Cat's ears cut off
![SPCA vets believe the injured cat has a family, and implores anyone with information about the attack to come forward.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170610165905im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/o/v/p/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jovp9.png/1496998610935.jpg)
SPCA suspects "deliberate act of cruelty" after cat found with cut ears in Auckland.
Kids make biggest human bike
Drones capture the moment more than 1000 West Auckland school students set a Guinness World Record.
League ref a road warrior
![Hone Kareko is an Auckland Rugby League referee who travels seven hours from his Rotorua home every weekend to officiate.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170610165905im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/n/j/j/b/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jngjb.png/1496977102515.jpg)
Referee Hone Kareko loves league so much, he drives from Rotorua to Auckland and back every weekend.
Amputee sprinter on fast track
![Para-athlete Anna Steven is one of four New Zealanders selected for the World Para Athletics Junior Championships.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170610165905im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/o/3/9/r/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jo3my.png/1496975793655.jpg)
Anna Steven is unique in New Zealand, but at the world championships she will blend in on the start line.
Teens make the New Zealand Basketball squad
![Cian Emery and Thomas Morgan make the national basketball team.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170610165905im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/i/2/m/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jmqq4.png/1496959172310.jpg)
After years of training, two Gulf Harbour teens make the national basketball squad.
Sports to serve up a different brew
![Lattes rather lagers at the sports clubs of the future.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170610165905im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/n/x/n/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jny4u.png/1496958573218.jpg)
Baristas rather than bartenders could be serving the drinks in the sports clubs of the future.