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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 ...

  • Queenstown voted one of world’s top destinations

    Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 2:55 pm Press Release: Destination Queenstown Queenstown voted one of world's top destinations on Trip AdvisorQueenstown, 22 May, 2013 - Queenstown has been named one of the world's Top 25 Travellers' Choice Destinations by TripAdvisor, the world's largest online travel community.As well as rising to 25th place on the international list, the ...

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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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  • Interim decisions for five Aranui schools

    Interim decisions for five Aranui schools Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the interim decisions for the five Aranui schools in greater Christchurch affected by the Government's Education Renewal Plans."The Government is absolutely committed to rebuilding Christchurch - that's why we are investing $1 billion into restoring and renewing the education ...

  • Follow Salisbury’s Lead Says NZ First

    New Zealand First says Salisbury School and its supporters are an inspiration to all Kiwis fighting for decent treatment for young people less fortunate than themselves.Disability spokesperson Barbara Stewart says she is congratulating the Salisbury group for ensuring the special needs school remains open."We're sorry for the losses and hardship the school had to go to for ...

  • Residential Growth Signaled For Whakarongo

    Whakarongo has been identified by Palmerston North City Council as the preferred location for residential growth in the city - now Council is calling for formal submissions on Proposed Plan Change 6 that will rezone land at Whakarongo. The Plan Change forms part of the Council's Sectional District Plan Review. The Council is proposing to rezone the land bounded by James Line, Napier ...

  • Man arrested for importing LSD-like drugs in DVD

    Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 2:58 pm Press Release: New Zealand Customs Service 22 May 2013Man arrested for importing LSD-like drugs in DVDA Taupo man has been arrested by Customs officers for importing the drug 25B-NBOMe, an LSD mimic, hidden inside a DVD case.Five Customs officers, with the assistance of Taupo Police, were part of an operation, which resulted in yesterday's arrest of ...

  • Merger will create the fifth largest property company

    Directors of listed Property for Industry and unlisted Direct Property Fund are enthusiastically backing a merger proposal. When shareholders give approval it will create the fifth largest property company and 29th largest listed company. It will have assets of $814 million. The biggest listed property company is Kiwi Income Property Trust at just over $2 billion in assets, Goodman Property ...

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