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  • Nathan Guy Cannot Keep His Head In The Sand On Zespri

    NathanGuy Cannot Keep His Head In The Sand On Zespri Allegations Press Release by ACT Primary Industries Spokesman Don NicolsonSunday, May 19 ...

  • Budget Focuses On Export Growth

    Budget Focuses On Export Growth Budget 2013 is investing in growing New Zealand's exports markets and boosting our overseas profile and international competiveness, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says."Under our Business Growth Agenda the Government has a specific goal of lifting our exports to 40 per cent of GDP by 2025," Mr Joyce says."To help achieve ...

  • Second person dies after firearms incident near Kaitaia

    Monday, 20 May 2013, 9:03 am Press Release: New Zealand Police Second person dies after firearms incident near KaitaiaA 38-year-old woman who was critically injured after a firearms incident near Kaitaia yesterday died in hospital late last night.A 38-year-old man will be appearing in the Kaitaia District court today charged with two counts of murder.Police launched a homicide ...

  • Broad leads England rout of New Zealand

    England Stuart Broad bowled England to victory in the first Test as New Zealand suffered a dramatic fourth-day collapse at Lord's on Monday morning.New Zealand, chasing 239 for victory, was dismissed for just 68 in under two hours, with Broad taking 7 for 44 runs in a mere 11 overs.South Africa born duo BJ Watling (13) and Neil Wagner (17), who got to 10 with a six off Broad, were the ...

  • Train derails in Wellington causing significant delays

    Source: Twitter Wellington commuters are facing significant delays this morning after a train derailed near Kaiwharawhara. Tranz Metro tweeted this morning: "We have a derailed train near Kaiwharawhara, we are working hard to both clear a line and organise buses. We hope to have trains moving." It said on its website that all services on the Hutt Valley Line, Kapiti Line and the ...

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The Abyss: Special Edition [DVD]

The Abyss: Special Edition [DVD]

One of the best films of 1989 was a film no one got to see: James Cameron's powerful underwater epic The Abyss. I say no one got to see it even though it was put into wide release in the summer of 1989 because the film people saw on-screen was not what Cameron originally intended. Instead, it was a truncated 140-minute version that sacrificed several subplots, an important thematic element ... ...

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  • Fog disrupts flights at Christchurch Airport

    Fog has disrupted flights again at Christchurch International Airport. The conditions have delayed a Jetstar arrival from Auckland, as well as Air New Zealand services from Hokitika, Wellington, Nelson and Invercargill. Outgoing flights were also being affected - including those heading to Auckland and Wellington. Passengers can go to the Christchurch Airport website to find updates on their ...

  • England march on Broads way past New Zealand

    New Zealand, 2nd innings Fulton c Prior b Broad 1 Rutherford b Broad 9 Williamson c Finn b Broad 6 Taylor c Cook b Broad Brownlie c Cook b Anderson 5 McCullum lbw b Broad 8 Watling c Trott b Anderson 13 Southee c Root b Broad 7 Wagner run out Brstow/Andrsn 17 Martin b Broad 1 ...

  • Pacific people suffering say Sallies

    Pacific people are now worse off economically than they were prior to the global financial crisis hitting in 2007, a Salvation Army report says. "In other words Pacific people appear to have been hit more severely by the effects of this crisis than other New Zealanders," the report by the army's social policy analysts Ronji Tanielu and Alan Johnson says. ...

  • Second Northland shooting victim dies

    A 38-year-old woman who was critically injured in a Northland shooting incident yesterday has died, police have confirmed this morning. Police are investigating the double shooting incident which occurred in the far north town of Pamapuria yesterday morning. A 44-year-old man, understood to be Ivan Maheno, was found dead at a property on Fairburn Road. His wife, mother-of-two Carmen ...

  • Forum discusses trade and Christchurch

    The Christchurch rebuild and trade are among the topics at a talkfest of 200 business leaders and government officials from New Zealand and the US in Washington DC.The 2013 Pacific Partnership Forum, which runs from Monday (NZT), will discuss issues ranging from food safety, security, and technology as well as the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiation.Ways the rebuild of ...

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