Lana hits the streets of downtown Wellington with $50 for anyone who will eat sheep eyes.

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Emmy Award Winning US Comedian Wayne Brady is all set to turn down under upside down at this years Kiwi Comedy Festival. The show which gets underway from May 1st has once again managed to attract some of the biggest names in the business to these shores to shows in Auckland and Wellington - and some [...]

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The New Zealand Fringe Festival topped off an amazing season by naming Jemaine and Bret as members of the inaugural New Zealand Fringe Hall of Fame.
The Fringe Hall of Fame recognises individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the New Zealand Fringe Festival over the years and Bret and Jemaine are shining examples of [...]

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There was always going to be a time when their is no Steve Jobs at the head of Apple, it was not a matter of if, just when. The trick for the company was to decide when and how to handle this transition and how best to manage Wall St through the process.
Wall St is [...]

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Golfer Amateur Danny Lee turned down a $582K payout from the Johnnie Walker Classic to stay amateur so he can play in the US Masters this year. He was invited to compete because of his win at the US Amateur championship last September. Lee  stole Woods’ record as being the youngest US Amateur winner last [...]

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Top Gear continues it’s march around the pacific, this time turning up this weekend for the Top Gear Live show in Hong Kong.
According to Hong Kong’s The Standard:
Well, not for long. Soon, the engagingly verbose presenter was cracking jokes about copresenter Richard Hammond’s height (or lack of it) and Hong Kong’s taxi drivers. “Why are [...]

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On 21 February the Cuba St Carnival will mark its 10th year of celebrating the distinctive culture of Wellington’s much loved street. Each year the Carnival continues to grow and this year will be no different, with crowds of 150,000 people expected. The iconic and quirky shopping street will be filled with music and dancing [...]

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Uploaded on November 11, 2006 by penmachine
Victor Godinez of the Dallas Morning News comments today about the fate of the Zune and indeed why iPod users should care.
But anyone who plans to buy an iPod should hope that Microsoft is able to turn the Zune into at least a modest success.
His basic argument is [...]

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Jason Kerrison from the Kiwi band Opshop was the guest drive of New Zealand’s next motoracing hope Brendon Hartley during the A1GP in Taupo over the weekend.

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At Wellington’s Great India Restaurant today, 14 Piranhas died when the aquarium sprung a leak and dumped 1000 litres of water onto the restaurant floor.
Restaurateur Champaklal Tailor arrived to open up the restaurant yesterday to find it flooded and just one fish still clinging to life amid a heap of its [...]

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