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![Rugby loses future champion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rugby loses future champion
Ezra Sitagata, 7, could 'pass and tackle like a pro' but he had to tell his team he had cancer.
![Dita De Boni: Navigating work as a solo parent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dita De Boni: Navigating work as a solo parent
Dita De Boni on how the welfare reforms might impact solo parents.
![Auckland: Sprawling southwards](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland: Sprawling southwards
Down the southern motorway, entire state house suburbs were created by the Government.
![<i>Element Restaurant</i>, Papakura](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Element Restaurant</i>, Papakura
Auckland's outer suburbs are not, in general, the home of fine cuisine.
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Stabbed cop's secret life
Detectives are trying to piece together the secret life of a police officer who was stabbed to death in his home last weekend.
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Police murder accused in court
A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of an off-duty police officer.
![Teen, 16, charged after officer stabbed at home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teen, 16, charged after officer stabbed at home
An off-duty police officer stabbed to death in his own home appears to have known his attacker but police will not comment on whether the accused killer was a relative.
![Anti-boy racer bylaw proposed for Papakura](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Anti-boy racer bylaw proposed for Papakura
Boy racers could be banned from many Papakura streets if a proposed bylaw goes ahead.
![Robbers stab shop owner eight times for $200](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Robbers stab shop owner eight times for $200
A takeaway shop owner was stabbed at least eight times for just $200 by four youths who arrived and fled on bicycles.
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Bieber sings for 800 screaming teenagers
Pop and R&B may be teenage heart-throb Justin Bieber's forte, but it was heavy metal he wanted to hear yesterday.
![Pushing the urban boundaries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pushing the urban boundaries
Where you'll live, what sort of house you'll have and how much it'll cost will be influenced by reforms that promise more affordable housing.