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'Red' still has the fire that made a racing champion
If Shaune Ritchie wins this afternoon's $50,000 Bonecrusher Stakes at Ellerslie, two things will race through his mind. The second will be that Magic Cape, the horse he trains, will have just proved he is one of New Zealand's best...

Congregations may ignore homosexual and de facto ban

Battling the slowdown: Component-maker upbeat but challenges lie ahead
Murray Fenton feels good about what lies ahead for Adept, the Auckland plastic component maker he founded in 1970."I have confidence in the future and I know a lot of my customers do. Yet if you look around you say 'Well, nothing...

Hockey: Livermore keen to pick up his stick
North Harbour coach Darren Smith welcomes the return of Australian captain Brent Livermore to the Wellington side for the weekend's national league action.Livermore, keen to pick up his stick after the disappointment of watching...

Motorsport: Scott to skip Aussie races
New Zealand V8 champion Kayne Scott is pulling out of one Australian championship to concentrate on driving in the Bathurst 1000 on October 8 and defending his national title this summer.The 37-year-old Hamilton driver has been...

Challenge of wearing maroon and black
Nobody said that starting a new rugby union in New Zealand would be easy and after an initial flourish through the third and second divisions, the doubters have largely been proved correct in the case of North Harbour.It's been...

Lots of spills - and far fewer thrills
Wellington 21 Otago 14 For the second time in three weeks, Ma'a Nonu came to Wellington's rescue, this time at Carisbrook.His try nine minutes from the end got Wellington the win and put them close to a home quarter-final...

Suspicious blaze guts North Shore house

TB scare at Canterbury University

Mystery fungus killing kauri trees

Motorist flees after car crashes into Nelson house

Te Arawa to get $200m Treaty settlement

Anglers warned over Didymo

Review: 'Okami' enchants with stroke of genius
In an industry where innovation often takes a back seat to sequels, movie tie-ins and "me too" clones, it's refreshing when a new video game breaks convention to deliver a fresh interactive experience.

Tennis: Bartoli doubts for Classic
Tournament director Richard Palmer is not holding his breath as he awaits confirmation that Marion Bartoli will be back to defend her title at this summer's classic.He says the people now looking after her interests have unrealistic...

Pitstop: Halliday races round the globe
Aucklander Matt Halliday, who begins New Zealand's campaign in the A1GP series this weekend, will be racing on three continents in three different types of car over the next three weeks.Halliday will be hoping to repeat his podium...

Netball: Back or forward - poser for Silver Ferns selectors
The New Zealand selectors have only 24 hours to decide whether a former Silver Fern or a youngster will replace Belinda Colling in next month's series against Australia.At the end of the national championships tomorrow, a squad...

Rivals will know exactly what they need to do
A 4.35pm Sunday kickoff would normally hold the appeal of day-old porridge, but this weekend it suits Waikato and North Harbour just fine.The two will round off the Top Six playoff stage in Hamilton and when they emerge from the...

Final repechage match gives ideal conclusion
Three into one won't go, so two out of Tasman, Southland and Northland are going to be disappointed tomorrow night.The Air New Zealand Cup repechage contest has produced two vastly different pools. Bay of Plenty sealed their quarter-final...