New Zealand police raided a shipping insurer's offices over allegations it offered cover to tankers breaking Russian sanctions, a senior detective said Wednesday.Reuters said this week that the New Zealand insurer had helped tankers carrying Russian and Iranian oil to avoid Western sanctions by providing them with insurance.

Multiple websites are down or not working properly this morning, including for Air New Zealand, police and Customs, and some ANZ customers say the bank’s app is again not working after thousands were affected by an outage yesterday.

New Zealand paceman Matt Henry has been ruled out of Sunday's final one-day international against England because of a calf strain and Kristian Clarke has been called into the squad to replace him, the team said on Friday.

Netball New Zealand boss Jennie Wyllie is looking forward to mending ties with reinstated Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua.

With the Silver Ferns taking their series against Australia down to the wire, and Dame Noelene Taurua returning as coach, Netball New Zealand seems able to move on from some high-profile challenges. But staff within the organisation have spoken of their own concerns about the workplace culture.

Harry Brook conceded his side had been "hammered" by New Zealand, with the white-ball captain at a loss to explain England's struggles in the format. For the first time during Brook's tenure as captain, he failed to hide his disappointment after England slipped to a sixth ODI series defeat in seven and the second of his brief captaincy career.

Police are investigating a New Zealand insurer over allegations it provided insurance for dark fleet tankers transporting Iranian and Russian oil.

New Zealand’s main opposition Labour Party has unveiled its first key policy ahead of the 2026 general election — a new government fund that will aim to drive investment and economic growth.

There are two new measles cases across the country, which have brought the outbreak’s total to 13. Health NZ has recently said the risk of further measles cases, contacts and exposures across the country remains “very high”.