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Carey Mulligan scared Joel and Ethan Coen with her foul-mouthed audition tape for Inside Llewyn Davis.
The actress stars as angst-filled folk singer Jean Berkey in the musical drama - which is competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize at Cannes Film Festival - and to land the part, she filmed a furious tirade for her audition tape which left the producer and director ...
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Keith Richards stabbed himself with a syringe of drugs when he first met Jo Wood.
The former model has revealed the bizarre moment when she met her ex-husband Ronnie Wood's Rolling Stones bandmate in 1977, saying he injected himself with a concoction of drugs and then casually introduced himself to her while in a hotel room in ...
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BoP tourism operators praising new campaign
Bay of Plenty tourism operators are praising a new campaign to promote national and international guests to the region next summer. Building the Bay of Plenty into one of the country's top-four destinations and increasing the amount of time visitors spend in the area is the aim of the new Tourism Bay of Plenty campaign. The campaign will target the Asian and Australian markets ...
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Northland fishermen help to rescue orca
Commercial fishermen have been praised for looking after an orca stranded in the Kaipara Harbour until rescuers arrived. Tutukaka orca expert Ingrid Visser was alerted by Kaipara Coastguard at 10.15am on Monday and reached the stranding site near Tinopai about 1.30pm. There they found a male orca known as Koru - named for the distinctive, curled tip of its dorsal fin - stuck fast ...
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Runaway millionaire loses sentence appeal
Leo Gao. Photo/ Stephen Parker "Runaway millionaire'' Leo Gao's bid to have his jail sentence reduced has been rejected by the Court of Appeal. In its judgement released today, the Court of Appeal said Hui "Leo'' Gao's good behaviour before he stole $6.7 million from Westpac could potentially have made him eligible for a three-month deduction to his jail ...
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Drink-driving killer to be released
Gavin Hawthorn was the driver of this black Mitsubishi, which slammed into a concrete pole killing Lance Richard Fryer, 34, of Carterton in 2003. A man whose driving killed four people in two horrific crashes will not be allowed to drink alcohol or get behind the wheel when he is released from prison in less than two weeks. The Parole Board today set release conditions for Gavin Hawthorn, 50, ...
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Brumbies to exact revenge against Blues
Brumbies lock Sam Carter says his side will unbottle lingering resentment for the Blues on Saturday night to exact payback for ending their 2012 Super Rugby campaign. The Brumbies were all but assured a finals berth last season until they were comprehensively beaten by a surprise-packet Blues outfit in the final round, and the Queensland Reds claimed a bonus-point victory to pip them for the ...
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Jail term remains for runaway millionaire
Leo Gao's jail sentence of four years and seven months for stealing $6.7m accidentally put on his overdraft remains after he lost an appeal to have it ...
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Miley Cyrus was inspired to write her new song We Cant Stop by her fans.
Speaking to E! News at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday night (19.05.13), Miley said: "It really is an inspiring song for my fans. We don't care, we can do what we want."They really believed in me the whole time. I feel like this song really is for them and how I feel - that I can't stop and I'm going to be who I am and they should be who they are and ...
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Four schools to merge in Christchurch
Chisnallwood Intermediate has been spared from a controversial merger of schools in eastern Christchurch.Aranui High School, and Aranui, Wainoni and Avondale primary schools will close to form one school on the site of Aranui High School, Education Minister Hekia Parata said.Chisnallwood was opposed to being included in a merger plan involving all five schools.Ms Parata says the decisions are ...
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Demi Lovato is having her tonsils out this summer.
The 20-year-old singer is set to undergo the operation to remove the tissue from her throat later this year in the midst of promoting her new album 'Demi' and ahead of the next series of 'The X Factor' USA and she admits her hectic schedule and surgery could stop her from ...
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Surprise discovery of huge bird colony on small island
A survey of a small inshore island at Cape Foulwind, near Westport, has led to the surprise discovery of what appears to be the largest West Coast seabird colony between Cook Strait and Fiordland. Members of the West Coast Blue Penguin Trust were surveying Wall Island to look for sooty shearwaters (muttonbirds) and were astonished to find not only 300 of that species, but an estimated ...
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Pen Pushers Win with School Mergers
New Zealand First says "super-sizing" Christchurch schools will do nothing to improve education and will only create jobs for pen pushers.Education spokesperson Tracey Martin says Education Minister Hekia Parata is failing to listen to schools and their communities yet again, by forcing Avondale Primary into a super school merger, when it strongly opposed it.Avondale is merging ...
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Interim Decision Means Supersized Schools
The Government needs to take note of the concerns of Christchurch parents who do not want their schools supersized, Green Party associate education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty said today.Education Minister Hekia Parata this afternoon announced that four Christchurch schools will close to form a super-school. Aranui High School, Aranui Primary, Wainoni and Avondale will be closed to ...
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Mcdonald’s Case Shows Flaws In Meal Breaks Law
Unite Union's court case against McDonalds for unpaid meal breakshighlights the dangers of theGovernment'splansto weaken rest and meal breaks, says Darien Fenton, Labour's spokesperson for Labour Issues."The case involves workers who have been required to work without pay through their breaks, despite the existing law that says workers are entitled to a half hour ...
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Thousands take up free WIFI on offer in Rotorua CBD
22.05.13: Rotorua District Council (RDC)'s newly implemented programme of free WiFi within the CBD is proving a big hit, with thousands of people already taking advantage of the service. The council is working in partnership with local company Kapua Networks Ltd to provide the service to the inner city.Free WiFi in the CBD was set up and tested early in the year and has been embraced ...
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Local Government Commission receives Wairarapa application
Local Government Commission receives Wairarapa application The Local Government Commission confirms it has received an application to reorganise the three Wairarapa local authorities into a single council. It has also spelled out the process that must now be followed.The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Donald Riezebos, said the Wairarapa application is the third received by the ...
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Death of Justice Robert Stanley Chambers
The death today of Supreme Court Justice Robert Chambers (59) has been confirmed by Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias. Senior judicial communications officer Neil Billington told NBR ONLINE Chief Justice Elias is expected to issue a statement soon. Justice Chambers was appointed to the Supreme Court in December 2011, after seven years on the Court of Appeal and five years on the High Court. ...
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Car ploughs into West Auckland house
A woman and her young son escaped injury when their car ploughed into a house in west Auckland today. The car crashed into the front of the house on Peter Buck Rd, New Windsor, shortly before 3pm. Tim Morrison, who lives at the house, said he heard a loud bang which sounded like an earthquake. He went outside to find the car embedded into his flatmate's ...
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Drink-driving killer to be released
The father of a man killed by a notorious drink-driver says he fears for the safety of the community where the recidivist offender will live once he is released from prison in less than two weeks. The Parole Board today set release conditions for Gavin Hawthorn, 50, who is due to be released from Rimutaka Prison on June 4 after serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter. The conditions include ...
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Drink-driving killer to be released
A man whose driving killed four people in two horrific crashes will not be allowed to drink alcohol or get behind the wheel when he is released from prison in less than two weeks. The Parole Board today set release conditions for Gavin Hawthorn, 50, who is due to be released from Rimutaka Prison on June 4 after serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter. The conditions include that he is not to ...
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Drink-driving killer to be released
The father of a man killed by a notorious drink-driver says he fears for the safety of the community where the recidivist offender will live once he is released from prison in less than two weeks. The Parole Board today set release conditions for Gavin Hawthorn, 50, who is due to be released from Rimutaka Prison on June 4 after serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter. The conditions include ...
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Drink-driving killer to be released
The father of a man killed by a notorious drink-driver says he fears for the safety of the community where the recidivist offender will live once he is released from prison in less than two weeks. The Parole Board today set release conditions for Gavin Hawthorn, 50, who is due to be released from Rimutaka Prison on June 4 after serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter. The conditions include ...
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Drink-driving killer to be released
The father of a man killed by a notorious drink-driver says he fears for the safety of the community where the recidivist offender will live once he is released from prison in less than two weeks. The Parole Board today set release conditions for Gavin Hawthorn, 50, who is due to be released from Rimutaka Prison on June 4 after serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter. The conditions include ...
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Drink-driving killer to be released
The father of a man killed by a notorious drink-driver says he fears for the safety of the community where the recidivist offender will live once he is released from prison in less than two weeks. The Parole Board today set release conditions for Gavin Hawthorn, 50, who is due to be released from Rimutaka Prison on June 4 after serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter. The conditions include ...
Auckland Feature Story
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Auckland's infastructure needs upgrading in the long run.
Auckland may in the next few years be able to upgrade two major pieces of infastructure and reap the economic benefits for the city.
There may, in the near future, be a four-lane road of national significance (RONS) between Auckland and Whangarei, which would make travel between the country’s largest city and Northland much faster and more efficient, while providing significant economic benefits to both regions as well. Read more
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