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  • Botham confident about Anderson surpassing him as Englands leading Test wicket-taker

    English legend Sir Ian Botham has said that he is confident that James Anderson will surpass him as England's leading Test wicket-taker after the fast bowler took three more Test wickets against New Zealand to reach 301, 82 short of Botham's England record. Welcoming the Lancashire player to the exclusive 300 club, Botham said that he had told Anderson that his next target should be 384, then ...

  • Southee leads late New Zealand fightback

    Black Caps off to slow start with bat Tim Southee claimed three late wickets as the Black Caps reduced England to 180 for six on a dramatic third day of the first Test at Lord's today. A patient third-wicket partnership of 123 between Joe Root and Jonathan Trott looked to have put England in control of the match but the touring side grabbed four wickets for 12 runs in the final ...

  • Kerre McIvor Budget leaves police out in cold

    I love this initiative - micro-financing has worked wonderfully well for the most part in the developing world and I see no reason it shouldn't work just as well here. And then there was the facing reality, pragmatic face of National with its urgent legislation to cut through council inertia and time-wasting red tape to free up land for housing developments. There was also the ...

  • You know you did it

    Tracy Hibberd and her son, Isaac, 6. Photo / Doug Sherring Convicted fraudster Tracy Hibberd hopes to clear her name and complete the diploma she was found guilty of faking. Hibberd, 35, was sentenced to eight months' home detention on Thursday, having already spent about 10 weeks on remand. A jury found she faked a diploma and other documents purporting to show she had earned an early ...

  • Armys ammo goes AWOL

    Over the past four years, more than $330,000 worth of military equipment has been stolen. Photo / Getty Images Weapons and military equipment worth more than $330,000 have been stolen over four years from the Defence Force. The stolen items include mines, grenades, a dozen Kevlar helmets, 11 sets of body armour, gun accessories and two sets of night-vision goggles, valued at $6,647 and $8,000. ...

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The Reader

The Reader

Warning: This review contains some minor spoilers. Proceed at your own risk if you have not yet seen the film. The Reader reunites director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter David Hare, who last collaborated on The Hours, and it proves to be every bit as plodding and earnest ... ...

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  • Death shock for NBA star

    Sean Marks at the funeral of his mother Sheila in Torbay on Friday. Photo / Doug Sherring New Zealand basketball's biggest name, Sean Marks, has farewelled his mother Sheila who died suddenly on Mother's Day. Sean, the first New Zealander to play with the professional ranks of the NBA in the United States, flew back from San Antonio to attend the funeral on Friday. Sean was 17 when ...

  • Men step up but its still womens work

    Friday Rountree says his job in administration gives him job satisfaction. Photo / Bradley Ambrose Increasing numbers of men are applying for administration jobs, but the association that represents New Zealand's PAs says not many are getting their feet under the desk. Most of the main recruitment agencies, and online job website Seek, said noticeably more men than a couple of years ago ...

  • Cricket England v New Zealand Day Three - Evening session report

    A flurry of late wickets got New Zealand back in the game after it appeared that some excellent batting from Joe Root and Jonathan Trott had taken the game away from New Zealand in this evening's session on Day Three at ...

  • Collins crushes call to monitor offenders

    Lawyer Rennie Gould wants parole-style monitoring for violent criminals returning to NZ from Australia. Photo / Getty Images Justice Minister Judith Collins plans to launch a public register of criminals deported from Australia. But the plan doesn't go far enough for lawyer Rennie Gould. In 2011 Gould represented Toetu Tui Saili, who almost beat a man to death just days after returning ...

  • Kiwi criminals swarm home

    He converted to Islam and came under the influence of Bassam Hamzy, the alleged leader of the so-called "Super-Max Jihadists", a group comprising murderers and rapists who have converted to Islam within Australian prisons. Wiperi was convicted of being part of a ring that supplied A$250,000 ($300,000) worth of drugs every week between Sydney and Melbourne, from his maximum-security ...

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