NZ POLITICS DAILY: June 7

The annual football challenge between Ballarat and Bendigo is on again. BALLARAT Football and Netball League will endeavour to regain bragging rights in the annual junior football challenge against Bendigo in Ballarat on Saturday. Bendigo holds ...

Heralding new beginnings, the constellation of Matariki signals growth, celebrates diversity and exalts creation. Inspired in the time of Matariki, the Maori New Year, Corban Estate Arts Centre has gathered a selection of shining artists, in a ...

Simon Lusk David Fisher (Herald): National turns on hard right advisor David Fisher (Herald): Ports and bloggers colluded: strategist The Standard: That Lusk article Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Lusk & Slater: Dirty Deeds Done Poorly The Standard: ...

Blair Tarrant is a late addition to the New Zealand men's hockey team for the World League semi-final in Rotterdam following an injury to Kane Russell. The 23-year-old Southern defender has joined the Black Sticks in Europe after Russell was ruled ...

They say history never repeats. But at the Christchurch Airport Marathon today, the winners of the feature full marathon were an exact repeat of the same race 14 years ago. In 1999 two runners with vastly different background stood on the podium at ...

, 1;Ross McIntyre, (Hastings), 2:36:53, 2;Jesse Gibbs, (Timaru), 2:41:18, 3;Karl Ayrey, (Australia), 2:45:35, 4;Andrew Reese-Jones, 2:46:19, 5;Jonathan Creelman, 2:46:56, 6;Max Luecker, (Germany), 2:48:08, 7;Granantan Boyle, 2:48:18, 8;Ben Twyman, ...

MATARIKI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2013 A Matariki film night Thursday 11 July, 7.30pm | Corban Estate Arts Centre, Shed 1 cost: $8 per ticket Bookings: 838 4455 or info@ceac.org.nz (Booking advised) A selection of seven NZ short films to mark the rise of ...

Ikaroa-Rawhiti Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): Fight on for Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Whaitiri wins Labour selection Radio NZ: Ikaroa Rawhiti a Labour seat Fox Morgan Godfery (Daily Blog): The race for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti just got a ...

Crime maps reveal a major shift in trouble spots throughout Christchurch since the earthquakes. Police are using computer modelling to identify hotspots and push more front-line staff into the right areas at the right times. Mapping shows police ...