Wing Jona Nareki is expected to miss up to five weeks with an ankle strain, while new recruit loose forward TK Howden will miss a month with a hamstring injury.

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30 Dec: Auckland have beaten the wet weather and Wellington in men's Super Smash T20 cricket after a five-wicket win at the Basin Reserve

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29 Dec: Football Ferns midfielder Emma Pijnenburg wants to get on the ball and lead her new side, the Wellington Phoenix

29 Dec: Brett Lee has been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

29 Dec: Coach Bev Priestman has revealed another Wellington Phoenix women's player announcement is imminent

29 Dec: The Wellington Phoenix women are wary of taking their next A-League opponents lightly, following that breakout 7-nil home victory over Sydney FC

29 Dec: Wellington Phoenix forward Carlo Armiento is wary of an in-form Melbourne Victory in tonight's A-League men's clash across the Ditch

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