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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 ...

  • Name released in Waikuku crash

    Christchurch Police have released the name of the man killed in a crash near Waikuku on Friday afternoon. He was Timothy Grant Pickering, aged 41, of Martinborough. Mr Pickering was the driver of a Chevrolet Blazer sport utility vehicle which rolled after clipping another vehicle during an overtaking manoeuvre. The crash occurred on Gressons Road, about five kilometres west of State ...

  • EDS High Court appeal against King Salmon this week

    The Environmental Defence Society's appeal against the approval of 2 marine farms in the Marlborough Sounds will be heard in the High Court in Blenheim this coming week.EDS had earlier presented submissions and called evidence before the Board of Inquiry that was set up after the Minister of Conservation "called in" the project pursuant to new provisions under the Resource ...

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Clerks II

Clerks II

Once upon a time--around 2004, to be exact--writer/director Kevin Smith attempted to grow up. He declared that Jay and Silent Bob, the comical slacker-vulgarians who had appeared in one form or another in every one of his films and had become his signature and, in his mind, albatross, were don ... ...

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  • Kuranui College Principal Urges Synthetic Cannabis Clamp-dow

    Kuranui Principal Geoff Shepherd is urging the community to work togetherto encourage all retail outlets to stop selling harmfulsynthetic cannaboid substances."The national media has recently highlighted the potential for our young people to be seriously affected by synthetic cannaboid substances which are available for sale in a number of our local dairies," explained Mr ...

  • Couple’s Passion for Conservation Sees Return of Kiwi

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  • Police name north Canterbury crash victim

    Christchurch police have named the man killed in a crash near Waikuku on Friday afternoon. He was Timothy Grant Pickering, 41, of Martinborough. Pickering was the driver of a Chevrolet Blazer sport utility vehicle which rolled after clipping another vehicle during an overtaking manoeuvre. The crash occurred on Gressons Road, about five kilometres west of State Highway One, at around 2.45pm on ...

  • Dragging victim out of induced coma

    Source: Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance The woman injured after being dragged behind a car in Tokoroa yesterday is now conscious and out of an induced coma. The mother of three was taken by helicopter to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition after being dragged behind the car on State Highway 1 between Tokoroa and Putaruru. A 26-year-old man has been arrested and will appear in the ...

  • US Coastguard visit up to superpower McCully

    Foreign Minister Murray McCully with US Secretary of State John Kerry. Photo / AP A US ship visit to New Zealand is entirely in the superpower's hands, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says. His comment comes ahead of next week's visit by a New Zealand naval ship to the United States naval base in Guam. The frigate HMNZS Te Mana will be the first New Zealand ship to visit ...

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