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![Depth creates tough selection calls for Napier City Rovers coach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Depth creates tough selection calls for Napier City Rovers coach
Form, eligibility rules and depth of quality make for tough selection calls for coach.
!['Unprecedented' - Ikea reveals huge $407m spend in New Zealand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Unprecedented' - Ikea reveals huge $407m spend in New Zealand
The investment is 'significant and indicates the long-term commitment to New Zealand'.
![Danish football recruit’s 17,000km journey to New Zealand with victory in mind](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Danish football recruit’s 17,000km journey to New Zealand with victory in mind
New Napier City Rovers goalie opens on up pressure, pain and a desire to be the best.
![Puberty blocker ban: England limits youth gender medications](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Puberty blocker ban: England limits youth gender medications
New York Times: Five European nations have now restricted the drugs.
![Kāinga Ora takes control of four Build Partners' housing sites](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kāinga Ora takes control of four Build Partners' housing sites
The move came after concerns subcontractors were not being paid.
![Happy ABBA-versary! Fans mark 50 years since Waterloo took the world by storm](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Happy ABBA-versary! Fans mark 50 years since Waterloo took the world by storm
Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won a major battle with Waterloo.
![This country taught me how to love winter and thrive in the cold](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
This country taught me how to love winter and thrive in the cold
Opinion: Don't endure this winter; enjoy it.
!['They're moving fast' - steel framing rises for NZ's first Ikea store](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'They're moving fast' - steel framing rises for NZ's first Ikea store
The framework for the giant store is now up to the second level of a planned three levels.
![Sweden joins Nato, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sweden joins Nato, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality
'This is a historic moment', says Joe Biden.
!['There was blood everywhere': Man 'made goulash' out of bear after it ate his face](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'There was blood everywhere': Man 'made goulash' out of bear after it ate his face
Pär Sundstrom, 42, and his son were attacked by a bear while hunting in Sweden.
![Cecilia Robinson: Back to school and back to basics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cecilia Robinson: Back to school and back to basics
OPINION: Changes lay groundwork for a more enriching learning journey - but need support.
![Ikea’s first NZ store: Watch drone footage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ikea’s first NZ store: Watch drone footage
About 500 piles have now been driven 40-50m deep across the site, an executive says.
![State houses built in China, delivered to Hamilton](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
State houses built in China, delivered to Hamilton
Kāinga Ora is accelerating its public housing programme.
![‘I fell in love with a superstar surgeon who turned out to be a conman’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
‘I fell in love with a superstar surgeon who turned out to be a conman’
She thought Paolo Macchiarini would change the world. Then his patients started dying.
![Sweden tourism board tired of being confused for Switzerland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sweden tourism board tired of being confused for Switzerland
Sweden argues that these similarities are superficial - just two letters deep.
![Brussels killing drives an EU push to toughen border and deportation laws](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brussels killing drives an EU push to toughen border and deportation laws
Abdesalem Lassoued had been denied residency in four European countries before his spree.
![Brussels police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing two Swedes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brussels police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing two Swedes
A suspect in a shooting rampage that killed two Swedish football fans has been shot dead.
![Sweden to Ōwairaka: Why modular house business turned to Europe for $90m project](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sweden to Ōwairaka: Why modular house business turned to Europe for $90m project
'We went to the USA, China and Europe but the Swedish model was the right model for us.'
![Soaring into the record books: 104 year-old-woman aims for worlds oldest skydiver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Soaring into the record books: 104 year-old-woman aims for worlds oldest skydiver
The current record was set by a 103-year-old Swedish woman in May 2022.
![Three killed in overnight shootings and explosion in Sweden](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Three killed in overnight shootings and explosion in Sweden
Deadly violence linked to a feud between criminal gangs escalated.
![US soldier who crossed into North Korea two months ago is released](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
US soldier who crossed into North Korea two months ago is released
US ally Sweden and rival China helped with the transfer of US soldier.