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Black Ferns Sevens captain Sarah Hirini is heading to Japan to play professional sevens for the Pearls club – something she wants to make more permanent once her international career is over, she tells Suzanne McFadden in an exclusive interview.

Mexican standoff: Desperate to hold onto their lending share in a declining property market, banks have ignored Reserve Bank pressure to raise mortgage interest rates. But the standoff must end. Brokers reckon the first of the banks will blink next week. You can see the whites of their eyes, writes Jonathan Milne.

Should a solar farm be allowed in the Mackenzie Basin, an outstanding natural landscape?

The more energy is used to extract fossil fuels, the more we will pay for them – and there less energy there will be available to run our economies. The consequences of not preparing our families and communities are grim.

Kicking old school attitudes, bias and 'boofheads' into touch is at the heart of NZ Rugby's new women and girls strategy. But in Mid-Canterbury, a Silver Fern is beating them to it, Suzanne McFadden discovers.

Steve Braunias on two men at the centre of a historic sex scandal in Whanganui

Personnel and cash are still being thrown into speed limit reduction work despite a massive chunk of the programme being cut in Chris Hipkins’ policy bonfire earlier this year

Cabinet opts against moving Navy out of Devonport, but some training may head north.

Bench books are publicly-funded manuals that help judges make decisions. Amid criticism of our Family Court using outdated and discredited theories, Carrie Leonetti asks why they're not publicly-available.

Dunedin was promised a brand spanking new hospital - but will cutbacks compromise it?

New Royal Society fellow pushes for greater recognition of applied science education and business leadership.