New Zealand Church Bedroom Billboard Defaced within Hours

Auckland,  New Zealand's St Matthew-in-the-City Church posted a billboard depicting Joseph in bed with Mary, with the caption "Poor Joseph. God is a hard act to follow". The church knew that the billboard...

Rachel Whitwell: Teacher Caught Posing for Penthouse

New Zealand primary school teacher Rachel Whitwell was recently featured in Australian penthouse, an Antipodean version of the popular adult magazine. Using the nickname Lexy, Rachel Whitwell was featured in six photos for Australian Penthouse's website in the "New Aussie...

Vicki Walker Fired For Writing in ALL CAPS: Tells Bosses To STFU

Vicki Walker, an accountant in Auckland, New Zealand was fired for poor e-mail etiquette. Her crime: writing words in red, in bold and in capital letters. Not content to stand back and be bullied, Walker responded with a FREAKIN' LAWSUIT.Walker felt she was wrongly dismissed...

UFO AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND MAY 3 2009

A new Youtube contact AVIMOSA10 just sent me this outstanding footage he captured in North auckland New Zealand of a UFO.  The footage is great set against the Ocean front accompinied by some...

Suspected Swine Flu in New Zealand

Update:Health officials have confirmed that ten of the New Zealand group has type A influenza.  NYC Mayor Bloomberg has just announced that the CDC has confirmed that swine flu is indeed the case in eight cases...

West Indies vs New Zealand - 4th ODI Auckland Highlights

  "What a sad end to an exciting match, where we saw debutant Guptill getting to his century and registered the highest individual score for New Zealand on debut and powering them to 275. West Indies started off...

Live dissection of great white shark today

For the first time ever, a live dissection of a great white shark happened on webcam today on in front of 1,500 people in Auckland New Zealand. The young female shark weighed 300 kg and viewers got a first hand look...

NZ poll : Helen Clark concedes Defeat

" The main opposition party in New Zealand looks set to end the Labour Party's nine years in power after a strong showing in the general election. With 90% of the vote counted, officials say the centre-right...

Qantas experiences plane problems yet again

August has not been the best month for Qantas Airlines as a string of airplane malfunctions has threatened to challenge the world’s third best airline status that Qantas has been granted according to the results...

Baby in critical condition in Auckland hospital

    A four-month old baby is in a critical condition at Auckland's Starship Hospital from injuries the police say are non-accidental. " An ambulance was called to the boy's Papakura home south of Auckland on Saturday. The baby was initially taken by ambulance...

42 injured after cruise liner hit by storm

The vessel's crew reported that 42 passengers have received medical attention after the vessel was hit by the severe weather conditions and suffered a sudden heavy roll around 8pm last night. The vessel, carrying...

British man David Roberts stabbed in New Zealand double killing

A British man has been stabbed to death in a double murder in New Zealand over the weekend.   " David Roberts, 43, originally from Caernarvon in North Wales, was killed alongside an Indonesian man in an apartment block in Auckland on Saturday morning in what was...

New Zealand on alert for abducted child

Five-year-old Cina Ma, also known as Xin Xin, was abducted from outside her Auckland family home last week." New Zealand, July 16 (UPI) -- New Zealand police say they have put the border on high alert as they continue to look for an abducted child. The girl's parents are...

More than 30 Indian youths disappear in New Zealand

  More than 30 Indian youths have disappeared in New Zealand, where they were in transit to go to Sydney for World Youth Day. " All were billeted with church members in Auckland under a so-called Days in the Diocese programme before going to Australia, where Pope...

NZealand teen mastermind walks free over global cyber crime

" A New Zealand teenager who confessed to a central role in a global cyber-crime ring which caused millions of dollars in losses walked free from court Tuesday with police wanting to secure his skills. Owen Thor...

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