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Horse racing: Doctor Askar adds Easter to stunning sequence
Doctor Askar rose to the challenge and scored another narrow win.

On The Up: Tauranga hub for McAlpine Hussmann NZ gets city leaders’ big tick
McAlpine Hussman NZ officially opens new centralised Tauranga hub.

On The Up: Kapa haka - From Rotorua to Te Matatini to the world and back again
Kapa haka in Rotorua has allowed performers to travel the world.

Vector power outages Cyclone Tam: Beach Haven streets without power for over 50 hours, thunderstorms likely
About 50 households on Aeroview Drive and Amelia Place lost power Thursday afternoon.

Rugby’s greatest talent was never fulfilled
To this day he remains the closest thing the sport has seen to Jonah Lomu with the potential even to surpass the man who changed rugby forever.

Chaos in the CBD finally drop debut album: ‘A proud moment for both of us’
The Kiwi brothers who have hit 100 million streams worldwide are set to release their highly anticipated debut album.

‘The second division of politics’: MPs who made the jump to mayor
More power and less red tape: former MPs explain the appeal of local politics.

Damien Grant: Law changes would let big banks off refunding thousands of customers, if legal case lost
Opinion: It was a bad law, but this is no exceptional circumstance for this Government to backdate changes.

‘I can hardly walk’: Crushed man’s agonising pain after near fatal workplace accident
He was a provider who now needs to be provided for after a workplace accident. How did Shane Bidois come to be driving a loader with a roof allegedly held up with timber?

Lawson fails to finish top 10 in third practice ahead of Saudi GP
After three lacklustre finishes in the practice sessions, Lawson will likely be feeling the heat as one of four drivers yet to score a point by finishing in the top 10 through four races this F1 season.

Former Croatia player Pokrivac dies in car crash
Former Croatia international Nikola Pokrivac dies in a car accident in his native country aged 39.

Food innovation: Three opportunities on the table for New Zealand
Opinion: 'We have enormous potential. Where is our thought process on that as a country?'

On The Up: The conservation heroes keeping our iconic native species alive
Some of Aotearoa’s threatened wildlife is coming back from the brink.

Bottles thrown at police confronting boy racers in Hutt Valley, Wellington
Police pelted with bottles breaking up reckless boy racer meets in Hutt Valley.

Lulu Sun’s newfound confidence after steering NZ to Billie Jean King Cup history
The Kiwi tennis star and three teenagers led New Zealand to a stage no Kiwi team had reached for 32 years.

How a playgroup is helping migrant mums beat isolation and depression
“A lot of these women are invisible, people just don’t see them,” says a woman whose work with young migrant families is changing lives.

Helipads and hot property: the latest hideaway for affluent Aucklanders
With a lifestyle that’s ‘off the planet’, this remote sanctuary is rising in popularity.

From overstayer to Parliament: Would be deportee has now become a Youth MP
He’s lived in New Zealand all his life, but was almost deported. The Associate Immigration Minister intervened and now Daman Kumar is off to Parliament.

Man fills diesel tank with exhaust fluid, wins partial case against Mobil station
Northland man Jamie Makgill took a Mobil station to the Disputes Tribunal when he mistakenly put the product AdBlue in his ute’s fuel tank.

The new grocery price comparison app that saves consumers money
A pair of software engineers sick of price discrepancies at the supermarket checkout have teamed up to create an app designed to save you money on your weekly shop.

'A cuddle could tear my son's skin'
Albi, from Bridgend, was born with a disorder which causes his skin to tear with the slightest friction.

The forgotten Indian explorer who uncovered an ancient civilisation
Rakhaldas Banerjee is credited with discovering Mohenjo-daro, but his legacy is tainted by controversy.