Follow live coverage of the group A World Cup clash between Norway and the Philippines at Eden Park. Stuff Caroline Graham Hansen of Norway.

July 30, 2023 07:01 UTC

Todd Owyoung/Getty ImagesFifteen years after TV show Friends ended, Jennifer Aniston took on a starring role in The "What" show?

July 30, 2023 03:10 UTC

The latest record on the rocks is his record for most individual medals all-time at a World Aquatics Championships, which was tied by Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom on Saturday with a gold medal in the 50 fly. Phelps, 38, and Sjostrom, 29, both won their first World Championship medals, each gold, when they were only 15 years old. Sjostrom won her first medal at 15 when she broke the World Record in the women’s 100 meter fly at the 2009 World Championships. Phelps won his first at the 2001 World Championships (also in Fukuoka) in the 200 fly, also in a World Record time. Other Phelps Standards that have fallen this week:Sjostrom’s Individual MedalsBy colorGold – 11Silver – 6Bronze – 3By event50 fly – 5100 fly – 5100 free – 550 fly – 4200 free – 1Medal Year Event Gold Rome 2009 100 fly Gold Barcelona 2013 100 fly Gold Kazan 2015 50 fly Gold Kazan 2015 100 fly Gold Budapest 2017 50 free Gold Budapest 2017 50 fly Gold Budapest 2017 100 fly Gold Gwangju 2019 50 fly Gold Budapest 2022 50 free Gold Budapest 2022 50 fly Gold Fukuoka 2023 50 fly Silver Barcelona 2013 100 free Silver Kazan 2015 100 free Silver Budapest 2017 100 free Silver Gwangju 2019 50 free Silver Gwangju 2019 100 fly Silver Budapest 2022 100 free Bronze Kazan 2015 50 free Bronze Gwangju 2019 100 free Bronze Gwangju 2019 200 freePhelps’ Individual MedalsBy colorGold – 15Silver – 5Bronze – 0By event100 fly – 5200 fly – 5200 IM – 4200 free – 4400 IM – 2

July 30, 2023 02:22 UTC

Tough decisions for Labour, as they put together a List that may only yield a handful of MPs. The Party's putting the finishing touches on its List rankings, which will show the MPs most likely to get into Parliament post-election. Current polling shows Labour's 62-person caucus could drop by a third in October, with the number of List MPs falling from 19 to as few as half a dozen. NZ Herald political editor Claire Trevett says this is set to be a difficult time, as Labour has a massive caucus to bring down. LISTEN ABOVE

July 30, 2023 02:08 UTC

‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on recordA chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on theduring the past week: Sun, July 23, 2023 thru Sat, Jully 29, 2023. Story of the Week...

July 30, 2023 01:08 UTC





The Front Page: Anxiety, fear and the psychological impact of rising crimeAll eyes were fixed on Auckland last week when a gunman entered a construction site and opened fire. The same people screaming that the mainstream media are scaring us over Covid are more than happy to promote crime clickbait by that very same media! As the desperation drives violent crime via a Crime Porn News filter to insecure viewers, watch how the crime debate disintegrates into lynch mob level bumper sticker slogans. Your anger is being manipulated by the ‘Get Tough on Crime’ Cheerleaders for counter productive policy and the NZ Herald is one of the worst at manipulating you! Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.

July 29, 2023 22:06 UTC

'You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll scream' says the new Spookers owner Bill Geradts as the Herald takes on the new and improved experience. “We’ve got fresh corpses, we’ve got fresh blood, we’ve got a giant spider on the side of the building. Photo / Spookers“Virtually, a lot of the new stuff that’s in Spookers is locally made. There’s stuff in Wellington where we’ve got some fresh corpses from and bodies and there’s a lot of blood and guts that we make in Christchurch and here (Auckland). From this scaredy-cat to you, go visit Spookers for a good scare, a good laugh and a good time.

July 29, 2023 20:37 UTC

Test your intelligence with our afternoon quiz. See if you can beat the artificial intelligence chatbot, Chat GPT. Don’t forget to visit nzherald.co.nz for tomorrow’s morning quiz. For more quizzes to challenge yourself, click here.

July 29, 2023 04:34 UTC

Photo: Brett Phibbs / www.photosport.nzDunedin football fans are fizzing ahead of hosting the Football Ferns' crucial showdown against Switzerland this Sunday. Across the road from one of the training grounds, pupils at Tahuna Normal Intermediate School were getting excited to see the Football Ferns in town. "It's pretty cool to see lots of footballers in the women's team from all over the country and watching it too." Photo: RNZ / Tess BruntonSouthern Football girls and women's development officer Jessica Fuller as a keen Football Ferns fan. At our programmes like Fantails for the five- to 12-year-old girls, we're constantly telling about the Football Ferns and their journey.

July 29, 2023 00:57 UTC

DW News published this video item, entitled “Is the women’s football world cup in Australia and New Zealand a failure? At the Women’s soccer World Cup, Argentina and South Africa played out an entertaining two-all draw earlier today. Both sides had lost their opening games in Group G.It is the biggest women’s World Cup to date and yet on the streets of Sydney, there is little indication it is happening. Our correspondent Alima Hotakie talked to some locals to find out whether the tournament in Australia and New Zealand could have been marketed better. #womensworldcup #australia #newzealandDW News YouTube Channel

July 28, 2023 17:20 UTC

One month, 32 teams, two host countries, glorious stadiums and hundreds of millions of dollars. Welcome to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, a feast of football featuring the finest female players on the planet vying for the most coveted trophy of all. This year marks the first time the tournament will feature more than 24 teams, a sign the women’s game is growing in popularity.

July 28, 2023 11:32 UTC

That power was demonstrated to even greater effect the following day in Wellington. Since Keen-Minshull has announced her intention to visit New Zealand again in September of this year (perilously close to the election date!) Moreover, since the trans community set the rules of political engagement so violently in March, Keen-Minshull’s defenders in September are unlikely to pull their punches. This was the clause cited by the trans community back in March as they attempted to keep Keen-Minshull out of the country. Let the trans community register its disagreement and disgust.

July 28, 2023 09:50 UTC

The latest figures from the Reserve Bank show 2445 mortgages were approved for first home buyers in June, at an average value of $566,000. That's well up (+30%) on the 1885 mortgages approved for first home buyers in June last year. That means first home buyers' likely share of the housing market has increased from 36% in June 2019 to 43% in June 2023. Interest.co.nz estimates that the average price paid by first home buyers declined $36,000 over the same period, from $717,500 in April last year to $681,500 in in June this year (-5.0%). To start receiving them, register here (it's free) and when approved you can select any of our free email newsletters.

July 28, 2023 08:27 UTC

ALSO READ: Dickason murder trial: Children’s grandmother and psych expert take the standMcRae suggests partner revenge as a motiveMcRae suggested that Dicakson’s motive for the murders could be attributed to partner revenge, which refers to killing a child to get revenge on the other parent. Hatters-Friedman took the jury through the five most common reasons a parent may kill a child, partner revenge being one of them. ALSO READ: Dickason murder trial: Court hears how six-year-old fought back, ‘Why are you doing this to us mum?’Dickason’s struggle with KarlaMcRae also focused on the police’s interview with Dickason a day after the triple murder, in which the mother said she “started with Karla”. “The first twin was being really, really, really horrible to me…that’s why I did her first…”Hatters-Friedman, under gruelling cross-examination, admitted that Dickason never mentioned this in their sessions. ALSO READ: Dickason murder trial: New Zealand jury sees recording of Lauren’s confessionThe state argued the messages were “highly relevant” because Dickason had sent 13 messages in 10 minutes, all of which painted a relatively negative picture of the country, the immigration process, Timaru and its rental properties.

July 28, 2023 08:04 UTC

[ Source : www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby ]Departing Crusaders coach Scott Robertson needed a full-page ad to get one final, heartfelt message across. “There are 282 men who’ve taken the field in the Crusaders jersey. To have been able to give back to a jersey that’s given me so much, that’s so special to me,” Roberson said. “Now I join the watchtower proud with our brothers, seven titles as a coach, four as a player. And a long list of incredible men for whom I was a coach and now a friend.

July 28, 2023 07:30 UTC