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Exhausted Vettori faces black cloud over Test future after Leeds Test pull out
According to the New Zealand media, master spinner Daniel Vettori has a black cloud hovering over his Test-playing future after he pulled out of the second test against England at Leeds, fearing that his body cannot cope with the strenuous exertion in the five days that will follow. According to Stuff.co.nz, although the former captain was poised to overtake Stephen Fleming for a record 112th ...
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Ryder makes low-key gym comeback away from prying eyes following bar assault
New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder has reportedly made a comeback to the gym, days after he was attacked outside a Christchurch bar that left him in a coma for two days, although he is keeping the process very low key. According to Stuff.co.nz, Ryder has been seen coming and going from Exodus gym in Wellington, although sources said that he is careful to keep himself from working out too hard, ...
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Sikh warrior Panesar determined to repeat last stand performances in Ashes this year
English left-arm spinner Monty Panesar has expressed his willingness to play in the back-to-back Ashes series, starting from July, in view of his 'last stand' during the drawn Tests series against New Zealand and the 2009 Ashes. Just as his famous last stand with James Anderson at Cardiff repelled the Australians for 69 balls in the 2009 Ashes series, Panesar became England's unlikely saviour ...
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Four arrested after Auckland pub robbery
Four people have been arrested following the overnight armed robbery of an Auckland pub.The group held up the Whitehouse Tavern in the South Auckland suburb of Rosehill about 11pm on Saturday, police say.Officers en route to the scene saw the four leaving in a stolen vehicle and a pursuit ensued, but it was quickly abandoned.The vehicle was found a short time later and two people were arrested ...
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State schools review religious classes
Source: Photos.com God has been pulled from the classrooms of dozens of state schools in the past two years, as experts call for children to be taught about a wider range of faiths and values. More than 50 state schools have cancelled Bible-based education in school hours since 2011, with a lack of teaching volunteers and decline in parental support cited as the main reasons. Rationalist David ...
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England grateful to Joe Root and Jonnie Bairstow against New Zealand
England's Jonny Bairstow, left, and Joe Root run between the wickets during the second Test match against New Zealand at Headingley. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty ...
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Arrests following armed robbery in Auckland
Source: ONE News Four people have been arested after an armed robbery in south Auckland overnight. Police heading to the scene of the robberyat the Whitehouse Tavern in Rosehill saw four people leaving in a vehicle which they then pursued. The pursuit was abandoned but the stolen vehicle was located soon afterwards and two offenders were taken into custody with the assistance of dog handlers. ...
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Restaurant extinguishers not ready for fire
Photogallery: Fire in Queenstown Restaurant staff were unable to contain a devastating Queenstown fire because extinguishers hadn't been recharged after a fire a few days earlier. Southern region fire safety officer Stuart Ide said Fat Badgers pizza restaurant staff used extinguishers from the restaurant and upstairs bar The World Bar a few days earlier when a fire started in a pizza ...
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Sir Eds diary tells of Mt Everest conquest
Hillary and Tenzing. Photo / The George Lowe Collection On this day 60 years ago, a strapping mountaineer from Auckland wrote in his diary: "George, Greg, Tenzing and I plus eight Sherpas (five to South Col and three Ridge men - Ang Nima, Pemba and Ang Pemba) set off for South Col." The simple entry from Ed Hillary, then 33, was the build-up to the conquering of Everest three days ...
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New waka jumping law proposed
Northcote MP Jonathan Coleman said the proposed law change was 'pretty much common sense'. Photo / NZPA National Party members are pushing for a new "waka-jumping" law to force rogue list MPs out of Parliament. Delegates at the party's northern regional convention yesterday voted to ask the Government for the law. Former NZ First MP Brendan Horan is the only MP who ...
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Meet the kids then into the bush
Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Photo / Supplied Kiwi kids got close to their national bird yesterday before the chicks were released as part of a history-making breeding programme. Fifty years after kiwi were last sighted in Kaipara, five chicks were released on a privately owned 1300ha stretch ...
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Smoking used to reward patients
Patients at Waitemata DHB can smoke outside. Photo / Brett Phibbs Patients in closed mental health wards at Waitemata District Health Board are allowed out for cigarettes as a reward for good behaviour, a patient alleges. A woman who has been a frequent patient at open and closed wards made the claims in a court affidavit submitted to a judicial review in the High Court at Auckland. The review ...
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Scam Watch - May 26
Photo / Thinkstock • The Department of Internal Affairs has only had one new email scam reported this week, from "Peter Stevenson". He writes that he is in Indonesia on business. He tells the recipient to contact his secretary, "Wright. William", and ask for US$920,000 that is being held as recognition for "past efforts". He hints that a previous attempt to ...
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Watson and Hotchin go after $7m
Eric Watson. Photo / NZPA Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin are seeking $7 million plus costs from a man who criticised them after the collapse of Hanover Finance. Bearing the brunt of the multi-million dollar claim is former Shareholders Association boss Bruce Sheppard. The amount is revealed in a statement of claim setting out the businessmen's case against Sheppard in a High ...
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Kidnap victim left mutilated
The scene of a serious incident on SH1, north of Tokoroa. Photo / John van de Ven A contractor driving a tractor bravely positioned his machine in the middle of State Highway 1 to protect a critically-injured young woman, left mutilated after being dragged behind a car for a kilometre. The woman, 27, is now on life support in Waikato Hospital with massive injuries to much of her body, ...
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Party host survives gun blasts
Armed police guard a property in Coates Crescent after a shooting yesterday. Photo / Michael Craig A man gunned down in his home was dumped at a hospital as carloads of rowdy partygoers - including his partner - fled the house before police arrived. Heavily armed police were yesterday guarding the abandoned State-owned property in the Auckland suburb of Panmure. One woman ...
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Shock find in killers cell
William Bell. Photo / Brett Phibbs One of New Zealand's most notorious killers, William Bell, has been caught with a prison officer's stab-resistant vest in his maximum security jail cell. Bell is serving an unprecedented 30 years without parole for the 2001 Mt Wellington RSA slayings. Locked up in Paremoremo Prison's most secure wing, Bell was stabbed in the eye by ...
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Mum thanks rescuer in emotional reunion
Latu Paasi wiped away tears as she watched the unveiling of her husband and son's headstone yesterday - the first anniversary of their death in a boating tragedy. Buried together at Onehunga's Waikaraka Cemetery, So'saia Paasi, 45, and his son Tino, 7, drowned nearby after their dinghy capsized during a family outing on the Manukau Harbour. Three other members of the family also on board the ...
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Runway lights wrecked
A plane has smashed runway lights during a take-off described as "extremely abnormal" at Auckland International Airport. An investigation has been launched into the Chilean airline LAN flight last Saturday, which later landed in Sydney on damaged tyres. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission confirmed the incident this week, in which the aircraft strayed from the middle of the runway ...
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Runway lights wrecked
A plane has smashed runway lights during a take-off described as "extremely abnormal" at Auckland International Airport. An investigation has been launched into the Chilean airline LAN flight last Saturday, which later landed in Sydney on damaged tyres. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission confirmed the incident this week, in which the aircraft strayed from the middle of the runway ...
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Runway lights wrecked
A plane has smashed runway lights during a take-off described as "extremely abnormal" at Auckland International Airport. An investigation has been launched into the Chilean airline LAN flight last Saturday, which later landed in Sydney on damaged tyres. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission confirmed the incident this week, in which the aircraft strayed from the middle of the runway ...
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Runway lights wrecked
A plane has smashed runway lights during a take-off described as "extremely abnormal" at Auckland International Airport. An investigation has been launched into the Chilean airline LAN flight last Saturday, which later landed in Sydney on damaged tyres. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission confirmed the incident this week, in which the aircraft strayed from the middle of the runway ...
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Runway lights wrecked
A plane has smashed runway lights during a take-off described as "extremely abnormal" at Auckland International Airport. An investigation has been launched into the Chilean airline LAN flight last Saturday, which later landed in Sydney on damaged tyres. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission confirmed the incident this week, in which the aircraft strayed from the middle of the runway ...
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Runway lights wrecked
A plane has smashed runway lights during a take-off described as "extremely abnormal" at Auckland International Airport. An investigation has been launched into the Chilean airline LAN flight last Saturday, which later landed in Sydney on damaged tyres. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission confirmed the incident this week, in which the aircraft strayed from the middle of the runway ...
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Child cases surge
International child abduction cases spiked by nearly a quarter in the past year, when 130 children were illegally moved in or out of New Zealand. Most were Kiwi kids taken overseas. Family lawyers say most cases involved foreign-born mothers taking children back to their home countries, which included Honduras, Israel and Malta. About two-thirds involved a parent illegally taking a child to, or ...
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New Zealand stepping up for regional fisheries
New Zealand is regional power in the Pacific and this is reflected in our ongoing involvement in the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, which is the mechanism by which the region manages one of its greatest natural resources.
New Zealand has long been a regional power in the South Pacific, and in this capacity the country has lead a number of major initiatives undertaken alone or in conjunction with other Pacific Island nations, the most important of these have been policies aimed at environmental protection and sustainability, as well as monitoring and rehabilitation of important environmental resources, such as the Pacific fisheries. Read more
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