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Sports teams and players: if your team did well or you know of someone who has done well in their sport, why not let Auckland know about it. The big newspapers often don't have time to write up all the sports stories - here's your chance to do a bit of citizen sports reporting and we will run it on The Aucklander website. It may even end...

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Hannah Carlsen, Year 11 at Westlake Girls' High, practises on the new international-standard artificial football field. She plays for the school's first 11 and the NZU17 team.

Westlake Girls sports facility good for community

Westlake Girls artificial sports fields are set to benefit the wider community, with NZ Hockey and international sides already eyeing the venue.

Recipients of the Samoan Sports Association youth scholarships.

Scholarships boost Samoan athletes

Seven young Samoan athletes from Auckland have been awarded scholarships from the Samoan Sports Association to help them pursue their sporting dreams.

Rawhiti, a classic yacht restored by Greg Lee (pictured) with Peter Brookes. The boat will sail in Auckland's Anniversary Day regatta for the first time in 106 years.

Rawhiti a jewel set to glisten at Anniversary Regatta

Rawhiti has been lovingly restored and will be pride of the classic yacht fleet in the Anniversary Regatta.

Poul Evans is speaking out for skateboarders on the North Shore.

Skateboarders' pipe dream

North Shore sskateboarders are ramping up their call for a decent skatepark. They would jump through hoops to have a skatepark like those in the city and south.

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Aikido helps boy deflect bullying
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Learning a martial art like Aikido can help young people tackle tricky issues like bullying, and keep calm.
Hearts in the White place
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Two Auckland cricketers in the White Ferns for the Rose Bowl series against Aussie, hope to get to play on home turf against England too.
Tall Black to coach basketball at Youthtown
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Tall Black guard Lindsay Tait will return to the basketball hunting ground of his youth and put on his coaching hat, thanks to an initiative by Auckland Basketball.
Hearts take one from two in finals
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The Auckland Hearts couldn't do the double but are one-day champions, dramatically improving on their performance last season.
Hearts hope good form continues for finals
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The Auckland Hearts take on the Canterbury Magicians in two finals this weekend in Rangiora, one T20 and a one-dayer.

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At least five months until gorge re-opens

The amount of rubble blocking State Highway 3 through the Manawatu Gorge is equivalent to a building the size of a rugby field and 15 storeys high.The sheer volume...