Last year we commented on a difference in how sports teams are referred to in Britain and New Zealand: “England are playing well”, but “New Zealand is playing well”.
We wondered whether the difference related to a perception that the team is a bunch of individuals (are) or a coherent single entity (is).
Kate Blackhurst e-mailed at [...]

%26quot;Well miss you,%26quot; she gushes as Fleming exits after his final innings of 66 for New Zealand earlier this week in an ultimately lost cause against England.
Yes, we are missing him already. Unquestionably the best captain New Zealand has had, one of its leading batsmen and probably its finest slips fielder.
Flemings departure from the test [...]

On the tip of most tongues will be the question of how much Jeff Meltzer and his team are likely to recoup from the $70 million owed by the 20 Blue Chip firms in liquidation.
A more important matter, however, is the slow progress being made by liquidators and whether creditors interests are being adequately supported, [...]

The Subritzky family, of Aucklands North Shore, listed their Spitfire with the online auction site for an unspecified price.
The Vickers Supermarine single-seat Spitfire is one of fewer than 50 left in the world.
Mike Subritzky told the New Zealand Herald having the Spitfire was a privilege, with its history making it the best aircraft the family [...]

The person who likely knows more, Trepp’s 46-year-old boyfriend, Stephen David Royds, made a cryptic statement from jail, where he’s being held on $1 million bail on felony drug charges and a warrant from a 2002 conviction for selling cocaine.Authorities have not said whether they will prosecute Royds for keeping her body or not reporting [...]