Black players welcomed home

The winning All Black Players were welcomed home by fans and supporters at the Auckland Airport, and some of them were face painted and All Black shirts, cheered widely as Richie McCaw lifted the Web Ellis cup. One fan, Cheryl, had got up before dawn to travel from Tuakau, in the Waikato, to welcome her favourite team.

RNZ's John Campbell was at the airport and told Morning Report that among the masses were young children, some of whom had been waiting since 4 a.m. to see their heroes.

Campbell said how some of the All Blacks were stunned at the huge reception and Richie McCaw and Ma'a Nonu said they were `stoked'. There will be similar public events to welcome home the boys in black in Christchurch and Wellington.

Meet Bo and Sunny Obama

Meet Bo and Sunny - the family pets of the President of the United States and his family!

Commonly known as the 'first dogs', Bo and Sunny have very important owners and a pretty awesome home.

Bo is a 7-year-old Portuguese Water Dog and given to the First Family as a gift in 2010. Since then he has been living in the White House with the president and his family.

In 2013, Sunny joined the family! Also a Portuguese Water Dog, 3 year-old-Sunny is often referred to as Bo's little sister.

The dogs have had the chance to meet many important people alongside their owners - the most recent being Pope Francis!

Both pooches have been snapped by the paparazzi while playing in the White House's gardens with President Obama and his children as well as on walks with the First Lady!

International Space Station marks 15 years

Monday, November 2 marked 15 years since astronauts began living on board the International Space Station.The International Space Station (ISS) was launched in 1998. Two years earlier astronauts went to live there. Since then, there has always been someone staying at the station in space.

The ISS has become an important place to carry out tests and research that will help future space missions to go to the Moon and Mars. Here are some facts about ISS:

It is about 115 metres long. That is just a bit bigger than a rugby field.

It travels at a speed of around 29,000km/hr. It orbits the earth every 90 minutes.

Two hundred and twenty people from 17 countries visited the ISS since it was launched.

It has two toilets on board! There's also a gym!

Fifty-two computers control all the systems on the station.

The space station weighs about 420,000kg - that's about the same as the weight of 320 cars.

ISS is about 400km away from the Earth.

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