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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children. The 20-meter (66 feet) tall fiberglass...
Crews are speeding to complete James Cameron's ambitious sci-fi tale on schedule By ETHAN SMITH and LAUREN A.E. SCHUKE Less than a month before the scheduled release of James Cameron's new movie, "Avatar," some scenes from the...
Team New Zealand and the Russian team Synergy will head into a winner-take-all third race in the Louis Vuitton Trophy yachting regatta semifinals in France tomorrow. The victor will face either British TeamOrigin or the Italian...
Newstalk ZB November 21, 2009, 12:39 pm The March for Democracy in Auckland this afternoon is over, and speeches are now being made. It was aimed at drawing attention to a series of citizen initiated referenda, which campaign...
Relatives of the New Zealand crew who died in the Air New Zealand A320 crash in France a year ago head to France next weekend for the unveiling of a plaque in their memory. The Airbus A320 crashed into the sea near Perpignan,...
A Hawke's Bay man has made a bold bid to prove his family are the rightful claimants to the multi-million dollar estate of one of Britain's most famous dynasties. Napier antiques dealer Kevin Percy, 74, believes his family was...
Newstalk ZB November 21, 2009, 8:31 am The New Zealand team pursuit is vowing to go further at next year's World Track Cycling Champs after picking up a bronze medal at the Melbourne World Cup meet. The kiwis crushed Olympic...
KUALA LUMPUR: Nicol David played an erratic game but still managed to get the better of 11th seed Jaclyn Hawkes of New Zealand in the second round of the Qatar Classic in Doha yesterday. World No. 1 Nicol’s game was littered...
Most Americans expect that their laws are only passed after some period of public debate between Republicans and Democrats or their news-channel proxies. However, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may be an...
Newstalk ZB November 21, 2009, 4:10 am Power is out to some 400 properties on Auckland's North Shore. Vector says the cable fault is limited to Rothesay Bay. Spokeswoman Philippa White says crews are at the site and hope to...
