Rugby-Lions standards high as Gatland approaches D-day By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, June 12 (Reuters) - Most coaches would be happy with a 10-try shellacking, even against a team containing amateurs, but Warren Gatland's barely disguised anger after the British and Irish Lions beat Combined Country on Tuesday told of a man with very high standards. The New Zealander brusquely trotted out the line that the 64-0 thrashing had been a useful outing, there ...
June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Rosen on Willy Moon: ‘High-Concept Britpop That Works’ Willy Moon, the singer-songwriter who plays the Gramercy Theatre tonight, made me suspicious from the first. When a press release hails a weedy young London-based New Zealander as “Bo Diddley remixed by Swizz Beatz,” the wise critic arches a skeptical eyebrow. When that same New Zealander appears in publicity photos ... More »
June 11, 2013 - Vulture
Japanese Troops Train With Camp Pendleton Marines, Sailors In ‘Dawn Blitz’ Despite China's objections, thousands of Japanese, Canadian, and New Zealander troops will participate in the military exercise 'Dawn Blitz' with Camp Pendleton Marines and Sailors from June 11 to 28.
June 10, 2013 - KPBS San Diego