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  • Clarke not worried by Englands winning performance against Kiwis in first Test

    Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that he is not worried by the fact that England's highly rated swing and seam bowlers demolished New Zealand for just 68 this week. England opening bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were almost invincible as 14 wickets fell on the scheduled fourth day of the first Test, in which New Zealand, which was chasing 239 for victory in a low-scoring ...

  • Kiwi keeper Watling ruled out of Headingley Test with knee injury

    New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling has been ruled out of the second and final Test against England at Headingley starting from Friday because of a knee injury. Watling injured his knee during New Zealand's 170-run first Test defeat at Lord's last week, News.com.au reports. Following Watling's injury, Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum, who deputised behind the stumps at Lord's, will keep at ...

  • Kiwis warn starry-eyed Root not to get carried away by adulation and familiarity at debut Headingley Test

    Upcoming England batsman Joe Root has been warned to expect a fiery attack by the New Zealand side in the middle as they look to ruin his first homecoming at Headingley. Although Root is out to etch his name into Yorkshire cricketing folklore on his debut Test, however, Kiwi pace bowler Neil Wagner is of the opinion that all the adulation and familiarity of home could backfire on the youngster ...

  • Henry to face misconduct hearing

    SANZAR has brought a misconduct complaint against Blues assistant coach Sir Graham Henry for comments made against match officials after his side's recent loss to the Crusaders. Henry criticised the match officials at press conference on TVNZ News. His comments were subsequently widely reported through other media outlets and online.The Blues suffered a 23-3 loss and the former All ...

  • Encouraging trend in ITM Cup

    Player payments as calculated under the salary cap across the 14 ITM Cup Provincial Unions fell NZ$1.1 million in 2012, New Zealand Rugby has stated. Salary cap payments totalled $12.8 million; $3.5 million lower than the maximum permitted.This was also eight per cent lower than the $13.9 million calculated in 2011 and 13 per cent lower than 2010 ($14.7 million).All 14 Provincial Unions kept ...

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A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

See you in the fourth, Neil Patrick Harris winks to Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) about midway through their third absurdist odyssey A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, essentially summarizing just how far we have come since 2004 whe ... ...

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  • Farmers relieved as Chinese meat embargo ends

    Officials scramble to lift block on NZ meat in China Federated Farmers says it is hugely relieved meat exports will be allowed back into China after an administrative error led to shipments being left at the border. Meat exports have been blocked from entering the country since the end of April, and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) made resolving the issue its "number one ...

  • Conservationists lament Denniston mining decision

    As the mining community celebrates, conservationists are fuming over the Government's decision to give the go ahead to an open cast mine on the West Coast. Conservation Minister Nick Smith confirmed this afternoon that Bathurst Resources has been given consent under the Crown Minerals Act to dig an open-cast mine on 106 hectares of the 2026 hectares that comprise the Denniston Plateau. ...

  • One-punch killer loses sentence appeal

    Billy Dawson died after being punched near Spy Bar in Auckland. Photo / Supplied A man who killed a Sky TV video editor with a single punch outside an Auckland bar has lost his bid for a lighter sentence. Kit John Murray was sentenced in the High Court to five years in prison in October last year for the manslaughter of Billy Dawson during the Rugby World Cup final in 2011. Murray ...

  • Strip club wins Topless Tce charity auction

    Photo / TradeMe The new home of a boob on a Wellington street sign is no stranger to boobs of a different sort. Strip club Calendar Girls today won a charity auction for the misspelled 'Topless Tce' sign, which turned heads on Thorndon's Torless Terrace when it was erected earlier this month. Wellington City Council, which said the sign's misspelling was a genuine mistake ...

  • Market close shares fall as US China in focus - GPG WBC NZOG drop

    New Zealand shares fell as the prospect of a winding down of US stimulus and weak Chinese manufacturing weighed on equity markets across Asia. Guinness Peat Group dropped after signalling a delay in its transformation strategy. Westpac Banking Corp led lenders and insurers lower. The NZX 50 Index fell 21.122 points, or 0.5 percent, to 4589.059. Within the index, 37 stocks fell, eight rose ...

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