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• Even racing provides punters with value as superstars get day off

  One of the fastest horses in the country would usually be the bet of the day in a Rating 75 race.

• Greenacre confident Nix will restore pride

  Wellington Phoenix interim head coach Chris Greenacre says he wants to restore pride in the club ahead of their A-League match against Sydney FC tomorrow afternoon.

• Additional Am Cup teams still possible

  Everything was quiet on the America’s Cup front when the initial late entry deadline passed on January 31. Indications and rumours of new challengers potentially emerging came to nought as February arrived.

• Tall Blacks silence noisy Manila crowd

  The Tall Blacks overcame a raucous home crowd inside Manila’s Mall of Asia Arena to begin the second window of their Fiba World Cup qualifiers with a 69-66 victory against the Philippines.

• Kiwi trio look to improve on 2025 as IndyCar starts in Florida

  The opening round of the 2026 IndyCar championship at St Petersburg on Monday will set the scene for what could be a series for the ages, with Kiwi drivers poised to shine.

• Iran blasts NZ over travel bans on its ministers

  The Iranian Embassy has accused New Zealand of “misinformation” and taking “inhumane measures” after an announcement from Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters of travel bans on some Iranian ministers.

• Aunt admits role in boy’s violent death

  On November 15, 2024, Pauline Timu put Rickah’Shae Keefe-Haerewa in the back of her car, after he’d allegedly suffered a serious assault at the hands of another person.

• New law would allow kids to ride on footpath

  Young children will be able to ride their bikes on footpaths and motorists will need to give way to buses pulling out of bus stops if a series of proposed changes to transport law are enacted.

• Heritage groups clash with Bishop

  The Character Coalition has identified a “dirty dozen” sites lying empty around Kingsland and Mt Eden, where it claims more than a thousand homes could be built without touching the area’s kauri villas and bungalows.

• ‘Hard truths’ Infrastructure plan warns less money for roads, more for hospitals

  New Zealand spends a lot on infrastructure, but poor efficiency and bad maintenance means that we get very little bang for buck, according to the Infrastructure Commission’s first Infrastructure Plan, published in final form yesterday.

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