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The world has reacted to the tragic news that Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, suffered a miscarriage earlier this year.In an emotional personal essay she wrote for The New York Times, Markle, 39, said she suffered the tragic...

The Warriors will play their first two games of next year's National Rugby League season at home in Auckland, subject to the COVID-19 trans-Tasman travel restrictions being lifted.

Surreal – that is the word Wendy Petrie uses to describe her life right now. Most likely lots of us feel that way about the pandemic-struck year that is coming to an end. For Wendy, it has been particularly challenging to get her...

A young Kiwi-Samoan boy has issued a powerful message along with a gift to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a bid to help spread an anti-violence message to men around the world.Angelou Brown, 5, is part of the She Is Not Your Rehab...

One of the first arts festivals affected by Covid-19 in New Zealand is rising from the ashes with a brand new programme that celebrates local talent. The Auckland Arts Festival has unveiled its programme for their 2021 festival,...

Twitter users have apparently confused the late football legend Diego Maradona for pop star Madonna.After news broke of the footballer's death, fans flocked to Twitter to mistakenly grieve the singer."RIP Madonna, you'll be forever...

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has made three changes to his starting side to face Argentina in their crucial Tri Nations clash in Newcastle, handing rookie Akira Ioane his second start of his career.Follow the recap of the All Blacks...

Thousands of fans are paying their final respects to Argentine football legend Diego Maradona at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires.

England great Gary Lineker has led the tributes for football legend Diego Maradona but it's led to some social media backlash.Maradona died today aged 60, two weeks after being released from a Buenos Aires hospital following brain...

Taylor Swift has confirmed Joe Alwyn wrote some of the songs on her album Folklore.The 30-year-old singer admitted rumours her actor boyfriend was the man behind the pseudonym William Bowery, who is credited with Bon Iver on her...

Diego Maradona, the Argentine football great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title, has died. He was 60.The office of Argentina's president will decree three days of national mourning...

Five years ago, Coast FM's Lorna Subritzky, 52, had her life turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This month, the Breast Cancer Foundation ambassador and mother of Max, 22, Lucy, 20, and Zoe, 11, was declared...

Six Pakistan cricketers have tested positive for Covid-19 while the entire team has been given a "final warning" by the Government for breaching rules while in managed isolation in Christchurch.The development has thrown the team's...

The past few years have been momentous for TikTok, the short-form video-sharing app on which people post videos about almost any topic under the sun to an audience of millions. And it has been perhaps most momentous of all for 16-year-old...

Tasman concede they're not the team they were last year when they won their first national provincial rugby title.

A US school board member who created outrage after once saying she was "disgusted" by the LGBT curriculum has seen her career go down the toilet after accidentally sharing herself on the lavatory during a public meeting on Zoom.Frances...

Diego Maradona, considered by many to be the greatest footballer who ever lived, certainly lived life to the full – but his final interview showed he still feared he wouldn't always be loved.Maradona died at the age of 60 after...

Review: Christmas movies are a beloved institution, and if you fold in a rom-com, then it's a double whammy of guilty pleasure.Despite the special place Christmas rom-coms have in audiences' hearts, it's a genre laden with mediocrity,...

Taylor Swift is releasing an intimate concert film.The singer-songwriter has unveiled the trailer for Folklore: the long pond studio sessions, which will be premiere exclusively on Disney+ at midnight PST on Wednesday, November...

A "magician on the field but crazy off it" is how former All White and Oceania player of the 20th century Wynton Rufer has remembered football legend Diego Maradona.

US actor Faizon Love is suing Universal Studios after he was scrubbed out of the poster for the 2009 film Couples Retreat amid widespread criticism of whitewashing in Hollywood.The romantic comedy starred a number of actors including...

OPINION: Men like to chase; they don't like to be chased.It seems old-fashioned in a time of female empowerment and it seems daring to agree with it, but I'm going to be controversial and say that I agree.Over the years of chasing...

Prince Charles and Camilla have had to turn off commenting on their newest post on Twitter after the Duchess of Cornwall faced an onslaught of abuse from The Crown fans.The Clarence House Twitter account, which shares updates and...

Maradona is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time and was the inspiration for Argentina's World Cup success in Mexico in 1986.

The Warriors could be back at Mt Smart Stadium before too long, with the NRL planning for a return to Auckland in 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic saw Auckland miss out on hosting any NRL matches this year, with the Warriors forced to...

You might know him for his healthy recipes but Pete Evans reportedly plans to take his love for medicinal cannabis further with his next cookbook - if anyone plans to stock it.The celebrity chef hit out at his publisher Pan Macmillan...

Opinion - An All Blacks win on Saturday won't change Hamish Bidwell's mind about which direction the team is going in.

Test your sporting knowledge with the Herald Sports Quiz brought to you by Spark Sport. Do you know your Tom Bradys from your Tom Lathams, your White Ferns from your White Sox? Here's your chance to prove your supreme sporting...

The most confusing TV show of all time has been revealed.A study by OnBuy.com analysed the global average monthly search volumes for explanations for popular TV shows to determine which 10 programs left viewers scratching their...

Chrissy Teigen has lashed out at a Twitter user for criticising Meghan Markle's personal essay about her miscarriage."Is anyone really questioning the pain and sheer awfulness of suffering a miscarriage, or are they perhaps criticising...

In today's sports news - Reds beaten in Champions League, Williamson and Bates up for ICC awards and Proteas won't take a knee.

The Australian Open is set to be delayed by a week or more as negotiations over coronavirus health measures continue.

The Wiggles have announced extra dates for their New Zealand tour in March and April next year.The We're All Fruit Salad Tour will begin in Invercargill on March 19 and finish in Wellington on April 1 – traveling to Dunedin, Christchurch,...

The All Blacks coach Ian Foster has made three changes to the starting XV for this weekend's Tri-Nations test against Argentina in Newcastle.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed in an article for the New York Times that she suffered a miscarriage."It was a July morning that began as ordinarily as any other day: Make breakfast. Feed the dogs. Take vitamins. Find...

A mum's bread-freezing hack has gone viral after she revealed the clever time-saving method online.Taking to the popular Facebook group, Mums Who Cook Clean And Organise Australia, the Brisbane woman insisted her trick can save...

Scotland is the first country in the world to approve free period products for anyone.The Scottish Parliament unanimously approved the bill earlier this week, making it a legal duty for local authorities in Scotland to ensure items...

How much the royal family knew about Meghan and Harry's heartbreaking July miscarriage has been the subject of debate among royal commentators following Meghan's searing personal essay in the New York Times.On Wednesday, the 39-year-old...

Six members of the Pakistan cricket team touring squad in New Zealand have tested positive for Covid-19 in managed isolation in Christchurch.

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has revealed the team have received apologies from match officials for some of the decisions made during their recent tests. The All Blacks are riding their first two-match losing streak since 2011,...

Battlelines are drawn in one of the biggest issues of 2020 - should neckties be compulsory in Parliament. Green Party co-leader James Shaw got the ball rolling by saying the antiquated rule needs to be abolished.He made the cheeky...

The All Black welcomed the company of 'Hollywood's finest' ahead of their final hit-out of the year.Ian Foster's side have been training in Sydney for Saturday's Tri nations test against Argentina in Newcastle and spent yesterday...

He hatched in a muslin-lined cake tin balanced on a pile of books under a house lamp, and now Marvin the chicken has inspired his human "mum", celebrity cook Nadia Lim, to pen a children's book in his name.The 13-week-old chicken...

When it comes down to it, the reason The Crown has proven so popular is that it does something mundane but unprecedented: It humanises the royal family.Over the course of four series we see that they are just so … normal.And yet...

Football demigod Diego Maradona's life of cocaine, sex workers and mafia connections finally caught up with him.The 60-year-old deeply flawed legend died of a heart attack on Thursday, having undergone brain surgery earlier this...

Aussie retail chain Big W has been forced to recall a popular Christmas item over its X-rated design.A customer shared a photo of the candy cane-shaped bath bomb to a Facebook page, suggesting the product looked like something phallic."If...

The Black Caps will seek advice on Thursday from the West Indies cricketers on how to recognise the Black Lives Matter movement during the series which starts in Auckland on Friday.

Football legend Diego Maradona's last words before he died were: "I don't feel well."Maradona suffered a fatal heart attack on Wednesday (local time), two weeks after he had surgery to treat a brain bleed.The 60-year-old legend...

Written off before the tournament, Argentina can put one hand on the Tri-Nations trophy if they beat the All Blacks again

As far as busy months go, Meghan and Prince Harry were run off their feet in July.Explosive excerpts about their exit from royal life were slowly being leaked from the tell-all book Finding Freedom, Meghan accused the royal family...

With his team already facing injury issues, Black Caps coach Gary Stead is hoping this is the worst he sees of the condensed cricketing schedule.New Zealand will open their international Twenty20 series on Friday against the West...

Marvel's 616 (Disney+)Comic publisher turned blockbuster movie studio Marvel has a fascinating and rich history and this new documentary series takes a superpowered look at the home of the world's favourite superheroes. Each of...

The Government's Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert NZ) fielded a record 2610 reports of cyberattacks in the September quarter, which included the second lockdown for Aucklanders.It continued a trend of escalating online fraud,...

Test your sporting knowledge with the Herald Sports Quiz brought to you by Spark Sport. Do you know your Tom Bradys from your Tom Lathams, your White Ferns from your White Sox? Here's your chance to prove your supreme sporting...

Peter Thiel's spook software outfit Palantir has more than doubled in value since it listed on the New York Stock Exchange on October 2 - likely edging the entrepreneur ahead of Graeme Hart to become the richest New Zealand, citizen.Back-of-the-envelope...

Mike Tyson, one of the most feared punchers in history, has apparently been barred from trying to knock Roy Jones jnr out in his comeback. The 54-year-old Tyson faces multi-weight class legend Jones, aged 51, in Los Angeles on Sunday....

Six60 have called for former Prime Minister and Arts Minister Helen Clark to support their bid to play Eden Park. The band, who made history as the first local band to sell out Western Springs are eyeing being able to play a show...

Wellingtonians can finally top-up their Snapper cards using their iPhones with the launch of a new iOS app today. At the moment people have to top-up their bus cards at special stations or dairies. Android customers have had the...

Technically, it might not be the sharpest image.It is true, too, that while we can clearly identify the antagonists, the protagonist has his back to the camera.This shot, however, is every bit as powerful and momentous as Neil...

OPINION: Buckingham Palace has a ghost problem.Ever since the latest season of The Crown was released this month, the spectral force of Diana, Princess of Wales and all of her misery and suffering has been haunting the royal...

A little boy's sweet letter to Santa has broken the hearts of thousands online after he admitted he just wants to be loved.The young boy, known only as Will, penned a letter to the man in red as part of the US Postal Service's "Operation...

Jennifer Lopez proves time and time again age is but a number.The 51-year-old pop star gave a jaw-dropping risque performance at the American Music Awards on Monday in a sheer black bodysuit.And she's showcased her ageless figure...

Learning to read on computers and tablets reduces children's enjoyment of reading, a new study has found.The Ministry of Education study is the latest of a series of reports looking for reasons behind a steep drop in reading performance...

It was obvious from the opening minutes of Barack Obama's latest interview that he wasn't going to be fielding any tough questions. Former US president Barack Obama has been doing the media rounds in recent weeks to promote his...

The Weeknd has lashed out at the Recording Academy after being snubbed in this year's Grammy nominations.Despite having one of the year's biggest albums with "After Hours," topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Blinding Lights"...

UPDATE: Return to Sender successfully launched, and its first-stage was successfully retrieved after parachuting back to Earth. The Auckland University student satellite, Gnome Chompsi and other cargo successfully made it to space....

In today's sports news - Coleman appeals ban, the world farewells Maradona and West Indies batsmen impress.

Argentina coach Mario Ledesma has completely overhauled his team for Saturday's Tri-Nations test against the All Blacks in Newcastle.

By RugbyPass.com Despite accruing well over 300 first-class appearances, two Commonwealth Games titles and one Rugby World Cup, former All Black Liam Messam's career has been anything but smooth-sailing.The 36-year-old recently...

Six women in South Australia were hospitalised after they ate cannabis cookies and became so high that they passed out at home during the state's recent lockdown.Officers and South Australian Ambulance crews arrived at a property...

Jamie Dornan received "freaky" fan mail in lockdown.The 'Fifty Shades of Grey' star was sent a bizarre collage of photos of himself as a child.Speaking to Variety magazine about the bizarre fan mail, he shared: "Someone saying...

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have defended their decision to post pictures from the hospital after they tragically lost their son Jack.The Sports Illustrated model and the 'All of Me' hitmaker wanted to help others who had been...

Pasifika proud Hurricanes player Vince Aso, is excited to represent his Samoan heritage, after being named in the first Moana Pasifika team.

Michael Marsh's picture of the Brighton Palace Pier is an evocative and poignant winner of the Historic Photographer of the Year 2020: Union flags fly in the breeze above the once-glorious Victorian construction battered by a turbulent...

First Person - Despite all of his faults, problems and dramas, Maradona leaves an incredible legacy and will be mourned across the sporting world, writes Michael Burgess.

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has made three changes to his starting side to face Argentina in their crucial Tri Nations clash in Newcastle, handing rookie Akira Ioane his second test start of his career.Ioane will start in the number...

New Zealand's Greg Barclay, the new ICC chair, says the organisation must deliver its pinnacle events over the next three years or face serious financial consequences.

All you need to know ahead of the All Blacks' clash against the Pumas in Newcastle The All Blacks have made three changes to their starting lineup for Saturday's Tri Nations rematch against Argentina, retaining an unchanged backline...

Opinion - Steven Adams' next stint at the New Orleans Pelicans will be better for him and New Zealand basketball fans, James Nokise writes.

"No New 'Movies' Till Influenza Ends" blared a New York Times headline on October 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding.A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary...

At the height of his career Diego Maradona was one of the highest paid athletes in the world, but a life of addiction, legal and financial troubles meant his fortune was severely diminished at the time of his death.The 60-year-old...

Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine and Kane Williamson have all been shortlisted by the International Cricket Council for player of the decade awards.Williamson is up for the ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade award, nominated alongside Virat...

Grammy-award winning artist Lorde has announced she's releasing something special - and no, it's a not a new album (yet). The Green Light singer sent an email to fans on her mailing list, which is her preferred method of communication...