New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) back issues from February 2008:
Failure ispart oflearningto succeed.
Feb 18, 2008 ... FAILURE can be a bitter word, something to be avoided, sometimes at the expense of taking risks that can lead to success. As basketball player Michael Jordan once said: "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been ...
When redundancy is not genuine.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Just recently my employer told me that business had been tough and that our profits had dropped. My employer said my position needed to be disestablished and that I would be employed under a new job title at a lower salary. I then received a letter from my employer telling me that my ...
Talented beauty therapists are in short supply.
Feb 18, 2008 ... THE DEMAND for facials, pedicures, manicures and other beauty therapies is growing, amid a shortage of experienced and talented beauty therapists. There are a number of beauty therapy courses around the country. Cut Above Beauty Institute offers a diploma in beauty therapy, ...
Rules change, but game remains same.
Feb 18, 2008 ... IT was the French 19th century journalist and novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr who wrote: "The more things change the more they remain the same". JB was probably a rugby fan. It didn't take long on Friday night to realise that the Experimental Law Variations ...
Heartfelt tributeintelligent, funny.
Feb 18, 2008 ... RESIDENT ALIEN is a strangely conventional play given it's a tribute to the fedora-hatted, make-up-wearing, bejewelled "naked civil servant" himself - Quentin Crisp. Written by British playwright and author Tim Fountain, Resident Alien is a traditional monologue in two acts, and ...
HOW TO CHOOSE A GOOD PROPERTY MANAGER.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Experts advise considering the following things before putting your investment property with a manager How long has the company been in existence? Does it operate a rental trust account (mandatory for members of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand)? ...
Blues' power sends out danger alert.
Feb 18, 2008 ... It was a fair old message from the Blues, an early bulletin about the dangers they offered in the Super 14. The series had seen the favourites, the Crusaders, make an emphatic start when they swapped ruck-and-run plans for steady progress in the slosh at Christchurch. It was ...
Advisers queue to help those caught in fallout.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Investors suffering in the Blue Chip related liquidations are being targeted by a multitude of offers of help. A seminar to be held this Thursday entitled How to Make the Most of Your Losses is but one of a range of offers of advice to disaffected investors. Onehunga ...
z IN BRIEFYates heads fortop-three finish.
Feb 18, 2008 ... New Zealand rider Jeremy Yates is in the running for a top three finish in the Tour de Langkawi cycling tour in Malaysia. With just one stage to go, Yates is fourth on general classification, 36 seconds behind Moldova's Ruslan Ivanov, who holds the leader's yellow jersey on a total elapsed ...
Parents would back ban on food ads aimed at kids.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Parents want TV ads that promote unhealthy food and drink to children banned, according to a survey commissioned by a heavyweight health group. The poll, on behalf of the Chronic Disease Prevention Peak Group, found that 82 per cent of 401 parents and grandparents agreed or ...
Top rescue pilot among 3 dead.
Feb 18, 2008 ... A pilot who flew to save lives was one of three men who died yesterday in a mid-air collision above Paraparaumu Airport. Dave Fielding and the student pilot he was taking on the final qualifying exam for his private pilot's licence were killed instantly when their helicopter and ...
Cycling, walking plan for harbour bridge gathers speedTRANSPORT.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Narrowing vehicle lanes on the Auckland Harbour Bridge to make room for cycling and walking lanes is being looked at by roading agencies. The idea comes from Cycle Action Auckland, which believes it would create a recreation and tourist attraction. Transit NZ says it ...
'The building shook like an earthquake'EXPLOSION.
Feb 18, 2008 ... An explosion that ripped through a Howick restaurant, hurling chairs and debris through the front windows, could be related to the gas supply to the rear kitchen. Investigators from the Auckland Fire Service were last night still trying to pinpoint the cause of the blast at Cafe ...
ATHLETICS.
Feb 18, 2008 ... ATHLETICS MT SMARTNneka Okpala equalled the New Zealand women's 19 triple jump record clearing 12.74m at the Auckland Track and Field Championships at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday. Okpala equalled Kelera Nacewa's 1998 record in the second round of the competition. ...
No regrets, says man who got medals back.
Feb 18, 2008 ... The lawyer who brokered a deal that led to the return of valuable war medals stolen from Waiouru Army Museum has defended the payment of reward money to get them back. Chris Comeskey of Auckland, who negotiated the return of the 96 medals, including nine Victoria Crosses, said ...
WEATHER.
Feb 18, 2008 ... WEATHER Fine and cloudy periods, and the odd shower possible about the west coast. Light winds. Maximum temperature 24C. INDEX Full index - C8 Births, deaths - C7 TV - B6Crosswords - B4, B6 ...
Body found in burned-out car.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Police had few clues last night to the identity of the person found dead in the driver's seat of a burned-out car in Kawakawa Bay. The white hatchback - found just after 8am yesterday by a woman walking her dog - was so badly destroyed police could not determine its make or ...
Humble caravan gets its own show.
Feb 18, 2008 ... It's the ultimate family holiday and a Kiwi icon - and now the humble caravan is the subject of an exhibition. The Kiwi Caravan exhibition at the Uxbridge Centre in Howick "explores the iconic Kiwi caravan", using a 47-year-old caravan as a live exhibit. Artist ...
French forces in Chad part of Franafrique legacy.
Feb 18, 2008 ... PARIS - The crisis in Chad has forced France to struggle between a reflex to keep a local pro-French dictator in power and a declared ambition to end this tradition of meddling in its former colonies. France has 1900 troops in the oil-rich Saharan nation, backed by Mirage ...
Auckland to host final.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Auckland have secured top place in the national one-day championship and will host the final on March 2. They beat bottom-placed Northern Districts in a thriller at Seddon Park in Hamilton by five runs, under the Duckworth Lewis method. Auckland made 278 for seven, ...
Scrum priorityfor Chiefs afterearly battering.
Feb 18, 2008 ... It's a truism that a week is a long time in sport. And if the Chiefs can't rustle up a scrum from somewhere, 14 of them will feel an eternity. That will be the priority for their coach, Ian Foster, after his side were crushed in the set piece and battered into submission at the ...
WHAT ARE CLUSTER MUNITIONS?
Feb 18, 2008 ... A bomb which fragments into lots of smaller bombs after it is fired. Millions of such bombs exist, with smaller bombs totalling in the billions. HOW MANY COUNTRIES MAKE THEM?34 countries are known to have made 210 different types of cluster munitions: 21 will be represented in ...
COUCHGUIDE.
Feb 18, 2008 ... 8.30PM, TV2 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Susan must be getting desperate if she thinks a neighbourhood game of charades is a good idea. Meanwhile Victor reveals a sinister side, Stella tries to help Lynette through chemotherapy, and everyone tries to uncover Katherine's ...
Last-gaspgoal robsWaitakereof victory.
Feb 18, 2008 ... A gut-wrenching stoppage-time goal cost Waitakere United a deserved win over Tahitian champions AS Manu Ura on Saturday. In the end, United had to settle for a 1-1 draw which at least keeps their hopes of retaining their O-League title alive. But to do that they must ...
The expert: Lyndal Yaqub is a lawyer in the employment team with transtasman law firm DLA Phillips Fox. Email your employment law questions in 200 ...
Feb 18, 2008 ... The expert: Lyndal Yaqub is a lawyer in the employment team with transtasman law firm DLA Phillips Fox. Email your employment law questions in 200 words or ...
Mind you don't mistakeme for Penelope CruzTRACEY BARNETT.
Feb 18, 2008 ... YOU know," I said, pulling my nose away from a picture of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his gorgeous new wife, Carla Bruni, gazing at each other with barely restrained Euro-lust, "I look a lot like her." "Mm-hmm," my partner mumbled into his newspaper. I might ...
Yesterday's decadence, today's brilliance.
Feb 18, 2008 ... EACH new generation thinks it has invented sex and decadence, but Noel Coward's Design for Living is a witty reminder of the folly of this notion. His comedy of manners still has the power to provoke, thanks to an unconventional love triangle of two men and one woman in which ...
Crusade againstblindness goes on.
Feb 18, 2008 ... THIS month marks the 15th anniversary of the death of a celebrated Kiwi, Fred Hollows. An eye surgeon and outspoken campaigner for social justice, he was recognised as Man of the Year in Australia, but went largely unacknowledged in his home country. Mr Hollows spoke ...
Doctor on historicchild sex charges.
Feb 18, 2008 ... A 58-year-old doctor will appear in the Auckland District Court today charged with historic sex offences against young girls. The man, who faces one count of rape, one of attempted rape and three of indecent assault on a girl under 12, was arrested by Auckland City Police's ...
Dolphin sprintshome for baby.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Sprint ace James Dolphin is always in a hurry. After a race meeting in Canberra late last month, he flew home expecting to have several days to spend with his wife, June, before the birth of their second son. But the baby had other ideas. When Dolphin touched down in ...
Drug laws 'hopelessly out of date'.
Feb 18, 2008 ... New Zealand's "hopelessly out of date and irrelevant" drug laws need a shake-up to fight a changing narcotics landscape. That's the message leading drug workers will take to two high-powered conferences in Wellington this week. At the Beyond 2008 Regional ...
Dunne'stight-ropewalk overtax cuts.
Feb 18, 2008 ... An informal meeting has been held between Revenue Minister Peter Dunne and his purse-strings colleague Finance Minister Michael Cullen to discuss the unusual situation that will see Mr Dunne help design the Government's election year tax cuts - and then likely argue for something different ...
Firms look for Facebook 'conversation'.
Feb 18, 2008 ... They're usually associated with staff wasting company time, but businesses are seeing new potential in online networking sites. Blogs and social media websites such as Facebook and Bebo are being used to sell products as diverse as home loans and pole dancing. ...
Top lawyerto examineFalconioevidence.
Feb 18, 2008 ... A high-profile barrister best known for clearing the names of wrongly convicted killers has turned his attention to the notorious Outback murder of Peter Falconio. It has been almost seven years since the British backpacker's girlfriend Joanne Lees told of the couple's ...
Adding more muscleto meat industryAGRICULTUREOwen Hembry.
Feb 18, 2008 ... MARKET-place competition is usually a good way to sort out the wheat from the chaff - demand drives supply, better performance is rewarded, the bar is raised and everyone prospers. Usually. But the consensus in the meat industry is that radical change is needed and some say ...
DEVONPORT FOOD, WINE ANDMUSIC FESTIVAL.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Thousands of people headed to the Shore's most famous culinary gathering, now in its 19th year and rebranded the Devonport Food, Wine and Music Festival. Alongside the usual award-winning wines and gourmet cuisine, organisers added award winners of another variety - including ...
Fogg's win not enough to snatch V8 lead.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Although bereft of a race win over the weekend for the fourth round of the NZV8 title chase at Manfeild, defending champion John McIntyre's series lead remains more or less intact at 79 points. "You can't win them all," said McIntyre. "Angus [Fogg] had too much speed this ...
Car faster but bus travel greener TRANSPORT.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Auckland bus commuters soundly beaten to work by a Herald car on the Northern Busway's first big morning can at least congratulate themselves on doing the right thing by the planet. The car's coverage of 15.8km from Campbells Bay in 37 minutes compared with a tortuous 52-minute ...
Kiwi Green is asking businesses to use eco-friendly cleaning productsCHEMICAL POLLUTION.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Whitianga resident Geoff Clarke has a dream - a dream to see the whole of New Zealand using eco-friendly cleaning products. The 51-year-old is co-director of Kiwi Green, a company which initiates projects such as tree-planting. It's latest is a certification programme ...
THE GREEN TEST Neil Whittaker,managing director,Fuji Xerox NZ.
Feb 18, 2008 ... What are you doing personally to make a difference? I have a real passion for the outdoors and to relax I spend my spare time making the most of New Zealand's stunning marine environment. Our company is in partnership with the Sir Peter Blake Trust and one of our focuses is to ...
District councils in Northland hope to get more money for their problem roads after a promise by Transport Minister Annette King to bring the board...
Feb 18, 2008 ... District councils in Northland hope to get more money for their problem roads after a promise by Transport Minister Annette King to bring the board of the road funding authority Transit to the region. Whangarei Mayor Stan Semenoff says Northland struggles to get Transit funding ...
The big break-out number 1000 says gidday.
Feb 18, 2008 ... These fascinating pictures, taken by an amateur photographer, capture a landmark in the battle to save New Zealand's national bird. Kylie Day, a member of the husbandry team at Kiwi Encounter in Rotorua, watched this chick for seven hours until it pushed its way into the world ...
Ex-Blue Chip roles questioned.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Some investors in troubled property business Blue Chip have raised questions about the new roles of former high-ranking executives at Blue Chip and its management arm Bribanc. Nick Wevers, former Blue Chip chief executive, and Tony Woodworth, former general manager of Bribanc, ...
Albanian joy as Kosovo secedes.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Kosovo Albanians were to proclaim independence from Serbia overnight, ending a long chapter in the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia. Kosovo will be the sixth state carved from the Serb-dominated federation since 1991, after Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Montenegro, and ...
Butt brothers on Interdom duty.
Feb 18, 2008 ... The Butt brothers are set to once again salvage New Zealand pride in the Interdominion Pacing Series. The Canterbury training and driving team of Tim and Anthony have been our most regularly successful trainers on the Australian Grand Circuit in the past decade, an era during ...
Dolphin sprints home for baby.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Sprint ace James Dolphin is always in a hurry. After a race meeting in Canberra late last month, he flew home expecting to have several days to spend with his wife, June, before the birth of their second son. But the baby had other ideas. When Dolphin touched down in ...
Flynn's chanceto cement spotin ODI squad.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Napier was all retro yesterday, rejoicing in its standing as New zealand's art-deco capital. Feather boas, straw boaters and flapper-style dresses adorned the streets as biplanes roared overhead. But New Zealand coach John Bracewell was in back-to-the-future mode ...
CLOSURE REMOVES GUARDIAN.
Feb 18, 2008 ... The president of the flying club which owned the light aircraft involved in yesterday's tragedy said the closure of Paraparaumu Airport's control tower had removed a vital safety feature for pilots in the area. The crash has raised questions about the safety of small unmanned ...
Foreshorelaw provesits worthOUR VIEW.
Feb 18, 2008 ... THE much-maligned Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 has just this month shown its true colours. An agreement reached between the Government and Ngati Porou shows that, far from suppressing customary rights, the act is capable of giving them powerful effect. While it preserves public ...
BREVITIES.
Feb 18, 2008 ... ON ELECTRICITYThe solution to the country's power problems is a thermal station in the Auckland region with no line losses and no expensive transmission line costs. Or is the green vote and PC too powerful? Brian Rowe, St Heliers.ON TUNNELThe proposed $1.89 billion western link ...
Draw No 1080Bonus.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Draw No 1080Bonus 391415234033 Total prize pool: $2,865,499The Division One winning ticket was sold in Christchurch. Division One:$1 million(1) Division Two:$23,960(12) Division Three:$702(426) Division Four:$54(1308) ...
MUSEUM EXPECTS MEDALS BACK.
Feb 18, 2008 ... The Waiouru Army Museum expects to retain control of the bulk of the recovered war medals, stolen from Waiouru War Museum in a daring raid in early December. Museum curator Windsor Jones told the Herald yesterday he was confident such a heist would not be repeated. ...
'Over the moon' as little lost girl found.
Feb 18, 2008 ... For almost 24 hours 2-year-old Megan Patterson wandered around the thick bush that surrounds her home while dozens of people searched for her. The toddler disappeared early on Saturday evening wearing nothing but a T-shirt and a nappy with teddy bear shapes on it. ...
Focus turns to the deadly glitter of cluster bombs.
Feb 18, 2008 ... They're bright, shiny, glitter attractively in the sunlight, and cause terrible damage to ordinary people. New Zealanders who have seen close-up the devastating impact of cluster munitions hope an international conference in Wellington this week will be a step along the way to ...
Fogg's win not enough to snatch NZV8 series lead.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Although bereft of a race win over the weekend for the fourth round of the NZV8 title chase at Manfeild, defending champion John McIntyre's series lead remains more or less intact at 79 points. "You can't win them all," said McIntyre. "Angus [Fogg] had too much speed this ...
NZAid 'too weak' to copewith more money, say MPs.
Feb 18, 2008 ... MPs on a parliamentary select committee are urging the Government to temporarily suspend funding increases planned for the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAid), saying its systems are too weak to cope. The foreign affairs and defence select committee is going ...
Stiles defeats Smail byone shot.
Feb 18, 2008 ... American Darron Stiles survived an inspired charge by Hamilton's David Smail to win the New Zealand PGA championship by one shot at Clearwater, Christchurch, yesterday. The 34-year-old from Florida shot a second round of 68 for a 36-hole total of 134, 10 under par, in a ...
Black Cap ODI stars basking on the top of the world.
Feb 18, 2008 ... For a team whose success has traditionally been based on the sum of its parts rather than snazzy individual componentry, New Zealand has a double whammy to savour. In the latest International Cricket Council ODI rankings, captain Daniel Vettori is No 1 on the bowling chart, and ...
Voters fear Bhutto backlash, chaos.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Leaders of Pakistan's opposition parties have been making frantic last-minute efforts to convince fearful voters to turn out in crucial parliamentary elections today that may plunge the 164 million-strong nation into chaos. As the last day of official campaigning in the most ...
Palmerston North1 NICE CHOICE, Watch That Whale, Thrilling Tiff.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Palmerston North1 NICE CHOICE, Watch That Whale, Thrilling Tiff 2 BIGTIME NEV, Shy Anne Rose, Tui Thunder 3 YES MISS, Sams Renegade, Quick Laugh 4 TERROR JIM, Mauritius, Agent Whale 5 SMALL HAND, Voodoo Charm, Thrilling Bree 6 DADDY'S ...
CENTRESTAGEPaul DykzeulPublisher upbeat despite sobering start.
Feb 18, 2008 ... ACP Magazines' back-to-the-future chief executive Paul Dykzeul isn't happy with the latest circulation and readership results that show a flat result across the sector. Women's magazine titles across different publishers were hit in surveys by the Audit Bureau of Circulation and ...
NZX fallimprovesCanadaAIA bid.
Feb 18, 2008 ... The share market tumble has proved bitter-sweet for the Canadian bid for 40 per cent of Auckland International Airport. The Canada Pension Plan and Investment Board's $3.65 offer is looking sweeter by the day as airport shares continue to trade $1 or more below that, putting ...
National keeps poll lead, Key still ahead.
Feb 18, 2008 ... Labour's attempt to burst out of the blocks in election year has not helped its flagging fortunes in the One News-Colmar Brunton poll, which still puts National way out in front. The poll, which began more than a week after head-to-head speeches by Prime Minister Helen Clark and ...
INTERDOMINIONS.
Feb 18, 2008 ... INTERDOMINIONS Weather fine, Geelong track good 4INTER DOMINION HEAT M0+ MOBILE PACE, $25,000, 2570m 2-2 Report For Duty (5) fr A Butt 1 3-4 Conte De Cristo (1) fr G Webster 2 4-3 Smooth Crusa (8) fr L Justice 3 All started. Also: 1-1 Good Lookin Girl, 5-5 Road To ...
RADIOGUIDE.
Feb 18, 2008 ... RNZ NATIONAL6.00 Morning Report Radio New Zealand's 3-hour breakfast news show with news and interviews, bulletins on the hour and half-hour, including: 6.18 Pacific news 6.22 Rural news 6.27 & 8.45 Waatea news 6.44 & 7.41 NZ newspapers 6.47 Business news 7.42 & 8.34 Sports news 8.22 ...