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The 7 Days star was once the powder keg of Kiwi comedy. But these days, nothing soothes him like a cuppa and some meditation.

During the 1pm Covid briefing on Tuesday, the PM declared a Vaxathon was coming on Saturday. The internet exploded with glee - but how can this pandemic TV be an event?

Putting her best gumboot forward Dayna Rowe at the 2021 National Dairy Industry Awards, where she was named the Dairy Trainee of the Year runner-up. Photo: NZDIA. '); } else { // } Dayna Rowe looks every inch a farmer as she drives up on her motorbike in her black singlet, shorts and gumboots. She could almost be auditioning for a female Fred Dagg, except for the exchange of the floppy hat for a safety helmet with ‘Big D’s’ written on the front. As soon as she opens her mouth, however, Dayna sounds anything but bucolic. In fact, the 22-year-old comes across a...

His serious news-presenting technique would become synonymous with his name, which Sherry would carry from his initial role, presenting radio at his local station, 2YD, in 1960, onto the more notable, including Wellington’s first television bulletin and the country’s first nationwide news programme, and onwards, until his retirement in the 1990s. Here we take a look at some of his more memorable moments from his long run on the small screen throughout the years. Philip Sherry reading the news A few minutes into this clip from 1975, Sherry fronts the evening news with a story about pro...

Of course, like the Conchords 30 years later, a lack of opportunities here saw him look for success elsewhere. In Clarke’s case it was across the Tasman and like Phar Lap, the pavlova and Crowded House, he became such a hit, particularly with his pitch-perfect political satires on both radio and television with Brian Dawe, that we wouldn’t have put it past those dastardly Aussies to try to claim him for themselves. There’s only snippets of the entertainment he provided the “lucky country” on a regular basis in the 30-minute tribute Thank You For Your Time, made shortly after his...