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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 ...

  • Te Hamua Nikora gets a big smile from MANA in Ikaroa Rawhiti

    Wednesday 22nd May 2013 "Te Hamua's got a huge profile and he's got a great sense of humour - which you gotta have in this business" said MANA Leader and MP for Te Tai Tokerau Hone Harawira with a smile when asked about Te Hamua Nikora being confirmed as MANA's candidate in the upcoming Ikaroa Rawhiti by-election."And he's got so many Facebook friends ...

Movie Review

The River [DVD]

The River [DVD]

Jean Renoir's The River is one of the most fascinating multinational productions of its era. An independently financed American film directed by a French expatriate about British colonists shot entirely in India (then a strangely exotic and relatively unknown country in the West), The Ri ... ...

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  • Response to Auditor General’s Conclusions

    Transparent Hawke's Bay (THB) has received the Auditor General's conclusion to a complaint it made regarding inadequate public consultation on the proposal to pursue the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme."While disappointing at one level, wearevery pleased that, as a result ofour actions,serious concerns aroundthe lack of transparency and adequate information on the economic ...

  • Xbox Ones take over your living room strategy harder in NZ

    Microsoft previewed the Xbox One this morning NZ time, at a Seattle event. The new console will be on the market at an un-named time later this year (setting the stage for Christmas showdown with Sony's coming next-generation PlayStation). No price was mentioned. Fans who tumbled out of bed at 5am to watch the webcast seemed impressed by the gaming tech specs. You'll be able ...

  • REVIEW Smashing glass memories

    From the deep south His mother, originally a debutante from the deep south who fell for the charms of a postal worker who has long since abandoned her, lives in poverty and struggles to find a normal life for her shy and crippled daughter and worries that her son is not trying to advance himself. He, on the other hand, is increasingly determined to run away, like his father, driven by her ...

  • Expert calls NSW immunisation law over the top

    Plea to provide free chicken pox, rotovirus vaccines Childcare centres in New South Wales are looking to ban children who are not immunised, but experts here say such a move would impose on a parent's right to freedom of choice. Australian Opposition Leader John Robertson said yesterday that he is working on an amendment to the Public Health Act, which would allow preschools and care ...

  • John Armstrong Tepid float frustrating for Nationals plans

    The Whakamaru Dam, which is one of the hydro dams located on the Waikato River owned by Mighty River Power. Photo / Alan Gibson The partial float of Mighty River Power is starting to show symptoms of becoming a Mighty Big Headache for National. And there is not a lot the governing party can do about it. Early trading in the electricity generating company's shares saw the stock make ...

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