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'Mana of Black Sox will go on': NZ men's softball climbs back to podium at World Cup
'The mana of the Black Sox will go on'

Person trapped, caravans lifted off ground amid reports of tornado in Northland
Caravans have been throw about, with one person believed hurt, at a holiday park in Northland.

Entertainment journalist Jonathon ‘J-Mo’ Moran on candid new book and mental health struggles
Mental as Anyone is part celebrity gossip-filled memoir and part mental health toolkit.

Why NZ Rugby should keep the Anzac spirit alive for 2029 Lions tour
The opinions of David Havili, a 30-test All Black, shouldn’t be ignored when pondering the future of the AUNZ Invitational XV team.

Message from the flood zone: Stop rubbernecking, and if you must visit, bring a shovel
Local volunteer Dave Tailby urged tourists to help rather than sightsee.

National, Labour agree changes needed for weather-event buyouts
Both parties want a bipartisan answer for how to deal with buyouts after future weather events.

Median house price steady year-on-year, increases in regions, Reinz Property Report says
Reinz report shows sales volumes below expected, more days to sell.

League star eyeing shock switch to rugby
The Knights’ playmaker has reportedly engaged the services of a New Zealand rugby union agent.

West Coast leads the surge as regional sales climb around NZ
Ten of the 16 regions recorded annual increases in median price.

Shotgun and meth found during search of car
Two officers patrolling in Northcote stopped a BMW on Ocean View Road and found a gun in the driver's footwell, police said.

Auckland Transport collects almost $19 million since parking fines hiked
About 140 infringements are issued across Auckland per hour, Auckland Transport's head of parking compliance says

Whanganui mayor's advice after achieving lowest rates rise in New Zealand
Whanganui's average rates increase of 2.2 percent is the lowest in the country.

Crashes in Dunedin, Palmerston North leave two dead, three injured
Police were called to the Palmerston North crash at 7.30pm last night.

Watch: West Indies narrowly avoid equalling Black Caps’ unwanted record
An Australian misfield helped the West Indies get off the hook.

Slip hits Porirua houses like 'freight train through lounge'
Property owner says it sounded like a freight train crashing through his family home, and the land nearly smashed through their baby's room.

Dying is expensive: This is the cheapest place in NZ to be buried
Where you die can impact on the amount you end up paying to be buried or cremated, new numbers show.

Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK
The platform will bring in the measures from 14 July to stop under-18s looking at "certain mature content".

Space Minister Judith Collins goes to ground over alleged Government failures managing NZ’s first space mission
Judith Collins won't comment on the satellite mission issues.

US Defence Department awards contracts to xAI, Google, Anthropic and OpenAI
Artificial intelligence start-up xAI said its models are now available to US agencies.

Trump has Club World Cup trophy in Oval Office while Chelsea lift replica
FIFA President Gianni Infantino had visited the White House with the World Cup trophy in March.

Regional NZ airline grounded due to safety concerns
The Tauranga-based airline said it was not allowed to fly after a 10-day ban.

Two die after crashes near Palmerston North and Dunedin
Two people have died after two separate crashes in recent days.

Watch: Timeline of the allegations against Gregg Wallace
BBC culture reporter Noor Nanji takes a look at when the allegations were first made and what's happened since.

Is it worth paying a real estate agent to sell your house?
You might pay a real estate agent $30,000 by the time it's all over. So what do you get?