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  • 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 ...

  • Accused in Indian-origin New Zealanders murder owed money

    One of the two men accused of burning alive an Indian-origin man in New Zealand Jan 30 this year owed the victim money, the police report on the case has revealed. Bryan Pelmar, 20, and Shivneel Shahil Kumar, 18, have been charged with the murder of Shalvin Prasad, 21, whose burnt body was recovered from the side of a rural road in south Auckland, Fairfax NZ News reported Monday. Prasad was ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • Defamation claim against Metro magazine dismissed

    A High Court judge has dismissed a "wholly deficient" defamation claim against the publisher of Metro magazine and its editor-at-large. The action was taken by Auckland businessman Augustine Lau who blamed Metro's Donna Chisholm for his benefits at Sky City casino being cut off. Lau, who used to work for real estate firm Ray White, launched the proceedings following a story in Metro last ...

  • Kiwi bounces off lows after Budget greenback support stumbles

    The New Zealand dollar came off its recent lows as Finance Minister Bill English's Budget kept the operating surplus target for 2014-15 intact and as support for the greenback stumbled after US manufacturing data missed expectations yesterday. The kiwi rose to 82.48 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 82.25 cents at 8am, and 82.13 cents yesterday. The trade-weighted index gained to 77.60 ...

  • Dangerous work practices put truck drivers at risk - union

    The truck drivers' union has blamed dangerous work practices for putting drivers at risk. The comment comes after yesterday's collision between two logging trucks near Tolaga Bay which killed one driver and left the other seriously injured. Police have also just launched an annual transtasman safety operation targeting heavy vehicles, focused on fatigue, speed and use of stimulants. Transport ...

  • Defence redundancy letters released

    Hundreds of long-serving Defence Force personnel were told they had low potential and commitment to service when they were made redundant, newly released letters show. The correspondence, released to Labour under the Official Information Act, was sent to 315 uniformed army, navy and air force personnel who were identified for redundancy in June 2011. The redundancies were part of ...

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