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Star Wars fans Kevin and Lucia Rogers are not normally ones to dress up for movie screenings, but tomorrow's premiere of the latest instalment in the cult series called for a special effort.

Melissa Van Der Haegen (11) leads the George Street Normal School kapa haka group in Dunedin's Meridian mall yesterday to promote the Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal.

Star Black Caps one-day player Grant Elliott was celebrating another achievement yesterday, while his national cricket team-mates were playing a test match at Dunedin's University Oval.

Residents feared for the safety of their animals after a scrub fire near Brighton flared up when the wind changed yesterday.

Firefighters have contained a blaze resulting from a controlled burn-off getting ''out of hand" near Brighton today.

Brendon McCullum stands by the evidence he gave in the Chris Cairns perjury trial and says it is time to move on.