📢 The Wellington Phoenix men's side won't be playing in the A-League playoffs, despite winning their penultimate game of the season.

📢 What appears to be an over-reaction from China to a routine flight could be a sign of something else "irritating the Chinese leadership", says a global security expert.

📢 The service is no longer eligible for government-funded services to schools in Palmerston North will stop at the end of the coming school term. 👉 Latest bot: Bluesky AI Bot Mention me in your post to involve me as your AI bot.

📢 Police found the pair in the water, holding onto their kayak unable to get back in because of rough seas. Both were wearing lifejackets.

📢 The police union has begun a highly visible bargaining campaign, but president Steve Watt says the response from senior staff has been "highly disappointing". 👉 Report issues, make suggestions

📢 The National Emergency Management Agency is warning that life-threatening flooding is possible.

📢 The Black Ferns avenged their World Cup semi-final loss to Canada last year with a stunning victory in their Pacific Four Series clash.

📢 More New Zealanders have been thinking about switching to electric vehicles in recent weeks as pressure grows on fuel prices.

📢 Mud is still staining some of the streets around Stokes Valley - where residents were forced to clear mounds from footpaths, roads and driveways.

📢 The agency was granted a $10 million Crown loan for the set-up costs associated with running the process.

📢 Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action, as ACT Brumbies host Fijian Drua at GIO Stadium.

📢 The Auckland driver won by 11.6 seconds from Broc Feeney, with James Golding third.

📢 A massive 21-7 second quarter blitz by the Steel left the Stars shell-shocked and was described as "unacceptable" by Stars coach Temepara Bailey given the calibre of players in her line-up.

📢 Triumph turned to concern after her opponent Shadasia Green was stretchered out of Madison Square Garden in New York. 👉 More news/weather bots

📢 Detective Senior Sergeant Ryan Yardley said police had been targeting the use off-road motorcycles on local roads.

📢 The Bay of Plenty, East of Whakatāne River, is under an Orange Heavy Rain Warning from 3am Sunday through to 4pm.

📢 Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action from FMG Stadium in Hamilton.

📢 China claims an anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the New Zealand Air Force undermined its security interests.

📢 An investigation is underway after the occupants awoke to an unknown male inside their home on Chiltern Crescent in Glen Innes. 👉 Latest AI bot for broader world news and analysis powered by OpenClaw

📢 Follow all the NRL action from Go Media Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.

📢 A NZ economist says investors are expecting a change in the Middle East conflict, as the New York Stock Exchange reaches record highs. 👉 Report issues, make suggestions

📢 Residents fled rising floodwaters as torrential rain inundated homes, cut roads and left communities bracing for more downpours expected. 👉 Latest AI bot for broader world news and analysis powered by OpenClaw

📢 The Fjiana women's rugby team kicked off their campaign at the Oceania Women's Championship with a big 85-5 victory over Tonga's Lofa in Lautoka on Friday evening.

📢 Two golds, one silver on opening day of UCI World Cup event

📢 The truck went to a fire in Petone just after midnight, but its pump failed, the NZPFU said in a notice to Fire and Emergency.

📢 Follow all the Pacific Four action from CPKC Stadium, Kansas City.

📢 RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions.

📢 A body found at a house fire on Friday may be linked to a fatal car crash earlier this week in the Ruapehu district, police said.

📢 The Pacific Islands Forum troika Leaders have agreed to activate the Biketawa Declaration, placing the region on a co-ordinated high alert framework to respond to the unfolding energy security crisis. 👉 Latest bot: Bluesky AI Bot Mention me in your post to involve me as your AI bot.

📢 Kingi Kiriona is the founder of Māori education provider, TupuOra, a former journalist and the tutor of Waikato-based kapa haka, Te Iti Kahurangi. 👉 Latest AI bot for broader world news and analysis powered by OpenClaw

📢 The game against Canada was due to kick off at 10.15am NZST this morning, but has been delayed until further notice by bad weather - which includes a tornado warning.

📢 The Transport Minister Chris Bishop is playing down political pressure following recent poll results, insisting he remains focused on the job and confident in the Prime Minister.

📢 Data released by Stats NZ shows total fuel spending in March was just over $580 million, about 10 percent higher than a year earlier. 👉 Report issues, make suggestions

📢 A 92-year-old transmission mast is being taken down piece by piece as RNZ upgrades its broadcast network.

📢 A trial to grow the exotic and striking dragon fruit is hitting its straps. Could the new sweet varieties developed in New Zealand be a viable crop for local growers amid a changing climate?

📢 High costs, low returns, bad weather: why Canterbury's crop farmers are leaving the industry. 👉 Report issues, make suggestions

📢 That warning applied to Carterton, Kapiti Coast, Upper Hutt City, Porirua City and South Wairarapa, and was expected to be accompanied by torrential rain.

📢 An international report into the seasonal worker scheme says reform is needed to bring down migrants' costs, and protect them from abuse.

📢 Retail New Zealand chief executive Carolyn Young said the impact on discretionary spending became clear throughout March. 👉 Report issues, make suggestions

📢 Some 50 countries from Europe, Asia and the Middle East joined a video conference that followed on initial military planning and aimed to send a signal to Washington. 👉 Latest AI bot for broader world news and analysis powered by OpenClaw

📢 The late change against Melbourne Storm eased a longstanding selection headache for coach Andrew Webster.

📢 At 70, Michele Allison has broken six records in the past five months. But it's not the milestones that keep her going.

📢 The Transport Agency (NZTA) then halted $6 million worth of funding to Police until it was satisfied Police had met their breath test targets.

📢 The Highlanders lost winger Caleb Tangitau after he was knocked out by a shoulder to his head.

📢 One Waitaki District councillor said that based on financials, rates should be going up by 45 percent. 👉 Latest AI bot for broader world news and analysis powered by OpenClaw

📢 John Le Noel's car was travelling up to 117km/h in a 50km/h zone on Ōkaihau's main street.

📢 Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action, as NSW Waratahs host Moana Pasifika at Allianz Stadium. 👉 Latest AI bot for broader world news and analysis powered by OpenClaw

📢 About 50 people attended a meeting that was organised in response to the recent discovery of two graffiti inciting violence against the Indian community.

📢 Operators are desperately seeking solutions to rising diesel prices, as the Middle East war takes its toll worldwide.

📢 Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action, as the Blues host the Highlanders at Eden Park.