| Mon 6 Feb 2012 |
Racing: Hero in harness defends Interdom
NZ Herald | It is what you don't know about I Can Doosit that makes him a champion. | What everybody in racing knows is the obvious stuff, like that on Saturday night I Can Doosit became a rare dual winner of the Interdominion Trotting Final, continuing an alm... |
Racing: Perfect planning from Butts to take out Hunter
NZ Herald | Racing is full of great rivalries but few can match the $900,000 see-saw the Butt brothers and Mark Purdon found themselves in on Saturday. | Two of the super stables of New Zealand racing combined to quinella three of the richest harness races in ... |
Cricket: Supreme Guptill riding his wave
NZ Herald | Given his current form, the ball must look the size of a watermelon to Martin Guptill. | The New Zealand opener is in prime form, his latest contribution being a 66-ball 70 in the 90-run win over Zimbabwe in the opening ODI at Dunedin on Friday. | ... |
Rugby: Seamless transition helps NZ land Wellington crown
NZ Herald | One of the key factors to New Zealand's dominance of the sevens game is their ability to quickly integrate new players into their squad, says Waikato flyer Tim Mikkelson. | That ability and team spirit came to the fore during the weekend in the Wel... |
From blokes in sheds to inventing wizards
NZ Herald | In a garage near you is an inventor working on the next big thing. It could be anything from clothes that measure your heart rate to an engine that will revolutionise the way we run vehicles and machinery. | Inventors range from dreamers to researc... |
Your Business: Monkey business leads to games success
NZ Herald | The New Zealand video game development industry grew by 46 per cent last year, boosted by the huge growth of smartphone and online gaming, according to a survey of developers. | Ninja Games, one of the country's most successful game companies, was ... |
Cricket: Otago pulls off a Houdini to stay alive
Otago Daily Times | Just when you think you understand cricket the game throws up a most unlikely result. | Otago's one-day campaign appeared to be grinding to an inevitable end after it was dismissed for a paltry 172 against Canterbury in a sudden-death play-off game... |
Perry So reveals a passion for Beethoven's Pastoral
NZ Herald | Not every conductor delivers a pre-concert talk, but Perry So did just that, with unflappable charm, before the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Chinese New Year concert. | He spoke fervently on Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and, in performance, co... |
Ethics changes may be threat to patients, say critics
NZ Herald | The health of patients who take part in treatment trials may be put in danger by Government changes to ethics committees, says a group of academics. | After a health select committee inquiry last year into making New Zealand more attractive to comp... |
Backpackers left with nothing after campervan stolen
NZ Herald | Two Frenchwomen on a working holiday are left broke and with only the clothes they stand in after their camper van was stolen outside an Auckland supermarket. | Their losses include $1500 in cash each - their earnings from a month's solid work as w... |
Motorsport: Dominant Cassidy opens up 126-point lead in Toyota Series
NZ Herald | Order was restored in the Toyota Racing Series during the fourth round of the championship at Hampton Downs over the weekend. | Last time out, English driver Jordan King came away with the bulk of the points with series leader Nick Cassidy having t... |
Realistic rents fill space in Hamilton
NZ Herald | Realistic rents and building upgrades are credited with filling up retail space in Hamilton's central city. | There are fewer empty shops in the CBD than at any time in the past three years, with mainly food and fashion retailers moving into empty ... |
Mind the widening gap ... a tale of two cities
NZ Herald | At this time of year - weather permitting - beaches along Auckland's eastern waterfront from Mission Bay to St Heliers are full of families enjoying the sun. | Images of pohutukawa in bloom and sun sparkling off the water are the basis of countless... |
Auckland city divided by income
NZ Herald | Auckland has changed from an equal city to an unequal one in less than a generation with the income gap between rich and poor widening dramatically over the past 25 years. | Whereas most people's incomes were bunched tightly around the average in 1... |
| Sun 5 Feb 2012 |
Chance discovery of chair built from tree where Duke of Wellington directed Battle of Waterloo
The Daily Mail | A unique chair made from the tree the Duke of Wellington stood beneath as he directed troops during the Battle of Waterloo has emerged for sale. | In 1815 the great soldier won his most heroic victory against Napoleon's French army that ended the G... |
New video surfaces of UFO over Auckland
The Examiner | A new video showing UFO activity over Auckland surfaced online on Sunday, February 5, 2012. Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. It has been the site of numerous UFO sightings in the past. | StuTube40 reported that the new UFO footage recor... |
Hamilton brothers impress in loss; more from Nike Extravaganza
CNN Story HighlightsDaniel and Isaac Hamilton showed why their among California's top prospects | Shabazz Muhammad, one of the nation's top seniors, put on a show with 41 points | Arizona's Sean Miller was on hand to watch signees Grant Jerrett and Gabe ... |
Hamilton wants friends out of foes
Sky Sports | Lewis Hamilton has admitted he lost focus on and off the track in 2011 and has vowed to turn his foes into friends during 2012. | Revealing that he had a private dinner with Jenson Button - only the second the pair have had since becoming McLaren t... |
Maori protesters confront New Zealand PM
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Australia’s Labor Caucus Backs Gillard Leadership, Treasurer Swan Says
Bloomberg | Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has the backing of her Labor Party caucus, according to Treasurer Wayne Swan, amid speculation that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is considering a leadership challenge. | “Our prime minister has the strong su... |
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