AT ONLY 13 years of age, Kirsten Dodgen is already a world champion. The Elim Christian College student is a member of Hip Hop International junior division world champion crew Bubblegum.   Teams from 40 countries descended on Las Vegas last month for the 10th anniversary of the event. Bubblegum were joined by varsity team Sorority and megacrew The Royal Family as first-place...

THIRTY years after taking a long fight to vindicate the air crew who flew the DC10 in the tragic Erebus crash, Gordon Vette is adamant he would do it all again. Former Air New Zealand Captain Vette, of Eastern Beach, is now 76. Six years ago he suffered a stroke which has left him unable to speak, although he is fully...