The withdrawal meant volunteers who would feel obligated to respond during the strike could relax. Read...

Australia will not play a spinner in the Boxing Day Test on a Melbourne pitch stand-in captain Steve Smith described as “quite furry, quite green”. Read...

Organisers of some Christmas Day and Boxing Day swims have cancelled events due to the weather. Read...

Consumer NZ is urging people to do their homework, double check gift cards and know their rights ahead of the sale frenzy Friday. Read...

Melbourne’s green MCG pitch is the Grinch that stole Boxing Day from Todd Murphy, while Cameron Green’s Test spot is on notice with a demotion to No.7. Read...

Steve Middleton and Louise Savage, both in their late 50s, will say “I do” live between races during the Auckland`s SkyCity Boxing Day Races, in front of 15,000 people. Read...

A slow moving storm front still over some South Island areas has prompted new warnings for Waikato northwards, for Boxing Day. Read...

Australia’s stand-in captain has described the health concerns that ruled him out of the Adelaide Test, and what it’s taken for him to lead the team out at the MCG. Read...

The Transport Agency is warning more cars on the road, tired drivers, and people driving on unfamiliar roads can all add up. Read...

Fans do not have long to wait, as the show returns in the UK on Boxing Day and then New Year`s Day. Read...