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Poised to create more Winter Olympic history - and show the world a new trick - Kiwi snow queen Zoi Sadowski-Synnott already has kids at home flipping over her success.

Newsroom.co.nz

Outlander's Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish tease New Zealand adventure for Men in Kilts second season

Graham, 61, grew up in Glasgow and Sam, 41, grew up in Dumfries and the first season of Men in Kilts saw the pair explore their native Scotland.

Daily Record

Family 'heartbroken' as tributes paid to 'true gent' Irishman killed in New Zealand crash

Declan Curley was described as a "great character" whose death "will leave a void in the lives of all those who knew him"

Irish Mirror

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Breakers edge out Taipans in NBL thriller

They were made to work until the last second, but New Zealand have won their fourth NBL game of the season with an 84-83 victory over Cairns.

AAP

New Zealand's PM signals harsher stance on vaccine protest

New Zealand’s prime minister says protesters who oppose coronavirus mandates are using “intimidation and harassment,” as the convoy of demonstrators continues to disrupt the capital of Wellington

The Independent UK

Coronavirus live: UK records 41,648 new cases and 35 Covid-linked deaths; French protest convoy reaches Brussels – as it happened

UK cases down 30% on the previous week, with weekly deaths down 27.2%; 500 French vehicles arrive in Brussels to protest against Covid measures

The Guardian - AU

NZ Covid outbreak ‘like nothing we’ve experienced’, Ardern says, as cases skyrocket

Virus-free for much of the pandemic, New Zealand is now reporting near-daily record case numbers

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Curran frustrated by NRL homecoming delay

Warriors forward Josh Curran is disappointed his club's long-awaited NRL homecoming has been delayed because of New Zealand's closed border.

AAP

The occupation of NZ’s parliament grounds is a tactical challenge for police, but mass arrests are not an option

The continued occupation of parliament’s grounds by anti-vaccine mandate protesters (and others) provides a unique problem for police: how to lawfully and legitimately remove the occupiers without making the situation worse.

The Conversation

‘Selfish, stupid’ COVID protesters get short shrift in Wellington

Residents express increasing frustration with group of a few hundred occupying areas near parliament for a second week.

Al Jazeera

Dragon slams Morrison's Ukulele rendition

New Zealand band Dragon says Scott Morrison's ukulele rendition of its hit song "April Sun in Cuba" was a cynical move ahead of the election.

AAP

New Zealand tried to oust protesters by blasting James Blunt and Celine Dion

New Zealand protesters occupying parliament grounds in Wellington were bombarded by a cyclone and Barry Manilow songs over the weekend but vowed to stay until the government ends vaccine mandates.

Tribune News Service

New Zealand's Ardern labels anti-vaccine mandate protests 'imported' as crowds defy calls to leave

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she felt demonstrations against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate now entering their second week were an "imported" phenomenon, and nothing like anything she had seen before in the country.

Reuters

New Zealand records 981 COVID-19 cases

For the fifth straight day, New Zealand health officials have reported a new record for COVID-19 infections.

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The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics day 10 – as it happened

Day ten of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

AAP

Still no end to NZ anti-vaccine protest

Speaker Trevor Mallard has been criticised by police for his tactics to move on a week-long protest on New Zealand's parliamentary lawns.

The Guardian - AU

PM got copy of report into Tudge allegations on 28 January – as it happened

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Newsroom.co.nz

US warning: As Russia menaces Europe, so too China threatens the Pacific

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a warning on his whistle-stop tour of the warming Pacific about the heat radiating beyond the border of Ukraine.

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The Independent UK

Canada protests sound common refrain: 'We stand for freedom'

Canadians who have occupied downtown Ottawa, disrupted travel and trade with the U.S. and inspired copycat protests from New Zealand to the Netherlands sound a common note when asked about their motivation: Decisions about their health shouldn’t be made by the government

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Kaua's goal to become both epic coach and epic mum

It's an immense year ahead for Crystal Kaua - helping coach both the Black Ferns Sevens and Chiefs Manawa women in the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki.

The Independent UK

New Zealand authorities play Barry Manilow songs on loop to repel ‘freedom convoy’ protesters

Idea to make the Covid demonstrators ‘uncomfortable’ was floated by parliament speaker Trevor Mallard

The Hindu

IPL Auction 2022 updates | Two days of bidding comes to end

204 players sold in two days

The Guardian - UK

Freedom convoys: legitimate Covid protest or vehicle for darker beliefs?

The blockade of Ottawa has sparked copycat action around the globe, and such disparate demonstrations of grievance may prove hard to shut down

Wales Online

World news snapshot: Cyclone Dovi hits New Zealand and the body of computer anti-virus expert John McAfee remains in a Spanish morgue

Vladimir Putin slams Western claims of an imminent Moscow invasion of Ukraine and seven labourers were rescued while two others were still trapped after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in India

Reuters

Australian police urge protesters to leave capital

Australian police have given thousands of protesters until the end of Sunday to leave occupied areas of the country’s capital, as days-long rallies continue against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

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