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Fewer people are selling their homes as uncertainty continues to cloud the New Zealand property sector.Realestate.co.nz’s NZ Property report shows the number of new listings fell for the fifth straight month last month

Japanese stocks have seen sharp falls in response to the Bank of Japan’s attempts to curb the rising yen.In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index fell more than 3.5%, hitting a fresh 16-month low.On Monday, Japan’s central bank announced plans to boost low-interest lending

India’s economy grew at its fastest rate for more than two years in the last quarter, according to official data.In the three months to June, GDP was up 8.8% compared with the same period last year.

The annual event runs from February 10-20 next year. She (Rossellini) is a multifaceted, creative film artist with extensive experience in European, American and international cinema," said festival director Dieter Kosslick.

Taika Waititi’s film is a coming-of-age story set in the 1980s on New Zealand’s remote Waihau Bay and stars an unknown 11-year-old in the title role. But Boy has become the NZ’s highest grossing local film to date, pipping previous top earners

For decades Hollywood thought the 1927 silent film Upstream made by four-time Oscar-winning director John Ford was lost. But thanks to the New Zealand Film Archive, it will screen in September at the home of the Academy Awards.

The Young Football Ferns’ 1-2 defeat to the Republic of Ireland in Miami on Wednesday morning (NZT) has been described by their coach as a timely wake-up call ahead of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.
 

New Zealand sailor Tom Ashley relinquished the lead but remains prominently placed at the men’s RS:X world championship at Kerteminde, Denmark.The reigning Olympic Games champion was off his top game as he finished 18th and second

Aaron Cruden will definitely start for the All Blacks in the final Tri-Nations rugby test against Australia, but the selectors have yet to decide who will be the goalkicker.The All Blacks today confirmed Canterbury first five-eighth Colin Slade