New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) back issues from November 2008:
Schools fight<br/>liquor store<br/>on doorstep<br/> LICENSING<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Two North Shore schools are opposing a liquor store that could open within 100m of their front gates. Rangitoto College and St John School, both in Mairangi Bay, have sent letters to the Liquor Licensing Authority opposing the proposed store at 544 East Coast Rd. But ...
Students face extra exam after school orders wrong papers<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... A group of Otago high school pupils are outraged they will have to sit another maths exam after the school ordered two wrong papers for the NCEA Level 1 mathematics exam. Taieri College near Mosgiel entered pupils in the wrong algebra and graphing papers for NCEA Level 1 ...
One book internet won't burn<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... It's billed as the world's most expensive, most beautiful new book. Costing +euro+100,000 ($237,000), a 28kg handmade, velvet- and marble-bound tome depicting the life and work of Michelangelo has been published in Italy. ``I did it because I'm a crazy woman!'' joked ...
BLOODY AND BRUTAL END TO QUIET LIFE.
Nov 26, 2008 ... John Rowe had lived quietly since his beloved wife passed away 17 years ago, but the 78-year-old suffered a bloody and brutal end. The retired Opotiki teacher and weatherman was found lying in a pool of blood in his bedroom, and is understood to have been bashed to death. ...
Direct Capital seeks $250m<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... A private equity investment company behind the expansion of EziBuy and Max Fashions is hoping to raise $250 million to allow it to snap up more opportunities. Direct Capital will today announce the launch of its Pohutukawa II fund in conjunction with brokers ABN Amro Craigs. ...
Waterways sold down the<br/>river by industrial juggernaut<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... BEIJING _ Newly released scientific results show one-third of the famed Yellow River, which supplies water to millions of people in northern China, is heavily polluted by industrial waste and unsafe for any use. The Yellow River, the second-longest in China, has seen its water ...
RADIO GUIDE<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... RNZ NATIONAL 6.00 Morning Report Including: 6.07, 7.42 & 8.34 Sports News; 6.18 Pacific News; 6.22 Rural News; 6.27 & 8.45 Waatea News; 6.44 & 7.41 NZ Newspapers; 6.46 & 7.34 Traffic; 6.47 Business News; 8.28 Overseas Newspapers 9.06 Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan: Including: ...
Former MP returns to capital<br/>as food body's chief executive<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Former National MP Katherine Rich is to move to Wellington just a few months after quitting the capital and politics to take up a new job which will see her bending the ears of her former parliamentary colleagues. The Dunedin-based Ms Rich announced she was retiring from ...
Wet and wild ride<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... It was one of Rod McKenzie's wildest car trips _ and certainly must have been the wettest. The retired primary school principal was behind the wheel in a torrential downpour on Monday when, he said, his car aquaplaned over an 8m bank and into the usually slow-flowing Collins ...
Sallies' CD hits right note.
Nov 26, 2008 ... The Salvation Army is spreading Christmas spirit through song and music this year, with the launch of a new CD. It's a Wrap (above, held by Major Jeff Winterburn at Foodtown in Auckland City), features carols in various styles including acappella and jazz. It also features world champion ...
z IN BRIEF<br/>Windies strike<br/>visa problems<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Visa problems have held up three members of the West Indies cricket squad for their tour of New Zealand. Fast bowler Fidel Edwards, left arm spinner Sulieman Benn and wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin, along with the team's media liaison office, are still in London awaiting visas. The West Indies ...
COLLINS HONOURED<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... New Zealand Herald reporter Simon Collins (right) has been awarded the prize for Excellence in Engineering Journalism. Hot on the heels of his Qantas Media Award for social issues reporting, judges lauded his reporting of engineering industry standards. ``Readers are ...
Specsavers spies gap in market.
Nov 26, 2008 ... International optical group Specsavers is committing an initial $20 million in its bid to become New Zealand's leading eyewear retailer. It launched its first six stores yesterday, and aims to have 20 by March, and 30 by the end of next year. Co-founder Doug Perkins ...
STARS GUIDE<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... You are given leeway when making choices. Whether your penchant is for change, relocation, travel or learning, the impending new Moon grants you time. The future begins to look more exciting. Fresh lunar energy prompts you to put aside preconceived ideas and take your cue from ...
CD opener<br/>leads the<br/>way in<br/>run-fest<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Runs might be a precious commodity for the New Zealand team preparing to face Australia in Adelaide, but they were flowing in a torrent in domestic first-class cricket yesterday. Two double centuries and three other hundreds were struck in the three State Championship games as ...
HeadXXX<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... An ability to see past workers' disabilities to their superior abilities has put three New Zealand businesses in line for the inaugural Attitude Awards, sponsored by ACC. The Attitude Awards are a new initiative developed to honour the outstanding achievements of New Zealanders ...
Out-of-touch Cipriani takes demotion on the chin<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Wherever you looked it seemed England could not wait for the return of Danny Cipriani. With Jonny (remember him) Wilkinson on the injury slab again, Cipriani's earlier than expected return from a serious ankle injury was lauded as superb timing. Now Cipriani, pursued by howls of ...
Henry lets his guard<br/>down over Cup loss<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... There was a rare peek past the Graham Henry armour yesterday, the more cautious and defensive exterior he has presented to the rugby public and media since being burned at the last World Cup. He acknowledged that England, the All Blacks' last hurdle in the way of a repeat Grand ...
Vaidisova Czechs in for women's Classic.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Organisers of next year's women's tennis tournament in Auckland believe they have delivered on their promise to assemble the most competitive field yet as the event embarks on a new era. The field for the main draw of the ASB Classic was finalised yesterday with the top four ...
Study benefit cited<br/> for heel-prick cards<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... The two million newborn baby blood samples being held in storage while authorities debate their future should be opened to wider health research, under strict controls, a support group says. The heel-prick samples, building up in indefinite storage since 1969, are credited with ...
Take cap<br/>off student<br/>fees, say<br/>universities<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... The heads of New Zealand's universities say the Government is unfairly doling out money to students and forgetting the universities themselves. They also want the cap on fees removed so universities can set the cost of courses. The New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' ...
EDUCATION<br/>Face-to-face in classroom with mum and dad<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Twelve-year-old international student Geonwoo Lee is excited at the prospect of being able to talk face-to-face with his parents in Korea, after having not seen them since he arrived nine months ago. ``I talk to them on the phone very often and I hear their voices, but I miss ...
BEST OF THE WEB _ NZHERALD.CO.NZ<br/>YOUR VIEWS<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Hugh (Rotorua): Yep, gives us more to spend. Bruce (Wellington City): It could reduce GST across the board, stop double taxing on petrol, rates and savings, or raise GST to 15 per cent and slash personal income tax. Craig (New Plymouth): GST should remain where it is ....
Magical Gillespie<br/>keeps United on top<br/>Waitakere United 2<br/>Auckland City 1<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Luckily ahead after being out-played in the first half, Waitakere United found something closer to their championship-winning form of last season in the second spell to beat injury-ravaged Auckland City in their catch-up New Zealand Football Championship match at Kiwitea St last night. ...
Rocky sales tipped for Christmas CDs<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... LOS ANGELES _ Even as its fourth-quarter profit beat Wall St expectations, Warner Music chief executive Edgar Bronfman jnr said the company was keeping a tight rein on CD shipments ahead of what could be a rocky Christmas season. ``I don't think any of us know what the Christmas ...
PETITION<br/>Waiheke residents slam recycling bins as unworkable<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... The controversial recycling bins presented to Auckland City residents this year are getting a verbal thumping on Waiheke Island. Residents say the 140-litre bins are ``totally unworkable''. More than 1500 residents signed an online petition to get the bins off the agenda, but ...
Match racing defender the one to beat<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Rod Davis has made a strong start to his defence of the New Zealand Match-Racing Champs, coming through the opening day of the regatta unbeaten. The yachting veteran, who was the surprise winner of last year's event, won all five of his round robin match-ups in light conditions ...
A DEADLY BUT PREVENTABLE DISEASE<br/>.
Nov 26, 2008 ... Cholera is caused when a toxin-producing bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, infects the gut. It is carried in water containing human faeces. In its most severe form, and without treatment of antibiotics and rehydration, it causes acute diarrhoea and dehydration, and can kill within ...
Settled in the world's creative hub<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... AS ONE of the rock stars of the Asia-Pacific advertising world, Todd Waldron could have had his pick of jobs in any country. An American who grew up in Singapore, went to university in the United States, started work in Hong Kong, married an Australian and moved back to ...
Full-bodied and yet refined<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... REFLEX'S Chianti range has something of a penchant for winning awards. It started over seven years ago, with the release of the Chianti 515. That model picked up the Boat of the Show: All Purpose Under Six Metres award at the 2001 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show in Auckland. ...
Wooden boatbuilders to celebrate craft's history<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... A group of ex-boatbuilders and wooden boatbuilding enthusiasts are planning a gathering next February to celebrate the history of wooden boat building in this country. The event, dubbed Tree to the Sea _ A Celebration of the Wooden Boatbuilding Era of New Zealand, has grown from ...
Another feather in Ashley's cap<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... SOMETIMES described as having one of the brightest minds in the sport, reigning world champion board sailor and 2008 Olympic gold medallist Tom Ashley is now also the Singapore Airlines New Zealand Sailor of the Year. The 24-year-old from Auckland's North Shore received his ...
Kiwi iPod dock innovation in DAME award final<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... The innovative Fusion iPod Marine Stereo Unit, which features the world's first internal iPod docking system, made the finals in the marine electronics division of this year's DAME Awards. Established in 1991, the prestigious DAME Awards are held annually at METS (Marine ...
FISHING WITH BRUCE DUNCAN<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Strong easterlies have pushed warmer water into the Hauraki Gulf. This has brought snapper schools much closer to land and they should be found anywhere from 10m down, especially in areas like worm beds and the channels. However the fish may be picky so try a variety of baits and rigs, ...
Paua poaching rife as moon brings out the mongrels.
Nov 28, 2008 ... TWO OF the three Warriors star Aussie recruits had a taste of Kiwi fishing this week, marvelling that on a slow day you can go home with snapper, kahawai, john dory, squid and some scallops. Former Broncos centre Joel Moon, who is highly rated by insiders at the club and is seen ...
TIDELINES<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Open day for cruisers The Cruising & Navigation Association of New Zealand will display several of their members' yachts on X Pier at Westhaven tomorrow from 9am until 2:30pm. Those interested are invited to meet owners, view yachts and enjoy a free barbecue. ...
WATERWATCH<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Sat: 2-handed Round Waiheke, Devonport Yacht Club; Auckland Starling Match Racing Trials, Howick Sailing Club; Flap Martinengo Memorial, Richmond Yacht Club; Mullet Boat Lidgard Memorial, Ponsonby Cruising Club; PCC Spring Series, Ponsonby Cruising Club. Sat-Sun: 2-handed ...
Salary increases, <br/>lower competition:<br/>what's not to like?<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... WHILE the word recession is being bandied about by employers, staff are still riding the tidal wave of increased salaries on the back of a continuing skills shortage _ buoyed by thousands of people fleeing to Australia. But one employment industry leader says loyal members of ...
Fans put hard word on NZRU over agent's ticket charges<br/>BY VAIMOANA TAPALEAO.
Nov 28, 2008 ... All Blacks fans in the UK are calling for the New Zealand Rugby Union to come clean about where extra money charged for game tickets is going. Kiwi Carl Hubbers, who has lived in the UK for the past 10 years, is among ``the many'' fans overseas who he says are upset about the ...
War's forgotten province goes hungry<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... The farmer squats barefoot on packed earth in front of his two-room mud house. He has looked at his bags of wheat, he says, and counted the days. Ghulam Sakhi, 50, says his family will run out of food in mid-January _ only a third of the way through Afghanistan's frigid winter ....
JEREMY COOK, 58<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... The CAA staff member killed was Jeremy Cook. Acting Director of Civil Aviation Graeme Harris said Mr Cook was a popular engineer, a man who was respected and liked throughout the aviation industry. ``An aviation enthusiast, he has had a long career dedicated to ...
ANZ expects to lose business<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... ANZ chief executive Graham Hodges expects the decision to tighten its lending policy will mean it misses out on some new mortgage business but the bank remains in a strong position with close to historic liquidity levels. ANZ, the biggest home mortgage provider in the country, announced ...
Jewel in Anzac's<br/>crown on the market<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... A FREEHOLD 1920s building at 1 Anzac Ave, on one of Auckland's busiest intersections, is being offered for sale through Dominic Ong of CB Richard Ellis, who believes the newly upgraded, fully leased building will attract strong interest in the market. ``This investment property ...
Strategies to keep<br/>workers here top<br/>priority for Govt.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Finance Minister Bill English says he would like to see the number of Kiwis crossing the Tasman to live halved, but warns that playing catch-up with Australia is a long-term game. The National Party campaigned heavily on policies it claimed would help stem the flow of people ...
Departure<br/>gate nears<br/>for fed-up<br/>tourists<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Kiwis wanting to fly home from Bangkok will have to wait until at least tomorrow. Airport authorities in the Thai capital said yesterday that the main international airport, Suvarnabhumi, which has been occupied by anti-government protesters, will remain closed until at least ...
Met conductor all about politics.
Nov 28, 2008 ... For Daniel Barenboim, music and politics meld. Set to make his long-awaited Metropolitan Opera debut last night in Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, the 66-year-old Jew is known as much for championing Palestinian rights as he is for his work as a conductor and pianist. So ...
Why the boorish Twickenham crowd will boo the haka<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... TIME was, when the natives stood bemused at places like Twickenham when the chaps from across the other side of the world turned up with their funny little war dance. ``Twickers'' as everyone knew it then, seemed like the epicentre of the Empire and the locals showed what could ...
Finn crosses artistic border<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... SINCE forming the now defunct Betchadupa in the late 1990s, Liam Finn has played with a diverse range of acts. However, it's unlikely he has ever been preceded on stage by an author regaling the audience with his latest tome. But that is what happened on the last night of the ...
BLOOD BEYOND<br/>BOUNDARIES<br/><br/> BLOOD BEYOND<br/>BOUNDARIES<br/><br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... THE KILLERS came by sea. They launched dinghies from a larger boat and under the cover of night slunk ashore, loaded up with munitions. They docked near the Gateway of India monument, a landmark basalt arch where sea travellers from bygone eras would have first set eyes on ...
ON THE BOX<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... TODAY BASKETBALL: NBA, Los Angeles Lakers v Dallas Mavericks 4.30pm live ESPN. CRICKET: International, Australia v New Zealand, second test, day two, Adelaide Oval 1pm live SS1. GOLF: European PGA Tour, Australian Masters, Huntingdale GC, Victoria, 3rd round 4.30pm ...
SEARCH FOR FOOD<br/>IN WAKE OF FLOODS.
Nov 28, 2008 ... ITAJAI: Flood victims waded through waist-deep water into mud-filled houses yesterday in a devastated part of southern Brazil where neighbours set up patrols to keep looters away and lined up for Government food handouts. As waters from torrential rains receded after causing at ...
Herald man honoured <br/>for sporting coverage<br/>SPORTS JOURNALISM ,,.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Herald sports writer Terry Maddaford was last night honoured at the Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards Dinner in Auckland. Maddaford, a former Herald sports editor and longstanding contributor to the paper, was made a life member of the New Zealand Sports ...
MP arrested for info leaks<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... LONDON: British anti-terror police yesterday arrested an opposition spokesman on immigration issues for allegedly helping leak confidential government material, according to fellow members of the Conservative Party. Damian Green, a 52-year-old member of Parliament, was ...
in the line of dutySHOT.
Nov 28, 2008 ... MIGUEL CABALLERO shoots his employees. All of them. Every year. With a .38 pistol, he makes them test their commitment to quality. ``In bulletproof clothing, you don't get a second chance,'' said Caballero, a smartly dressed Colombian businessman, who makes the world's most ...
Hungry, thirsty but having a laugh in siege hotel<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Two New Zealanders holed up in their Mumbai hotel room had run out of food and water last night, but were in good spirits, a family member said. David Clemmett and his wife Vinka have been barricaded in their room in the Oberoi hotel with their bed against the door since about ...
Cut out a cup of coffee for<br/>baby's sake, experts say<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Pregnant women are being advised to cut their coffee intake to protect the health of their babies. More than two mugs of coffee a day could harm the unborn baby, researchers have found. The NZ Food Safety Authority has joined its British counterpart in cutting the ...
Forget the<br/>cars, buy<br/>the yards<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... THREE Auckland car yards are for sale, two of them as fully leased properties in Greenlane and the third, a big Mitsubishi dealership site in Manurewa, that is being marketed as a development site. The largest property, the Perry's Automotive Group showroom at 460 Great South ...
I find myself mildly embarrassing<br/> I find myself mildly embarrassing<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... IF YOU'RE running the Turner Prize, the biggest arts prize in Britain, look away now. The big rock star you hired to bring glamour and edge to this year's ceremony is refusing, magnificently, to play the game. ``Nothing to say about that,'' Nick Cave drawls, despite his ...
CD/DVD.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Johnny Cash actually performed two shows in Dining Hall 2 at Folsom Prison on January 13, 1968. The first show made up the bulk of his classic 1968 live album, but apart from two songs from the second show (Give My Love To Rose and I Got Stripes) the recordings have never been released ....
CD/DVD<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... When it comes to acoustic technical death metal, no one does it better than Mexican duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela. To be fair, while they have death and thrash metal leanings, don't be too scared because these two take just as much influence from classical, flamenco and folk as they do ...
CD<br/>.(Sound recording review)
Nov 28, 2008 ... Saunders' previous solo albums outside the Warratahs have always seemed to promise more than they deliver, but on this album of broad emotional reach and highly focused writing he delivers his best yet. His poetic lyrics are allusive and just specific enough to nail down some ...
Appliance tycoon being held by police<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Electrical appliance tycoon Wong Kwong-yu, one of China's wealthiest men, is under investigation for alleged involvement in economic crimes, police confirmed yesterday, ending several days of speculation regarding his whereabouts. ``We can confirm that Wong is being held for ...
A musical tour of the continent<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Decca seems to be pitching Albrecht Mayer's In Venice for the musical tourist market. On the booklet cover, the German oboist serenades the city from the prow of a gondola, while the booklet itself has multiple Mayers, sometimes in one image, immersed in Venetian ambience. ...
Potato pioneer stuck in field trials.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Tony Conner is celebrating 20 years in genetic modification. The plant geneticist at Crop and Food Research remembers the first modified potatoes _ with marker genes _ planted at the crown research institute. ``At that point, we were at the forefront of this technology. I find ...
Smith calm before the storm<br/>.
Nov 28, 2008 ... Recalled centre Conrad Smith is a pragmatic man. Sensible, calm, organised _ the list of descriptions could go on, which perhaps underlines why the All Black panel recalled him as soon as his groin injury cleared. Smith is the backline glue, someone with a strong radar and ...