[ad_1] Chase host Bradley Walsh was shocked when he asked contestant Liz where she was from and she replied “Middlesex.” “You don’t sound very Middlesexian, if you don’t mind me telling you,” he told her, before she clarified that she was, in fact, originally from New Zealand. The Kiwi appeared …
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[ad_1] COMMENTARY: The tacky title would seem to say it all, particularly after reading some rather disturbing excerpts from ex-England rugby forward James Haskell’s recently published book. Of course, you should never judge a book entirely by its excerpts or even, in this case, by a children’s cover. You also …
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[ad_1] A gang member has been charged with manslaughter after the car he was driving collided with a “hard-working, fun-loving” motorcyclist. Grant Wilson, 33, died after the accident on White Pine Bush Rd near Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty around 6:20 p.m. on June 6. “It’s still so difficult,” …
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[ad_1] A child abuse survivor in state custody says he believes a homeroom teacher who abused him was allowed to “quietly slip away” and reoffend. Survivors are providing evidence to the Royal Abuse Investigation Commission in response to their struggles to obtain reparation. Keith Wiffin became a ward of the …
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[ad_1] “Paul Goldsmith has checked and has not found any other errors or anyone else,” he said. But Newshub does. National has made the same mistake with its capital allocation, that’s the money set aside to build things like schools and hospitals. Goldsmith took her numbers from the May Budget, …
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[ad_1] ACT leader David Seymour says farmers are a minority group in New Zealand and they have taken a beating from the government. Seymour was announcing his party’s rural policies during a visit to a farm near Mossburn in Southland, where he said farmers had been tied to the bureaucracy. …
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[ad_1] The South Island is scheduled to be hit by heavy rain and high winds on the first day of alert level 1, with a front moving into the country to hit the North Island on Wednesday. MetService forecasts up to 240mm of rain in the Westland region and gales …
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[ad_1] Doctors at the University of Michigan have separated two one-year-old Siamese twin sisters. Sarabeth and Amelia Irwin of Petersburg, Michigan each had their own arms, legs and heart, but their livers were connected, CS Mott Children’s Hospital said Friday. Joe Hallisy / AP Siamese twins Sarabeth and Amelia Irwin, …
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[ad_1] Ut’s Light of Nu Zulund! A puzzled Kiwi contestant The chasing presenter Bradley Walsh when she appeared on the repeat episode of the popular quiz show that aired last night in New Zealand on TVNZ1. “Welcome to the show, Liz from Middlesex,” Walsh said. TVNZ New Zealander Liz said …
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[ad_1] Auckland commuters are stuck in jammed traffic as the closure of the Curran St entrance ramp causes queues to meander through Ponsonby. Traffic is already increasing along the highway and through the Westhaven Marina, with an NZTA camera showing long lines along the north highway from Onewa Rd. Today’s …
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