Crowds get grooving in the park
More than 400 people enjoyed a glorious Sunday afternoon at Howick’s Crawford Park for one of the town’s new...
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Setting wheels in motion
It's against school rules to race through Sancta Maria College corridors but principal Paul Daley has made one exception...
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Goal to develop
Pakuranga United Rugby Club is one of the nation’s biggest and most successful junior clubs, but it’s not re...
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Escape to the countryside
My 2008 Christmas stockings was packed full of surprises but the gift that thrilled me most was a two-day escape for hub...
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Setting wheels in motion
It's against school rules to race through Sancta Maria College corridors but principal Paul Daley has made one exception...
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On-stage gamble is paying off
Virgins to theatre and the stage, Howick Little Theatre’s debut director Rae McGregor is taking a “gamble&rd...;
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Dean Spanley
“I have heard it said that remarkable events often have ordinary beginnings. Never was this more true than of my T...
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Movie Reviews
Dean SpanleyThursday, 26 February 2009
“I have heard it said that remarkable events often have ordinary beginnings. Never was this more true than of my Thursday.”
Marley and MeThursday, 19 February 2009
Some movies capture your heart from start to finish. Marley and Me is just such a film, based on the book by John Grogan about his life with an incorrigible labrador retriever.
My Bloody Valentine 3DWednesday, 18 February 2009
This review has to be broken down into two separate parts. The first is the film. My Bloody Valentine is a classic hack them up, slasher flick with about as much substance as a sausage roll without the filling – empty, hollow and unsatisfying.
Gran TorinoThursday, 05 February 2009
Like many Clint Eastwood flicks, a promise of action is the attraction of Gran Torino. But by the conclusion, the real appeal is the characters and a rich, complex story as we have come to expect with his films in recent years.
Slumdog MillionaireThursday, 29 January 2009
Every now and again I review films that are in a master class. Slumdog Millionaire is one such film. It starts with Jamal (Dev Patel), an uneducated 18-year-old from the Mumbai slums, who works at a call centre, being an answer away from taking the 20 million rupee grand prize on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Bride WarsThursday, 22 January 2009
Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson make charming fren-emies in the new comedy Bride Wars. Hathaway has a shy demeanour that grows into assertiveness, while Hudson is snappy and sparkling from start to finish.
Hotel for DogsThursday, 15 January 2009
Sixteen-year-old orphan Andi (Emma Roberts) and her younger brother Bruce (Jake T Austin) have only one another.
Madagascar 2Thursday, 18 December 2008
Not one animated film released by a major studio this year has been a disappointment.
The Day The Earth Stood StillThursday, 11 December 2008
The 1951 movie Day The Earth Stood Still, along with Howard Hawks’ The Thing From Another World, were fi lms that launched the lucrative sci-fi boom of the 1950s.
QuarantineThursday, 04 December 2008
Quarantine is a movie testament to craftsmanship and commitment. The best Blair Witch knockoff of them all is basically a zombie film seen through the viewfinder of a TV news camera.