Pomare thinking ahead with Ocean Billy after major win
Ocean Billy won the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.
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Hundreds expected at homelessness public meeting
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'Crazy and lazy': Large knives left at community pantry
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Q & A: Classical guitarist Christopher Everest
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Outstanding! Aquatic Centre's 50m pool reopens
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Students' visual art excellence visits Rotorua in exhibition
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Explore two-acre lakeside garden for fundraiser
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Nation's top BMX riders converge on Rotorua
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'Catastrophic' - elderly falls cost millions in claims
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Another person arrested in relation to the death of Whakatāne man Jamaine Wharton
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Fears for children in motels growing up next to gang members
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Police on hunt for man with links to the Bay of Plenty
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Man set to stand trial for murder of Taupō woman
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House buyers urged to get in quick on new development
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