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Suffering from fatigue and a loss of fitness after contracting Covid, Silver Fern Shannon Saunders isn't back to her old self, but has still led the Steel to a shock win in the ANZ Premiership

Mark Jennings assesses the short-term political handling of the Government's decision to proceed with creating one public media entity to swallow TVNZ and RNZ

The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a non-profit “public media entity” was long anticipated but, coming in the second year of Labour’s second term, underwhelming in its lack of detail.

With their daughter, Grace, watching in the stands, White Ferns Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu have led NZ to their second victory at the Cricket World Cup.

The Commerce Commission’s much-anticipated review of supermarket competition has itself had mixed reviews. Many felt a major opportunity to reset New Zealand’s food system had been missed, others felt the commission’s final report got it about right – and supermarket owners probably breathed a little easier.

A batting extravaganza, the rise of the international cricketing mum and frustration over tickets – Kristy Havill shares the highlights and lowlights of the CWC22 so far.

It has been described as a “game changer” that would see fossil fuels disappear from electricity generation. Lake Onslow in Central Otago is proposed to be NZ's Battery. Jill Herron reports

New Zealand records its highest daily coronavirus case numbers since the pandemic started as the Omicron variant drives community transmission.

With the cabinet meeting today agreeing to targeted Russian sanctions legislation, New Zealand is preparing to circumvent its normal United Nations-based response to international crises.