Japan produced a scintillating display of attacking rugby to beat Scotland 28-21 and reach the quarter-finals for the first time, lifting the nation still reeling from the deadly impact of Typhoon Hagibis.

A teenage girl stripped naked and left in a Southern DHB seclusion room with the lights on and only a blanket for the night, says the experience was "incredibly dehumanising".

With just a seven vote lead, who will be Kaikoura's mayor may come down to special votes.

The new mayor for Waimakariri says he will be starting his job on Monday in earnest.

The Syrian army will deploy along the length of the border with Turkey in an agreement with the Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria to help repel a Turkish offensive.