Sunday Star-Times back issues from July 1997:
Dalziel in danger of being dumped
Jul 06, 1997; ... LABOUR leader Helen Clark is understood to be considering dumpingher frontbencher Lianne Dalziel from the high-profile healthspokesmanship because of underperformance. Ms Dalziel, initially seen as one of the rising stars of theLabour Party when she first came to Parliament in ...
Head injury man dies in ward mixup
Jul 06, 1997; ... A MAN with serious head injuries died four days after he wasadmitted to a Christchurch Hospital ward specialising in bladder andprostate problems. Doctors say the systems blunder delayed his treatment and couldhave cost his life. Moresby Fonoti (36), a factory worker and taxi ...
Shock for parents as baby killer goes free
Jul 06, 1997; ... THE parents of one of the babies killed by Lise Jane Turner saythey were not warned in advance of her release from jail becauseauthorities feared they might create "a fuss". Kelvin and Lauree Tinnion are angry they were not told Turner(41)was to be freed on Wednesday. Turner, a ...
Soy bread makers told to tone down claims of benefits
Jul 06, 1997; ... PRODUCERS of a new designer bread have been ordered to stopmakingmisleading claims about its health benefits. The Ministry of Health has told Allied Foods, maker of the Burgensoy and linseed bread, to withdraw promotional pamphlets whichcontain unsubstantiated claims that the ...
Drivers face spy camera on city buses
Jul 06, 1997; ... THINK you can get away with parking on a bus stop? Be warned.From this week, even the buses will have eyes. The Yellow Bus company in Auckland plans to begin a trial thisweek in which a video camera will be fitted to the front of a busserving inner city suburbs. Yellow bus ...
Kirton laments NZ First's switch to right
Jul 06, 1997; ... NEW Zealand First minister Neil Kirton has made veiled criticismsof Treasurer Winston Peters' championing of conservative economicpolicies, saying it undermines the party's identity as a centristforce. A tight rein on spending made it difficult to promote NZ First'scentrist ...
Greypower hardens position on super
Jul 06, 1997; ... By MIRIYANA ALEXANDER and RUTH LAUGESEN A REDUCED savings target will not make New Zealanders moreaccepting of Treasurer Winston Peter's proposed compulsorysuperannuation scheme, says National Greypower president Paul Hobbs. Mr Peters is due to announce details of the scheme ...
Cockatoos may cop a bird blitz
Jul 06, 1997; ... PECKISH cockatoos are ruffling feathers in Canterbury. A regionalcouncil is trying to declare the sulphur-crested birds a pest, sothey can be eradicated from Banks Peninsula. Fruit growers in Kaituna Valley are scared the growing flocks ofwhite parrots, now up to 100 birds and ...
League to sue former president
Jul 06, 1997; ... THE New Zealand Rugby League plans to sue former president GrahamCarden for about $100,000. President Gerald Ryan said the national body decided on Friday toask its solicitor to begin legal proceedings. He hoped the actionwould end the matter. The claim relates to whether ...
Bitter $2m bill pill for patients
Jul 06, 1997; ... Hospital debt collectors ordered in -------------------- MOST hospitals will chase former patients for $2.26 million inoutstanding fees, despite the charges being abolished in the Budget.Only Whakatane outpatients will not be forced to pay their debts -- their Crown Health ...
Kirton pays Laws `$1000 a day'
Jul 06, 1997; ... ASSOCIATE Health Minister Neil Kirton has been asked to reassesshis spending after paying out up to $6000 a week on consultants, oneof whom is former NZ First MP Michael Laws. Internal Affairs' Ministerial Services is understood to haveaskedMr Kirton to reconsider how he balances ...
Bunch of Burkes are happy with name
Jul 06, 1997; ... PEOPLE who complain about a missing "s" may not mind if they'relabelled a bunch of "berks" -- but they've finally won their battle. After much lobbying, the 40 residents of Burke Pass in the SouthIsland's Mackenzie district can now claim to be from Burkes Pass. "We felt like ...
BRIEF - SEXUAL ASSAULT
Jul 06, 1997 ... TRIAL DATE: The retrial of former Dunedin surgeon Tony Guy on sexcharges starts in the Christchurch District Court on July ...
BRIEF - WATER POLLUTION
Jul 06, 1997 ... DIESEL SPILL: The source of a diesel spill in Whitianga Harbourisbeing investigated by regional council Environment Waikato ....
BRIEF - TAXATION
Jul 06, 1997 ... IRD LOSES: A Warkworth farmer has won a court case against theInland Revenue Department after a seven-year dispute with theGovernment ...
BRIEF - TRAFFIC OFFENCES
Jul 06, 1997 ... MORE CAUGHT: Three times as many speedsters are being caughtafterthe introduction of hidden speed cameras, police say. Waikato ...
BRIEF - ROBBERY
Jul 06, 1997 ... ROBBER JAILED: A man who pointed a sawn-off shotgun at a Rotoruaservice station attendant while robbing the ...
BRIEF - DEATH-GENERAL
Jul 06, 1997 ... DEATH ARREST: Police arrested a man yesterday in connection withthe death of a 26-year-old solo mother found bashed in her Dunedinhome on Friday. Armed police located the man at a cottage nearAlexandra, Central Otago, and apprehended ...
Icy reception for warring factions
Jul 06, 1997 ... WARRING Papua New Guinea factions broke the ice even before theirpeace talks started at a frosty South Island military camp nearChristchurch yesterday. The leaders of the Bougainville Transitional Government,Bougainville Revolutionary Army and the Bougainville InterimGovernment ...
Pilots not to blame, say crash survivors
Jul 06, 1997; ... SURVIVORS of the Ansett Dash-8 plane crash two years ago say theydo not blame the pilots. All but one of the 17 survivors are suing Ansett New Zealand fordamages suffered when the plane crashed into farmland nearPalmerstonNorth on June 9, 1995. They are being joined by the ...
Storm over wind energy
Jul 06, 1997; ... AS WIND turbine generator Vortec Energy gets ready for a 10-cityroadshow to promote its $10m public offering, an overseas expert haswarned small investors to steer clear, saying the company'stechnology has little chance of commercial success. American analyst Paul Gipe, and some in ...
Loose Change
Jul 06, 1997 ... THE ultimate risky property deal: Buy part of the Moon, or Mars,or any planet in our solar system for that matter. Direct from -- you guessed it -- the US of A, Denis Hope (below)is selling 728ha blocks of the moon for $25. Ronald Regan and Jimmy Carter have bought their starry ...
Mountain leaves ski town down but not out
Jul 06, 1997; ... WHEN Mt Ruapehu erupted for the second year in a row last year,there were dire predictions that many of the businesses aroundOhakune would not survive without government handouts. Certainly the effect on the town and its surrounding area hasbeendevastating, but there have been no ...
Going against the trend can reap rich rewards
Jul 06, 1997; ... FOR THOSE happily ploughing large sums into a sharemarketwonderfully lit up with lights, a timely reminder: Buying at a peaktoday can bring tears tomorrow. No matter how good the sharemarket, or any particular asset classlooks, you may do better by picking yesterday's losers ...
Finding the best home deal
Jul 06, 1997; ... WHAT do you do if mortgage brokers try to charge you a fee forfinding you a home loan? Fire them and try someone else, says thejust-elected chairman of the New Zealand Mortgage BrokersAssociation. The association was born late last year, but has just elected RobTucker as its ...
Docs in the dock
Jul 06, 1997; ... part of the spectrum." And what of the doctor who ends theprofessional relationship to start a personal one? The Medical Council says sex between doctors and former patientsis unethical if the professional relationship involved psychotherapyor long term counselling and support; if ...
Perfectly good system, but badly run
Jul 06, 1997; ... * The backlash against MMP is in full swing: A poll last weekshowed support for the system down to 30%. What do its defenders saynow? ANTHONY HUBBARD reports -------------------- ROD DONALD is wanted for questioning over the sale of a usedelectoral system. As head of the main ...
How the system works
Jul 06, 1997; ... ONLY three medical disciplinary cases have been heard in the yearsince the new Medical Practitioners Act came into force. While no findings have yet been made or penalties imposed by theMedical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, the new act allows forfines of up to $20,000 ...
Handover cements eastern outlook
Jul 06, 1997; ... AS HE moved to sign the visitors book for new Hong Kong chiefexecutive Tung Chee-hwa, deputy Prime Minister Winston Peterspaused.Turning back a page to check, he found his would be the first nameappearing in the heavy, leatherbound volume. In a trip which had foreign affairs ...
NZ First toxicity doesn't touch super scheme
Jul 06, 1997; ... WINSTON PETERS may have thought he was on a winner when hecampaigned for a compulsory retirement scheme. Last July 68% ofrespondents in a nationwide poll favoured the concept. In a similarpoll last month, 58% said they would oppose it. At this point, the referendum to which the ...
What's an ear when there's a brain to hit?
Jul 06, 1997; ... I'M MORE than indignant -- I'm absolutely disgusted by thehypocritical fuss over Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield's ear.Tyson must be banned for life. He's a disgrace to a noble sport. I would have thought biting your opponent's ear would be hailedasa brilliant new extension ...
Neil's Kirton call
Jul 06, 1997; ... Going ballistic allowshim to remain cool -------------------- * Associate Health Minister Neil Kirton is one of the few successstories for scandal-dogged New Zealand First. RUTH LAUGESON profilesa man who brings a blush of pride to party cheeks--------------------IN THE ...
Power games and the South
Jul 06, 1997; ... AS I sat last week staring down at the confluence of the mightyClutha and the Manuherikia rivers, the rushing water reminded me ofthe whirling turbines a few kilometres the other way at the RoxburghDam. Throw in Manapouri and Benmore, and there is a powerful energyindustry based on lower ...
Straddler of a great divide
Jul 06, 1997; ... * In yoking the world's most ardently capitalist city tocommunistrule, Hong Kong's first post-colonial leader faces a tough jugglingact. But Tung Chee-hwa is an old hand at playing both sides of thefence, writes RICHARD McGREGOR -------------------- FOR a guide to Hong ...
An exercise in green health
Jul 06, 1997; ... * The next time the GP discovers your blood pressure is up, youmay just get a prescription for exercise instead of a bottle ofpills. But are we smart enough to follow simple instructions? SHANECAVE reports THE doctor's advice to "get some exercise" would seem simpleenough for ...
Camelot's greedy knights of lottery's round table
Jul 06, 1997; ... Millions of Brits play every week and occasionally some lucky sodends up with a massive windfall of Ngai Tahu proportions, and all isrosy until . . . -------------------- WITH a new government comes an interesting period of politicalactivity and a nervous time for some ....
Morality no longer fitting facts
Jul 06, 1997; ... PEOPLE used to stone women taken in adultery ... thereby onceearning a memorable rebuke from a passer-by. Now they put theirphotographs with the triumphant smile of a Camilla Parker Bowles onthe cover of women's magazines. Some even make it to the Holmes show and as a consequence, ...
Fly the fern for New Zealand
Jul 06, 1997 ... NEW ZEALAND continues to get the thumbs up from internationalvisitors, according to recent research undertaken on behalf of theNew Zealand Tourism Board. The questionnaire focused on visitors from Europe and NorthAmerica. A common attitude towards New Zealand was summed up in ...
Variety the spice for award finals
Jul 06, 1997 ... TWO penguin colonies, a ski school, a hot air balloon festivalanda West Coast hotel called Formerly The Blackball Hilton are includedamong the finalists in this year's New Zealand Tourism Awards. Tourism operators from as far afield as Paihia in the north, toLumsden in the south, ...
KiwiHost success beyond dreams
Jul 06, 1997 ... CULTURAL KiwiHost will play a vital role within the tourismindustry as New Zealand heads towards the millennium. The cultural diversity of visitors will be highlighted, as weheadtowards the millennium, said NZ Tourism Board deputy chief executiveChris Ryan. The board ...
Ratings get Qualmark overhaul
Jul 06, 1997 ... INTERNATIONAL and domestic visitors can be misled byaccommodationratings, says Qualmark's chief executive Jane Henderson. They need to be able to rely on an impartial and consistentgrading system. "Too many hotels, motels and holiday parks around the countrystill display ...
Spotlight will be on NZ
Jul 06, 1997 ... NEW Zealand's best chance this century to grab the internationalspotlight is just around the corner. "Visitor numbers could be significantly boosted by millenniumevents such as the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the America's Cup," saidNew Zealand Tourism Board chief executive, Paul ...
Small fry are core of industry
Jul 06, 1997 ... SMALL businesses are the backbone of the New Zealand tourismindustry and play an important part in determining its success. The 15,000 small tourism firms-- that employ fewer than 10people,ranging from bed and breakfasts, transport services, entertainmentand family businesses -- ...
Quality is the catchword
Jul 06, 1997 ... THE tourism industry's survival depends on quality in standards,service, product, experience and information. Without quality, the industry loses its lifeblood -- thecustomers, whose repeat business and word-of-mouth advertisingstrengthens New Zealand's reputation, said New Zealand ...
Maria, we know you didn't kill
Jul 06, 1997 ... * QC Mike Bungay was one of the country's most colourful lawyersbefore his death in 1993, aged 59. While he has given his ownaccount of some of his most famous cases in Bungay on Murder, hiswidow Ronda is about to publish another book on his life, DearMurderer. In this exclusive extract, ...
Take `wonderbread' claims with a pinch of salt
Jul 06, 1997; ... Women are also promised an increase in bone density, andprotection against cardiovascular disease and some cancers,especially breast cancer -------------------- ALLIED Foods Ltd last week launched a new bread with greatfanfareand some very extravagant claims.Burgen Soy & ...
Bungay a master of the one-liner
Jul 06, 1997 ... MIKE BUNGAY was a master of the one-liner and deft put-down. Hismost famous came after newspapers reported he had been hospitalisedwith heart problems. He received a letter on prison paper from a man he had defendedunsuccessfully for killing his wife. Dear Mr Bungay,I have ...
Once-in-a-lifetime real estate on the fourth rock from the sun
Jul 06, 1997; ... * Science correspondent GRAHAM PHILLIPS ponders what life wouldbelike on Mars in the years beyond Pathfinder -------------------- AS Mars fever takes a grip on Earthlings once again, forward-thinking real estate agents are starting to ponder the fabulousinvestment ...
Flying high _ and really on the cheap
Jul 06, 1997 ... NO other planetary missions have been undertaken as cheaply asPathfinder and the Global Surveyor flights to Mars. The Pathfinder project's $266 mil lion price tag is only 5% thecost of the Viking missions in the 1970s that had both orbiters andlanded on Mars. And Global ...
Images on Web sites
Jul 06, 1997 ... MILLIONS of people around the world will be able to see imagesfrom the Pathfinder lander and rover on Nasa's Web sites. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory will downlink images via the DeepSpace Network satellite dishes in Spain and California. * Images and mission updates will be on ...
Aussie retail giant makes move on NZ
Jul 06, 1997; ... GIANT Australian retailer Harvey Norman opened its doors in NewZealand last week, offering a better deal for consumers and a localstock exchange listing for investors. Chairman Gerry Harvey said the company, which as Norman HarveyHoldings is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, ...
Super debate set to kick off
Jul 06, 1997; ... THE ISSUE of the sustainability of New Zealand's presentvoluntarysuperannuation scheme looms as a key element in the great superdebate that kicks off tomorrow with the release of Treasurer WinstonPeter's compulsory super scheme. Advocates of compulsory super maintain the ...
Sky's the limit for INL owners
Jul 06, 1997; ... INDEPENDENT Newspapers Ltd shareholders can forget about acapitalrepayment if the company's bid to secure a controlling stake in SkyNetwork Television is successful, according to its managing directorMike Robson. The sharemarket had been expecting INL to announce a ...
Colgate slips up over soap advert
Jul 06, 1997; ... PHARMACEUTICAL giant Colgate-Palmolive has been slapped on thehand after advertising claims it made for its expensive Protexantibacterial soap were found to be misleading. A television commercial for Protex, which sells for around $1.20-a-bar, was the subject of a complaint to the ...
Market stays hot after cool-it call
Jul 06, 1997; ... DON BRASH failed to scare share investors with Thursday's warningto cool things down. The NZSE Top 40, which had risen 16 points inmorning trade to set another nine year high, jumped a further 10points after the Reserve Bank Governor's early afternoon statement. And the sharemarket ...
wEEK that was
Jul 06, 1997 ... -------------------- BOOSTED: Telecom NZ paid $3m to lift its shareholding in TelecomCook Islands by 20%. --------------------BOUGHT: Pet products supplier Masterpet Corporation paid $6million to acquire 50% of Australia's Pets International, making itthe largest supplier ...
Chicken industry tackles new threat
Jul 06, 1997; ... TEGEL FOODS managing director Peter Lucas may have saved hiscompany from being sold, but now he says a bigger threat looms forthe $300 million chicken business and New Zealand's poultryindustry.Mr Lucas, who is also chairman of the Poultry IndustryAssociation, is concerned that raw ...
Lay-offs still part of corporate world
Jul 06, 1997; ... IF YOU thought surviving redundancy so far meant immunity fromthetrauma that has confronted tens, if not hundreds of thousands of NewZealanders in the '90s, then think again. Redundancy is now an ongoing fact of life, as much for seniorexecutives as for the lowliest employee, ...
Soccer boss tackles his shareholders
Jul 06, 1997; ... SOCCER NZ chief executive John Morton had a right to be happylastweek. His company's product -- the biggest game in the world but aminority sport in this country -- had attracted a record crowd ofmore than 20,000 to the previous weekend's game between the AllWhites and ...
Stamp of approval; Changing trends stimulate increased interest in
Jul 06, 1997; ... POSTAGE stamps are one of the most fundamental staples of thecollecting world, but that doesn't exempt them from the whims offashion. With young collectors, stamps have to slug it out in thecoolness stakes with the likes of phone and confectionery cards andeven Barbie dolls. However, ...
Economy in reverse
Jul 06, 1997; ... GDP data released in the past week showed the economy had slowedmuch more in the first three months of the year than Treasury orReserve Bank policy shapers had estimated. It hadn't just slowed. It had stalled during the March quarter,then shifted into reverse. A significant ...
Iraq back on side as oil prices fall
Jul 06, 1997 ... OIL prices fell again last week as Iraq took another step towardresuming crude exports under the terms of a United Nations'humanitarian plan and traders began to focus on ample supplies ofheating fuel. The bellwether, Brent blend crude oil for August delivery, shedUS71c ($1.02) ...
Nissan price slash
Jul 06, 1997 ... THE competition in the new car market continues to get tougher,with Nissan's smart and newly facelifted 200SX sports coupe droppingalmost $16,000 to give a real hurry-up to Honda's previouslydominantPrelude sports line-up. Meanwhile, Peugeot has seen the need to bite the pricing ...
Subaru at last goes off road
Jul 06, 1997 ... CONSIDERING Subaru's expertise in four-wheel-drive over manyyears, it's perhaps surprising it hasn't previously appeared with amodel with direct off-road appeal. Subaru has continued to develop its "all-wheel-drive" -- as itcalls its 4WD models -- basically for their on-road ...
How a good doctor is helping Koreans
Jul 06, 1997; ... IF DAEWOO, hardly a household name in the industry in this partofthe world, was looking for credibility for its launch into theAustralasian market, then it certainly found it in the form of DrUlrich Bez. Dr Bez (52) joined the Daewoo corporation in October 1993 as ...