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Tori Peeters has bettered her own New Zealand residents record with a 60.51m javelin throw - 37cm longer than her previous mark

5 February 2022

She was almost 14m better than her nearest rival.

Tiaan Whelpton and Zoe Hobbs won the 100m men's and women's sprint races.

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