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  • Drought slows New Zealand economic growth

    New Zealand's economy grew by 0.3 percent in the March quarter, with the nationwide summer drought offsetting the effects of the reconstruction of the earthquake-battered Canterbury region, the government statistics agency reported Thursday. The "modest growth" in GDP followed a rise of 1.5 percent in the December 2012 quarter, said a statement from Statistics New Zealand. "The Canterbury ...

  • Vodafone NZ switches on LTE in Queenstown 4G user count reaches 120000

    Vodafone New Zealand has confirmed that its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network is now live in Queenstown - the third location in New Zealand to receive access to the new technology. Russell ...

  • Vettori undergoes surgery on Achilles tendon

    Daniel Vettori underwent a surgery on his troublesome Achilles tendon in London, in a bid to prolong his career. Vettori has been suffering from a chronic Achilles tendon problem and was dogged by the injury during the Champions Trophy. "I did indeed have surgery on Wednesday," Vettori told New Zealand Herald. "I'm hoping it once and for all clears up my persistent and ...

  • New Zealand’s first taxi app ‘cabchooze’ launches its Beta version in Auckland

    This week New Zealand’s first free Taxi hailing app launched its beta version, aiming to make taxi ordering easier, faster, and cheaper in Auckland. 100% New Zealand owned and operated the cabchooze app is free for riders. Its developers are lauding it to be the first of its kind in the world and believe it will transform the Taxi hailing market in New Zealand. With its Beta launch in ...

  • Wellington battered as storm heads north

    Winds gusting up to 140km/h were battering downtown Wellington, lifting roofs from homes and cutting power to about 30,000 customers. The southerly winds were part of a storm which has already brought snow and heavy rain to much of the South Island on Thursday, and was expected to cause problems through the North Island moving into Friday. More than 200 people have called Wellington City ...

  • Lightning strikes one injured houses damaged

    One person was injured when lightning hit a tree in Auckland tonight, knocking it over and into two houses. Fire Service northern communications shift manager Scott Osmond said the lightning struck the tree in Point England as a thunderstorm swept through Auckland this evening. St John Ambulance was still at the scene and the condition of the person was unknown at this ...

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Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux) [DVD]

Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux) [DVD]

Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauv des eaux) was a perfectly respectable minor play about a middle-class family who redeems a homeless tramp by teaching him bourgeois civility that Jean Renoir turned into a wonderfully disreputable film about a middle-class ... ...

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  • Rutherford Latham picked for T20 squad

    New Zealand have picked batsmen Hamish Rutherford and Tom Latham, along with left-arm spinner Roneel Hira in the squad for the two Twenty20 matches against England next week. New Zealand have excluded the injured trio of Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee and Grant Elliott, while Kane Williamson and the out-of-form wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi will also return to New ...

  • Dunedin landslides considered stable

    Raw footage: Early morning shots of Dunedin slip (0:16) Two landslips which came down in Dunedin last night have now been declared secure by geotechnical engineers. Two properties were evacuated as a precautionary measure as heavy rain caused slips on Brown Street and Upper Junction Road. Dunedin City Council Roading Maintenance Engineer Peter Standring said one of the slips occurred about ...

  • Storm arrives in Auckland

    Photo / Thinkstock A heavy storm is moving into Auckland and Waikato now, WeatherWatch.co.nz says. The risk from the band of torrential showers - many with hail, thunderstorms and damaging winds - would last six to eight hours, the forecaster said. "Watch for potential flash flooding, and motorists should take extreme care in hail - as it's heavy enough to make some isolated patches ...

  • Wellington battered by fierce storm

    Photo / Getty Images Wellington is being battered by a fierce storm, with material being turned into "missiles'' by the strong wind. Wellington City Council said its call centre had received more than 200 calls this evening as the southerly storm hit the city and region. It was aware of reports that a number of houses were losing roofs, windows were breaking and of other ...

  • Storm arrives in Auckland

    A heavy storm is moving into Auckland and Waikato now, WeatherWatch.co.nz says. The risk from the band of torrential showers - many with hail, thunderstorms and damaging winds - would last six to eight hours, the forecaster said. "Watch for potential flash flooding, and motorists should take extreme care in hail - as it's heavy enough to make some isolated patches of roads very slippery. ...

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