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It's deja vu for Singapore-based jockey Shafiq Rusof after riding Melody Belle to consecutive group one victories in Hastings today. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Melody Belle trainer Jamie Richards walks the talk

22 Sep, 2018 11:07pm
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Melody Belle and jockey Shafiq Rusof bring immense joy to 34-owner syndicate in Hastings

Karyn Fenton-Ellis (centre) with Jim Bruford, of NZ Bloodstock, and jockey Danielle Johnson who rode Avantage to victory in Hastings on Saturday. Photo/Peter Rubery, Race Images

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Avantage carries dream run into 3-year-olds

22 Sep, 2018 8:37pm
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Billed as a two-horse race, it was Avantage by a head over Xpression when 1200m was dusted

Former All Blacks coach Sir Graham Henry says the loss against the Springboks is just what the doctor ordered. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Ireland ABs' biggest cup rivals: Sir Graham Henry

22 Sep, 2018 11:00am
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Sir Graham Henry says the trick for ABs is to play XV and give the others some game time

HB Netball chairwoman Chris McIntyre with sportsperson of the year Asher Grapes. Umpire of the year Taini Douglas. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Asher Grapes, NGHS toast of HB Netball awards

22 Sep, 2018 10:00am
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Hastings Girls' High School Senior A netballer Asher Grapes claims major Hawke's Bay gong.

Matamata trainer Jamie Richards (left) takes stock with Te Akau Racing boss David Ellis during the New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sales at Karaka in January. Photo/NZME

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Jamie Richards takes favouritism in stride

22 Sep, 2018 9:00am
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Matamata trainer Jamie Richards slips on favouritism collar comfortably around his neck

Grant Cullen (left) and Guy Lowry will be watching Xpression's fortunes in Hastings today. Photo / file

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Trainer Guy Lowry says Stella Noire one to watch

22 Sep, 2018 8:00am
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Trainer Guy Lowry says Avantage favourite but don't lose track of another Showcasing filly

Taekwondo exponent Sophie Somerville works out with Grand Master Fred Akard, of Denver, Colorado, at Hastings Intermediate School yesterday. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Grand master fuels taekwondo club in Bay

20 Sep, 2018 9:00am
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Sophie Somerville marks sweet 16 birthday with memorable class under American grand master

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen, with Sam Cane, is the mad scientist and should have full licence to conduct experiments before the Rugby World Cup regardless of results. Photo/Photosport

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ABs will exorcise demons but where was Kieran Read?

20 Sep, 2018 7:00am
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Steve Hansen assumes the mantle of mad scientist so give him all the test tubes he needs.

Swimmers Caleb Carlisle (left), 13, Nathan Stone, 13, and Ryan Hurley, 12, are back from the 15th Aims Games with their medals. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Swimmers do Taradale, Tamatea Intermediate proud

18 Sep, 2018 10:00am
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Caleb Carlisle finds ideal endorsement in swimming at Aims Games in Bay of Plenty

Omni Gymnastic Centre member Lia Horsley, 16, with other Hawke's Bay representatives competing at the national championship in Tauranga from October 3-6. Photo/Paul Taylor

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HGHS pupil Lia Horsley eyes national glory

17 Sep, 2018 8:47am
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Resources in Hawke's Bay are limited but that hasn't stopped Lia Horsley from excelling

Sir Brian Lochore (in black) with Eagle society president Allen Connor (left), golfer of the year Zac Swanwick and golf selector David Lawrence. Photo/John McHardy

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Schoolboy Zac Swanwick carves his own niche

15 Sep, 2018 2:00pm
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Eagles Society of Hawke's Bay toast success of Napier schoolboy Zac Swanwick with award

Sir Brian Lochore says a lean patch is bound to kick in for the All Blacks. Photo/NZME

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Underestimate Boks at your peril says Lochore

15 Sep, 2018 10:00am
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Sir Brian Lochore says the Springboks will bring mongrel never mind the previous results

Referee Ben O'Keeffe, of Wellington, tries to keep up with the E grade Te Aute College team during a drill at the school grounds on Wednesday. Photo / Paul Taylor

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Super Rugby ref Ben O'Keeffe strikes chord

15 Sep, 2018 8:00am
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Te Aute College E grade rugby team win competition after parent's passionate submission.

Serena Williams puts her point across for women kind to referee Brian Earley during the women's final of the US Open tennis tournament at the weekend. Photo/AP

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Serena Williams a rebel with deliberate cause

12 Sep, 2018 6:00am
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Sexism, racism, you name it, Serena Williams had them all covered in her drawn-out tirade

Ex-HB Eagle society president Jeremy Ballantyne, now national secretary, offers Halberg Trust foundation official Erin Fitzgerald a $15,000 cheque from last year's tourney. Photo/supplied

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Brandon Woolley puts HB footprint to use in Halberg

11 Sep, 2018 6:00am
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Brandon Woolley uses his HB footprints to help disabled children build rapport with sport

Napier Boys' High School senior basketball team celebrate after winning the zone 3 qualifying premiership in Palmerston North today. Photo/supplied

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NBHS make right noises on way to basketball final

9 Sep, 2018 4:45pm
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Napier Boys' High School senior basketball team keep ticking boxes as nationals beckon.

Ray Martin, 28, of Wellington, won the NZ PBA world indoor singles title today to book a trip to Norfolk, England, in January 2019. Photo/Anendra Singh

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Wellingtonian claims PBA prize to Norfolk, England

9 Sep, 2018 4:24pm
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Scuttled Air New Zealand flight, inclement weather fails to deter PBA winners in Hastings

Iona College hockey team experienced this sort of emotion countless times on their way to creating history in the senior national schoolgirls' tourney in Whangarei today. Photo/Planet Hockey

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Iona College hockey create history twice over

8 Sep, 2018 3:51pm
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Whatever the result, Hawke's Bay was always going to be the winner in schoolgirls' hockey

Waipukurau Golf Club course convenor Richard Haldane (left) and greenkeeper Paul McLean distraught after flooding for the fourth time in nine weeks. Photo/Clinton Llewellyn

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Waipukurau Golf Club blames HBRC for flooding

8 Sep, 2018 11:00am
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Waipukurau Golf Club at wits end after river floods course for fourth time in nine weeks

Terry Huffam, 72, living the dream with son Reece, 30 (left), and grandson Vincent Huffam-Harrison, 15 in Hawke's Bay social competitive football. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Three generations epitome of beautiful game

8 Sep, 2018 10:00am
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Terry Huffam, son Reece and grandson Vincent Huffam-Harrison put humble club on HB map.

Lindisfarne College skipper Karan Mandair plays in the second-tier national tournament at Park Island, Napier, this week. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Rain disrupts football but rugby resolve hardens in HB

8 Sep, 2018 9:45am
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Football organisers manage rain but HB under-19 rugby hellbent on going to Taupo today

Taradale Cricket club president Kirk Doyle (left) presents a Taradale Sports Association life membership to Richard Atkins, as association chairman Paul Evans looks on. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Napier cricket stalwart recalls drive for pavilion

8 Sep, 2018 6:00am
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Richard Atkins was playing cricket at Taradale Park five years before queen's coronation

Iona College striker Olivia Shannon (right) is setting the pace in the goal-scoring front with 13 before the final in Whangarei tomorrow. Photo/file

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Iona College v Napier Girls' High in NZ final

7 Sep, 2018 4:39pm
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Hawke's Bay secondary schoolgirls' teams to decide who will be the best in the country.

Co-assistant coach Jamie Dunning (left) will make his debut at a senior level under Hawke's Bay United coach Brett Angell this summer. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Angell picks trio to eclipse Robertson

6 Sep, 2018 8:00am
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Paul Ifill returns, Jamie Dunning steps up as co-assistant coaches of Hawke's Bay United

Hastings Boys' High School pupil Ollie Cinton (centre) on the top of the podium after becoming an NZSSC champion in his first tourney. Photo/@FitographyNZ, Joe McPhee

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School lifter salutes coach and crossfit

6 Sep, 2018 7:00am
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Ollie Clinton took up crossfit for basketball gains but hadn't factored in weightlifting

New Plymouth Girls' player Elle Williams (left) and Sacred Heart Lower Hutt counterpart Janina Buot put their bodies on the line. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Basketball HB plant big tick on schools' tourney

6 Sep, 2018 6:00am
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Nail-biting ends test mettle of Lower North Island junior secondary school basketballers

Hawke's Bay alpine skier Piera Hudson tames the powdery slopes at Coronet Peak as part of the Audi Quattro Winter Games NZ. Photo/Winter Games NZ

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Hudson's NZ crowns step to better rankings

4 Sep, 2018 9:00am
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Hawke's Bay alpine skier Piera Hudson's expecting a great season after more national bling

Caitlin Rennie receives a motherly hug from Kim Clapperton after the teenager won the 300m sprint race to Abu Dhabi on 14-year-old gelding Buckton Showdown. Photo/Paul Taylor

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'Crazy' pony carries Rennie to new heights

3 Sep, 2018 9:00am
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When the dust settled after the 300m dash in Hastings, Caitlin Rennie was off to Abu Dhabi

Shafiq Rusof powers Melody Belle to victory in the 1400m Tarzino Trophy race in Hastings today. Photo/Trish Dunell

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Jamie Richards wins maiden Grp 1 as solo trainer

1 Sep, 2018 9:11pm
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Trainer Jamie Richards nails maiden group one victory as solo trainer with Melody Belle

Bay United general manager operations Shane McKenzie (left) with board chairwoman Paula Walker and board deputy chairman Andrew Huxford as they crunch numbers. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Bay United say 75 per cent of squad have HB ties

1 Sep, 2018 11:00am
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Hawke's Bay Utd says sacked Bill Robertson frustrated but it's coach Brett Angell's call.

Kellie Moffett with daughter Annie, 11, on mount Piripi before the 300m sprint at the Tarzino Trophy Daffodil Raceday meeting in Hastings today. Photo / Warren Buckland

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Jovial parents jockey for seat to Abu Dhabi

1 Sep, 2018 10:00am
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Hawke's Bay youngsters among pony club riders' 300m dash to Abu Dhabi in Hastings today.

Michael Pitman with son and co-trainer Matthew are hoping to win their maiden group one crown in Hastings today. Photo/Trish Dunell

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Michael Pitman billboard for Daffodil Day races

1 Sep, 2018 8:00am
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Champion Canterbury trainer Michael Pitman shows fighting quality in battle with cancer.

Assistant coach Stacey Jones says the Warriors have been doing 50 things differently this season in their quest to lift the NRL crown. Photo/Jason Oxenham

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Stacey Jones boots 'wild-card' in NRL playoffs

31 Aug, 2018 8:00am
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Daffodil Raceday-bound Stacey Jones says Warriors taking playoff pressure in their stride

Rovers assistant coach Stu James says the Hawke's Bay franchise had admirable intentions when it embarked on the premiership journey but it seems to have lost direction. Photo/file

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Blues grill Hawke's Bay United selection policy

30 Aug, 2018 9:00am
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Rovers miffed most of their players, including Bill Robertson, have missed Bay United cut.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika needs to retain his job to see the Australia flagship rugby team all the way through to the Rugby World Cup in Japan next year. Photo/NZME

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Cheika resignation talk cosmetic solution

30 Aug, 2018 7:00am
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Kicking coach Michael Cheika into touch isn't going to solve any rugby issues in Australia

The Omni Gymnastic Centre is a hive of activity after some teaks and tricks to accommodate 700 members at the club in Napier. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Napier gymnastics club posts record membership

28 Aug, 2018 10:00am
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The Omini Gymnastic Centre in Napier is calmly raising funds to cope with membership boom.

Back-to-back champions Napier Boys' High School senior boys' team celebrate after beating their Hastings Boys' High School counterparts in the final last Friday night. Photo/supplied

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NBHS retain Hawke's Bay basketball crown

27 Aug, 2018 7:00am
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Napier Boys High School seniors retain Hawke's Bay Secondary Schools' basketball crown.

Holger Hannemann (left) and daughter Xenia Berger, of Hastings, ensured New Zealand also hit the frequency at the radiosport world champs in Germany last month. Photo/Carsten Dauer

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Xenia Berger connects with King Juan Carlos I

27 Aug, 2018 6:00am
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Second youngest Xenia Berger was one of three females at the radiosport team world champs

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Phoenix show Blues what it takes in A-League

26 Aug, 2018 4:37pm
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Napier City Rovers humbled but come away wiser for having played Wellington Phoenix side.

Morgan Maskell (left) and Clifton Bush have a done a superb job as coaches at the helm of the champion Napier Girls' High School team this year. Photo/Duncan Brown

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NGHS champions bank on sixth sense

25 Aug, 2018 9:22am
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Napier Girls' High School Senior A basketballers take game to another level in Hawke's Bay

Coaches Tony Iro (left) and Stacey Jones, with Andrew McFadden, will leave the helm of the Warriors for a day to help with Daffodil Raceday in Hastings. Photo/Photosport

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Stacey Jones, Tony Iro back HB raceday cause

25 Aug, 2018 9:00am
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Warriors CEO Cameron George's ties with Andrew Castles boon for Daffodil Raceday, Hastings

Rovers captain Joshua Stevenson (armband) leads the celebrations after Bjorn Christensen (lying) scored the winning goal against Wairarapa to help clinch the Central League crown. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Rovers relish chance to play Wellington Phoenix

25 Aug, 2018 6:00am
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Napier City Rovers see Wellington Phoenix game as billboard for champion team and club.

Indofood Ironman Bintan 70.3 champion Brendon Vesty on the No 1 podium with Scott Southgate (left) and Mark Jensen in Indonesia last Sunday. Photo / Supplied

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Bintan crown ticks Kona boxes for Brendon Vesty

24 Aug, 2018 8:00am
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Brendon Vesty

Sacred Heart College Kate O'Malley, 28, won bronze medal in her age group at the New Zealand Duathlon Championship in Pukekohe last Sunday. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Sacred Heart teacher wins duathlon bronze

23 Aug, 2018 9:00am
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Sacred Heart College teacher Kate O'Malley hopes to become triathlon billboard for pupils.

Black Sticks women's coach Mark Hager is refreshingly someone who doesn't feel compelled to sugar-coat the inadequacies of his players when they underachieve. Photo / Photosport

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Mark Hager scrutiny sign of changing attitudes

23 Aug, 2018 7:00am
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Mark Hager investigation symptomatic of parental potholes in New Zealand education system

Hastings professional Daniel Pearce makes the winning chip for a birdie in the second sudden-death playoff hole at No 18 to clinch the inaugural pro Kapi Tareha crown today. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Daniel Pearce contemplates giving up career

19 Aug, 2018 6:09pm
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Sudden-death playoff holes required to separate professionals and amateurs at Kapi Tareha

Rovers golden-striker Martin Bueno (aloft) celebrates with match-day captain Josh Stevenson at the final whistle. Photo/Duncan Brown.

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Wairarapa fight back but Blues champions

18 Aug, 2018 2:53pm
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Rovers club was so confident of winning Central League it had the bling and banner dusted

Havelock North High School pupil Greer Edilson relishes the last line of defence as sideman and goalkeeper. Photo/NZ Paddle Pix, Colleen Sheldon

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Worlds U21 bronze fuels Greer Edilson's fire

18 Aug, 2018 12:00pm
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Greer Edilson, with the NZ U21 canoe polo team, took an open mind and returned with bronze

The talent of Kimiora Poi, 20, of Hawke's Bay, was never in doubt but now the Silver Moon Tactix centre is likened with ex-Silver Fern Temepara George. Photo/Ken Baker Photography

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Kimiora Poi's bold decisions paying dividends

18 Aug, 2018 11:00am
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Hawke's Bay netballer Kimiora Poi finds traction with Tactix after leaving comfort zone

Napier City Rovers player Karan Mandair (left) will be pivotal with fellow centre midfielders in ensuring Wairarapa United don't gain any ascendancy today. Photo / File

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Only Sod's Law can deny Rovers Central League

18 Aug, 2018 8:00am
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Napier City Rovers one game away from claiming third Central League crown

Hugh Tareha (left) and Anthony Mullany are behind the Napier Golf Club and its club professional Andrew Henare in their drive to turn the Kapi Tareha into a Charles Tour event. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Napier club thinking big on Kapi Tareha tourney

18 Aug, 2018 7:00am
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Napier Golf Club creating history in mixing pros with amateurs in Kapi Tareha tournament

Happiness is Napier Girls' High School Senior A team creating history in winning the Super 8 crown at the Pettigrew-Green Arena, Taradale, tonight. Photo/Duncan Brown

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NGHS beat Otane to be crowned Super 8 champs

17 Aug, 2018 11:26pm
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Napier Girls' High School Senior A create history in claiming Super 8 netball crown

Otane player/co-coach Tammy Kupa (left) and younger twin sister Annemarie Kupa, who mentors NGHS Senior A, will test the faith of netball faithful in the Super 8 final toinght. Photo / Duncan Brown

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Otane v NGHS Super 8 final sign of times

17 Aug, 2018 9:00am
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It's a dream Super 8 netball final for twin sisters Tammy and Annmarie Kupa tonight.

CD Stags coach Heinrich Malan says he had a different structure to what NZ Cricket opted for in appointing the new Black Caps coach. Photo/file

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Heinrich Malan in final season with CD Stags

16 Aug, 2018 9:00am
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Stags coach Heinrich Malan says he'll not renew his contract at the end of coming summer

The All Blacks' haka is the ideal entree to the main course and it's not just limited to a rugby match. Photo / NZME

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Haka adds colour so stop whingeing

16 Aug, 2018 7:00am
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Haka does give teams a psychological edge but since when has it been a banned substance?

Steve Love (left), of Manawatu, shares a light moment with Grant Sargison, of Bluff Hill (Napier). Photo/Paul Taylor

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Long night but Love drives home winner

13 Aug, 2018 9:00am
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NZPBA singles international qualifier champion Steve Love likes to keep it short and sweet

Havelock North Bowling Club member Ian Mason, 77, competes in the NZPBA ranking singles qualifiers at Club Hastings tonight. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Murray Glassey v Ian Mason final deferred in Hastings

11 Aug, 2018 7:31pm
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Ex-NZPBA No 1 Murray Glassey initiates deferring ranking singles final against Ian Mason

Happiness is the men and women's teams claiming a New Zealand double at the CMAS World Underwater Hockey Championship in Canada. Photo/Nikki Chamberlin

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Three-time world champ lives, breathes underwater hockey

11 Aug, 2018 12:00pm
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Liam Watson, of Hastings, fulfils a burning desire that started from the time he was a boy

Travel-weary but elated New Zealand ITF exponents, with Ben Evans (left) show their medals at Hawke's Bay airport in Napier yesterday. Photo/Warren Buckland

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NZITF from Hawke's Bay bag bling in Argentina

11 Aug, 2018 11:00am
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NZITF president Ben Evans adds silver lining to birthday with medal haul in Argentina

NBHS property manager Geoff Pyott puts the DJI Inspire 2 through the hoops before packing it away after a rugby match at the school. Photo / Warren Buckland

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NBHS finding drone is more than just a plaything

11 Aug, 2018 10:00am
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Napier Boys' High School property manager Geoff Pyott is going with the technology flow.

Jim Bentley, Craig Drummond, son Dean Drummond, and Murray Glassey, have won as club mates but the latter two will be foes in the NZ PBA this weekend. Photo/file

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Glassey loses top perch but Drummond moving up

11 Aug, 2018 7:00am
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Murray Glassey and Dean Drummond are in the thick of the changing of the NZ PBA guards.

Outkast centre Shyan Murphy takes possession as Otane player/caoch Tammy Kupa watches in the Super 8 netball semifinal at the PG Arena, Napier, tonight. Photo/Warren Buckland

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NGHS v Otane final in Super 8 netball

10 Aug, 2018 10:34pm
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Napier Girls' High School at cusp of Super 8 clean sweep after booking final against Otane