Five Big Things That Happened Today: Wednesday, July 22

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Winston Peters and Stuart Nash. File photo.

NZ First's Nash in hot water over 'sexist' remarks; Pāpāmoa dad struck by reversing car during road rage attack; Ryan Fox plans victory lap of NZ with Claret Jug after Open win.

'He said what?': NZ First's Nash in hot water over 'sexist' remarks

Former MP Stuart Nash is "channelling the manosphere," says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon — after the NZ First candidate branded a National MP "one of the laziest" for the time she took for maternity leave.

Nash, a former Labour Party minister now standing for NZ First in Napier, made the comments about National's first-term Napier MP Katie Nimon in a text message to former attorney-general Chris Finlayson on July 14.

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Watch: Pāpāmoa dad struck by reversing car during road rage attack

A Bay of Plenty father says he was struck as he dived clear of a car that reversed at him, after shielding his wife and two young children from a knife-wielding attacker.

The road rage confrontation partially caught on camera yesterday afternoon.

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Ryan Fox plans victory lap of NZ with Claret Jug after Open win

Open Championship winner Ryan Fox is plotting a victory lap of New Zealand, with a long list of people ready to welcome him – and his Claret Jug – back home.

"I think it's really important, the last time it was here was 63 years ago when Sir Bob [Charles] won," he told Breakfast.

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Watch: Should GPs decide who can drive?

Doctors are being asked to decide who can keep driving, but one GP says the system puts them in a conflicted role.

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ONE EXTINCTION THREAT

The threat to one of the world’s rarest penguins, the northern hoiho, is reaching a critical point.

Advocates for the northern hoiho, or the yellow-eyed penguin, are calling for the reclassification of the endangered bird as it heads into a critical breeding season during the arrival of a potentially deadly bird flu.

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