Recently added articles from Sunday Star-Times:
GOOD SAMARITAN EXCLUSIVE; He died. She lived. How does that feel?
Oct 05, 2008; HARWARD, Esther ... THE WOMAN Austin Hemmings died trying to save says he stood infront of her to shield her from a knife-wielding attacker andordered her to run just moments before he was stabbed to death. "Who does that? Who dies for someone they don't know?" the womantold the Sunday Star-Times ...
Shadbolt: I ended up in bed with Kedgley
Oct 05, 2008; ARNOLD, Karen ... TIM SHADBOLT has admitted being unfaithful to his former wife,Miriam Cameron, and claims he shared a bed with Green MP SueKedgley, who was drunk at the time. The revelations come in Shadbolt's new book Tim Shadbolt - AMayor of Two Cities which will be released on Thursday ....
SUNDAY STAR-TIMES, OCTOBER 5,2008
Oct 05, 2008 ... FALLING WORLD commodity prices prompted a spate of jolly storieslast week predicting a return to more reasonably priced dairyproducts for Kiwi consumers - albeit at the expense of our farmers. But for a little perspective on the issue check out the New YorkTimes' latest story on ...
On the scrap heap
Oct 05, 2008 ... POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING was recycled yesterday with politicianstaking up the cause to recycle electronic waste at this year's eDay.Environment Minister Trevor Mallard and Greens co-leader RusselNorman helped out at Wellington's Westpac Stadium as car after cardropped off ...
Fire damages hotel
Oct 05, 2008 ... A FIRE early yesterday morning badly damaged Carterton's old ClubHotel. The blaze in the two-storey building was discovered by apassing ...
Pedestrian struck
Oct 05, 2008 ... A 65-YEAR-OLD Tauranga man is in a serious condition in WaikatoHospital after he was struck on a pedestrian crossing in a hit-and-run on Friday. The man was hit about 9pm as he was ...
Kiwi extradited
Oct 05, 2008 ... A NEW Zealand man has been extradited to Brisbane over an allegedsexual assault initially linked to a series of attacks. The 33-year-old man has been charged over an alleged assault on an ...
American rescued
Oct 05, 2008 ... A MAN was rescued yesterday afternoon after being trapped onrocks near a waterfall precipice in Tongariro National Park. The 40-year-old American slipped and fell about 2m into a river and ...
Bizarre shooting
Oct 05, 2008 ... POLICE ARE investigating the "bizarre" random shooting of an 18year-old woman in East Auckland yesterday. She was at a barbecuewith friends on Omana Beach near Maraetai, about 3pm, when she wasshot in the back of the leg with what police believe was an airrifle. Manukau Senior Sergeant ...
Shopkeeper stable
Oct 05, 2008 ... THE AUCKLAND shopkeeper stabbed in his Avondale Lotto shop onFriday is stable in Auckland Hospital. Police said a ...
Chisholm on move
Oct 05, 2008 ... DONNA CHISHOLM, the deputy editor of the Sunday Star-Times, hasresigned after 33 years with the paper and its predecessors theSunday Star and the Auckland Star. She is best known for her mid-1990s campaign which led to David Dougherty being freed from jailfor an ...
Powerball powers on
Oct 05, 2008 ... $22 MILLION? Bah. Better to wait a week, and make it $24m.Lotto's biggest- ever prize went ...
More stories online
Oct 05, 2008 ... WE HAVE more stories online. Read how political parties are usingcelebrities to pump up their election campaigns, why ...
Chewing it over
Oct 05, 2008 ... CAN ANYONE deny it? The eating of human flesh did take place inNew Zealand, and not even very long ago. "At the end of battle . . .arms or legs are taken off, thrown on to embers or just held over afire," says historian Paul Moon, author of an explosive new bookcalled This Horrid ...
Police search boyfriend's house
Oct 05, 2008; WATSON, Lois ... POLICE INVESTIGATING the disappearance of Christchurch womanTisha Lowry yesterday shifted their search to the home of herestranged boyfriend - and the banks of the Avon River. Lowry vanished 10 days ago. She was last seen by her grandfather -with whom she was living in an old ...
Dead dolphin found
Oct 05, 2008 ... A DEAD dolphin discovered in Tasman Bay died after becomingentangled in a fishing net. The 1.8m dusky dolphin was spotted onFriday morning in front of the Marahau township. Department ...
Double decker
Oct 05, 2008 ... TWO PUBLIC buses crashed head-on in Wellington yesterday, causingminor injuries to a bus driver and a passenger. Alex Johnston, 16,said she was the sole passenger on a bus turning into Melrose Rdfrom Buckley Rd in Houghton Bay about ...
Uneasy shopkeepers ready to arm themselves
Oct 05, 2008; VAN DER STOEP, Leigh ... FRIGHTENED SHOPKEEPERS have turned to a gun store for adviceabout guns, pepper spray and even a bulletproof vest. The spate of requests follows the high-profile murder of Manurewaliquor store owner Navtej Singh and Friday's stabbing of 55-year-old Auckland lotto shop owner ...
Abused doctor gets justice but hits out at police inaction
Oct 05, 2008; VAN DER STOEP, Leigh ... He's a prominent public servant who beat his wife. We can revealhis name and his face - but a judge says we still can't tell you hisjob. Leigh Van Der Stoep reports. -------------------- A GP WHOwas hit and kicked by her husband - a prominent public servant -says she is appalled the ...
Maori seats emerging as flashpoint in power deal
Oct 05, 2008; HUME, Tim ... MAORI PARTY co-leader Pita Sharples yesterday vowed to lead a"foreshore and seabed"-style protest if National moved on its policyto abolish the Maori seats. The Maori Party is shaping up as an increasingly likely supportpartner for a possible National government, but National's ...