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A hail storm has battered Motueka, as thunderstorms descended on the Tasman. Emergency services are responding to call outs for damaged buildings, while businesses have reported flooding on social media after severe thunderstorms hit Abel Tasman National Park, Motueka, Tasman Bay, Riwaka and Kaiteriteri on Saturday. Supplied Andrew MacDonald/Supplied Andrew MacDonald/Supplied K. Gordon/Supplied Hailstones from the Motueka hailstorm. It brought heavy rain and large hail with also the threat of flash flooding and hazardous driving conditions. Footage sent to Stuff showed thick hail on garde...

12-0, 18-7, 22-8. This is not some locker combination or Fibonacci code. On paper, these numbers represent the record of Efrain Escudero’s progression through the sport of professional mixed martial arts… Sort of. At 12-0, Escudero was the lightweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter Season 8, was 2-0 in the Octagon, had finished all but two of his opponents, and had a very notable first-round TKO of Cole Miller. By the fall of 2009, he was a young, motivated and streaking up-and-comer with a bright future. The next few years had a completely different look. By May 2013, the native of Sono...