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Robert Pattinson has lost his car.The ‘Twilight’ actor can’t recall where he left the vehicle, despite it being incredibly important to him, after his hectic filming and travelling schedule left…
New property data backs up suggestions the housing market is once again showing signs of life.June’s median house price of $340,000 was unchanged from the year before. It is the best result for prices…
Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends’ ideal man has “good hygiene”.Twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon – who began dating the 83-year-old Playboy mogul last year – have revealed a list of characterist…
Sandra Bullock wants a boob job so she looks like a “bimbo”.The ‘Proposal’ actress has joked she is desperate to undergo cosmetic surgery to enhance her breasts so people see her as a pretty b…
A Chilean vineyard worker has been arrested in Blenheim after the stabbing of a German woman at a backpacker’s accommodation.The attack happened as the woman was lying sleeping on Sunday morning. The …
Canada built a formidably massive reputation in single sculls rowing in the 1990s through Olympic medallists and world champions Silken Laumann and Derek Porter, both of Victoria. Since then, there ha…
Prime Minister John Key has announced the first seven potential routes for the planned national cycleway project.They are; the Waikato River Trail, the Central North Island Rail Trail, Mount Ruapehu t…
The Black Sox are through to the final of the softball world championship in Canada.New Zealand have beaten the hosts 8-5 in a thrilling semi-final in Saskatoon. Six runs in the fifth inning, includin…
The Ministry of Health’s Director of Mental Health is confident that one of the country’s worst mass killers is in good hands.Stephen Anderson, a paranoid schizophrenic, shot dead six and injured four…
