After making it clear to reporters yesterday that he wasn't going to pick the team on Monday to give Ewen McKenzie a leg-up with his planning, All Black coach Steve Hansen hinted that this was the sort of game - with the Bledisloe Cup already secure - where it would be appropriate to experiment a little.
Captain Richie McCaw scored a second-half try to help the All Blacks maintain their five-year unbeaten record in New Zealand with a tense 14-10 victory over a combative Springboks side in the Rugby Championship.
New Zealand have picked up two medals in the ring this morning.
Black Cap spinners Mark Craig and Ish Sodhi, young pace bowlers Matt Henry and Adam Milne, all-rounder James Neesham and wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi have all been offered New Zealand cricket contracts for the first time this year.
Farmers are being cautioned to prepare contingency plans amid early signs of a large El Nino climate event this year.
Maria Sharapova's quest for a second Australian Open title was halted in the fourth round today when the third-seeded Russian ran out of steam against an inspired Dominika Cibulkova, who emerged with a 3-6 6-4 6-1 victory on Rod Laver Arena.
When young pilot Adam Reid saw the glider go into a spiral, he knew disaster was imminent.
A judge has ruled that a Riverside County boy found guilty of killing his neo-Nazi father should be placed in a state-run juvenile justice facility for seven years.
Chris Boyd is still waiting for his Wellington Lions to let out a full roar.
India have held their nerve to beat England by five runs in a tense finish to a rain-disrupted Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston.
A man is being treated in hospital for gunshot wounds after an incident in south Auckland last night.
In December James Cleaveland made an unusual New Year's resolution: to do all he could to keep police in the city of Keene, New Hampshire, from issuing parking tickets.
Officials are investigating a proposal which could lead to the Pike River mine being turned into an opencast coal pit stretching into a national park.
Otago are on their way to a mammoth first-innings total against Wellington in their Plunket Shield match in Dunedin.
Police have released the name of the motorcyclist who died he collided with a truck on SH6 between Nelson and Rai Valley yesterday.
A train in Myanmar carrying petrol derailed and burst into flames, killing 25 people and injuring 62, most of them villagers trying to collect fuel spilled in the accident, state television said.
Australia coach Robbie Deans has opted not to replace Quade Cooper in his squad for the last two tests of the Rugby Championship despite losing his first choice flyhalf to injury for the rest of the competition.
Six-year-old Outram dairy cow Nels Enigma, estimated to weigh about 700kg, walks past children at a King's High School fundraising event yesterday, which included a ‘‘moo poo'' raffle in which participants guessed which square of grass the cow would poo on first.
Two men have been charged with murdering Lee McMurdo at his Helensville home in July last year, police said today.
Dutch international striker Robin Van Persie was "desperate" to join Manchester United and wanted the challenge of "coming to the biggest club in the world", manager Alex Ferguson said.
