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16 August 2025

Yes, Canterbury have beaten their hosts Bay of Plenty to win their third straight NPC game ... the red and blacks led 14-7 at the break and now top the table from the Steamers.

The Tasman Mako have won their second game, beating the Northland Taniwha 28-14 in Whangarei.

In the women's Farah Palmer Cup, the Manawatu Cyclones beat the Bay of Plenty Volcanix 45-31 in Tauranga.

Meanwhile, Mid Canterbury have exacted revenge for last year's Meads Cup final defeat to Thames Valley ... they've beaten the Swamp Foxes 50-34 in Waihi, in the men's second-tier Heartland Championship opener.

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Other Lower North Island News

16 Aug: The Southland Stags have scored 29 unanswered second half points to stun Manawatu 29-22 in their NPC rugby contest in Invercargill after trailing 22-nil at halftime

13 Aug: A magnitude 4.8 earthquake's shaken Hastings - just before 6pm

11 Aug: Two people have been arrested during coordinated simultaneous drug and firearms busts in Manawatu and Auckland

09 Aug: Former All Black Leicester Fainga'anuku's led Tasman to a 49-17 NPC trouncing of Manawatu in his return to Trafalgar Park in Nelson

07 Aug: A man's been arrested after a baby was critically injured in Wairarapa last month

05 Aug: Hawke's Bay SPCA workers are being verbally and physically abused by the public, when they don't accept their unwanted animals

05 Aug: A coroner's found burnouts and vandalism at a Hastings intersection, contributed to the death of a Canadian tourist

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Living & Travel:
An air traffic control "technical fault" has caused disruptions to air sector services tonight, closing Oceania airspace and forcing trans-Tasman flights to circle off the New Zealand coast 21:56

Cricket:
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Environment:
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Netball:
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Rugby:
A half-century for Taranaki in rugby's NPC as the Bulls roared home with the points over Auckland, at a sodden Eden Park ... on Gold Sport 18:57

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