The Haka – Come Prancing? – updated

A writer for UK’s  The Sunday Times has torn-off NZ Rugby a strip, saying their Haka is a self-important bore and arrogant. (emphasis ours) “IT WAS once a theatrical affair, loved by children and armchair fans, but the ridiculous bout of pre-game posturing has no place in rugby today.” The article, re-published on The Australian‘s…

MGM Hobbited ?

Forbes magazine have reported that MGM creditors have decided to move the company into chapter 11 bankruptcy, rather than let investor Karl Icahan move on in. This means that MGM, who owns the rights to The Hobbit and the James Bond franchise “will have about a month to get its house in order and all…

Irish Tourists Held To Ransom After Robbery

The Press has reported that an Irish couple has been held to ransom for the return of their flash drives, stolen during a robbery over the Labour weekend. The couple lef t their Springfield, Christchurch residence for a holiday in Mount Cook and returned to find their laptop, an harmonica and flash drives containing 9…