The ads, which cost more than $150,000, were posted online, in newspapers and on buses and billboards around the capital.

It caught some glam shots over the weekend from a distance of 420 million kilometres.

Cheslin Kolbe will have the tough task of stopping crowd favourites Kenki Fukuoka and Katoro Matsushima.

Auckland Council is urging people to be more careful when throwing out flammable items after three fires in less than a month.

The four-day event at the island's courthouse will be the only buyback opportunity in the area.

The gold medallists joined TVNZ1's Breakfast this morning to raise awareness of plastic waste.

Justin and Jeremiah Raisen said the song borrows from Lizzo's 2017 single Healthy, a tune they co-wrote.