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The discerning drinker: World Cup for wines

20.10.11
While I'm told that France stand little more chance this weekend than a teetotaller in St Emilion, the race is a lot closer in the wine world... more

Stranded ship starts to break apart

12.10.11
The ship which ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand and has already spilled 300 tonnes of oil and is breaking up in heavy seas ... more

Pacific islands face water emergency

04.10.11
A drinking water crisis is spreading across the Pacific... more

Wales for the final? Anything is possible after Irish thriller

23.09.11
A real competition is shaping up and it could be more open than any World Cup since 1987... more

Spread betting: Try tackling sporting chance at Rugby World Cup

13.09.11
With the Rugby World Cup under way, it's game on for players chasing the latest big betting opportunity, writes Simon English... more

All Blacks must deliver or a nation will go into mourning for another four years

12.09.11
Perhaps the most fascinating sub-plot of the rugby World Cup is waiting to discover whether the hosts and favourites will buckle under the expectation, as they have at tournaments past... more

Worker sucked into plane engine

08.08.11
A man is sucked into an aircraft engine and killed at a testing facility in New Zealand... more

Taking a hit: insurers face damage after disasters

28.07.11
Shares in London-listed insurer Hardy Underwriting Bermuda fall more than 10% to a nine-month low as it says that losses from the Australian floods, New Zealand earthquake and Japanese tsunami will be much higher than expected... more

Royal New Zealand Ballet / mixed bill, Barbican - review

15.07.11
Royal New Zealand Ballet is a textbook case of how a small company can defy the definitions that size usually brings... more

Powerful 5.5 tremor brings back trauma to quake city

13.06.11
Two people have been pulled alive from a collapsed church after a powerful 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Christ-church, a city still being rebuilt after the February quake which killed 181... more

Lloyd's bill for disasters to hit £2.4bn... as Catlin shuns London

13.05.11
Natural disasters in Japan, New Zealand and Australia will cost insurers at Lloyd's of London about £2.4 billion in claims... more

China asks for special compensation for Chinese parents of quake victims

14.03.11
China has asked New Zealand to consider special compensation to parents of Chinese students killed in an earthquake last month because their loss was magnified under China's one-child policy ... more

'At least 7 Britons dead' in Christchurch earthquake

08.03.11
British death toll in New Zealand earthquake now feared to be at least seven, the Foreign Office said ... more

Before the quake, I felt warning signs in tragic Christchurch

03.03.11
The devastation in Christchurch, New Zealand, is just unbelievable... more

Death toll from New Zealand earthquake 'hits 240'

01.03.11
New Zealand comes to a standstill to mourn the victims of the earthquake which struck a week ago ... more

Christchurch earthquake survivor: My wedding joy

25.02.11
Woman goes ahead with her wedding - days after being pulled from the rubble of a building that collapsed during the New Zealand earthquake ... more

Good week, bad week

21.02.11
We round up who had a fantastic weekend of sport, and those who had a terrible one... more

107 stranded pilot whales die on New Zealand beach

21.02.11
A pod of 107 pilot whales stranded on a remote New Zealand beach have all died ... more

National elections arranged to avoid clash with rugby world cup

02.02.11
New Zealand is it hold its election on November 26 to avoid clashing with the rugby world cup ... more

Hope my trawl for gold is as profitable as our fishing trip

20.01.11
I've decided fishing's really easy. I did it when I was a kid and had another go the other day while out here in New Zealand ahead of the IPC Athletics World Championships... more

For once, road work will disrupt Christmas Day

22.12.10
Christmas is probably the only time of the year that I allow myself to eat what I want, have a few beers with my friends and also a couple of glasses of champagne... more

Fishing boat sinks in Antarctic Ocean

13.12.10
At least 22 sailors die as their South Korean fishing boat sinks in the Antarctic Ocean... more

I’m in shock . . . and West Ham are just a small part of it

25.11.10
Comment: After five weeks out of the country, the cause behind West Ham's woes are no clearer... more

Second blast ends hope for 29 trapped New Zealand miners

24.11.10
The Queen says she is “deeply saddened” as hopes end of finding the 29 trapped New Zealand miners alive... more

Prepare for the worst on miners, New Zealand told

23.11.10
Breakdown of rescue robot and release of a video showing the huge power of the explosion in a New Zealand coal mine that left 29 men missing sends hopes for their survival plummeting... more

Hobbit movies will stay in New Zealand

27.10.10
Two Hobbit films will be made in New Zealand as planned, Prime Minister John Key says... more

New Zealand stands to lose £1bn from Hobbit exodus

22.10.10
New Zealand could lose as much as £1 billion if Warner Bros relocates its production of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, economists say... more

Call of the wild in New Zealand

22.10.10
At the farthest corner of the earth lies a magical land of spuming whales, soaring mountains, bagpipes and fine wines. Godfrey Barker finds his Eden in New Zealand... more

Inbetweeners in between races is key to our hopes

13.10.10
The Inbetweeners could hold the key to Team GB's success at the World Rowing Championships in New Zealand at the end of the month... more

Stranded whales die on New Zealand beach

22.09.10
At least 40 whales stuck on a remote northern New Zealand beach have died as more get stranded on the land, officials warn... more


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