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  • Ian Bell to recover in time for second test against New Zealand

    England middle order batsman Ian Bell is expected to recover from tonsillitis and play against New Zealand in the second test match starting from Friday. Bell's illness got him a score of 31 runs for 133 balls during the second innings at Lord's, and England's medical team is confident that there will not be a relapse this time. The Independent reports that once Bell is fit, there won't be any ...

  • Accused in Indian-origin New Zealanders murder owed money

    One of the two men accused of burning alive an Indian-origin man in New Zealand Jan 30 this year owed the victim money, the police report on the case has revealed. Bryan Pelmar, 20, and Shivneel Shahil Kumar, 18, have been charged with the murder of Shalvin Prasad, 21, whose burnt body was recovered from the side of a rural road in south Auckland, Fairfax NZ News reported Monday. Prasad was ...

  • Derailed train needed a major overhaul - engineer

    The train caught up in a derailment in the capital yesterday is part of a fleet that is overdue for an overhaul, according to a former KiwiRail engineer. The southbound train from Porirua came to a crashing halt near the Interislander ferry terminal during early morning peak-hour. The train is part of an ageing fleet that is due to be replaced but concerns have been raised over whether poor ...

  • Kiwi bounces off lows after Budget greenback support stumbles

    The New Zealand dollar came off its recent lows as Finance Minister Bill English's Budget kept the operating surplus target for 2014-15 intact and as support for the greenback stumbled after US manufacturing data missed expectations yesterday. The kiwi rose to 82.48 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 82.25 cents at 8am, and 82.13 cents yesterday. The trade-weighted index gained to 77.60 ...

  • Dangerous work practices put truck drivers at risk - union

    The truck drivers' union has blamed dangerous work practices for putting drivers at risk. The comment comes after yesterday's collision between two logging trucks near Tolaga Bay which killed one driver and left the other seriously injured. Police have also just launched an annual transtasman safety operation targeting heavy vehicles, focused on fatigue, speed and use of stimulants. Transport ...

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Blowup

Blowup

Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blowup" is an important film of the sixties that has not aged well. It seems to have been made with the intention of exploring the lack of morality and responsibility in "Swinging London" of the mid-sixties, but for better or worse, the culture of the nineties has sunk far below that level, and at this point, the film looks mostly tame. Inspired by a short story by Julio ... ...

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  • Nelson school to remain open after year-long battle

    Nelson's Salisbury School will remain open after a year-long battle with the Ministry of Education. The girls' special needs school made the announcement on its website today. "The hard work by the board and the school's supporters for over a year has ensured that the Minister [of Education Hekia Parata] understood the importance of retaining a single sex residential option for girls with ...

  • Defence Force letters insulting and insensitive

    Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 6:36 pm Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party 21 May 2013 MEDIA STATEMENTDefence Force letters insulting and insensitive Defence Force letters sent to personnel being made redundant under the Government's botched civilianisation project were insensitive and insulting, says Phil Goff, Labour's Defence spokesperson. Mr Goff today released copies of the ...

  • Henry blasts match officials

    Blues assistant coach Sir Graham Henry has criticised the match officials following his side's loss to the Crusaders in Christchurch. With the Auckland-based franchise's boss Sir John Kirwan absent, Henry answered questions from the media and made no secret of his unhappiness with some of the match officials' decisions from the match which the Crusaders won 23-3.The former All ...

  • Solid Energy based failed strategy on non-existent analysis

    The ambitious growth strategy that has imperiled Solid Energy was developed on a far more optimistic outlook for oil and coal prices than its industry peers, but it had no analysis to back those views, Treasury papers released today under the Official Information Act show. The plans, which included converting low-grade Southland coal to fertiliser and diesel, first appeared seven years ...

  • Goodyear to sell NZ retail businesses to locals for undisclosed sum

    Goodyear & Dunlop Tyres, the local unit of the biggest US tyre maker, plans to sell its New Zealand retail business for an undisclosed sum to locally-owned Beau Ideal. If closed, the deal is expected to settle before the end of next month, and would see Goodyear's 52 Beaurepaires retail stores and 180 employees shift to Beau Ideal, owned by TyreLine Distributors' founder Grant ...

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