Not nearly enough has been said about the massive subcultural phenomenon that has grown out of the photographic narcissism of girls.
Put it this way: the most fought-over toy in our house is my digital camera, which is put to heavy use practically every evening and weekend, taking hundreds of shots of my 15-year-old daughter and [...]
A heavy downpour yesterday morning delayed play in the State Championship final till 3.15pm and players were back off at 4.55pm as shadows encroached on the pitch.
Only 18.3 overs were squeezed in, but that was enough time for Canterbury to blast out Wellingtons tail and gain a 37-run advantage at stumps.
Wellington added just 25-4 [...]
Instead, the match is now teetering after Canterburys pace attack, led by the commanding frame of youngster Hamish Bennett, bowled their team right back into an intriguing five-day final to the domestic season at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
When play was again halted early because of poor light, the Firebirds had limped to 163-6, still [...]
The final round of the State Championship ended yesterday with a flurry of centuries and all three matches ending in draws as Wellington confirmed hosting rights for the final beginning on Monday against Canterbury at the Basin Reserve.
Elliott, 29, easily eclipsed his previous first-class best of 125, but was left stranded agonisingly short of a [...]
The Kiwi is a honest farmers son from Whangarei, a biographical snippet that paints mental pictures of saving sheep from falling into raging rivers by bravely mending a fence at 3am, in a storm, with some No8 wire. Man enough and good enough to play rugby at representative level, and who made it big in [...]
The woman, 44, slipped and fell below the Bridge Rd reservoir, north of Upper Hutt, after heading to the dam for a walk late on Sunday.
She spent all night lying semi-conscious on cold rocks before being found.
Birchville resident Linda Fowler was jogging at 7.30am yesterday when her purebred Staffordshire bull terriers, Amba and Bugsy, veered [...]
The woman, 44, slipped and fell below the Bridge Rd reservoir, north of Upper Hutt, after heading to the dam for a walk late on Sunday.
She spent all night lying semi-conscious on cold rocks before being found.
Birchville resident Linda Fowler was jogging at 7.30am yesterday when her purebred Staffordshire bull terriers, Amba and Bugsy, veered [...]
The station began promoting the false concert - an intimate acoustic show by the American rock act at Auckland venue the Powerstation - yesterday morning.
They expected around 50 people to turn up for the show this morning - April Fools Day - at 8.15am.
Instead of an appearance by Dave Grohl and the rest of the [...]
Golf
Vaughan McCall helped Gore High School to a victory at the Southland secondary schools championship played in Winton yesterday.
Gore High ended up level on 238 shots apiece with Wakatipu High but won on a countback.
Four players lined up for each team with the three best scores taken.
McCall won the boys individual gross section of the [...]
Opener Matthew Bell may have saved his place on the forthcoming England tour with surprisingly convincing 69, after a string of small scores, having been unable to reach 30 in five innings.
Namesake Mathew Sinclair, however, is not so fortunate, failing again to make an innings of substance, having returned just 71 runs from six outings [...]
