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On this day…in 1916
On January 8, 1916, Allied forces stage a full retreat from the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, ending a disastrous invasion of...
Sonny Bill ready to help the Kiwis
Sonny Bill Williams says he is ready to help his New Zealand "brothers" defend the rugby league World Cup, despite not being picked in...
On this day…in 1893
With the signing of the Electoral Bill by Governor Lord Glasgow, New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant national voting...
Guy finds his house plumbed with beer
It’s every man’s dream property complete with all the mod cons including a kitchen, a bathroom and… beer on tap.
That’s what one guy in...
Wet trousers give away fish smuggler
A man’s master plan to smuggle live fish into New Zealand was thwarted after airport officials saw his trousers were dripping wet.
If you plan...
On this day…in 1939
At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish...
11 year old boy has baby with friend’s mother
An 11-year-old Auckland boy has fathered a child with the 36-year-old mother of his school friend.
It is understood that both the father and baby...
Tommy Taylors SRU
A Queen retires and a new King takes over the kingdom.
Holland celebrated in style the first king to reign in nearly a century.
In Afghanistan,...
DVD derek reviews…
After the Lord of The Rings we have the DVD of The Hobbit.
This was a beautiful amusing whimsical tale of the Shire. Like the...
Marmite back on sale in New Zealand
Marmite has returned to breakfast tables in New Zealand a year after supplies were exhausted in an event known as ‘Marmageddon’.
The sticky black spread’s...
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On this day…in 1718
Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard the Pirate, was killed on this day off North Carolina during a bloody battle with the British Navy.
Blackbeard, from England,...
How to find a genuine psychic in Australia?
Psychic readings are awesome, but you have to be careful to not get scammed and you have to make sure that the person you...
Big Belle’s Spam & Mushroom Ramekins
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 12-15 minutes
Serves: 4-6
175 g of button mushrooms, finely chopped
200 g of Spam, finely chopped
2 tablespoons of freshly grated Parmesan...
On this day…in 1799
American Astronomer, Andrew Elliott Douglass, witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys.
Douglass wrote in his journal that the '...
