The inaugural side sit two points clear at the top of the table halfway through the campaign - they've conceded 11 goals in 14 games and only lost twice.

Coach Steve Corica says they're well on track to make history as the first-ever new team to win the league.

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27 Jan: Thirty homes won't have power another night - from about 150 remaining outages after a tornado tore through Northland's Mangawhai early yesterday

27 Jan: One person's seriously injured - and another moderately - after a two-vehicle crash on State Highway One north of Marton - in Manawatu - Whanganui

27 Jan: Dozens of children remain on a Christchurch charter school's wait list

27 Jan: At least two people have been injured in a two-vehicle crash about 4pm that's closed State Highway Five in the Bay of Plenty, near Taupo

27 Jan: The log train from Ernslaw's Karioi forest to Napier Port - is back on track

27 Jan: A taste of winter in North Canterbury

27 Jan: Netflix’s La Palma’s ‘megatsunami’ has been debunked

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