Tom Mockridge is no stranger to answering SOS calls from his boss, besieged media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Some great names stand out on the path to the sport's 2000th test, a journey that NZ began unpromisingly.

Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch's loyal lieutenant, resigned last night as chief executive of his newspapers.

Editors, reporters, politicians, police officers ... all are involved as a media empire's shame is exposed.

Cricket's 2000th test starts at Lord's on Thursday, when England host India.

It's the end of the line for the Hogwart's Express and the beginning of a new chapter for Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, the stars of 'Harry Potter.'

Rapper Kingslee Daley, aka Akala, is a man on a mission; to get at-risk kids exploring words, from Shakespeare to Jay-Z. Scott Kara reports

Young Kiwi driver's fraught two races shows him 'highs and lows of motor racing within half a lap'.

Adele, the singer with a room-silencing voice, has topped the charts in both Britain and America with her new album about a bitter bust-up with her boyfriend. Tom Lamont meets a superstar in the making.

The number is 14 and rising, but Eric Murray insists he's not keeping count.

White blonde is having something of a fashionable resurgence. Harriet Walker dyed her hair to see what the fuss was about.

A 17-year-old model from Matamata is touted to give Kate Moss a run for her money.