New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) back issues from December 2008:
Half-price<br/>hedonism<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Under $150 Enjoy five-star luxury at The County Hotel with breakfasts for less than half the standard price. $145 a night for two people. Contact: Wotif.com, 0800 441 092, or book online at www.wotif. com/hotelW40975. Under $400 Take a ...
Art for heart's sake in Vietnam<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Do you travel light or heavy? If I had my way, light. I like the thought of only taking carry-on luggage. But now I have kids, it's usually mayhem. Cattle or first-class? Depends on how long the flight is. I can't travel without ... My family. What type of ...
History going off the rails<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... INTERESTING how travel fashions change. Way back when dinosaurs walked the earth, and pretty much the only way to get from Auckland to Wellington was by rail, travelling long distances by train was a nightmare, something you only did if you had to. I still recall with a shudder ...
LONG TRAIN <br/><br/>RUNNIN'<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... AUCKLAND to Wellington by train for a special fare of $49. The deal sounded irresistible and _ like much about The Overlander actually _ something out of yesteryear. Sure, our start point at Britomart was state-of-the-art, gleaming, but the atmosphere was a bit of an exercise in ...
z IN BRIEF<br/>Cancer research<br/>wins award<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... PhD student Dianne Sika-Paotonu, of Victoria University in Wellington, has been awarded the 2008 Colmar Brunton New Zealand Research Excellence Award. Ms Sika-Paotonu's research has shown the cancer-killing immune response generated by a particular vaccine is significantly improved when ...
Study links abortions,<br/>mental health problems<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Women who have an abortion have an increased risk of developing mental health problems, New Zealand researchers have found. The long-term Christchurch study of more than 500 women found a link between having an abortion and an increase of nearly a third in the risk of disorders ...
Phoenix in position for another surprise<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... An away win over Adelaide United on Friday night would take the Wellington Phoenix into uncharted territory. Not only would it mark a fourth straight win in the Hyundai A-League, but it could take the Wellington franchise into the top three for the first time other than when ...
AXA funds trial suspension<br/>will continue until March<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Three mortgage funds suspended by AXA on a 30-day trial at the end of October are to remain frozen until at least the end of March. AXA initially stopped withdrawals from its Mortgage Distribution Fund, Mortgage Investment Fund and AXA Investment Portfolio because of uncertainty ...
COUCH GUIDE<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... 7.30PM, TV2 THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... With Omarosa gone, hopefully the teams will knuckle down, stop squabbling, and start competing. Tonight they make sandwiches and the ones who sell ...
STARS GUIDE<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Your world expands bit by bit. Primary concerns centre on issues of fair play, cultural diversity and human interest. Others may deem you a do-gooder but you see yourself as a harbinger of justice. Lunar energy at the peak of your horoscope provides a strong sense of purpose and ...
A LONG AND EXPENSIVE<br/>TRIP ... BUT WORTH IT<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... It may have cost him $3000 in airfares, but Waihi farmer Martin Rapley says it was worth it to get away from the chaos and turmoil of Bangkok. Mr Rapley was one of four stranded Kiwis who managed to get out of Bangkok and find their way to Singapore and a flight to Auckland ...
Black Caps raise white flag to end Bracewell era<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... W EST Indian coach John Dyson yesterday said one of the reasons New Zealand will be tough opponents in their upcoming series was that ``they dig deep''. The shovels were nowhere in sight as New Zealand capitulated lamely to Australia in Adelaide. When the day began, there must ...
Why wasteful councils have every<br/>reason to be running scared<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... W ASTEFUL spenders of public money in local government should be feeling scared. I'm sure columnist Brian Rudman would agree with that _ especially in these difficult economic times, when prudence should take absolute priority over excess. He and I generally agree with those ...
Power's job to get regulation right<br/>Commerce Minister must develop high-quality laws of substance which will enrich the country<br/><br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... W HAT makes an economy rich? Resources, luck, the population's mindset and energy, infrastructure (including human capital) and institutional settings. Governments can do little or nothing about the first three. So if John Key is to make good his vaunted ``ambition'' and enrich ...
Learning how to cheat ...
Dec 01, 2008 ... In the past year, 30 per cent of United States high school students have stolen from a store and 64 per cent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards. Educators reacting to the findings ...
Bank deal puts Govt credit rating at risk<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... New Zealand's banks must refinance a massive amount of offshore funding over the next three months which may affect the Government's credit rating given its new wholesale bank funding guarantee, international ratings agency Fitch says. The agency last week affirmed the Crown's ...
Arabian money<br/>recharges project<br/>COMMERCIAL PROPERTY<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... A United Arab Emirates investor has bought into one of the country's largest development sites for $126 million. In one of the top-three foreign investment deals so far this year, the Government's Overseas Investment Office said the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority was cleared to ...
Transplant out for heart patient<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Stephen Delaney, lying perilously ill in Auckland City Hospital with heart failure, is desperate to survive for his 8-year-old son Joseph. Mr Delaney had his first heart attack nearly three months ago and now faces death within a year unless he has risky surgery. He ...
Review for change to old home demolition rules<br/>HERITAGE<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Heritage architects Salmond Reed will review plans by the Auckland City Council to lift demolition controls on thousands of old homes in many of the city's leafy suburbs. Both sides in the heritage battle covering the Residential 2 zone of Remuera, Epsom, Parnell, Herne Bay, Mt ...
Voters enshrine legalised heroin<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... GENEVA _ The world's most comprehensive legalised heroin programme has become permanent with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalisation of marijuana. The heroin programme, started in 1994, is offered in 23 centres across ...
Pilot feared death in cockpit invasion, court told<br/>by Jarrod Booker <br/>South Island correspondent.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Two people aboard a plane allegedly hijacked over the South Island have told how they feared they would die as a knife-wielding woman entered the cockpit and spoke of killing all on board. The captain of the 19-seater Air National flight and a passenger both suffered wounds, ...
Team devastated at hooter mix-up<br/>COLLEGE SPORT<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... A high school kilikiti coach says a referee ended a tournament match early after mistakenly believing a sideline horn was the official game hooter _ and claims it may have cost his team the competition. De La Salle College coach Ben Swann told the Herald yesterday the school's ...
Open doors make grand hotels<br/>tempting target for terrorists.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Consider how a city looks to a terrorist seeking targets. There's the airport _ inviting, but heavily secured. There's the US Embassy, perimeter guarded by crack local forces and Marines. And there's the plush international hotel, open to anyone with a decent outfit and money ...
Key looks at ways to help small businesses cope<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Prime Minister John Key says the Government is working on a plan to help small and medium businesses cope with the recession. Any further steps to relieve the strain of the economic downturn were likely to focus on small and medium businesses, he said yesterday. A ...
EDITORIAL<br/>PUBLISHED SINCE 1863, NO. 44,122 ITUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008Bankruptcy: <br/>some deserve <br/>a clean slate<br/>.(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2008 ... I N PARTS of Southeast Asia, where entrepreneurship is nurtured and nourished, bankruptcy holds far less of a stigma than in this country. If not exactly a badge of honour, it is far from a symbol of disgrace. It is widely assumed that, as in any field of endeavour, bankrupts will have ...
BREVITIES<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... ON HANOVER Isn't it wonderful that the directors of Hanover Finance could take millions out of the company in dividends even though they knew it was in deep trouble, then offer to repay a mere pittance of this money in their proposed package? Catherine Curlett, Orakei. ON AIR ...
Defending the indefensible<br/>READERS' FORUM<br/>EMMERSON'S VIEW<br/>.(Letter to the editor)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Fletcher Building chief executive Jonathan Ling and chairman Roderick Deane's defence of their company's purchase of Formica late last year defies logic and the facts. It was obvious to many that a gullible Fletcher Building was being sucked into buying a lemon, given the ...
Max sees move<br/>into Australia a<br/>good fit for firm<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Despite signs of a slowing in retail spending across the ditch, New Zealand fashion brand Max is pushing ahead with a planned expansion into Australia next year. The assault on the highly competitive Australian fashion retailing industry will initially come via the web _ a move ...
Bad year as another souring Merlot fails<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Another company associated with the Merlot property investment scheme has gone into liquidation. Merlot was a large developer of residential investment properties in South Auckland and Gulf Harbour, and used a business model similar to the infamous Blue Chip scheme. ...
Pulse fined<br/>for missing<br/>deadline to<br/>name team<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Central Pulse have been fined after failing to meet yesterday's deadline to name their full squad. Early last month the cash-strapped and coachless Pulse were granted a further 20 working days to name their team after missing their original cut-off date. The ...
Recession<br/>tipped to<br/>be over<br/>next year<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... A pick-up in consumer spending will haul the economy out of recession in the first half of next year, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research predicts. Other forecasters, including the BNZ and ANZ National Bank, take a rather darker view, however. While the ...
Port strike<br/>set to cause<br/>major<br/>disruption<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Auckland's port company expects four big container ships to be disrupted by a 24-hour strike from late tonight in a dispute which is stifling Christmas cheer on the waterfront. One ship has already been diverted to other ports including Tauranga, and another will arrive ahead of ...
Meet the nosey press, Prime Minister<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... I T'S 4.39pm and John Key is nine minutes late for his second most important Monday engagement _ the Prime Minister's weekly press conference which follows the day's Cabinet meeting. As far as the 30 or so Press Gallery journalists waiting in the Beehive Theatrette are ...
RADIO GUIDE<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... RNZ NATIONAL 6.00 Morning Report 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 9.06 Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan Including: 10.45 The Blue, by Mary McCallum. (Pt 12 of 15, RNZ) ...
z IN BRIEF<br/>Walker back<br/>at Matamata<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Top jockey Michael Walker will make his return to racing at Matamata on Thursday after a strong recovery from injuries suffered in a pighunting accident. Walker, who has been out of action since May, has been riding trackwork over the past few weeks and showed some good form with a couple ...
Bookies give new champ `Cardy' status<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Bookmakers are set to pay Auckland Reactor the ultimate compliment _ by ignoring him. The champion pacer maintained his unbeaten record with his 15th straight win when smashing the track record in last Friday's Franklin Cup at Alexandra Park. Now clearly rated the ...
Criticism of trust's plan wide of the mark _ chairman<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... A N ARTICLE in the Weekend Herald (November 15) by columnist Brent Sheather that criticised the investment strategy of the Eastern Bay Energy Trust was wide of the mark for a number of reasons. Not the least of his shortcomings is the fundamental fact that he appears to have ...
Enchantment comes in big dollops in choir's early Christmas offering<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... V IVA Voce's An Early Christmas started the festive season with a selection of what we were told would be ``enchanting music of the Nativity''. After John Rosser had conducted a bustling opening chorus from Bach's Christmas Oratorio, the promised enchantment came in ...
Rooney ends<br/>goal drought<br/>in narrow<br/>derby win<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... MANCHESTER _ Wayne Rooney led 10-man Manchester United to a 1-0 victory over Manchester City yesterday in a heated 150th derby that saw Cristiano Ronaldo sent off. Rooney ended a six-week goal drought as the European champions took on their neighbours for the first time since ...
Family haunted by father's murder<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... The family of murdered Opotiki man John Rowe say the terrible way the 78-year-old died will haunt them forever. Speaking for the first time since his death a week ago, Mr Rowe's son Patrick and daughter Wendy Rowe pleaded for help in catching whoever was responsible for the ...
User-pays trash collection promises tidier streets<br/>WASTE<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Waitakere City's user-pays inorganic rubbish collection will start in February in a bid to rid the streets of kerbside piles of picked-over junk. It will mean big changes in habits. Residents will have to book the service either online or at the council counter and it is no ...
Punter doesn't share trainer's Cup fears<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Richard Collett's first reaction to Sircross drawing gate No 15 in tomorrow's $100,000 First Sovereign Trust Avondale Cup was: ``That's cost us victory.'' There is someone out there that doesn't agree. The biggest bet the TAB has laid since it opened up its fixed odds ...
BREAKING WITH THE PAST.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Countries with prescription heroin treatment for addicts: Switzerland's heroin prescription programme has been running since 1994. Nearly 1300 addicts are injecting the drug under tight supervision this year in one of 23 centres, which also provide psychiatric and social ...
Tainui fight<br/>threatens<br/>to end<br/>up in court<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... After years of stability within Waikato Tainui, political infighting could take it back to court as some leaders push for restructuring. The tribe has a complex governance, management and commercial structure made up of Te Kauhanganui, its Parliament; Te Arataura, an executive ...
Xmas doesn't go for a song ...<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... PITTSBURGH _ Given the economic downturn, even the most romantic might baulk at the US$86,609 ($163,000) price tag for the items in the carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas. That's this year's cost, according to the annual ``Christmas Price Index'' compiled by PNC Wealth ...
Vaughan:<br/>too early<br/>to change<br/>2011 host<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Speculation that New Zealand and Australia will step in to take over hosting the 2011 World Cup is premature, says New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan. Claims were published in an Australian newspaper yesterday that the joint organisers of the 2015 cricket ...
BEST OF THE WEB _ NZHERALD.CO.NZ<br/>YOUR VIEWS<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Graham (Howick): If seatbelts are made compulsory, I would suggest roll cages be made compulsory also. Katrina (Papakura): Farmers say it will be an inconvenience for them _ well, how inconvenient is losing a life? George (Wakefield): I would put money on that 99 per ...
Kids put<br/>champ in<br/>her (2nd)<br/>place ...
Dec 01, 2008 ... It's called the Valoon and created by primary school pupils to propel a shotput further than Olympic gold medallist Valerie Vili. And yesterday the champion looked on as the awkward, helium-filled contraption designed by four students from the tiny Duvauchelle School in the ...
Setting sail for the hearts of the young<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Te Aurere may be the first double-hulled waka Hec Busby ever built, but after 16 years the boat still knows how to give him a few thrills, he reckons. Mr Busby, 76, is circumnavigating the North Island in the waka to train the next generation of sailors, who will learn ...
Labour caucus meeting to<br/>work out what went wrong<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Labour Party's depleted ranks of MPs will meet today to dissect the failed election campaign. Leader Phil Goff said the caucus would devote time to a post-mortem, the first time it has done so as a group. Mr Goff said they would assess ``where we ceased to connect ...
Windies on<br/>alert for<br/>rebounding<br/>Black Caps<br/>.
Dec 01, 2008 ... The West Indies won't read too much into New Zealand's two-test duffing in Australia, according to coach John Dyson. Which is not to say there hasn't been some useful information gleaned ahead of their two-test series starting in Dunedin next week. As a former Australian test ...
US treaty cuts withholding tax.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Some withholding tax rates will be cut next year under a new tax treaty with the United States that was due to be signed in Washington last night. For dividends the non-resident withholding tax is currently 15 per cent, although under New Zealand's complex foreign investor tax ...
Safe and social retreat<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... APARTMENT Y8, 30 YORK ST, PARNELL W ALK past the York Street Apartments on a sunny afternoon and you may notice a silky Cornish Rex cat stretched out on a deckchair by the pool, soaking up the atmosphere. That cat would be Mia, who belongs to Apartment Y8, ...
Kitsets for baches large and small<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... New Zealanders are getting fussy about the quality of their baches these days. That they are usually called beach houses says it all. They want a home away from home, complete with dishwashers, nice decks, sleek kitchen and at least one bathroom. Fortunately, many of ...
Over the <br/>hard yards.
Dec 02, 2008 ... 35 ALLEN RD, GREY LYNN I T seems heartbreaking to do all the boring, hard work on a renovation and then walk away just as the interesting bits come up. But that's exactly the good luck Alister and Casandra Worrall had when they went house hunting in Grey Lynn as the property ...
Big slice of heaven near Mt Cook<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... GUIDE HILL STATION, LAKE PUKAKI, CANTERBURY M ARION and David Gould view themselves as the stewards of one of New Zealand's most spectacular hill country stations. The Gould family, who took over the Guide Hill Station in 1962, have striven to improve and ...
Growing<br/>concern <br/>out west<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... The Henderson district has always attracted pioneering types _ its history speaks of European migrants growing grapes and starting the wine industry in New Zealand. This property, once used for growing trees, is ready for a new family looking for space to put good ideas into ...
INDUSTRY INSIDER<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... House of Year in Russell A holiday home in Russell has won the national Registered Master Builders 2008 House of the Year award, in association with PlaceMakers. Lindesay Construction Limited won with Te Whare Hoiho (pictured) _ an elegant, striking, low-maintenance retreat at Paroa Bay, ...
On the water's edge<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... 25 CHEVIOT ST, MANGAWHAI F ORGET about tranquillisers, meditation or any other methods of coping with stress. Louise Dempsey reckons walking through the door of her Mangawhai Heads bach is enough to induce an intense state of relaxation. ``You can't help but totally chill when ...
WESTMERE<br/>KINGSLAND<br/>GREY LYNN<br/>RED BEACH<br/>WAIMAUKU<br/>DRURY<br/>SIX OF THE BEST<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... SIZE: Share 1036sq m, house 160sq m. ON THE WEB: raywhite.co.nz #PTC20016. CONTACT: Heather Hannah or Susan Woods-Markwick, Ray White Pt Chevalier, ph Heather 021 762 260, Susan 021 520 290. SIZE: Land 253sq m, house 114sq m. ON THE WEB: ...
APARTMENT SMART<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... We are thinking about buying an apartment rather than a beach house because of the lock-up-and-leave attraction. We are looking at some apartments on Waiheke which are on a strata tenure. Could you explain how the strata tenure works? Are there any other type of common legal ownership ...
Home and income<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... Pam and Warren McIntyre went looking for a change in lifestyle from their previous base in south Wairarapa several years ago. They made several scouting trips to Northland and fell for the charms of Whangaroa. ``We came around the corner into Whangaroa and it was like a ...
SUN SENSE <br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... Aim for high protection and discard anything greasy, or old. Facial blocks these days should sit happily under makeup _ some now double as moisturisers. Physical blocks (those with zinc or titanium oxides) will generally feel thicker than chemical ones, though many products are a mixture ...
BACK TO THE FUTURE BACK TO THE FUTURE BACK TO THE FUTURE.
Dec 02, 2008 ... NEXT time you're in the local op shop with a wallet full of coins, looking for a fabulous bargain, be sure to poke around in that box with all the old wires and mobile phone chargers. Because, believe it or not, the old ``bricks'' _ as the first mobile phones were known _ are about to ...
COOKING UP <br/> PERFECT PRESENTS<br/>.
Dec 02, 2008 ... HE'S one of New Zealand's leading chefs, the man behind the menus of such places as Euro, Pasha, Pravda, Shed 5 and The Jervois Steakhouse, and now Simon Gault has just released his latest cookbook, Nourish (Random, $49.99). It's full of fantastic recipes that are also practical and ...