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'Unique tribute': Liverpool to retire Jota's shirt in his honour
Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northern Spain this month.

Opinion: How Wellington's woes are reshaping NZ Rugby's HQ strategy
NZ Rugby considers relocating headquarters, questioning Wellington's future.

Lydia Ko misses cut at Evian Championship after tough second round
Lydia Ko shot six bogeys in her second round, missing the cut at Evian.
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Wellington mayoral candidate Ray Chung spread sex, drugs gossip about Tory Whanau
Ray Chung's email detailed 'tempestuous' fling Mayor Tory Whanau categorically denies.

Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: Road Cone Hotline identifies over 650 total losers
Greg Dixon runs a satirical eye over the week in local and international politics.

Bum's rush: Lotto's naked skier tops ad complaints - what watchdog says
RNZ ratings woes - big gun hired to review radio operation; Agency nabs big ad account.

The future of the Met Gala after Anna Wintour
What would it look like? The Bal d’Été in Paris offered one example.

Push Gummies halts sales amid creatine content controversy
A British fitness influencer has questioned the level of creatine in the product.

NZ filmmakers take their short film to Tribeca, and meet Robert de Niro along the way
Short film Womb debuted in New York, before its NZ International Film Festival premiere.

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'God-given right': Family defends largely unconsented homestead on rural land
A family wanted to be left alone to develop their land without council interference.

'We don't know': Ministry can't show NZ's $81m problem gambling strategy works
Minister for Mental Health - 'not good enough' there's no proof $81m is well spent.

Teen with anorexia's slow, lonely slide to death - what agencies knew
How can a young person starve alone while on the radar of social and health services?

200 dodgy visas granted for businesses linked to Vietnamese cannabis houses
Investigation revealed how Vietnamese crime groups exploited hundreds of migrant workers.

'I wouldn't wish it on anyone': Why are victims having to wait until 2027 for justice?
Nine homicide cases this year have added to the delays in the High Court at Whangārei.

Businessman loses $11.5k in bank transfer error, wages five-year legal battle to ID recipient
The wrongful recipient claimed she thought the money was 'inheritance'.
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'Dirtiest-minded young woman in NZ': Dame Fiona's lifetime of flouting convention
New doco is a psychological study of the Wellington writer who flouted convention.

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Te Pāti Māori selects former broadcaster for Tāmaki Makaurau byelection
Move comes after MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp died last month.

'Exemplar for the country': Historic iwi agreement reshapes water use
The partnership secures 60% of Rotorua's drinking water and returns ancestral land.

'Dying needlessly': Iwi monitors call for action on low cancer screening rates
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