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  • Kiwi Everest climber Edmund Hillary hailed as a great Briton

    Sir Edmund Hillary - the first person ever to scale Mount Everest summit - has been called one of "those great Britons" by a conservative British newspaper. Britian's Daily Telegraph bestowed the dubious title upon Auckland-born Hillary, who conquered Mt Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay about 60 years ago, Stuff.co.nz reported. The new nationality was given to Hillary in a small editorial on ...

  • Daniel Vettori set for NZ Test return this week

    New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori is set to return to action in the second Test against England this week after Bruce Martin was ruled out of the rest of the tour with a calf injury. Vettori has not played for the Black Caps for almost a year because of a hamstring injury and was left out of the squad for the two-Test series in England. But with Martin sidelined by the injury that prevented ...

  • Indian-origin men in New Zealand face gang-rape charges

    A woman has given evidence in a court in New Zealand implicating four men of Indian origin of raping her in turns in April 2011. Amir Chand, 25, Harvinder Singh, 22, Kamaljeet Singh, 27, and Sumit Vermani, 26, are defending the charges in the high court in Hamilton, Fairfax NZ News reported Tuesday. The woman has claimed that the four men raped her in the course of an evening during the ...

  • 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 ...

  • Interim Decision Means Supersized Schools

    The Government needs to take note of the concerns of Christchurch parents who do not want their schools supersized, Green Party associate education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty said today.Education Minister Hekia Parata this afternoon announced that four Christchurch schools will close to form a super-school. Aranui High School, Aranui Primary, Wainoni and Avondale will be closed to ...

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Opera [DVD]

Opera [DVD]

Dario Argento, one of the most influential and creative horror directors of the last 25 years, often complained that viewers would shut their eyes during the goriest parts of his films. As most of his stories revolve around psychopathic masked killers, there are plenty of gory sights to close out with one's eyelids in such Argento classics as Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) (1975), Sus ... ...

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  • Pen Pushers Win with School Mergers

    New Zealand First says "super-sizing" Christchurch schools will do nothing to improve education and will only create jobs for pen pushers.Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says Education Minister Hekia Parata is failing to listen to schools and their communities yet again, by forcing Avondale Primary into a super school merger, when it strongly opposed it.Avondale is merging ...

  • Mcdonald’s Case Shows Flaws In Meal Breaks Law

    Unite Union's court case against McDonalds for unpaid meal breakshighlights the dangers of theGovernment'splansto weaken rest and meal breaks, says Darien Fenton, Labour's spokesperson for Labour Issues."The case involves workers who have been required to work without pay through their breaks, despite the existing law that says workers are entitled to a half hour ...

  • Thousands take up free WIFI on offer in Rotorua CBD

    22.05.13: Rotorua District Council (RDC)'s newly implemented programme of free WiFi within the CBD is proving a big hit, with thousands of people already taking advantage of the service. The council is working in partnership with local company Kapua Networks Ltd to provide the service to the inner city.Free WiFi in the CBD was set up and tested early in the year and has been embraced ...

  • Local Government Commission receives Wairarapa application

    Local Government Commission receives Wairarapa application The Local Government Commission confirms it has received an application to reorganise the three Wairarapa local authorities into a single council. It has also spelled out the process that must now be followed.The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Donald Riezebos, said the Wairarapa application is the third received by the ...

  • Death of Justice Robert Stanley Chambers

    The death today of Supreme Court Justice Robert Chambers (59) has been confirmed by Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias. Senior judicial communications officer Neil Billington told NBR ONLINE Chief Justice Elias is expected to issue a statement soon. Justice Chambers was appointed to the Supreme Court in December 2011, after seven years on the Court of Appeal and five years on the High Court. ...

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