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The national horse trainers' association says small, poorly maintained tracks are to blame after six racing meetings were abandoned or postponed last week.

The North Island has been dealt a severe blow with heavy rains and strong winds causing havoc across the region.

Firefighters say they're disappointed by people behaving stupidly with fireworks overnight - including one case where people were launching them at a horse.

Consecutive losses to the Adelaide 36ers have failed to deter the New Zealand Breakers from sticking to their tried-and-true for their Australian NBL rematch, coach Paul Henare says.

Analysis - Hands up who thought we'd all be living through a nuclear winter by now? Kate Newton takes a non-exhaustive look at an exhausting year.

An Auckland woman says people may have been exposed to asbestos after a demolition site that's tested positive went uncontained for days.

A Lincoln researcher says sport must move away from its focus on gender.

Farmers are "stunned" the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis has made it to Hawke's Bay, a Hastings dairy farmer and rural community board member says. Audio

A small business in rural Hawke's Bay is cashing in on global demand for its health and beauty ingredients made out of animal by-products such as placentas, brains, and eyes. Video, Audio

I'm right on time for my revolution, writes Mary-Margaret Slack

Growing wildfires chewing through parts of Southern California have ravaged farms, racehorse stables and a retirement community, even as milder weather aided firefighters' efforts to slow the progress…

Katie and Hussein pick the tracks that made Kiwi music what it was in 2017.

A man who has been living rough for years in Nelson as a protest has received an apology from Nelson City Council for its disrespectful treatment of him.

The imminent changes to foreign ownership of rural land are absolutely outrageous, ACT leader David Seymour says. Audio