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  • Kiwi Everest climber Edmund Hillary hailed as a great Briton

    Sir Edmund Hillary - the first person ever to scale Mount Everest summit - has been called one of "those great Britons" by a conservative British newspaper. Britian's Daily Telegraph bestowed the dubious title upon Auckland-born Hillary, who conquered Mt Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay about 60 years ago, Stuff.co.nz reported. The new nationality was given to Hillary in a small editorial on ...

  • Daniel Vettori set for NZ Test return this week

    New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori is set to return to action in the second Test against England this week after Bruce Martin was ruled out of the rest of the tour with a calf injury. Vettori has not played for the Black Caps for almost a year because of a hamstring injury and was left out of the squad for the two-Test series in England. But with Martin sidelined by the injury that prevented ...

  • Indian-origin men in New Zealand face gang-rape charges

    A woman has given evidence in a court in New Zealand implicating four men of Indian origin of raping her in turns in April 2011. Amir Chand, 25, Harvinder Singh, 22, Kamaljeet Singh, 27, and Sumit Vermani, 26, are defending the charges in the high court in Hamilton, Fairfax NZ News reported Tuesday. The woman has claimed that the four men raped her in the course of an evening during the ...

  • Ian Bell to recover in time for second test against New Zealand

    England middle order batsman Ian Bell is expected to recover from tonsillitis and play against New Zealand in the second test match starting from Friday. Bell's illness got him a score of 31 runs for 133 balls during the second innings at Lord's, and England's medical team is confident that there will not be a relapse this time. The Independent reports that once Bell is fit, there won't be any ...

  • Timaru takes a stand against legal highs

    The meeting was called to raise awareness of the dangers of synthetic cannabis and follows pressure put on local dairy owners to stop selling the drugs. Over the last few weeks there have been protests up and down the country as desperate communities try to convince stores to voluntarily take legal highs off their shelves. Timaru's Mayor Janie Annear says dairies in the town have ...

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Blowup

Blowup

Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blowup" is an important film of the sixties that has not aged well. It seems to have been made with the intention of exploring the lack of morality and responsibility in "Swinging London" of the mid-sixties, but for better or worse, the culture of the nineties has sunk far below that level, and at this point, the film looks mostly tame. Inspired by a short story by Julio ... ...

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  • State of the Nation New Zealand all about attitudes

    If, as Winston Churchill once remarked, attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference, then Wellington, Auckland and the rest of New Zealand are diverse indeed. As the latest Roy Morgan State of the Nation New Zealand reveals, the different attitudes of Kiwis around the country offer a fascinating glimpse into its varied population. A progressive reputation With its ...

  • Wellington wild for smartphones RMR State Of The Nation NZ

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  • Buses trains and traffic jams Wellington vs Auckland vs NZ

    Just ask any traveller: you can tell a lot about a city by its public transport. Take Auckland and Wellington, for example. While a substantial proportion of Wellingtonians use their city's bus and rail systems, it seems the majority of Aucklanders would rather drive, according to the latest Roy Morgan State of the Nation New Zealand report. Almost half of Wellington's ...

  • Redzone properties to be assessed after urgent demolition

    Helicopter used to clear debris from Chch demolition (0:33) About 200 redzone properties will be assessed over the next week after a last-minute demolition of an unstable home on a Christchurch cliff top. Authorities say assessing other homes in the area is a precautionary measure after Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) staff urgently demolished a the five-bedroom Balmoral ...

  • Derailed train needed a major overhaul - engineer

    The train caught up in a derailment in the capital yesterday is part of a fleet that is overdue for an overhaul, according to a former KiwiRail engineer. The southbound train from Porirua came to a crashing halt near the Interislander ferry terminal during early morning peak-hour. The train is part of an ageing fleet that is due to be replaced but concerns have been raised over whether poor ...

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