creak

The track is alive with phantom creaks and a chilling atmosphere; it sounds like it was recorded in the attic of a haunted house.

It comes just weeks after millions were left without power for four days following a blackout caused by issues with the country's creaking energy infrastructure.

Because, for all this week's haka hoopla, for all the tourists' dominant history, this is a New Zealand team that creak when their predecessors - with 34 wins from 45 previous meetings - didn't.

Just the sunny day causing an old building to creak and groan, or something uncanny?

I can hear the faint creaking of floorboards in my house yet when I’m in the middle of a robust three-way conversation, I feel like the odd man out.