Recently added articles from Sunday Star-Times:
His fans go wacko for links to Jacko
Jun 28, 2009; ... THE KING of Pop may be dead but Michael Jackson memorabilia isbeing rapidly resurrected. New Zealand's leading online auction site TradeMe has beenflooded with Jackson-themed products as collectors seek to cash inon fan grief. Memorabilia comes in as many forms as Jackson's ...
NCEA grades dubious
Jun 28, 2009; ... -------------------- EDUCATION MINISTER Anne Tolley is "extremelyconcerned" after NCEA experts last year found problems with 71,000internally assessed grades - more than a quarter of the paperschecked. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) found thatteachers were ...
Fog, rain wind . . . it's winter
Jun 28, 2009; ... FOG DISRUPTED the weekend travel plans of thousands of peopleyesterday, including rugby fans heading to Christchurch for lastnight's All Blacks test. Last night, Auckland police were also blaming fog for threeoverdue boats. At 10.30pm two dinghies were missing on the ...
Fog, rain wind . . . it's winter
Jun 28, 2009; ... FOG DISRUPTED the weekend travel plans of thousands of peopleyesterday, including rugby fans heading to Christchurch for lastnight's All Blacks-Italy test. And with more rough weather on the way, including heavy rain andsevere winds, further disruption could be on the cards ...
Injured man returns to carry mates; Bulldozer driver traumatised
Jun 28, 2009; ... A MAN hurt when a house collapsed on top of six contractors at anAuckland marae returned from hospital to help carry his deadcolleagues off the site, despite his injuries. Manurewa Marae's chairman, Eru Thompson, said that after theinjured man was discharged from Middlemore ...
Karam tipped to get $100,000 for new book on Bain
Jun 28, 2009; ... JOE KARAM will receive an advance of at least $100,000 to writehis latest book about David Bain, sources say. Karam, who supported Bain's quest for innocence following his1995 conviction for the murder of his family, last week signed withpublishers HarperCollins to write a book ...
Mortgagee sales reach 1-in-25 level
Jun 28, 2009; ... GROWING NUMBERS of Kiwi homeowners are facing the prospect ofhanding over the house keys, with mortgagee sales now accounting forone in 25 property transactions. Figures released today by property information company Terralinkshow mortgagee sales hit 251 in April - the highest ...
Underpaid? Female? Come on in
Jun 28, 2009; ... IF YOU'RE a woman in Wellington on Tuesday you could findyourself paying less for your flat white or day's shopping. Local businesses keen to support a pay equity campaign areoffering women a 12% discount, highlighting the 12% pay gap betweenthe sexes. The offer, which ...
Heartfelt thanks to lifesaver
Jun 28, 2009; ... A TV soap fan who almost died while watching Shortland Street waslast week reunited with the paramedic who saved her life - as wellas the actress she had been watching when her heart stopped. Susan Coyle, a 54-year-old grandmother, suffered a heart attackwhile watching an episode ...
Xue judge's sentencing 'bewildering' says mayor
Jun 28, 2009; ... WAITAKERE MAYOR Bob Harvey has slammed a local judge who letkiller Nai Yin Xue off with a warning for a previous attack on hiswife, saying lenient sentences for domestic violence offenders havegot to stop. Harvey, who leads a mayoral task force on family violence, saysquestions ...
Convicted conman says he's too fat for jail - judge disagrees
Jun 28, 2009; ... A MORBIDLY obese fraudster who argues he needs specialisedmedical treatment that can't be provided in prison has lost his bidto be freed while he awaits further court action. Max Heslehurst, who has been reported as weighing nearly 200kg,was earlier this year found guilty on 41 ...
Food judge to weigh in on Kiwi kai
Jun 28, 2009; ... Esther Harward shares cake and coffee with the foreign food guruwho's about to pass judgement on New Zealand's best restaurants. -------------------- RALPH KYTE-POWELL - wine lover, food critic,Australian - takes a mouthful of coconut and raspberry cake. So what is it like? ...
LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD
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Act pushes for voter tax veto
Jun 28, 2009; ... TAXPAYERS WILL have the power to approve or reject increases ingovernment spending if Act gets its way. The party has drawn up a bill that effectively proposes lettingtaxpayers apply the brakes to spending they consider extravagant orreckless. They would also have the say-so on ...
Lean times send us back to the kitchen, cookbooks in hand
Jun 28, 2009; ... WHEN TIMES get tough, the tough head for the kitchen. Data hot off supermarket shelves shows Kiwi shoppers are cookingtheir way out of the recession - and getting more imaginative abouthow they do it. According to figures supplied by supermarket giant ...
Daughter to carry baby for her mum
Jun 28, 2009; ... A NEW Zealand woman has been given approval to act as a surrogateto her mother, meaning she will carry and give birth to her ownsibling. It is understood to be the first time the Ethics Committee forAssisted Reproductive Technology (Ecart) has approved an applicationfor a ...
Genesis spends millions trying to make us like it
Jun 28, 2009; ... ONLY BIRD-BRAINS need apply for a role in the next Genesis Energyadvert. The power company is poised to go ahead with a third televisioncommercial featuring its energy- conscious pukeko, which in previousads have photogenically collected nesting material and turned off alight ....
Family in strife after kids left alone in park
Jun 28, 2009; ... A CHRISTCHURCH dad who let his nine-year-old son and four-year-old daughter play at a school park unsupervised is furious thegovernment's child welfare agency is now investigating his family. The case highlights the dilemma parents face in striking abalance between protecting ...
Ryall set to cut deep into PHOs
Jun 28, 2009; ... PRIMARY HEALTH organisations have mushroomed into a massivebureaucracy that includes 720 directors - some of whom are paid $800to attend a meeting. A yet-to-be-released Ministry of Health report has identifiedsignificant waste and discrepant use of resources within the ...
GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES 'FREE THINKING' TO SAVE MONEY
Jun 28, 2009; ... PUBLIC SERVICE bosses are being encouraged to speak out andsuggest new ideas - especially about saving taxpayers money. Finance Minister Bill English says the National government wantsto create a "free thinking" culture in the bureaucracy. He accusedthe former Labour government of ...