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Rugby remains a work in progress for Benji Marshall just as the Blues have to find a way to win away from home.

Finding a quality centre is on the top of the Warriors' shopping list after interim coach Andrew McFadden admitted he wasn't happy with the form of both Konrad Hurrell and Dane Nielsen.

There's a C word that has been a problem for the Hurricanes in the past few seasons.

Blues' coach John Kirwan says the team's atrocious away record under his reign needs addressing.

National MP Mark Mitchell has claimed Kim Dotcom was "intimidatory"and made "direct threats"towards the Prime Minister to Mr Mitchell at a barbecue late last year.

Police are urging motorists to drive carefully during the Easter and Anzac holidays, with bad weather forecast for many parts of the country.

A police officer who fired 14 shots in the fatal shooting of a Hastings teenager believed he and his fellow officers would die in a barrage of gun fire, a coroner's court has heard.

New Zealand's first artificial surf reef now appears to have been a complete wipe-out, with authorities deciding to remove the $1.5 million development at Mt Maunganui just a decade after its construction began.

Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett has largely kept the status quo with his Hurricanes line-up for Friday's game against the Blues at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

The South Auckland man who murdered his neighbour while stealing to pay a drug debt has been labelled a "manipulative, murderous leach to society".