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Day: 20 April 2023

Kiwi Complaining About Stop-Start NBA Forgets About Rugby’s Endless Scrum Resets

man holding head frustrated. Lebron James and All Blacks packing scrum in background.

ROSEMARY ABBOTT | Sport GET ON WITH IT Lachie Clarke was growing impatient with today’s NBA basketball game between the LA Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies. “Why do they keep stopping the game? It’s ruining the flow!” Clarke bellowed at the TV as the Lakers coach opted to use up one of his many timeouts. […]

Great News! Inflation Is Down, Which Means The Cost Of Everything Only Went Up By 1.2% This Time!

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GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Local GET OUT THE CHAMPAGNE! New Zealand’s citizens rejoiced today as we are informed that annual inflation has PLUMMETED to 6.7%. There have been widespread reports of people “dancing in the street” as they found out that the cost of living, which obviously increased significantly in the last three months, had not […]

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