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  • Drought slows New Zealand economic growth

    New Zealand's economy grew by 0.3 percent in the March quarter, with the nationwide summer drought offsetting the effects of the reconstruction of the earthquake-battered Canterbury region, the government statistics agency reported Thursday. The "modest growth" in GDP followed a rise of 1.5 percent in the December 2012 quarter, said a statement from Statistics New Zealand. "The Canterbury ...

  • 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 ...

  • Rutherford Latham picked for T20 squad

    New Zealand have picked batsmen Hamish Rutherford and Tom Latham, along with left-arm spinner Roneel Hira in the squad for the two Twenty20 matches against England next week. New Zealand have excluded the injured trio of Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee and Grant Elliott, while Kane Williamson and the out-of-form wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi will also return to New ...

  • New Zealand’s first taxi app ‘cabchooze’ launches its Beta version in Auckland

    This week New Zealand’s first free Taxi hailing app launched its beta version, aiming to make taxi ordering easier, faster, and cheaper in Auckland. 100% New Zealand owned and operated the cabchooze app is free for riders. Its developers are lauding it to be the first of its kind in the world and believe it will transform the Taxi hailing market in New Zealand. With its Beta launch in ...

  • Dunedin landslides considered stable

    Raw footage: Early morning shots of Dunedin slip (0:16) Two landslips which came down in Dunedin last night have now been declared secure by geotechnical engineers. Two properties were evacuated as a precautionary measure as heavy rain caused slips on Brown Street and Upper Junction Road. Dunedin City Council Roading Maintenance Engineer Peter Standring said one of the slips occurred about ...

  • Storm arrives in Auckland

    Photo / Thinkstock A heavy storm is moving into Auckland and Waikato now, WeatherWatch.co.nz says. The risk from the band of torrential showers - many with hail, thunderstorms and damaging winds - would last six to eight hours, the forecaster said. "Watch for potential flash flooding, and motorists should take extreme care in hail - as it's heavy enough to make some isolated patches ...

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Antz

Antz

"Antz" is a funny, ambitious computer-animated fable about the battle for individuality in an environment of strict social control. It's the only animated movie I can think of that revolves around an insect worker leading a social revolution. This is an undeniably unique motion picture. If it seems odd for what is ostensibly a kid's feature to have serious underlying themes like the evil of totali ... ...

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  • Wellington battered by fierce storm

    Photo / Getty Images Wellington is being battered by a fierce storm, with material being turned into "missiles'' by the strong wind. Wellington City Council said its call centre had received more than 200 calls this evening as the southerly storm hit the city and region. It was aware of reports that a number of houses were losing roofs, windows were breaking and of other ...

  • Storm arrives in Auckland

    A heavy storm is moving into Auckland and Waikato now, WeatherWatch.co.nz says. The risk from the band of torrential showers - many with hail, thunderstorms and damaging winds - would last six to eight hours, the forecaster said. "Watch for potential flash flooding, and motorists should take extreme care in hail - as it's heavy enough to make some isolated patches of roads very slippery. ...

  • Storm arrives in Auckland

    A heavy storm is moving into Auckland and Waikato now, WeatherWatch.co.nz says. The risk from the band of torrential showers - many with hail, thunderstorms and damaging winds - would last six to eight hours, the forecaster said. "Watch for potential flash flooding, and motorists should take extreme care in hail - as it's heavy enough to make some isolated patches of roads very slippery. ...

  • Concerns for missing New Plymouth teen

    Source: Supplied Concerns are growing for a teeanger who has been missing from his New Plymouth home for 10 days. Nikolao Meafua, known as Niko, left his home in Bell Block on foot on Monday June 10 after an argument with his mother. Police have received some reports of sightings of Niko and have had search and rescue staff searching in Bell Block and Fitzroy, but have not tracked him down. ...

  • Largest snowfall in decades hits New Zealands South Island

    Some inland areas of New Zealand South Island's Otago and Canterbury have received on Thursday their largest snowfalls in decades in a winter storm that has cut power to thousands of people, and some coastal areas are also flooded.Christchurch and Dunedin missed out on the anticipated snow storm, but inland areas bore the brunt of the polar blast. Provincial towns and settlements have been ...

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