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Kane Williamson's batting brought New Zealand within 10 runs of victory but the overall fielding effort let them down in the Champions Trophy loss to England.

Wellington backstroker Gareth Kean continued on his winning ways on the final day of the Mare Nostrum swim meet in France today.

A Whangarei man who was part of an elaborate plan that included robbing a tavern and later targeting Asian families in Auckland has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in jail.

Andrew Nicholson is again the toast of the eventing world this morning with a superb win at the top-ranking Luhmuhlen CCI four-star event in Germany.

Persistent heavy rain is causing traffic chaos in Christchurch today.

A 15-year-old was stabbed after a party got out of control in a Napier suburb at the weekend.

Police have released the name of the woman who died when a landslide engulfed her home near Kaiteriteri yesterday afternoon.

MediaWorks New Zealand, the broadcaster whose stable includes TV3 and Four, and radio stations including Radio Live, the Rock and MoreFM, is expected to be put into receivership today after a planned recapitalisation failed to win over its lenders.

New Zealand has finished second in their pool group at the World League semifinal tournament with a 4-2 win over Belgium in Rotterdam today.

A woman has described the nightmare of trying to grab a man who fell from the 15th floor of an Auckland city apartment block - and survived.