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  • Duo plead not guilty to murdering Indian in New Zealand

    Two men accused of murdering an Indian-origin man in New Zealand in January have pleaded not guilty and are now headed for trial. Bryne Pelmar, 20, and Shivneel Shahil Kumar, 18, have been charged with burning alive 21-year-old Shalvin Prasad Jan 30 in south Auckland. The two appeared in the Auckland High Court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to the charge, media reports said. Both the ...

  • Hesson concerned over Vettoris career hampering Achilles tendon problem

    New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has admitted concern over injured veteran Daniel Vettori and said there were some serious medical discussions to be had over his future. Vettori was a huge asset in the UK during the ICC Champions Trophy but struggled through with an Achilles tendon problem that has hampered him for nearly a year, and raises concern over his international career, Stuff.co.nz ...

  • Danger on roads as snow hits the South Island

    The big chill's on its way (4:07) About 20 cars became stuck tonight on State Highway 6 in Southland tonight and six others slid off the road as the big freeze hit the South Island. Senior Sergeant Dave Raynes told ONE News that police have closed SH 6 from Queenstown to Lumsden and from Mossburn to Five Rivers at 6pm tonight due to heavy snow and freezing conditions. Snow has already ...

  • Driver was preparing to eat spaghetti before fatal crash - coroner

    Two killed in Marlborough crash Preparing to eat a snack of spaghetti while driving is believed to have cost two young tourists their lives after they were involved in a car crash en route to Nelson last year. The Coroner has released his findings into the deaths of German tourist Onur Gulmez and French visitor Paul Joubert, 23. The pair had travelled to New Zealand independently and met in ...

  • Four men arrested after serious North Shore assault

    Source: ONE News Four men have now been arrested over a serious assault on Auckland's North Shore which left one man half blind and another with a deep cut to his head. The incident happened on May 3 at the Deep Creek Brewing Company in Browns Bay. In the assault one of the victims lost the sight in one of his eyes while the other received a deep laceration to his scalp. Two men were ...

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El Topo [Blu-Ray]

El Topo [Blu-Ray]

As chronicled in J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaums Midnight Movies, Alejandro Jodorowskys El Topo became an almost immediate counterculture sensation after its commercial debut at midnight on December 18, 1970, at the run-down, 600-seat Elgin Theater in New York City. The film ran ... ...

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  • Reports eerie tornado near Hamilton

    Source: Kristin Kavanagh There have been reports of a small tornado in Paterangi, just south of Hamilton. Brett Richards from Pirongia in Waikato told ONE News he saw a dark cloud coming from the Hamilton side of Pirongia this afternoon. "I wandered to the top of the hill and was amazed to see this tornado forming around 1.5k from where we were. It was very eerie," he said. Mr ...

  • Cancer victims firewood stolen

    Jacob (4), Tori and Benjamin (6) Foster had all their firewood stolen while on holiday in Fiji. Photo / Joel Ford An Ohauiti family with a dying father will have to suffer through winter after their whole supply of firewood was stolen. The Bay of Plenty Times spoke to the Foster family only hours after they returned from a trip to Fiji and discovered their whole supply of firewood, more than 3 ...

  • Woman posted wrong patients medical records

    The West Coast DHB has apologised after two pages of a woman's medical file were sent to the wrong patient. Photo / Thinkstock The West Coast District Health Board has apologised after it posted two pages of a woman's private medical records to the wrong person. The papers were mistakenly sent to Ashburton woman Jen Branje, who was living in Westport when she had surgery at ...

  • Two death row dogs on the loose

    The door to the Greymouth dog pound was missing after the facility was broken into. Photo / Greymouth Star The owner of the second dog busted out of the Greymouth pound in a mysterious overnight raid on Monday is heartbroken that her beloved pet is now missing. Candice Blackman's german shepherd Ben had been on death row for almost five months awaiting a court hearing, after biting a ...

  • Nun admits breaking childs arm

    Leva-i-Fangalupe Fono leaving the courthouse. Photo / Brett Phibbs A nun has admitted breaking the arm of a 9-year-old at Sunday School after the girl failed to get an action song right. Leva-i-Fangalupe Fono - known as Sister Leva - yelled at the girl, flicked her in the head and broke the girl's arm when she twisted it behind her back. She is seeking forgiveness from the family and ...

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