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  • New Zealand media slam meek surrender at Lords

    WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand media on Monday condemned the Black Caps' lack of fight in their crushing First Test defeat to England at Lord's, when they collapsed for just 68 in the second innings.The total was the 10th lowest at the "home of cricket" and the ninth worst by a New Zealand team, reviving memories of the Black Caps' humiliating dismissal for 45 against ...

  • China halts imports of New Zealand meat

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand -; Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted imports from the country due to a certification ...

  • Spotify New Zealand Turns 1

    Kiwis streamed over 1140 years' worth of music & created over 3.4 million playlists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis the Most Streamed Artist Six60 Most Streamed Local Artist and Titanium Most Streamed Local Song Ed Sheeran takes out Most Streamed Album Monday 20th May 2013, NEW ZEALAND: This week, the world's largest and most successful music streaming service of its kind, ...

  • NZ Dollar Outlook Kiwi may decline this week as US appeals

    By Tina MorrisonMay 20 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar may decline this week as expectations of a US economic recovery lure investors to the world's largest economy and the greenback.The kiwi dollar recently traded at 80.83 US cents from 80.68 cents late Friday in New York, after touching an 8 -month low of 80.58 cents. The dollar may trade in a range of 79.20 US cents to 83 ...

  • Dunne Foreign Super and Mining Tax Rules to Change

    Proposals to reform the tax treatment of foreign superannuation and bring the tax treatment of gold, silver and ironsands mining into line with other economic activities are the centrepieces of a tax bill introduced in Parliament today, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has announced.He said the Taxation (Annual Rates, Foreign Superannuation, and Remedial Matters) Bill would make the rules for ...

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Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear [DVD]

Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear [DVD]

Any director will tell you that how a character is first introduced in a movie is of the utmost importance. So, it says a lot that Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), the irrepressibly inane police detective from "The Naked Gun," is introduced in the sequel walking out of the men's room, causing First Lady Barbara Bush to slam face-first into the door. That's the Drebin we know and love: a wal ... ...

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  • Kaitaia Name of deceased released

    Monday, 20 May 2013, 1:55 pm Press Release: New Zealand Police Northland District HeadquartersWalton Plaza, WhangareiMay 20, 2013Name of deceased releasedNorthland Police have released the name of the woman who died following a firearms incident near Kaitaia yesterday.The name is of the woman is Carmen Fay Maheno, aged 38 years, of Kaitaia.A 38-year-old man will be appearing in the Kaitaia ...

  • Dargaville Stolen vehicle located

    Monday, 20 May 2013, 1:54 pm Press Release: New Zealand Police Northland District HeadquartersWalton Plaza, WhangareiMay 20, 2013Stolen vehicle locatedPolice have located a 1994 Toyota Hilux ute that was stolen from a Dargaville address in the early hours of Friday May 10.About 5am the vehicle's owner heard the ute being driven off. He then got into another vehicle and followed the ...

  • New charges for incest accused

    Source: Photos.com The father of a woman accused of murdering her baby faces a new set of charges. The man, 59, appeared in the High Court at Wellington today after the charges against him were reviewed. He now faces three charges of rape, including one in December 2011 in which the baby was conceived. He is also charged with two kinds of sexual violation. He is awaiting sentence in the ...

  • Wellington train derailment freakiest experience ever

    A train derailment in Wellington this morning has been described as "the freakiest experience ever" by one of the affected passengers. Four people were injured when the train came off the tracks at Kaiwharawhara, near the Interislander ferry terminal, at 8.14am. The passenger said: "It sort of felt like the train was just going from side to side. I was like 'is this an ...

  • Ports of Aucklands $120m revamp

    A $120 million development plan will increase Ports of Auckland's footprint only a negligible amount, chief executive Tony Gibson says. Unveiled in ...

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