She’s the woman behind New Zealand’s most iconic fashion label, but Elisabeth Findlay doesn’t let the hype go to her head.
With her red lipstick, jet black hair and trademark black outfit, she looks every bit the fashionista who, along with husband Neville, created Zambesi.
After 29 years designing clothes for Kiwi men and women, the Parnell [...]

Anthea Levy said she was horrified when she saw the trout for the first time.
%26quot;Last year we redesigned the waterfront and its really nice down there and suddenly this big trout appears. Its not appropriate.%26quot; The Te Anau lakefront had been unspoilt before the trout appeared at Easter, she said.
%26quot;You look across at the mountains [...]

While there is no evidence that self-examinations of breasts and genitals leads to earlier detection of cancer, an awareness of what is normal for each individual can help a patient notice when something changes, said Dr Durado Brooks, the American Cancer Societys prostate and colorectal cancer director.
Men should know what their testicles feel like normally, [...]

Local governments are very much political beasts here in France and voting often reflects the feelings of the nation towards its central government.
Consequently, the mayoral hopefuls linked to President Nicolas Sarkozys centre-right party took a bit of a hammering in several major centres, including Toulouse — the great southern heart of rugby in France.
Toulouse embraced [...]

At one point I glanced over at a team of marchers and they were all crying gently. Next time I looked they were hugging each other.
I didnt see this at the Newfield. I loosened things up by having everyone shake the mitt of the blokes nearby. Then I went to give one of the men [...]

At 10am today the national selectors will name 16 players for a three-test cricket tour to England.
For half-a-dozen of them the announcement will end weeks of nailbiting. Either last evening or early today their mobile phone would have rung with caller ID bringing up the name %26quot;Paddles%26quot; - Richard Hadlee, national selection manager - the [...]

Think of it as speed dating for justice.
“I like anyone who thinks logically,” says Bob Mansbach, a lawyer with Zimmerman, Kiser %26amp; Sutcliffe, P.A., who specializes in premises and products liability, legal and medical malpractice. He has chosen about 50 juries during 25 years of practice. “I like anyone who can process an argument.”
In most [...]

Texas Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner said the 183 consisted of 137 children and 46 women, but she could not discuss why they were taken from the ranch or whether they had left voluntarily.
Only 18 members of the group had been placed in the legal custody of the state agency, she said by telephone.
Local [...]

Belichick’s forum was the annual AFC coaches breakfast, a session he more often than not has disdained. But he showed as promised Tuesday, either because he honestly wanted to state his case or because Robert Kraft, the Patriots’ owner, told him to do so.
It was a good forum for Belichick. He sat with [...]

Sinclairs 71 runs at an average of 11.83 for the series leaves the selectors with no option but to introduce fresh blood for next months return visit to England, but opener Matthew Bells 69 in the second innings in Napier might be enough to retain his place.
Its a sorry state of affairs on the batting [...]