Stranded Turn Around And Alert The Camera Crew
- May
- 19
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was watching a nature show the other night, and this fellow was showing a poisonous variety snake that was lying on a rock in the sun. I told my wife that before he got through, he would have to pick it up with his bare hands.
And the fact is, we could see it just fine [...]
God saved me says school trip survivor
- April
- 20
After a night in Taupo Hospital, Elim Christian College student Kish Proctor, 15, spoke of the tragedy which left a small school reeling, rocked a community and left several inquiries to find out what happened.
The tragedy in the Mangatepopo stream in the Tongariro National Park claimed seven lives - six students aged 16 and their [...]
Plane crashes in Congo killing at least 33
- April
- 20
The Hewa Bora Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ploughed into a crowded neighborhood of Goma, capital of Democratic Republic of Congos eastern North Kivu Province, after bad weather forced the pilot to abort take-off.
Government spokesman Esdras Kambale said in a broadcast on national television that 33 people were killed and 80 injured in the crash, but [...]
Buck backs prostate fight
- April
- 20
Former All Black captain Wayne Buck Shelford, who had a brush with blood cancer, is hosting other All Black legends at his Wade Hotel in Silverdale on Thursday, April 17.
Fellow All Black cancer survivors Andy Haden and Don McKay, along with Michael Jones, Ian Jones, Stu Wilson, Craig Innes and other former All Blacks and [...]
Survivor victim keen on Kiwis
- April
- 16
Cusack, a 35-year-old single bisexual barista from Colorado, said she fell in love with New Zealand during a recent visit when she spent time in Canterbury and Marlborough.
If I could find a sweet Kiwi guy to marry and never come back to America I would do it tomorrow, Cusack told Stuff.co.nz in an exclusive interview.
You [...]
Survivors revisit Wahine beach
- April
- 12
All those years ago - as captured by a well-known photograph in The Dominion - Mr Randell lent his mother, Alma, a hand, while his girlfriend walked a few steps ahead, picking her way with cut feet over jagged stones.
They married two years later, strengthened by the experience of surviving the churning sea.
Alma Randell lived [...]
The Cure: Ghouls who refused to die
- April
- 8
Tonight, The Cure, who arguably invented the whole goth aesthetic, and are beyond question its most successful exponents, return for their first UK gig in two years at Wembley Arena - a comparatively bijou venue, by the band’s stadium-filling standards.
In recent weeks, a number of their peers have been back in action. Both Siouxsie Sioux, [...]
Reality Check ‘America’s Got Talent’ auditions in NYC and more
- April
- 8
“CELEBRITY” FINI. Donald Trump chooses between country
singer Trace Adkins and tabloid editor and “America’s Got Talent” judge Piers Morgan in the Thursday 9 p.m. finale of NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice.” Model Carol Alt and retired former heavyweight boxing champ Lennox Lewis were fired last week.
Also that night, it’s down to Status Quo and JabbaWockeeZ on [...]
RI Club Fire Figure Released From Prison
- April
- 6
“He was a private citizen before this tragedy, and he wishes to remain so,” Briody said.Briody has declined to discuss future plans for Biechele, who married just before reporting to prison. But a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Corrections has said Biechele will be assigned a parole officer and will live in Casselberry, Fla., [...]
Belgian Author Hugo Claus Dies at 78
- April
- 6
Claus produced some 200 works during his career but was best known for his classic, “The Sorrow of Belgium” — a scathing attack on social injustice, stifling family relationships and Roman Catholic repression in his native Flanders in northern Belgium.The partly autobiographical work defined his career and shot him to prominence on the international scene.Often [...]
