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NZ upset banged-up Kings in NBL grand final opener

Will McDowell-White has put on a clinic to help the New Zealand Breakers to a 95-87 win over the Sydney Kings in Game 1 of the NBL grand final series.

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Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have "fundamentally changed Test cricket" with 'Bazball'

Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have completely revolutionised England's Test team, guiding them to ten wins in 12 playing 'Bazball', and Sir Alastair Cook has praised the pair's approach

Daily Mirror

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review – hippies v billionaires

In her third novel, the Booker winner captures our collective despair about an unequal world in a finely spun web of misunderstandings

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Less word soup, more vision needed from Luxon

Christopher Luxon needs to explain his vision for New Zealand and underpin it with some policies that are clearly articulated and costed, writes political editor Jo Moir

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The holes in NZ's 'world-class' public sector

Talk of a 'world-class' public sector system in New Zealand falls short of the reality, former politicians and policymakers say.

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

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Surprise! Farmers can be the new heroes of climate mitigation

A dollar spent wisely on mitigation brings transformational economic benefits. So we can justify investing in both mitigation and adaptation, as China, India and many other countries are doing. Humanity can still, just, prevent catastrophic climate change if each country shoulders its share of climate responsibility.

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Photos: Te Arai Links in New Zealand fully opens South Course designed by Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw

The resort has been dubbed by some to be “a 17-Mile Drive for the southern hemisphere.” These pictures are pretty breathtaking.

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Flight brought to 'grinding halt' because of a hedgehog on the runway

An Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Dunedin Airport was delayed when the pilot spotted a small spiky hedgehog wandering across the airport tarmac on Monday

Daily Mirror

Cooks, Kings won't crack under NBL grand final pressure

NBL MVP Xavier Cooks has allayed fears over his ankle injury and backed the Sydney Kings to handle the heat from New Zealand in the upcoming grand final series.

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Home-again Warriors talking up NRL hopes

New Zealand's NRL outfit believe they have got their recruitment right as they seek a return to the finals for the first time in five years.

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New Zealand Māori life captured by famed photographer Ans Westra – picture essay

Westra, who died last week and was among New Zealand’s best-known photographers, captured images of Māori people in the 1960s that drew controversy as well as acclaim

The Guardian - AU

Amid a worsening refugee crisis, public support is high in both Australia and NZ to accept more Rohingya

Nearly one million stateless Rohingya people who fled brutal ethnic cleansing in Myanmar have been languishing in extremely congested refugee camps in Bangladesh for the past five and a half years.

The Conversation

Empires of ice: how Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic adventure 65 years ago helped loosen NZ’s colonial ties to Britain

When the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ended on March 2, 1958, it marked what many called the last great adventure possible on Earth: an overland crossing of the Antarctic continent.

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Ambition, corruption and guerilla gardening: Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood is a horror story for our time

Almost every review to date mentions the brutal argument that closes the first section of Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood. In a novel filled with incident – disasters, chases, one very bad acid trip, general maleficence – it is telling that this scene lingers.

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Robin Morrison will now celebrate loneliness

The return of the late, great Robin Morrison

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Female players double after Black Ferns victory

A new surge of Kiwi women and girls have signed up to play rugby this winter in the wake of New Zealand's World Cup triumph. And a Black Ferns legend and former Governor-General will work to ensure they stay playing. Suzanne McFadden reports.

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Meeting the future demand for IT workers

Ruby Campbell-Stokes looks beyond the present crisis in the IT worker shortage to where future skilled workers might come from to fill the gaps

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The Guardian - UK

When Test cricket is this good, even defeats can feel like a triumph

New Zealand’s one-run victory over England gave devotees a pinch-yourself moment of glee at one of the greatest Tests

The Independent UK

What can cricket fans take away from England’s New Zealand Test series?

Ben Stokes’ left knee is a cause for concern.

Daily Mirror

England fans told "you can't have it both ways" in staunch Bazball defence after NZ loss

Former England Nasser Hussain has defended Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum following their one-run loss to New Zealand, telling fans: "You can't have it both ways"

The Independent UK

All Blacks coach Ian Foster to leave role after World Cup

New Zealand said they will appoint Foster’s successor within six weeks

The Conversation

Despite restrictions elsewhere, NZ still uses a wood preservative linked to arsenic pollution

Timber with a green-grey hue – treated with copper chromium arsenic (CCA) – is a common sight in New Zealand. But how many people are aware that it pollutes the environment, is associated with health risks and is a toxic waste complicating the transition to a circular bioeconomy?

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Order of Merit benefits draw Scrivener to NZ Open

Quadruple Order of Merit points are on offer at the PGA Tour of Australasia's big-money New Zealand Open in Queenstown.

Caixin Global

China Eases Requirement of Negative Preflight Covid Tests for Some Countries

Travelers from nations including New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia and Cambodia will still have to show a negative rapid antigen test result

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