Sunday Star-Times back issues from April 2007:
Briefly
Apr 01, 2007 ... Speedway death A 13-YEAR-OLD boy died after being thrown from a sprint car andcolliding with a spectator last night at a speedway in Blenheim.Ambulance spokesman Bruce Chubb said the accident happened justbefore 7.30pm at the Eastern States Speedway Club at Foxes Island,Renwick ....
Briefly
Apr 01, 2007 ... Fatal crash A MAN is dead after his car rolled on SH57, just south of Shannonabout 3am yesterday. A police spokeswoman said no other vehicles wereinvolved in the accident. Meanwhile, a 17-year-old boy cut power to aWhakatane neighbourhood yesterday when the car he was driving ...
Briefs
Apr 01, 2007 ... 100 not out for apprentice TALENTED PUKEKOHE apprentice Sam Spratt celebrated the 100th winof her riding career with an eight- length win aboard Blue Ranger inthe Winning Edge Championship Series 1600 at Pukekohe yesterday. Haradasun is Vasil's best TONY VASIL declared ...
Truckie crushed to death by crane
Apr 01, 2007; ... A TRUCKIE was killed in a grisly industrial accident yesterdaywhen his head became jammed in a crane hoist. Some of his family came across the accident shortly after ithappened because they work for the same Manukau trucking company,Ultimate Transport Solutions. Police ...
MP moves to save our bacon
Apr 01, 2007; ... IT'S MARKETED as "the taste of New Zealand", but now the iconicKiwi Bacon brand is facing a Commerce Commission complaint becausesome of its pork is imported. Green MP Sue Kedgley plans to lodge the complaint, sayingconsumers are being duped into thinking they are buying New ...
Accuser speaks out
Apr 01, 2007 ... THE TAURANGA woman who released her home video of a group sexsession involving disgraced former cop Brad Shipton says she's beingtreated like a criminal since a newspaper outed her yesterday. Debbie Gerbich, 37, has been interviewed by detectives fromOperation Austin - the team ...
Truckie crushed to death by crane
Apr 01, 2007; ... A TRUCKIE was killed in a grisly industrial accident yesterdaywhen his head became jammed in a crane hoist. Some of his family came across the accident shortly after ithappened because they work for the same Manukau trucking company,Ultimate Transport Solutions. Police ...
Teenager killed at speedway
Apr 01, 2007; ... A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was killed last night after he was hit by an out-of-control sprint car which flipped over a security fence at aspeedway in Blenheim. His mother, who is thought to work at the track, is believed tohave seen the fatal crash. It is the third death at a ...
Rimutaka crisis:boss accused of bullying
Apr 01, 2007; ... A SUSPENDED senior Corrections Department manager is accused ofbullying behaviour and hushing up incidents, including an allegedassault by his wife on a fellow officer. Wellington regional manager Dave East was sent on "special leave"on Monday and his suspension was confirmed on ...
It's time for a long weekend
Apr 01, 2007; ... WHAT A strange little country we inhabit at the moment: theweather oscillating between mid-summer gorgeous and once-in-50-yearshideous; nightfall descending even before we've all crawled homethrough the various traffic abominations inflicted on drivers in eachof our main centres; Easter ...
NORTHLAND Flood bill to hit $80m
Apr 01, 2007; ... TORRENTIAL FLOODING and slips in Northland have left a repair billthat could reach $80 million. A dozen homes - mainly in Opua, Bay of Islands - have beendeclared uninhabitable since last week's floods and the EarthquakeCommission alone is bracing for $5m in claims. Far ...
Ban cowboys, say plastic surgeons
Apr 01, 2007; ... COSMETIC SURGEONS are calling for regulations against so- called"cowboy" doctors who are operating with little or no experience incosmetic surgery and putting patients at risk. New Zealand Foundation for Cosmetic Plastic Surgery presidentTristan de Chalain said GPs, dermatologists ...
Children pray for mate shot by brother
Apr 01, 2007 ... STUDENTS AND staff at a tiny Northland school are praying for therecovery of year 2 pupil Tayla Scott, accidentally shot on Fridaywith an air rifle by her older brother. Six-year-old Tayla is in a critical but stable condition inStarship Hospital, in Auckland, after a pellet from ...
PRISONS UNDER FIRE Corrections boss accused of bullying
Apr 01, 2007; ... A SUSPENDED senior Corrections Department manager is accused ofbullying behaviour and hushing up incidents, including an allegedassault by his wife on a fellow officer. Wellington regional manager Dave East was sent on "special leave"on Monday and his suspension was confirmed on ...
Torn iwi ready to send out mayday
Apr 01, 2007; ... THE SOUTH Island's biggest iwi is threatening to ask thegovernment to step in as an internal power struggle rips Ngai Tahuapart - and it appears chairman Mark Solomon is the first casualty. Iwi leaders say that if the 18-member board of Te Runanga o NgaiTahu refuses to resign and ...
Northland kids praying for schoolmate shot by brother
Apr 01, 2007 ... STUDENTS AND staff at a tiny Northland school are praying for therecovery of year 2 pupil Tayla Scott, accidentally shot on Fridaywith an air rifle by her older brother. Six-year-old Tayla is in a critical but stable condition inStarship Hospital, in Auckland, after a pellet from ...
Conflict of interest hangs over stadium
Apr 01, 2007; ... ONE OF the key players in Dunedin's plan to develop a multimillion-dollar stadium has disclosed a conflict of interest. Otago Community Trust chairman John Farry told Sunday Star-Timeshe had declared his shareholding in Maxton Holdings Ltd to the boardbefore it discussed giving ...
EDUCATION Shamed teacher in board of trustee bid
Apr 01, 2007; ... A Tauranga teacher sacked for having an affair with a student hasreturned as a board of trustees candidate. Rachel Grunwell reports. A TEACHER WHO was fired and deregisteredfor having an affair with a high school student has been trying tojoin the school's board of trustees ....
Embryo donation approved
Apr 01, 2007; ... AN INFERTILE couple is set to become pregnant with a donatedfrozen embryo after becoming New Zealand's first to gain ethicscommittee approval. Couples with surplus in-vitro fertilised embryos have been allowedto donate one or more since July 2005. Fertility Associates ...
Under fire rap bosses go underground
Apr 01, 2007; ... FORMER HIGH-FLYING South Auckland music label Dawn Raid appears tohave gone to ground amid rumours it is closing. Dawn Raid Entertainment, which has represented top hip-hop artistsincluding Savage, Mareko and the Deceptikonz, has cut off its officeline and closed its website ....
Labour waiting on Peters' nod for anti-smacking bill
Apr 01, 2007; ... NZ FIRST appears likely to back the Government's move to adoptGreen MP Sue Bradford's bill banning violence against children,giving it a final push for its expected passage into law. Labour deputy leader Michael Cullen is waiting for the return ofForeign Minister and NZ First ...
Pupils picking easy route to grades
Apr 01, 2007; ... The NCEA's unit standards have been attacked for dumbing downeducation, but Adam Dudding discovers many teachers say they have a place in the system. HIGHSCHOOL students are increasingly choosing the easy path through NCEA. Pupils and their schools can opt to tackle some ...
SFO fails to convict - again
Apr 01, 2007; ... SERIOUS FRAUD Office director David Bradshaw has defended hisagency after its latest high- profile loss in court. An overseas-based businessman, known only as "X", was acquitted inthe High Court at Auckland last week on four charges of using falsedocuments to gain a tax advantage ....
Price of chocolate set to rise
Apr 01, 2007; ... SOARING COCOA prices are threatening to push up the cost ofchocolate - but the Easter Bunny should escape unscathed. Cocoa prices are inching towards a four-year high after the worstdrought in living memory on Africa's Ivory Coast - where the bulk ofthe cocoa beans used to make ...
CRIME Assault and drugs case suspecton electronic bail hosts'convict party'
Apr 01, 2007; ... High court overturns judge's decision to keep defendant on assaultcharges locked up. Leigh Van Der Stoep reports. A PRISONER FACING assault and drugscharges was remanded on electronically monitored bail to the home ofa man with 40 convictions - where the pair co-hosted a ...
PROPERTY Where you can afford a house
Apr 01, 2007; ... Figures show New Zealanders spend 73.5% of average take-home payto afford a house. Emma Page explores home buyers' options. HOMEBUYERS are signing up to almost life-long debt as soaring houseprices whittle away the dream of home ownership. With debt repayment claiming most of the ...
How grieving Rove hid away
Apr 01, 2007; ... TWO MONTHS ago, Australia's most popular television presenter wasswimming in a creek in far north Queensland. "Are you Rove?" asked a stranger. "No," replied Rove McManus. "Nottoday I'm not." For a fortnight this summer, after the much publicised death ofhis actress wife, ...
HEALTH Miscarriage fears lead to Down's screening rethink
Apr 01, 2007; ... THE GOVERNMENT is considering universal screening of all pregnantwomen for Down Syndrome amid fears the current system may be causingmiscarriages of healthy babies. The need for better screening for the genetic disorder, whichaffects up to one in 500 pregnancies, was identified ...
Teenager repellent causes buzz
Apr 01, 2007; ... A DEVICE with a high frequency mosquito-like sound to repelteenagers has arrived in New Zealand and is likely to be availablewithin days. Called The Mosquito, it has caused a stir overseas after it wasdeveloped in the United Kingdom last year. The irritating high frequency ...
Mansfield writers' scholarship under theat
Apr 01, 2007; ... A PRESTIGIOUS scholarship giving New Zealand writers the chance towalk in Katherine Mansfield's footsteps could be stopped unlessanother sponsor is found. State-owned enterprise Meridian Energy has sponsored the $50,000Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship since 2000, giving ...
CHILDCARE Nothing to prevent crims minding kids
Apr 01, 2007; ... UP TO 10,000 children may be in unregulated after-school andholiday programmes - and there is nothing to stop criminals lookingafter them, a parents' advocacy group says. Parents Centres chief executive Viv Gurrey said demand for suchschemes was driving huge growth, much of it on ...
Man of steel resolve
Apr 01, 2007; ... JOHNNY BOURKE remembers falling through the wave and hitting thesand bank. There was an intense ringing sound - "like a cord beingunplugged", and then his body went slack. "If you can imagine a bit of driftwood being washed up the beachand sucked back down, that was me." It ...
Journo says NZwelshed on values
Apr 01, 2007; ... NICK WANG, the Wellington journalist expelled from a Beehive photoopportunity involving visiting Chinese vice-premier Zeng Peiyan, saysNew Zealand is welshing on its democratic values. Capital Chinese News editor Wang, 45, a frequent critic of theChinese government, was expelled ...
The end is nigh - prepare to meet thy NGC 2440
Apr 01, 2007; ... THERE'S AN old Chinese proverb that goes something like, "we worryas if we live for a thousand years". True enough. But really, givenwhat we now know about life, the universe and everything, it's quitepossible to worry as if we live for several billion years. Earlier this year ...
BLESS THIS HOUSE
Apr 01, 2007; ... Simon Barnett, the amiable host of light entertainment TV shows,has emerged as an unlikely leader of angry public protest against SueBradford's perceived `anti-smacking' bill. He hosts Steve Braunias athis Christchurch home. LUKE, CHAPTER six, verse 27: "Love your enemies, do good ...
We deserve to know where our food's from
Apr 01, 2007 ... THE GOVERNMENT doesn't think consumers are entitled to know wheretheir food comes from. It is dead wrong. As an investigation by thisnewspaper reveals today, what are labelled as New Zealand foods oftenturn out to be foreign. The Kiwi brands that once contained Kiwi foodhave, in many ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Stay-at-home mums rarely stay at home
Apr 01, 2007 ... I FOUND your March 25 front-page headline sexist ("Divorce warningfor men - stay-at-home mum wins $4m case"). The term stay-at-home mumis a nonsense. The mother in question sounded like a "round-the-clock mum" or "24-7 mum", fulfilling both parental roles while herhusband worked long ...
WINNING WORDS Big liquor should own up
Apr 01, 2007 ... THE BLATANT discrepancy between society's attitudes to smoking andalcohol as health hazards is incomprehensible and indefensible. Whilecigarette packets bluntly state that "Smoking Kills", the relativelymild proposal that liquor containers carry warnings of the dangers ofdrinking while ...
THE BIG ISSUE: Banning duty-free ciggies
Apr 01, 2007 ... NO, NO, no. Duty free cigarette sales should NOT be banned. Yes Iam a smoker, yes I purchase duty-free cigarettes, yes I know therisks of smoking, and no, I will not give up. If I was forced to payretail for all my cigarettes there would be less money for charitabledonations (yes I do ...
HOW THEY WILL VOTE
Apr 01, 2007 ... With 121 MPs in parliament, Sue Bradford needs a 61-vote majorityto pass her bill - she can count on the support of 65 members. Here'sthe breakdown: ...
EDUCATION : LOOSE UNITS
Apr 01, 2007; ... The unit standard has become the whipping boy of NCEA. But arethey really just a way for poor students to win a worthlessqualification by picking up litter or gift-wrapping parcels? Adam Dudding consults the real experts - high school students. A TLONG Bay College on Auckland's ...
WINNIE'S WAR
Apr 01, 2007; ... The anti-smacking bill has caused a serious fight inside NewZealand First. Anthony Hubbard and Irene Chapple report. THE ROW inside Winston Peters' political family is not just aboutsmacking. It is also a struggle for power. Party president Dail Jones has warned MPs Brian ...
SPAIN Boy, 10, taken into care to slim down
Apr 01, 2007 ... A 10-YEAR-OLD Spanish boy weighing 100kg was taken away from hisgrandparents and put in state care because they would not stopoverfeeding him. In a case recalling the debate over whether an overweight Britishboy should be removed from his mother's care, social services in ...
News fumes over ratings dive
Apr 01, 2007; ... NEWS LTD has passed judgement - the Super 14 has been badlytainted by 22 All Blacks being pulled out by the New Zealand RugbyUnion. But the Rupert Murdoch-owned broadcasting giants still won't saywhether they intend following up on last year's threat of legalaction against the ...
ARL pours $1.2m into south Auckland bar
Apr 01, 2007; ... AUCKLAND RUGBY League has paid more than $1 million for anotherbar, despite losing hundreds of thousands of dollars on its previouspub investments, and seems to have tried to keep it secret bycreating a separate trust to make the purchase. The league's previous pub investments ...
Hot Howlett new No1
Apr 01, 2007; ... BLUES WING Doug Howlett doesn't care much for records, but there'sno doubt he'll be celebrating carving a unique slice of rugby historyduring his side's win last night. Howlett, playing his 99th game of super rugby, broke Joe Roff'scompetition try-scoring record when he touched ...
Cocky Cowan steals show in deep south
Apr 01, 2007 ... HIGHLANDERS HALFBACK Jimmy Cowan was outstanding again as hesparked his side to a narrow win in Invercargill that keeps them insemifinal contention. While the return of All Blacks Anton Oliver and Carl Hayman gavethe forwards plenty of extra horsepower, it was Cowan who shone ...
ROWING: MAADI CUP Hamilton Boys clear out to capture Maadi Cup
Apr 01, 2007 ... HAMILTON BOYS' High School can claim Lake Karapiro as their ownwith an emphatic win in the boys' Maadi Cup rowing eight competitionyesterday. They dominated the 2000m race in fine conditions in front ofthousands of rowing supporters on the bank as the regatta returned tothe ...
PEGs INVESTIGATION Oops! Sparc 'forgot' to pay top athletes
Apr 01, 2007; ... GOVERNMENT SPORT-FUNDING agency Sparc has been forced to disclosedetails of bureaucratic bungles involving cash payments to NewZealand's top athletes in sports such as cricket, netball, rugby,cycling, athletics, rowing, equestrian, yachting and swimming. A series of documents ...
GOLF Cambo fails to fire in Houston horror
Apr 01, 2007 ... "HOUSTON - we have a problem!" New Zealand golfer Michael Campbell has certainly been leftsearching for answers after his US Masters preparations took aserious turn for the worse yesterday. The 2005 US Open champion had his final outing ahead of the year'sfirst major cut ...
RUGBY LEAGUE DIA poker machine probe not over yet
Apr 01, 2007; ... THE DEPARTMENT of Internal Affairs has confirmed it holds an "openfile" on the New Zealand Rugby League and their dealings with pokermachine grants. DIA manager Geoff Owen told the Sunday Star-Times they stillretained a strong interest in the NZRL - which came as news to ...
WORLD OF SPORT
Apr 01, 2007 ... Coach banned THE UKRAINIAN swim coach captured on camera in an ugly skirmishwith his daughter at Melbourne's world championships has been bannedfrom coaching for six years. Fina slapped Mikhaylo Zubkov, 38, withthe ban following a disciplinary hearing. The international ...
TRIATHLON Kiwis fly in wind as Docherty unleashes
Apr 01, 2007 ... BEVAN DOCHERTY and Samantha Warriner prevailed in windy Wellingtonto run out winners at the national triathlon championships yesterday. In the men's race, Docherty's rivalry with Kris Gemmell produced athrilling finish with the former world champion just pipping hisnational ...
Gallop promises cap rise
Apr 01, 2007 ... NRL BOSS David Gallop will recommend to clubs a $100,000 increasein the salary cap next season in response to the anger expressed byhis code's leading players. Bulldogs forward Willie Mason last week revealed the extent of thedisenchantment when he suggested a strike might be ...
Rugby forces league into test on Sunday
Apr 01, 2007; ... THE KIWIS have been forced to schedule a Sunday test match for thefirst time in over a decade because of an NZRU block-booking ofstadiums nationwide for the Air New Zealand Cup. Some league fans have been dismayed by the decision to play theone-off New Zealand v Australia test at ...
'Aussie' Warriors no good to Bluey
Apr 01, 2007; ... THE WARRIORS run out at Olympic Park in Melbourne this afternoonin their best form in recent memory - but their success isn't goingto translate into international recognition. With the Warriors filling the key positions of fullback, standoff,halfback and hooker with Australians, ...
STORM V WARRIORS
Apr 01, 2007 ... Today: 2pm NZ time, Olympic Park (live on Sky 1). Referee: Shayne Hayne. TAB: Storm: $1.46. Warriors: $2.65. Storm: Billy Slater, Matt Geyer, Matt King, Anthony Quinn, IsraelFolau, Greg Inglis, Cooper Cronk, Antonio Kaufusi, Cameron Smith,Brett White, Jeremy Smith, ...
Capital's 'former glory' restored
Apr 01, 2007; ... NEW ZEALAND'S second-largest district league is finally able tocontrol its own affairs again after a four-year hiatus. The New Zealand Rugby League finally relinquished control of theWellington Rugby League at their board meeting on Friday. The WRL had been placed "in review" ...
Thurston gives the Cows kick-start
Apr 01, 2007; ... NORTH QUEENSLAND halfback Johnathan Thurston showed why he isregarded as the hottest player in the game after a five-starperformance in last night's 22-18 win over St George Illawarra at WINStadium in Wollongong. Thurston played the master puppeteer as he pulled the strings ...
BOXING LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Apr 01, 2007; ... ASKED TO describe his father's standing in Samoa, Monty Bethamsays simply: "legendary". But judging by his sole previous visit to the land of his father,Monty jun is not a long way behind Monty sen in Samoan sportingaffections. Monty sen, birth name Tinasivi Savali, was ...
SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS
Apr 01, 2007; ... Studying not just league but life, 40 promising league playersspend more than 60 hours a week together in what's thought to be aunique programme. Steve Kilgallon visits the pioneering New Zealand Rugby League Academy. THE SUN creeps over the crest of the green ...
HOW THEY LINE UP
Apr 01, 2007 ... FORCE Leana de Bruin, Vilimaina Davu, Megan Dehn, Temepara George, JulieKelmanPoto, Catherine Latu, Ritua Petero, Finau Pulu, Sheryl Scanlan,Lorna Suafoa, Bridgette Tapene, Angelina Yates. Head coach: YvonneWillering. DIAMONDS Stephanie Bond, JennyMay Coffin, ...
REBELS ONTHE COMEBACKTRAIL
Apr 01, 2007; ... WRECKING HER left knee at the Commonwealth Games last March wasnot a golden moment for Silver Ferns shooter Jodi Te Huna. While the Ferns went on to edge Australia in a high-octane final,Te Huna was hopping around Melbourne on crutches but finally makes itback, touch wood, next ...
THE HECKLER
Apr 01, 2007; ... I SWEAR I saw Tiger Woods crack last week. Sure, he won another tournament, the 27 millionth of his career,but I'm certain there was a quiver of doubt in his otherwise cast-iron make-up. You can never be certain with Woods, he's not the sort of guy whoreveals too much ...
SAY IT AGAIN?
Apr 01, 2007 ... "He's just better than us." - Aussie golfer Geoff Ogilvy on Tiger Woods. "He is a cold fish, lawyerly in every respect." - Former England captain Mike Atherton passes judgment on MalcolmSpeed (left), the chief executive of the International CricketCouncil. No ...