The Nelson Mail back issues from August 2007:
Protesters oppose Rocks Rd clearway
Aug 01, 2007; ... About 60 placard-waving people marched in the pouring rain alongRichmond's Queen St Tuesday in opposition to Transit New Zealand'spreferred option for the Brightwater-Nelson traffic corridor. The protesters, under the Save Nelson's Waterfront and Rocks RdAssociation banner, were ...
Council election a watershed: lobby group
Aug 01, 2007; ... The Hands Up ticket of council candidates unveiled Tuesday nightrepresents a "watershed time for local government in Nelson'', says afounder of the group. Paul Bell, a Nelson recruitment professional, told a crowd of upto 300 largely comprising the region's corporate and ...
Lodge wetlands a winner
Aug 01, 2007 ... Awaroa Lodge has added another string to its eco-friendly bow. The tourist lodge in Abel Tasman National Park has received aWetland Care New Zealand award for its wetlands restoration project. Australian wine company Banrock Station sponsors the award and haspledged financial ...
Airport in dark over Kiwijet
Aug 01, 2007; ... Proposed budget airline Kiwijet claims to be on track to set updomestic flights in New Zealand but still hasn't talked to Nelson'sairport company about it. Kiwijet's founder, American Patrick Weil, said the airline hadfinancing to fly seven jets on regional routes between nine ...
Man told to stay away from church
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Nelson man who assaulted a church minister has been warned tostay away from the minister's church until he is sentenced nextmonth. Matthew Warwick Dean Rota, 43, unemployed, admitted a charge ofassaulting Aubrey Whitcombe, a minister at Bishopdale CommunityChurch when he ...
Fine for third offence
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Nelson man has been fined $1250 and disqualified from drivingfor 13 months after he drove with excess blood-alcohol for a thirdtime. Robert Allan Burns ...
Warning for drink-driver
Aug 01, 2007 ... An Atawhai baker has been sentenced to 250 hours of community workafter he was found to have an alcohol level more than double thelegal limit on his third drink-drive offence. David Dennis, 37,appeared in the Nelson District Court yesterday having earlieradmitted one charge of driving ...
Fine for third offence
Aug 01, 2007 ... A 44-year-old Nelson man has been fined $1250 and disqualifiedfrom driving for 13 months after he drove with excess blood alcoholfor a third time. Robert Allan Burns appeared in the Nelson DistrictCourt ...
Drug charges admitted
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Nelson man whose flat was found by police to contain recentlymanufactured cannabis oil will reappear in court next month forsentencing. Peter Timothy Harnett , 52, a cleaner, appeared in theNelson District Court yesterday and admitted charges of possessingcannabis oil, possessing ...
Goldpine not charged
Aug 01, 2007 ... Nelson company Goldpine will not face charges over an accidentwhich left a sawmill worker with a crushed foot. The 33-year-oldNelson man's foot became jammed in industrial machinery at thecompany's Golden Downs pine forest mill site on July 23. TheDepartment ...
Police roundup
Aug 01, 2007 ... Two Nelson women aged 17 and 19 were arrested and charged . Theywere charged with shoplifting at 1pm yesterday after allegedlystealing flashing lights, gloves and cellphone stickers from Mitre 10Mega. q A 19-year-old Wakefield man was arrested at 2pm and chargedwith ...
New store for Tasman
Aug 01, 2007 ... Residents of the small coastal township of Tasman won't have farto go for their ice-creams this Christmas, with construction startingon a new Tasman Store this week. The original 80-year-old store, located on State Highway 60 about9km south of Motueka, burned down on December 5 ...
Varroa watch likely to fold
Aug 01, 2007 ... Further varroa surveillance in the South Island is unlikely tocontinue, despite a recent discovery near Pelorus of furtherinfestation in the Nelson controlled area. Varroa agency chairman Duncan Butcher said the discovery of twovarroa-infested apiaries was made from 5000 hives ...
Happy birthday - Scouts celebrate 100
Aug 01, 2007 ... More than 200 Nelson Scouts were on Wednesday morning among thefirst in the world to celebrate scouting's centenary. Led by bagpipes at dawn, nine troops of Scouts, Adventurers, Cubsand Keas - all members of the Scout Association of New Zealand -marched to the gates of Isel Park ...
Teenager appears in court over destructive burglary
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Riverside teenager has appeared in court following what Motuekapolice described as the one of the worst burglaries they hadinvestigated. Colin James Greenwood , 18, an orchard worker living atRiverside, appeared in the Nelson District Court yesterday facing 14charges ...
Angry man set off hostel's fire alarm
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Nelson man who became so angry he set off the fire alarm in thebackpackers hostel where he was staying has been sentenced tocommunity work. Gus William Jackson Tuakamo , 43, appeared in the Nelson DistrictCourt yesterday and admitted a charge of activating a false alarm ....
Man sentenced for part in group attack outside bar
Aug 01, 2007 ... A role in a "thuggish'' group attack on a man in Motueka has seena Bay of Plenty fisherman sentenced to 350 hours of community work. Jahdai Kennard, 22, appeared in the Nelson District Courtyesterday jointly accused of assault. The court heard that about 2am on December 10 ...
Woman carried bat to skirmish among youths
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Wakefield woman has been sentenced to 85 hours of community workfor possessing a baseball bat at a skirmish involving other youngpeople. Kylie Michelle Graham, 19, appeared in the Nelson District Courtyesterday and admitted a charge of possessing an offensive weaponwith ...
Traffic solutions `just likely to shift problem'
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Over the years I have watched a variety of city councilsstruggle to come to terms with "traffic problems'' and long agorealised that, whatever is done, you cannot actually overcome atraffic problem. All that happens is that the problem is shifted fromone place to another ....
Consultation document
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, The Nelson to Brightwater consultation document incirculation should be immediately withdrawn until all the facts areprovided. To seek submissions by August 17, without the true facts,is unacceptable. Why were the maps showing proposed access changes toTahunanui Drive and Waimea Rd ...
Good suggestion
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, What a very sensible suggestion from E Byrne "can we pleasekeep looking for alternatives'' (Mailbox, July 30). The low-lying land and still weather conditions of the Victoryvalley mean that no matter what the speed of vehicles, toxic vehicleemissions do not disperse. Exhaust ...
Clearing the air
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Thank you for the investigative report on Nelson-BrightwaterOptions 1 and 2, which asked some probing questions, clearlyuncovering the clearways option as, well, still unclear, especiallythe detail. But when the air is clear around Victory Square (excuse thepoetry), the ...
Fair or foul?
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Given the choice of destroying Nelson's waterfront by three-laning the road, or losing the Railway Reserve to a two-lane roadwith separate cycleway/walkway, I wonder what your reaction is. Option 1 is extremely dangerous to cyclists, pedestrians and road-users plus grossly ...
Tahunanui alterations
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, I was eager to open Saturday's Nelson Mail because finally Icould access detailed information to assist me in forming a reasonedopinion on Option 1/Option 2 in the transport debate. I relish reading the opinions of those with opposing views. Onementioned "the impact on Nelson ...
People use the sandspit too
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, I hope that the Tasman District Council, before contemplatingstrictures banning people exercising their dogs on Motueka sandspit,takes into account the following. 1. I'm unable to quote figures but, as I have been therepractically every day for the past three years, ...
Landfill concern
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, While many people are concerned about residual dust from thecontaminated Mapua site, no one seems that concerned about the newaccident waiting to happen. I refer to York Valley landfill. John Lawson from Global RecyclingAustralia estimates that batteries alone add enough lead ...
Herceptin decision
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Jeff Ryan (Mailbox, July 23) is absolutely right. I too wasappalled when I read the letter from Jen McCutcheon (June 29)applauding the Labour Government's decision to fund Herceptin fornine weeks. What ...
needs a heading
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Over the years I have watched a variety of city councilsstruggle to come to terms with "traffic problems'' and long agorealised that, whatever is done, you cannot actually overcome atraffic problem. All that happens is that the problem is shifted fromone place to another ....
needs a heading
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, The Nelson to Brightwater consultation document currently incirculation should be immediately withdrawn until all the facts areprovided. To seek submissions by August 17, without the true facts,is unacceptable. Why were the maps showing proposed access changes toTahunanui Drive and ...
needs a heading
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Oil has increased in price threefold in seven years. Whatwill it hit in the next seven years? Max Bradford told us electricity reforms would bring lower powerprices to all. Some in our community still believe a new road willlessen congestion. It seems some expect hydrogen ...
A family problem
Aug 01, 2007 ... Once again New Zealanders are revolted by a shocking case of childabuse. Once again there is a sense of first disbelief and thensadness that an innocent child could be subjected to such cruelty.Three-year-old Nia Glassie is still alive, unlike the Kahui twins,Hinewaoriki "Lillybing'' ...
Big projects seen as generating income for health
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Tom Bowe (Mailbox, July 18) misunderstands the money flowwhen criticising the building of a stadium in Auckland, and suggestsspending it on medical drugs. A stadium is capital infrastructure, housing top-class events andenticing large spectator numbers, including tourists, ...
Mapua clean-up
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, I believe in credit being given when it's due ... but youreditorial (July 23) is so wrong! Mayor Hurley's council has only donewhat it was forced to do by public opinion and the Ministry for theEnvironment. Check your own editorials/articles from the past - February ...
Boulder Bank road
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, The Nelson Mail (July 24) report on submissions to theCawthron road application contains many inaccuracies and is clearlynot based on thorough reading of the submissions referred to or, infact, the Cawthron application itself. Nowhere in the submissions from Glen residents is ...
Humour and ageing
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, I read in the Wednesday July 18 Nelson Mail magazine segment,"Age affects sense of humour''. We apparently lose it and become"grumpy old men and women''. Wrong. Get to this age and you have tokeep a sense of humour or you wouldn't bother. Our smiles are often interpreted as ...
Fog and park-lights
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, I find Addo Mulders' letter regarding driving with park-lights in fog and the answer from Inspector McGurk (Mailbox, July 10and 23) peculiar, to say the least. I must assume that both of them, as I do, look upon fog-lightsfitted to most cars today either as ornaments or ...
Glamorising war
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, It is indeed an incredible act of valour to offer one's lifeto protect one's country, however, the glamorising of the military inthe present Iraq conflict is incongruous, as we all know this war iseven more shameful than the Vietnam War. The front page goes to the man ...
Teacher chosen for scholarship
Aug 01, 2007 ... Nayland College English teacher Tom Haig is one of four leadingyoung New Zealand educators selected for a scholarship to researchinnovative teaching in Britain. Mr Haig was sitting in his classroom on Friday last week when hereceived an e-mail announcing he was a recipient of a ...
Rainbow looks set for good ski season
Aug 01, 2007 ... Despite other southern skifields reporting a shocking season sofar, Rainbow Valley skifield says it expects patronage to be highthrough until September. Rainbow's maintenance manager Nick Perkins said there was a goodbase of about 40cm of snow at the bottom of the field, but it ...
Council up for disputes legal bill
Aug 01, 2007 ... Nelson ratepayers will have to pay part of the cost of two largeproperty developers taking action against each other's plans. Nelson City Council divisional manager of planning and consentsRichard Johnson said the cost to settle an Environment Court appealby one of the parties ...
Chances with wolves
Aug 01, 2007; ... Japanese visitor Chihiro Tani had no intention of getting involvedin art during her stay in Nelson, but a chance conversation at aparty led to her renting a workshop and preparing an exhibition,which opened today at the Hospice Gallery. Tom Hunt reports. Japanese visitor Chihiro ...
Spotlight
Aug 01, 2007 ... Nelson-born artist Nicholas Clark has printed his name across eachof his five paintings in Zippy's Cafe in a nod to pop art - amovement he has studied extensively. "It's a sort of ironic tint ofcommercialisation on top of something that is quite organic.'' Thebrightly painted canvases ...
History of ceramics in Nelson freshened up
Aug 01, 2007 ... Riding a wave of interest in Nelson ceramics and published justbefore the end of a major exhibition on the subject, the reprintedand updated book Clay comes out at an ideal time. Nelson Potters Association president Paul Laird says the group washoping to publish the book to ...
Seductive show a festival feature
Aug 01, 2007 ... In just over a week, the programme for the 2008 Nelson ArtsFestival will be launched and tickets will go on sale. Already, newsof some of the highlights is starting to trickle through. "Passion'' and "sensuality'' are just two words used to describewhat is being touted as the most ...
Tasman quartet's farewell concert
Aug 01, 2007 ... Four of the finest young string players in New Zealand havecombined to become the 2006 graduate quartet from Victoria Universityin Wellington, spending much of the past year in intensive trainingwith the New Zealand string quartet. They recently auditioned successfully to become ...
Diary
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tonight, 8pm: Ritalin (Dunedin hardcore rock), Basura Blanca,Phat Club. Saturday , 7.30pm: That'll Show Ya, concert by Sweet Adelinesand Bays Barbershop Chorus, Nelson School of Music, tickets $15,students $12. Sunday, 2.30pm: Tasman String Quartet, St John's ...
Adelines extend their boundaries
Aug 01, 2007; ... Nelson's female a cappella group the Sweet Adelines wanted to jazzup their performances from the usual songs-and-MC format and so wrotetheir own show. "Somebody described it as an old-time musical combined with animprobable storyline,'' says choreographer Trish Armstrong ....
Clash strong debut for van de Geest
Aug 01, 2007; ... Nelson's debutante Jared van de Geest turned on a performance hewon't forget in a long time in the annual junior clash between thetwo top of the south associations on Sunday. In his first opportunity to play against Marlborough, van de Geestproved unstoppable going through the ...
Waimea trounced after busy schedule
Aug 01, 2007 ... A busy weekend schedule took its toll on the Waimea premier men'shockey team as it slumped to a heavy 8-1 loss to NBS Stoke on Sunday. With six Waimea players involved in three games in two days due toNelson's representative fixtures against the New Zealand Mastersteam, Waimea ...
Enhancement and safety `don't go hand in hand'
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Nelsust suggests (Nelson Mail, July 28) that enhancement andsafety are reasons to choose Option 1, but the two do not go hand inhand. They must know that in order to make it safer, Transit willhave to follow its own guidelines from Austroads Guide to trafficengineering practice part ...
Reasoned thinking
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Mic Dover's letter sustained my comments as to "self-centredirrelevance, foisted as reasoned thinking'' (Mailbox, July 27). Inhis case especially, "reasoned thinking'' was hardly a feature, yethe had the confidence to promote himself as a "narcissistic banana'' - a fruitcake ...
More on Option 1
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, To clear up all the BS out there, 10 facts you should knowabout Option 1: 1. The view on Rocks Rd and Wakefield Quay will changedramatically. The seaside lane will now contain 330 plus parked carsobstructing the sea view. 2. All the traffic on Rocks Rd and Wakefield ...
Time to act
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, I agree with J M Orr (Mailbox, July 21), it is important forus to make a difference, but realistically how do we control thenorthern hemisphere's effect on our global warming? Our exalted leader, Helen Clark, following the flooding inNorthland and the two 100-year floods in ...
Power of prayer
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Thank you for your article "Power of prayer offered as acure'' (Nelson Mail, July 25). While I certainly appreciate theperspective of the individuals interviewed, based on theirexperiences with prayer, my own experience with Christian Science hasresulted in positive healings ....
Superstition and sense
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, I am thankful for Roger Burton's response to my letter ofJuly 21 (Mailbox, July 28). I am sure that we are just two of thesilent majority who allow reason and common sense to prevail oversuperstition and dogma. However, in response to my statement that, as a Christian, I ...
A diverse bunch
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Roger Burton says (Mailbox, July 28) "I was surprised tolearn that Quakers believe that half of the Bible is rubbish''.Correction; he missed out the word "some'' in front of Quakers. Itshould be "some Quakers ...''. Some Quakers do indeed believe that half of what is in the ...
Man-made environment
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, When S Jacobs (Mailbox, June 5) labelled humanity a diseaseand Earth a "pigsty'', it seems Nelson was no exception. Few, if any,long-time Nelsonians would agree with this harsh condemnation. Advanced cultures of the past were aware of the unreliability of"hearsay'' history ...
Eternal debate
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, Letters to the editor is once again becoming the vehicle foreternal religious debate, with creationists versus evolutionists andbelievers versus disbelievers, all of whom have their own convictionsfirmly entrenched by the age where the urge to strongly express theirviews publicly ...
Religious comment
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, According to Statistics New Zealand, approximately 75 percentof New Zealanders claimed to have some form of religious affiliationin the 2006 census. Of these, 55.6 percent affiliated with aChristian religion. This being the case, could you please explain the ...
Wholesome TV
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, I see that McLeod's Daughters is coming back next Thursday onTV. That's great, especially with Grey's Anatomy finishing this week. It's great to see a bit of the Aussie countryside, and to look atpeople wearing shorts while I'm sitting by the fire. How about someAfrican ...
Warning device
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, I am trying to develop an electronic device that can becomfortably and unobtrusively worn by sufferers of mental disorders,including common depression, that can warn them before an "episode''occurs. It would function by "conditioning'' the sufferer to recognisewarning ...
Notable date
Aug 01, 2007 ... Sir, August 2 is midwinter on nature's seasonal calendar. We'restill keeping the home fires burning and the day is named for Brigid,the Irish goddess who was the keeper of the fire. There is, though, a hint of spring in the air, so it's no surprisethat its other names are ...
New Zealand classic revisited
Aug 01, 2007; ... Owls Do Cry, by Janet Frame. Vintage Books (Random House NZ). 299pages. $30. Reviewed by Matt Bowler. Owls Do Cry is Janet Frame's first novel, written in a shed at thebottom of Frank Sargeson's garden and published in 1957. It hasremained constantly in print ever since and is ...
Hairy Maclary rises to the occasion when hats fly
Aug 01, 2007; ... Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks, by Lynley Dodd. Mallinson Rendel. 32pages. $25. Reviewed by Jessica Le Bas. Lynley Dodd's children's books must rank up there with the best oficonic New Zealand memorabilia in our lives. After more than 30titles, most receiving their own accolades for ...
A dismal experience of loneliness and ageing
Aug 01, 2007; ... Playing Friends, by Marilyn Duckworth. Vintage (Random House). 271pages. $28. Reviewed by John Ewan Marilyn Duckworth has taken the New Zealand literary tradition ofMan Alone one stage further. In Playing Friends, it is the women whoare alone and there are four of them ....