New Zealand Star news New Zealand Star news Rss feed

  • Exhausted Vettori faces black cloud over Test future after Leeds Test pull out

    According to the New Zealand media, master spinner Daniel Vettori has a black cloud hovering over his Test-playing future after he pulled out of the second test against England at Leeds, fearing that his body cannot cope with the strenuous exertion in the five days that will follow. According to Stuff.co.nz, although the former captain was poised to overtake Stephen Fleming for a record 112th ...

  • Ryder makes low-key gym comeback away from prying eyes following bar assault

    New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder has reportedly made a comeback to the gym, days after he was attacked outside a Christchurch bar that left him in a coma for two days, although he is keeping the process very low key. According to Stuff.co.nz, Ryder has been seen coming and going from Exodus gym in Wellington, although sources said that he is careful to keep himself from working out too hard, ...

  • Sikh warrior Panesar determined to repeat last stand performances in Ashes this year

    English left-arm spinner Monty Panesar has expressed his willingness to play in the back-to-back Ashes series, starting from July, in view of his 'last stand' during the drawn Tests series against New Zealand and the 2009 Ashes. Just as his famous last stand with James Anderson at Cardiff repelled the Australians for 69 balls in the 2009 Ashes series, Panesar became England's unlikely saviour ...

  • Four arrested after Auckland pub robbery

    Four people have been arrested following the overnight armed robbery of an Auckland pub.The group held up the Whitehouse Tavern in the South Auckland suburb of Rosehill about 11pm on Saturday, police say.Officers en route to the scene saw the four leaving in a stolen vehicle and a pursuit ensued, but it was quickly abandoned.The vehicle was found a short time later and two people were arrested ...

  • State schools review religious classes

    Source: Photos.com God has been pulled from the classrooms of dozens of state schools in the past two years, as experts call for children to be taught about a wider range of faiths and values. More than 50 state schools have cancelled Bible-based education in school hours since 2011, with a lack of teaching volunteers and decline in parental support cited as the main reasons. Rationalist David ...

Movie Review

Wild Things

Wild Things

Making good sleaze is more difficult than you would expect, and "Wild Things" is one of the best sleaze movies to come out since "Basic Instinct." Director John McNaughton, who first came on the scene in 1989 when he stunned audiences with his ultra-low budget shocker "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer," lets "Wild Things" be exactly what it should be: a twisting, luridly depraved Southern noir t ... ...

On Facebook

  • England grateful to Joe Root and Jonnie Bairstow against New Zealand

    England's Jonny Bairstow, left, and Joe Root run between the wickets during the second Test match against New Zealand at Headingley. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ...

  • Arrests following armed robbery in Auckland

    Source: ONE News Four people have been arested after an armed robbery in south Auckland overnight. Police heading to the scene of the robberyat the Whitehouse Tavern in Rosehill saw four people leaving in a vehicle which they then pursued. The pursuit was abandoned but the stolen vehicle was located soon afterwards and two offenders were taken into custody with the assistance of dog handlers. ...

  • Restaurant extinguishers not ready for fire

    Photogallery: Fire in Queenstown Restaurant staff were unable to contain a devastating Queenstown fire because extinguishers hadn't been recharged after a fire a few days earlier. Southern region fire safety officer Stuart Ide said Fat Badgers pizza restaurant staff used extinguishers from the restaurant and upstairs bar The World Bar a few days earlier when a fire started in a pizza ...

  • Sir Eds diary tells of Mt Everest conquest

    Hillary and Tenzing. Photo / The George Lowe Collection On this day 60 years ago, a strapping mountaineer from Auckland wrote in his diary: "George, Greg, Tenzing and I plus eight Sherpas (five to South Col and three Ridge men - Ang Nima, Pemba and Ang Pemba) set off for South Col." The simple entry from Ed Hillary, then 33, was the build-up to the conquering of Everest three days ...

  • New waka jumping law proposed

    Northcote MP Jonathan Coleman said the proposed law change was 'pretty much common sense'. Photo / NZPA National Party members are pushing for a new "waka-jumping" law to force rogue list MPs out of Parliament. Delegates at the party's northern regional convention yesterday voted to ask the Government for the law. Former NZ First MP Brendan Horan is the only MP who ...

More New Zealand Star news