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EDITOR’S LETTER Many of us head off overseas to experience new and different places, but there are also times when you just want to hang out with mates from home. It’s Waitangi Day on Saturday, and with that in mind we’ve jammed loads of Kiwi content into this week’s mag.

And for those planning their next weekend away, don’t miss our feature on cool Berlin (page 76).

84 Mountain high: scaling New Zealand’s Aoraki/Mt Cook

69 TRAVEL

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9 LONDON 9 London Eye 10 London Life 12 TU MEKE! WORLD FAMOUS FROM NZ: Celebrate being a Kiwi in London 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted

19 ENTERTAINMENT 19 Celebrity News 20 TNT Life 21 Look Who’s Talking: Jarred Christmas 22 Cinema 25 Culture

26 MUSIC & CLUBS 26 Music 30 Music Listings 32 JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON: Start up your own band in the UK 34 Clubbing 35 Clubbing Listings

76 Keeping it cool: Discover trendy east Berlin

36 NEWS & SPORT 36 38 40 43 44 45 46 48 50

Australia News New Zealand News South Africa News The Week In Sport Tennis Cricket Rugby General THE PRODIGAL PROP: TNT talks to former All Black Carl Hayman

69 Global Vision 70 A DECENT PROPOSAL: Romantic spots to pop the question 72 Late Deals 75 TNTT Weekender: The Hague 76 TREND SETTING: Where to hang out in cool Berlin 78 Hotshots 80 Travel Tips 81 Travel News 82 On The Road 83 Gear Up 84 SUMMIT SPECIAL: Climbing New Zealand’s highest peak 70 Something to propose: where to pop the question

53 RETURNING HOME 53 Careers 55 FLYING AWAY: How to book your air ticket for returning home 58 Money 63 Coming & Going

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4 Letters 6 Wins 138 Desperately Seeking & Dear Reuben

50 Prop it up: Carl Hayman on his UK rugby career

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For two weeks now TNT has published letters relating to people complaining regarding the disruption to their travel plans during the recent snowy weather across Europe.

I was particularly appalled by a comment in Damien’s letter last week (’Flight fight’).

Weather disrupts air travel all around the world on a daily basis, but to compare what was a mere inconvenience with the devastating plight of hundreds of thousands of people in Haiti is disgusting.

Perhaps Damien should shut the hell up and make a donation to a charity whose staff are working to save lives in Haiti rather than sipping hot chocolate and eating Toblerone while waiting in the departure lounge of Geneva Airport.

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ever purchased lamb in New Zealand? I can afford to eat it there and here. It could be about priorities, how much do you spend on alcohol?

If you are sick of the snow here then you didn’t come prepared, did you? Perhaps

If you are sick of the “ snow here then you didn’t come prepared, did you? ” ➥ TNT 1378, JAN 25-31 IGNORANT ATTITUDES I am a New Zealander who is sick of being associated with Australians (‘NZ and Oz: the same?’). I spend a lot of time educating the world that we are very different and it is an insult for a New Zealander to be called an Australian.

I have met many good Australians in my five years over here, and when I explain my general dislike of Aussies they agree.

Michelle, it is attitudes like yours that I describe.

I don’t care for rugby, I live in England and follow the world game of football. Have you

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with that attitude you should leave. This is not the attitude needed in the UK, nor what TNT is promoting.

For you to lower Waitangi Day to a drinking day is so wrong. Australia Day may be only a drinking day, but you do some homework you’ll learn that Waitangi Day has a lot of significance in New Zealand.

I definitely know where I am from, but you appear to be a little confused.

when it comes to history, science, medicine, art, culture and all the associated museums, I was surprised that there was no mention of The Wellcome Collection in Euston Road in the article ‘A Perfect Science’.

What’s the story? Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936) was an American-British pharmacist, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

He was also an avid collector of all things medical and by the time of his death had amassed a collection of more than one million items, of which 125,000 pieces were of a medical nature.

Apart from the amazing and bizarre items on display, the collection realises Sir Wellcome’s dream of a place where people can learn about the development of medicine through the ages and across cultures. It’s also free. Now, how cool is that?

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Businesswomen walking through the CBD in any capital city in Australia would not be caught dead going into work in their

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Ugg boots – however, here they are all the craze, and have somehow slipped their way into “fashion” with queues at most stores letting one in at a time, much like the opening of the latest nightclub or hotspot in the city.

Ugg boots are right up there with our beer, football and meat pies and have been greeted with open arms in the UK. Rochelle Nicholl, via email Letter of the week wins a Northern Rocker tour of Ireland from Shamrocker (shamrockeradventures.com), valued at £89. Letters may be edited. Prize is not transferable. Your Say is a reader forum and does not represent the opinions of TNT or its staff.

COMMUNITY CORNER FUND-RAISING AT TNT’S AUSTRALIA DAY PARTY TNT readers raised £400 for the Australian Wildlife Trust at our Australia Day Party.

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TOP OZ WOMEN SOUGHT Nominations are now open for the Australian Woman of the Year in the UK award. If you know an Aussie woman who’s done great things, in any walk of life, nominate her before February 12.

The 2009 award went to Gill Hicks, who lost her legs in the 2005 London bombings and now campaigns for peace and justice.

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You can’t move for dinosaurs in London right now, and the newest diplodocus on the block is the animatronic, life-sized kind, popping up to say g’day at Dinosaurs Unleashed in the heart of the West End. Not sure we’d pay the £15.50 to go along, but we all probably know a big kid who would.

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WHAT’S ON Tom Sturrock PICKS THE BEST OF LONDON THIS WEEK

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WAITANGI DAY PUB CRAWL 2010 WHAT: A Circle line pub crawl for Kiwis in London – and friends – culminating in a mass haka in Parliament Square WHEN: February 6.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s an annual ritual and a raucous, semiacceptable forum for thirsty Kiwis to wave their flag. The Circle line will be closed for ‘engineering works’, so prove your mettle and walk it. The boys in blue will be out too, so stay sound, and remember alcohol is banned on the Tube.

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» Meet at 10am at Paddington station then follow the Circle line anti-clockwise, congregating at Westminster about 4pm. (see the Facebook group for updates)

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Capital idea: BFI Mediatheque The British Film Institute, on the south bank of the Thames, houses a staggering cache of archive footage – it’s hard to imagine a resource offering a more diverse and accessible sweep of British life.

Whatever you’re interested in – sport, music, politics – you’ll find reams of footage to sate your curiosity and reveal not only untold pearls of wisdom about Britain, but Britain’s view of itself.

Proud City, made in 1946, documents the rebuilding of

London after World War II, highlighting that “the greatest city the world has ever known” exists in a permanent state of flux. Or Anarchy In The UK, a collection of films cataloguing the ’70s punk movement.

It’s an incredible collection of films that artfully charts this nation’s ever-shifting zeitgeist. You could spend hours here. TS

A Russian festival that celebrates spring as well as the arrival of Lent. Get down to the park, gorge yourself on pancakes and check out the khorovody (circle dancing) and skomorokhi (minstrels).

» Potters Fields Park, 110 The Queens Wk, SE1 2AA London Bridge. Feb 7

LONDON MOTORCYCLE SHOW £14 IN ADVANCE Heaven for petrolheads. This show is all about the roar of engines and the smell of gasoline. If you’re fascinated by two-wheelers, don’t miss it.

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STONEHENGE The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge, comprising standing stones arranged in careful formation, is located on Salisbury Plain, about 90 miles west of London.

Carbon dating has shown that construction began in 3100BC and finally ended in 1600BC. Archaeologists have unearthed human remains,

confirming it as a burial ground, but beyond that the site is a mystery.

Explanations generally hew towards religion or science, with Stonehenge cast as a site of pagan ritual built by druids, ascribing healing powers to the stones, or as a bronze age observatory used to chart an early calendar. TS

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WORLD FAMOUS FROM NZ Waitangi Day is the perfect excuse to celebrate some of the best things about being a Kiwi in London WORDS JAHN VANNISSELROY FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS They put New Zealand comedy on the map, especially in the US where we are no longer mistaken for our idiot cousins from across the Tasman. London is where they cut their teeth before making the big time on HBO. Where else will you hear such gems as: “You’re so beautiful, like a tree or a high-class prostitute”? Gold.

KIWI WINE You know you love taking it to a dinner party (especially if the hosts aren’t Kiwi) where it seems exotic and expensive. Truth is, it’s pretty darn good and really not that pricey. Another glass of Oyster Bay, anyone?

KIWI COFFEE Many a Kiwi in London has been dismayed by the homogenous high-street chains serving crap coffee and overpriced food. That is until they discover a café with a Kiwi barista and can relax in the knowledge they’re going to get a good

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RIKI FLUTEY He couldn’t break into top flight rugby back home, went on a bender and bashed someone in Argentina, ending up in a police cell. When he got his shit together, he came here and was capped for England.

Probably the only time we’ll ever cheer for the Poms is when he touches the ball.

CARE PACKAGES FROM HOME Aw, thanks Mum for those Pineapple Lumps, Toffee Pops, Twisties, L&P and Peanut Slabs.

And those lambswool slippers. Oh, and those Outrageous Fortune DVDs will keep us going for a while. Can’t wait for you to send season six. The finale of season five was sooo exciting.

I can’t believe that Gerard did that …

SHAMEFUL SECRETS Things Kiwis in the UK shouldn’t be proud of …

At least we’re “ doing our bit to save the planet ” winter’s day. And the fact they run promotions to help underprivileged children. Solid.

A true hero: Sir Keith Park

brew, not a lukewarm blend of singed mud, filtered through potatoes.

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SIR KEITH PARK New Zealand RAF commander, Park was in tactical command during two of the most significant European air battles in World War II, the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Malta. He was dubbed ‘the Defender of London’ by the Germans. A 9ft statue of the heroic man will be erected in Waterloo Place on 15 September 2010, the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. An absolute legend.

GBK It isn’t just for their regular 2-for-1 deals that we love New Zealand-inspired Gourmet Burger Kitchen. It’s also for their healthy, filling and varied menu, sure to leave you satisfied, especially on a cold

GREEN CREDENTIALS Yep. Our clean, green image follows us everywhere. There’s truth to the joke: “How do you spot a Kiwi in London? They’re the ones walking around, holding their rubbish looking for a bin.” It may seem dorky to others, but at least we’re doing our bit to save the planet.

THE ALL WHITES The doubters said they’d never make it. There was a time when the All Whites struggled to beat the Solomon Islands (who don’t even wear shoes). Now for the first time in 28 years, they’re at the World Cup. The name may not go down a treat in South Africa, but everyone loves an underdog and the Kiwis sure are that. Paying 1000-1 to lift the trophy, every New Zealander secretly hopes for at least a place in the last 16. At least we can get involved in the party in London come June.

KIWI HOUSE PARTIES You know you’re always gonna be welcome for a beer or home-made snakie, there’s always a bloke with a guitar ready to lead an old-fashioned singalong to the likes of Loyal or Better Be Home Soon, and there’s bound to be a doobie going round. Like a house party back home really, just colder.

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■ Pompous TV One Breakfast host Paul Henry making international headlines by calling Britain’s favourite crazy cat woman Susan Boyle retarded (both pictured below). YouTube: Paul Henry Susan Boyle.

■ Kiwis who sit around moaning about London.

“Woe is me, the tomato sauce is different, it’s cold, I miss the beach, the meat’s not the same …” Did you think there was an identical NZ on the other side of the world just for you? Get over it or get your arse home.

■ Bro. Look, we all know and love the word. It unites us as Kiwis. But there’s no need to say it at the end of every single sentence.

And let’s not get started on girls who call each other “bro”. There’s something weird about that.

■ Kiwis who constantly bang on about rugby.

The All Blacks lose every now and then. Haven’t we accepted that yet? We all saw the game. We don’t need to relive a loss. Shut up and drink your beer.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW Gigi Thai ★★★★★

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THE SCENE A tiny candle-lit Thai restaurant, decorated with hand-painted murals, quirky tea-light holders, and bottles of fresh flowers. Be

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prepared to do lots of eavesdropping of fellow diners as the table settings are a little cramped.

THE GRUB There’s a wide selection of Thai favourites, relative to the restaurant’s size. The prawn green curry was a little soupy, but the pad Thai portion was generous, especially after feasting on the complimentary spicy

prawn crackers while waiting for our food.

BEHIND THE BAR A fairly large wine list, most bottles not topping the £15 mark.

Asian beers are also on offer.

BILL PLEASE A bottle of wine, starter to share and two mains came to £40.

VERDICT One for Southfields locals who want a relaxed meal out. JANINE JORGENSEN

for Waitangi Day

Make some New Zealand favourites – famous Kiwi dip and a slightly jazzed-up bacon and egg pie.

WHIP UP SOME DIP Mix a can of Nestlé Cream with a packet of onion soup powder and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Leave in the fridge for 30 mins and enjoy with chips.

BLUES BARS Charlotte Street Blues Charlotte St, W1T 4QH Offering live blues seven nights a week, from US artists to British talent, this joint brings a touch of southern America to Soho.

Try the signature mint julep.

BACON AND EGG PIE WHAT YOU NEED: 400g ready-rolled puff pastry; 6-8 slices cooked bacon, chopped; 8 eggs (reserve a yolk for the glaze); 4 tsp milk; 1 onion, grated; 2 tomatoes, peeled and sliced; 100g cheese, grated; 3 tbsp parsley; salt and pepper

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pastry comes over the sides.

Sprinkle the onion, tomatoes and half the cheese over the base. Season.

Mix the parsley and bacon in with the egg mixture and pour over the base.

Scatter the remainder

of the cheese over the top.

Cover with the other sheet of pastry and crimp together.

You may need to dampen the edges with a little water.

Cut off any excess pastry.

Glaze with beaten egg yolk and bake for about 40 mins.

PROVIDING YOU WITH: • The best fresh smoothies in the area • Fresh salad • Homemade food – best falafels and kebabs in town! • Illy coffee • Beautiful and tranquil atmosphere

Only minutes away from the Hammersmith ‘HMV’ Apollo and a short walk from the beautiful Hammersmith Bridge and river.

3 Queen Caroline Street (opposite Junction with Hammersmith Bridge Road), 30B Broadway Centre. Phone: 020 8741 4500

Camden High St, NW1 7JN Once you’ve wolfed down some soul food – Po’ Boy sandwiches, gumbo and Mississippi mud pie – get grooving to the music.

’Round Midnight Liverpool Rd, N1 0RW The place is kinda rustic, and has a simple bar menu, but the gigs are guaranteed to be good with a variety of blues artists in the mix.

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THE WORK: Preheat the oven to 180˚C. Whisk the eggs, and then add the milk, and whisk again.

Lightly grease a casserole/ pie dish and lay a sheet of puff pastry over it. Make sure the

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PARIS IN NZ: Perennial socialite Paris Hilton is planning a visit to New Zealand this year. Her aunt Jo Hilton confirmed the 28year-old heiress would be heading south some time due to a “couple of big things in the works”. There are whispers the blonde chihuahua-loving party girl will even be accompanied

by Latoya Jackson. Jo, who was born in Auckland but lives in Los Angeles, has been in NZ recently, holidaying in Marlborough with husband Ronnie, grandson of hotel founder Conrad Hilton.

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Todd Lasance, the babyfaced Home And Away actor, escaped conviction despite pleading guilty to possession of 0.36g of cocaine at a Sydney nightclub. He is now off to LA to crack Hollywood.

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Britney Spears may be on the verge of another meltdown after former lover Jason Trawick revealed she is increasingly possessive, paranoid, and prone to explosive jealousy.

DIZZEE LOSES IT Urban rapper Dizzee Rascal proved a bit hot under the collar when he lashed out at an Australian journalist.

The Brit grime artist was being filmed in an interview with news.com.au reporter Alison Stephenson at Big Day Out in Sydney.

Stephenson asked him if he had ever fallen on stage.

“Yeah, yeah I have stacked it on stage,” he replied.

When Stephenson asked exactly what had happened,

Dizzee said: “Well I stacked it, innit.”

When pressed again for details, he replied: “What the fuck do you want from me man, I’ve already said I done it. Yeah I stacked it, bitch. Fuck!”

A shirtless Dizzee then refused to leave his trailer for further interviews until he was assured the video would be deleted.

Stephenson caved in after a half-hour stand-off and agreed to delete the video.

SAY WHAT?

”My camel toe is more famous than me.”

Pop star Sophie Monk laments her spotlight-stealing beaver.

NZ Woman’s Weekly: A look at Wills’ royal visit and how he fell in love with the Land of the Long White Cloud, plus tennis champion Kim Clijsters discusses how motherhood toughens her up. Also, the lowdown on Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler’s hook-up.

AUSTRALIA Woman’s Day: Model jetsetter Jennifer Hawkins declares that her loyalty lies with Australia, Angelina Jolie’s maid blurts out that the actress is getting more than just speech lessons from her hunky dialogue coach, plus a royal insider reveals the identity of the curvy blonde

by Prince William’s side during his visit Down Under

SOUTH AFRICA Heat: Actress Khanyi is outed as a gold digger as insults fly from the mouth of a businessman friend. Plus, why abuser, misogynist and bad boy Charlie Sheen can never do wrong in our eyes. Also, Avatar star Sam Worthington talks about Australia, rock climbing and the ‘dicky’ Star Wars film The Phanton Menace.

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Jarred Christmas INTERVIEW JAHN VANNISSELROY

21 You’re currently in The Persuasionists on BBC2 playing an Australian. How’s that going for you, being a Kiwi?

I quite enjoyed it because they take the piss out of the Australian a bit and I keep my Kiwi accent, so I get the best of both worlds.

It’s my little fuck-you to the Aussies, y’know, playing an Aussie but keeping the same accent. Maybe Aussies will kick up a fuss cos that’s what they do.

I guess. All three of them have various things on the go. They’ve certainly changed the comedy scene in NZ cos when I left in 2000 there was one comedy club in the whole country. You’d say to people: ‘I do stand-up comedy’, and they’d say: ‘Um, what’s that?’ Whereas now the Conchords have blown the doors wide open and NZ’s going through a bit of a boom time.

Tell us a Kiwi joke …

Do you think the rest of the world gets the New Zealand sense of humour?

Yeah, man. Absolutely. I’ve gigged in the States. I’ve done a tour of India, and that went really good. I think we have a pretty universal comedy because of all of the TV we get – American, British, Australian. We have an array of influences, and, weirdly, New Zealanders aren’t seen as annoying yet. I get the feeling over here when Brits meet an Aussie they’re like: ‘[Groan] not another Australian,’ but when they meet a Kiwi it’s almost like you’re the retarded cousin. They’re like: ‘Well done, you made it this far. Good on you.’ With a fondness.

Your friends in Flight Of The Conchords created a bit of exposure for Kiwi comedy. What will they do now?

Dunno. Just roll around in all their money,

YOU DON’T SAY? Who would play you in a film of your life?

Jack Black.

What song will get you on the dance floor?

Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean. I separated the man from the music a long time ago.

What’s your porn star name?

Tough Tui. It’s got a bit of a Kiwi ring to it, hasn’t it?

Who was the lightest All Black ever? Arfa [Arthur] Stone. It’s one of my dad’s.

Not bad. There’s seems to be a bit of a trend towards shock humour by stand-up comics. How does that sit with you?

I’m a fan of funny. If it’s funny, then do it. Don’t just do a joke cos everyone else is doing it. It’s the same with a lot of rape

stuff going around at the moment. I think it’s because there’s this feeling of comics constantly wanting to push the barrier.

But it says something about comedians as people – that we’ve pushed the barriers so much now that within the comedy community, jokes about rape and paedophilia are considered hack material.

It used to be cutting edge about seven years ago when Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle had some really good ones, but now there’s too much of it and most of it’s not that funny.

It’s my little “ fuck-you to the Aussies ” Christmas – is that your real name?

It is. From my dad. He’s Chris Christmas.

So he’s Father Christmas to you?

That’s right. My family’s full of weird names. My granddad on my mum’s side was Ronald McDonald. My auntie is Carol Christmas, so backwards it’s Christmas Carol. And my grandma on my father’s side is Norah Christmas. Maiden name Balls.

Norah Balls. At the age of 12, I picked up on that and went, ‘Right … I hope that’s her name, not her technique.’

So I had a bit of magic at 12. I shouldn’t have done the joke to her. It was the wrong crowd. But once I figured out to do it among my cousins – hilarious.

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When word reached South Africa that Clint Eastwood was making a movie about the 1995 World Cup there were groans around braais up and down the country. Would Morgan Freeman be able to convey Nelson Mandela’s gravitas? Could little Matt Damon look like rugby giant Francois Pienaar? Would the South African accent be butchered again?

Fortunately Eastwood gets almost everything spot on, and does justice to a crucial period in the Rainbow Nation’s history.

The director shines the spotlight on SA shortly after Mandela is released from prison, with black and white residents eyeing each other suspiciously.

Madiba sees the World Cup as an opportunity to unite the nation, and turns

1 Average Joe’s Gymnasium almost capitulates in which underdog film?

2 In which 1999 flick does Denzel Washington put in a career-best performance as boxer Rubin Carter?

3 In which year is a bobsled team from Jamaica vying to make the Winter Olympics in the film Cool Runnings?

4 In which West London borough was Bend It Like Beckham based?

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LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1 Truman Capote

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GOOD FOR: Those who want to see London’s seedy side. PDV

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Indigenous romance Samson And Delilah is the first Aussie film to be shortlisted for an Academy Award for best foreign language film.

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Warwick Thornton’s film, which is in English and indigenous Walpiri, tells the story of two teens on a journey of survival in the Australian desert.

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THE REEL DEAL Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s lawyers have come down on filmmakers who intend to make a movie based on her life without her consent.

Nelson Mandela’s former wife (right) claims neither director Darrell Roodt, nor Andre Pieterse, of Ironwood Films, consulted her about the biopic.

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CULTURE THE CARETAKER Inviting a tramp to share your junk-filled bedsit isn’t a smart move, but that’s what wellintentioned Aston does in this 1960 black comedy which marked Harold Pinter’s first commercial success.

Jonathan Pryce invests the stinking, calculating Davies with sudden tics, indignant outbursts and a desperate dependence as he tries to play off Peter McDonald’s sluggish Aston against his menacing brother Mick (a controlled but quick to spark Sam Spruell).

They all have plans – to get to Sidcup, to build a garden shed, convert the place into

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SEE THIS: Theatre a dream home. None is likely to come to fruition, but this fine revival builds in atmosphere as allegiances shift and the unlikely power struggle to take over the grubby attic exposes the damaged natures of all three men. LOUISE KINGSLEY

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From the Swedish creator of the Kurt Wallander mysteries comes a political thriller that traces the legacy of the 19th century slave trade between China and America.

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From the moment you walk in, through motion censor reeds that beep and light up as you pass, there’s a sense that this exhibition’s something different.

Decode showcases the latest in digital and interactive design – the highlight is a 3D video of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke singing, an image you

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MORE EXHIBITIONS Electronic and new media art at Kinetica Art Fair » P3, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS

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The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace

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Lambeth North (gardenmuseum.org.uk). Until Feb 28. £6

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MUSIC CORINNE BAILEY RAE The Sea (EMI)

★★★★★

MUSIC & CLUBS

The very public and unexpected death of her husband has probably changed Corinne Bailey Rae, as it would surely change anyone. It has certainly changed her music. The stock music industry phrase “difficult second album” can rarely have carried as much weight as it does with The Sea, which to all intents and purposes is a eulogy for her former lover.

Leaving aside the odd airier moment (Paris Nights/New

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Alexis Taylor’s contributions to the music may be essential, but his comrades might do well to grab back the mic from their bandmate.

As with the last album, Made In The Dark, Taylor’s emaciated vocals are easily the worst thing about One Life Stand, drilling a hole in the pulsating likes of Thieves In The Night, and rendering such slowies as Slush almost unlistenable.

The frustrating thing is almost everything else about One Life Stand is perfect. Nearly a great record. WFJ

Swaddled in faintly folkrock acoustic guitars, rich in lyrics that never quite explain themselves, Midlake’s third LP is even more elusive than their breakthrough The Trials Of Van Occupanther.

For all that though, it’s just as impressive – cohesive despite the carefully constructed mystery that surrounds it. You occasionally wish Tim Smith would add a second dynamic to his tender, slightly sleepy voice, but that’s hair-picking about what’s ultimately a lovely, tender album. WFJ

No, that dollar sign ain’t a typo; it’s more like a statement of intent for one-woman chart-dominating machine Kesha Rose Sebert.

Listening to her debut LP, which was assisted by Dr Luke, producer behind hits for Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne etc, there’s no denying the headbopping catchiness and sassy irreverence of tunes such as Tik Tok and Back$tabber. But too many others dissolve into a mess of synths, vocoder effects and obnoxious teen attitude. ALISON GRINTER

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NO.1 Fireflies, Owl City.

MAKING NEWS In one of music’s unlikeliest hook-ups Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey have teamed up with Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie to form new band The Break. Their debut LP Church Of The Open Sky is out April.

NO.1 Black Box, Stan Walker.

ON TOUR Following the sellout of their upcoming show at the Vector Arena in Auckland, the Pixies have added another date to their tour, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of 1989 album Doolittle. The intimate gig will take place at the Powerstation on March 11.

NO.1 Meet Me Halfway, Black Eyed Peas.

MAKING NEWS UK-based South African alt-rockers Starseed will release their single Shine in South Africa on April 5. The song is from the quintet’s debut album Peace Machine, which was released in the UK last year.

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LIVE REVIEW Mariza Royal Festival Hall Jan 25 ★★★★★ Resplendent in a frilly black designer frock, Portugal’s leading fado singer is in confident form at her first London gig in, er, 14 months.

With no new album, she waits until the encore to unveil just one new song; otherwise it’s a slick but good-humoured run through familiar territory.

What’s novel are the varied arrangements, which go beyond the Portuguese guitar, Spanish guitar and bass of fado tradition to include kit drummer Hugo Antonio and UK trumpeter/pianist Simon James Wandsworth.

Argentinian tango and Portuguese folk help to lighten the delicious melancholy. JON LUSK

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Still, at its best – the fluid, shimmering Diving For Hearts, for instance – it transcends the confessional. Beautifully sung and empathetically produced

by Rae with Steve Brown and Steve Chrisanthou, The Sea is much more than one person’s panacea. WILL FULFORD-JONES

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Making darkly comic songs about the Armin Meiwes cannibalism case, flirting with fascist imagery and refusing to sing in anything but German probably ain’t gonna endear you to the mainstream.

And yet the Teutonic metallers continue to sell millions of albums around the globe. Their latest Liebe Ist Für Alle Da gets an airing this week.

’Tis the season when bands vie for an ironic “flip-the-bird” trophy courtesy of everyone’s fave indie rag. Kicking off this year’s tour are Swedish trio Miike Snow, two of whom used to produce tracks for Britney and Kylie but who are now purveyors of some playful synth action in their own right.

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BELIEVE THE HYPE THE SOFT PACK

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THE LINE-UP Matt Lampkin

(lead singer), Matt McLoughlin (guitar), Dave Lantzman (bass), and Brian Hill (drums).

HAILS FROM San Diego.

THE BUZZ SO FAR Fed up with their fellow San Diegan musos all aping chilly English new wave bands, The Soft Pack made a point of fashioning upbeat ’60s garage rock on their selftitled debut, recorded in New York with Eli Janney, one-time member of ’90s indie act Girls Against Boys.

WHAT ELSE? They were originally called The Muslims but changed their name, which is probably just as well (can you see that flying in the good ol’ US of A?) Now they are named after a transgender, flaccid dildo they discovered on the net.

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plus wittily oblique lyrics.” NME THE PLUG The Soft Pack out now through Heavenly.

SOUND BITES Australian hard rock legends AC/DC will headline this year’s Download Festival at Donnington Park in Leicestershire on June 1113. Also on the bill will be fellow Aussies Wolfmother, supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, a repaired Stone Temple Pilots, nu-metal heavyweights Deftones and thrash metal pioneers Megadeth. Rock on with your bad selves!

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SATURDAY 2

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Concern, Mewgatz

Dub Pistols The hip-hop, breakbeat and ska collective use horns and turntables for the performance. Koko, Camden High

The Chicago-based indiepop performer promotes his album Vs Children. The

St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £14.50.

Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). Adv £8.50.

Jooks Of Kent, The Nuns The trio play blues and boogie crossed with rock and roll.

Kenny G The saxophonist promotes his album Rhythm And Romance. Royal Albert

The Grosvenor, Sidney Rd, SW9 0TP (020 7733 1799). £5.

Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £29-£50.

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Rosemary Branch Festival: Pete Letanka Trio South

The London-based combo play melodic indie-pop. The

African swing band. Rosemary

Lexington, Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). £6, w/flyer/NUS £5.

Branch Theatre, Shepperton Rd, N1 3DT (020 7704 6665). £10.

Raphael Saadiq The Grammy Award-winning American soul singer and producer plays tracks from his back catalogue.

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £22.50 & £30.

Chris Wood Acoustic folkrock from the singer-songwriter and guitarist. The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £14, concs £12.

NOFX American punk-

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NINE INCH NAILS O2 Arena, Peninsular Sq, SE10 0DX North Greenwich (0870 534 4444). Wed, Jul 15. £32.50 You want to what me like an animal? Trent Reznor’s nihilistic rock vehicle rolls into town this summer. Expect to hear 20 years’ worth of hits.

rockers. Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999). £20.

Gary Moore, Buddy Whittington The veteran guitarist promotes his album, Bad For You Baby Baby.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £26.91-£34.26.

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KT Sullivan The vocalist

The Bug, DJ Adrian Sherwood The London outfit

performs the songs of Jerome Kern. Live! On The Park At Pizza

play experimental rock. The

On The Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY (020 7235 5273). £15 & £25.

Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel Rd, E1 1EW (020 7375 3774). £10.

Easy Star All-Stars The New York four-piece perform covers with a reggae twist. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £17.50.

Jayson Norris, Rhys Morgan, Amphibic Acoustic rock singer-songwriter originally from New Zealand. Halfmoon Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £5.

Sleepercurve, White Light Parade, HK:UK The London trio play progressive indie-rock to promote their forthcoming EP. Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, w/flyer £5.

FRIDAY 1

Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, Danny Schmidt

Skinny Molly

The Wednesday Night Showcase Acoustic showcase of signed and unsigned acts. The Bullet

The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £8, adv £6.

Herne Hill, SE24 9HU (020 7274 2733). £12, adv £10.

The Deadly Vibes, The Risk, The Branded

Tarrbaby, Three Times Daily

The Blockheads The veteran

punk-rockers play their hits. The

Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £23.50.

The American three-piece play country-rock tracks from their album Feels So Good I Wanna Do It Again. Boston Arms, Junction Rd, N19 5QQ (020 7272 8153). £7, concs £5.

Willie Garnett’s Big Band Gravity, Spector, Gunner Sgt, Continental Train Wreck The outfit play indie-rock songs.

Hope And Anchor, Upper St, N1 1RL (020 7354 1312). £6, concs £4.50.

Sax-led swing from the 17-piece.

Bull’s Head, Lonsdale Rd, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £7.

Hayze, I’m Spartacus, Hipsters Fix, The Blockade Indie-rock trio from Ipswich.

The Troubadour, Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £7.

12 Bar Club, Denmark Place, WC2H 8NL (020 7240 2622). £6.

Okkyung Lee, Christian Marclay, Steve Beresford, John Butcher Experimental

WEDNESDAY 29

Zoot Money’s Surprise Party The veteran blues man

tracks from the New York performer. Cafe Oto, Ashwin

plays his monthly residency.

St, E8 3DL (020 7923 1231). £10.

Bull’s Head, Lonsdale Rd, Barnes, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £10.

James Marsters

Heavy soulful rock four-piece from London. Bull And Gate, Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TJ (020 8826 5000). £5, concs £4.

Nina Ferro with Boisdale Blue Rhythm Band The Australian jazz singer performs with the outfit. Boisdale Of Belgravia, Eccleston St, SW1W 9LX (020 7730 6922). £12, diners £4.50.

José González The Swedish singer-songwriter plays lo-fi pop.

The Cavendish Arms, Hartington Rd, SW8 2HJ (020 7627 0698). £5.

Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £8, £7 before 10pm.

The Wolfetones Brian Warfield and his band play upbeat interpretations of Irish ballads and songs.

Irish Cultural Centre, Blacks Rd, W6 9DT (020 8563 8232). £15.

SUNDAY 3 Ian Anderson Jethro Tull flautist. Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS (0845 120 7500). £17.50-£25.

Rhydian The Welsh X Factor finalist performs tracks from his self-titled album, which features covers and originals.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £22.02-£39.15.

trio play experimental rock.

Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, concs £4.50.

Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). Adv £20.

John Standing The vocalist performs the songs of Noël Coward. Live! On The Park At Pizza

Ultravox The 1980s

Pink

new wave and electropop band perform tracks from their repertoire. Roundhouse,

The pop singer performs tracks from her album Funhouse. O2

On The Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY (020 7235 5273). £15 & £25.

Tacoma The Paris-based

Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £32.50 & £35.

Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £35.

Jim White The Americana

Mick Thomas, Rachel Hatfield, Natalie MCcool

country singer plays tracks from his extensive back catalogue.

The Australian soloist performs folk-rock. The Troubadour,

Jeniferever, Red Skys, Caesura, Codes In The Clouds Indie-rock from the

Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). Adv £17.50.

Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £12, adv £10.

Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

The London singer and instrumentalist plays soul, funk and electronica. The Troubadour,

The acoustic pop vocalist plays songs from his album Like A Waterfall. Union Chapel,

East Wintergarden, Canada Sq, E14 5AB (020 7334 3922). £17.

Swedish four-piece playing tracks from their album Spring Tides. Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn

Southern US rock band featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Mike Estes. The Half Moon, Half Moon Ln,

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Bar, Kentish Town Rd, NW1 8PB (020 7485 6040). £5, w/flyer £4.

Sam Lewis Soul, blues and folk from the guitarist and his band playing tracks from album Everything You Are.

Bridgefire, Son Of Bitch

And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £15.

Folk from the Australian singer-songwriter and her band, including tracks from her album Despite The Snow Snow.

Mike Kintish and Nick Ingram perform electro-rock tracks.

The Yeah You’s, Meg Hutchinson Alternative duo

Blues, funk and soul from the seven-piece. Dover St Restaurant

Submit your free listing at least three weeks prior to the publication by emailing gigs@pressassociation.com.

Tina Turner The Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter performs hits from her back catalogue.

O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £50-£200.

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FAST FORWARD AC/DC Wembley Stadium, Jun 26 (0871 2200 260). £55 Animal Collective Brixton Academy, Aug 20 (0844 477 2000). £18 Blur Hyde Park, Jul 2-3 (0870 534 444) £45 British India Dublin Castle, May 24 (020 8806 2668). £6.

John Butler Union Chapel, Jul 17 (0870 264 3333). £17.50 The Cat Empire Shepherds Bush Empire, Jul 3-4 (08444 77 2000) £17.50 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Latitude Festival, Jul 16-19, Henham Park, Suffolk, (latitudefestival.co.uk) £150 Die! Die! Die! Cargo, May 10, (020 7403 3331). £6.50 The Drones The Luminaire, May 21 (wegottickets.com). £8.50 Gurrumul Union Chapel, May 13 (0844 576 5483).£12.50 Manic Street Preachers Roundhouse, May 28-30 (0844 482 8008). £26.50 Mr Scruff Koko, May 23 (0870 4325 527). £15 Pet Shop Boys O2 Arena, Jun 19 (0870 534 4444). £30 Shapeshifter Forum, May 22 (0844 847 2405). £17.50 Toast Festival: Dave Dobbyn, Jayson Norris, Goldfish Clapham Common, Jun 26-28 (0871 230 5583). £15-£150

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o you’ve arrived in London with stars in your eyes and a battered guitar case in hand. It’s all very well to dream of groupies and NME covers – if you’re serious about starting up a band you’ve got some hard graft ahead of you …

Get famous and you too can afford gold hand glitter, like Florence

FIND SOME BANDMATES Online forums and websites such as joinmyband.co.uk are a good place to find like-minded musicians.

Be sure you’re on the same page – do you share the same level of ambition? Do you have a similar musical vision?

Choose people you actually enjoy being with, because you’re going be spending an awful lot of time with them in the back of vans and dingy rehearsal spaces. Make sure they really can play, and are going to show up to band rehearsals.

Band fact: Kurt Cobain and Krist

Novoselic chewed through four drummers before they discovered Dave Grohl – the ideal fit for Nirvana.

DECIDE ON A BAND NAME Choose a good name from the get-go because you’re going to be stuck with it for the duration of your ‘career’. You don’t want to be changing it halfway through – that just confuses people.

Bad band names include Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Dogs Die In Hot Cars. Good names: Radiohead, The Datsuns. A sensible place to start is song titles, lyrics, book names or just interesting words. Make sure another band hasn’t nabbed it first.

Band fact: Kasabian named themselves after Linda Kasabian, the woman who drove the getaway car for the Manson family.

PRACTISE – LOTS! Practising in your front room isn’t the best idea unless you fancy a visit from the cops. But in London you’re spoilt for choice for rehearsal spaces. Expect to pay about £10-£14 per hour or £110- £155 for a lockout, which means you

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Twelve is a bit young to start a band: the Arctic Monkeys back in the olden days, before the iPhone was invented

have the studio to yourselves all day. And remember, practise makes perfect.

Band fact: Florence & The Machine (left), Art Brut and Little Boots have all been known to practise at The Premises (premisesstudios.com), which boasts the first solar powered professional recording studio in Europe.

PLAY SOME GIGS Find a venue that books unsigned bands such as Hoxton Underbelly and Monto Water Rats, and use any opportunity to practise your stagecraft. Also give some thought to the type of fans you want to attract and industry folk you want to impress, and the kinds of venues

A demo is your “ calling card to the music industry ”

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they are likely to hang out in (See ‘Get signed’).

Above all, be persistent. And don’t forget to promote your show or you’ll be performing to an empty room.

Band fact: The Libertines played many early gigs at the Rhythm Factory in Whitechapel.

LAY DOWN SOME TRACKS If you’re serious about your band, at some stage you’re going to want to record a demo. A demo is like your calling card for the music industry.

You’ll need a list of five or so recently recorded songs. A&R people (Artist & Repertoire – ie talent scouts) receive zillions of these a year, so make sure yours stands out. If you can afford it

get your demo mastered so your songs sound amazing. It may end up being the best money you spend.

GET SOME EXPOSURE An online presence is essential, so get cracking on that MySpace page. Also important is a biog, good for bombarding journalists and promoters.

An arresting backstory is essential, so flag up any interesting facts about your band. As Federica Furlotti, A&R for independent labels One Little Indian Records, FatCat Records and Tangled Up! Recordings, stresses: “Don’t list every single gig you’ve ever played – you want to seem fresh and upcoming.”

Band Fact: The Arctic Monkeys (above) grabbed the public’s attention on MySpace before getting signed to indie label Domino.

GET SIGNED This is the holy grail for every fledgling band.

To maximise your chances of getting a record deal, you need to be on the A&R radar. Furlotti says: “The right gigs are very important. Like playing the Dublin Castle is not seen as cool. Bands should be seen playing certain gigs, certain venues, and certain promoters – it already tells you about the band.”

Another good way to get discovered is through competitions such as the Futuresound comp run by the Cockpit in Leeds. Those who make the cut win slots at the Leeds and Reading Festivals.

Band Fact: Scottish newcomer Tommy Reilly won Channel 4’s Orange Unsigned competition, resulting in a deal with A&M Records and a debut album Words On The Floor produced by none other than Bernard Butler.

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK TOOLROOM KNIGHTS Unfortunately the cold is far from over, but Ministry has a winter warmer to bring a bit of heat to February.

Toolroom Knights is known for its storming parties, and the first one of the decade won’t disappoint. Both Mark Knight and Dutch superstar Fedde Le Grand will play solo before teaming up for a two-hour closing set. “We really want to smash it this year at Ministry,” says Knight. “And we’ve got some world-class names lined-up for 2010.” Stay tuned!

» Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP

Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010). Sat, Feb 6, 11pm-7am. £15 adv

beats/breaks

funk/soul

drum ’n’ bass

electro

hip-hop

CLUB NEWS It seems as though London can’t get enough of Deadmau5. Having sold out his April 30 show at Brixton Academy, the Mau5 has announced he’ll be in the house for two more shows on May 1 and 2.

As if it wasn’t loud enough already, Ministry Of Sound has undergone an upgrade, installing six new super subwoofer stacks. The giant stacks each measure an ear-blasting 12ft x 6ft. Now pass me those earplugs.

The Garden Festival is kicking off a European tour this week ahead of its summer stint in Croatia. The first show takes place at The Star of Bethnal

Deadmau5

Green this Saturday. The tour will hit other cities, including Manchester, Brighton, Ljubljana and Sofia. “It’s great to be taking in some of these iconic cities as we spread the good word about the festival,” the festival’s founder Nick Colgan says.

hard house/trance

house/garage

rock/metal

techno

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HOUSE RULES

While he pissed off thousands of Aussies last year after he cancelled show after show due to his fear of flying, Eric Prydz’s Londonbased fans needn’t worry.

With alternative methods of transport to the UK, the Swede shouldn’t have issues getting to his set this weekend.

The little brother of Swedish House Mafia don Steve Angello is up-andcoming on the clubbing scene, and if family talent is anything to go by, he’s going to be one hell of a crowd-pleaser. AN21 is promising an energetic set at south London’s favourite house night.

» Matter, The O2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0EN North Greenwich (020 7549 6686; matterlondon.com). Sat, Feb 6, 10pm-7am. £15 adv

» Plan B, Brixton Rd, SW9 7AY Brixton (020 7733 0926; plan-brixton.co.uk). Sat, Feb 6, 10pm-6am. £10 adv, £15

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CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 27 Authentic Cuban Night Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005).

5pm-2am. £5, free before 9pm.

Bite DJs Lydia, Ian, Marcus and Complexus play electro, hip-hop, indie, Motown and pop. Punk, Soho St, W1D 3DN (020 7734 4004). 9pm-3am. £5, concs £3, free before 10pm.

Explosive DJ Rugrat spins R’n’B, funky and club classics.

Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 10pm-3.30am. £5.

Hard Core Salsa DJ Mario plays mambo and salsa. Salsa!, Charing Cross

house classics. Plan B, Brixton Rd, SW9 4AY (0870 116 5421).

9pm-6am. Adv £10.

Lost And Found Keb Darge and Andy Smith play blues, rock and Northern Soul. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £8.

Miami 305 Funky house and pop from Mr Mak and Edge. Stanza, Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 5DY (020 7494 3020).

9.30pm-3am. £15, mems £10.

Funky Fridays DJs provide funk, disco, pop, African beats and 1980s hits, plus live performances from Jesse, Ken and Tyrone.

St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

10pm-3am. £10, £8 before 10pm.

Royal Oak, East Hill, SW18 2QB (020 8874 4892). 7.30pm-late. Free.

Fuse The resident DJs spin funky house and indie. The

Hospitality High Contrast and Skream Zinc spin house. Matter

chart, party and retro hits in the basement with R’n’B, electro and house in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear St,

Langley, Langley St, WC2H 9JA (020 7836 5005). 4.30pm-1am. £8, free before 9pm, £3 before 10pm.

At O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). 10pm-6am. £15.

WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, NUS £5, adv £4.50.

Members Night DJ Bambach

Salsa Night The resident

Elmore and Tommy Sandhu supply club hits. The Shadow

DJs provide salsa tracks. The Standard, Blackhorse Ln, E17 6DS (020 8503 2523). 8pm-9pm. £6.

Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 10pm-3am. £5£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

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Game On Residents spin

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W1D 7EP (020 7287 2715). 9pm-3am. £5, £4 before 11pm, NUS £3.

Socialism Brockie, Nicky

Forca Brasil DJ Fred spins

BM and Phantasy provide drum ’n’ bass. Herbal, Kingsland

salsa, samba and Latin tunes, plus live bands. Salsa!, Charing

House Rules Bank Holiday Special Norman Jay spins

Delicious Thursdays R’n’B and retro hits on the ground floor, with house and party anthems in the basement. Zoo Bar, Bear

Double Shake It With Laquisha Jonz Andrew

Barrio Latino Merengue, salsa, bachata and urban Latin tracks from Chino and Alex. Bar Rumba, Shaftesbury Ave,

The Broadway, W5 5JY (07912 654 543). 10pm-late. £10.

TIESTO VICTORIA PARK Bethnal Green Jul 3, £36 The Dutch DJ is coming to London this summer for a bit of festival fun.

Having sold out the O2 Arena last year, he’s sure to do the same at this event.

Get your tickets now at ticketmaster.co.uk.

Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

5.30pm-2am. £4, free before 9pm.

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Electrovibe James Mac and DJ Lukass play house and electro. Club Boulevard,

supplies funky house anthems.

Latin Fever Latin music from resident DJ Jorge, plus live bands. Salsa!, Charing Cross

The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 9pm-late. £5£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

7pm-2am. £10, £8 before 11pm, £4 before 9pm, £2 before 8pm.

Rewind Residents spin classic

Twisted The residents supply

club anthems. LVPO, Dean St, W1D

house and commercial dance.

Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277). 5.30pm-2am. £4, free before 9pm.

Rd, E2 8DA (020 7613 4462).

9pm-2am. £7, £5 before 12am, NUS £4, ladies Free before 11.30pm.

5BQ (020 7434 3399). 9pm-3am. £8.

Trannyshack Tasty Tim and

Silk Cuts DJ Nick Fletcher spins

global house. Jewel, Glasshouse

Lost In London Party hits

Dusty O supply chart anthems, plus live bands. Madame Jo Jo’s,

Motion, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PA (020 7389 9933).

8pm-late. £10, guestlist £5 before 11pm, free before 9pm.

St, W1B 5DQ (020 7439 4990).

9pm-1am. £10, guest list £5.

Upper Class DJ Leo spins

on the ground floor, electrohouse in the basement and commercial R’n’B in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear St,

Wicked Wednesdays

WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

The residents supply R’n’B and hip-hop. Sound, Leicester

Salon DJ Aubrey spins club anthems. The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 9pm-late. £5-£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10.30pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010).

9pm-3am. £10, £2.50 before 11pm.

THURSDAY 30 Arpdays DJs Idjut Boys, Bill

house. Jewel, Glasshouse St, W1B 5DQ (020 7439 4990).

9pm-1am. £10, guest list £5.

FRIDAY 1 Appropriate For... Party!

SATURDAY 2

1TX (020 7618 9020). 7pm-3am. £5, £3 guest list. Free before 10pm.

Born 2 Boogie DJ Legs,

White Heat DJs Matty and Olly spin rock and disco.

Brewster and Jonny 5 spin club hits. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY

Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10.30pm-3am. £7, adv £6.

(020 7739 3440). 7pm-1am. £8.

Escape Soho, Brewer St, W1F 0SU (07833 327002). 9pm-3am. £4.

Classique The residents

Calentito Resident DJs spin

play house classics, 1980s pop and commercial R’n’B. The Hill,

pop, R’n’B and classic soul.

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Muswell Hill, N10 3ST (020 8365 3651).

10pm-3am. £10, £7 before 11.30pm.

Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551).

9pm-3am. £10, guestlist £5.

Playboys and Milk Tray spin R’n’B, hip-hop, soul and reggae. Archangel, Kensington High St, W8 5NP (020 7938 4137).

10pm-2am. £10, concs £8.

Rock The Kaz Bar Resident DJs spin disco, funk, pop, house and R’n’B grooves.

Digress Soho, Beak St, W1F 9RA (020 7437 0239). 12noon-3am. £10, £7 before 11pm, free before 10pm.

Steve Smart Steve Smart spins dancefloor hits. Club Boulevard, The Broadway, W5 5JY (07912 654 543). 10pm-1.30pm. £10, ladies £5 before 11.30pm.

XXL Techno and pop from resident DJs for a crowd of hirsute guys and their admirers. The Arches, Southwark St, SE1 1RU (020 7403 9643).

9pm-6am. £12, concs/mems £8.

SUNDAY 3 Dubfire Paul Woolford, Tim Sheridan Vs Mr C and Biased Guy spin dubstep.

Funkinyou 5th Anniversary & Sunglasses Party DJ Arkoss and special surprise guests play house, funk and electro.

Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). 10pm-5.30am. £15.

Carwash Resident DJs play 1970s and 1980s disco and funk.

N-Joy The resident DJs

Club Aquarium, Old St, EC1V 9DD (020 7251 6136). 10pm-3.30am. £15.

supply club anthems.

Destination Resident DJs

Cheap$kates Disco and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall.

spin funky house, dance, commercial dance, R’n’B and club anthems. On Anon,

Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7734 6308). 9pm-3.30am. £6, NUS £4.50, w/flyer £4.

Piccadilly, W1V 9LA (020 7287 8008).

9pm-late. £10, £7 before 11pm, free before 10pm.

Submit your free listing at least three weeks prior to the publication by emailing clubs@pressassociation.com.

The Libertaire, High St, W3 6NG (020 7160 0572). 10pm-late. £10, ladies Free before 11pm.

Matter at O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686).

10pm-6am. £15, adv £12, NUS £10.

Residents spin dance, pop and club classics. Apt, Queen St, EC4N

Back In The Day Resident DJ Stevie B spins retro pop, electro, funk, house, dance and R‘n’B.

Platinum Funk The resident DJs supply R’n’B, hip-hop and funky house.

Motion, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PA (020 7389 9933).

10pm-3am. £10, free before 12am.

Wetyourself Resident DJs spin electro and minimal tunes. Club Aquarium, Old St, EC1V 9DD (0776 704 7420).

10pm-4am. £10, w/flyer £5.

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wrap up of last week’s events from australia, new zealand and south africa

“I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question … it is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving, and don’t give it to someone lightly.”

Opposition leader Tony Abbott speaking on virginity in The Australian Women’s Weekly.

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AUSTRALIA Backpackers stranded Hundreds of Australians were among thousands of tourists stranded by mudslides that claimed at least seven lives near Peru’s famed Incan ruins at Machu Picchu.

Torrential rain and the mudslides stranded up to 2500 travellers visiting the ancient ruins high in the South American Andes mountains.

Government to step in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the Government would intervene in the case of a former Australian

aussie fun: Teenagers jump from the bell at Cottesloe Beach during Australia Day celebrations in Perth. Beachgoers took to the beach in Perth on large inflatable thongs while participating in the Annual Havaianas Thong Challenge World Record attempt.

soldier facing the death penalty in Afghanistan.

Robert William Langdon, 38, was convicted over the killing of an Afghan security guard in May last year.

Langdon, understood to have served as a Townsville-based infantryman, was employed by the US-based contractor Four Horsemen International as a security contractor at the time.

Record sickies taken

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31 per cent as long term.

Just 5 per cent of relationships ended up in marriage, the survey by job website CareerOne.com.au found.

It found more than a third had been “intimate” with a colleague in their actual workplace and 6 per cent had been caught by fellow workers getting some office lovin’.

Indian murder charge A young married couple was charged with the murder of a fellow fruit picker, who police said was burnt alive.

The pair, a 23-year-old man and his 20-year-old wife, were arrested in Sydney’s San Souci and later charged with the murder of 25-year-old Indian National Ranjodh Singh.

Police said the murder was not racially motivated.

“We all know how to say yes in Spanish don’t we? We all know how to say yes in German don’t we? We all know how to say yes in French don’t we? Do we know how to say yes in any of the 360 Aboriginal dialects in this country?”

Aboriginal actor Ernie Dingo says Australians know too little about indigenous culture..

“The IMF’s economic outlook provides more evidence that Australia has outperformed the developed world during the global recession.”

Treasurer Wayne Swan on forecasts by the International Monetary Fund.

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Stuck for a date this Valentine’s Day? You might not have to look much further than the office water cooler or lunch room.

A survey of 941 Australian workers found almost one in three confessed to cuddling up with a colleague.

Of those admitting to office romance, 35 per cent described the affair as short term and

staff numbers across the country were down about 33 per cent compared to a normal Monday, the biggest number ever not to show up.

“Australian women don’t want to be told what to do by Tony Abbott.” Deputy prime minister Julia Gillard.

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■ Mental health expert Patrick McGorry is named Australian of the Year.

■ McGorry labels detention centres as “factories for producing mental illness”.

■ He calls for asylum seekers to be allowed to live in the community.

NEW SOUTH WALES Two teenage campers run over by a vehicle while sleeping in central western NSW died.

The pair was sleeping in swags next to a ute on a campsite at a rural property about 20km from Orange.

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he new Australian of the Year waded straight into controversy, describing detention centres for asylum seekers as “factories for producing mental illness”.

Mental health expert Patrick McGorry was named Australian of the Year by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at a ceremony outside Parliament House.

On the eve of Australia Day, McGorry called for asylum seekers to be allowed to live in the community, instead of being sent to detention facilities like those on

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry

Christmas Island.

“Detention centres were, you could almost describe them as factories for producing mental illness and mental disorder,” McGorry said.

The other award recipients were less controversial.

Popular TV chef Maggie Beer was clearly delighted to win Senior Australian of the

Year, while trooper Mark Donaldson, who won the Victoria Cross for rescuing a colleague in Afghanistan, was named Young Australian of the Year.

McGorry won the award for his work in advocating for early intervention for young people with mental health problems.

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Turnbull to cross floor over ETS Former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull plans to defy his party and cross the floor of parliament over climate change this week.

And he may not be the only Liberal MP to revolt, potentially launching another round of the climate wars which have twice ripped the party apart.

Turnbull’s act of dissent came as the Government sought to jog along troubled international climate talks by formally committing to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 5-25 per cent.

Turnbull was deposed as

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opposition leader late last year because he wanted to amend and pass the Government’s emissions trading scheme (ETS).

His replacement, Tony Abbott, led the party in voting down the ETS and plans to do so again next week.

Turnbull, who has criticised the new party regime, wasn’t going quietly.

“If the Government does as they have said they will, and re-introduces the bill with the amendments agreed to by the coalition in late November, then I will vote for it,” Turnbull said in a statement

Premier Mike Rann was to have opened the Australia Day Show at a gallery in North Adelaide.

But the attendance of Michelle Chantelois, the former parliamentary barmaid who alleged she had a sexual affair with the premier, prompted Rann to cancel his appearance.

QUEENSLAND A young man was charged with the attempted murder and rape of an 82-year-old grandmother who was attacked in her back yard.

Police said the woman was bashed in the face with a blunt object then sexually assaulted in the back yard of her Rockhampton home, on Tuesday morning.

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An elderly man was stabbed to death in the bedroom of his western Victorian home. The man in his 80s suffered stab wounds to his upper body after he was confronted by a man in the Wimmera pastoral town of Murtoa, near Horsham. A man was arrested soon after.

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Brooke sued The father of a 17-year-old boy allegedly assaulted by former All Black Robin Brooke in Fiji on New Year’s Eve was suing the rugby star for $200,000.

Australian teenager Jordan Whittaker said Brooke grabbed him by the throat and threatened him when he intervened after Brooke allegedly grabbed his 15-year-old female friend’s backside at a resort at Denarau.

Brooke was served with a summons from the Fiji High Court, in which it was alleged Brooke “placed his hands on [the girl’s] buttocks and groin area” before assaulting Whittaker when he came to her aid, Campbell Live reported.

Goff re-elected Labour Party leader Phil Goff and deputy leader Annette King were re-elected unopposed by the Labour caucus.

Speaking to journalists outside the Waipuna Hotel in Auckland’s Mount Wellington ahead of the meeting, Goff said

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The percentage of chief executive officers who plan to invest in leadership and talent development in the next three years as the economy improves.

25 trade mission: Foreign minister Murray McCully shakes hands with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Gia Khiem as they meet in Hanoi, Vietnam. The possibility of a working holiday scheme between the two countries was discussed during McCully’s visit.

the lack of a challenge was a recognition that the leadership team already in place was the best Labour MPs could hope for.

Banker in court A sacked investment banker is this week expected to admit stealing nearly $18 million from ASB Bank customers in the country’s largest employee theft.

The Auckland District Court was told Stephen Gerard Versalko would admit three charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office of taking $17,763,108 from 30 wealthy bank clients over nine years.

He was fired by the bank last

August and arrested a few days before Christmas.

It was not known how much of the money had been recovered since his arrest.

Car stolen at gunpoint A car was stolen at gunpoint from a McDonald’s carpark in Mangere, south Auckland.

Two women were sitting in their car in the Bader Drive McDonald’s carpark about 2.30am when a man, who had been loitering around an ATM, threatened them at gunpoint and made them hand over the keys to their car, police said.

whose remuneration would be “cuddles and shoulder rides”.

But Caele Brackenbury, a spokeswoman for Little People New Zealand, was not impressed with the advertisement.

“It goes along on par with the word `nigger’, it’s seen in that light,” Brackenbury said.

She also said the advertisement was offensive to women.

The amount in cents by which the Government raised the minimum wage. The minimum wage is now $12.75.

22m

The amount that Graham Hart’s two hectare Glendowie property, overlooking Tamaki Estuary, is now worth. He bought it in 1993 for $930,000.

21.78m The projected shortfall in dollars in the driver licensing and testing area according to transport minister Steven Joyce.

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The number of firefighters disciplined last year, including a chief fire officer for drink driving.

*And finally … beer wench uproar Men who advertised seeking a “midget” or “large-chested” woman to wait on them at the Wellington Sevens rugby tournament have apologised.

The men received 11 applicants for the role but 27 people complained about the ad they placed according to stuff.co.nz.

Part of the ad said the men were seeking a “beer bitch”

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■ At least 29 New Zealanders are trapped by flooding in Peru.

■ Mudslides in the areas surrounding Machu Picchu left them stranded.

■ No injuries to New Zealanders have been reported.

UPPER NORTH ISLAND A man survived a 45-metre leap from the Auckland Harbour Bridge but was seriously ill in hospital. The man drove to the top of the bridge, ran across two lanes and leapt over the side without hesitating, said police.

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t least 29 New Zealanders were trapped by destructive flooding in Peru.

Several people were killed and about 1600 travellers were stranded by flash floods and mudslides, which knocked out roads, railways and bridges leading to the ancient Incan capital Machu Picchu.

Travellers were being helicoptered out of the area.

The New Zealanders, who were in or near the tourist areas of Machu Picchu and the village of Aguas Calientes, were awaiting evacuation but

LOWER NORTH ISLAND Two backpackers walk along a highway trying to leave Cusco

had told friends, family or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rrade (MFAT) they were safe.

MFAT continued attempts to establish and maintain contact with them.

The British Embassy and Peruvian authorities had been given a list of New Zealanders affected and the embassy would assist wherever

possible, MFAT said.

Machu Picchu is one of the most popular destinations for tourists in Latin America, attracting more than 400,000 visitors a year.

The 15th-century Inca fortress is located on a high mountain ridge. A railway that transports tourists to the site was covered by a mudslide.

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A man was jailed for tearing the head off a kitten in front of his family.

In Pukekohe District Court Judge Sharon McAuslan sentenced David Hamuera Snook to prison for two years and four months and banned him from owning or exercising animals for five years.

The New Zealand Herald website reported Snook had gone to his former partner’s house in November.

He was drunk and an argument took place.

Sitting at the dining table, Snook took the family kitten in his arms and, while laughing,

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twisted off its head.

According to the police summary of facts Snook’s former partner and her children watched Snook kill the kitten and its headless body run across the floor.

Snook later told police that the kitten had been run over, however, Judge McAuslan said that was a lie and described the killing as “callous”.

“The kitten had one life and you took it,” she told Snook.

Snook’s lawyer said his client had problems with alcohol but had shown he was intelligent by completing a Bachelor of Arts.

A Hawke’s Bay bus driver was arrested for drink driving after concerned passengers alerted police.

The driver was stopped after police received calls from some of the six passengers who had earlier been on the bus travelling from Napier to Hastings.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND A 40-year-old man with paranoid personality traits was jailed for a boning knife attack on a man he saw as a rival for a woman’s affections. Steven John Cleave was sentenced by Judge Jane Farish in Christchurch District Court to four-and-half-years jail after being found guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

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A man was jailed for killing a kitten

Dunedin City Council committed to spending $5 million on 996 council flats. There had been some debate the council’s future role in social housing, but councillors said the decision reaffirmed its commitment.

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The number of cash-intransit heist kingpins police hoped to arrest in 10 days.

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Floods receding

Huge road toll Transport minister Sibusiso Ndebele announced there were 1582 road accident deaths over the festive season. Topping the

Sibusiso Ndebele

testing trip: South African rescue team member Ian Philbrick is seen during a briefing in Johannesburg to welcome back the emergency medical personnel team who accompanied the Gift of the Givers on a search-and-rescue operation to Haiti.

list was KwaZulu-Natal with 298 fatalities.

Ndebele said there had been a slight decrease in the number of deaths in the past three years.

Airlines in trouble The Competition Commission announced it was investigating major airlines for allegedly colluding on prices and pricing strategies for the Fifa World Cup. The airlines under scrutiny were the national carrier, South African Airways, as well as BA/ Comair, 1Time, SA Airlink, Mango and SA Express.

SAA filed a leniency

application with the commission in December, promising to co-operate in exchange for leniency from prosecution.

Discussions over bank The Reserve Bank indicated it was prepared to take part in discussions over the “appropriateness of its mandate”.

Deputy governor Daniel Mminele said the bank was prepared to explain its approach and to explore ideas put forward.

There had been calls for the nationalisation of the Reserve Bank from the Congress of SA Trade Unions and some of its allies.

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each of his wives equally.

Zuma, 67, currently has three wives.

In South Africa, the reports from Davos reignited discussion – some serious, others not.

Questions were asked why social networking websites discriminated against polygamists by allowing a relationship status with only one person.

The years spent by some prisoners awaiting trial in Pretoria’s notorious C-Max prison, which was visited by the Correctional Services minister.

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The value in rands of stolen copper cables found in an ambulance.

Two paramedics were arrested.

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Polygamy was back in the spotlight after President Jacob Zuma defended his marriages to several wives.

Zuma was questioned about it at an economic summit in Davos, Switzerland.

When Zuma was asked about his wives, he said that he believed in the equality of women and added that he loved

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The Reserve Bank’s prime interest rate, which property experts and trade unionists said was still too high.

The thorny issue of geographical name changes resulted in fierce opposition by some groups.

The civil rights movement initiative AfriForum and the Freedom Front Plus have both opposed attempts to change the name of Pretoria to Tshwane before the World Cup. A media briefing on the matter was cancelled.

Water levels subsided after heavy rain caused death and destruction in some parts of the country.

Five people, including a baby boy, died in flood-related incidents, while many road accidents were attributed to the rain.

Officials opened the sluice gates of the Vaal Dam, resulting in flood alerts downstream.

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■ President and police minister offer assurances over World Cup security.

■ Terror fears subside, but crime a worry.

■ Claim of deliberate discrediting attempts.

NORTH WEST A Greater Taung Local Municipality councillor died when the car she was a passenger in collided with a hearse while she was on her way to another accident involving a relative.

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rganisers of the Fifa World Cup and South African leaders were going to great lengths to allay security fears associated with the tournament.

Police minister Nathi Mthethwa and his commissioner, repeatedly said security forces were ready for the tournament and that foreigners would be safe.

While fears of a terror attack following the Angolan attack appeared to have subsided, crime worries were continuing to trouble organisers and politicians.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum summit in

WESTERN CAPE National police commissioner Bheki Cele

Davos, President Jacob Zuma brushed aside the crime issue, and said the tournament would be an ideal opportunity to showcase investment opportunities in the country.

Police Commissioner Bheki Cele claimed that elements in Germany, Britain, France and the Netherlands were seeking to take the Fifa World Cup

away from South Africa.

He said people in Germany were advising visitors to wear bullet-proof vests.

He claimed there were people who told Fifa their countries were ready to host the tournament.

Meanwhile, the number of South Africans buying tickets increased by 24 per cent.

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Shaik not affected by rule change It was claimed convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik would be safe at home, even if the Department of Correctional Services’ medical parole policy was reviewed.

National Council on Correctional Services chairman Judge Siraj Desai said such a review would have no bearing on Shaik.

He explained the rules were not retrospective in nature.

Desai said the new policy recommendation in a working document was that medical parole could be revoked if a person recovered.

Speaking at the same

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briefing, Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe MapisaNqakula said figures showed that more than 60 per cent of offenders granted parole on medical grounds, had gone on to make a full recovery and were leading productive lives.

The law did not stipulate their re-incarceration.

Shaik was released on parole in March last year on medical grounds.

He was said to be in the “last stages” of a terminal illness.

He had served less than two-and-a-half years of a 15-year sentence.

A baby girl was born on the front seat of a Cape Town traffic officer’s car as he rushed her 22-year-old mother to Tygerberg Hospital.

KWAZULUNATAL A 22-year-old Newcastle man was given a double life sentence after her murdered a woman, raped her 10-year-old daughter, then hanged her in their home.

GAUTENG A man tried to rob a bank in Midrand by claiming he had a bomb strapped to his waist. It turned out to be pieces of wood and a few wires.

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Schabir Shaik

Despite heavy rains across much of the country, the Eastern Cape remained in the grip of drought. It was feared that residents in Nelson Mandela Bay could be without water

by July. Some towns, including Paterson, have been without drinkable water since late last year.

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FOOTBALL After leaving the man Liverpool fans once called ‘God’ on the bench, North Queensland Fury coach Ian Ferguson is forced to kiss and make-up with Robbie Fowler.

TUESDAY

RUGBY UNION The Western Force end their tour of South Africa with a win over the Sharks. The 26-0 will help make up for the 54-12 hammering at the hands of the Stormers days earlier.

WEDNESDAY

RUGBY LEAGUE Michael Hagan signs up to help Mal Meninga maintain Queensland’s stranglehold over NSW in the State of Origin.

Hagan has taken on a role as assistant coach.

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HOCKEY The Kookaburras beat Korea 5-1 to take a 1-0 lead in their three-match series. Australia’s three-time World Player of the Year Jamie Dwyer is one of his team’s best.

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CRICKET Mark Greatbatch is announced as New Zealand’s coach. Greatbatch, who played 41 Tests for the Black Caps, replaces Andy Moles who resigned in October.

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FOOTBALL Socceroos fans sigh with relief as Harry Kewell’s management confirm he should be fit for the World Cup. Kewell was in Sydney for the week getting treatment on his injured groin.

MONDAY FOOTBALL Sunderland V Stoke City Premier League 7.45pm Sky Sports 1

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RUGBY UNION All Blacks coach Graham Henry says he will offer Ali Williams a spot on his staff after the lock ruptured his Achilles tendon again in a trial match.

He may be out for a year.

I don’t want to say “ the other course is

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Australian golfer Robert Allenby on the two courses in use for the US PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines. It’s about as close as Allenby gets to being diplomatic.

THURSDAY BASKETBALL Boston Celtics V Miami NBA 1am ESPN FRIDAY RUGBY UNION Ireland A V Scotland A A international 7.35pm BBC red button SATURDAY RUGBY UNION England V Wales Six Nations 4.45pm BBC1 SUNDAY FOOTBALL Chelsea V Arsenal Premier League 4pm Sky Sports 1

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Football slang What the hell are people talking about when they ask me ‘what’s the Bobby Moore’?

You’ve got to remember that a lot of it is just good-old fashioned Cockney slang – they just want the score.

What are some good ones I can use?

Next time you’re dining with

friends tell them to split the Jimmy Hill – he’s a famous football personality.

If someone tells you they got a Geoff Hurst (World Cup hero) at university it means they scored first-class honours.

Any naughty ones?

Heaps, but none suitable for publication. If you ever want a bit of action, just ask someone you fancy for a bit of Posh ‘n’ Becks.

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Williams too good Steely-eyed Serena Williams stared down Justine Henin to spoil the Belgian’s fairytale comeback and claim a modern-day record fifth Australian Open crown on Saturday night.

In the first-ever grand slam final featuring the two most successful women’s players of their generation, Williams’ awesome power won over Henin’s grace and style as the world No.1 carved out a gutsy 6-4 3-6 6-2 victory at Rod Laver Arena.

The two-hour, seven-minute

triumph gave Williams a perfect five-from-five record in finals at Melbourne Park and eclipsed the four Open titles that Margaret Smith Court, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles each won in the professional era.

Williams’ success also vaulted her to equal-sixth place alongside her American idol Billie Jean King on the all-time grand slam leaderboard with an even dozen career majors.

The 28-year-old now trails only Smith Court (24), Graf (22), Helen Wills Moody (19),

Martina Navratilova (19) and Chris Evert (18).

Henin had been striving to land an eighth slam in just her second tournament back from a 20-month sabbatical, during which the 27-year-old claimed to have discovered a new perspective and balance in her life following the breakdown of her marriage in 2007.

Fight as she might, though, Henin was unable to emulate fellow former world No.1 Kim Clijsters’ Cinderella-style grand slam comeback at last year’s US Open.

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Cup in Perth early last month.

“I wasn’t 100 per cent sure whether I was going to be able to play any of the Australian summer,” he said.

“At least I gave 100 per cent and tried to block it out as much as possible, was able to get through the summer.”

Hewitt battled through the pain barrier for four rounds at the Australian Open, eventually succumbing in straight sets to world No.1 Roger Federer.

“I had a tear in my labrum, which is around my hip joint, so I pretty much had torn that off the bone.”

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Stosur gets a hiding A shell shocked Samantha Stosur conceded she had no answer to Serena Williams’ power and precision after suffering a comprehensive fourth-round Australian Open loss to the world No.1 and eventual tournament winner.

Williams produced a 65-minute tennis masterclass to clinically end Stosur’s Open campaign 6-4 6-2.

“I felt good out there but, when someone’s playing that aggressively and not giving you anything at all, it’s pretty hard to beat,” Stosur said.

“Everything that I had set out and wanted to try and play like today, I thought I did that pretty well, but she played better.

“Maybe if I was able to play against any other player, then maybe I would have won.”

Williams crunched 10 aces to Stosur’s four.

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Lleyton Hewitt refused to give up on his grand slam dream despite revealing on Saturday he underwent a second round of career-saving hip surgery last week.

Hewitt, who turns 29 this month, vowed to return before the French Open in May after going under the knife on Friday in Hobart.

Dr Michael Pritchard, who repaired the former world No.1’s left hip in August 2008, operated on his right hip this time around after Hewitt first suffered the injury before his opening match at the Hopman

Australia may have pinched its next tennis champion from right under the nose of New Zealand.

Sean Berman, who grew up in New Zealand and has been in Australia for only the past six months, lost the Australian Open boy’s final 7-5 6-3 to Brazilian Tiago Fernandez.

Berman was born in South Africa but has lived most of his life in New Zealand.

When he was 13 his family moved to the US until his parents, who have family ties in Australia, decided to settle in Australia last year.

The 17-year-old and his family are now in the process of becoming naturalised Australians.

“I have no idea [why they decided to come here], but I think it’s the best country,” Berman said.

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After a disappointing summer Test series against England, South Africa cricket hit new depths last week when coach Mickey Arthur resigned and the selection panel was sacked.

The Proteas left for a twoTest and three-match ODI series against India on the weekend with former assistant coach Corrie van Zyl. Arthur denied his resignation was the result of a fallout with skipper Graeme Smith.

“This is not about Graeme,” he told the Hindustan Times. ”I have absolutely no issues with Graeme. We had and have a very sound relationship.”

Smith said, despite the turmoil, his team was expected to perform well in the first Test on Saturday.

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why did arthur resign?

Mickey Arthur jumped ship before he was pushed.

While he was integral in getting South Africa to the top of the tree his inability to keep them there unsettled authorities.

The team won just one of six Tests in 2009 and the 1-1 draw against England was the final straw.

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and not many teams go to India and win,” Smith said.

“But our record in the subcontinent is solid and the players who have been part of the set-up for a while have dealt with a few difficult things in recent years and handled them very well.”

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Mickey Arthur fronts the media to discuss his resignation

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Pakistan hammered again Pakistan’s nightmare tour of Australia hit a new low on Friday as the tourists slumped to an embarrassing 135-run loss in the fourth one-dayer at the Waca Ground.

Mike Hussey and Nathan Hauritz starred with the bat for Australia but it was speedster Ryan Harris who stole the show with the ball.

The 30-year-old snared his second consecutive five-wicket haul and man-of-the-match performance as Pakistan were dismissed for 142 in the 38th over in reply to Australia’s imposing 8-277.

On a day when the mercury reached 38C, Hussey posted a composed 67 off 75 balls to continue his golden summer but it was Hauritz who had the 13,841 fans on their feet as he blasted his way to his maiden half-century.

Hauritz spanked four sixes and a four in his entertaining and unbeaten knock of 53

Ryan Harris has become Australia’s bowling superman

off 39 balls after arriving at the crease in the 40th over with Australia precariously placed at 6-190.

Australia added 87 in the final 10 overs.

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Johnson rested for his fourthstraight game, Harris, who snared 5-43 in Tuesday’s win in Adelaide, showed that performance was no fluke.

He had two wickets after just seven balls.

Black Caps get new faces New Zealand cricket selectors included two new faces in naming their one-day international (ODI) and Twenty20 squads for this month’s series against Bangladesh.

Wellington’s left-arm fast bowler Andrew McKay, 29, is in line for his one-day international debut while Central Districts opener Peter Ingram has been included in the ODI and Twenty20 squads.

Auckland’s Lou Vincent, who caught the eye with some big scores in the national Twenty20 competition, including a 105 not out, and was one of four New Zealanders accepted for the recent Indian Premier League auction, missed out.

New coach Mark Greatbatch said Shane Bond, Grant Elliot, Kyle Mills and Jesse Ryder were not considered because of injury.

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Jack out for month A wrist injury will rule Crusaders rugby lock Chris Jack out of the first month of the Super 14. Veteran All Black Jack, who returned to New Zealand after a twoyear stint playing in England and South Africa, is unlikely to play until early March following wrist surgery.

Latimer keen All Black Tanerau Latimer was hopeful of being able to have a hitout before the Super 14 rugby season started. The flanker had knee surgery before Christmas after returning from the All Blacks’ Northern Hemisphere tour and missed the Chiefs’ first pre-season outing against the Highlanders.

Broncos into it Brisbane opened a four-day NRL pre-season camp in northern NSW with a bruising training session that left two players needing medical attention. Prop Nick Kenny and youngster Kurtis Lingwoodock both came to the sideline with bloody mouths that needed hospital treatment.

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Matt Giteau is in doubt for the start of the Super 14 season after inuring himself

Doubt over Giteau While one agent provocateur – Berrick Barnes – was back, Super 14’s mouth-watering opening round of Australian grudge matches may be robbed of the other.

Western Force defector Matt Giteau was racing time to be fit to make his return to Brumbies colours against his old team in the February 12

Foley in doubt

David Tua

David Tua’s follow-up fight after beating fellow New Zealand heavyweight Shane Cameron will be in Auckland in March.

Tua’s opponent will be US-based Nigerian Friday ‘The 13th’ Ahunanya at Trusts Stadium in Waitakere on March 31.

Ahunanya was the boxer who handed Cameron his first loss with a 12th-round stoppage in Auckland in 2007.

Cameron’s second defeat

was at the hand of Tua, who needed just over one round in Hamilton last October.

A spokesman for promoter Duco Events, David Higgins, said he was sure the TuaAhunanya fight, for which the WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental belts would be at stake, would be a huge drawcard.

“Tua fighting in Hamilton was big,” he said.

“Tua fighting in his home town of Auckland will be huge.”

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doctors are saying he’s right on the edge but Gits tells me he’s a quick healer and I’m the eternal optimist,” Brumbies coach Andy Friend said.

Barnes made his debut for the Waratahs on the weekend in a 83-15 win over Fiji.

Barnes is being considered as the Waratahs’ kicker and he kicked four from seven attempts against Fiji.

Tua hopes 13 is his lucky number

Sharks recruit Steve Meyer had his first run in the franchise’s jersey in a Super 14 pre-season trial against the Stormers. Meyer returned to the Sharks after playing for Perpignan since 2006.

Richmond midfielder Nathan Foley was in doubt for the start of the AFL season because of ongoing ankle problems and had minor surgery last week.

season-opener in Perth.

Giteau was in doubt for the Australian derby after suffering a quad strain during sprint work at training.

A desperate Giteau remains confident he’ll be able to face his former teammates at Members Equity Stadium but medics said his availability would be touch and go.

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New Zealand driver Brendon Hartley was delighted to be back in motor racing’s top flight after being appointed a reserve driver for Red Bull’s two Formula One teams.

Hartley and Australian Daniel Ricciardo, both 20, will share the role in alternate races for the Red Bull and Toro Rosso teams this season after completing a young driver test in Spain in December.

“Daniel and Brendon will sit-in on the briefings and debriefs, attend driver meetings and familiarise themselves with the everyday workings of the garage and pit wall,” Red Bull said.

Hartley was handed the same role last season but was replaced by fellow-Red Bull junior driver Jaime Alguersuari for the second half

New Zealand’s Brendon Hartley will battle it out with Aussie Daniel Ricciardo

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“I remember my parents having a debate, ‘are we moving away from Switzerland to come live over here?’” Roger Federer reveals how close he was to becoming an Australian as a youngster.

“I have trouble understanding how a coach can say ‘our job is not to entertain, our job is just to win’.” Australian Rugby Union boss John O’Neill makes clear the role of Australian Super 14 teams.

of 2009, leaving the New Zealander to focus on his British F3 and Renault World Series campaigns.

Spaniard Alguersuari went on to become the youngest

Formula One driver in history at the Hungarian Grand Prix, aged 19.

Hartley said he appreciated the chance to again observe Formula One racing first hand.

Cowboys consider Mason Wendell Sailor said a determined Willie Mason would prove a revelation for any NRL club that signed him and it may be North Queensland who win out.

The Cowboys revealed they were looking into casting a possible NRL career lifeline to the former NSW and Australia representative, who had been told he had no future at the Sydney Roosters.

And while Manly became the latest club to rule out a rumoured move for Mason, Sailor said the big forward had been unfairly regarded as a possible problem player.

The dual international, who resurrected his own career and public reputation after a two year drug-related ban, said Mason had done nothing as bad as some other highprofile footballers.

“I feel for Willie,” Sailor said.

“It’s sort of a naughty little schoolboy thing, a few little

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Willie Mason has been told by the Roosters to pack his bags

things and all of a sudden people have you as an outcast.

“He hasn’t done anything that bad, like myself and some other players in the game have done over the years, and yet he’s tarnished a little bit.

“Some clubs don’t want to take a risk with him but I’ve had a bit to do with Willie over the years and I just think at the age of 29 or 30, he’s a Clive

Churchill medal winner and got a lot to offer.

“A Test forward, Origin forward and I reckon he’s sitting there now thinking whoever throws me a lifeline, I’m going to repay you 10 times over.

“I was sitting there for two years myself and the Dragons did that for me. They’re going to get him at a good price.”

“Maybe if I did this 10 times a day for 11 days straight then it’s somewhat near the Kokoda Track, but even then I’m not covered in mud and leeches.”

Paralympian Kurt Fearnley compares winning the OzDay 10km wheelchair race to his 96km crawl over Kokoda Track.

“What do you want me to do? Give Robbie a big kiss on the lips so you all believe me?” North Queensland Fury coach Ian Ferguson following the peace talks after his attempt to relegate Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler (pictured) to the bench.

The pair apparently kissed and made up but the media wouldn’t buy it.

“I’d just like to put it all behind us, I’ve been embarrassed, the gaffer [Ferguson] has been embarrassed and I think we’ve embarrassed the club, moreso me.” Fowler on the same matter.

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Former All Blacks forward Carl Hayman won’t rule out a return to international duties WORDS TOM STURROCK

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hen Carl Hayman left New Zealand rugby back in 2007 to join English club Newcastle Falcons on a threeyear deal worth £950,000, he became the highest-paid player in the world.

Now 30, and captain of Newcastle, Hayman remains one of the outstanding props in world rugby, and has no regrets about his decision to leave New Zealand for opportunities overseas.

“The way I was looking at it, for four years I had geared all my energies to the World Cup. Once it was over, I really felt it was time to move on and do something different,” Hayman says.

“I’ve been here for two years, and personally, I’ve been pretty happy with how I’ve played. I took on the captaincy this year and that’s been a new, exciting part of it.”

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NORTHERN EXPOSURE Hayman made his Newcastle debut in December 2007, and he admits that parachuting straight into the teeth of a northern winter set him on his heels.

“Whenever you up sticks and move to the other side of the world, there are a few of those moments where you miss the comforts of home,

CHRIS JACK was one of the world’s best locks when he left New Zealand after the 2007 World Cup, pursuing stints at Saracens and Western Province in South Africa before announcing a return to New Zealand for this year’s Super 14. Still quality, but will be 33 come the next World Cup in September 2011.

Hayman says Guiness Premiership rugby has made him a better player

It would be nice to “ have another crack at the World Cup ”

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especially when you come straight in and it’s dark at quarter to four every night,” he says.

“It was reasonably chilly, but I guess you have to learn to enjoy that. It was pretty challenging.”

Having acclimatised, Hayman insists the change of scenery and style has made him an improved player. “The conditions play a big part in matches up here, so it’s good to experience the Guinness Premiership and the toughness of that competition,” he says.

“It’s definitely helped my game from a forward’s point of view – a lot of the tactics are oriented around the pack and the scrummaging, so it’s good rugby to be part of as a forward.”

THE KIWI PLAYER DRAIN The All Blacks are famed for their depth, but when Hayman moved north – and became ineligible for Test selection – he left a gaping hole the side have only recently been able to adequately fill. Unsurprisngly, New Zealand Rugby is keen to avoid losing more players to Europe, and while Hayman sympathises, he expects Kiwi administrators will struggle to keep all their stars close to home.

“There are a lot of players who are not quite in the All Blacks, who are in that next tier down, who have also moved overseas,”

Hayman says. “The NZRU are in a tough place.

They probably can’t match the money being offered by European clubs, but at the same time they need to look after the All Blacks jersey and ensure that side remains strong.

“It would be great if everyone could stay in New Zealand playing domestic rugby, but it’s a professional sport and guys are faced with tough decisions about where to play.”

ONE LAST TILT AT GLORY? Hayman’s deal with Newcastle ends in 2010, dovetailing just in time for a possible All Blacks recall heading into the rugby World Cup in New Zealand. By then, Hayman will be 31 – still young enough to push for selection.

“There’s a chance – I’m not sure what the future holds, but it would be nice to have another crack at the World Cup,” he says. “I’ve got a bit of time up my sleeve, so I’ll be making those decisions further down the track.”

Hayman is equally guarded about a persistent rumour that after the All Blacks were bundled out of the World Cup in 2007, he drank 60 cans of beer on a flight from London to Christchurch, eclipsing Aussie cricketer David Boon’s fabled record of 52 tinnies.

“It was a good trip home,” Hayman says, offering an incriminating non-denial. “I think we lost count over Hong Kong. We were pretty close to that record. We tried hard.”

Imagine how many cans he’ll smash if he’s part of a winning World Cup side.

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NICK EVANS is arguably the unluckiest All Black of his generation. He’s one of the finest flyhalfs in the world, but couldn’t get a regular game ahead of Dan Carter.

He joined Harlequins in May 2008, but if New Zealand want a back-up for Carter, Evans could still be the man.

Will be 31 by the World Cup. SONNY BILL WILLIAMS remains an absolute smokey. He walked away from rugby league in 2008, joining French club Toulon on a two-year deal worth A$3 million. Williams has stated he would love to play for the All Blacks, but he’ll need to shift to Super 14 soon if he’s serious about a World Cup spot.

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What was your experience of finding a job back in Oz?

Due to my broad experience I had a choice of avenues and employers on my return. But I moved to back with Medland Metropolis, who I was working with in London.

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I began working in London as a site engineer in the building industry and was fortunate to broaden my experience and progress into senior positions at management level.

What do you miss most about being in London?

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My friends, the history and culture, cosy pubs, proximity to Europe and cheap flights.

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Renting may have to be strongly considered as a long-term option after Sydney placed second only to Vancouver on a list of the world’s most expensive residential markets.

The Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Darwin rounded out the top five in the Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, which studied 272 markets in six countries including New

Zealand. Melbourne and Wollongong also featured in the top ten, coming in at eighth and tenth places respectively The average dwelling price in Sydney rose 11.6 per cent last year to $475,000, above the national average of $439,000.

Demographia suggested Australian governments relax land use rules in order to ease the affordability problem.

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our overseas experience has come to a bittersweet end. You’ve had more snakebites than Steve Irwin, forged friendships, nursed Herculean hangovers and, through a haze of one description or another, found your way to the Continent more than once or twice.

Now there’s only one more destination on your hit list: home. Here’s our guide to how to travel back there.

WHEN TO GO Flight prices and availability depend on the season. Expect premium prices for flights to Australia and New Zealand in December, January and February. In May, June and April

(outside of the Easter holidays) you can snag a seat for around £500 – half the peak price.

AROUND THE WORLD A good option for those with time and a desire to do one last spot of travelling is a round-theworld ticket (RTW).

With one of these in your pocket you choose a number of destinations to stop at on your way home over a 12-month period. The number of stops you make depends on the mileage option you choose (usually between 20,00040,000). The origin and destination must be the same, and there must be at least one crossing each of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

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HOW I DID IT Hedge fund manager David Melville, 29, is from Newcastle, Australia. He has lived in London for more than three years, and will be returning home via Thailand on February 9.

How did you go about finding a flight?

I did some searching on flight comparison websites, then went to Flight Centre with what I’d found online.

What did you end up with?

For £50 more than the best deal I’d found on the web, Flight Centre got me a more comfortable airline with a brief stop in Dubai, then on to Thailand where I’m staying for three months and will travel with my brother.

Did you have to make any amendments?

Yes, twice – and I paid £70 each time. But it only took a quick call to the agent.

Travel agent or online?

An agent. It’s easier to get a tailored flight, and to be able to talk to someone about your options. The agent offered me advice about the airlines too, which was really helpful.

Bangkok and Singapore (above) are popular stopover destinations

Centre, says the other advantage of an RTW ticket is it offers flexibility for date changes.

COMING BACK? A one-way and return ticket that costs the same is a peculiarity of modern air travel. So

WHAT DOES IT COST? For an idea of the costs involved, here are some typical prices of a Qantas Walkabout One Way Fare.

LOW SEASON: APR 16-JUN 20 HIGH SEASON: DEC 14-DEC 23 1. Cheapest direct one way (to Australia and New Zealand with no stops).

■ Low season to Perth: from £435 ■ High season to Perth: from £787 ■ Low season to Auckland: from £519 ■ High season to Auckland: from £911

2. London–Bangkok–Hong Kong–Melbourne ■ Low season: from £733 ■ High season: from £1113 3. London–Bangkok–Sydney–Auckland ■ Low season: from £799 ■ High season: from £1178 4. London–New York (overland to Los Angeles) –Fiji–Auckland ■ Low season: from £802 ■ High season: from £1181 Source: Qantas

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ONE WAY WITH STOPOVERS Most airlines will offer at least one free stopover on a one-way ticket. Apart from the RTW ticket, a one-way ticket with stopover options is the next best way to tick off countries you’d still like to see on your way home.

The length of time you can stay in a stopover destination is down to the airline and your ticket. Tom Otley, editor of Business Traveller Magazine, recommends the Middle Eastern

airlines. “They offer fantastic deals and once you stop in their countries, they want you to stay and explore their facilities,” he says.

“Qatar, Etihad, Emirates – they all have new routes and new aeroplanes with big wide seats and leg room. This is worth thinking about if you are going long-haul.”

In Asia, Bangkok and Singapore are popular stopover destinations as they’re in the heart of the continent, and the range of budget tours and domestic flights out are plentiful.

Forder says: “These are free stops and the amount of time you’re allowed to stay in each place varies, but you may as well make each stopover opportunity a holiday.”

Meanwhile, Qantas Holidays has a tonguetwisting ticket called the Walkabout One Way Fare, which doesn’t have the restrictions of a RTW, says Esther Ward, market development manager for Qantas Holidays.

“The only condition is that you must make a stop in Australia, but otherwise you can choose your own stopover points and prices will vary depending on how many you make.”

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while home may beckon, you may as well have a return flight in the back pocket – which is usually valid for 12 months and sometimes costs the same as a one way.

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FREQUENT FLYERS In many cases you will only be able to use frequent flyer points on a certain class of ticket but it may still prove financially worthwhile. If you’re serious about using points to fund your return home, get in early and check conditions with your provider.

TRAVEL AGENT OR ONLINE? This depends completely on you, and how comfortable you are doing your own research.

Online booking systems make it very easy to plan your own journey, but you can’t top the advice of an expert who can tell you things you might not necessarily know.

The best bet is to scan the web for good deals and take what you’ve found to an agent and ask them to beat it. Most will.

Making tracks: go home via Russia’s Trans-Siberian railway

If you fancy a journey more enthralling than a 30-hour plough through the skies, then you may favour an overland expedition.

There’s an array of tour companies that specialise in travel from the UK to Oz in sturdy overland vehicles, and several routes to pick from. Most visit 20 or more countries over about six months, including Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, China, and Indonesia. Prices start from £4000 But your options don’t end there. You could also go by sea on a passengercarrying freighter, or on a round-the-world cruise, which can each take up to 40 days and set you back in the region of £3500.

Or train it. Travel by rail across Europe to Moscow, then hop aboard the TransSiberian to the Far East and fly or sail from there.

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Kiwis battle to buy a home ouse prices will go up, wages won’t, and it will eventually be impossible for New Zealanders to buy their own home, commentators say.

Massey University professor Bob Hargreaves said home affordability in the six months to November improved by more than 2 per cent, but it

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was a temporary surge in a gloomy long-term picture for aspiring home owners.

The jump in affordability was contradicted by a Barfoot and Thompson report showing Auckland house prices were back to levels seen at the peak of the 2007 boom.

Sales in December averaged

$552,933, the highest for two years, managing director Peter Thompson said.

Hargreaves said it would get progressively harder to buy a house over the next five years, with house prices more likely to rise than drop, interest rates only able to go up, and wages remaining static.

I’ve been here 18 months and I’m only leaving cos I’ve used up my 12 months of work as I’m here on a working holiday visa.

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Australian video rental stores, landline providers, travel agents and photo developers are set for a gloomy year. With more consumers downloading movies and the number of pay TV and free-to-air TV channels increasing, video rental stores are tipped to see $20 million less in revenues.

Domestic air travel in Oz is at its cheapest for two decades, but only for those flexible enough to take discount flights. Prices usually dive from December to January as holiday demand dwindles, but government figures show fares in January were 4 per cent lower than 12 months earlier.

How will your spending habits differ back home?

What expenses do you expect to have back in Oz?

I’m lucky because I won’t have to pay for rent when I first get back to Australia as I will be moving back in with my parents.

I will probably be spending money on the same things; going out and meeting friends, as well as saving to go travelling again.

Since being over here I’ve definitely caught the travel bug, so I’ll be planning my next getaway soon.

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Buys a lot of influence. » Wal-Mart – down from top

doing $30 bn more in sales. » BP – the largest oil producer in the Persian Gulf was hit hard by tumbling prices. » Chevron – the US number two oil company boosted its profits by a massive 28 per cent from 2008 levels.

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If you’re heading home for a holiday, and taking a trip en route, you may find that one-stop shop websites make it easier, and cheaper, to find information about your destination while booking flights and hotel rooms.

More consumers than ever are turning to travel websites that offer flights and extras such as accommodation and car hire, because the packages could save money.

In theory, selling travel products online is cheaper for the vendors, and those savings get passed on to you.

Travelocity leads the pack, with about 1.2 million unique monthly visitors, and Expedia is close behind.

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hen it comes to popping the question, there are few places in the world that scream cliché like the Eiffel Tower. The London Eye, a gondola ride in Venice and the Trevi Fountain in Rome come in close behind.

Now, I know they all beat proposing in some B-grade restaurant back in your home town, but come on – they’re not exactly going to win a prize for originality.

And anyone who tells you it doesn’t matter where it happens is lying. Having just successfully done the deed myself, let me tell you – it’s all about the story.

I spent a year searching for the perfect place to propose. After months of planning, I finally got my act together and proposed on bended knee in the Moët & Chandon cellars in Epernay.

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well chuffed with the thought I had put into it.

In fact, she has even suggested calling our new pet dog Moët as some kind of totemistic tribute. Talk about a story with legs!

So, with Valentine’s Day around the corner, I thought I’d share with you some of my notes from my quest to find the place to propose. In the end it comes down to the individual, and given we met in a brew house – a Champagne house seemed like a natural choice.

LIVING THE VIDA LOCA IN BARCELONA Take a seat on the winding multi-coloured mosaic tiled bench-wall at Gaudí’s famous Park Güell overlooking Barcelona – probably the coolest city in the world. Pack a picnic with some tasty Spanish treats from the market off La Rambla and don’t forget to include a nice bottle of something fizzy.

CRUISING THE NILE If you fancy yourself as a bit of an Indiana Jones,

SHORT BREAK OTHER IDEAS ■ PARIS

■ COPENHAGEN Take her to the Christmas markets in Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens and present her with a special early Christmas gift.

■ ICELAND Propose in the middle of a glacier as the winter sun sets turning the sky into an artist’s palette of orange, pink, yellow and purple.

■ CROATIA Ortaköy Mosque, Istanbul

Get down on one knee while taking a stroll at sunset on top of the walls circling Dubrovnik’s Old Town.

with the X-factor. The best time and place to do it would have to be at dusk on a rooftop terrace just as the mosques come to life. Most hotels in the Old Town have roof bars, Dubrovnik, Croatia many with spectacular 360 degree views.

When the bellow of the call to prayer combines with the sunset, the city takes on a euphoric atmosphere.

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why not take her on a romantic cruise down the Nile and dazzle her with your knowledge of ancient Egyptology. The world’s longest river offers a kaleidoscope of colours as it winds its way past desert cliffs, lush green riverbanks and ancient towns. Pop the question over a sunset cocktail.

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ENGLISH CLASS This is the perfect option for the bloke who is terrified of sneaking his massive rock past airport security. Hire a classic convertible for the day and take her for a spin out to Blenheim Palace, about two hours’ drive out of London.

Birthplace of Winston Churchill, Blenheim Palace is home to some of the most amazing country gardens in England. If she isn’t bowled over by your Jenson Button driving skills, James Bond-esqe charm or tasty picnic treats at least she’ll love the ring.

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COSY FIREPLACE IN FRANCE If she likes her red wine then whisk her away to Bordeaux for a naughty weekend.

Hire a cute little farm cottage with a warm open fireplace. Spend the day touring the local vineyards and buy a special bottle of plonk to crack open in the evening. Whip her up something amazing for dinner, or for those less able, lay out a picnic of local cheese and meats and curl up in front of the fire. When the moment’s right, grab the corkscrew and pray to God it isn’t corked.

CHAMPAGNE PROPOSAL The quaint old Champagne houses scattered around Epernay and Reims offer some amazing places to pop more than just corks.

I asked my girlfriend the big question inside Moet & Chandon’s cellar in Epernay. Here’s a tip: before you arrive arrange to have a cold bottle of bubbly put away in the fridge for you. They don’t sell Dom Pérignon cold.

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Less debauched than Amsterdam and steeped in more history than Rotterdam, The Hague, or Den Haag as it’s known to locals, is home to the royal family. It’s also the seat of Dutch government and is packed with pretty buildings, museums, a lively bar scene and a fun-filled waterfront (above) that overlooks the North Sea.

Vermeer paintings, including Girl With A Pearl Earring, and a few contemporary highlights too, including artworks by Andy Warhol.

CHOW DOWN There’s a lot of international cuisine that’s done very well in Holland, particularly Indonesian and Surinamese thanks to former Dutch

BEACH BREAK Head to Scheveningen where you’ll find a long pier overlooking the North Sea. Somewhat kitschy, there’s a casino, amusement arcades, bungy jumping, restaurants and an aquarium, and of course the beach. While Holland isn’t exactly renowned for its good weather, the long strip of sand draws in large crowds in the warmer months and it’s an easy 15-minute tram ride to reach the sand from downtown Des Haag.

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The Peace Palace, also called Vredespaleis, is where the UN’s Court of International Justice is held. You can visit it by joining a guided tour, but it’s worth noting that no tours take place when the court is in session. The grand old building was donated by American steel maker Andrew Carnegie.

Just a 10-minute train ride from Den Haag is the pretty town of Delft, home to Delftware – the distinctive blue and white pottery you’ll see absolutely everywhere (left). It’s also the town where old Dutch master Vermeer lived and you can find out more about him at the Vermeer Centre (vermeerdelft.nl).

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ART BLAST A museum that’s located inside a small but stunning 17th century mansion, Mauritshuis has artwork on show by some of the finest Dutch and Flemish painters from the 15th century onwards.

It’s home to some of the world’s most famous Johannes

colonies in those parts of the world. If you’re looking for particularly local delights, don’t miss Bitterballen: hot little croquette balls filled with paste-like meat, deep fried and served with mustard; or some fries with mayonnaise.

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO All your round, but check out the Peace Palace (vredespaleis.nl) schedule if you intend to go on a tour of the UN Court of International Justice.

GETTING THERE Fly to Amsterdam from any London airport and then take a 50-minute train from Schiphol station (under the airport).

VISAS South Africans require a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.15 EUR LANGUAGE Dutch, but most locals speak English.

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GOING OUT A beer is €2-€3.

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he old commie/capitalist divide might have crumbled with the wall 20 years ago, but Berlin has a new divide: the trendy east versus the not so trendy west.

Helping us navigate so-called “cool Berlin” is personal adventure guide Henrik Tidefjard, who moved to the German capital from Sweden eight years ago, and who heads up lifestyle tour company Berlinagenten. At €75 per hour for a minimum of three hours (see berlinagenten.com) his services don’t come cheap. But the Berlin Tourist Board has lent him to us for a couple of hours so we waste no time in picking his brains over the coolest haunts in Berlin.

He leads us straight to Prenzlauer Berg, just north of Friedrichshain. It used to be considered deepest east, a drab working-class suburb.

Henrik points to a crumbling grey facade.

“All the buildings used to look like that,” he says. But now it’s a riot of candy-coloured

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■ HIT THE MARKETS The Sunday flea market in the Mauer Park is Berlin’s answer to Portobello, but less touristy.

■ PEOPLE WATCH Head to Volkspark am Weinberg, known as “drug park” because apparently there are more dealers here than any other park in Berlin!

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Squats are a common sight in East Berlin

buildings with modern ironwork balconies.

The suburb’s hub is Kollwitzplatz, named after socially conscious artist Kathe Kollwitz.

Lined with trendy cafés and restaurants, it boasts a “must-see” organic food market on Thursdays and Saturdays. This is also the old stomping ground of dishy German actor Daniel Brühl, who starred in Goodbye Lenin and Inglourious Basterds, and who used to work in Gagarin café on nearby Knaackstrasse.

East Berlin has a much younger demographic than the west, Henrik tells us, and has earned the sobriquet of “nappy valley” due to the high number of young families living here. Judging by the rows of prams parked outside the cafés, he’s not exaggerating.

Henrik’s advice for exploring the area is: “Be curious – stick your head into courtyards, you might find an outdoor bar or a cinema.”

Or a squat. Prenzlauer Berg might be pretty yuppiefied these days, but it still retains a bohemian flavour. Squats are easy to spot: usually shabby-looking buildings colourfully decorated with posters and flags. In the summer months many of them put on food, film nights and gigs.

Perhaps the most famous squat is Kunsthaus Tacheles, in Mitte, a former department store taken over by a collective of artists when the

■ ART SCENE Check out the chichi little art galleries on the Auguststrasse strip in Mitte.

■ HIT THE SHOPS Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte are full of quirky vintage boutiques with names such as No Socks, No Pants and Who Killed Bambi?

A record shop in Prenzlauer Berg

Berlin Wall came down in 1990. Although a question mark hangs over its future, there are plenty of others to see.

We poke our heads into the rainbow decorated Das Hausprojekt on Kastanienallee 86. There’s not much happening, but come summer and this place will be buzzing.

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■ BAR LIFE Head to Oranienstrasse in East Kreuzberg for cool bars.

Local favourite is hard-to-find Paloma Bar at Kottbusser Tor.

■ CLUBBING Cutting-edge nightlife is in the east. Party at Berghain, “the temple of techno and house on planet Earth”, or more mainstream Watergate, on the banks of the Spree.

■ GO DANCING

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Any time.

GETTING THERE Direct flights from London take about two hours.

GETTING AROUND Berlin’s Public Transport System, an interlinking system of S-Bahn, U-Bahn, ferries and buses, is cheap and extremely efficient.

VISAS Aussies and Kiwis don’t need one but South Africans will need a Schengen visa.

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1 GBP = €1.15.

LANGUAGE German.

BERLIN GOING OUT A beer GERMANY costs about €2.60.

ACCOMMODATION Circus Hostel, in Mitte, has dorm beds starting at €19. Its sister hotel has double rooms from €78.

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WINNER OBERHOFEN, SWITZERLAND Marlos De Souza, Brazil

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The pointed rooftops stand out clearly against the blue sky, and the mountains in the distance add context.

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RUNNER-UP CAIRO, EGYPT Sara Mirza, Scotland Sara’s shot has a painterly feel, with low-contrast lighting and colours. The mishmash of artifacts all blend into one, and even the people seem to be part of the chaos.

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The sea is an amazing subject for abstracts and images that you’d like to hang on your wall. Pebbles, sand, water and rocks are often featured on canvases in the home sections of department stores. What is particularly entrancing about the sea is that the light is nearly always perfect. Michelle’s shot has a few aspects that make it stand out.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 Horizontal lines give the image a feeling of serenity.

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4. The empty blue sky and bold lighting give a graphic feel to the image.

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First off, I love your column! I’m off to the Greek Islands with my girlfriend at the start of April, and one of my great desires has always been to hire a scooter and really get off the beaten track. Do you have an opinion on any island that would be ideal for this sort of adventure?

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The £200 plus day-trips that roll out of Dahab and Sharm-el-Sheikh before dawn must offer the worst way to see Petra.

They work like this: you wake up, you drive, drive, drive, cross the border by taking the ferry, pass through immigration on the Jordanian side, drive some more, get to Petra, have no more than three hours slogging round a site that deserves at least two days, leave sweaty, tired and frustrated and reverse the journey, arriving back at your resort at 11pm.

It doesn’t have to be like that. Those same operators will often, for the same price, take you on the coach and ferry one-way and leave you in Jordan for a couple of nights while you stay in Wadi Musa, the gateway town to Petra.

Then they’ll pick you up and bring you back.

Alternatively you can do the journey via a series of private taxis and go through Israel. You might even decide to stay in Jordan and have a more authentic Middle Eastern adventure than the Sinai resorts offer. And there goes my New Year’s resolution to be less of a travel snob.

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I’m loath to name those precious secret spots, but as you can keep a secret, Folegandros in the Cyclades, Skopelos in the Sporades, Paxi and Antipaxi in the Ionians and Ikaria in the northeast Aegean are good places to start. Bigger and big-name islands like Samos (north-east Aegean), Evia (Sporades) and even Crete may draw in the crowds but they also reward those prepared to get off the beaten track. And on any island, packing a pair of walking boots and heading round the next corner will take you away from the crowds. But sometimes it’ll take you to a beach full of fat naked people as well.

I’m planning a diving trip to the Red Sea (Dahab or Sharm) and was hoping to jump over to Jordan while there to visit Petra. I haven’t been able to find any easy way of doing this – can you help?

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WHY: The festival marks St Joseph’s Day, but also owes something to pagan

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STARKBIERZEIT Munich, Germany March 19 Oktoberfest’s little brother still has plenty of serious drinking, but smaller crowds. Translating to “strong beer time”, the festival sees brewers wheel out their most potent amber ales, or doppelbocks.

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Ask any seasoned skier or boarder and they’ll tell you that you don’t have to be an expert to value the right kit for the slopes.

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My first big trip was …

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their gear before the spring thaw.

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It’s not all about functionality though, you have to look cool too.

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My top travel tip is … Say hello to the person next to you when you sit down on a journey.

I always pack … An eyemask, inflatable pillow and earplugs. You can then sleep anywhere.

My guilty travel pleasure is … I’m addicted to sunflower seeds, and end up leaving a trail of the shells wherever I go.

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SUMMIT SPECIAL New Zealand’s highest peak doesn’t get the attention it deserves, though there’s good reason for that WORDS DAMIAN HALL

BIG TRIP Aoraki/Mt Cook NEW ZEALAND

MOUNTAIN HIGHER At 3754m, Aoraki/Mt Cook isn’t high by world standards. But it is the highest mountain in Australasia – a very large region indeed.

It looks like a mountain from a children’s book, with big muscular shoulders sloping away

Aoraki/Mt Cook “ is an undeniably dashing bugger ” on either side, except that the top of its head has been lopped off, giving it an abrupt and slightly dissatisfying apex. It looks daunting yet handsome, with the gleaming glacial lake in front of it a vast carpet leading up to a throne.

PEAK A BOO Aoraki/Mt Cook is often hooded by cloud, so only a privileged few ever get to see the very top. The peak is king of the World Heritagelisted national park of the same name, about halfway down the South Island.

The park is a beautiful yet (as I find out) cruel kingdom of rock and ice. Around 40 per cent of it is glacier and it includes the Tasman Glacier – New Zealand’s largest and longest – and another 18 peaks over 3000m.

MAORI LEGENDS According to Maori mythology, a young boy called Aoraki was with his brothers in a canoe when it got stuck on a reef and tilted to one side.

The boys sat on the wreck but the wind froze them, turning them into stone and creating the South Island’s rugged spine.

It’s offensive to the Maori to climb to the top

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I hadn’t heard of Mt Cook, or Aoraki (meaning ‘Cloud Piercer’) as the Maori call it, until I was on a flight into Christchurch.

The Kiwi pensioner sat next to me was anxiously looking out of the window. First flight nerves, I thought. She finally pointed out a snow-smothered summit poking proudly through the clouds.

I made an ambiguous “oh-ooh” noise, pretending I recognised it. It was an undeniably dashing bugger and I was intrigued, so I made plans to go for a closer look.

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO January is the Kiwi summer holidays and everything gets booked up.

The months either side are less busy and are the best bet for good weather.

GETTING THERE It’s a long way away so be prepared to cough up for a flight.

Shop around, book well in advance and think about some exciting stopovers.

GETTING AROUND New Zealand is about the size of the UK without the traffic jams – it’s easy to get around. The best bet is hiring a car or camper van, otherwise bus services are comprehensive and there are various tour options too.

VISAS Australians, South Africans and Brits don’t need a visa to visit.

CURRENCY New Zealand dollar. 1 GBP = NZD 2.28.

LANGUAGE English.

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ACCOMMODATION Dorm beds start at around NZD 25 (more in big cities) and rooms are from around NZD 65 a night.

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of the summit – effectively the head of one of their ancestors – so most right-minded mountaineers stop just short.

Climbing Aoraki/Mt Cook is a serious activity – it’s a technical peak – and someone dies on it nearly every year.

TRAMP AROUND At first I’m happy enough to stare at the magic mountain and do a series of short walks to viewpoints, neighbouring peaks and glaciers.

The best tramp takes you up to the Mueller Hut. It’s an exhausting four-hour ascent, which rewards me with a cosy cabin and five-star views of the glorious giant.

The hut warden says the last five sunsets have been cloudy, but I watch Aoraki/Mt Cook in wonder as pinks, mauves and oranges splash across it, like an amazing silent disco I wasn’t invited to. As my camera purrs, I can’t believe my luck.

The next day I pick up a hitchhiker. He is elated (if smelly), raving about a tramp over Aoraki/Mt Cook’s shoulder.

The two- to three-day Ball Pass Crossing is more a route than a trail (no signs means navigational skills are needed) and the pass is blanketed in snow. Although he warns me he found it pretty hairy in places, I have to do it.

SAFETY FIRST The Department of Conservation (DOC) calls the route “demanding”, but I’ve done

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I hire crampons and an ice axe, talk the route through in Cook Village’s DOC office and start out, full of gung-ho hubris. I think I am uber mountaineer Reinhold Messner. But I’m about to become a different type of mess.

On the second day, after carefully climbing an icy gully, I come to scree (an accumulation of broken rock fragments), and so remove my crampons. I reach a patch of compact snow that bars my path and disappears off the side of the mountain somewhere. It seems friendly enough so I don’t bother sitting down and reattaching my crampons.

About three strides later, after an unexpected, though I like to think nevertheless convincing, Laurel and Hardy impression, I find myself hurtling uncontrollably downhill.

Self-arresting with the axe doesn’t work – the snow is bulletproof. I carry on sliding

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DESCEND CAREFULLY It seems my only option is to try and snag myself on to some fast-moving rocks to my side.

A few reluctant sideways rolls take me off the snow and into the relatively welcome rocks.

They stop my descent, and thoughtfully seek out any remaining patches of uncut exposed skin and have their wicked way with them. I am a bloody mess. But I’ve never felt so alive.

About an hour later, while my mind is blown by views of peaks and high fields of snow and I relive my lucky escape, the answer to the Aoraki/Mt Cook conundrum comes to me. Maybe this mountain is relatively unknown because it’s dangerous, and Kiwis don’t want inexperienced pillocks like me killing themselves on it. Quite considerate, really.

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ESSENTIALLY NZ Take in the wondrous scenery on one of the country’s many well-maintained tramping tracks.

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Hear Maori stories, partake in their traditional customs and visit their ornate wooden meeting houses.

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Do one of the many Lord Of The Rings tours and see the sites for Isengard, Edoras and Rivendell, or go in a hobbit hole.

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Swim with seals or dolphins, and spot sperm whales off Kaikoura.

Hike on one of the west coast glaciers and get happily lost in the ice kingdoms.

Take an overnight boat cruise on the fjords of Milford or Doubtful Sound.

Experience the thermal spas, geysers and other-worldly smells of Rotorua.

Sir Edmund Hillary (above) may be the world’s most famous Kiwi climber, but there are several more New Zealanders famed for their exploits in mountaineering.

Dan Bryant was the first Kiwi to climb the Himalayas when he joined the British Everest reconnaissance expedition in 1935.

George Lowe teamed up with Hillary for the 1951 reconnaissance and then the successful 1953 summit.

In 1968 Kiwis Murray Jones and Graeme Dingle climbed six major north faces in a season, proving they were equal to Europe’s best mountaineers.

New Zealanders claimed a first ascent of the Nevado Cayesh in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes, while a Kiwi party climbing in Cordillera Vilcabamba made no fewer than eight first ascents in 1962.

In 1990, two of New Zealand’s best-known climbers of the late 20th century, Rob Hall and Gary Ball, climbed the seven summits (highest peaks on each continent) in seven months. Both later died in the Himalayas.

In 1982 Mark Inglis lost both legs to frostbite while on Aoraki/Mt Cook, he then climbed Mt Everest in 2006.

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