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  • Duo plead not guilty to murdering Indian in New Zealand

    Two men accused of murdering an Indian-origin man in New Zealand in January have pleaded not guilty and are now headed for trial. Bryne Pelmar, 20, and Shivneel Shahil Kumar, 18, have been charged with burning alive 21-year-old Shalvin Prasad Jan 30 in south Auckland. The two appeared in the Auckland High Court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to the charge, media reports said. Both the ...

  • Hesson concerned over Vettoris career hampering Achilles tendon problem

    New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has admitted concern over injured veteran Daniel Vettori and said there were some serious medical discussions to be had over his future. Vettori was a huge asset in the UK during the ICC Champions Trophy but struggled through with an Achilles tendon problem that has hampered him for nearly a year, and raises concern over his international career, Stuff.co.nz ...

  • Market close shares fall led by Sky TV on football rival Chorus dips

    New Zealand shares fell after an online rival to Sky Network Television emerged with the rights to English football and network operator Chorus led a decline in companies sold down by offshore investors. The NZX 50 Index fell 16.651 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4445.55. Within the index, 21 stocks fell, 17 rose and 12 were unchanged. Turnover was $98.7 million. Sky TV fell 4.59% to $5.41 ...

  • Woman gets stuck in laundry chute

    Firefighters had to help remove a Napier woman from a laundry chute at her home after she got stuck during a spot of late night "spontaneous fun". The incident happened at the Te Awa Ave, Hawke's Bay house about 11.30pm yesterday. Senior station officer Collin Littlewood said firefighters arrived to find a woman in her 20s stuck in the small elevator, which was meant to be used ...

  • Cold snap The worst is yet to come

    South Island weather update (3:57) A polar blast is sweeping over the lower South Island, dumping heavy snow in some parts of Southland and Otago. Temperatures are expected to become very cold over southern and eastern parts of the South Island today, with snow to near sea level in some regions. Significant snowfall has been reported in Southland, Otago, Methven and North Canterbury this ...

Movie Review

That Little Monster [DVD]

That Little Monster [DVD]

Clocking in at just under an hour in length, Paul Bunnell's That Little Monster is a quirky little sci-fi/horror comedy about the perils of babysitting mutant babies. ...

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  • Govt could act on Christchurch mall build battle

    Source: Fairfax The Government has stepped into the battle to build on a prime Christchurch shopping block and is threatening to use its emergency earthquake powers to break the development deadlock. Developers have been competing since October to gain control of the City Mall block and build their vision for the retail precinct - part of Christchurch's central-city recovery ...

  • Aucklands small builders under threat

    prize pool total to almost $500,000 since 1999 . FMA chairman Simon Allen was the winner of NBR' s latest subscriber prize of a Luxury European Escape courtesy of Air NZ, flying Business Premier to London, with stopovers each way in either Hong Kong or Los Angeles, plus four weeks' accommodation staying at the Small Luxury Hotels of the World properties of his ...

  • Kiwi freezes to death in Queensland

    A New Zealand man was found dead on the patio of a central Queensland home today after he slept outside in what were described as freezing conditions. Reports suggested the 40-year-old man told friends he was going to sleep outside the house in Clermont on Tuesday night. It was believed his friends covered him with a blanket but when they found him in the morning he was dead. Wellington Police ...

  • Family learn of death via radio

    The family of a Dunedin man found dead in a Thai apartment complex are distraught and angry they learnt of his death through media reports rather than police yesterday. Alan Patrick Mouncey, 38, was found dead with a head wound in the bathroom of his apartment at P Place Apartments in Pattaya, a tourist mecca on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand on Monday night. The ...

  • AMI offices worth $19m on the block

    Horton Media Chief Executive Matthew Horton is the lucky winner of NBR’s latest subscription prize. Mr Horton won a Peugeot 508 worth $54,990, which brings the ...

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