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  • England march on Broads way past New Zealand

    New Zealand, 2nd innings Fulton c Prior b Broad 1 Rutherford b Broad 9 Williamson c Finn b Broad 6 Taylor c Cook b Broad Brownlie c Cook b Anderson 5 McCullum lbw b Broad 8 Watling c Trott b Anderson 13 Southee c Root b Broad 7 Wagner run out Brstow/Andrsn 17 Martin b Broad 1 ...

  • Pacific people suffering say Sallies

    Pacific people are now worse off economically than they were prior to the global financial crisis hitting in 2007, a Salvation Army report says. "In other words Pacific people appear to have been hit more severely by the effects of this crisis than other New Zealanders," the report by the army's social policy analysts Ronji Tanielu and Alan Johnson says. ...

  • Second Northland shooting victim dies

    A 38-year-old woman who was critically injured in a Northland shooting incident yesterday has died, police have confirmed this morning. Police are investigating the double shooting incident which occurred in the far north town of Pamapuria yesterday morning. A 44-year-old man, understood to be Ivan Maheno, was found dead at a property on Fairburn Road. His wife, mother-of-two Carmen ...

  • Forum discusses trade and Christchurch

    The Christchurch rebuild and trade are among the topics at a talkfest of 200 business leaders and government officials from New Zealand and the US in Washington DC.The 2013 Pacific Partnership Forum, which runs from Monday (NZT), will discuss issues ranging from food safety, security, and technology as well as the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiation.Ways the rebuild of ...

  • Man hospitalised after stabbing

    A man is in a serious condition following a stabbing last night at Snells Beach north of Auckland. Police say that at around 8.30pm police were called to a residential address in Dawson Road, Snells Beach. The male in his late 30s was flown to Auckland City Hospital by helicopter where he currently remains in a serious condition. Detectives are speaking with a number of people ...

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The Abyss: Special Edition [DVD]

The Abyss: Special Edition [DVD]

One of the best films of 1989 was a film no one got to see: James Cameron's powerful underwater epic The Abyss. I say no one got to see it even though it was put into wide release in the summer of 1989 because the film people saw on-screen was not what Cameron originally intended. Instead, it was a truncated 140-minute version that sacrificed several subplots, an important thematic element ... ...

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  • Embarking on an expected journey

    It is hardly an unexpected journey any more. Actors involved with The Hobbit movie trilogy have returned to Wellington from around the world, with filming for the final two films expected to resume today. Director Sir Peter Jackson could not be reached for comment yesterday, but industry insiders say his Stone Street Studios in Miramar will be working on new scenes for the next 10 ...

  • NZ-US meetings hit the limelight

    The warning from the crew aboard the Air Force 757 before it taxied into Washington's Andrews Air Force Base was that no one on board should attempt to take any photos. "They will be watching," warns one crew member, only half joking. Sensitivities about the presence of the New Zealand Defence Force at US military installations used to go far deeper of course. On ...

  • Second death follows Northland shootings

    A Northland family has been torn apart after a couple were allegedly shot by their nephew, family say. A 44-year-old man, understood to be Ivan Maheno, was killed yesterday morning at a property on Fairburn Rd, about 8 kilometres east of Kaitaia. Carmen Maheno, his wife of two years and mother to their two sons, was believed to be the 38-year-old woman who was critically injured. She ...

  • Live news updates May 20

    Narmeen Omar, right, wife of Shawki Ahmad Omar, imprisoned in Iraq, and their daughter Zeynap, left, protest demanding his release outside the US Embassy in London. Photo / AP Keep up-to-date with today's news at home and abroad with nzherald.co.nz's news blog, which is updated throughout the day. The blog, compiled daily by the Herald's online staff, will include today's ...

  • Disorientated school tramping party rescued in heavy fog

    Otago Boys' High School rector Clive Rennie is backing the decisions of two teachers who had to be rescued along with 10 pupils from the Rock and Pillar Range on Saturday night. Twenty Land Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteers from Dunedin and 10 Middlemarch farmers were sent to rescue the school tramping party, after the teachers and teenagers became disorientated in heavy fog and mist ...

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