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Editorial: World Cup success could transform NZ football’s future
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Letters: History repeats on Auckland stadium debate
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Top 10 performing iwi hold about two-thirds of total assets, about $8 billion.
Jeanswest parent company enters administration, hundreds of Australian jobs at risk
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Former Wallaby gets his chance in Crusaders shuffle
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Christchurch student faces criminal charges after teachers attacked with scissors
The student has since been excluded from the school.
Opinion: How rapid transit can transform Auckland’s future
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‘Renewed energy’: Police seek guns in hunt for West Coast cold case killer
Police have reopened a cold case from 1998 in Kakapotahi, West Coast.
Horror Christchurch rental: Landlord agrees to pay $13k to vulnerable tenants
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Why the All Whites' World Cup qualification matters for NZ football
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Auckland’s $9.4b tech sector drives push for innovation hub
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Grizz Wyllie: The soft side of All Blacks legendary hard man
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‘Heaven got a really great one’: Young man killed in jetboat accident named
The young shearer's loved ones have been left reeling by his sudden death.
Asset values up only $100m since 2022: New report on 10 biggest iwi
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Revealed: Which BoP communities may move to a new electorate
Thousands of people affected by proposed electorate border reshuffle.
Man, 70, appears in court after alleged bomb threat clears city street
The man was taken into custody seven hours after police cordons were set up.
‘At our age, it’s magic’: Northland nurses reunite after 60 years
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Watch: The rise of online cults targeting NZ kids
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Man who threatened to shoot kids in school says he was just ‘having a bad day’
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Man in custody 7 hours after threats, police evacuate Christchurch properties
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Christchurch mosque attack hero's assault charge dismissed
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The Maadi Cup is the pinnacle of secondary school rowing and an icon of NZ college sport.