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	Melie Kerr marks full captaincy debut with century as White Ferns win big Stuff.co.nz - 25 Feb (Stuff.co.nz) New Zealand’s new captain made an unbeaten century then took two wickets in Hamilton. Read... Newslink ©2026 to Stuff.co.nz Sport



	White Ferns v Zimbabwe live updates: First Twenty20 International from Hamilton NZ Herald - 25 Feb (NZ Herald) All the action from the first T20 International from Seddon Park. Read... Newslink ©2026 to NZ Herald Sport



	White Ferns batting in first T20I against Zimbabwe as Melie Kerr takes charge Stuff.co.nz - 25 Feb (Stuff.co.nz) Follow live coverage of the first Twenty20 international between the White Ferns and Zimbabwe from Seddon Park in Hamilton. Read... Newslink ©2026 to Stuff.co.nz Sport



	Struggling Crusaders lose injured All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor Stuff.co.nz - 25 Feb (Stuff.co.nz) All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor has been scratched from the Crusaders team to play the Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday night. Read... Newslink ©2026 to Stuff.co.nz Sport



	Life Flight's new aeromedical airbase for upper North Island officially opened RadioNZ - 22 Feb (RadioNZ) The Hamilton hanger is the upper North Island base for two of Life Flight`s air ambulance planes. Read... Newslink ©2026 to RadioNZ General



	Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, it’s Jamaica’s four-man bobsled time Sydney Morning Herald - 21 Feb (Sydney Morning Herald) From Lewis Hamilton to Snoop Dogg, Jamaica’s bobsled team is capturing the world once again, just like they did at the 1988 Games in Alberta. Read... Newslink ©2026 to Sydney Morning Herald Sport



	Dark web drug syndicate exposed during police investigation RadioNZ - 20 Feb (RadioNZ) Eleven people have been arrested after homes were searched throughout Auckland and Hamilton. Read... Newslink ©2026 to RadioNZ Computing



	Hamilton-to-Auckland train Te Huia trial extended to June 2027 RadioNZ - 19 Feb (RadioNZ) Te Huia has been given an extra year to prove itself. Read... Newslink ©2026 to RadioNZ General



	Could this be Auckland Airport’s second runway? Stuff.co.nz - 19 Feb (Stuff.co.nz) Hamilton Airport has eight flights a week to Australia. Auckland has hundreds. Yet passenger numbers are up 39% — an increase of 71,000 travellers. Read... Newslink ©2026 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Parking fines more than double in Hamilton after changes RadioNZ - 19 Feb (RadioNZ) In the 12 months after the changes, 1461 parking tickets were handed out with a combined value of $90,470. Read... Newslink ©2026 to RadioNZ General