New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) back issues from October 2008:
Nats trump labour law - literally.
Oct 18, 2008 ... MANAGERS at small firms up and down the country will be able to act like Donald Trump and tell staff, "You're fired!" if National wins the election. National plans to introduce a 90-day trial period for staff joining firms with fewer than 20 people. And while some support the ...
Jackass? No, that's Matt's ass on the line.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Battling huge marlin on a jetski or swimming with mako sharks (with fish strapped to one's body) sound like the adventures of a Jackass-style lunatic. Yet these are just two of the more "out there" fishing exploits of TV fishing show presenter, Matt Watson. While ...
Council revamps the law off the land.
Oct 18, 2008 ... T HE Auckland Regional Council Navigational Safety bylaw affects everyone who goes boating in the Auckland region. This covers an area from a line between the entrance to the Kaipara Harbour on the west coast to Mangawhai Heads on the east coast, then south to a line between ...
Controls at your fingertips.
Oct 18, 2008 ... On-board electronics are continuing to evolve towards centralised hubs that make it easy to control a wide variety of complicated electronic systems. The latest such offering is Northstar's new 8000i, which has a central control point for all navigation, entertainment and ...
FISHING WITH BRUCE DUNCAN.
Oct 18, 2008 ... The water temperature is holding steady rather than rising as expected and is around 1.5-2C cooler than this time last year. So most of the snapper schools are still holding in deep water, around 40-45m. Best spots: Target islands and rocks that drop off into deep ...
Happy anglers back in business as season heats up.
Oct 18, 2008 ... AT LAST, the water is warming and snapper are coming on the bite. On the east coast, the Far North beaches down to Doubtless Bay have been hot, with good numbers of fish in the 2-3kg range all around the rocky headlands as well as off the beaches just behind the surf line. ...
TIDELINES.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Kiwi kids thrash Aussies New Zealand secondary school sailors trounced their Australian counterparts in their teams' regatta. Tauranga Boys' College won an impressive 27 of their 30 races, Mahurangi College were second with 19 wins and Macleans College third with 17 wins. The ...
WATERWATCH.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Sat: Crew. Org Speed Sail and Cruising Series, Royal Akarana Yacht Club; Hibiscus Coast Junior & Youth Regatta, Manly Sailing Club; Mullet Boat Spring Series, Ponsonby Cruising Club; Summer Series, Milford Cruising Club. Sat-Sun: Etchells World Qualifier & Summer Series, Gulf ...
Mixing work and pleasure - all for the greater good.
Oct 18, 2008 ... WITH global markets going down the gurgler, it's a good time for managers to step back and reassess their organisation's future. Whether it's a restructuring, a new product launch or a strategic forecasting, corporate getaways are big business - and New Zealand is a highly ...
Cleared man fears stigma.
Oct 18, 2008 ... The only person arrested in last year's nationwide police raids who won't stand trial is worried about the lingering effects the charges will have on his life. Rongomai Pero Bailey, 28, said a lot of stigma was attached to being associated with the controversial raids. ...
Big Apple a tourist hotspot just ripe for the plucking.
Oct 18, 2008 ... THE BIG Apple, a profitable and successful Waikato tourism business on State Highway 3 near the renowned Waitomo caves, is on the market for the first time since it opened in 1995. Situated at 584 Main South Rd, halfway between Otorohanga and Te Kuiti, The Big Apple has been a ...
Heat on as report warns of dangers of Arctic warming.
Oct 18, 2008 ... WASHINGTON: Autumn temperatures in the Arctic are at record levels, the Arctic Ocean is getting warmer and less salty as sea ice melts, and reindeer herds appear to be declining, researchers reported yesterday. "Obviously, the planet is interconnected, so what happens in the ...
WHAT THE REPORT SAYS.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Air temperatures are a record 5C above normal in the Arctic because of the major loss of sea ice in recent years that allows more solar heating of the ocean. This year's sea ice melt was second only to last year's. The Arctic Ocean continued to warm and freshen ...
Market garden area is money in the land bank.
Oct 18, 2008 ... A FORMER Avondale market garden area that has been in the same family for more than 60 years is to be sold as one of the biggest blocks of industrial land for sale in Auckland. The large, flat 10ha site in three titles at 317-321 Rosebank Rd has been unused for many years and is ...
Cinema turns to Bollywood for box-office boost.
Oct 18, 2008 ... SkyCity Cinemas is to permanently run Bollywood films in four of its theatre complexes in a bid to boost flagging revenues. The WestCity, Queen St, Manukau and Centre Place Hamilton cinemas will each devote one screen to showing the Hindi language films. The ...
Writing away their grief.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Just six months after the shock loss of their brothers and sisters in the Mangatepopo canyoning tragedy, five Elim Christian College pupils have taken the bold step of writing about their experiences. In their book - called Never be the Same - the five express how they felt ...
Times are good to build your portfolio.
Oct 18, 2008 ... SOME commercial property investors are waiting for signs the bottom of the market has been reached before they buy, but that can be a dangerous game, says Peter Herdson, Colliers International sales director, who has just launched a portfolio of 70 commercial properties worth more than ...
Big Cup task dawns on McKee.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Stephen McKee remembers the moment he first saw Boundless' weight for today's A$2.5 million Caulfield Cup. You beaut, he thought. She's in one of Australia's top races with just 52kg. After all, this is a horse who won the group one Oaks in New Zealand and ...
ON THE BOX.
Oct 18, 2008 ... TODAY BASKETBALL: NBA Europe, Washington Wizards v New Orleans Hornets 8.30am live ESPN. NBA China, Milwaukee Bucks v Golden State Warriors 4.30pm live ESPN. CRICKET: International, Bangladesh v New Zealand, 1st test, 2nd day, Chittagong 4.25pm live SS2. India v ...
American who blew the whistle - and copped the flak.
Oct 18, 2008 ... IT'S fair to say Ann Brower would be an endangered species if she set foot on a high country sheep station. In popularity with South Island farmers, she'd rank somewhere below a conservationist politician from Auckland. The American academic with a PhD in the politics of ...
IN BRIEF.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Samaritan murder charge A 45-year-old sickness beneficiary has been charged with the murder of Austin Hemmings, who was stabbed when he went to assist a woman who was allegedly being assaulted. In the Auckland District Court yesterday the man, who has name suppression, was remanded in ...
Egos drawing out Indian Twenty20 battle.
Oct 18, 2008 ... THOSE hoping for a swift resolution between India's warring Twenty20 competitions are out of luck. The only thing that was swift about the meeting between the bosses of the Indian cricket board, who operate the Indian Premier League, and the Indian Cricket League was the length ...
Cop confesses to beating kids.
Oct 18, 2008 ... A police officer convicted of assaulting his wife also hit his three children. Adrian Hilterman, a prosecuting sergeant with 27 years in the force, pleaded guilty at the end of his trial for assaulting his doctor wife, Deborah, to charges of beating each of his children with a ...
National rejects PM's claim Key afraid to meet the public.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Prime Minister Helen Clark has taken a potshot at National's campaign, claiming she is getting out and pressing the public flesh while John Key prefers to be "behind closed doors". She appeared to be seizing on recent campaigning by the National leader, such as his trip on ...
Plenty of pivots for lucky Penney.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Rob Penney might not be a subscriber to the saying that it's better to be lucky than good but the Canterbury coach certainly has cause to thank his good fortune. While other provincial unions have been desperately trying to put square pegs into round first five-eighths holes - ...
CD.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Her mother's death and family issues meant Lucinda Williams' previous album, West, was a glum affair in places and some found it hard going. That shouldn't be a problem here. The opener Real Love burns with a gutsy rock attack and the closer is a cover of AC/DC's It's a Long Way ...
CD.
Oct 18, 2008 ... If their last one, 2005's Don't Believe the Truth was the return-to-form, then his one is the default-to-type. Its 11 tracks work, strangely enough, much like the arc of their previous albums - starts off fiery and inspired, hits overwrought patch, goes dull for too long then ...
Fifty carparks and 50-50 funding to attract buyers.
Oct 18, 2008 ... FIFTY city carparks and an offer of 50 per cent finance will be key driving factors for potential buyers in the mortgagee sale of the former Canterbury Frozen Meat company (CFM) building on the edge of the Christchurch CBD. The five-storey building, which boasts the equivalent ...
CD.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Unlike our tacky times, when the best that one might manage for the big day is a wedding singer, way back in 1734, Anne of Hanover and William of Orange tied their nuptial knot with style. The Princess' fond music teacher, one George Frederick Handel, contributed a full-length cantata ...
Comeback a slap to smug Ferns camp.
Oct 18, 2008 ... SPORT IS loaded with aphorisms to fit all sorts of occasions. They include the one about not giving a sucker an even break; keeping the foot on a rival's throat and respecting the opposition. The Silver Ferns got a swift revision course on all three this week as ...
COUCHGUIDE TV HIGHLIGHTS.
Oct 18, 2008 ... GRAND DESIGNS 7.30PM, TV3 Marvel at the extremes people go to and the price they are prepared to pay to create their dream homes. Tonight John Cadney and Marnie Moon have never had a permanent home but carpenter John has decided to build a house for his family ...
COUCHGUIDE TV HIGHLIGHTS.
Oct 18, 2008 ... NUMB3RS 9.30PM, TV3 So Charlie, the genius brother of Don Eppes, might be a clever chap, but the real-life genius is Professor Gary Lorden. He's the one who works out the actual numbers behind the mysteries the family crime-busting team solve. In this week's episode, ...
Inner-city space judged a historic buy.
Oct 18, 2008 ... PART of Auckland's judicial and legal history within the old Magistrates Court building at 1 Courthouse Lane will be auctioned next month. The three strata units across four freehold titles - made up of a former bar, restaurant, offices and conference facilities - were part of ...
AH, HA, HA, HA, SAVIN' A LIFE.
Oct 18, 2008 ... Stayin' Alive might be more true to its name than the Bee Gees ever could have guessed. At 103 beats a minute, the group's 1977 disco hit has almost the perfect rhythm to help jump-start a stopped heart. University of Illinois medical school doctors and students found ...
Great race to return but in a different form.
Oct 18, 2008 ... One of the greatest eras in New Zealand road cycling is to be revisited. The brainchild of race director Stephen Cox, the Lion Foundation 7-Day Cycle Challenge aims to relive the glory days of the Dulux-sponsored race which attracted New Zealand's best - and many international ...
MAN versus MILD.
Oct 21, 2008 ... THE procedure sounded simple enough. In case of a bear, climb out of your bed and locate the small, wicker basket under one of the tent's night stands. Said wicker basket contains: a flash light, to be used for the finding of one's way to and from the outside eco-dunny at night; ...
Breathless in the wild.
Oct 21, 2008 ... cheese cake with apple cinnamon ice cream. We had the succulent local Dungeness crab, which never leaves the menu, as a side. Fortunately there's plenty of what Caton calls "soft adventure" to work off the excellent, rich fare available from May's kitchen. In my ...
Double whammy.
Oct 21, 2008 ... The Bay of Islands A&P Show and Savouring the Source combines the fun of a country show with the sophistication of a wine and food festival. Events include agricultural competitions and demonstrations, children's entertainment and trade exhibitors. Savouring the Source showcases regional ...
Holiday budgets take a huge hit.
Oct 21, 2008 ... SO there you were, happily building your holiday funds, when out of nowhere (sort of) comes chaos on world markets - savaging vulnerable corners of the world and smashing the value of the New Zealand dollar. Within a couple of weeks, your holiday account has gone the same way as ...
Motorhomes for cheap travelling.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Under $30About 1000 motorhomes can be hired for $5 a day plus fuel money and driven from Christchurch to Auckland. They range from two- to six-berth and come with linen, cooking equipment and a free Cook Strait ferry pass. Must reach Auckland by December 20. Contact: Standby ...
Follow the Yellowstone road.
Oct 21, 2008 ... I'm planning a trip to the US in mid-2009 and one of the things I really want to do is visit a couple of national parks. I'm specifically interested in wildlife. Everyone talks about Yellowstone and I was wondering if that would be my best option and if there are other parks in that region ...
Finding your drive in the tropics.
Oct 21, 2008 ... ASELF-DRIVE tour around New Caledonia seemed like a good way to explore the Pacific Island nation's less-visited nooks and crannies but 20 minutes after collecting our hire car, I'm having doubts. I'm navigator, but the unfamiliar position in the right-hand seat is so unnerving that I miss ...
Opting.
Oct 21, 2008 ... THE flashy Panamanian gunship seems a little out of place among the ramshackle Creole fishing boats and rusted yachts, but it's the only thing that's real here in Shelter Bay. To Hollywood, this is Haiti. We've been sitting in the middle of the film set for the latest James Bond ...
for a seachange.
Oct 21, 2008 ... spend strapping things down and locking things up, everything moves when you head out into the swell. Knocks and crashes echo through the boat. Nothing stays still. You can't put down your mug while you find a tea bag, you have to slide along the walls to the galley to get the milk and ...
Little Provence on the Kaipara.
Oct 21, 2008 ... TO get to Provence, drive towards Whangarei and turn left at Brynderwyn. The petrol station, not the hills. Drive for another half-hour until you reach Matakohe, famous for its Kauri museum. Some kilometres further on you'll find the signs for Linda and Guy Bucchi's homage to ...
The world that time forgot.
Oct 21, 2008 ... DID you know that the vast network of catacombs dug under ancient Rome was built as a giant underground cemetery but now contain hardly any remains? By contrast, the church of Santa Maria della Concezione has several underground rooms built as chapels which have ended up full of bones. ...
Chooks allowed in suburbia - but usually not roosters.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Being an immigrant, some things here are a bit hard to understand. For example, I understand there is a council rule that prohibits rearing chickens in the Auckland area. What could be the rationale behind this? In Perth, Western Australia, people can keep chooks, although not ...
All bets off on A-League as upsets turn odds inside out.
Oct 21, 2008 ... All bets are off in trying to pick the winner of the fourth A-League. Upsets have become the norm with so-called top teams struggling and the minnows now within striking distance of the top four. In their past three games - against the bottom three sides - Sydney FC ...
Moments of sheer brilliance during 'in yer face' show.
Oct 21, 2008 ... WITH an Australasian tour that takes in more than a dozen venues, Steven Berkoff is doing what he does best - delivering his own brand of "in yer face" theatre, honing his formidable skills and hopefully finding sustenance in the sparks that flow between a performer and a live audience. ...
$14,000 grant for first-home buyers lures Kiwis across Ditch.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Kiwis have yet another reason to move across the Tasman following last week's announcement by the Australian Government of a A$14,000 ($15,924) grant for first home buyers. New Zealanders with Australian citizenship or permanent residency who fulfil certain criteria are also ...
z IN BRIEF Shooting spree at gang house.
Oct 21, 2008 ... A Mongrel Mob gang member went on a late-night shooting spree at a Black Power house in Papakura last night, sparking an armed offenders squad callout and forcing police to cordon off streets. The man fired a number of shots while outside the Game Place house before running away, police ...
One in two new police off to South Auckland under National's plan.
Oct 21, 2008 ... One in every two police recruits will have to be sent to South Auckland under National's plan to put 300 new officers into the crime hotspot. Labour says this will leave the rest of the country saying, "What about us?" National says that if elected it will recruit an ...
z WORLD REPORT Lawyer disputes hanging verdict.
Oct 21, 2008 ... The lawyer for a Japanese businessman whose jail cell death was declared suicide by hanging said yesterday that a pathologist has concluded that Kazuyoshi Miura was killed. Mark Geragos said the pathologist he hired to examine the body found deep tissue injuries on his back that indicated ...
Better the devil you know and it could gain votes.
Oct 21, 2008 ... DRUM roll, please, while everyone waits on the edge of their seats for just a few more suspense-filled seconds. And - finally - the winner is Well, Dancing with the Stars or New Zealand's Got Talent this wasn't. The Greens' declaration of Labour as their preferred ...
Guerre shakes up Plate betting.
Oct 21, 2008 ... The word was on the street in Melbourne late on Sunday - C'est La Guerre was about to switch direction and take on Princess Coup in Saturday's A$3 million Cox Plate. The rumour was stacked up yesterday - and the immediate weight of money, suspected to be directly or indirectly ...
Aussie banks hide while we panic.
Oct 21, 2008 ... EXTENDING a Government guarantee to banks' wholesale sources of funding makes sense only if it is the lesser evil of something very evil indeed. Its defenders insist the alternative is that a key source of funding dries up, which would require a savage contraction in the ...
Food firm in year's first new listing.
Oct 21, 2008 ... The launch of a new food company has broken New Zealand's sharemarket listing drought. Cooks Food Group went live on the NZAX yesterday, although it failed to attract any trades. The company is the first listing to come to market this year apart from troubled finance ...
COUCHGUIDE.
Oct 21, 2008 ... 8.30PM, PRIME BONEKICKERS This new BBC programme has a team of unconventional archaeologists whose discoveries trigger investigations into historic events. The first episode is inspired by the legend of the True Cross, involving an apparent miracle involving a ...
$14,000 grant for first-home buyers lures Kiwis across Ditch.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Kiwis have yet another reason to move across the Tasman following last week's announcement by the Australian Government of a A$14,000 ($15,925) grant for first-home buyers. New Zealanders with Australian citizenship or permanent residency who fulfil certain criteria are also ...
THE CASES.
Oct 21, 2008 ... PATIENT 1Aug 2006: A suspected retinal detachment in Whangarei is referred to specialists at Auckland DHB. Ten days later: No word from Auckland; patient asks Whangarei doctor to follow up. Auckland confirm they have the referral. Feb 2007: Still no action from ...
Patients' urgent files lost in system.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Three patients needing urgent treatment had serious setbacks after their medical referrals were lost between district health boards. One lost an eye, one had a serious stroke and the third had prostate cancer spread to his bone after his examination was delayed by months. ...
Uniting social strata at heart of election.
Oct 21, 2008 ... THE Greens' billboards make two pitches: "Vote for me, the planet" and "Vote for me/us, the future of humanity." Which message is relevant to the election? The planet's future is assured: life will go on, even if humans make their habitat uninhabitable. The planet needs no ...
Labour's attack ad pokes fun at Key.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Labour has gone Monty Python in its latest television commercial, casting John Key as a comically confused man suffering from multiple personalities. The ad, aired last night, is the first time in New Zealand politics that true parody from either major party has made it on to ...
Special duty for young recruit.
Oct 21, 2008 ... George O'Brien was just 5 when his mother took him to the Waiouru Army Museum for the first time. As they walked through the Valour Alcove, the showpiece of the country's most highly decorated soldiers, his mum pointed out Victoria Cross winner Reginald Stanley Judson and said: ...
Brothers kicked Nia to death - Crown.
Oct 21, 2008 ... Two brothers murdered 3-year-old Nia Glassie by kicking her in the head, prosecutors will allege. The Crown is expected to present opening arguments this morning at the trial of five people accused of killing the Rotorua girl. During the first day of the trial at the ...