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Two new Auckland stations part of $2.4b rail spend
The stations will serve Drury, Paerata, Franklin and South Auckland, with each station providing two platforms, 350 car parks and bus connections.

Otago surge ahead early against Southland on Stag Day
Follow live coverage of the NPC match between Southland v Otago in Invercargill.

Live: Warriors v Titans - NRL round 22 updates
Follow all the NRL action from Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast.

The Democrats need to win Michigan… so why is it splitting the party?
A centrist and a left wing candidate go head to head in Michigan.

How police in US are using the power of podcasts to crack unsolved murders
More police departments are trying to invigorate unsolved murder or missing cases through the power of podcasts.

Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits 'botched' repairs
President Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.

I was working to survive and I wasn't paid
Sonia Garcia Monuz is among ex-catering firm employees who claim they are owed unpaid wages.

The Papers: 'Spanish border crisis' and 'iron chancellor'
The crossing of 60,000 migrants into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco is featured prominently across Saturday's papers.

India's 'cockroach' protesters have wounds consistent with pellet-gun fire, say experts
Ballistic experts say the dozens of tiny round punctures are tell-tale signs of pellet gun injuries.

Scientist's lifelong obsession with mystery of elusive 'pink zebra' seaweed
An ancient algae first spotted four decades ago will now join the collection of the Natural History Museum.

Person dies in hospital after Hawke’s Bay crash on SH2
The two-vehicle crash happened on SH2 at on Thursday.

Warriors face Titans on Gold Coast seeking vital bounce-back win
Follow live coverage as the Warriors face the Titans.

FIFA scraps controversial World Cup plan; NZ Football defends speed of response
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said it had become clear the project had “created divisions” that are “no longer in the interest” of its original objective.

Same start but different outlook at Rangers as McInnes era begins
Derek McInnes insists Rangers will improve after his team's Scottish Premiership draw at Dundee United.

Is The World Cup For Sale?
Infantino 'wrong man' to lead Fifa says Burnham as criticism grows.

Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least nine, Ukraine officials say
The attack comes as Moscow escalates deadly ballistic missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital.

CPS to target assets of jailed funeral director
As Robert Bush starts a 20-year prison sentence, prosecutors want to claw back the money he stole.

British girl band FLO 'want it all' - and they're confident they will get it
The rising stars say making their second album, Therapy at the Club, was a "crash course" in music.

Who is Greater Manchester's new Mayor Bev Craig?
Bev Craig succeeds Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester's mayor, but what do we know about her?

He bought a fitness supplement online to bulk up, but ended up losing his mind
Daniel Murphy went into psychosis after taking missold drugs which had been mixed with steroids.

Death row inmates desperate to escape execution in Saudi Arabia call the BBC
Dozens of Ethiopians are awaiting execution - some called the BBC to tell their stories.

What is Iran's Pickaxe Mountain and why does Trump say he wants to bomb it?
BBC Verify has spoken to experts and analysed satellite imagery to piece together what we know about the site, and the potential impact of a US strike.