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Of course I wind down my window at the lights to profess my love to the strangers in the black De Tomaso Pantera. And of course they accommodate me with amused grins.

Confessions of an unlikely petrolhead

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Last week, Gymnastics New Zealand announced an overhaul of their competition attire rules. Now, let's make shorts the universal uniform.

Let everyone wear shorts for sports

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'I’d hate for somebody to come and watch a game I was playing and say to his kid: 'See that guy there, he used to be awesome'. That would grind my gears.'

Sam Whitelock hangs up his boots

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They're on a mission to return to the National League for the first time in two decades. But some believe they're on an uneven playing field in NZ's amateur club competition.

Tauranga City are top of the table. What’s stopping them from staying there?

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It's not the return of the Knights. Not quite.

Welcome to the Foleyverse: Name and kit unveiled for Auckland’s new A-League side

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The 'controversial' Hurricanes Poua haka didn't come out of nowhere. 

Women’s sport has always been political – it’s about time the CEOs embraced it

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The former White Ferns wicketkeeper always had plenty to say behind the stumps. Not much has changed now she's behind the microphone.

How Katey Martin became the new voice of summer

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It’s not often New Zealand produces a truly great cricketer. It's even rarer for their careers to overlap.

100 not out: Kane Williamson, Tim Southee and the end of summer

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'These days, yeah, you couldn’t call them anything like that...'

The Black what? How the New Zealand badminton team got sport’s worst nickname

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If you thought jigsaw puzzles were meant to be relaxing, think again.

Getting jiggy with it: Inside the wild world of competitive speed puzzling

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This Black Caps test series against a South African 'C team' might not be the walkover many expect – just look what happened at the Gabba last week.

Who are these cricketers and what have they done with the South African test side?

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A tribute to the cricket legend's nine off 19 balls in the 2024 T20 Black Clash.

The ballad of Brian Lara

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If no one runs on to the pitch with a jug of beer for the bowler to chug mid-over, is it really a celebrity cricket match?

Stupid fun celebrity cricket matches were better in the 90s

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Why 'Come on you Nix' is this year's 'Up the Wahs'.

It’s the perfect time to jump on the Wellington Phoenix bandwagon

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Exclusive: How Tutekawa Wyllie and his wife Margaret won their landmark battle and broke new ground for rugby-related head injury claims.

Inside the years-long fight to have a former All Black’s CTE recognised by ACC

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'Here we were in Taranaki, our home province, yet we were somehow lost in Toulon.'

The All Black, the ghost and the leaky bucket: Writing Carl Hayman’s memoir, Head On

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In 1995, Otago and All Blacks flanker Josh Kronfeld used his head – literally – to make a unique protest.

The Side Eye: Sticking your neck out

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You know you’ve been in the water too long when you start seeing giant potato people.

Here’s what happens to your body when you swim for 33 hours straight

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We uncover the mysterious origins of the phrase that's sweeping the nation.

Where did ‘Up the Wahs’ come from? A Spinoff investigation

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Players are sending a clear and obvious message: there’s too much cricket and not enough of it matters.

International cricket is withering on the vine – why do we still play so much of it?

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A brief round-up of submissions on the controversial proposed law.

‘The worst piece of law proposed since 1979’: Reactions to the Fast-track Approvals Bill

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A poem from Robin Peace's new collection.

The Friday Poem: ‘Cereal giving’ by Robin Peace

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The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending April 26

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The 'Wicked Game' heartthrob is in his late 60s now. That didn't stop him putting on a lively, goofy and very sparkly show.

‘A hell of a lot of fun’: Our reviews of Chris Isaak’s dazzling Auckland show

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Hear me out: All I want is a TrueBliss T-shirt

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The sector says it's hopeful her replacement Paul Goldsmith will be able to throw it a lifeline, after six months with a minister deemed missing in action. 

Media industry sheds few tears for minister Lee

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A proposed law might make it easier to fix the broken stuff laying around your house.

An afternoon at the Repair Café, where everyday objects get a second life

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What does a forever relationship look like when you don't believe in marriage? And how do you celebrate it?

Dreaming of my not-wedding day

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'I wonder what went through his head every Anzac Day, every year. Maybe you could be forgiven for just wanting to get blitzed and forget about it altogether.'

Don’t mention the war: On grandparents and Anzac biscuits

Join Rog and Davo in the panic room as they try and assess what on earth the Premier League script writers are doing this season.

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