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 ...

  • Election between centre right and far left - Key

    John Key. Photo / Greg Bowker National is facing the "notoriously difficult" task of winning a third term against an Opposition increasingly dragged to the "far left" by the Greens, Prime Minister John Key says. Addressing an enthusiastic audience about 350 party faithful in Auckland today Mr Key said it was "always difficult to win a third term". ...

  • Child Poverty Action Group heads back to Court

    CPAG's challenge to the In Work Tax Credit under the Human Rights Act heads to the Court of Appeal on Tuesday 28th May.Assoc. Professor Susan St John CPAG's economics spokesperson says "CPAG's case was first heard in the Human Rights Review Tribunal in 2008. We are seeking a declaration from the Court of Appeal that the In Work Tax Credit discriminates against the ...

Movie Review

Ted

Seth MacFarlanes feature film debut Ted delivers pretty much exactly what you would expect from the creator of the animated sitcom Family Guy, and it will no doubt appeal primarily to those who eat up his particular stew of nonsequitor humor, surreal digressions, 70s and 80s pop-culture ad ... ...

On Facebook

  • One dead one hurt in motorbike collision

    Police name north Canterbury crash victim One man is dead and another seriously injured following a collision between two motocross bikes on a remote rural road in North Canterbury late last night. The deceased has been named as Craig Gordon Pickering, aged 21, a dairy farmer from Balmoral. Police say Pickering was the rider of a motorcycle which collided head-on with another motorcycle on ...

  • One dead in head-on crash

    File Photo / Thinkstock One motocross rider has died after colliding head-on at speed with another rider on a dark shingle road, after they had left a party in North Canterbury last night. Neither man was wearing a helmet and the bikes had no lights on them, police said. The crash happened in a remote rural area on Cascade Road, Balmoral, near Culverden about 9.45pm. The man who died was ...

  • Light shines on renewable energy in the Pacific

    A Canterbury researcher is investigating renewable energy options for Pacific island nations in a bid to cut reliance on expensive diesel generators. Many households, businesses and schools that use the expensive generators struggle to pay their power bills, University of Canterbury Pacific Studies PhD student Emily Laing said. At the Pacific Energy Summit in March, New Zealand pledged $65 ...

  • Name released in Waikuku crash

    Christchurch Police have released the name of the man killed in a crash near Waikuku on Friday afternoon. He was Timothy Grant Pickering, aged 41, of Martinborough. Mr Pickering was the driver of a Chevrolet Blazer sport utility vehicle which rolled after clipping another vehicle during an overtaking manoeuvre. The crash occurred on Gressons Road, about five kilometres west of State ...

  • EDS High Court appeal against King Salmon this week

    The Environmental Defence Society's appeal against the approval of 2 marine farms in the Marlborough Sounds will be heard in the High Court in Blenheim this coming week.EDS had earlier presented submissions and called evidence before the Board of Inquiry that was set up after the Minister of Conservation "called in" the project pursuant to new provisions under the Resource ...

More New Zealand Star news