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    Wellington openside flanker Du'Plessis Kirifi has been thrust straight back into the starting line-up as captain for tomorrow's NPC quarter-final against Counties-Manukau in the capital

    Wellington openside flanker Du'Plessis Kirifi has been thrust straight back into the starting line-up as captain for tomorrow's NPC quarter-final against Counties-Manukau in the capital


    Kirifi has been sidelined for months and didn't expect to be leading the Lions' hunt for the title.



    TJ Perenara has been named in the reserves for what should be his last hurrah at provincial level before heading to Japan and Europe with the All Blacks.

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    International:
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    Politics:
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    Entertainment:
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    Law and Order:
    A motorbike, power tools and more than nine thousand dollars in cash have been seized in Christchurch, to cover a person's unpaid fines 10:47

    Law and Order:
    A judge has blasted police, and slapped them with a four thousand dollar bill, after they dropped 30 charges against two alleged taggers 10:27

    Entertainment:
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    Law and Order:
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    Entertainment:
    Lady Sarah McCorquodale has been left injured following a "very bad fall" during horse-riding 9:51

    Entertainment:
    Charles Spencer hates it when people tell him where they were when his sister Princess Diana died 9:21


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