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  • Hesson concerned over Vettoris career hampering Achilles tendon problem

    New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has admitted concern over injured veteran Daniel Vettori and said there were some serious medical discussions to be had over his future. Vettori was a huge asset in the UK during the ICC Champions Trophy but struggled through with an Achilles tendon problem that has hampered him for nearly a year, and raises concern over his international career, Stuff.co.nz ...

  • Reports of small tornado near Hamilton

    Source: Kristin Kavanagh There have been reports of a small tornado in Paterangi, just south of Hamilton. Kristin Kavanagh told ONE News it touched down at 3pm. She said it lasted for ten ...

  • Four arrested after man loses eyesight in assault

    File photo / NZ Herald Four men have been arrested over an assault at a North Shore pub that left a person blind in one eye and another with a deep cut to his scalp. The assault happened at Deep Creek Brewing Co in Browns Bay late on May 3. A 25-year old-North Shore man has been charged with maiming with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and assault and a 24-year-old Waimauku ...

  • Cancer victims firewood stolen

    Jacob (4), Tori and Benjamin (6) Foster had all their firewood stolen while on holiday in Fiji. Photo / Joel Ford An Ohauiti family with a dying father will have to suffer through winter after their whole supply of firewood was stolen. The Bay of Plenty Times spoke to the Foster family only hours after they returned from a trip to Fiji and discovered their whole supply of firewood, more than 3 ...

  • Woman posted wrong patients medical records

    The West Coast DHB has apologised after two pages of a woman's medical file were sent to the wrong patient. Photo / Thinkstock The West Coast District Health Board has apologised after it posted two pages of a woman's private medical records to the wrong person. The papers were mistakenly sent to Ashburton woman Jen Branje, who was living in Westport when she had surgery at ...

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El Topo [Blu-Ray]

El Topo [Blu-Ray]

As chronicled in J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaums Midnight Movies, Alejandro Jodorowskys El Topo became an almost immediate counterculture sensation after its commercial debut at midnight on December 18, 1970, at the run-down, 600-seat Elgin Theater in New York City. The film ran ... ...

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  • Two death row dogs on the loose

    The door to the Greymouth dog pound was missing after the facility was broken into. Photo / Greymouth Star The owner of the second dog busted out of the Greymouth pound in a mysterious overnight raid on Monday is heartbroken that her beloved pet is now missing. Candice Blackman's german shepherd Ben had been on death row for almost five months awaiting a court hearing, after biting a ...

  • Nun admits breaking childs arm

    Leva-i-Fangalupe Fono leaving the courthouse. Photo / Brett Phibbs A nun has admitted breaking the arm of a 9-year-old at Sunday School after the girl failed to get an action song right. Leva-i-Fangalupe Fono - known as Sister Leva - yelled at the girl, flicked her in the head and broke the girl's arm when she twisted it behind her back. She is seeking forgiveness from the family and ...

  • DHB slammed for letting mental health patient decline procedure

    A decision to allow a mental health patient to decline a potentially life-saving procedure has been slammed by a coroner. Wellington Regional Coroner Ian Roderick Smith criticised Capital and Coast District Health Board (DHB) in three inquest findings released today. He said 61-year-old Melvyn Bedford, who had an alcohol-induced dementia disorder, should never been given the choice of having a ...

  • Heights discussed at first Unitary Plan workshop

    Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 6:28 pm Press Release: Auckland Council 19 June 2013 Heights discussed at first Unitary Plan workshop Today elected members of Auckland Council attended the first post-engagement workshop following feedback on the draft Unitary Plan.Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse said the workshop brought together Local Board Chairs and the Auckland Plan Committee members to talk ...

  • Mana Party policy aims to get more Maori into home ownership

    The Mana Party will build homes and offer financial support to get more Maori into home ownership, under a new policy to be launched tomorrow. A spokesman for leader Hone Harawira said the policy would be specific to the 41 per cent of Maori who have never owned a home. The spokesman said the party opposed Housing New Zealand's housing renewal programme, which has seen state houses demolished ...

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