New Zealand stand-off Nick Evans has suggested strongly that Tana Umaga played his last game in an All Blacks jersey against Scotland on Saturday.

FLOOD waters rose and hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes after storms lashed central New Zealand yesterday.

Flood waters rose and hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes after storms lashed central New Zealand today. Rescuers found no trace of two men missing at sea and presumed drowned, police said.