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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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 ... ...

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  • Meet the kids then into the bush

    Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Photo / Supplied Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Fifty years after kiwi were last sighted in Kaipara, five chicks were released on a privately owned 1300ha stretch ...

  • Smoking used to reward patients

    Patients at Waitemata DHB can smoke outside. Photo / Brett Phibbs Patients in closed mental health wards at Waitemata District Health Board are allowed out for cigarettes as a reward for good behaviour, a patient alleges. A woman who has been a frequent patient at open and closed wards made the claims in a court affidavit submitted to a judicial review in the High Court at Auckland. The review ...

  • Scam Watch - May 26

    Photo / Thinkstock • The Department of Internal Affairs has only had one new email scam reported this week, from "Peter Stevenson". He writes that he is in Indonesia on business. He tells the recipient to contact his secretary, "Wright. William", and ask for US$920,000 that is being held as recognition for "past efforts". He hints that a previous attempt to ...

  • Watson and Hotchin go after $7m

    Eric Watson. Photo / NZPA Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin are seeking $7 million plus costs from a man who criticised them after the collapse of Hanover Finance. Bearing the brunt of the multi-million dollar claim is former Shareholders Association boss Bruce Sheppard. The amount is revealed in a statement of claim setting out the businessmen's case against Sheppard in a High ...

  • Kidnap victim left mutilated

    The scene of a serious incident on SH1, north of Tokoroa. Photo / John van de Ven A contractor driving a tractor bravely positioned his machine in the middle of State Highway 1 to protect a critically-injured young woman, left mutilated after being dragged behind a car for a kilometre. The woman, 27, is now on life support in Waikato Hospital with massive injuries to much of her body, ...

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