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Hooker Saia Fainga'a will miss the Wallabies Tri-Nations test against the All Blacks in Sydney this week after being suspended for a dangerous tackle.

Caroline Powell and her 17-year-old mount Lenamore have won Burghley Horse Trials.Powell is the first New Zealand female to win the three day competition - and the first New Zealander since Blyth Tait...

New Zealand Post Services will be operating today as normal.Mail centre leader Joe Cannon says most of the post shops will be open apart from three stores.He says these are in Kaiapoi, Cathedral Squar...

The Black Ferns are Rugby World Cup champions for the fourth time.New Zealand has beaten England 13-10 in a bruising final in London after leading 7-nil at half-time.The Black Ferns did it tough, havi...

Talk, tears and time.An earthquake recovery expert says those three 'T's' will be the key to getting over the trauma of Christchurch's earthquake.Former Cantabrian Keith Lyons, who now works in China,...

Four New Zealand Sailing team members are still among the top 11 as they go into the final day of racing at the 2010 Laser world championship. With two races possible in Hayling Bay, Britain, 2008 Ol...

Only one word could sum up racing at Wanganui on Saturday - unusual. First, two jockeys couldn't make the meeting. Chris Johnson and David Walsh were stranded in quake-stricken Christchurch, while K...

U.S. Open Saturday. On a day when the swirling gusts teased and tormented the world's best players, the Swiss master showed exactly how and why he has been able to overcome the obstacles to win 16 gr...

Paul-Henri Mathieu (L) of France congratulates Roger Federer of Switzerland during the US Open tennis tournament in New York, September 4, 2010.

Send us an event report Spirit of Cape Town win David Hudson, Roger Hudson, Marlon Jones and Wamdisile Xayimpi win the Neilson Active Holiday UK Laser SB3 National Championships hosted by Bright...

Posted on: Sunday, 5 September 2010, 08:18 CDT On Sunday, the French yacht Tara will leave on its second leg of a three-year voyage across the world's oceans to try and collect data on the effects ...

New York - The man for all occasions, Roger Federer provided a masterful demonstration of skill and precision in gale-force winds to breeze into the fourth round of the US Open on Saturday.

Send us an event report A great turnout of 27 boats at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. Day 1 lived up to the forecast of lightish patchy easterlies, which combined with a huge swell made sailing a 600 h...

Ed Wright wins the Finn Gold Cup at San Francisco Wright puts wrong to right at Finn Gold Cup Ed Wright (GBR) put a wrong to right today in winning the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco. It has bee...

St. Moritz Match Race day 4 On a frustrating day for the six teams battling to reach the semi-finals of the St. Moritz Match Race, perhaps the biggest fight was off the water between the gradient n...

An Invercargill man will be in court tomorrow facing an attempted murder charge.It follows a shooting at a city address just after midnight on Saturday morning.Detective Sergeant Dave Nelson says a 42...

Auckland has beaten Taranaki 27-13 in the ITM Cup clash at Eden Park.Apieli Pakalani and Winston Stanley scored for the home side, while Matt Berquist kicked 17 points with five penalties and a conver...

Paul-Henri Mathieu (L) of France congratulates Roger Federer of Switzerland during the US Open tennis tournament in New York, September 4, 2010.

Christchurch Hospital is putting off a number of deferrable hospital services tomorrow in a bid to cope with disruption caused by the earthquake.All surgical and medical procedures other than non-defe...

All schools in Christchurch, Waimakariri, and Selwyn districts will be closed tomorrow and Tuesday.It also goes for all early childhood centres in the civil defence emergency zones.It follows advice f...