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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 ...

  • Appeal Trust thanks SKY Television for generous pledge

    Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 1:09 pm Press Release: Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Appeal Trust thanks SKY Television for generous $1 million pledgeThe Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Trust today celebrated two milestones as SKY Television announced a generous $1 million pledge to the Appeal, and investigative work commenced in Kaiapoi on the $2 million project to restore the Kaiapoi ...

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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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  • Select Committee reports back on Financial Reporting Bill

    Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 1:11 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government 22 May 2013 Select Committee reports back on Financial Reporting Bill Commerce Minister Craig Foss has welcomed the Commerce Select Committee report on a bill to cut the financial reporting burden for smaller companies.The Financial Reporting Bill removes the requirement for smaller companies to produce complex ...

  • Wellington residents are being misled

    Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 12:43 pm Press Release: Upper Hutt City Council Media release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, 22 May 2013Wellington residents are being misledUpper Hutt Mayor, Wayne Guppy encourages residents to look for further information about regional governance options as the debate continues.UPPER HUTT, Wellington NZ, 22 MAY 2013--Upper Hutt Mayor, Wayne Guppy, is calling ...

  • Trade Minister to visit Colombia

    Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 12:32 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Tim GroserMinister of Trade 22 May 2013 Trade Minister to visit ColombiaTrade Minister Tim Groser will attend the Pacific Alliance Ministerial Meeting and Head of State Summit in Cali, Colombia on 22 and 23 May. "This is the first meeting New Zealand has attended since being granted observer status to the ...

  • Terrorism raids justified – Urewera bus search did not happen

    The much-publicised alleged stopping and searching of a kohanga reo bus full of children during the 2007 Urewera terrorism raids did not happen, the Independent Police Conduct Authority says. The IPCA says while the decision to undertake the raids was justifed and reasonable, some subsequent police actions were not. Its condemnation of the bus claim is a massive blow to the credibility of ...

  • Food allergies on the rise reasons elusive

    Parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children, a US government survey has found. Experts are not sure what is behind the increase. Could it be that children are growing up in households so clean that it leaves them more sensitive to things that can trigger allergies? Or are parents paying closer attention to rashes and reactions, and more likely to call it an ...

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