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Dear
homesick Kiwi,
It's
early days under the new coach and captain, but this
fresh All Black squad has already given us the promise
of glory again. I'm sure all you England-based homesick
Kiwis are particularly relieved!
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Boxing
New Zealand is defending
its decision to send Soulan Pownceby to the
Olympics. Pownceby spent four years in jail during the
90s for the manslaughter of his infant daughter and
critics say he shouldn't be representing NZ. Helen Clark
made an odd demand that he publicly apologise, which
he did last night in a tearful TV interview.
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| Kiwi
engineers in Iraq were at the receiving end of
a night
time mortar attack on their barracks (shared
with the Brits), but no one was hurt. Not so lucky were
two Kiwi SAS soldiers injured
in combat in Afghanistan. Both are now
stable. |
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| More
winter storms
closed the Desert Road and roads in Westland with snow,
pelted Auckland with heavy hail, deluged rain on Wanganui
and washed out a bridge near Motueka. |
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| The
fading ACT party elected
Rodney Hide its new leader, and promptly dropped a point
in the polls. Winston Peters wittily commented, "You
can Hide but you can't run." |
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| Lord
of the Rings guru, the "assiduously dishevelled"
Peter Jackson, was named the world's 12th
biggest celebrity for 2003, and the 20th best
paid. He's funnelling much of his earnings back into Wellington,
developing world class production studios. |
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Former
captain of the once-great England rugby team Martin
Johnson survived
a head-on car crash in bad weather on his
way to a reunion with his old King Country team mates.
His car was badly damaged but no one was injured.
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| SPORT |
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| The
All Blacks clinched a decisive 2-0 series victory
over England with a 36-12
victory at Eden Park to follow the 36-3 drubbing
at Carisbrook the week before. |
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| The
Herald
editorial did not look favourably on the sniffy
England coach's comment that "I still think we are
the better team." The second test was marred with
controversy after an England player was sent off after
just ten minutes. Russell Brown summarises nicely: "Shaw's
effort was hardly the most violent of test rugby incidents,
but his intent was malign and cowardly and he was unfortunate
enough to get caught." Full
article. |
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| The
ABs meet Argentina this weekend. They are resting much
of the team from last week, but McCaw's back after a head
injury and Mehrtens will start after yet another dazzling
cameo on Saturday, as he continues his comeback. |
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| Just
quietly, we were thrashed 3-0 in the cricket test
series against England. The last match (Chris Cairns's
last test) was wound
up by England with a day and four wickets to
spare. |
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| Team
New Zealand announced
they will definitely be competing for the America's
Cup in Spain in 2007, thanks to sponsorship from Emirates
airline. Meanwhile, Russell Coutts could be without a
berth after a rumoured
split with defending champs Alinghi. |
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| The
glamour girls of New Zealand rowing, the Evers-Swindell
twins, asserted their position as Olympic favourites with
another
world title in Switzerland. |
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GLARING OMISSION |
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We
forgot to mention last HUHU another Kiwi triumph in
the lead-up to the Olympics: Sarah Ulmer and Greg Henderson
both won gold at the world track cycling champs. StoryThanks
Richard!
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| ONLY
IN NEW ZEALAND |
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| PM
Helen Clark and TV host Paul Holmes were voted the least
kissable Kiwis. At the other end of the
chart were part-time All Black Carlos Spencer
and Rachel Hunter. |
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Maori TV, controversially funded $45m annually
by the Government, has survived 3 months on air but remains
coy on its ratings. Opposition parties have
claimed no-one's watching it, but this reviewer finds
it's
actually quite good, with programmes like "Mitre
10 Marae DIY" and cooking show "Kai Time"
to choose from. |
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