A creamy-coloured female llama standing in yards in the South Island became the first member of her llama herd of 10, who live with her on the outskirts of New Plymouth.
Living with llamas has become a passion for Uta, who describes them as kind, gentle animals.
When the photographer and I visited last Friday, its fair [...]
Two Upper Hutt men charged Roy Samways, 82, $1246 to clean the windows of his small villa after charging him $24 the first time and $600 in January before the exorbitant amount this week.
A bank teller queried Mr Samways cheque when the two men presented it, and though he told the teller to honour it, [...]
When Hollywood next comes to remake Bedazzled, the film that put posters of 60s screen siren Raquel Welch on every teenage boys bedroom wall, it will have to find a way to depict not just pride, envy, gluttony, lust (the glorious Ms Welch), anger, greed and sloth, but the excessive accumulation of wealth and six [...]
Mr Samways, 82, paid $1240 to have the windows of his small Waikanae villa cleaned and was shocked to discover the job should have cost no more than $120.
Though initially a bit uneasy about paying two men the %26quot;hell of a price%26quot;, he felt reassured when they told him they charged other clients the same [...]
Christchurchs Little Hagley and North Hagley Parks were yesterday littered with smashed glass and hundreds of discarded bottles after Harper Avenue was grid-locked by thousands of boy racers.
They were drawn to the city for the annual Fours and Rotary Autoshow at Westpac Stadium.
Boy-racer bans on the Oxford Terrace Strip and several streets on the city [...]
Boy racer chaos on Christchurch streets
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Christchurchs Little Hagley and North Hagley Parks were yesterday littered with smashed glass and hundreds of discarded bottles after Harper Avenue was grid-locked by thousands of boy racers.
They were drawn to the city for the annual Fours and Rotary Autoshow at Westpac Stadium.
Boy-racer bans [...]
A ADULTS. You wont find many at Disneyland - just kids of all ages. To make the most of Disneyland, leave your grown-up status at the entry gate - and dont just take it from me; thats what the nice man at US Immigration instructed.
B BABY STROLLERS. Used like Panzer tanks by over-zealous parents to [...]
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Satisfying the ready market for cannabis brought together Tony Stanlake, and Daniel Moore, the son of one of his closest friends.
Thousands of police hours were spent unravelling the mystery of Mr Stanlakes death.
In the end it seemed to come [...]
The cricketers international career is hanging by a thread after revelations that he was out drinking the night before the final one-dayer against England.
He publicly apologised at a press conference called by his employer, NZ Cricket, in Christchurch this afternoon.
Ryder said he regretted the incidents that saw him go on drinking binges before and after [...]
With him standing tall at one end and Brendon McCullum laying waste at the other, the Black Caps defeat the visiting English 3-1 in a series few gave them a chance of winning. But then Jesse Ryder goes out drinking with his new teammates, rips his hand to shreds trying to get into a locked [...]