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King's College have lifted the coveted Gillette Cup for the second year in a row after going through the national secondary schools cricket tournament in Lincoln unbeaten.

South Korea have done New Zealand a huge favour in the Owen G Glenn Champions Trophy hockey tournament when drawing with Germany 3-3 today.

The Hills near Queenstown will host the inaugural NZ PGA Pro-Am championships from 2012, a tournament that will be part of the Australasian PGA Tour and with total prizemoney of $500,000.

Former radio DJ Iain Stables will stand trial next year on charges including threatening to kill and three assaults.

A veteran English coalminer was so appalled at the inexperienced, over-confident young Pike River miners that he left - telling his wife "that mine is going to go''.

A man and a woman have been charged after they were chased by police all over Christchurch overnight.

Children could be counting french fries in commercialised maths problems under a charter school proposal, the PPTA says.

Angus Fogg hopes to keep far enough ahead of the chasing pack this weekend he won't get into trouble, after the series' leader crashed in the second race of the New Zealand V8s championship opening round.

Kiwis are keeping a close eye on their money in the lead-up to Christmas, according to latest spending figures.

Greater market competition and availability of cheaper smartphones has helped push New Zealand up mobile broadband rankings, says an analyst.