Auckland City (Free subscription) | yesterday
“With Wainwright's resounding tenor proving a thing of power and beauty live, it was some enchanted evening.” NZ Herald Sold Out 2008 Performance Review. “One ...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Christchurch Police found the body of a man in Blighs Gardens, South Brighton yesterday afternoon. Police say that a post mortem will take place today to confirm the man's identity and cause of death.- NZ HERALD STAFF
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Sunday November 29thWe woke to a beautiful sunny day. Itrsquos hard to believe that the rivers flooded yesterday. Oh the fickle New Zealand weather We werenrsquot complaining though. We wanted our van finished and packed before the end of the day.We made tasty apple and cinnamon oats for breakfast then Ferdi set about finishing the last bits of the van while Talita tried her hand at Beer Br
MaxKeiser.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Two young boys have admitted setting fire to a Christchurch intermediate school, say police.The art room at Casebrook Intermediate School, in the northwest of the city, was gutted by a blaze which started about 7pm yesterday.Detective...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The husband of an 86-year-old woman mugged at a Christchurch shopping mall last week has joined her in hospital.Patricia Burrows was taken to Christchurch Hospital last Thursday with a fractured pelvis, cuts and bruises after...
France24 (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
A German visitor was caught trying to leave New Zealand with 23 geckos and 20 skinks hidden in his underwear, a court was told. Hans Kubus, 58, was stopped at Christchurch Airport on Sunday after checking in, and was searched by customs staff. A small package containing the reptiles was found in his underwear, prosecutor Mike Bodie told the Christchurch District Court on Monday. "The...
John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Seasonal best ever double issue via Scaryduck's fabulous website : Stolen Christmas tree anger: From the Bournemouth Daily Echo : "240 Christmas trees stolen from Christchurch garden centre." Garden gnome anger: From my old local newspaper, the Wolverhampton Express & Star : "Gnomes banned by elf and safety."
Rantburg (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Mr Craig, who is in New Zealand for a fishing trip, was finally located at another bar, in nearby Christchurch, yesterday night unaware of any concern over his disappearance....
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
A German visitor was caught trying to board a flight at Christchurch Airport on Sunday with endangered geckos and skinks hidden in his underwear.Hans Kurt Kubus, a 58-year-old from Bad Munstereifel, Limbach, Germany, pleaded guilty...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Identity 1930-1970 A major and important work. Parsons Price $65.00 (RRP $75.00) Seraphine Pick Christchurch Art Gallery catalogue $79.95 Len Lye edited by Tyler Cann & Wystan Curnow. Govett Brewster Gallery catalogue. $85.00 Judy Millar: You You, Me Me edited by Leonhard Emmerling. Recent work. $59.95 Judy Millar: Giraffe-Bottle-Gun. Venice Biennale exhibition catalogue $19.95 Francis...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
An Australian tourist who went missing from the Christchurch suburb of Lyttelton early on Friday morning has been found alive.Michael Craig, 45, who was on a fishing trip with a friend, had been last seen walking near the harbour...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alf Grumble MP wonders why the Greens are attacking John Carter for doing his job Whale Oil looks at the Christchurch Mayoralty Jenna Raeburn blogs a recent debate on the liquor laws Ian Wishart blogs a Rasmussen poll that finds only 25% of Americans think the science on global warming is settled and 59% say some scientists have [...]
wee treats by tammy (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was in Christchurch in the weekend for my niece’s 6th birthday. Piper wanted me to make her birthday cake, but it was a pretty full on day the actual day of her birthday, as my dad and brother in law were cycling in an event, so I didn’t get the time to actually bake a cake. Instead I bought a sponge from the supermarket and some whipped cream. I tinted the cream pink, whipped...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
A two-year-old girl was hospitalised after being hit by a car in New Brighton yesterday.Police said she had run on to the road between two parked cars and was last night in a stable condition in Christchurch Hospital.
