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  • Broad rips through NZ as fortunes swing

    Stuart Broad ripped out New Zealand's top order with a ferocious spell of five wickets inside six overs as a run chase that began in hope quickly became desperate. Wickets tumbled throughout the session - ten in total - as a Test match that began in slow-motion hurtled towards a conclusion with New Zealand in chaos at lunch on 29 for 6 chasing 239. England's collapse, which began ...

  • Man victim of serious assault

    Photo / NZ Herald A man in his 30's was airlifted to Auckland City Hospital after he was stabbed in the neck this evening. Police were still investigating the incident that occurred at a residential property on Dawson Rd, Snells Beach about 8.30pm, said Sergeant Dan Weir. "A man had been repeatedly stabbed, enquiries are ongoing." He said the victim received stab wounds to his ...

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  • Police Officer accidentally killed student

    View Photo Associated Press/Sleepy Hollow High School - In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra ...

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The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man

Another week, another remake of a '70s cult horror favorite, except this time the new spin is coming not from another music video veteran trying to break into feature films, but from playwright / indie auteur / bitter misanthrope Neil LaBute, who has taken Robin Hardy's The Wicker Ma ... ...

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  • Zombie tourism heading to Auckland

    Raising money to raise the dead is the aim of a trio of Australians intent on building a New Zealand-based zombie tourism company. Apocalypse Events Ltd was founded in February, and is gearing up to stage its first zombie apocalypse somewhere in Auckland in the coming months, with paying customers taking up roles as either the last remnants of humanity fighting for their survival, or one of ...

  • England v New Zealand – live | Rob Bagchi and John Ashdown

    First hour on Sunday will be crucial, says Root Joe Root said that the first hour on Sunday would be crucial if England were to get on top of New ...

  • Blue whales may be feeding in NZ waters

    The biggest creature on the planet seems to have taken a liking to New Zealand waters. NIWA scientists studying the blue whale say the massive marine mammal may be feeding in local waters, rather than just passing through. "In the southern hemisphere, there are only four documented foraging grounds outside Antarctic waters, so if in fact this is a blue whale foraging ground it's ...

  • Child pornographer to be deported to New Zealand

    Jeffrey Frank Chadwick was jailed in 2011 after he was found guilty of 18 pornography-related charges. Photo / Thinkstock A child pornographer who took photos of his children's friends is the latest criminal who will be deported to New Zealand from Australia. Jeffrey Frank Chadwick was jailed in 2011 after he was found guilty of 18 pornography-related charges. He took dozens of ...

  • Light session for All Blacks at camp

    It was all indoors and mostly non-physical on the opening day of the first All Blacks wider training group camp in Mt Maunganui today. With the Highlanders in South Africa and the Crusaders and Blues exempted from the gym work, having played the previous night, it was all fairly low key as the All Blacks selectors went over game plans with players for next month's three-test series ...

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