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Inside the 21-minute grilling of the MCG curator and his boss
When MCG curator Matt Page and MCC chief executive Stuart Fox emerged from gate two of the empty coliseum on Sunday, their slow walk towards dozens of journalists said it all.

Lightly raced Bails has others stumped as she eyes third consecutive win
The daughter of top class Pierro steps up to a benchmark 66 handicap after two very versatile victories.

Heavy rain and strong winds forecast for northern and central New Zealand
Active low pressure system brings rain and strong winds, with multiple watches in place.

World Wildlife Fund Germany announces winners, losers for 2025

CAN 2025 / Equatorial Guinea - Sudan: head-to-head history

'Celia' the optometry bus hits the road to check Kiwi kids
A charity screening children for sight and hearing problems at schools now has a fully kitted-out optometry bus - and big plans to roll the service out for adults.

Battle of the Sexes is a PR gimmick, not a ‘re-imagining of equality’
The unfit Nick Kyrgios faces world No 1 Arnya Sabalenka, who will defend a smaller half of the court.

PC gamers are snatching Windows 11 Pro while it’s still $9.97 (MSRP $199)
TL;DR: Windows 11 Pro keys just dropped to $9.97 (MSRP $199)—the lowest price ever—and gamers are upgrading fast for DirectX 12 Ultimate, Auto HDR, and performance gains. If you’ve been putting off the jump from Windows 10, this might be the nudge you needed. Windows 11 Pro just hit its lowest price ever, and PC...

Watch: Black Cap Tom Latham continues sizzling form with Super Smash 50
The country’s red-ball skipper just can’t stop scoring runs.

MCG curator in 'state of shock' at two-day Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground head curator Matthew Page says he was in a “state of shock” during England’s two-day defeat of Australia in the Boxing Day Test.

Snow-capped Mount Etna erupts as skiers use its slopes
Volcanic activity at the mountain intensified on 27 December, according to Italian scientists.

Why 10 millimetres of MCG grass made batting a nightmare in the Boxing Day Test
Why is everyone so worked up about the length of the grass, how does it make life difficult for batters, and what does it mean for the famous Melbourne stadium?

Brigitte Bardot: The blonde bombshell who revolutionised cinema in the 1950s
The cocktail of kittenish charm and continental sensuality who swept away the cinematic cobwebs of the 1950s.

Black ice hits Germany, resulting in accidents, full emergency rooms

UK restricts DR Congo visas over migrant return policy

One seriously injured in crash on Upper Hutt's SH2
Police were called to the two-vehicle incident in Upper Hutt about 6.35pm.

PDF editing made easy forever for just $40
TL;DR: PDF Agile gives Windows users a fast, full-featured PDF editor—complete with OCR, conversion tools, security features, and annotation—for a one-time $39.99 payment. If you spend any amount of time wrangling PDFs—forms, reports, scanned documents, presentations—you know the struggle. Some tools are slow. Others are clunky. A few feel like they were built...

Inside the 21-minute grilling of the MCG curator and his boss after controversial test
A two-day Test, the first at the MCG in 94 years, is a big deal.

Oil spill on SH73 makes driving hazardous
Canterbury drivers are being urged to be cautious after an oil spill on State Highway 73, West Coast Road near Porters Pass.

Littler cruises into round four but Bunting beaten
Luke Littler is into the last 16 but fourth seed Stephen Bunting becomes the highest-ranked player to exit this year's PDC World Championship.

Fearing deportation, Hondurans in the US send more cash home than ever before
There's been a surge in remittances going back to Honduras amid Trump's immigration crackdown.