(Reuters) - A Royal New Zealand navy vessel has run aground near the southern coast of Upolu in Samoa, the New Zealand Herald reported on Saturday, citing Maritime Component Commander Commodore Shane Arndell. All 78 people on board the dive and survey vessel HMNZS Manawanui are in life rafts and accounted for, the newspaper said.

The over 5700-tonne, 84m-long ship capsized and was below the surface around 9am local time on Sunday, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement. It had been useful for co

Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news content and will reverse its support of local media outlets if the government passes a law forcing tech companies to pay for articles displayed on their platforms.

Google Friday told New Zealand unless it can keep using news content without paying for it, Google will stop linking to all New Zealand news sites. Google's threat is against the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill.

Google said on Friday to it will stop linking to New Zealand news if a law requiring tech companies to pay for content is passed.

New Zealand has dismissed India for 102 to surprisingly win by 58 runs in the Women’s T20 World Cup in Dubai. Also, South Africa pasted the West Indies by 10 wickets.

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine led from the front with an unbeaten 57 in her team's 58-run win over India in their opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup on Friday.

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine led from the front with an unbeaten 57 in her team's 58-run win over India in their opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup on Friday. The 35-year-old Devine will step down as captain at the end of the tournament after playing in every World Cup,