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Graeme Anderson What a difference a week can make.

Charlotte Purvis nursed Oscar Bonavena to full health after he was born in October 2015. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Juvenile trotter Oscar Bonavena proved he is far from on the back foot with his win at Rangiora last weekend.

Tommy Tucker with rider Shankar Muniandy aboard speeds past Gallant Boy and Princess Brook to win the group 3 White Robe Lodge Weight-For-Age at Wingatui. Photo: JONNY TURNER The South's premier race, the White Robe Lodge Weight-For-Age, will keep its group 3 rating for another season.

Princess Tiffany's hoof injury seems a nasty one. Photo: ODT files Two things stood out for me from the week in racing.

Why do American evangelical Christians support President Donald Trump, asks Lyndon Weggery. 

Laurie Daley. Photo: Getty Laurie Daley has confirmed he has met New Zealand Rugby League officials to discuss taking over the Kiwis coaching role.

Car maker Ford has been fined $10 million after it wasted the time and money of thousands of customers who bought vehicles with faulty gearboxes.

Roberto Conchie Harris at his sentencing last year. Photos: NZ Herald/supplied A secret jailhouse witness who lied at one of New Zealand's most notorious murder trials can now be unveiled.

Joseph Parker. Photo: Getty Images Kiwi heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker is eyeing a return to Britain to face the winner of the upcoming bout between Tony Bellew and David Haye.

Mitchell David Heward. A coroner has highlighted New Zealand's drinking culture, ruling on the role "senseless" peer pressure played in the death of a West Coast teenager.

Rieko Ioane. Photo: Getty Images Rieko Ioane's merry-go-round continues at the Blues.

Handout illustration of an artist's impression of the 14 galaxies detected by ALMA telescopes as they appear in the very early, very distant universe. Image: 8. NRAO/AUI/National Science Foundation via Reuters Astronomers have detected the early stages of a colossal cosmic collision, observing a pile-up of 14 galaxies 90% of the way across the observable universe in a discovery that upends assumptions about the early history of the cosmos.

Backers of the $28 billion programme say the work will help create a 21st century transport network for Auckland. Photo: Getty A $28 billion transport plan has been unveiled for Auckland in what's been described by the Government and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff as the country's largest ever civil construction programme.

gameofthronesjonsnow.jpg 'A Song of Ice and Fire' author George R.R. Martin has announced his next book in the series, 'The Winds of Winter', will not be coming out this year. Photo: supplied Winter is not coming, author George R.R. Martin said on Wednesday (local time), disappointing Game of Thrones fans who have been waiting since 2011 for his next book in the epic saga.