How $4 rental batteries are helping to power South Africa
New York Times: There's a growing effort to bring off-grid energy solutions to millions.
The All Blacks' aura is dead and Scott Robertson's ousting shows it
Telegraph: Other countries have pulled back the curtain and found the 'wizards' are human.
Ardie Savea's All Blacks future in doubt as pressure mounts on coaches
Ardie Savea is understood to be weighing a move to Europe instead of returning to ABs.
Scientists discover oldest poison, on 60,000-year-old arrows
New York Times: South African find gives clues to when humans adopted a deadly strategy.
All Whites striker Andre de Jong joins South African giants Orlando Pirates
The 29-year-old may make his debut for the league leaders on January 24.
Gunmen kill 9, wound 10 in South Africa bar attack
The attackers in two vehicles 'opened fire' at patrons and shot randomly as they fled.
'Stupidest thing ever': Ian Kirkpatrick slams 1976 All Blacks ref decision
Kirkpatrick says neutral refs were offered for 1976 but NZR turned it down.
Washington criticises South African 'interference' in US Afrikaner resettlement
Pretoria arrested seven Kenyans it said were working illegally on the project.
Paul Lewis: Injury subs could save test cricket as spectacle and contest
OPINION: New Zealand Cricket has refused to trial subs as Australia is doing.
Watch: Kiwi soars to new heights above the waves with gravity-defying kite surfing jump
Hugo Wigglesworth reclaimed the record and is the first kite surfer to top 40m.
Qantas launches Auckland-Perth service, new Johannesburg route
The routes tap into Perth's 60,000 Kiwi and 38,000 South African residents.
Twelve killed as gunmen open fire in Pretoria hostel shebeen
The dead include a 3-year-old child, a 12-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl.