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Hoskins Sotutu runs the ball during The Rugby Championship match between the Argentina Pumas and the New Zealand All Blacks. Photo: Getty Images Top of the world again, and making light work of it.

Quade Cooper of the Wallabies kicks the ball through during The Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and the South Africa Springboks. Photo: Getty Images A resurgent Australia upset South Africa for the second time in a week, storming to an impressive bonus-point 30-17 victory in Brisbane on Saturday to help strip the world champions of their number one ranking.

Quade Cooper of the Wallabies kicks the ball through during The Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and the South Africa Springboks. Photo: Getty Images A resurgent Australia upset South Africa for the second time in a week, storming to an impressive bonus-point 30-17 victory in Brisbane on Saturday to help strip the world champions of their number one ranking.

Auckland artist Bridget Harding has developed a career in hair and make-up artistry and painting. Her painting of a Highland cow (top left) is for sale at Art on Tyne in Oamaru. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED Oamaru will always have a special place in Bridget Harding’s heart. The Auckland artist talks to Rebecca Ryan about forging a career that fulfills her creative side.

The Lake Manapouri Department of Conservation Shallow Bay Hut which had its floors and rungs on bunk ladders damaged by vandals last month. Photo: Supplied The Department of Conservation (Doc) is seeking information after two huts on the edge of Lake Manapouri in Fiordland National Park were damaged last month.

The BMW crashed in Auckland's Mt Roskill at about 1.30am. Photo / Hayden Woodward One person has died after a crash which left a late-model car wrecked and at least one nearby property damaged in Auckland city early this morning.

The BMW crashed in Auckland's Mt Roskill at about 1.30am. Photo / Hayden Woodward One person has died after a crash which left a late-model car wrecked and at least one nearby property damaged in Auckland city early this morning.

A "discovery process" is underway. Photo: Getty Images The school that trains New Zealand's top broadcasters has launched an external review after an "incident" at the tertiary provider.

A "discovery process" is underway. Photo: Getty Images The school that trains New Zealand's top broadcasters has launched an external review after an "incident" at the tertiary provider.

William Willis, seen here at Horse of the Year in 2018, is reportedly facing further enforcement action, in addition to the consequences of his lockdown breach this month. Photo: NZ Herald William Willis, the man who broke lockdown restrictions by travelling to Wānaka this month, is reportedly facing drink-driving and traffic infringements.

Two people have been injured in an incident related to a car doing burnouts in South Dunedin this evening. 

Auckland's Middlemore Hospital. Photo: NZ Herald Hospitals are planning how to cope when Covid becomes endemic in New Zealand and the unvaccinated turn up seriously sick.

Pakistan security officials outside the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi. Photo: Getty Images The New Zealand government remains steadfast in its support of New Zealand Cricket's last-minute decision to abandon the Black Caps' tour of Pakistan, despite stinging criticism from Pakistan authorities and the wider cricket community.

Pakistan security officials at a road block near the stadium in Rawalpindi. Photo: Getty Images New Zealand cricket great Glenn Turner is "astonished" the Black Caps embarked on their Pakistan tour given concerns about player safety and Covid-19.

Anti-lockdown protesters gathered despite current Covid-19 restrictions prohibiting large outdoor gatherings. Metropolitan Melbourne is currently subject to lockdown restrictions as health authorities work to contain the spread of the highly contagious Delta Covid-19 variant, with people only permitted to leave their homes for essential reasons. Photo: Getty Images Australia recorded 1,882 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, as thousands of police officers in Sydney and Melbourne were deployed to quell planned anti-lockdown protests, setting up checkpoints and barricades.

Two people have been arrested after escaping Auckland's lockdown allegedly using false documents before travelling to Taupō.

dickason_family.png The couple with their three children on the twins' birthday in November last year. Photo: Facebook Family and friends of the Dickason family are at a loss to comprehend what went wrong in the lead-up to the death of the couple's three children in Timaru this week.

The couple with their three children on the twins' birthday in November last year. Photo: Facebook Family and friends of the Dickason family are at a loss to comprehend what went wrong in the lead-up to the death of the couple's three children in Timaru this week.

timaruqueenstreetmurders.jpg The public have begun leaving flowers and teddies outside a Queen St, Timaru house where the bodies of three young sisters were found on Thursday. Photo: George Heard The wider family of three young South African girls who died weeks after arriving in New Zealand with their parents will be considered for emergency MIQ spaces, a Government official says.

The public have begun leaving flowers and teddies outside a Queen St, Timaru house where the bodies of three young sisters were found on Thursday. Photo: George Heard The wider family of three young South African girls who died weeks after arriving in New Zealand with their parents will be considered for emergency MIQ spaces, a Government official says.