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Shorter isolation periods, a test-to-work regime and widening the critical services exemption scheme are all on the table when ministers review settings this month.

Here's your rugby evening headlines for Sunday, 31 July

The Philippines women's football team is riding a recent wave of success, and is hoping to continue breaking new ground at next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

WES Goosen believes that the “winning, competitive culture” he was part of with the Hurricanes in New Zealand can help Edinburgh keep up the…

Fans are mourning New Zealand rugby’s cherished aura of invincibility, but the harder truth is it may never come back

New Zealand has provided strong humanitarian support for Ukrainian refugees, so why can't we extend the same concern and compassion to Myanmar refugees? 

Both side’s were well beaten by New Zealand on Saturday

The traditional art of Māori tattooing, known as tā moko, was at risk of total extinction after New Zealand’s brutal colonial-era efforts to suppress indigenous culture. But 50 years later, tā moko is far from vanishing – it has undergone an unprecedented renaissance. Our Observer, Mokonui-a-rangi Smith, told us this…

Russia's foreign ministry on Saturday announced sanctions against 32 officials and journalists from New Zealand for supporting what it called the country's "Russophobic agenda."