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Indonesian security forces search for NZ pilot taken hostage

Indonesian security forces are searching for a pilot from New Zealand who was taken hostage by separatist rebels in restive Papua province

The Independent UK

Leeds Rhinos succeed in pursuit of NRLW and New Zealand star

Georgia Hale has signed for Leeds Rhinos after her partner Sam Lisone made the move to Headingley ahead of the 2023 season

Leeds Live

New Zealand’s Georgia Hale joins Leeds for new Women’s Super League campaign

Hale’s partner Sam Lisone players for the Rhinos men’s team.

The Independent UK

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England batter Harry Brook believes he is a more powerful hitter than in 2022

Brook was the star performer during day one of England’s Test warm-up against a New Zealand XI in Hamilton.

The Independent UK

Harry Brook leads England demolition job in New Zealand tour warm-up game

Runs piled on in quick fashion as tourists settle in

Evening Standard

Harry Brook smashes 97 as England pile on runs in New Zealand warm-up clash

The tourists racked up 465 all out in just 69.2 overs.

The Independent UK

New Zealand police find 3.2 tonnes of cocaine floating in the Pacific Ocean

It marks the country’s biggest-ever drugs seizure, and is thought to be enough to supply all of Australia for a whole year

Evening Standard

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New Zealand pilot taken hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia’s Papua region

‘We will never release the pilot we are holding hostage unless Indonesia recognizes and frees Papua’

The Independent UK

Harry Brook hits nine sixes en route to 97 as England start New Zealand tour

Captain Ben Stokes opted not to take the field, allowing Ollie Pope to lead the side instead

The Independent UK

New Zealand police find 3.5 tons of cocaine in Pacific Ocean

New Zealand police have found more than 3 tons of cocaine floating in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean after it was dropped there by an international drug-smuggling syndicate

The Independent UK

New Zealand's new leader Hipkins cuts many contentious plans

New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he is axing or delaying many of his government’s more contentious policy plans as he looks to refocus on priorities like the rising cost of living

The Independent UK

Rebels take New Zealand pilot hostage in Indonesia

JAKARTA: Separatists in Indonesia's breakaway eastern region of Papua have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after attacking a small passenger plane and setting it on fire at an airport in a remote mountainous area, officials and a rebel group said.

Bangkok Post

New Zealand authorities recover 3.2 tonnes of cocaine from Pacific Ocean, believed to be bound for Australia

New Zealand authorities believes 3.2 tonnes of cocaine floating at sea was bound for Australia.

ABC News

New Zealand intercepts 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth $500m floating in Pacific Ocean

Authorities say the haul, which is the largest seizure of illicit drugs made by the country’s law enforcement, was destined for Australia

The Guardian - AU

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Reuters

New Zealand recovers $300 million of cocaine floating at sea

New Zealand authorities said on Wednesday they had recovered 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth more than $300 million, believed to be bound for Australia and found floating at sea.

The Conversation

It's near impossible to get good data on water use in New Zealand. This raises questions about public accountability

As New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins embarks on reprioritising policies to focus on “bread and butter issues”, the details of the contentious Three Waters reforms remain unclear.

AAP

Hipkins to rein in spending in New Zealand policy reset

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has asked his New Zealand government ministers to cut their cloth for downbeat economic times as part of a policy reset.

ABC News

Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle forms off Queensland, BOM forecasts 'dangerous coastal conditions'

Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle, "will remain well offshore" but is expected to produce "dangerous coastal conditions" along the southern and central Queensland coast over coming days.

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RideApart

New John Britten Exhibit, Largest In The World, Opens In New Zealand

An expansive new John Britten motorcycle exhibition just opened at Classic Motorcycle Mecca in Invercargill, New Zealand, celebrating the national moto hero.

Irish Mirror

Irish director's Wagatha Christie drama set to air in America

Vardy vs Rooney: A Courtroom Drama has been sold to BritBox in North America, as well as networks in Australia and New Zealand

Daily Mirror

Jack Leach reflects on "bad memories" after fearing he may die on last England tour of NZ

Jack Leach feared for his life after falling ill with gastroenteritis and contracting sepsis on England's last Test tour of New Zealand in 2019 and the spinner found himself reflecting on those "bad memories"

Newsroom.co.nz

Hipkins' energy – and inexperience – on display in Australia visit

The new PM's enthusiasm for his role was palpable during his first offshore visit to Canberra, but more work may be needed on his foreign policy bona fides.

Newsroom.co.nz

When abortion swayed elections

Felicity Goodyear-Smith looks back at just how political the issue of abortion was in New Zealand.

Newsroom.co.nz

Auckland was struggling even before the historic flooding

A successful Minister for Auckland could foreshadow a substantially revised Cities and Regions government focus, says Mark Thomas

Evening Standard

Jack Leach relishing England turnaround on New Zealand return: ‘I feel like I belong’

Spinner having ‘too much fun’ to dwell on bad times as he looks to hit peak in two-match Test series

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