Animation: Two systems become one big blizzard

Ollie Dousset, 25, was fishing for snapper with his friend Joe Emmerton off the coast of Sydney’s Manly Beach when something much bigger came into view. Being winter in Australia the rope technician didn’t have his swimming trunks so instead he threw caution — and his clothes — to the wind and took the plunge with the underwater giant starkers. Source: Caters

Auckland Police AOS staff are currently at a Mount Albert address conducting a search warrant. Due to concerns for firearms, some nearby residents have been evacuated and cordons are currently in place. Source: NZN Video

A slightly sparser crowd than usual turned out for the Cadbury Jaffa Race today, after the event was postponed from its expected July date because of bad weather. / Otago Daily Times